Who owned Beaverbrook?
The late victorian mansion, set among acres of prime surrey parkland, is built for businessman abraham dixon. Some 13 years later, in 1879, the man who would later be known as lord beaverbrook, max aitken, was born in ontario, canada. Before lord beaverbrook died in 1964 in surrey, england he said, my last home will be where my heart has always dwelt. And in accordance with his wishes, his ashes were interred in his beloved square in newcastle. William maxwell aitken spent his boyhood in newcastle.