Mackintosh, Lord

Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax chaired the Promotion Committee, a broad-based group established in 1958, the task of which was to campaign for the establishment of a new university in East Anglia. Mackintosh was temperamentally well suited to the role and spoke widely in support of the project. On the granting of the University's charter, Mackintosh was appointed Chancellor-Designate; sadly, he died on 27th December 1964, five months before he was due to be formally installed.

From the guide to the UEA Collection: Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax, 1960-1964, (University of East Anglia)