Robert Maxwell
| Robert Maxwell | |
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Robert Maxwell (1989)
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| Member of Parliament for Buckingham |
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In office 15 October 1964 – 18 June 1970 |
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| Preceded by | Frank Markham |
| Succeeded by | William Benyon |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch 10 June 1923 Slatinské Doly, Czechoslovakia (now Solotvyno, Ukraine) |
| Died | 5 November 1991 (aged 68) Sea around Canary Islands |
| Resting place | Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery, Jerusalem |
| Citizenship | Czechoslovak (1923-1946) British (1946-1991) |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Elisabeth Meynard Maxwell (m. 1946–1991) |
| Children | Michael (1946-1967) Philip (b. 1948) Ann (b. 1949) Christine, (b. 1951) Isabel (b. 1951) Karine (1954-1957) Ian (b. 1956) Kevin (b. 1959) Ghislaine (b.25 December 1961) |
| Occupation | Publisher, media proprietor |
| Religion | Judaism |
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| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Rank | Captain |
| Awards |
 Military Cross
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Ian Robert Maxwell MC (born Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch; 10 June 1923 – 5 November 1991) was a British media proprietor and Member of Parliament (MP). Originally from Czechoslovakia, he rose from poverty to build an extensive publishing empire. After Maxwell's death, huge discrepancies in his companies' finances were revealed, including his fraudulent misappropriation of the Mirror Group pension fund.
Early in his life Maxwell escaped from Nazi occupation, joined the Czechoslovak Army in exile in the Second World War and was decorated after active service in the British Army. In subsequent years he worked in publishing, building up Pergamon Press to a major publishing house. After six years as an MP during the 1960s, he again put all his energy into business, successively buying the British Printing Corporation, Mirror Group Newspapers and Macmillan, Inc, among other publishing companies.
Maxwell had a flamboyant lifestyle, living in Headington Hill Hall in Oxford from which he often flew in his helicopter, and sailing in his luxury yacht, the Lady Ghislaine. He was notably litigious and often embroiled in controversy, including about his support for Israel at the time of the 1948 Palestine war. In 1989, he had to sell successful businesses, including Pergamon Press, to cover some of his debts. In 1991, his body was discovered floating in the Atlantic Ocean having fallen overboard from his yacht. He was buried in Jerusalem.
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