Background
De L'ISLE, Ist was born on May 23, 1909 in London. Son of late 5th Baron De L’lsle and Dudley and Winifred Bevan.
De L'ISLE, Ist was born on May 23, 1909 in London. Son of late 5th Baron De L’lsle and Dudley and Winifred Bevan.
Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Served France and Belgium 1939-1940, Italy 1943-1944. Conservative Member of Parliament for Chelsea 1944-1945. Pari. Secretary to Ministry of Pensions 1945.
Jt. Treasure Conservative Party 1948. Secretary of State for Air 1951-1955. Exec, with Schweppes (Home) Ltd.
1958-1961; Governor-General of Australia 1961-1965. Director Penshurst Manager Consultants Ltd., Number 1 Poultry Ltd., Palmerston Property Devts., Morton D. Weiner and Company (Miami). Former Director and Chairman, Phoenix Assurance Company Ltd. and other public cos.
President British Heart Foundation 1976-1984. Chair, and Trustee of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, Royal Armouries Museum 1983-1986. Chancellor.
Married 1st Honourable Jacqueline Corinne Yvonne Vereker in 1940 (died in 1962), one son four daughter. Married 2nd Margaret Lady Glanusk in 1966.