Robin Inskip, 2nd Viscount Caldecote, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRobin Inskip, 2nd Viscount Caldecote
British peer
Date of Birth: 08-Oct-1917
Date of Death: 20-Sep-1999
Profession: engineer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Robin Inskip, 2nd Viscount Caldecote
- Robert Andrew "Robin" Inskip, 2nd Viscount Caldecote (8 October 1917 – 20 September 1999) was a British peer and engineer.The son of Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote, Inskip succeeded to the Viscountcy on the death of his father in 1947.
- Educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, he served in the RNVR during World War II gaining the DSC.
- When peace returned he was a Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at Cambridge University and after that Managing Director of English Electric Aviation.
- He was instrumental in setting up the British Aircraft Corporation and also Chairman of the Delta Metal Company and Investors in Industry.
- Additionally he was President of the Fellowship of Engineering, Chairman of the Crown Appointments Committee and Pro-Chancellor of the Cranfield Institute of Technology.
- His wife died in 2009.
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