Appeal Criminal Division, seeking to have the Human Rights Act 1998 applied retrospectively, failed in 2001. A final appeal to the House of Lords failed in 2002. No further appeal was possible and the convictions were upheld. Philanthropy Gerald Ronson is a long-time supporter of Jewish and other charitable causes. He is the Founding Chairman of the Jewish Community Security Trust, Vice-president of the NSPCC and President of JCoSS. Ronson won City AM's Personality of the Year Award in September 2011 and other awards. In 2009, Juan Carlos I of Spain bestowed the Encomienda de Numero of the Spanish Order of Civil Merit Decoration on Ronson. In the same year, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law by Northumbria University. Ronson was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours list for charitable services, notwithstanding his convictions, fines and imprisonment. Personal life Ronson is married to philanthropist and socialite Dame Gail Ronson. They have four daughters: Lisa, Amanda, Nicole and Hayley. He is the uncle of record producer Mark Ronson. When asked about his family and Jewish heritage in an interview with the Jewish Telegraph, Ronson responded: "I am a proud Jew [...] when I go back to when I was a young boy, nothing has changed and that's how I look at the Ronson family, involved in school building, whether it be Israel, the Jewish Leadership Council, Jewish Care or most of the major organisations I've been involved in". He wants his four daughters, nine grandchildren and eventual great-grandchildren to "understand who they are, what they are, what their background is and what their responsibility is. I've given them the tools to be able to continue doing those things in their life which I believe will make them good people". References External links New Years Honours List 2012, BBC News, 31 December 2011. "Guinness Four fail in fight for acquittal", BBC News, 21 December 2001. "Life and high-flying times of four partners in crime", The Scotsman, 22 December 2001. Gerald Ronson profile in the UK business magazine Leisure Management [http://www.building.co.uk/comment/a-guy-called-gerald/3081333.article "A Guy Named Gerald," interview with Gerald Ronson, Building.co.uk], 2007. 1939 births Living people People from Paddington British Ashkenazi Jews English Jews Businesspeople from London 20th-century British businesspeople 21st-century British businesspeople English philanthropists Jewish British philanthropists Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Gerald Ronson