Basil Feldman, Baron Feldman

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Basil Feldman
Baron Feldman
Feldman in 2010
Reign1996–2019
Born(1923-09-23)23 September 1923
Died19 November 2019(2019-11-19) (aged 96)
Spouse(s)Gita Julius
Issue3 including Nick Feldman
FatherPhilip Feldman
MotherTilly née Katz
OccupationBusinessman

Basil Samuel Feldman, Baron Feldman (23 September 1923 – 19 November 2019) was a British businessman who was a Conservative member of the House of Lords. He sat in the House from 1996 until his retirement in 2017.

Biography[edit]

Feldman was born in September 1923 to Tilly (née Katz; 1902–1977) and Philip Feldman,[1] and was educated at the Grocers' School.[1] Feldman began his first business in 1946, with Richard Beecham.[2] Feldman was a former member of Lloyd's of London, and was the director of The Young Entrepreneurs Fund from 1985 to 1994. He has been described as a former plastic-toy magnate whose business interests reportedly included "Sindy dolls, aircraft kits and yo-yos".[3] Feldman married his wife Gita Julius in 1952.[1] His younger sister was Fenella Fielding, the actress. He had two sons and a daughter. One of his sons is Nick Feldman, bass guitarist of the band Wang Chung. Feldman was a member of the Garrick and Carlton Clubs.

He was knighted in 1982.[4] On 15 January 1996, he was made a life peer as Baron Feldman, of Frognal in the London Borough of Camden.[5] His sponsors were Margaret Thatcher and Cecil Parkinson, and he was introduced to the House of Lords on 14 February 1996.[3]

Feldman died in November 2019 at the age of 96.[6]

Arms[edit]

Coat of arms of Basil Feldman, Baron Feldman
Crest
A mount issuant therefrom between two sprigs of basil both flowered a dexter cubit arm the hand grasping a wreath of laurel all Proper.
Escutcheon
Per chevron Argent guttee de sang and Gules guttee d'eau in chief two apple trees eradicated and fructed Proper and in base a phoenix rising from flames also Proper.
Supporters
Dexter a lion reguardant Or holding in the dexter paw a copper handbell and in the mouth a sprig of pink camellia both Proper sinister a hind reguardant Or gorged with a portcullis attached to a chain Sable and holding in the mouth a sprig of basil flowered Proper.
Motto
Melius Qui Citius (The Sooner The Better)[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c 'Feldman, Basil' in Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2009 ; online edn, Nov 2009 accessed 30 Jan 2010
  2. ^ "Lord Feldman, plastics tycoon who became a leading figure in the Conservative hierarchy – obituary". The Telegraph. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  3. ^ a b Chalmers, Robert (24 February 2008). "Whatever Happened to Fenella Fielding?". The Independent. London. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
  4. ^ "No. 49120". The London Gazette. 24 September 1982. p. 12413.
  5. ^ "No. 54294". The London Gazette. 22 January 1996. p. 987.
  6. ^ "Lord Feldman obituary". The Times. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  7. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2003. p. 582.

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