Barrie Owen Pettman, Baron of Bombie (22 February 1944 – 2 June 2017) was a British author, publisher, and philanthropist. He was the co-founder and chairman emeritus of

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at the

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, he was the author of a dozen books on industrial relations. He was president emeritus of ''

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'' and a patron of opera in England and New Zealand.

Early life

Pettman was born on 22 February 1944.Debrett's
/ref> He received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Hull, followed by a Master of Science, a

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, and a doctorate from the

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Career

In 1967, Pettman co-founded Emerald Group Publishing, a publisher of

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s and books, and served as its chairman.Tina Law
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''The Press'', 23 March 2013. 7 February 2015 He became a multi-millionaire as a result.Ladies and gentlemen, look who's joining the peer group
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'', 1 November 2005. Retrieved 7 February 2015 He was a lecturer in

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in the Department of Social Administration of his alma mater, the University of Hull, from 1970 to 1982. He was a professor of

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at the International Management Centres from 1982 and registrar from 1983. He was director of the Manpower Unit at the

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from 1978 to 1979. He was also a visiting professor at the Canadian School of Management. He founded the International Institute of Social Economics, and he was a member of the Manpower Society from 1977 to 1991. He was a Fellow of the

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. Pettman was the editor of several academic journals, most of which were published by Emerald Group Publishing. He was the editor of the '' International Journal of Social Economics'' from 1973 to 1979, the '' International Journal of Manpower'' from 1980 to 1984, '' Management Research News'' from 1981 to 2005, '' Equal Opportunities International'' from 1981 to 2005, the '' International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy'' from 1984 to 2005, the '' International Journal of New Ideas'' from 1992 to 1998, and '' Managerial Law'' from 1975 to 2005. He was also the assistant editor of ''Employee Relations'' from 1978 to 1982 and assistant editor of '' Archives of Economic History''. Pettman was president emeritus of ''Burke's Peerage''. In 2005, he published the first Yorkshire edition of ''Burke's Peerage and Gentry''. His aim was to undo what he saw as a Southern bias in ''Burke's Peerage''. Besides listing members of the

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, he added lawyers as well as powerbrokers in showbusiness and the media, arguing that they were equally prominent. In 1999, he became the Baron of Bombie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland after he purchased the title from Sir David Hope-Dunbar of the Hope-Dunbar baronets and the defunct insurance firm Allied Dunbar. He was a member of the

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and the

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. He was a

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of the

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Political affiliations

In 2014, Pettman donated £500,000 to the Conservative Party.Elizabeth Rigby
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'', 13 August 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2015 As a result, he is one of their top 20 donors as of February 2015.Elizabeth Rigby, Gavin Jackson, George Parker, 'Tories double number of big City donors in five years: Miliband attacks 'party of Mayfair hedge funds and Monaco tax avoiders',' ''Financial Times'', 5 February 2015, p. 1

Philanthropy

Pettman endowed a £20,000 fellowship for

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s from

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at his alma mater, the Cass Business School in London,City University London: Prospects
Retrieved 7 February 2015 which lists him and his wife as "major donors". With his wife, he established in 2010 the Pettman Dare Scholarship at the Dare Foundation, a non-profit organisation which supports Opera Studies at the

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in collaboration with

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. In 2014, they extended their commitment up to 2020.Scholarships enhance lives and leadership through music
, The NBR New Zealand Opera, 15 August 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2015 Additionally, they have made charitable gifts to Opera North, the Buxton Festival, and the East Riding of Yorkshire Choir in England. The Pettman Junior Academy was established in 2005 in collaboration with the

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. Over that eight-year period Pettman and his wife donated $1.1 million to the Academy, which was split into $4000 scholarships for students. In 2011, they agreed to donate £1 million over the next five years to the Pettman Junior Academy at the

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, New Zealand.Benefactors’ gift makes young musicians’ dreams come true

. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2015 Two years later, in 2013, the Academy was split from the

at their request. It later joined the

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. Additionally, they have donated to the Lazarus String Quartet and the 2015 International Akaroa Music Festival.

Personal life

Pettman was married to Maureen Pettman, Lady of Bombie. They resided in

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and, in winter, in

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, New Zealand. He died suddenly on 2 June 2017 at the age of 73.In memoriam – Professor Barrie Pettman (1944–2017)
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Bibliography

*''Training and Retraining'' (1973) *''Labour Turnover and Retention'' (1975) *''Equal Pay'' (1975) *''Manpower Planning Workbook'' (1976, 1984) *''Industrial Democracy'' (1984) *''Discrimination in the Labour Market'' (1980) *''Management: A Selected Bibliography'' (1983) *''The New World Order'' (1996) *''Social Economies in Transition'' (1996) *''Self Development'' (1997) *''The Internationalisation of Franchising'' (1998) *''The Ultimate Wealth Book'' (1998) *''What Self-Made Millionnaires Really Think, Know and Do'' (with Richard Dobbins, 2002)

References

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