| LC control no. | n 50056902 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Robens of Woldingham, Alfred Robens, Baron, 1910-1999 |
| Variant(s) | Robens, Alfred, Baron Robens, 1910- Robens, Alfred, 1910-1999 |
| Other standard no. | 0000000082054854 |
| Associated country | Great Britain England |
| Associated place | Woldingham (England) Wansbeck (England) |
| Located | Chertsey (England) |
| Birth date | 1910-12-18 |
| Death date | 1999-06-27 |
| Place of birth | Chorlton-on-Medlock (Manchester, England) |
| Place of death | Chertsey (England) |
| Field of activity | Great Britain--Politics and government Industries--Great Britain |
| Affiliation | Great Britain. National Coal Board Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Labour Party (Great Britain) Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Great Britain) Bank of England Vickers (Firm : Great Britain) Johnson Matthey Plc. Great Britain. Royal Commission on Trade Unions and Employers' Associations National Economic Development Council Manchester Business School Guy's Hospital Engineering Industries Council (Great Britain) |
| Profession or occupation | Politicians Legislators Industrialists Labor union members |
| Found in | His Enlightened management and peace in industry, 1958: title page (Alfred Robens) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography WWW site, viewed March 21, 2023 (Robens, Alfred, Baron Robens of Woldingham (1910-1999); politician and industrialist; born December 18, 1910 in Chorlton; between 1935 and 1945 he was a full-time official for the Union of Shop, Distributive, and Allied Workers; unfit for service during the war, he was a Manchester city councillor between 1941 and 1945; he won the Wansbeck division of Northumberland in the 1945 election, remaining Labour MP until 1960; parliamentary private secretary to the Ministry of Transport, 1945-47, and parliamentary private secretary under Hugh Gaitskell at the Ministry of Fuel and Power, 1947-51; in 1960 he was offered the chairmanship of the National Coal Board, which he ran from 1961 (when he was created a life peer as Baron Robens of Woldingham) until 1971; in 1966, while still at the NCB, he was appointed a director of the Bank of England; from 1971 to 1979 he also held the chairmanship of Vickers; he was chairman of the bullion company Johnson Matthey, 1971-83; he was also chairman of the Engineering Industries Council (1976-80); and a member of the Royal Commission on Trade Unions and Employers' Associations (1965-8) and the National Economic Development Council (1976-80); he was a member of the council of Manchester Business School, and chairman, 1970-79 and chairman of the board of governors of Guy's Hospital, 1965-74; he died at his home in Chertsey, Surrey on June 27, 1999) |
| Associated language | eng |
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