OBITUARIES: LORD BROUGHSHANE; Organiser of Covent Garden Friends.(Features)(Obituary) From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: May 1, 2006| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2006 Independent News & Media PLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Elizabeth Forbes

Ken Davison, as he was called before he inherited the title of Lord Broughshane from his elder brother in 1995, was a passionate lover of opera and ballet. He was also extremely knowledgeable about both arts, so it seemed a particularly good idea when, in 1962, Sir David Webster, then General Administratior of the Covent Garden Opera Company - now the Royal Opera - asked him to set up and run the Friends of Covent Garden.

Such organisations, now common, were rare in those days. From the beginning the enterprise was a great success. Davison knew ...