Chairs
Previous chairs of the British Council have been:
- 1934–1937 Lord Tyrrell
- 1937–1941 Lord Lloyd
- 1941–1945 Sir Malcolm Robertson
- 1946–1955 Sir Ronald Adam
- 1955–1959 Sir David Kelly
- 1959–1967 Lord Bridges
- 1968–1971 Lord Fulton
- 1971–1972 Sir Leslie Rowan
- 1972–1976 Lord Ballantrae
- 1977–1984 Sir Charles Troughton
- 1985–1992 Sir David Orr
- 1992–1998 Sir Martin Jacomb
- 1998–2004 Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws
- 2004–2009 Lord Kinnock
- 2010–present Sir Vernon Ellis
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Famous quotes containing the word chairs:
“I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“My verse
has brought me
no roubles to spare:
no craftsmen have made
mahogany chairs for my house.”
—Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930)
“Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve, I’ve dreamed of havin’ my own things about me. My spinet over there and a table here. My own chairs to rest upon and a dresser over there in that corner, and my own china and pewter shinin’ about me.”
—Frank S. Nugent (1908–1965)
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