of the Peacock Committee on the Finance of the BBC from 1985 to 1986. Brittan received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 1985 Brittan was awarded the Orwell, Senior Harold Wincott and Ludwig Erhard prizes. In 1993, Brittan was knighted 'for services to economic journalism'. He was the brother of Leon Brittan, who served as Thatcher's Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Home Secretary and President of the Board of Trade, and then as a European Commissioner. He and Leon were cousins of Malcolm Rifkind, who served as Scottish Secretary, Transport Secretary, Defence Secretary and Foreign Secretary under Thatcher and John Major; all three were cousins once removed of producer Mark Ronson. Brittan was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Essex in 1994. Brittan was a supporter of the land value tax ideas of Henry George. Brittan stated that he was always an "individualist liberal". Brittan died on 12 October 2020 at the age of 86. Publications Samuel Brittan, The Treasury under the Tories, 1951–64 (Secker & Warburg, 1964). Samuel Brittan, Left or Right: The Bogus dilemma (Secker & Warburg, 1968). Samuel Brittan, Capitalism and the Permissive Society (Macmillan, 1973). Samuel Brittan, The Economic Consequences of Democracy (Temple Smith, 1977). Samuel Brittan, A Restatement of Economic Liberalism (Macmillan, 1988). Samuel Brittan, Capitalism With A Human Face (Edward Elgar, 1995). Samuel Brittan, Essays, Moral, Political and Economic (Edinburgh University Press, 1998). Samuel Brittan, Against The Flow (Grove Atlantic Ltd., 2005). References External links Samuel Brittan's homepage Brittan at the FT 1933 births 2020 deaths Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge English Jews English essayists English financial writers English male journalists English people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent Fellows of Nuffield College, Oxford Financial Times people Journalists from London Knights Bachelor People educated at Kilburn Grammar School The Observer people