Arnold Silverstone, Baron Ashdown

Arnold Silverstone, Baron Ashdown of Chelwood in the County of East Sussex ( born September 28, 1911 in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales; † July 24, 1977 ) was a British businessman and politician of the Conservative Party, who as a life peer in 1975 due to the Life peerages Act 1958 a member of the House of Lords was.

Life

Silverstone came from a Welsh family and worked as an entrepreneur. In addition, he was active in the Conservative Party and was for a time its treasurer.

Silverstone, who was raised as a Knight Bachelor in the equestrian order, and then the additional name "Sir" led, was a Letters Patent of 3 January 1975 Life peer with the title Baron Ashdown of Chelwood in the County of East Sussex Member of the House of Lords, where he remained until his death. Took place on March 5, 1975 with the support of Eric Edwards, Baron Chelmer and Robert Allan, Baron Allan of Kilmahew its official introduction in the House of Lords.

His older brother Joseph Ellis Silverstone was on 24 June 1976 as Baron Stone of Hendon in Greater London also a member of the House of Lords.

He was the founder of the Lord Ashdown Charitable Settlement, while Baron Stone founded the Lord Stone Trust. From a merger of the two organizations in the Stone Ashdown Trust showed the institutions like the London School of Jewish Studies ( LSJS ) supported financially.