- Bernard Waley-Cohen
Sir Bernard Nathaniel Waley-Cohen, 1st Baronet (
29 May 1914 –3 July 1991 ), was a British-Jew ish businessman. He wasLord Mayor of London in 1960.The son of Sir Robert Waley-Cohen, Waley-Cohen was Alderman,
City of London Portsoken Ward, 1949-84; Sheriff, City of London, 1955-56; Lord Mayor of London, 1960-61; one of the Lieutenants, City of London, 1949-1991. He was a director of thePalestine Corporation , founded in 1922 by a number British businessmen to promote economic development in the British mandate of Palestine, much of which later became Israel. Waley-Cohen was a member of the College Committee ofUniversity College London , 1953-80. He was Treasurer 1962-70, Vice-Chairman 1970 and Chairman, 1971-80.He was made a
Knight Bachelor in 1957 and made a Baronet, of Honeymead in the County of Somerset, in 1961. Waley-Cohen married the Hon. Joyce Constance Ina, daughter ofHarry Nathan, 1st Baron Nathan . Their children areRosalind Burdon (married to the NZ businessman and former politicianPhilip Burdon ),Stephen Waley-Cohen ,Joanna Waley-Cohen and Robert Waley-Cohen. Their grandson, the amateur jockeySam Waley-Cohen , hit the sports' pages in 2007 when he came 5th on his father's horseLiberthine in theGrand National .External links
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE7DD1439F935A35754C0A967958260 Obituary in
New York Times ]References
* Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography
* Who was Who
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