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Frank Branston was born on 9 May, 1939 in Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, is a Frank Branston was journalist, novelist. Discover Frank Branston's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?
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9 May 1939 |
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9 May |
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Retford, Nottinghamshire, England |
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14 August, 2009 |
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Frank Branston Height, Weight & Measurements
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Frank Branston Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Frank Branston worth at the age of 70 years old? Frank Branston’s income source is mostly from being a successful journalist. He is from . We have estimated Frank Branston's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Frank Branston (9 May 1939 – 14 August 2009) was a journalist, novelist and newspaper proprietor, and the first directly elected mayor of the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England.
Frank Branston was born in Retford, Nottinghamshire, brought up in Chelsea, west London, and educated at Sloane Grammar School, Chelsea, leaving in 1955 aged 16.
He married Marlies, originally from Germany, in 1968, and was the father of two children: Naomi (a lawyer) and Antonia (marketing).
Prior to entering politics he was a journalist, although he was for a while a member of the Labour Party in the 1970s.
In 1974 he was the first journalist on a weekly newspaper to be named as the National Press Awards' Provincial Journalist of the Year.
After launching his own newspaper, Bedfordshire on Sunday, in 1977, he also received a number of other awards.
Branston was the owner of five local newspapers: Bedfordshire on Sunday, Luton on Sunday, Hertfordshire on Sunday, Leighton Buzzard on Sunday and the Milton Keynes News, with a total distribution approaching 400,000.
He was also the author of two novels, "Sergeant Ritchie's Conscience" (1978) and "An Up and Coming Man" (1977).
Branston described himself as a "non-practising" Jew, and was the town's second Jewish mayor—coincidentally following on from the first Jewish mayor of the town.
Talking about a visit to a local school arranged by the Board of Deputies of British Jews, he said:
Frank Branston stood as an independent in the borough's first direct election for mayor in 2002, backed at the time by the Better Bedford Independent Party, which has since announced that it will field no further candidates.
His platform was based on encouraging investment in the town and on focussing on getting things done rather than on party politics (the borough and the county both had a history of hung councils and unimplemented development plans over several decades).
He and his wife sold their 88% stake in the newspapers in 2005.
Branston was re-elected with an increased majority on Thursday 3 May 2007, after a count which lasted 16 hours due to problems with an experimental electronic counting system.
In July 2009, he suffered an aortic aneurysm and underwent emergency surgery at Papworth Hospital.
He died on 14 August 2009.
In December 2009, a new section of the A428 trunk road bypassing the west of Bedford was named The Branston Way in his memory.
