Henry Marking
British businessman
Sir Henry Ernest Marking (11 March 1920 - 16 May 2002) KCVO CBE was a British businessman and a former chairman and chief executive of British European Airways (BEA), which became British Airways.
Early life
He was the son of a butcher, born in Saffron Walden in Essex. He attended Saffron Walden Grammar School.
Career
World War II
He was an army officer in the Second World War, being awarded the Military Cross (MC) in 1944 for conduct in the Battle of Anzio in February 1944. He served in North Africa, Italy and the Middle East (Egypt) with the Second Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters. He was an intelligence officer.
In September 1944 he studied for a year at the Middle East Centre for Arab Studies (MECAS), where he learnt Arabic. He then went to University College London (UCL) to read Law, having started in 1938.
British European Airways
He joined British European Airways in the legal department, becoming company secretary in October 1950. He became chief executive on 1 April 1964.
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