Terry Bramall
{{Short description|British businessman and philanthropist (born 1942)}}
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Terence George Bramall {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (born 20 November 1942https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04305805/filing-history?page=5) is a British businessman and philanthropist. He is also one of four directors of Doncaster Rovers.
Early life
Career
Bramall served as the Chairman of Keepmoat, a British community regeneration and housebuilding company.{{cite news|title=New Year Honours List 2013: Tory donors get gongs: Property tycoons who have given more than £160,000 to the Conservative Party have been given awards in today's New Year Honours List. |first=Rowena |last=Mason |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9769966/New-Year-Honours-List-2013-Tory-donors-get-gongs.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=29 December 2012 |accessdate = 15 October 2015}} He sold the group to its management for £783 million in 2007, with Bramall and his family owning 72% at the time.{{Cite web|date=2009-03-27|title=Keepmoat's Bramall steps back into property sector {{!}} TheBusinessDesk.com|url=https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/yorkshire/news/9877-keepmoat-s-bramall-steps-back-into-property-sector|access-date=2020-07-27|website=Yorkshire|language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Times|first=The Sunday|title=Rich List 2020: profiles 304-399=, featuring Simon Cowell and Sir Elton John|newspaper=The Times|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/rich-list-2020-profiles-304-399-featuring-simon-cowell-and-elton-john-fsfw72cck|access-date=2020-07-27|issn=0140-0460}}
Bramall had donated £60,000 to the Conservative Party by 2012.
Bramall is a director of Doncaster Rovers Football Club. Bramall was chief executive of the Keepmoat construction group, which specialised in social housing.{{cite news |last=Bramall |first=Terry |date=24 January 2013 |title='Money gives you the freedom... it's what you do with that freedom that counts' |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/money-gives-you-the-freedom-it-s-what-you-do-with-that-freedom-that-counts-1-5347442 |accessdate=15 April 2018 |newspaper=Yorkshire Post}}{{cite web |title=CBE for man who loves the sound of music |url=http://www.thestar.co.uk/what-s-on/out-about/cbe-for-man-who-loves-the-sound-of-music-1-5269910 |accessdate=2 April 2018 |website=thestar.co.uk}}{{cite web |title=Rich list Yorkshire family's £100m gifts to charities |url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/rich-list-yorkshire-family-s-100m-gifts-to-charities-1-6620151 |accessdate=2 April 2018 |newspaper=Yorkshire Evening Post}}
He was selected as High Sheriff of West Yorkshire for 2017-18.{{cite web |title=West Yorkshire 2016/2017 |url=http://www.highsheriffs.com/West%20Yorkshire/Index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109185807/http://www.highsheriffs.com/West%20Yorkshire/Index.htm |archive-date=9 November 2017 |accessdate=11 June 2017 |publisher=High Sheriffs association}}
In May 2025, the Sunday Times Rich List estimated Bramall's net worth to be £429 million.{{Cite web |title=The Sunday Times Rich List 2025 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}
Philanthropy
Bramall set up the Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation with a £100 million endowment in 2008. He is a Trustee of the Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation. The charity supports charitable organisations that promote Christian Faith in accordance with the Church of England.{{Cite web|title=Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation {{!}} National Churches Trust|url=https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/|access-date=2020-07-27|website=www.nationalchurchestrust.org|language=en}} A major supporter of the arts, especially within the Yorkshire region, The Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation also supports urban regeneration and education programmes.{{Cite web|title=Gift of £1 million from Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation cements support for music works – Yorkshire Business|url=https://yorkshire-business.co.uk/article/gift-of-1-million-from-the-liz-and-terry-bramall-foundation-cements-support-for-music-works/|access-date=2020-07-27|language=en-GB}}
Bramall donated £2 million for the completion of Birmingham University’s Bramall Music Building.{{Cite web |url=http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/giving/whywegive.aspx |title=Why we give to Birmingham |access-date=10 January 2015 |archive-date=31 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231193458/http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/giving/whywegive.aspx |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/alumni/TheDifference6.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 January 2015 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923190746/http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/alumni/TheDifference6.pdf |url-status=dead }}
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Bramall was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Years Honours for services to charity.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-new-year-honours-list-2013|title=The New Year Honours Lists 2013 - GOV.UK|website=www.gov.uk|accessdate=2 April 2018}} He was awarded The Prince of Wales Medal for Arts Philanthropy in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://northernballet.com/?q=category/tags/the-liz-and-terry-bramall-foundation|title=The Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation|website=northernballet.com|accessdate=2 April 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://northernballet.com/?q=blogs/mark-skipper/14-11-14/supporters-receive-royal-medal|title=Supporters receive Royal Medal|website=northernballet.com|accessdate=2 April 2018}} Bramall was awarded the honorary degree of DUniv by Birmingham University in 2011.{{cite web |title=Honorary Graduates of the University of Birmingham since 2000 |url=https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/senate/honorary-graduates-since-2000.pdf |access-date=19 July 2024}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/giving/Bramallthankyou.aspx |title=Bramall Music Building supporters - University of Birmingham |access-date=10 January 2015 |archive-date=20 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020085439/http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/alumni/giving/Bramallthankyou.aspx |url-status=dead }} Bramall won the National Masters Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2004.{{cite web|url=http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/07/12July11ManchesterUnitedsChiefExecandBBCBossHonouredbytheUniversityofBirmingham.aspx|title=Manchester United's Chief Exec and BBC Sport Boss Honoured by the University of Birmingham|website=www.birmingham.ac.uk|accessdate=2 April 2018}}
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Category:Alumni of the University of Birmingham
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:British businesspeople
Category:British philanthropists
Category:High sheriffs of West Yorkshire
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