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- Roger Richard Edward Chorley, 2. Baron Chorley (* 14. August 1930; † 21. Februar 2016) war ein britischer Wirtschaftsprüfer und erblicher Peer. Der Sohn des , war Schüler an der , Buckinghamshire. Er studierte am Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge und schloss 1953 mit einem Bachelor of Arts in Natur- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften ab. Beim Tod seines Vaters erbte er 1978 dessen Titel Baron Chorley. Chorley arbeitete von 1954 bis 1990 für Coopers & Lybrand (heute PWC) und war dort Partner zwischen 1967 und 1989. Von 1974 bis 1977 war er Mitglied der Königlichen Presse-Kommission (Royal Commission on the Press) und 1978 und 1979 des Ordnance Survey Review Committee. Von 1980 bis 1991 war er Vorstandsmitglied des Royal National Theatre. Zwischen 1981 und 1999 war er Mitglied des British Council, ab 1991 als dessen stellvertretender Vorsitzender. Zwischen 1985 und 1987 stand Chorley dem Committee on Handling of Geographic Information vor, das als Chorley Committee bekannt wurde. Das Komitee gab Empfehlungen für die Übernahme der auf Papier vorliegenden Landkarten in rechnergestützte Datenbanken, um Regierungsdaten zugänglich zu machen, für Koordinatensysteme und Postleitzahlenzuordnung und für Maßnahmen, um Geoinformationssysteme zu fördern. Zwischen 1987 und 1990 war er Präsident der Royal Geographical Society. Chorley erbte 1978 neben dem Titel des Baron Chorley auch den damit verbundenen erblichen Sitz im House of Lords und war dort bis 1999, als er seinen Sitz im Rahmen des House of Lords Act 1999 verlor, Mitglied. 2001 wurde er erneut Mitglied des House of Lords als einer der 92 Vertreter der erblichen Peers, nachdem er die Nachwahl für den zuvor verstorbenen Henry Herbert, 7. Earl of Carnarvon gewonnen hatte. Am 17. November 2014 erklärte Lord Chorley dann seinen Rücktritt aus dem House of Lords. Chorley war seit 1964 mit Ann Elizabeth Debenham verheiratet; sie bekamen zusammen zwei Söhne. (de)
- Roger Richard Edward Chorley, 2e baron Chorley (14 août 1930 - 21 février 2016) est un expert-comptable et pair britannique. (fr)
- Roger Richard Edward Chorley, 2nd Baron Chorley (14 August 1930 – 21 February 2016), was a British chartered accountant and peer. The son of the Robert Chorley, 1st Baron Chorley, Roger Chorley was educated at Stowe School, Buckinghamshire, and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in natural sciences and economics in 1953. He succeeded to his father's title in 1978. Chorley worked for Coopers and Lybrand from 1954 to 1990, as partner from 1967 to 1989. He was a member of the Royal Commission on the Press between 1974 and 1977, and of the in 1978 and 1979. From 1980 to 1991, he was also a board member of the Royal National Theatre, and from 1981 to 1999 of the British Council. Between 1991 and 1999, he was also the latter's deputy chairman. Between 1985 and 1987 Chorley chaired the , known as the Chorley Committee. This made recommendations on the conversion of Ordnance Survey maps from paper to computer form, making more Government data available, Grid referencing and Postcode referencing of data, measures to promote the use of computerised Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and investment required in training and research and development. A patron of the British Mountaineering Council, Chorley was further a member of the from 1981 to 1991, of the from 1982 to 1985, and of the Natural Environment Research Council 1988 to 1994. Between 1987 and 1990, he was President of the Royal Geographical Society. He was a member of The Integrated Sciences Advisory Panel. He was one of the ninety elected hereditary peers to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999. Being the runner-up in the 1999 election, he replaced the 7th Earl of Carnarvon, after the latter's death in 2001, sitting as a crossbencher. He resigned from the House under the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 on 17 November 2014. He married Ann Elizabeth Debenham in 1964 and they had two sons. He died on 21 February 2016 at the age of 85. and she died on 20 August 2021 at the age of 90. She is buried at St Michael and All Angels Church, Hawkshead, Cumbria, with a gravestone which marks their lives in the churchyard. (en)
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- Roger Richard Edward Chorley, 2e baron Chorley (14 août 1930 - 21 février 2016) est un expert-comptable et pair britannique. (fr)
- Roger Richard Edward Chorley, 2. Baron Chorley (* 14. August 1930; † 21. Februar 2016) war ein britischer Wirtschaftsprüfer und erblicher Peer. Der Sohn des , war Schüler an der , Buckinghamshire. Er studierte am Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge und schloss 1953 mit einem Bachelor of Arts in Natur- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften ab. Beim Tod seines Vaters erbte er 1978 dessen Titel Baron Chorley. Zwischen 1987 und 1990 war er Präsident der Royal Geographical Society. Chorley war seit 1964 mit Ann Elizabeth Debenham verheiratet; sie bekamen zusammen zwei Söhne. (de)
- Roger Richard Edward Chorley, 2nd Baron Chorley (14 August 1930 – 21 February 2016), was a British chartered accountant and peer. The son of the Robert Chorley, 1st Baron Chorley, Roger Chorley was educated at Stowe School, Buckinghamshire, and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in natural sciences and economics in 1953. He succeeded to his father's title in 1978. (en)
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