Background
Pears, Sidney John was born on August 5, 1900 in London, England. Son of Sidney and Alice Ella (Grossmith) Pears.
Pears, Sidney John was born on August 5, 1900 in London, England. Son of Sidney and Alice Ella (Grossmith) Pears.
Graduate Rugby, 1919.
Governor, Cable Trust (Holding) Limited. Partner Cooper Brothers & Company, Chartered Accountants, 1926-1946, senior partner, 1946-1971. Partner Coopers & Lybrand, 1957-1971.
Chairman, Board Of Directors Cables Investment Trust Limited., Globe Investment Trust Limited., Electra Finance Company Limited., Electra Investments Limited., Electra House Limited., Aberdeen, Edinburgh & London Trust Limited.
Director Electra Investments (South Africa), Limited., Electra Investments (Canada), Limited., Electra Investments (Lambia) Limited., Electra Investments (Rhodesia) Limited., Singer, Friedlander Limited., Telephone & General Trust Limited. Participant-time member United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 1960-1972.
Director contracts Ministry Supply, 1941. principal controller costs, 1942-1945, vice chairman advising committee Royal Ordnance Factories accounting, 1946-1950. Member committee enquiry into cement industry Ministry Works, 1946, member building working party, 1948.
Deputy chairman wool working party Board Trade, 1946.
Director National Film Finance Corporation, 1948-1952, Festival Gardens Limited., 1952-1953. Member of advisory committee Revolving Fund for Industry, 1953-1956, export credits guarantee department committee, 1955. Board referees Board Inland Revenue, 1956-1957.
Member committee milk distributors remuneration Ministry Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1959-1961.
Member committee enquiry into cement industry Ministry Works, 1946. Member of advisory committee Revolving Fund for Industry, 1953-1956, export credits guarantee department committee, 1955. Member committee milk distributors remuneration Ministry Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1959-1961.
Fellow Institute.
Member City Livery Company, Worshipful Company, Frame-Work Knitters (master 1942).
Married Molly Kathleen Wallers, September 14, 1927. Children: Mary Ann (Mistress William F.S. Letten), Patricia (Mistress Richard B. Hill), Sally Karina.