Robert Maxwell

Also known as Ian Robert Maxwell, Abraham Leib Hoch, Ján Ludvík Hoch, Ivan du Maurier, Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch, Lance Corporal Leslie Smith, Captain Stone, Private Leslie Jones

Ian Robert Maxwell was a Czechoslovak-born British-French media proprietor and politician. He was the father of socialite and child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

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Preceded by: Sir Frank Markham
Succeeded by: Sir Bill Benyon
Born: Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch , ( 1923-06-10 ) 10 June 1923, Slatinské Doly , Czechoslovakia
Died: 5 November 1991 (1991-11-05) (aged 68), Atlantic Ocean near the Canary Islands , Spain
Resting place: Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery , Jerusalem
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Ian Robert Maxwell (10 June 1923 – 5 November 1991) was a Czechoslovak-born British-French media proprietor and politician.

Of Jewish descent, he escaped the Nazi occupation of his native Czechoslovakia and joined the Czechoslovak Army in exile during the Second World War. He was decorated after active service in the British Army. In subsequent years he worked in publishing, building up Pergamon Press to a major academic publisher. After serving as a Labour member of Parliament from 1964 to 1970, Maxwell again put all his energy into business, successively buying the British Printing Corporation, Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) and Macmillan Inc., among other publishing companies.