"Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave." - Rainer Maria Rilke
"A committee is a cul de sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled" - Sir Robert Cocks
Rather he lived 82 years. Without googling him based on the nature of the name I'd say he was a member of the Tory party and the aristocracy. ps I've got it from stock traders almanac