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Charles William Tyrrell (born 16 May 1910 – 7 January 1972) was a British chartered accountant who was instrumental in establishing the Booker Prize.

Early life

Tyrrell was born in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, the third of four children to Charles Ethelbert (Charlie) Tyrrell [father], and Emily Jane Tyrrell [mother] (née Hacking). He studied at Stowe School in Buckinghamshire, England.

Booker Prize

He trained at Broads Paterson and Co. (London) and worked with Arthur Young and Co. (New York). He joined Booker-McConnell (now the Booker Group) in … and became the first Chairman of the Author’s Division (later Booker Books Ltd) buying rights to Ian Fleming and Agatha Christie’s works, among others. On 6 May 1968, Tom Maschler (Jonathan Cape and Publishers Association) wrote to Tyrrell to suggest instituting “a major literary award” and requesting finance from Booker-McConnell (1). A decision to proceed with the establishment of a prize was communicated to Maschler by Tyrrell at the offices of Jonathan Cape on 8 May 1968 (2). On the 15th of May Tyrrell wrote to Maschler that he was confident that the terms of the award could be “agreed with speed and sweet reason” (3). In 1969, P. H. Newby became the first winner of the Booker Prize (then known as the Booker-McConnell Prize) (4).

Personal life

Tyrrell married Strad   ??? in ??. In September 1949 he married Joan Hayman Tyrrell (née Hooper) and had three daughters, Emma, Sally and Beverly. Joan Tyrrell’s mother, Emmeline (Emily) (neé Hayman), grew up at Myrtle Grove.

(1) https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/bc1961d9-0c25-4273-879b-f8633d1c62a3/1/1_1_1_1_001.pdf

(2) https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/039cf9f1-3202-4977-91cc-d19055d682ae/1/1_1_1_1_002-003.pdf

(3) https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/8ffdb6a4-80de-4e0e-a4ca-4cd8f67746d6/1/1_1_1_1_004-005.pdf

(4) https://thebookerprizes.com/

FULL LIST OF REFERENCES ONLINE

Letter from Tom Maschler, 6 May 1968

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Letter from Tom Maschler, 8 May 1968

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·      https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/039cf9f1-3202-4977-91cc-d19055d682ae/1/1_1_1_1_002-003.pdf

Letter to Tom Maschler, 15 May 1968

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Letter to Tom Hardinge, 15 May 1969 (No access yet)

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Letter from Tom Maschler 16 May 1968

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Letter to Tom Maschler 17 May 1968

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Letter to George Hardinge, 20 May 1969

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Letter from Tom Maschler, 1 July 1968

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Letter to Jill Mortimer (Publishers’ Association), 22 July 1969

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·      https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/947528f6-f15d-4a7b-af00-cd3be99c713b/1/1_1_1_1_043.pdf

Letter to John Ansley (Telegraph), 22 July 1968

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Memo to DP, 23 July 1968

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Report, 31 July 1968

·      https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/bec770c3-ff0d-41e4-9981-0e21c727010f/1/

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Memo to Board members, 23 August 1968

·      https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/2f1d3980-963a-4a5f-9562-6f4a7dbcd7a2/1/

·      https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/2f1d3980-963a-4a5f-9562-6f4a7dbcd7a2/1/1_1_1_1_063.pdf

Memo to Board Members, 6 September 1968

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·      https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/1f7c8ef0-31f8-4295-b0a8-fb5230c0552e/1/1_1_1_1_072.pdf

Memo from John Murphy, 10 February 1969

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Letter from J.F Coombe, 13 March 1969 (no access yet)

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Letter from Peter du Sautoy, 1 April 1969 (no access yet)

·      https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/d8da1bca-7eda-4dc1-aa6c-3f0486a2df86/1/

Minutes of Publishers’ Association, Publicity Committee, 4 December 1969

·      https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/211250163.pdf

Letter to Marilyn Edwards, 9 March 1970

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Letter from John Murphy, 14 December 1971

·      https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/705974ed-a258-4fec-b57d-2d21d00d006c/1/

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