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|honorific-prefix = [[Colonel]] [[The Right Honourable]]
|honorific-prefix = [[Colonel]] [[The Right Honourable]]
|name            = The Viscount Slim
|name            = The Viscount Slim
|honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|OBE|DL|FRGS}}
|honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|OBE|DL|FRGS}}
|image            = Viscount Slim 2017.jpg
|image            = Viscount Slim 2017.jpg
|caption          = Slim in the Lords chamber, 2017
|caption          = Slim in the Lords chamber, 2017
|office          = [[Member of the House of Lords]]<br/>[[Lords Temporal|Lord Temporal]]
|office1          = [[Member of the House of Lords]]<br/>[[Lords Temporal|Lord Temporal]]
|term_start      = 27 May 1971
|term_start1      = 27 May 1971
|term_end        = 12 January 2019<br/>[[Hereditary Peerage]]
|term_end1        = 11 November 1999<br/>as a [[hereditary peer]]
|predecessor      = [[William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim|The Viscount Slim]]
|predecessor1    = [[William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim|The 1st Viscount Slim]]
|successor       = [[Daniel Mosley, 4th Baron Ravensdale|The Lord Ravensdale]]
|successor1      = ''[[House of Lords Act 1999|Seat abolished]]''
|term_start2      = 11 November 1999
|term_end2       = 12 January 2019<br/>as an [[List of hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999|elected hereditary peer]]
|predecessor2    = ''[[House of Lords Act 1999|Seat created]]''
|successor2      = [[Daniel Mosley, 4th Baron Ravensdale|The Lord Ravensdale]]
|birth_name      = John Douglas Slim
|birth_name      = John Douglas Slim
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|birth_place      = [[Quetta]], [[British India]]
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|death_date      = {{death date and age|2019|1|12|1927|7|20|df=y}}
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|death_place      =  
|nationality      = British
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|mawards          = [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]]
|mawards          = [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]]
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[[Colonel]] '''John Douglas Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|OBE|DL|FRGS}} (20 July 1927 – 12 January 2019) was a British peer, soldier and businessman. He was one of the 92 [[hereditary peer]]s in the [[House of Lords]], elected to remain after the passing of the [[House of Lords Act 1999]]. In 1970, he succeeded to his father's title. He sat as a [[crossbencher]].
[[Colonel]] '''John Douglas Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|OBE|DL|FRGS}} (20 July 1927 – 12 January 2019), was a British peer, soldier and businessman. He was one of the [[List of hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999|92 elected hereditary peers]] in the [[House of Lords]], elected to remain after the passing of the [[House of Lords Act 1999]]. In 1970, he succeeded to his father's title. He sat as a [[crossbencher]].


==Life and work==
==Life and work==
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Slim was chairman of [[Peek plc]] from 1976 to 1991, deputy chairman from 1991 to 1996, and eventually consultant from 1996 to 2003. He was further director of [[Trailfinders]] travel company and Trustee of the [[Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League]] (RCEL). From 1971 until his death he was president of the [[Burma Star Association]] and from 2000 president of the [[SAS Association]]. He was also Patron of Prospect Burma, a London-based charity that offers higher education scholarships to Burmese students as well as the Graham Layton Trust, a British charity which helps to raise money for eyecare in [[Pakistan]].
Slim was chairman of [[Peek plc]] from 1976 to 1991, deputy chairman from 1991 to 1996, and eventually consultant from 1996 to 2003. He was further director of [[Trailfinders]] travel company and Trustee of the [[Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League]] (RCEL). From 1971 until his death he was president of the [[Burma Star Association]] and from 2000 president of the [[SAS Association]]. He was also Patron of Prospect Burma, a London-based charity that offers higher education scholarships to Burmese students as well as the Graham Layton Trust, a British charity which helps to raise money for eyecare in [[Pakistan]].


From 2005 to 2016 Slim was Patron of the Burma Children's Fund a UK Charity supporting children's education and health care in Burma. Having been chairman in the past, he was vice-president of the [[Britain–Australia Society]]. From 1977 to 1996, he was vice-chairman of the [[Arab-British Chamber of Commerce]]. In 1983, Slim was made a Fellow of the [[Royal Geographical Society]]. Between 1995 and 1996, he was also Master of the [[Worshipful Company of Clothworkers]]. He served as an honorary chairman of The OSS Society.
From 2005 to 2016 Slim was Patron of the Burma Children's Fund a UK Charity supporting children's education and health care in Burma. Having been chairman in the past, he was vice-president of the [[Britain–Australia Society]]. From 1977 to 1996, he was vice-chairman of the [[Arab-British Chamber of Commerce]]. In 1983, Slim was made a Fellow of the [[Royal Geographical Society]]. Between 1995 and 1996, he was also Master of the [[Worshipful Company of Clothworkers]]. He served as an honorary chairman of The OSS Society.


Slim was married to [[cordon bleu (dish)|cordon bleu]] [[chef]] Elisabeth [[Spinneys|Spinney]] from 1958 until her death in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary – Viscountess Slim, chef and military wife |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/17219194.obituary-viscountess-slim-chef-and-military-wife/ |website=Scottish Herald}}</ref> They had two sons, [[Hugo Slim|Hugo John Robertson Slim]] (b. 1961) and Mark William Rawdon Slim (b. 1960), and a daughter Mary Ann Elisabeth Slim.
Slim was married to [[cordon bleu (dish)|cordon bleu]] [[chef]] Elisabeth [[Spinneys|Spinney]] from 1958 until her death in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary – Viscountess Slim, chef and military wife |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/17219194.obituary-viscountess-slim-chef-and-military-wife/ |website=Scottish Herald}}</ref> They had two sons, [[Mark Slim, 3rd Viscount Slim|Mark William Rawdon Slim]] (born 1960) and [[Hugo Slim|Hugo John Robertson Slim]] (born 1961), and a daughter, Mary Ann Elisabeth Slim (born 1964).


Slim died on 12 January 2019, aged 91.<ref>{{cite news|title=Viscount Slim, son of the great Bill Slim who commanded 22 SAS and gave stalwart support to Burma veterans – obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/01/16/viscount-slim-soldier-son-great-bill-slim-commanded-22-sas-gave/|work=The Telegraph|date=16 January 2019}} {{registration required}}</ref>
Slim died on 12 January 2019, aged 91.<ref>{{cite news|title=Viscount Slim, son of the great Bill Slim who commanded 22 SAS and gave stalwart support to Burma veterans – obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/01/16/viscount-slim-soldier-son-great-bill-slim-commanded-22-sas-gave/|work=The Telegraph|date=16 January 2019}} {{registration required}}</ref>


==Arms==
==Arms==
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|crest = Out of a Crown Vallary Or a Peacock in its Pride proper gorged with a Collar and with a Line reflexed over the back Or
|coronet = A [[Coronet|Coronet of a Viscount]]
|coronet = A [[Coronet|Coronet of a Viscount]]
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Revision as of 21:03, 24 October 2021

Colonel The Right Honourable
The Viscount Slim
OBE, DL, FRGS
Slim in the Lords chamber, 2017
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
27 May 1971 – 11 November 1999
as a hereditary peer
Preceded byThe 1st Viscount Slim
Succeeded bySeat abolished
In office
11 November 1999 – 12 January 2019
as an elected hereditary peer
Preceded bySeat created
Succeeded byThe Lord Ravensdale
Personal details
Born
John Douglas Slim

(1927-07-20)20 July 1927
Quetta, British India
Died12 January 2019(2019-01-12) (aged 91)
NationalityBritish
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/serviceBritish Army
Years of service1944–1972
RankColonel
Commands22 Special Air Service Regiment
Battles/warsSecond World War
Korean War
Malayan Emergency
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire

Colonel John Douglas Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim, OBE, DL, FRGS (20 July 1927 – 12 January 2019), was a British peer, soldier and businessman. He was one of the 92 elected hereditary peers in the House of Lords, elected to remain after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999. In 1970, he succeeded to his father's title. He sat as a crossbencher.

Life and work

The son of Aileen (née Robertson) and William Slim (later the 1st Viscount Slim), he was born in Quetta in British India and was educated at Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College in Dehradun. In 1944, Slim joined the 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles of the British Indian Army and was later transferred to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1948. He entered the Special Air Service in 1952. From 1961, he was instructor at the Staff College, Camberley, and from 1964 at the Joint Services Staff College. In 1972, he retired from the armed forces at the rank of lieutenant colonel with a later honorary promotion to colonel. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire the following year.

Slim was chairman of Peek plc from 1976 to 1991, deputy chairman from 1991 to 1996, and eventually consultant from 1996 to 2003. He was further director of Trailfinders travel company and Trustee of the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League (RCEL). From 1971 until his death he was president of the Burma Star Association and from 2000 president of the SAS Association. He was also Patron of Prospect Burma, a London-based charity that offers higher education scholarships to Burmese students as well as the Graham Layton Trust, a British charity which helps to raise money for eyecare in Pakistan.

From 2005 to 2016 Slim was Patron of the Burma Children's Fund a UK Charity supporting children's education and health care in Burma. Having been chairman in the past, he was vice-president of the Britain–Australia Society. From 1977 to 1996, he was vice-chairman of the Arab-British Chamber of Commerce. In 1983, Slim was made a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Between 1995 and 1996, he was also Master of the Worshipful Company of Clothworkers. He served as an honorary chairman of The OSS Society.

Slim was married to cordon bleu chef Elisabeth Spinney from 1958 until her death in 2018.[1] They had two sons, Mark William Rawdon Slim (born 1960) and Hugo John Robertson Slim (born 1961), and a daughter, Mary Ann Elisabeth Slim (born 1964).

Slim died on 12 January 2019, aged 91.[2]

Arms

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References

  1. ↑ "Obituary – Viscountess Slim, chef and military wife". Scottish Herald.
  2. ↑ "Viscount Slim, son of the great Bill Slim who commanded 22 SAS and gave stalwart support to Burma veterans – obituary". The Telegraph. 16 January 2019. Template:Registration required

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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Slim 		Viscount Slim
1970–2019
Member of the House of Lords
(1971–1999) 		Succeeded by
Mark Slim
Unrecognised parameter
New office
 Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords
under of the House of Lords Act 1999
1999–2019 		Succeeded by
The Lord Ravensdale


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