| 词条 | Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow |
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Vice Admiral Jeffrey Maurice Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow,[1] GCVO, CBE (born Steinberg, in Stepney, London 27 December 1934), is a British businessman and Conservative peer. The Plaistow referred to is Plaistow, West Sussex, reflected in the land holdings in the county.[2] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1977 Birthday Honours[3] and was knighted in the 1985 New Year Honours for public services and services to industry,[4] having the honour conferred by The Queen on 12 February.[5] In Margaret Thatcher’s resignation honours list he was created a life peer as Baron Sterling of Plaistow, of Pall Mall in the City of Westminster on 17 January 1991.[6] He was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) in August 2002 in a supplement to that year’s Birthday Honours list in recognition of his services in connection with the Queen’s Golden Jubilee.[7] Baron Sterling has a coat of arms with the Latin motto "Usque Per Ignem" (Trans: All the way through fire).[8] He holds an honorary commission in the Royal Naval Reserve of rear admiral[9] and is associated with HMS President. On 2 April 2015 Sterling was to be promoted to honorary vice admiral in the RNR.{{sfn|The Daily Telegraph, 16 February 2015, p.28}} Sterling founded Motability, a charity providing cars for people with disabilities, in 1977 and today is chairman of the organisation. He was executive chairman of the shipping line P&O from 1983 to 2005, having joined the board as a non-executive director on 6 February 1980, and is now Life President of P&O Cruises. In 2002 he served as chairman of the Golden Jubilee Weekend Trust, in commemoration of The Queen's reign of 50 years as sovereign. In March 2007 Sterling announced that he would be buying the Swan Hellenic brand from Carnival Corporation & plc. In April 2007 he brokered a deal with Roger Allard's All Leisure Holidays, operator of cruise company Voyages of Discovery, to purchase the brand Swan Hellenic. Together they acquired cruise ship Explorer 2, to be renamed Minerva 1. Swan Hellenic began its new summer season in March 2008 with Lord Sterling remaining as chairman. In October 2010 Sterling hit the headlines by suggesting cruise passengers using his company, Swan Hellenic, at Portsmouth should not mix with "ordinary" ferry passengers who were mostly "semi-lager-louts" or "lorry drivers smelling of BO".[10] He later tried to backtrack on this statement, saying he meant 'backpackers' or 'people rushing around'. He led the initiative to build the Queen's Row Barge Gloriana in 2012.[11] {{Infobox COA wide|escutcheon = Chequy Argent and Sable, three lyres bendwise in bend Gules. |crest = A salamander statant upon its hind legs Sable, enflamed Proper, and holding between the forefeet the Hebrew letter chain Argent. |supporters = Dexter, a retriever Gules supporting with the exterior forefoot an anchor Argent; sinister, a fallow deer Gules supporting with the exterior forefoot an anchor Gules |motto = Usque Per Ignem [12]}} References1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/s/3659/Jeffrey+Maurice.aspx | title=The Rt Hon the Lord Sterling of Plaistow, GCVO, CBE | publisher=Debrett’s | accessdate=31 December 2012}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sterling Of Plaistow, Jeffrey Sterling, Baron}}{{Life-peer-stub}}{{UK-business-bio-stub}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/jeffrey-sterling/26517 |title=Lord Sterling of Plaistow |publisher=www.parliament.uk |accessdate=31 December 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103022306/http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/jeffrey-sterling/26517 |archivedate= 3 January 2013 |df= }} 3. ^{{London Gazette |issue=47234 |date=11 June 1977 |page=7089 |supp=y}} 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=49969 |date=31 December 1984 |page=2 |supp=y}} 5. ^{{London Gazette |issue=50078 |date=29 March 1985 |page=4499}} 6. ^{{London Gazette |issue=52428 |date=22 January 1991 |page=1065}} 7. ^{{London Gazette |issue=56654 |date=6 August 2002 |page=2}} 8. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/lp1958%20s.htm | title=Life Peerages - S | publisher=Cracroft's Peerage | accessdate=18 February 2013}} 9. ^{{cite news | url=http://content.yudu.com/A1owcf/navynewssept10/resources/33.htm | title=Assignments | publisher=Navy News, September 2010 | accessdate=31 December 2012}} 10. ^{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-11488085 | title=Cruise boss brands ferry passengers 'semi-lager louts' | publisher=BBC News | date=6 October 2012 | accessdate=31 December 2012}} 11. ^{{cite web |title=Building Gloriana |url=https://www.glorianaqrb.org.uk/building-gloriana/ |website=www.glorianaqrb.org.uk |accessdate=23 September 2018}} 12. ^{{cite book|title=Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage |date=2000}} 7 : Conservative Party (UK) life peers|People educated at Reigate Grammar School|Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Knights Bachelor|Living people|1934 births |
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