Marmaduke Hussey, Baron Hussey of North Bradley

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Marmaduke James Hussey, Baron Hussey of North Bradley (born 1923) was Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC from 1986 to 1996, fulfilling two terms in that role.

Hussey was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Oxford. He served in the Grenadier Guards in World War II and was severely injured at Anzio, having to have a leg amputated as a prisoner-of-war. He joined Associated Newspapers where he had a long career, culminating in the position of managing director, before joining Times Newspapers as chief executive. He was appointed Chairman of the BBC in 1986, upon the death of Stuart Young, thanks in part to his close connections to the ruling Conservative Party.

Hussey fell out with Director General John Birt over his management style and Panorama’s controversial interview with Diana, Princess of Wales in 1995.

On 11 September 1996, Hussey was made a life peer as Baron Hussey of North Bradley, of North Bradley in the County of Wiltshire. His wife Lady Susan Hussey is a Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II.