Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron

Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, CBE, FRSL (13 September 1930 – 7 February 2015) was a British printing millionaire, philanthropist and a Labour Life Peer.

Life and career

Gavron was the eldest son of Nathan, a patent lawyer, and Leah Gavron. He was brought up in Hampstead Garden Suburb and studied at Leighton Park School in Reading and then at St Peter's College, Oxford. Gavron became a barrister and was called to the bar by Middle Temple in 1955. The same year he married his first wife, Hannah Fyvel, who died in 1965.

Gavron founded the St Ives Group in 1964, serving as chairman from 1964 to 1993. He was the director of Octopus Publishing between 1975 and 1987 and Electra Management from 1981 to 1992. He was also the proprietor of the Carcanet Press from 1983 to 2015 and served as the chairman of the Folio Society, (1982-2015) and the National Gallery Co Ltd (1996-1998). He was both chairman of the Guardian Media Group and a trustee of the Scott Trust between 1997 and 2000.