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unusual facts about Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow


David Young, Baron Young of Graffham

After the property crash of 1973/4 he assisted Jeffrey Sterling (later Lord Sterling) to reverse his company into T&CP to form a group that later became P&O.


2013 Department of Justice investigations of reporters

Jeffrey Sterling, a former CIA employee, was indicted for allegedly revealing classified information to journalist James Risen.

Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow

He was executive chairman of the shipping line P&O from 1983 to 2005, having joined the board as a non-executive Director on 6 February 1980, and is now Life President of P&O Cruises.

He was created a life peer as Baron Sterling of Plaistow, of Pall Mall in the City of Westminster in 1990 in Margaret Thatcher’s resignation honours list.


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