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Elizabeth 2, which was under construction when he took up his position with Cunard. The changes he oversaw allowed the Queen Elizabeth 2 to become a profitable luxury liner for the company. His work on the freight size of the business included the containerisation of the business together with the amalgamation of smaller lines and the formation of joint ventures which would be needed to operate larger container ships. He was chairman of Cunard when the
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was felt best to leave the composition of the board to a vote of shareholders. Rowland's 20% holding in Lonrho and further proxy votes would allow him to retain his position on the board and at the general meeting, Smallpeice and the seven fellow directors were voted off the board. The behaviour of Lonrho was described by the Prime
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Rowland then proceeded to take the eight directors to court, to permanently prevent them from being able to vote on his removal from the board, this case was lost by
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needed an experienced accountant to institute strict financial controls at BOAC. Smallpeice would turn down the role initially, fearing BOAC (also state owned) would be similar to the BTC in terms of culture and manageability. Howitt pressed
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who had agreed in principle to finance a sugar refinery in Sudan at a cost of £80 to £100 million, whilst the company was in the midst of refinancing itself. The board was able to reword the agreement and it became a feasibility study, recovering the situation but respite from a further crisis would
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Trafalgar House board, but stayed just five months before leaving in January 1972. Trafalgar House together with Blue Star Line and Ellerman Line asked that Smallpeice remain in his role as chairman of Associated Container Transportation (Australia) and the Australian
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Smallpeice and seven of his fellow directors felt there was no other course of action left open to them but to ask Rowland to relinquish all executive appointments with Lonrho, but to allow him to remain on the board as a non-executive director. Rowland refused and the eight directors prepared to
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Smallpeice, once the new Cunard board had been constituted, turned his attention to the new cruise ship being built for the company. The ship, codenamed Q4, had been proposed and planned under the auspices of his predecessor, John Brocklebank. However, with the ship now approaching completion and
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would launch a successful bid for the company, beginning on 30 June 1971. Smallpeice accepted an increased bid from Trafalgar House at the end of July, and would go on to preside over the last board meeting of Cunard as an independent company on 25 August 1971, 93 years after its incorporation.
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were intended to remain in service until their replacement entered service, but a deterioration in the passenger market in 1967 resulted in the sale of the RMS Queen Mary, being sold to raise additional funds for the company at the end of the 1967 summer cruising season. The RMS Queen Elizabeth
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who would take over from Slattery as chairman and chief executive, also intended to perform some of the managing director's roles, making Smallpeice's position essentially redundant; Smallpeice was asked to resign by Amery, leaving the company late in 1963 to facilitate Guthrie's new management
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formed company, BOAC-Cunard, began operations later that month. The new airline would operate all the transatlantic services of BOAC and Cunard Eagle from 1962 to 1966. Smallpeice served as managing director of the joint venture, in addition to his role as managing director of BOAC itself.
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as a result of their honest and principled stance in contemporary newspaper coverage, but Smallpeice would find further employment impossible whilst the Lonrho investigation was carried out. The resulting investigation showed evidence of illicit payments being made to Duncan Sandys and
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had previously asked that they have first refusal on a merger with Cunard. Ocean Steamship brought P&O into the discussions, and a three-way merger at one point looked feasible, but neither party could see any benefit in a deal involving Cunard, and backed out of proposed deal.
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damaged the already fragile finances of Cunard, and left Smallpeice with few options. The company, by now in need of cash, was forced to sell its stake in BOAC-Cunard. Smallpeice then turned to strengthening the board and bringing in experts from outwith the company, inviting
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in 1941. This would lead to the formation of the Taxation and Financial Relations Committee at the ICAEW in 1942, and Smallpeice would be one of the first members to join that committee. He would join the board of the Office Management Association prior to that.
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offered Smallpeice a board position with the shipping line in December 1963, during Smallpeice's last meeting as a BOAC representative on the BOAC-Cunard board. Smallpeice initially refused to commit to the position, instead taking a three-month cruise from
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1968 and £3 million in 1969 and the share price rose accordingly. The downturn in the economy and shipping industry in 1970 resulted in Cunard once again incurring a loss and a drop in the share price, resulting in the company becoming a takeover target.
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Smallpeice arrived back in London during March 1964 and returned to meet with Cobbold, informing him of the offer with Cunard, a position which initially would be the management of Cunard's London operation, with a trip to Cunard's headquarters in
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taking over as chairman of the company. Smallpeice, when at BOAC, had worked with Sandys when he was aviation minister and the two knew each other well. Sandys sought Smallpeice to join him on the board of Lonrho.
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prove to be short lived. The situation at Lonrho went from bad to worse during early 1973, when Peats, Lonrho's auditors, discovered payments totalling £44,000 made from a subsidiary company based in the
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requiring fitting out, it would fall to Smallpeice and his board to appoint interior and exterior designers and approve design schemes for the new ship. Smallpeice, having assessed a report by the
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about future career possibilities. He was advised to take a holiday and put his departure from BOAC behind him, whilst Cobbold would investigate what positions may be available for Smallpeice.
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into passenger service. He left BOAC along with his chairman Matthew Slattery, over disagreements with the Government concerning financial support in return for purchasing the Vickers VC10.
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pass a motion at the first full board meeting, set for 18 April 1973, forcing Rowland to relinquish all of his executive appointments. Rowland, aware of the possibility, had obtained an
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in a House of Commons debate on 15 May 1973, and the company was eventually subject to an enquiry by Inspectors from the Department for Trade and Industry, which reported in 1976.
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once a week for management and board meetings. Cobbold also had a job offer for Smallpeice, an accountancy position within the Queen's Household, a position formally to be titled
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and further impropriety undertaken by chief executive
2948:
Designing Liners: A History of Interior Design Afloat
1041:
Smallpeice and the seven other directors were dubbed
639:
Smallpeice, upon leaving BOAC, spoke with his friend
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whilst in South America and was returned to Britain.
2991:. The Institute of Charted Accountants of Scotland.
1036:"the unpleasant and unacceptable face of capitalism"
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He was instrumental in the decision to purchase the
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356:when Royal Doulton's managing director, retired
1082:. Smallpeice then served on the council of the
850:Associated Container Transportation (Australia)
3050:Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
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1056:United Nations Security Council Resolution 216
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554:Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
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1269:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
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750:followed out of service in November 1968.
380:, with Smallpeice returning to Doulton's.
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3120:Businesspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city)
3105:People educated at Hurstpierpoint College
2815:(Supplement). 10 June 1961. p. 4147.
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693:National Union of Seamen's Strike of 1966
412:promoted the idea of employers deducting
2464:
1707:"Financial Difficulty Facing B.O.A.C.".
368:. Basil Green's short return during the
3010:Cunard and the North Atlantic 1840–1973
2910:Speedbird: The Complete History of BOAC
1562:
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1456:Matthews, Anderson & Edwards (1998)
1266:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
1240:
1221:
313:, before joining Bullimore and Co., an
181: 1931; died 1973)
3055:Members of the British Royal Household
2679:
2494:Macalister, Terry (18 December 2006).
1628:"Deputy Chief Executive of B.O.A.C.".
698:Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft
344:Smallpeice was initially employed by
7:
3110:People educated at Shrewsbury School
3085:British chairpersons of corporations
2553:"Profile: Trader with the iron grip"
2077:
1889:
1865:
887:. Cunard joined at the same time as
387:provoking a strong response amongst
222:British Overseas Airways Corporation
136:British Overseas Airways Corporation
3125:20th-century English businesspeople
1403:. London. 13 July 1992. p. 15.
1066:Smallpeice served as a director of
831:Associated Container Transportation
3095:Alumni of the University of London
3065:English businesspeople in shipping
3060:Businesspeople awarded knighthoods
889:Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
228:and the mining-based conglomerate
25:
1713:. London. 10 May 1956. p. 4.
1580:"Transport Man Moves to B.O.A.C."
858:Pacific America Container Express
815:British and Commonwealth Shipping
589:when BOAC appealed the decision.
405:who was then assistant editor of
2551:Thomson, Richard (30 May 1993).
1652:"Obituary: Sir Basil Smallpeice"
1617:. 16 October 1953. p. 5499.
1001:Department of Trade and Industry
549:Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
2523:Bower, Tim (27 December 2004).
1650:Bishop, Edward (16 July 1992).
1089:Institute of Freight Forwarders
1084:British Institute of Management
1005:Governor of the Bank of England
809:subsidiary and Ronald Vestey's
198:
178:
2889:Smallpeice, Sir Basil (1981).
2248:. Think Defence. 20 March 2016
1257:Edwards, John Richard (2004).
1172:from 1965 to 1968, succeeding
1003:, but in discussions with the
953:Sir John Thomson, chairman of
401:Smallpeice, with support from
1:
424:. The idea, which became the
224:(BOAC), the shipping company
2970:The City Of London, Volume 4
1290:UK public library membership
683:with another shipping line.
443:British Transport Commission
437:British Transport Commission
3090:British corporate directors
2931:. Oxford University Press.
2827:"A Busy Year For The Board"
1158:National Order of the Cedar
1149:Smallpeice was appointed a
827:the Ocean Steamship Company
730:Economist Intelligence Unit
420:, then on the board of the
296:London and River Plate Bank
3141:
1178:St. George's Church, Esher
1126:which he retired in 1980.
1116:Royal Aeronautical Society
881:Swedish Transatlantic Line
780:Queen Elizabeth the Second
735:The existing cruise ships
27:Accountant and businessman
3080:British aviation pioneers
3006:Hyde, Francis E. (1975).
2987:Mumford, Michael (2007).
2752:"New Air League chairman"
2721:"New Air League Chairman"
1680:"B.O.A.C.'s NEW CAPTAINS"
1207:in the Royal Household.
715:Q4 under construction by
53:
2946:Wealleans, Anne (2006).
1397:"Sir Basil Smallpeice".
1110:in 1960 and joining the
854:Australian National Line
717:John Brown & Company
616:British European Airways
385:"The Future of Auditing"
336:degree whilst training.
2246:"The Atlantic Conveyor"
1634:. London. 29 June 1954.
1328:"SMALLPEICE, Sir Basil"
1260:"Smallpeice, Sir Basil"
961:, which was in need of
869:Atlantic Container Line
685:Ocean Steamship Company
543:on arrangements to fly
286:Smallpeice was born in
3014:. Palgrave Macmillan.
2908:Higham, Robin (2013).
2893:. Airlife Publishing.
1275:10.1093/ref:odnb/51318
1139:
1080:Institute of Transport
946:
926:McKinsey & Company
790:container terminal at
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673:Administrative Adviser
636:
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528:competing design, the
521:
474:
307:Hurstpierpoint College
2693:"New Guild Liverymen"
1205:Extra Gentleman Usher
1137:
1024:High Court of Justice
944:
877:Swedish American Line
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2891:Of Comets and Queens
2832:Flight International
2757:Flight International
2729:Flight International
2698:Flight International
1935:Flight International
1927:"Sir Matthew Speaks"
1796:Flight International
1788:"BOAC's New Top Men"
1685:Flight International
1043:"the straight eight"
885:Holland America Line
587:Minister of Aviation
565:Cunard Eagle Airways
334:Bachelor of Commerce
331:University of London
212:Sir Basil Smallpeice
132:Board member of
118:University of London
18:Sir Basil Smallpeice
3075:English accountants
1938:. 17 September 1964
1586:Western Daily Press
1091:from 1977 to 1978.
997:dereliction of duty
803:Overseas Containers
708:to join the board.
433:from 1948 to 1957.
362:reserved occupation
2812:The London Gazette
2732:. 16 December 1971
2467:, p. 474–475.
2387:, p. 235–236.
2356:, p. 234–235.
2293:, p. 230–231.
2235:, p. 225–226.
2211:, p. 221–223.
2151:, p. 210–211.
2124:, p. 158–161.
2092:, p. 206–207.
1971:, p. 180–181.
1820:, p. 144–145.
1614:The London Gazette
1589:. 30 December 1949
1553:, p. 138–139.
1509:, p. 135–137.
1458:, p. 210–211.
1140:
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545:Queen Elizabeth II
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483:de Havilland Comet
475:
445:(BTC). Wilson, as
346:The Hoover Company
250:Rolls-Royce Conway
238:de Havilland Comet
168:Kathleen Singleton
3021:978-1-349-02390-5
2998:978-1-904574-36-1
2979:978-1-4481-1232-6
2957:978-1-134-18939-7
2938:978-0-19-828960-9
2919:978-0-85773-334-4
2900:978-0-906393-10-9
2794:Smallpeice (1981)
2779:Smallpeice (1981)
2760:. 16 January 1975
2477:Smallpeice (1981)
2448:Smallpeice (1981)
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1471:Smallpeice (1981)
1419:Smallpeice (1981)
1288:(Subscription or
993:Slaughter and May
907:Atlantic Conveyor
902:Atlantic Conveyor
895:Atlantic Causeway
764:Private Secretary
539:, Captain of the
491:Gerard d'Erlanger
311:Shrewsbury School
258:Atlantic Conveyor
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645:Lord Chamberlain
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