Geoffrey Heyworth, 1st Baron Heyworth (18 October 1894 – 15 June 1974), was a British businessman and public servant. At the outbreak of WW1 he was employed as an accountant in Toronto, Canada. He served as a Lieutenant in 134th Battalion CEF 1916/1919. He was wounded in action in France 14 July 1918. Heyworth was chairman of

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and of

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, a company for which he worked for 48 years until his retirement in 1960. He was also a member of the

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and the

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. In 1951 he was appointed to a commission, led by Sir Lionel Cohen, set up to look into the issue of taxation on income and profits. Having been

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in 1948, on 25 July 1955 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Heyworth, of Oxton in the County Palatine of Chester, in recognition of his "... public services". He was the lead author of '' The Heyworth Report'' (1965), which led to the establishment of the

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. He was also President of the Royal Statistical Society from 1949 to 1950.www.rss.org.uk Past Presidents
Lord Heyworth died in June 1974, aged 79. The barony died with him.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heyworth, Geoffrey 1894 births 1974 deaths People educated at Dollar Academy British chairpersons of corporations Presidents of the Royal Statistical Society Unilever people Imperial Chemical Industries people Hereditary barons created by Elizabeth II