Carole Bamford Carole Bamford Carole Gray Bamford, Lady Bamford, OBE (born 1946), is a British business person who founded the Daylesford Organic Farmshops chain and the Bamford brand of women's products. Carole Bamford (née Carole Gray Whitt) was born in Nottingham. Lady Bamford is married to the billionaire industrialist Lord Bamford, and is a director of his family's JCB construction company. They live on a 1500-acre estate near Chipping Norton in the Cotswolds. She married Bamford in 1974. They have one daughter and two sons and four grandchildren. In 2006, Lady Bamford was appointed OBE for her services to children and families.
Edward Bamford 1887 to the Rev. Robert Bamford, Chaplain to the Yeatman Hospital in Sherborne (died 9 November 1898, aged 44), and Blanch Edith Bamford (later Mrs E.B. Bamford, 89, Bloomfield Avenue, Bath). The family lived at Lynton House (now known as Abbot's Litten), Long Street, Sherborne, Dorset. Edward was educated at Sherborne Preparatory School, and later at Sherborne School, which he attended as a day boy from September 1900 until April 1902. His two brothers, Robert Bamford (1883-1942) who was one of the founders of Aston Martin and Arthur Bamford (1889-1915) were also educated as day boys at Sherborne School. Arthur,