Newspaper proprietor & minister
Lord Beaverbrook
Owned the Daily Express and ran aircraft production in 1940, when output rose sharply. Churchill said he was a foul-weather friend.
William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, was a Canadian-British newspaper publisher and backstage politician who was an influential figure in British media and politics of the first half of the 20th century. His base of power was the largest circulation newspaper in the world, the Daily Express, which appealed to the conservative working class with intensely patriotic news and editorials. During the Second World War, he played a major role in mobilising industrial resources as Winston Churchill's Minister of Aircraft Production.
- Born
- 1879-05-25, Maple, CanadaA Sunday
- Died
- 1964-06-09, Leatherhead, Surrey, EnglandA Tuesday, aged 85
- At birth
- Sun in Gemini, Moon in Cancer
- Nationality
- Canada
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1879-05-25, Maple, Canada · time unknown, noon chart
America/Torontothe zone used then
America/TorontoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 4°04′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 24°32′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Taurus | 11°04′ | Direct |
| Venus | Cancer | 13°32′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 19°47′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Pisces | 10°31′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 12°34′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Virgo | 0°13′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Taurus | 10°25′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Taurus | 26°07′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1964-06-09, Leatherhead, Surrey, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 18°37′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 8°18′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Taurus | 29°39′ | Direct |
| Venus | Cancer | 4°28′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Taurus | 24°13′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 13°34′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 5°00′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Virgo | 6°14′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 15°37′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Virgo | 11°40′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Lord Beaverbrook was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.