Julian Faber

Julian Tufnell Faber (6 April 1917 – 11 January 2002) was a leading figure in the insurance business.

Early life

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

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.

Family life

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

• 1) Anne Cristine Adriane Faber (born 1944). Married firstly in 1970 Michael Roger Lewis Cockerell, two children, married secondly in 1995 The Hon. David Bernstein.
• 2) Michael David Tufnell Faber (born 1945). Married Catherine Suzanne de Braine, two children.
• 3) Mark James Julian Faber (1950-1991), a Sussex cricketer. Married in 1983 Ann Griffith, three sons.
• 4) David James Christian Faber (born 1961), a Conservative politician and an MCC Committee member.
• 5) James Edwin Charles Faber (born 1964)

He died in January 2002, aged 84, and Caroline outlived him. She is still alive nearly a decade on.