Julian Tufnell Faber (6 April 1917 – 11 January 2002) was a leading figure in the insurance business.
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Early life
He was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He served with the Welsh Guards during the Second World War. He retired as a Major.
Career
He joined the family firm of Willis, Faber & Dumas (later Willis Corroon) in 1938 (later rising to chairman). He later served as chairman of Cornhill Insurance and he was responsible for sponsoring English Test Cricket for a long period from 1978.
Family life
He married Caroline Macmillan, a daughter of Harold Macmillan and Lady Dorothy Cavendish, a daughter of the 9th Duke of Devonshire. They had five children:
1) Anne Cristine Adriane Faber (born 1944). Married firstly in 1970 Michael Roger Lewis Cockerell, two children, married secondly in 1995 The Hon. David Bernstein.