Property News · February 15, 2017

John Ramsden obituary


My father, John Ramsden, who has died aged 89, was a Sheffield-based director of the insurance broker Willis. He was an expert on Sheffield industry and also a keen gardener. He and his wife, Cynthia, became the first holders of the National Gardens Scheme’s exceptional service award.John was passionate about politics. When president of the Sheffield branch of the Chartered Insurance Institute in 1966, he invited the young Margaret Thatcher to speak at the annual dinner in Cutlers’ Hall: they remained in touch for years. He stood for parliament three times, as the Conservative candidate for Chesterfield in 1970 and for North-East Derbyshire in the two general elections of 1974, but gave up the chance of a safe seat, reluctant to leave his wife to manage their five teenage children alone. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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