Edward du cann biography of martin

  • Sir Edward's business dealings have frequently overshadowed his political career.
  • In England, he goes to meet with Edward Du Cann (a conservative British MP who was chair of the 1922 Committee that was instrumental in.
  • MA: Sir Edward du Cann was the Chairman of Lonrho, and I was Chairman of Lonrho in Uganda.

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    Interview with Martin Aliker

    Download interview transcript (conducted over two days in London, 22-23 May 2013).

    Biography: Aliker, Dr Martin Jerome Okec. 1925- . Born in Gulu District, Uganda. Alumnus of Kings College Budo and Makerere University. Qualified as Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) from Northwestern University, Chicago, 1959. Influential Ugandan Business Leader and Investor, holding Directorships with a variety of companies including: Uganda Breweries Limited (1961-2001); Cooper Motor Corporation (1962-72, 2000-06); Longman Publishing, Uganda (1965-87); Phoenix Assurance Company of East Africa (1969-93); Coca-Cola Africa område (1991-2004); Nation Media Group, 2001-11; Heritage Oil, Uganda (2003-10); and many others. Left Uganda in exile for Nairobi, Kenya, in 1972; returned to Uganda permanently  in 1996. Advisor to Presidents Yusuf Lule and Godfrey Binaisa, 1979-80. Senior Adviser, Special Duties, to the President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni, 1986- . Minister of State f

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    Sir Edward Du Cann was a veteran of Conservative Party politics for thirty years and was chairman of the party's influential 1922 Committee of backbench MPs from 1972-84 as well as chairman of the party itself in the mid 1960s. However, his post-parliamentary career in business was an unhappy one.

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    Du Cann struggles to buy back his estate

    ESTATE agents were showing potential buyers around the repossessed 300-acre Somerset estate of Sir Edward du Cann last week. Attempts by the former Conservative Party chairman and former chairman of Lonrho to buy back the property have so far failed.

    The agency handling the sale, Knight Frank & Rutley, said: 'No contracts have been signed and potential buyers are not being deterred from viewing; it is now a race to complete contracts and there is considerable interest in all or part of the estate.'

    The property on offer is Tremlett Hall Farm, which surrounds the hamlet of Greenham on the Somerset-Devon border. As well as the farmhouse there is a bungalow and a staff cottage in the village. The buildings are considered exceptional for a farm of its size.

    Part of the land lies close to the walls of Sir Edward's 15th-century home, Cothay Manor.

    Martin Lamb, at the agents' office in Exeter, said: 'We had a lot of interest and we wrote asking

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