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| Christopher Chataway (1931-2014) |
Christopher Chataway was a high achiever who excelled in a number of fields. An Olympic athlete and one-time world 5,000 metres record holder, he was also a television reporter, a Conservative MP and a government minister.
Having also been a successful businessman and a chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority, he described himself in 2010 as having ''never made up my mind what I wanted to do".
Born in Chelsea in January 1931, Christopher Chataway was educated at Sherborne School in Dorset and, after National Service, at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he took an honours degree in politics, philosophy and economics and became president of the University Athletic Club.
He represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games in 1952 and 1956; he ran a memorable 5,000 metres race against Emil Zatopek and was a pacemaker when Roger Bannister ran the first four-minute mile in 1954.
