Barrie Owen Pettman, Baron of Bombie (22 February 1944 – 2 June 2017) was a British author, publisher, and philanthropist.
[4] He was a lecturer in industrial relations in the Department of Social Administration of his alma mater, the University of Hull, from 1970 to 1982.
[4] Besides listing members of the landed gentry, he added lawyers as well as powerbrokers in showbusiness and the media, arguing that they were equally prominent.
[6] Pettman endowed a £20,000 fellowship for graduate students from New Zealand at his alma mater, the Cass Business School in London,[7][8] which lists him and his wife as "major donors".
[10] Additionally, they have made charitable gifts to Opera North, the Buxton Festival, and the East Riding of Yorkshire Choir in England.
[11] Over that eight-year period Pettman and his wife donated $1.1 million to the Academy, which was split into $4000 scholarships for students.
[12] In 2011, they agreed to donate £1 million over the next five years to the Pettman Junior Academy at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.
[14] Additionally, they have donated to the Lazarus String Quartet and the 2015 International Akaroa Music Festival.