21 Facts About Dudley Fishburn

John Dudley Fishburn was born on 8 June 1946 and is a British businessman, journalist, and politician.

Dudley Fishburn was Executive Editor of The Economist and Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom for Kensington.

Dudley Fishburn was married to Victoria Boles, who served as High Sheriff of Berkshire in 2016, a daughter of Sir Jack Boles and sister of one-time Conservative MP Nick Boles, by whom he has four children.

Dudley Fishburn is on the board of GFI Group, the European subsidiary of a Wall Street broker, BGC.

Dudley Fishburn once was a Director of Altria Inc, then one of America's ten biggest companies.

Dudley Fishburn was on the board of Philip Morris International Inc, and of HSBC Bank plc, Beazley Group plc, and Saatchi and Saatchi plc.

Dudley Fishburn has a long connection with universities on both sides of the Atlantic.

Dudley Fishburn was chairman of the Trustees of the Open University Foundation.

Dudley Fishburn was the first Englishman to be elected to Harvard University's governing board, the Board of Overseers and served on the Council of Reading University and as a Trustee of the Foundation for Liver Research, which is affiliated to the University of London.

Dudley Fishburn chaired the Visiting Committee of the Cambridge University Library.

Dudley Fishburn won the Harvard Alumni award for this work.

Dudley Fishburn served of the advisory board of the Centre for the Advanced Study of India at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dudley Fishburn is currently Chairman of the Governors of Theale Green Academy, a school for 1,100 students in Theale, Berkshire, sponsored by Bradfield College.

Dudley Fishburn is currently chairman of the Heritage of London Trust and chairs the Friends of the Silchester Archaeological Dig.

Dudley Fishburn recently retired as Deputy Chairman of the Peabody Housing Trust.

Dudley Fishburn is an advisor to the Parasol Charitable Trust.

Dudley Fishburn was elected to the House of Commons, as the MP for Kensington, in a by-election in 1988 and re-elected in 1992.

Dudley Fishburn brought to the Statute Book a private bill to amend the Medicinal Products: Prescription by Nurses etc.

Dudley Fishburn served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Sir Timothy Sainsbury in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department of Trade.

Dudley Fishburn has been published in The New York Times and The Times.

Dudley Fishburn is President of the Newbury Conservative Association; the Member of Parliament for Newbury was Laura Farris until 2024, when Lee Dillon was elected for the Liberal Democrats.