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British businessman (born 1936)

Nicholas P. CleggCBE
Born	Nicholas Peter Clegg (1936-05-24) 24 May 1936 (age 88)
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Occupation	Businessman
Spouse	Eulalia Hermance van den Wall Bake (m. 1959)
Children	Nick Clegg
Parent	Hugh Anthony Clegg

Nicholas Peter Clegg, CBE (born 24 May 1936) is a former managing trustee and chairman of the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation.

Life

Clegg is the son of Hugh Clegg, CBE, and his wife (married 1932) Kira von Engelhardt (1909–2005), a Russian émigré and daughter of Baltic-German aristocrat Arthur von Engelhardt.

Clegg was educated at Bryanston School and Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating with a BA degree in 1959. Before attending Cambridge, Clegg completed his national service in the Naval Intelligence Division, where he learned Russian.

He married a Dutchwoman, Eulalia Hermance van den Wall Bake in 1959. Their son, the Right Hon. Sir Nick Clegg, was formerly Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010–2015), Leader of the Liberal Democrats (2007–2015) and Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Hallam from 2005 until 2017.

In the 2009 New Year Honours, Clegg was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for "services to UK-Japanese relations".

Born Marie Engelhardt - see baptism register of Nice, page 5 (online here: http://www.basesdocumentaires-cg06.fr/archives/ImageZoomViewerEC.php?IDDOC=2011011816335440340374&COMMUNE=NICE&PAROISSE=&TYPEACTE=Naissances&DATE=1909%20%E0%20%20/%202)
Cambridge University List of Members Up to 31 December 1988
Bowers, Chris (26 September 2012). Nick Clegg: The Biography. Biteback Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84954-209-8.
Barratt, Nick (22 December 2007). "Family detective: Nick Clegg - Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 27 April 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
"No. 58929". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2008. p. 24.
People of Today. Debrett's Peerage Limited. 1995. ISBN 978-1-870520-24-9.

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Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010–2015) Lord President of the Council (2010–2015) Leader of the Liberal Democrats (2007–2015)
Government	Premiership of David Cameron Cameron–Clegg coalition 2010 coalition negotiations Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition agreement Frontbench Team
Politics	Liberal Democrats East Midlands Sheffield Hallam Opposition Frontbench Team
Elections	2007 (party leadership) 2008 (local) 2009 (local) 2009 (European) 2010 (local) 2010 (general) 2011 (local) 2012 (local) 2013 (local) 2014 (local) 2014 (European) 2015 (general) 2015 (local)
Family	Nicholas Peter Clegg (father) Miriam González Durántez (wife) Hugh Clegg (paternal grandfather) Kira von Engelhardt, Baroness von Smolensk (paternal grandmother) Baroness Moura Budberg (paternal aunt-great-grandmother)
In the media	"The New Coalition Academy" (2010–2015) Britain's Economy: Cameron and Clegg Face the Audience (2010) "Nick Clegg Says I'm Sorry (The Autotune Remix)" (2012) The European Union: In or Out (2014) Coalition (2015) How to Stop Brexit (And Make Britain Great Again) (2017)