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David Alliance, Baron Alliance

David Alliance, Baron Alliance, Iranian-English businessman and politician (died 2025)

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Born
June 15, 1932
Died
July 18, 2025
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1932

About David Alliance, Baron Alliance

David Alliance, Baron Alliance, was an Iranian-born Israeli-British businessman and Liberal Democrat politician. He was created a life peer as Baron Alliance, of Manchester in the County of Greater Manchester, on 1 July 2004, and sat on the Liberal Democrat benches until his retirement on 21 March 2025. Alliance and Djanogly turned Coats Viyella into a £2 billion textile business. In the Sunday Times Rich List 2015 ranking of the wealthiest people in the UK, Alliance was placed with an estimated fortune of £3.1 billion.

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David Alliance, Baron Alliance timeline

  1. He was created a life peer as Baron Alliance, of Manchester in the County of Greater Manchester, on 1 July 2004, and sat on the Liberal Democrat benches until his retirement on 21 March 2025.
  2. In the Sunday Times Rich List 2015 ranking of the wealthiest people in the UK, Alliance was placed with an estimated fortune of £3.1 billion.

The world when David Alliance, Baron Alliance was born

David Alliance, Baron Alliance was born in 1932. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1932

  • #1 song"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
  • Top movieGrand Hotel
  • Best-selling bookBrave New World – Aldous Huxley

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBabe Ruth's "called shot" in the World Series
  • Top headlineFDR elected in a landslide during the Great Depression
  • Technology milestoneAmelia Earhart becomes first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
  • Defining fadMonopoly board game (unofficial versions)
  • Notable inventionPolaroid filters
  • World population2.14 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderHerbert Hoover
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population124.8M

1932 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in David Alliance, Baron Alliance's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19322026
Gas$0.18$3.45/gal
Average home$5,000$435,000
Average income$2,600$67,500
Movie ticket$0.20$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population124.8M341 million

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