Background
De FERRANTI., Alderley was born on October 5, 1927 in Alderley Edge, Cheshire. Son of late Sir Vincent and of Lady de Ferranti (nee Wilson).
De FERRANTI., Alderley was born on October 5, 1927 in Alderley Edge, Cheshire. Son of late Sir Vincent and of Lady de Ferranti (nee Wilson).
Ampleforth College.
Served 4th/7th Dragoon Guards 1947-1949. Brown Boveri. Switzerland and Alsthom, France 1948-1950. Transformer Department, Ferranti Limited.
1950, Director 1954-1982, Manager Director 1958-1975, Chairman 1963-1982.
Director General Electric Company Public Limited Company since 1982. President BEAMA 1969-1970, Manchester and Region Centre for Education in Science, Education and Technology 1972-1978.
Chairman Institute Electrical Association 1970-1973. Vice-President Royal Scottish Academy 1980-1984.
Commander Royal Commission, for Exhibition of 1851 since 1984.
Director National Nuclear Corporation 1984-1988. Chairman North-West Civic Trust 1978-1983. Chairman Halle Concerts Society since 1988.
High Sheriff of Cheshire 1988-1989.
Honorary Doctor of Science (Salford University). Honorary Fellow, Manchester University Institute of Science and Technology.
Granada Guildhall Lecture 1966. Royal Institute Discourse 1969.
Louis BlOriot Lecture, Paris 1970.
Faraday Lecture 1970, 1971. Honorary Doctor of Science, Cranfield Institute of Technology 1973.
National Defence Industries Council 1969-1977.
Married 1st Mona Helen Cunningham in 1953. Married 2nd Naomi Angela Rae in 1983.