Christopher Haskins, Baron Haskins of Skidby

Christopher Robin Haskins, Baron Haskins (born 1937 in Dublin, Ireland), is a British/Irish businessman, and former member of the British Labour Party. The son of a Protestant farmer, he attended St Columba's College, Dublin and Trinity College, Dublin where was known as a student radical and member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Graduating with an honours degree in modern history, he thought about the idea of becoming a journalist. Sacked from De La Rue, he decided to marry his university sweetheart. Her father Alec Horsley agreed, on condition that Haskins joined the family business, Yorkshire-based Northern Dairies. After working on a dairy farm in Ireland, Haskins joined the company in 1962. Haskins foresaw the huge demand...