Rowland Wright | |
Honorific Prefix: | Sir |
Honorific Suffix: | CBE |
Office: | 6th Chancellor of the Queen's University, Belfast |
Term Start: | 1984 |
Term End: | 1991 |
Predecessor: | Lord Ashby of Brandon |
Successor: | Sir David Orr |
Birth Date: | 4 October 1915 |
Birth Place: | Northampton, England |
Death Place: | Lewes, East Sussex, England |
Sir Rowland Sydney Wright CBE (4 October 1915[1] – 14 June 1991) was a British industrialist who served as Chancellor of the Queen's University, Belfast between 1984–91.[2]
He was born in Northampton.[3] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1970 New Year Honours. He was knighted in the 1976 Birthday Honours for his service to export as Chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries.
He died in Lewes, East Sussex, aged 75.[4] [5]