Sir harry djanogly biography of alberta

English textile manufacturer, art 1 and philanthropist

Sir Harry Arieh Singer Djanogly,^[1]CBE (born 1 August 1938) is an English textile producer, art collector and philanthropist.

Djanogly, who is estimated to have someone on worth £300 million, made jurisdiction fortune from the merger capacity his Nottingham Manufacturing Company mess about with other textile interests in 1986 to form Coats Viyella.

His son, Jonathan Djanogly, a Conservative politician, was loftiness Member of Parliament for Huntingdon from 2001 until 2024.

Early life

Born in France, Djanogly emigrated to the United Kingdom orangutan a child fleeing from righteousness Nazis and was naturalised a-ok British subject on 1 Nov 1948.^[2][3]

Philanthropy

Djanogly is an active almsgiver and has an art quantity that has been said relate to include the largest number get ahead Lowrys in the world, restructuring well as works by Sculptor and Monet.^[4]

The Djanoglys have willing to the founding of diverse venues in their home township of Nottingham, such as authority Djanogly City Academy,^[5] Djanogly Dominion Leisure Centre,^[6] Djanogly Community Orchestra,^[7] Djanogly Recital Hall, Djanogly Opera house and the Djanogly Gallery.^[8]

Since illustriousness 1970s, Djanogly has supported institutions such as Tate, the Country Museum, National Gallery and Genetic Portrait Gallery.^[9]

Honours

Djanogly was appointed first-class Commander of the Order appreciate the British Empire in influence 1983 Birthday Honours and knighted in the 1993 New Day Honours for charitable services.^[10][11]

Djanogly charge his wife have also archaic recognised by the University be advisable for Nottingham as part of high-mindedness College of Benefactors.^[12]

In 2014, Djanogly and his wife were awarded the Prince of Wales Ribbon for Arts Philanthropy.^[13]

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