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Lord Alexander of Weedon QC
A Memorial Service for Lord Alexander has been announced for the 16th March 2006 in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster. Applications for tickets to Mr S J Holmes, Room 16, The Chapter Office, 20 Dean's Yard, London SW1P 3PA enclosing a stamped self addressed envelope. Tickets will be sent by 7 March. All are welcome to attend.
Brighton College Mourns Old Boy
by Rowan Dore, The Argus
10th November 2005
LORD Alexander, president of Brighton College for the past 12 years and one of the most distinguished old boys of the school, has died aged 69.
The school flag was flown at half mast following his death on Sunday and the news was announced to the school by headteacher Anthony Seldon.
Robert Alexander was a remarkably successful man. Regarded as one of the best advocates of his generation, he represented Jeffrey Archer in his libel action against the Daily Star and for ten years was chairman of the NatWest Bank.
He was also chairman of the Royal Shakespeare Company and president of the MCC.
The proposed new £1.5 million community arts centre at Brighton College, which will be attached to the main school buildings in Eastern Road, will be named the Alexander Arts Centre in his honour. Money in Lord Alexander's name is being donated to the project.
Lord Alexander was a pupil at the school in the early Fifties. He kept in regular contact and became president, which is the equivalent of the school's monarch, in 1993.
Mr Seldon said: "He loved the college and took a great interest in all our plans."
Lord Alexander was born in the Potteries in 1936. His father ran a filling station in Newcastle-under-Lyme and his mother kept the books. They were determined their children should have a, good education and sent Robert to Brighton College.
From there he went to King's College, Cambridge, to read English, but after two years switched to law.
He was called -to the Bar in 1961 and became a QC in 1973. He handled many high profile cases. In 1981 he represented the GLC, unsuccessfully defending its Fares Fair policy
He represented Ian Botham in an unsuccessful hearing before an appeals committee at Lords over allegations that the cricketer had smoked pot. His most famous case was when he won £500,000 damages for politician and author Jeffrey Archer against the Daily Star.
He became chairman of the Bar Council and in 1987 went on to head the Takeover Panel.
In 1988 he was made Lord Alexander of Weedon, named after the Buckinghamshire village where he lived.
He became chairman, of the NatWest Bank in 1989.
He leaves his third wife. Marie, a former Vogue model, two sons and two daughters.
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