Gerald Benney.

An Elizabeth II silver bowl, the bark effect textured bellied sides below a polished rim, atop a circular foot, with presentation inscription, "Presented to Lord Plowden, K.C.B, K.B.E Chairman of the London Graduate School of Business Studies 1964-76", stamped on the underside, "Gerald Benney/London", hallmarked to the body, sponsor's mark Gerald Benney, London 1976, height 10.5cm, diameter 20.5cm, weight 805g/25.88ozt approx

During 1945–46, Plowden was chief executive in succession to Air Chief Marshal Sir Wilfred Freeman. In March 1947 he was appointed Chief Planning Officer to the Cabinet Office. Plowden was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1946 Birthday Honours, a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1951 Birthday Honours and was promoted to a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 1987 Birthday Honours. He was created a life peer in 1959 with the title Baron Plowden and served as a Member of the House of Lords until his death in 2001.