Sir Charles English Hyde Villiers, Military Cross was a British businessman and chairman of British Steel from 1976 till 1980.
Background
Villiers was the great-grandson of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon. His father, Algernon Hyde Villiers, was killed in action in 1917 during World War I. His mother, Beatrix Eleanor Paul, was the daughter of Liberal Member of Parliament
Education
Villiers was educated at Street Cyprian"s School, Eton and New College, Oxford, before joining the Grenadier Guards in 1936.
Career
He became Lieutenant-Colonel during World World War II, served with the Special Operations Executive from 1943 to 1945 and was awarded the Military Cross. Villiers was a managing director of Helbert Wagg from 1948, and of J. Henry Schroder Wagg from 1968 to 1971. He was also a director of Courtaulds, Sun Life Assurance and Bass Charrington. He was Chairman of Guinness Mahon from 1971 to 1976, and Chairman of British Steel from 1976 to 1980.
In 1985 he launched the British-American Project, which promotes Anglo-American ties.