Matthew Darby

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This article is about the British publisher and landscape designer. For the British general formerly known as Matthew Darby, see Matthew Darby-Griffith.

Matthew George Darby, (born 27 August 1967) is a British publisher and landscape designer. He was educated at Edinburgh University. He is the son of Adrian Darby and Lady Meriel Darby, daughter of former British Prime Minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home (also known as 14th Earl of Home, and Lord Home of the Hirsel). Home's correspondence with Darby was published as Letters to a Grandson in 1983.

Darby is best known as the creator of the Pocket Canons, an internationally best-selling series of books from the bible published in sixteen countries, and winner of the Publishers' Publicity Circle award for Generic Campaign of the Year in 1998. Darby is married to singer-songwriter Christina Kulukundis and has two children.

Other interests:

Board member of the Cotswolds Conservaton Board; Governor of Kemerton Conservation Trust; Trustee of Iris Darnton Foundation.

[edit] References

  • Home of the Hirsel, Lord. (1983). Letters to a Grandson, London: HarperCollins.
  • Sunday Times Magazine. (1984). Relative Values. Interview by Maddox, B.
  • The Face (magazine). (1998). Interview
  • Debrett's People of Today, 2008. (2007).
  • Country Life. (7 June 2007). pp 158-159. Interview
  • Mowl, T. (2006). Historic Gardens of Worcestershire.