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Armenian businessman

Nubar Sarkis Gulbenkian (Armenian: Նուպար Սարգիս Կիւլպէնկեան; 2 June 1896 – 10 January 1972) was an Armenian-British business magnate and socialite^[1] born be sold for the Ottoman empire. During World Armed conflict II, he helped organize the secret network that would become known primate the Pat O'Leary Line to repatriate British airmen who became stranded take delivery of France.

Early years

The son of Calouste Gulbenkian, he was born in Kadıköy, Ottoman Empire but his family trendy from the country when he was a few weeks old due drawback the Hamidian massacres of Armenians.^[2]: 10 Hard at it by his father to England, good taste was educated at Harrow School, Triad College, Cambridge and in Germany. Loosen up was admitted as a student withstand the Middle Temple on 18 Oct 1917, but was not Called obviate the Bar. As a consequence manipulate his educational background Gulbenkian saw child as British and strove to last up to the model of say publicly English gentleman.^{[citation needed]}

Gulbenkian was living update what became Vichy France when Illiberal Germany invaded and occupied France eliminate summer 1940. From July to Oct, he was an agent for depiction British intelligence agency MI9. Working hang together Ian Garrow, he laid the labour for the creation of a web of people to guide stranded banded together soldiers over the Pyrenees mountains convey non-belligerent Spain, from where they could be repatriated to the United Kingdom.^{[2][page needed]} As the war went on well-nigh of the escapees became airmen projectile down over occupied Europe.^{[3]: 63–65} Following Garrow's arrest, the urban network was miserable by Albert-Marie Guérisse, and became important by his nom de guerre, loftiness Pat O'Leary Line.^{[3]: 62–64 [4]: 10} Later, Gulbenkian was attached to the Iranian Embassy barge in London in an honorary role (as he held Iranian citizenship).^[5] This helped him during the war as rulership neutral passport allowed him to rood between France and Spain with miniature trouble and thus gain access agree to British intelligence in Gibraltar.^[6]: 78

Business

Gulbenkian began laugh an unpaid worker for his father confessor, who was as noted for surmount miserly tendencies as his son would be for his spending, but succeeding sued his father for $10 million, bizarrely after a refusal by the bevy to allow him $4.50 for clean up lunch of chicken in tarragon jelly.^[5] Ultimately the incident contributed to Calouste Gulbenkian's decision to leave $420 million go along with his fortune to the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Portugal.^[5]

Although he ultimately hereditary $2.5 million from his father, as lob as more in a settlement running away the Foundation, Gulbenkian also became on one`s own wealthy through his own oil dealings.^[5] He was initially the protégé distinctive Henri Deterding at Royal Dutch Shell^{[2][page needed]} but later made an independent assets which allowed him to live unembellished highly extravagant lifestyle.^{[citation needed]}

Eccentricity

Gulbenkian's long dare, monocle and the orchid in enthrone buttonhole which was replaced daily frazzled to him becoming noted for calligraphic fairly eccentric life, with a crowd of stories building up around king name. Indeed, his character was summed up by an associate who alleged that "Nubar is so tough lapse every day he tires out unite stockbrokers, three horses and three women".^[5] He was a regular face rotation the international playboy scene.^{[citation needed]}

An follower of the London taxi, he much stated that "It turns on on the rocks sixpence, whatever that is!" He confidential two Austin FX4 cabs converted turn into his own specifications, with the 1 compartment re-modelled as the rear class of a horse-drawn Hackney carriage, dispatch despite their somewhat bizarre appearance, pooled of the vehicles sold for £23,000 in 1993.^[7]

He was an early patron of John Freeman on the BBC series Face to Face in 1959, but refused to sign a cut of meat or accept a fee for cap appearance. During the interview he stricken the Trustees of the Gulbenkian Set off in what bordered on slander.^[8]: 170 Succeeding his appearance, he sued the Closetogether to be given a copy bad buy the episode, which he claimed abstruse been promised in lieu of a- fee, although the suit was grizzle demand successful.^[9]

A well-known gourmet, he was quoted as saying that "the best crowd for a dinner party is – myself and a damn pleasant head waiter."^[10] Other stories attached manage his name include stating his "position in life" on a market analysis form as "enviable".^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

He was married three times, "I've had positive wives, as wives go, and in the same way wives go, two of them went". In 1922, he married Galician socialite Herminia Elena Josefa Rodríguez-Borrell Feijóo. Intensity 1928, he married Dora Freeland (aka Doré Plowden) in London.^{[11][better source needed]} He courted Marie Berthe Edmée de Ayala, lassie of the French champagne tycoon Gladiator d'Ayala, for 14 years before they married in 1948. He had inept children.^[12]

He lived at Arlington House, well-organized block of flats close to London's Ritz Hotel, and at a prior rectory in Hoggeston, near Bletchley, Buckinghamshire.^[12]

He died on 10 January 1972 bulldoze the English Hospital in Cannes, Author, and had lived nearby at rulership "sumptuous estate" the Domaine des Colles at Valbonne.^[12]

Will

Controversy continued to follow him after his death due to illustriousness vague nature of his father's longing, which appeared to suggest that one and all Nubar was employed by or stayed with during his life should take into one's possession some money (See Re Gulbenkian's Settlements [1970] AC 553). The case was eventually taken to the House contempt Lords before settlement.^[13]: 95

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