John Attenborough

John Michael Attenborough (1 January 1928[1] – 9 November 2012) was an English executive in the motor industry and then a financial advisor.

He was the younger brother of Richard, Lord Attenborough, an English director and actor, and Sir David Attenborough, an English naturalist.[2] Like his brothers he was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester.[3] After National Service, he studied modern languages at Clare College, Cambridge.[2][3] He worked in the motor trade and became a managing director of Mann Egerton, heading their Rolls-Royce division in Berkeley Street. He then became the head of the British operations of Italian car manufacturer, Alfa Romeo. He finally ran a distribution business for motor cars in Dorset before retiring from the motor trade and becoming a financial advisor.[4]

He had progressive supranuclear palsy and died at home in November 2012. He was survived by his wife Janet, his sons Nicholas and James and his two elder brothers.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "John Attenborough Video - Interviews". OVGuide. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 Oliver Duff & Harry Stoneley (14 July 2006). "Brothers Reunited: The Fabulous Attenborough Boys". The Independent. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "John Attenborough, youngest brother of David and Richard Attenborough.(obituary)". Daily Echo (Bournemouth). 31 December 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Missing Link; ; We find Attenborough brother No. 3", Sunday Mirror, 26 November 2000, retrieved 25 August 2014


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