Nicholas P. Clegg Explained

Honorific Suffix:CBE
Birth Name:Nicholas Peter Clegg
Birth Date:24 May 1936
Alma Mater:Trinity College, Cambridge
Occupation:Businessman
Children:Nick Clegg
Parents:Hugh Anthony Clegg

Nicholas Peter Clegg, CBE (born 24 May 1936) is a former managing trustee and chairman of the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation.

Life

Clegg is the son of Hugh Clegg, CBE, and his wife (married 1932) Kira von Engelhardt (1909–2005), a Russian émigré and daughter of Baltic-German aristocrat Arthur von Engelhardt.[1]

Clegg was educated at Bryanston School and Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating with a BA degree in 1959.[2] Before attending Cambridge, Clegg completed his national service in the Naval Intelligence Division, where he learned Russian.[3]

He married a Dutchwoman, Eulalia Hermance van den Wall Bake in 1959. Their son, the Right Hon. Sir Nick Clegg, was formerly Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010–2015), Leader of the Liberal Democrats (2007–2015) and Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Hallam from 2005 until 2017.[4]

Honours

In the 2009 New Year Honours, Clegg was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for "services to UK-Japanese relations".[5]

Notes and References

  1. Born Marie Engelhardt - see baptism register of Nice, page 5 (online here: http://www.basesdocumentaires-cg06.fr/archives/ImageZoomViewerEC.php?IDDOC=2011011816335440340374&COMMUNE=NICE&PAROISSE=&TYPEACTE=Naissances&DATE=1909%20%E0%20%20/%202)
  2. Cambridge University List of Members Up to 31 December 1988
  3. Book: Bowers, Chris. Nick Clegg: The Biography. 2012-09-26. Biteback Publishing. 978-1-84954-209-8. en.
  4. News: Family detective: Nick Clegg - Telegraph. https://web.archive.org/web/20100427020042/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/familyhistory/3355395/Family-detective-Nick-Clegg.html. dead. April 27, 2010. Barratt. Nick. 22 December 2007. The Daily Telegraph. 27 December 2011.
  5. Book: People of Today. 1995. Debrett's Peerage Limited. 978-1-870520-24-9. en.