Richard Mead

RICHARD MEAD was born in 1947\. Educated at Marlborough College and Pembroke College, Cambridge, Richard qualified as a Chartered Accountant and was successively an investment banker, a partner in a Big Four accountancy firm and an independent adviser to and non-executive chairman or director of a large number of public and private companies. He retired in 2014. Richard has always been interested in military history and biography. His first book, _Churchill's Lions - A Biographical Guide to the...See more

RICHARD MEAD was born in 1947\. Educated at Marlborough College and Pembroke College, Cambridge, Richard qualified as a Chartered Accountant and was successively an investment banker, a partner in a Big Four accountancy firm and an independent adviser to and non-executive chairman or director of a large number of public and private companies. He retired in 2014. Richard has always been interested in military history and biography. His first book, _Churchill's Lions - A Biographical Guide to the Key British Generals of World War II_, was published in 2007\. He has subsequently built himself a reputation as a biographer with _General 'Boy': The Life of Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Browning, The Last Great Cavalryman: The Life of General Sir Richard McCreery, Commando General: The Life of Major General Sir Robert Laycock_ and _'Sam': Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Elworthy _and _Dambuster-in-Chief: The Life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Ralph Cochrane_. These five books and _The Men Behind Monty_, which was shortlisted for the British Army Military Book of the Year 2016, are all in print with Pen & Sword. See less