Biography
Guy Hands was born 27 August 1959 in London, to South African parents. He was educated at Holy Trinity School, Cookham, where he was diagnosed as severely dyslexic. Subsequently, he was sent to Ravenscroft Preparatory School, a special needs school, aged 9 and The Judd Grammar School, Tonbridge. More recently, Hands contributed the funds for the construction of the Guy Hands Library at the Judd School. In a Ravenscroft production of Macbeth in 1970, he played the part of Lady Macbeth opposite Christopher Newbury as Macbeth.
Hands studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Mansfield College, Oxford,. At Oxford, Hands held the office of Bursar of the Oxford Union and was also President of Oxford University Conservative Association in Michaelmas Term 1980. Hands also provided funding for construction of the Hands Building at Mansfield College, Oxford.
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