Robert Maxwell
Sign in to saveAlso 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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Key facts
- 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
- Citizenship
- Czechoslovak , Israeli, French, British (from 1946)
- Party
- Labour
- Spouse
- Elisabeth Meynard ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1945 )
- Children
- 9, including Christine , Isabel , Ian , Kevin and Ghislaine
- Occupation
- Publisher media proprietor Businessman
- Branch service
- Czechoslovak Army British Army
- Years of service
- 1940–1945
- Rank
- Captain
- Battles wars
- World War II
- Awards
- Military Cross
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Family name
- Maxwell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Czechoslovakia
- Place of birth
- Solotvyno
- Place of death
- Tenerife
- Spouse
- Elisabeth Maxwell
- Child
- Ghislaine Maxwell
- Occupation
- spy
- Political party
- Labour Party
- Languages spoken
- Hebrew
- Native language
- Yiddish
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- British Army
- Military rank
- captain
- Image
- Robert Maxwell 1989.jpg
- Work location
- London
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- date of birth
- 1923-06-10
- date of death
- 1991-11-05
- place of burial
- Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery
- cause of death
- drowning
- name in native language
- Robert Maxwell
- Commons category
- Robert Maxwell
- allegiance
- British Army
- start of work period
- 1941-00-00
- birth name
- Jan Ludvik Hyman Binyamin Hoch
- candidacy in election
- 1966 United Kingdom general election
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Robert Maxwell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.