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Christopher Shale (born 23 August 1954,〔(The Independent, 28 June 2011 )〕 in Northampton; died 25 June 2011, in Pilton) was a British businessman and Conservative politician. He was Chairman of the West Oxfordshire Conservative Association, and a close associate of Prime Minister and local MP David Cameron, who praised him for his "massive contribution to the Conservative Party, both locally and nationally".〔〔("Senior Tory found dead in Glastonbury toilet" ), Channel 4 News, Sunday 26 June 2011〕 Shale was educated at Great Houghton Preparatory School and Oakham School in Rutland, he was then commissioned as a British Army officer in the 17th/21st Lancers. After leaving the army he joined Durdon Smith Communications and then became the chief executive of SGL Communications. In 1990 he then became the founder and managing director of Oxford Resources, a business supply consultancy. Shale was also a director of the Centre for Policy Studies between 2001 and 2005 and a sponsor of the eurosceptic thinktank Open Europe. In June 2011 he was critical of the British Conservative Party in a strategy document that was leaked to the ''Mail on Sunday'' newspaper, saying that they came across as "graceless, voracious, crass, always on the take".〔(Senior Tory Christopher Shale found dead at Glastonbury festival ), guardian.co.uk, Sunday 26 June 2011〕 Shale, who was married to Nikki with whom he had three children (Natalia Yeomams, Edo Mapelli Mozzi and Alby Shale) lived in Over Worton, a village near Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire. Shale died of a heart attack at the Glastonbury Festival. Prior to the discovery of his body, in a portable toilet, he had been reported missing for 18 hours. == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christopher Shale」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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