John Waddington Oakes Explained

Birth Date:	23 September 1932
Occupation:	Military officer and High Sheriff of Warwickshire
Relatives:	Nigel Oakes (son), Alexander Waddington Oakes (son)

John Waddington Oakes (23 September 1932 – 23 May 2021^[1]) was a British military officer and public official who served as High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1996. In the 1980s, he bought Whichford House, a grade II* listed house in the village of Whichford, Warwickshire.^[2] His grandfather Beilby Porteus Oakes was a descendant of Beilby Porteus.^[3] He married Annette Christine Swire; they had three children, among them two sons, businessmen Nigel Oakes and Alexander Waddington Oakes, both of whom were involved with the controversial companies SCL Group and Cambridge Analytica.^{[4] [5]}

He was also an alpine skier and competed in two events at the 1960 Winter Olympics.^[6] Oakes died in May 2021, at the age of 88.^[7]

Notes and References

1. https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/search-results
2. Web site: About Us - Whichford House. www.whichfordhouse.co.uk. 21 March 2018.
3. News: 1 November 1961. John Waddington Oakes. . 66.
4. News: Tory donors among investors in Cambridge Analytica parent firm . The Guardian . Holly . Watt . Hilary . Osborne . 21 March 2018 . 2 November 2020.
5. https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/national/growing-evidence-of-jdu-bjp-links-with-cambridge-analytica Growing evidence of JD(U), BJP links with Cambridge Analytica
6. John Oakes Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041258/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/oa/john-oakes-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 11 March 2018.
7. Web site: OAKES, Major John Waddington . The Telegraph . 29 December 2021.