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'''Garry (Garfield) Howard Weston CBE (April 28, 1927 - February 15, 2002) was a Canadian-born businessman in the United Kingdom. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he was the son of [[W. Garfield Weston]], owner of the [[George Weston Limited]] conglomerate headquartered in Toronto. he moved to England at the age of 4 but kept Canadian citizenship.

Garry became managing director of [[Ryvita]], and at the age of 22 he invented the Wagon Wheels biscuit which carried the family name. He left Ryvita in 1952 and co-founded the [[Weston Biscuit Company]] in Australia. He returned to the UK to manage [[Associated British Foods]] (ABF) which his father had established in 1935 and he had served on its [[Board of Directors]] from 1949, taking over as company chairman in 1967. He remained on the board until 2000.

Weston served as head of the [[W. Garfield Weston Foundation]] and was a benefactor of numerous philanthropic projects.

He married Mary, daughter of Major-General Sir [[Howard Kippenberger]] and they had six children together.

Garry Weston suffered a stroke in 1999 and died in 2002. His son [[George G. Weston]] is chief executive of ABF and [[Guy Weston]] is chairman of [[Wittington Investments]], Ltd., ABF's major shareholder. His other children are [[Jana Khayat]], [[Kate Hobhouse]], [[Sophia Mason]] and [[Garth Weston]]

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	Garry became managing director of [[Ryvita]], and at the age of 22 he invented the Wagon Wheels biscuit which carried the family name. He left Ryvita in 1952 and co-founded the [[Weston Biscuit Company]] in Australia. He returned to the UK to manage [[Associated British Foods]] (ABF) which his father had established in 1935 and he had served on its [[Board of Directors]] from 1949, taking over as company chairman in 1967. He remained on the board until 2000.		Garry became managing director of [[Ryvita]], and at the age of 22 he invented the Wagon Wheels biscuit which carried the family name. He left Ryvita in 1952 and co-founded the [[Weston Biscuit Company]] in Australia. He returned to the UK to manage [[Associated British Foods]] (ABF) which his father had established in 1935 and he had served on its [[Board of Directors]] from 1949, taking over as company chairman in 1967. He remained on the board until 2000.

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 Garry Weston suffered a stroke in 1999 and died in 2002. His son [[George G. Weston]] is chief executive of ABF and [[Guy Weston]] is chairman of [[Wittington Investments]], Ltd., ABF's major shareholder.  His other children are [[Jana Khayat]], [[Kate Hobhouse]], [[Sophia Mason]] and [[Garth Weston]]
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