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'''SIR Ralph Verney, 5th Bt''' (died in 2001) "He was chairman of the [[Nature Conservancy Council]] from 1980 to 1983, at a time when wildlife habitats were under increasing threat from intensive farming methods... Verney was chairman from 1960 to 1996 of the [[Radcliffe Trust]], a foundation dedicated to astronomy which had been created under the will of the royal physician John Radcliffe in Oxford in 1713... In addition Verney was a trustee for 30 years of the [[Ernest Cook Trust]], which derived income from traditional country estates and used it to support young musicians, artists and craftsmen; Verney brought wisdom and new ideas both to the management of the estates and the distribution of grants...