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May, Paul, son of William Charles May, estate agent and surveyor, of Hampstead, and Katharine Edith May OBE, sister of Henry Edward Robson Roose (qv); b. 12 July 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (H), KS Sept. 1922; left 1926; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1926, BA 1930 (1st class hons Litt. Hum.), MA 1950; United Africa Co., Gold Coast, 1930-2; buyer John Lewis Partnership 1932-40; Min. of Aircraft Production 1940-5 (dep. Dir. of Materials Production 1945); John Lewis Partnership 1945, financial adviser and dir. 1950, dir. of trading 1956, dep. chairman 1955-70, retd Jan. 1970; CBE Jan. 1970; m. 1st 26 Aug. 1933 Dorothy Ida, sister of Charles Sabel Makower (qv); 2nd 25 Jan. 1969 Frances Maud Douglas, d. of George Herbert Tarver, civil engineer, of Darlington, Co. Durham; d. 19 Feb. 1996.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1919 to Election 1989, Volume 4, compiled by F.E. Pagan and H.E. Pagan, Padstow, 1992