Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos
1893–1972 (age 79)
Biography
Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos, carried the weight of commerce and government with equal measure, rising from leadership in British shipping and finance to wartime posts in the Ministry of Shipping and later the colonial administration that kept trade moving during the darkest hours for the United Kingdom.
He later continued to champion industrial planning, international investment, and cultural causes, ensuring that the bridges he forged between business and public life sustained Britain’s postwar renewal.