Terence Mordaunt

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Terence Charles Mordaunt
Born
Terence Charles Mordaunt

May 1947 (age 77)
Surrey, England
Education Wells Cathedral School
OccupationEntrepreneur
Years active1991–present
Known forOwner of The Bristol Port Company
Spouses
  • Linda Jeanne Forstmann
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    (m. 1973⁠–⁠2000)​
  • Julia Isabella Francesca Grassick
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    (m. 2015)​
ChildrenSharon Christie Mordaunt Jonathan Charles Mordaunt
Website www.bristolport.co.uk

Terence Charles Mordaunt (born 22 May 1947) [1] is a British entrepreneur, chairman and co-owner of The Bristol Port Company.

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He is also chairman of Pendennis Shipyard, founder of The Mordaunt Foundation, chairman of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, and trustee of The Outward Bound Trust. [2] [3] [4]

Early life and education

Terence Mordaunt was educated at Wells Cathedral School in Somerset, England, which he attended between 1958 and 1965. [5]

He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bristol in 2000. [6]

Career

Early career

Mordaunt started his career as a navigating apprentice in the Merchant Navy. He obtained his master's ticket in 1974. [5]

He was later a Distribution Manager for Alcan UK, before becoming Commercial Director at housebuilder Bellway plc in 1983, where he was responsible for large land acquisitions. [5]

In 1986, Mordaunt founded management consultancy First Corporate Consultants. [5]

The Bristol Port Company

Mordaunt is co-owner and chairman of the cargo handling business The Bristol Port Company, where he has a controlling interest. He and his business partner Sir David Ord founded the company when they purchased the 150-year lease in Avonmouth and Royal Portbury Docks from Bristol City Council for £36 million in 1991. [5]

In 2015, Bristol City Council sold the freehold of the port to the company for £10 million, but retained a 12.5% non-voting stake in the company. [7]

Other activity

Mordaunt is chairman of Pendennis Shipyard, a Falmouth-based company that builds and refits luxury yachts, which had a turnover of £52m in 2017. [8] [9]

In 2019, Terence Mordaunt officially handed over a collection of letters written by Isambard Kingdom Brunel to the SS Great Britain Trust when they were discovered at Bristol Port. [10]

In 2016, Mordaunt founded The Mordaunt Foundation, which provides grants to a number of regional, national and international organisations. [5]

Terence Mordaunt is a Trustee of the Outward Bound Trust. [11] [5]

Since 1995, Mordaunt has been a member of The Society of Merchant Venturers. [12]

Political activity

Terence Mordaunt is a patron of Conservative Way Forward, a British Thatcherite think tank. [13]

In April 2017, Mordaunt joined the board of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, a think tank which promotes climate change denial, succeeding Nigel Lawson as chairman in 2019. [14] [15] Mordaunt told OpenDemocracy in 2019: "No one has proved yet that carbon dioxide is the culprit [of climate change]. It may not be. If you ask me should we just put carbon dioxide in the air, I would say 'no'. And that is the stance of the Global Warming Policy Foundation." [2]

In 2019, The Bristol Port Company gave Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt £25,000 each for their campaigns to become the Conservative Party leader. Terence Mordaunt and Sir David Ord have given over £640,000 to the Conservative Party since 2001. [16] [17] Mordaunt was listed as the 13th biggest donor to the pro-Brexit campaign. [18]

In 2022, Penny Mordaunt's prime ministerial campaign stated that Terence Mordaunt is not a relative. [19]

Since 22nd June 2023, Terence's company First Corporate Consultants Limited has given £100,000 to the Reform UK party. [20]

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  1. ↑ "Terence Charles MORDAUNT - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 Gogarty, Conor (22 January 2020). "The Bristol Port multi-millionaire who leads a climate sceptic group". BristolLive. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "THE OUTWARD BOUND TRUST :: United Kingdom :: OpenCorporates". opencorporates.com. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Our history | The Bristol Port Company". www.bristolport.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Terence Mordaunt | The Bristol Port Company". www.bristolport.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  6. ↑ Bristol, University of. "Honorary graduates - 1995-2015". www.bristol.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Avonmouth and Portbury Docks freehold sold for £10m". BBC News. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Pendennis reports record turnover". Marine Industry News. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "Leadership". Pendennis Shipyard. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Treasure trove of letters written by Isambard Kingdom Brunel surface in 'extremely rare' find" . The Independent. 3 April 2019. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "Our trustees and patrons". Outward Bound Trust. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  12. ↑ "Terence Mordaunt, Author at The Society of Merchant Venturers". The Society of Merchant Venturers. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "Our Team". Forward!. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
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  17. ↑ "Tory leadership donations: who's really backing Boris Johnson". The Guardian. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  18. ↑ "Top Conservative donors hit out over fears Brexit 'will never happen'". Politics Home. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  19. ↑ Wood, Poppy (19 July 2022). "Penny Mordaunt distances herself from 'climate sceptic' backer after taking £20,000 donation". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
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