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Beaverbrook

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Bea·ver·brook  (bvr-brk), First Baron. Originally William Maxwell Aitken. 1879-1964.
Canadian-born British publisher, financier, and politician. He founded his press empire on the Daily Express (1916) and the Evening Standard (1923), held many cabinet positions during the 1940s, and was a confidant of Winston Churchill.
Beaverbrook [ˈbiːvəˌbrʊk]
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(Biographies / Beaverbrook, William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron (1879-1964) M, Britishnational of birth: Canadian, WRITING: newspaper proprietor, POLITICS: politician, POLITICS: statesman) 1st Baron, title of William Maxwell Aitken. 1879-1964, British newspaper proprietor and Conservative politician, born in Canada, whose newspapers included the Daily Express; minister of information (1918); minister of aircraft production (1940-41)
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Noun1.Beaverbrook - British newspaper publisher and politician (born in Canada); confidant of Winston Churchill (1879-1964)
1st Baron Beaverbrook, William Maxwell Aitken


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