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Sir John William Maxwell Aitken, 2nd Baronet, DSO, DFC (15 February 1910 – 30 April 1985), briefly 2nd Baron Beaverbrook in 1964, was a Canadian-British fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War, a Conservative politician, and press baron.
In 1939, Sir Max served in the famous 601 County of London Squadron, and subsequently fought in and survived the Battle of Britain, a group dubbed by Churchill as ‘The Few’. Ultimately he completed his service as Group Captain of the Banff Strike Wing, flying over Norway, in 1945.
Sir John William Maxwell Aitken, 2nd Baronet, DSO, DFC (15 February 1910 – 30 April 1985 [1]), briefly 2nd Baron Beaverbrook in 1964, was a Canadian-British fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War, a Conservative politician, and press baron.
William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook PC, ONB (25 May 1879 – 9 June 1964), generally known as Lord Beaverbrook ("Max" to his close circle), was a Canadian-British newspaper publisher and backstage politician who was an influential figure in British media and politics of the first half of the 20th century.
Sir John William Maxwell Aitken, 2nd Baronet, DSO, DFC, briefly 2nd Baron Beaverbrook in 1964, was a Canadian-British fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War, a Conservative...
Lord Beaverbrook died on June 9, 1964 just two weeks after his eighty-fifth birthday. His ashes are in the plinth a bust of his likeness by Oscar Nemon which is located in Newcastle Town Square. Max Aitken Academy, established in 2016 and located in Newcastle, was named in Lord Beaverbrook’s honour.
Aitken, John William Maxwell, 2nd Baronet. Bristol Blenheim. Peerage of the United Kingdom. Date of birth: February 15th, 1910 (Montreal/Québec, Canada) Date of death: May 1st, 1985. Nationality: British (1801-present, Kingdom)
