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Sir Terence Norman Beckett KBE (13 December 1923 – 2 May 2013) was a British businessman, who was chairman of Ford and later became director-general of the Confederation of British Industry.

Early life edit

Beckett was born on 13 December 1923 in Walsall, Staffordshire, England.^[1] He was educated at the private Wolverhampton Grammar School. He then went on to study mechanical engineering at Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Technical college (now Wolverhampton University).^[2]

On 14 July 1945, towards the end of World War II, Beckett was commissioned in the British Army as a second lieutenant of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He was given the service number 352178.^[3] He saw active service in India and Malaya.^[4] He was promoted to lieutenant on 1 January 1949 and granted the honorary rank of captain.^[5] He took a BSc in economics at the London School of Economics.^[6]

Beckett received the General Service Medal (1918) with Malaya clasp for his service during the Malayan Emergency.

Beckett received an honorary doctorate from Heriot-Watt University.^[8] in 1981 ^[9]

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