Sir Nigel Mobbs

Sir Nigel Mobbs, Kt, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, since 1997; Chairman of Slough Estates since 1976; Chairman of Bovis Homes; and a Director of Barclays Bank died........He was aged 68.
Gerald Nigel Mobbs was born 22 September, 1937, the son of Gerald Aubrey Mobbs by his wife Elizabeth Lanchester, and was educated at Marlborough College, and at Christ Church, Oxford.
Career:-->joined Slough Estates plc in 1960; Director 1963; Managing Director 1971; Chief Executive 1976-96; Director, Barclays Bank Trust Co. Ltd 1973-86 (Chairman 1985-86); Charterhouse Group 1974-84 (Chairman 1977-83); Kingfisher PLC (formerly Woolworth Holdings) 1982-96 (Deputy Chairman 1990-95; Chairman 1995-96); Cookson Group plc 1985-93; Howard De Walden Estates from 1989; Chairman, Groundwork Foundation 1990-94; Chairman, Corporate Health (formerly Slough Occupational Health Service) from 1976; Chairman of Slough Social Fund; Property Services Agency Advisory Board, 1980-86; Aims for Industry 1985-2002; Advisory Panel on Deregulation, Department of TRade and Industry, 1988-94; President Slough and District Chamber of Commerce 1969-72; Vice-President, Association of British Chambers of Commerce 1976-90 (Chairman 1974-76); President, British Property Federation 1979-81; Member of the Committee on Corporate Governance 1996-98; Member, Commonwealth War Graves Commission 1988-97; Trustee of the National Army Museum from 1994; Commissioner, Royal Hospital Chelsea from 2000; Chairman, Wembley Task Force from 1999; President, Bucks Association of Boys' Clubs, 1984-97; Hon. TReasurer, Conservative Party, 1993-96; Chairman of the Council of the University of Buckingham 1987-98, &c. Mobbs was knighted in 1986.
He married in 1961, the Hon. Pamela Jane Marguerite Berry, second daughter of the 2nd Viscount Kemsley, by whom he had issue, a son, Christopher, b. 1965, and twin daughters, Virginia and Penelope, b. 1968.

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