Ross Stainton

Sir John Ross Stainton CBE (27 May 1914 – 5 December 2011) was a British businessman and airline chief executive.

Life The son of George Stainton and his wife Helen Ross, he attended Glengorse School and Malvern College. He joined Imperial Airways in 1933. From 1940 to 1946, he served in the Royal Air Force from 1940. He joined BOAC in 1949, and worked in its head office from 1954 to 1968, when he came onto its Board. He was its managing director in 1971–2.

Personal life Stainton married in 1939 Doreen Werner (ded 2001); the couple had three daughters. his wife died in 2001. He had three daughters. He was awarded the CBE in the 1971 Birthday Honours. He was knighted in the 1981 New Year Honours. He lived in Camberley, off the B311.