Basil Feldman, Baron Feldman

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.

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

Biography

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
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
  1. '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. 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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