Samuel hanson biography
Samuel Lee Hanson (born August 26, ) is an....
Samuel Hanson Cox (August 25, – October 2, ) was an American Presbyterian minister and a leading abolitionist.
Celebrating the life of Lord Hanson
THEY came from every walk of life to honour a remarkable man, a remarkable Yorkshireman.
And it was easy to imagine James Hanson looking on and nodding approval at his memorial service which attracted hundreds to a beautiful London church.
Lord Hanson, the Huddersfield-born tycoon, died last December aged 82.
But yesterday there were no tears, no solemnity, no sense of grief as family, friends and sometime enemies paid tribute.
Just happy and humorous memories to share.
From the world of politics were the likes of Baroness Thatcher and former Home Secretary Kenneth Baker.
From TV and show business, Sir David Frost and lifelong friend Michael Caine.
And from the business world Hanson dominated, countless captains of industry.
But there too, in the spring sunlight piercing the gloom of St Paul's Church in Knightsbridge, were what Lord Palumbo referred to in his eloquent address as "the ordinary people, the ones James admired".