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Maxwell Aitken is the grandson of The 1st Baron Beaverbrook and the only son of Sir Max Aitken, by his third marriage to Violet de Trafford. He was educated at Charterhouse and Pembroke College, Cambridge, and the Royal College of Defence Studies.
In 1911 Aitken was knighted Sir Max by King George V. In 1917 he was given peerage as 1st Baron Lord Beaverbrook, a title reminiscent of the Miramichi region (specifically, Beaverbrook Stream) where he grew up. Jennifer Amos, Winter 2008 St. Thomas University Bibliography of Primary Sources Beaverbrook, Maxwell Aitken.
Jun 11, 2024 · Sir William Maxwell "Max" Aitken, 1st Baronet, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, PC (May 25, 1879 – June 9, 1964) was a Canadian – British business tycoon, politician, and writer. This article on an author is a stub .
Creator Name: Aitken; Sir; William Maxwell (1879-1964); Lord Beaverbrook; 1st Baron Administrative or Biographical History: William Maxwell Aitken was born on 25 May 1879 at Vaughan, Maple, Ontario, the third son and sixth child in a family of ten children (an elder sister died of diphtheria aged six) of a Presbyterian minister, the Rev William Cuthbert Aitken, who had emigrated to Canada from ...
Jun 21, 2018 · William Maxwell "Max" Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Bt, PC, (May 25, 1879 – June 9, 1964) was a Canadian-British business tycoon, politician, and writer. Lord Beaverbrook held a tight grip on the media as an influential Press Baron, owning The Daily Express newspaper, as well as the London Evening Standard and the Sunday Express.
William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook PC, ONB (25 May 1879 – 9 June 1964), generally known as Lord Beaverbrook, was a Canadian-British newspaper publisher and backstage politician who was an influential figure in British media and politics of the first half of the 20th century. His base of power was the largest circulation newspaper ...
Nov 19, 2018 · Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook. This article offers a brief survey of the Canadian-born newspaper baron, Max Aitken, later known as Lord Beaverbrook, and his role in World War I. In 1916, Aitken created the Canadian War Records Office to promote the achievements of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. In 1918, British Prime Minister Lloyd George ...
