Beaverbrook, Max Aitken

 
Pronunciation: /ˈbiːvəˌbrʊk/
  • 1st Baron (1879–1964), Canadian-born British Conservative politician and newspaper proprietor; full name William Maxwell Aitken. He bought the Daily Express in 1916 and increased its circulation to record levels. Beaverbrook was also Minister of Aircraft Production in Churchill’s cabinet (1940).