Robert Haslam

Robert Haslam, Baron Haslam (4 February 1923 in Bolton, Lancashire – 2 November 2002 in Virginia Water, Surrey), was a British industrialist and chairman of British Steel Corporation and British Coal. He was created a Life Peer in 1990.

Education Haslam was educated at Bolton School and Birmingham University where he gained a first-class degree in mining engineering. Haslam retired in 1990 and was created a life peer taking the title Baron Haslam, of Bolton in the County of Greater Manchester.

Personal life He married, first, on 5 June 1947, Joyce Quin (d.1995), a clerk from Bolton on 5 June 1947. They had two sons, Roger (b. 1948) and Nigel (b. 1952). He married, second, on 20 July 1996, Elizabeth Sieff widow of Michael Sieff (d. 1987) former joint Managing Director of Marks & Spencer.