John Jerwood

John Michael Jerwood MC (17 September 1918 – 23 June 1991) was an English businessman and philanthropist.

His mother Cecilia Mary Herklots (née Powles) married Arthur Wellesley L'Estrange Fawcett in 1920.

He was commissioned in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in 1940 and was awarded the Military Cross in 1944[2] while serving with the 1st battalion in Italy.

After the war he transferred to the Royal Auxiliary Air Force as a flight lieutenant[3] and relinquished his commission in 1958.

The Jerwood Foundation was set up in 1977, at first to provide generous benefactions to his old school, Oakham, and prizes and bursaries for young artists and musicians.

The Jerwood Library at Trinity Hall, Cambridge , was opened in 1999