Sir Bronson James Albery (6 March 1881 – 21 July 1971) was an
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theatre director
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and
impresario
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His ...
. Second son of
James Albery and
Mary Moore, and brother to
Irving Albery and
Wyndham Albery, he was
knighted
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in 1949 for his services to the theatre.
Albery married Una Gwynn Rolleston. The
Albery Theatre Albery is a name. It may refer to:
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*Bronson Albery (1881−1971), English theatre director ...
in
London
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was named in his honour and his elder son, Sir
Donald Albery, was also a theatrical impresario.
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1881 births
1971 deaths
English theatre directors
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20th-century English businesspeople
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