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The Foundation of The Foundation of Lady Katherine Leveson in Temple Balsall is a Christian Foundation, with a fascinating past, lively present and an open future. The history of Temple Balsall is focussed on the Old Hall which was the headquarters for the Knights Templar from the 12th Century and the Church, built about 1320 and later restored by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in 1849. The present work of the Foundation is focussed on the School, the Supported and Residential Court, St Mary’s Church and the Leveson Centre. This lively, open and hospitable community focuses its work on the care of Older People, (Sheltered Court & Leveson Centre) the education of children (School) and the nurture of Christian disciples (The Church). This work follows the will of Lady Katherine Leveson who set up the Foundation in 1674 so that these aspects of Christian witness and discipleship might continue in her memory. You can find out more about all these aspects of our work by following the links above. To keep in touch with events and people at Temple Balsall you can subscribe to the Foundation's magazine Temple Matters. The community continues to be open to the future as it explores ways in which it can strengthen its Christian witness through the support and encouragement of Children and the care of Older People.
Governing Body of the Foundation
Michael Adlington
After leaving Wrekin College I spent seventeen years working in the motor industry, first with Armstrong Siddeley and latterly with the Safety Glass Division of Pilkington Bros. A major career change took me into turkey farming which has evolved into an all year round operation now being run by our eldest son. Motor sport has provided a great interest, competing in several different categories over the years, followed by involvement with the Pony Club at both local and national level. Golf has always provided a challenge and we spend as much time as possible in the summer on our narrow boat. Currently I am a churchwarden and PCC secretary at St. Mary's church.
Mrs Janet Bird
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Rt Hon James Edward, the Viscount Daventry Shakespeare McTurk and Graham - Chartered Surveyors (1980-1983); Bain Dawes plc - Insurance Brokers (1983-1987); Bain Clarkson/AON - Insurance Brokers (1987-1990); Director, Penrose Forbes Insurance Brokers Limited, Hiscox Group plc (1990-1998); RK Harrison Insurance Brokers Limited (1998-present). Patron of George Eliot Fellowship and Mary Ann Evans Hospice; Committee Member, Warwickshire Country and Land Association; Management Committee, Turf Club, London.
Mr Matthew Dugdale Interests - Art, Wine and Golf. He has built a freight railway line and is happily living in the second most ugly house in England (according to the BBC).
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Mr Michael Fetherston-Dilke After Rugby School, he read politics and economics at the University of Bristol. He then followed a career in finance and industry, having qualified as a chartered accountant. On his return to Maxstoke in 1992 he developed a range of Midlands business interests. He enjoys encouraging his sons into most sports, particularly cricket, golf and archery and all country pursuits. In 1999/2000 he was High Sheriff of Warwickshire, an office also
previously held by several members of his family, including his
father, Captain Charles Fetherston-Dilke, a former Governor of the
Foundation.
Lord Guernsey VL
Gillett Bros Discount Bank London (1969-1971); Albert E Sharp - Stockbrokers, Birmingham (1971-1974); Packington Estate (since 1974). Married Penelope Cawley in 1971; 4 daughters and 1 son. President, Warwickshire Branch of Country Land and Business Association; Chairman, Gamekeepers Welfare Trust; Tax Commissioner; Trustee of Coventry Hospitals Charity, Coventry Sports Foundation and Coventry Cathedral Development Trust: President, Warwickshire Cricket Club; Vice Lord-Lieutenant for the West Midlands. Interests - Field Sports, Real Tennis, Archery and Golf.
Mr Ian Holloway
Fellow the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants; Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants; and Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultancy. My career has usually involved the multiple use of accounting, IT, project management and consultancy. Employed by CEGB, Wilts United Dairies Ltd, Carreras Ltd, Coopers and Lybrand, AEI, Rolls Royce, Cadbury Schweppes plc, Terry of Redditch, Ian Holloway Associates (Management and Accounting Consultancy). Interests - Genealogy, photography, the National Trust, involved
in a range of charitable organisations and interested in the care
of older people. Chairman of Chadwick End Trust/The Mission House
Charity since 1995.
Mr William Husselby OBE DL High Sheriff of the County of West Midlands: 1986/87. Currently Director of the Welsh National Opera, a Trustee of the Birmingham Opera Company, a member of the Development Council of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and a Trustee of the Birmingham Museum of Science and Technology (ThinkTank). He has lived in Fen End for 35 years.
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Born
in Cheshire, married at St Mary's, Temple Balsall and now with three
grown-up sons and three grandchildren, I have lived on the edge
of the parish since 1964.
Janet
is a director of several companies, largely in the property sector,
and of two working farms. She is a member of a number of local societies
and a trustee of Alice Duchess Dudley Trust. Main interests are
racing, field sports and horticulture. Born and educated in Kenilworth
and now living at Upper Billesley with husband Anthony and three
daughters.
Born South Africa - formal education in Zimbabwe. Worked in London
until marriage to Sir Adrian Cadbury in 1994 and came to live in
Knowle. Involved with supporting husband in his work for The Birmingham
Settlement. Governor of the Foundation since 1999.
National
Diploma in Agriculture and Land Management, Royal Agricultural College.
Married
to Paige, four children. Educated at Eton College. Employed by David
Ker Fine Art. Partner, W S Dugdale Farm Partnership. Director, Real
Property & General Housing Co Ltd and of Central & Midland
Ltd. Past Chairman, Warwickshire Branch CLA. Chairman. Atherstone
Hunt Club.
Michael,
born in 1948, comes from a long-established Warwickshire family,
who live at Maxstoke Castle, near Coleshill.
Born
in 1947. Educated at Oundle School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Born
in Bristol and educated at Bristol Grammar School. Married to Connie
with one daughter.
Bill
Husselby is the Chairman of Cogent Elliott Advertising, one of the
largest independent advertising agencies outside London. A Governor
of Lady Katherine Leveson since 1987, subsequently becoming Chairman
of the School Governors in 1989 and Chairman of the Foundation in
1996.|
Mr Robert Meacham OBE
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Company
Director, Kenilworth Daylight Centre Ltd and Industrial Rooflight
Company Ltd. Chairman, Independent Review Panel - NHS Complaints;
Hospital Manager for appeals and referrals under the mental Health
Act. Trustee of Temple Balsall Amalgamated Charities. Chairman,
Freedom Association, Warwickshire & West Midlands Branch. Leader,
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, 1981-1991.|
Sir John Owen DCL (Lambeth); MA, BCL (Oxford); LLM (Wales). Deputy Chairman, Warwickshire Quarter Sessions 1967-1971. Queens Counsel 1970. Recorder of the Crown Court 1972-1984. Dean of the Arches and Auditor of Chancery Court York 1980-. Circuit Judge at Old Bailey 1984-1986. Justice of the High Court of Justice (Queens Bench Division) 1986-. Chairman, West Midlands Area Mental Health Review Tribunal 1972-1980. Honourable Liveryman, Worshipful Company of Scriveners
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Mrs Clare Sawdon JP Elected to Warwick district council in 2002. She has been a magistrate in Warwickshire since 1986 and Deputy chairman of the Family panel since 1990. Clare was previously a non-executive director of South Warwickshire Combined Care NHS Trust with particular responsibility for the mentally ill. A school governor. Chair of Stoneleigh Parish Council and councillor for 17 years. Chair of the Dame Alice Leigh Almshouse, Stoneleigh, 1984-1989. Involved in a variety of voluntary organisations, particularly interested in health and well being of older people in the community.
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Educated
at Solihull School. Commanded 2 King Edward's Own Ghurkha Rifles
1945. Called to the Bar, Gray's Inn 1951. 
Born
and brought up in Temple Balsall. Appointed a Governor of the Foundation
in 1996, she serves on the Court and Estate Committees of the Foundation.
Also appointed to the Mission House Charity at Chadwick End on behalf
of the Trustees.|
Godfrey Chesshire - Bailiff to the Foundation
Member of Balsall Parish Council; Member of World of Work Committee for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales; Trustee of the Lant Trust; and Member of Birmingham International Airport Consultative Committee. Interests - family (my wife Linda and two sons Peter and Andrew), theatre (particularly the Royal Shakespeare Company), reading (especially history and biography), walking (not rambling - my sons say that's 'naff'), and eating (or so I'm told!).
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Born
in Packwood. Worked in the British motor industry for twenty years
in various export operations, latterly as Resident Director for
Talbot Motors in Tehran. Since mid 1980s involved in several community
fields including support for long-term unemployed, physically disadvantaged
and visually impaired people.|
The Rev'd Dr James Woodward - Master of the Foundation
His role as Master of the Foundation also includes being Vicar
of St. Mary's Church and he also directs the work of the Leveson
Centre. |
Ordained
in 1984, he has worked as a Curate in the Diocese of Durham, as
Chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford, as a hospital Chaplain in the
Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. He has worked in Temple
Balsall since 1998. He has a long-standing interest in the relationship
between health and religion: pastoral theology and health care ethics.
He has written widely in these fields. He is an Associate Lecturer
of the Open University, and honorary Research Fellow in practical
theology at Cardiff University and an Associate Fellow within the
centre for Health Studies within Warwick Business School.|
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