Sir Mark Henry Hudson, KCVO (born 1947) is a British farmer, retired company director and former chairman of the Council of the

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. Born into a family of

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farmers and trawlers in 1947, Hudson was educated at

Sedbergh School Sedbergh School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Private schools in the United Kingdom, private boarding school, boarding and day school, day school) in the town of Sedbergh in Cumbria, North West England. It comprise ...

and studied agriculture at

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, and

Wye College The College of St Gregory and St Martin at Wye, commonly known as Wye College, was an education and research institution in the village of Wye, Kent. In 1447, Cardinal (Catholic Church), Cardinal John Kempe founded his chantry there which also ...

near London. He subsequently worked in

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and joined the board of the agricultural and distribution business NWF Group PLC in 1985; he was the company's chairman from 2006 until he retired in 2017."Mark Hudson appointed as Chairman of the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster"
''Duchy of Lancaster'', 22 October 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2019. Hudson joined the Council of the

in 2006, and in 2015 succeeded Lord Shuttleworth as Chairman of the council. He served for two years, before retiring in 2017. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the

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in the

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.
The London Gazette
', 16 June 2017 (supplement 61962), p. B4.

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1947 births Living people People educated at Sedbergh School Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Alumni of the University of London 21st-century British farmers Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Alumni of Wye College {{England-business-bio-stub