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Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson

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Per pale dovetailed Vert and Or on a Chevron counterchanged between two Roses also Or and Gules respectively and in base an Ancient Hand Bell proper two Pears Sable and Gold
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Lord Wolfson was a philanthropist, supporting many causes: he was president of the
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Omnibus Rebus Cura Et Provide (Care and provide for all things)
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in 2005 and in 1997 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the
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Obituaries — Leonard Wolfson: Businessman and philanthropist
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Obituary — Lord Wolfson: businessman and philanthropist
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FRS
HonFREng
GUS
Sir Isaac Wolfson, 1st Baronet
Janet Wolfson de Botton
The King's School, Worcester
knighted
Life Peer
Marylebone
City of Westminster
Conservative Party
2nd Baronet
Wolfson Foundation
British Academy
Fellow of the Royal Society
Royal Academy of Engineering
Honorary Fellow
Oxford
Wolfson College
St Catherine's College
Worcester College
Jewish Welfare Board
Imperial War Museum

Victor Barnett
David Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale
Simon Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Aspley Guise
Wolfson family
The King's School, Worcester, OVs 1900–1949

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