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The West Yorkshire Lieutenancy
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J.J.E.Brennan Esq., OBE, DL,
appointed Vice Lord-Lieutenant of West Yorkshire in May 2004 |
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The Vice Lord-Lieutenant John Brennan was born in 1941. Following his education at Ampleforth and Keble College, Oxford, he went to Barcelona University to study Spanish Literature before joining the family textile business in 1963. Still with the family business, Associated Textiles Co. Ltd., he is also retained as a consultant by a French textile company which had purchased the trading division of Associated Textiles. Appointed an OBE in 1990, John Brennan became a Deputy Lieutenant in 1991 and High Sheriff of West Yorkshire in 1998. He has also sat on Bradford City Council, chaired the British Wool Federation, Bradford Conservative Federation and the Finance Committee of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society. He and his family actively support several charities, including Cancer Relief, NSPCC and RNLI. Married to Claire Linnell in 1984, they have three children and live in the family home in Rawdon, Leeds. The Vice Lord-Lieutenant describes his hobbies as including Watching cricket (enthusiasticaly) |
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The role of the Lieutenancy | |
The County of West Yorkshire | ||||
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The Lord Lieutenant | |
History of the West Yorkshire Lieutenancy | ||||
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The Lieutenancy team | |
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The Lord Lieutenant's scrapbook | |
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Last updated 2nd March 2005