Background
SANDILANDS, Francis Edwin Prescott was born on December 11, 1913 in Chatham. Son of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Prescott Sandilands and of Gladys Baird Murton.
SANDILANDS, Francis Edwin Prescott was born on December 11, 1913 in Chatham. Son of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Prescott Sandilands and of Gladys Baird Murton.
Master of Arts, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, 1938. Degree (honorary), Cambridge University, 1975.
Joined Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corporation, Ltd., 1935, manager, 1955. Chief executive officer Commercial Union Assurance Limited company, London, 1958-1972, director, 1965-1983, vice chairman, 1968-1972, chairman, 1972-1983. Chairman Royal Trust Company Canada, United Kingdom, 1974-1984, London Salvage Corps, 1962-1963, British Insurance Association, 1965-1967.
Director Kleinwort, Benson, Lonsdale Ltd., Plessey Company Ltd. President Insurance Institute London, 1969-1970. Chairman British Government Committee Inflation Accounting, 1974-1975, Invisible Exports Committee, 1976-1983.
Member Cambridge University Appointments Board, 1963-1966. Honorary fellow University College, London, 1981. Governor Henley Administrative Staff College, 1973-1977.
Board directors Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1973-1985. Trustee British Museum, 1977-1985. Member Royal Fine Art Commission, 1980-1985.
Served to lieutenant colonel British Army, 1939-1945, European Theatre of Operations.
Music, medieval history, gardening.
Son of; married Susan Gillian Jackson, 1939.