Charlie Ward, born June 8, 1960 living in Spain interviewed Jack Kidd who is a descendant of Canada's Max Aitken 1st Baron Beaverbrook. Lord Beaverbrook died from cancer in Leatherhead in 1964, aged 85. A bust of him by Oscar Nemon stands in t…
Charlie Ward, born June 8, 1960 living in Spain interviewed Jack Kidd who is a descendant of Canada's Max Aitken 1st Baron Beaverbrook. Lord Beaverbrook died from cancer in Leatherhead in 1964, aged 85. A bust of him by Oscar Nemon stands in the park in the town square of Newcastle, New Brunswick, not far from where he sold newspapers as a young boy. His ashes are in the plinth of the bust. The Beaverbrook Foundation continues his philanthropic interests. In 1957, a bronze statue of Lord Beaverbrook was erected at the centre of Officers' Square in Fredericton, New Brunswick. 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. In 1910, Aitken moved to Britain and he became friends with Bonar Law, a native of New Brunswick and the only Canadian to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The two men had a lot in common: they were both sons of the manse from Scottish-Canadian families and both were successful businessmen.
Beaverbrook and his wife Lady Beaverbrook left a considerable legacy to both New Brunswick and the United Kingdom. In 2014, he was named a National Historic Person on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. His legacy, and memorials, includes the following buildings:
University of New Brunswick
Aitken House
Aitken University Centre
Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium
Lady Beaverbrook Residence
Beaverbrook House (UNBSJ E-Commerce Centre)
City of Fredericton, New Brunswick
Lady Beaverbrook Arena (formerly operated by the University of New Brunswick)
The Beaverbrook Art Gallery, including world-renowned art collection (New Brunswick's provincial gallery)
The Fredericton Playhouse
Lord Beaverbrook Hotel
Lord Beaverbrook statue in Officer's Square
City of Miramichi, New Brunswick
Max Aitken Academy
Lord Beaverbrook Arena (LBA)
Beaverbrook Kin Centre (formerly the Beaverbrook Theatre and Town Hall)
Beaverbrook House (his boyhood home and formerly the Old Manse Library)
Lord Beaverbrook bust in Queen Elizabeth Park
Aitken Avenue
City of Campbellton, New Brunswick
Lord Beaverbrook School
City of Saint John, New Brunswick
Lord Beaverbrook Rink
City of Ottawa, Ontario
Beaverbrook
City of Calgary, Alberta
Lord Beaverbrook High School
McGill University
The Beaverbrook Chair in Ethics, Media and Communications
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HELLO! Online 2017 - Jack Kidd and his second wife Rosie Tyser are expecting their first child together. The former champion polo player and trained chef Rosie, who wed two years ago, are looking forward to welcoming a baby girl in August. It will be the first child for Rosie, 39, and the sixth for Jack, 43, who has four children by his ex-wife Be Kemeny and a son by former fiancée Callie Moore. Jack’s marriage to American heiress Be ended in 2006 and she now lives in South Carolina with their four children, Jaiden, 17, John, 14, Jackson,13, and Jaime, ten. Jack sees as much as possible of his six-year-old son Jesse, who now lives in Norfolk with former model Callie, who has since married hunt-master Toby Coles and recently gave birth to their baby son Merlin.
