# New Chairman of Campaign Board at Historic Royal Palaces

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/11/27/new-chairman-campaign-board-historic-royal-palaces-2/
- Published: 2013-11-27T10:45:35+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Bruce Carnegie-Brown, Chairman of Aon UK Ltd, has been appointed Chairman of the
Campaign Board at Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) the charity that looks after the 
Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, the Banqueting House at Whitehall, Kensington
Palace and Kew Palace.

![Bruce Carnegie Brown](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2026/09/bruce-carnegie-
brown.jpg)

Bruce Carnegie-Brown

The Campaign Board is responsible for leading HRP’s fundraising activities, in partnership
with the Executive Team and Trustees.

Having served on the Campaign Board since 2007, Carnegie-Brown takes up his role
from 1 January 2014, becoming a trustee of the charity at the same time. He succeeds
Ian Barlow who is retiring after nearly six years in the role.

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## Second major campaign aims for £30m

The charity’s first major campaign was completed in 2012, and a new programme has
been launched with the aim of raising £30 million by 2018. Pending major projects
include the second phase of works at Kensington Palace, a new Magic Garden at Hampton
Court, and the re-presentation of the Baroque Palace at Hampton Court.

Carnegie-Brown is also senior independent director at Close Brothers Group plc and
at Catlin Group Ltd. He is a non-executive director at Moneysupermarket.com Group
plc and Santander UK plc.  He is a Trustee of the Shakespeare’s Globe Trust.

**About Historic Royal Palaces**

[Historic Royal Palaces](http://www.hrp.org.uk) was established by Royal Charter
in 1998. It has a turnover of £72 million, all self-generated, permanent staff of
around 740, and 3.5 million on site visitors each year.

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## Comments

### By: Howard Lake

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/11/27/new-chairman-campaign-board-historic-royal-palaces-2/#comment-3944
- Published: 2013-12-02T15:58:21+00:00

For an interview with Chris Martin, head of development at Historic Royal Palaces,
try this one from Cause4:
 [http://www.cause4opinion.co.uk/2013/12/in-conversation-with-chris-martin-head-of-development-at-historic-royal-palaces](http://www.cause4opinion.co.uk/2013/12/in-conversation-with-chris-martin-head-of-development-at-historic-royal-palaces)