Carole Bamford
Carole Gray Bamford, Baroness Bamford, OBE ( Whitt; born 1946), is a British business person who founded the Daylesford Organic Farmshops chain and the Bamford brand of women's products. Personal life. Carole Bamford (née Carole Gray Whitt) was born in Nottingham. She 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, Bamford was appointed OBE for her services  to children and families. Her son, Jo Bamford, is the heir to JCB and the owner of Wrightbus. Bamford. In 2004 the Bamford brand launched followed by the opening of the first Bamford store in Gloucestershire. The Bamford Haybarn Spa opened the following year, and a second spa site was opened in London in November 2018. In 2019, Bamford was awarded The Butterfly Mark by Positive Luxury, a company that informs consumers on brands’ commitments to quality, craftsmanship, service, and sustainability. Carole Bamford was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural Positive Luxury Awards 2020. Daylesford. Bamford started converting  the family's farms in Staffordshire and Gloucestershire to organic farming. This led to the opening of a farmshop and café in 2002 on the Daylesford House estate in Gloucestershire, and creation of an organic deer farm on the Wootton Lodge estate in Staffordshire. In April 2012, Daylesford received 'UK's Best Organic Retailer' with the virtual online farmshop on Ocado, at the Natural and Organic Product awards. Philanthropy. In India, the Lady Bamford Charitable Trust formed in 2000, has built schools and communities around JCB factories in Delhi, Ballabgarh, Ladhiapur and Ambi. Similar projects have been developed around other  JCB factories. In South America, the Fundação Lady Bamford opened in 2009, and in the USA, The Lady Bamford Center for Early Childhood Development in Savannah, Georgia was opened in 2007. Bamford works closely with NSPCC, the Soil Association and Slow Food Movement. In June 2012 she was honoured with an International Leadership Award at the Global Green Millennium Awards.