Charles Henderson Tidbury

Sir Charles Henderson Tidbury, DL (26 January 1926 – 3 July 2003) was an English brewing executive who was Chairman of Whitbread and President of the Institute of Brewing.

Early life and military career Charles Henderson Tidbury was born in Camberley, Surrey, on 26 January 1926, the son of Brigadier O. H. Tidbury, MC, and his wife Beryl, née Pearce. Following schooling at Eton College, he joined the King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1944 and served in Palestine from 1946 to 1948 during the Palestine Emergency.

Tidbury also held directorships on Barclays, ICL Europe, Mercantile Group, Nabisco Group, Pearl Assurance and Vaux Group. On a local level, he was a Governor of Portsmouth University from 1988 to 1996 and chaired the Governing Body at Portsmouth High School from 1992 to 1996, during which time he also served on the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Health Committee. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Hampshire in 1989, the same year he received a knighthood. motto = Promptus Et Volens crest = Issuant from water barry wavy Azure and Argent a demi grey Shire Horse Proper Sable resting its sinister hoof on a Maltese Cross Vert. notes = Granted 29 March 1991 by Cole (Garter) and Wagner (Clarenceux).