Background
Thompson, Edward Hugh Dudley was born on May 12, 1907. Son of Neale Dudley Thompson and Mary Gwendoline Scutt.
Thompson, Edward Hugh Dudley was born on May 12, 1907. Son of Neale Dudley Thompson and Mary Gwendoline Scutt.
Uppingham and Lincoln College, Oxford.
Assistant Manager Director Industry Coope and Allsopp Limited. 39, Manager Director 1939. Army Service 1939-1945.
Manager Director Indiana Coope Limited.
1945-1955, Chairman 1955-1962. Chairman Brewers’ Society 1959-1961.
Director Allied Breweries Limited. 1961-1978 (Chair, and Chief Executive 1961-1968).
High Sheriff of Derbyshire 1964, Deputy Lieutenant, of Derbyshire 1978.
President 1985). Honorary Doctor of Laws (Nottingham) 1984.
Council Nottingham University 1968, Council of Royal Agricultural Society 1972, (Honorary.
Married 1st Ruth Monica Wainwright. Married 2nd Doreen Maud Tibbitt.