Sir Jack Hayward OBE (born in Wolverhampton, in 1923), is an English property developer and philanthropist. Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the English West Midlands, traditionally part of the county of Staffordshire. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Biography

Hayward was educated at Northaw Preparatory School and Stowe school in Buckingham. In 1941, during the Second World War, he joined the Royal Air Force, receiving flight training in Clewiston, Florida. He served as an Officer Pilot in the S.E. Asia Command and in 1946 was demobilised as a Flight Lieutenant. Buckingham is a town situated in north Buckinghamshire approximately 10 miles from the border with Northamptonshire. ... This article is about the year. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Clewiston is a city located in Hendry County, Florida. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Hayward arrived in Grand Bahama in 1956, when he became a Vice President of The Grand Bahama Port Authority and helped promote the development of Freeport. 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

His father, Sir Charles Hayward, began the Hayward involvement with the Bahamas in the 1950s. Sir Jack arrived in Grand Bahama in 1956, and became a Vice President of The Grand Bahama Port Authority which helped promote the development of Freeport. Sir Jack took over his fathers interests in the Bahamas, and continues to this day to play a role in developments in Freeport - where the Jack Hayward High School is named after him. Charles Hayward was the 25th mayor of Victoria, British Columbia, from 1900–1902. ... The 1950s was the decade spanning the years 1950 to 1959. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Freeport is a city and free trade zone on the island of Grand Bahama, located approximately 100 mi (160 km) east-northeast of Fort Lauderdale, South Florida and gives its name to a district of the Bahamas. ...

Wolverhampton Wanders F.C.

Hayward is also the owner and was until recently chairman of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.. Some have estimated that he has spent £60m of his personal fortune on a stadium, and players for the club during the 14 years for which he owned the club - more moderate figures appear to run from £20m to £40m. The new training ground was not financed by Hayward. Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. is a Wolverhampton-based football club playing at Molineux. ... Telstra Stadium in Sydney, Australia is capable of being converted from a rectangular rugby football field to an oval for cricket and Australian rules football games A modern stadium (plural stadiums or stadia in English) is a place, or venue, for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of...

Charity

Hayward was knighted for his charitable actions, giving money to buy Lundy Island (to the National Trust), the SS Great Britain; and more recently £500,000 to the Vulcan to the Sky fund ^[1] The silver Anglia knight, commissioned as a trophy in 1850, intended to represent the Black Prince. ... The Old Light, Lundy For a map, see the end of this article Lundy is an island in the Bristol Channel of Great Britain, about a third of the way from Devon to the coast of South Wales. ... The SS Great Britain in dry dock in Bristol, 2003. ... The Avro Vulcan was a British delta-wing subsonic bomber, operated by the Royal Air Force from 1953 until 1984. ...

References

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