Julian Faber

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Julian Tufnell Faber (6 April 1917-January 2002) was a leading figure in the insurance business.

[edit] Early life

He was educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge. He served with the Welsh Guards during the Second World War.

[edit] Career

He joined the family firm of Willis, Faber & Dumas (later Willis Corroon) in 1938 (later rising to Chairman). He later served as Chairman of Cornhill Insurance and he was responsible for sponsoring English Test Cricket for a long period from 1978.

[edit] Family Life

He married Caroline Macmillan, a daughter of Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton and Lady Dorothy Cavendish, a daughter of the 9th Duke of Devonshire. They had five children:

• 1) Anne Cristine Adriane Faber (born 1944). Married Michael Roger Lewis Cockerell.
• 2) Michael David Tufnell Faber (born 1945). Married Catherine Suzanne de Braine.
• 3) Mark James Julian Faber (1950-1991), a Sussex cricketer. Married Ann Griffith.
• 4) David James Christian Faber (born 1961), a Conservative politician and an MCC Committee member.
• 5) James Edwin Charles Faber (born 1964)