two daughters and lived in Surbiton. Recognition In the 1979 New Year Honours, Dearing was appointed to the Order of the Bath as a Companion (CB) and in the 1984 Birthday Honours, Dearing was knighted and the Queen conferred the honour upon him on 21 August 1984. In the 1998 New Year Honours, he was announced to be a life peer and was raised to the peerage as Baron Dearing, of Kingston upon Hull in the County of the East Riding of Yorkshire. In 2000, Lord Dearing visited Malet Lambert School Language College, Kingston upon Hull, to open a new building constructed for the use of science and geography, it being named the Dearing Centre. Similarly, in 2004, he visited Hymers College, Kingston upon Hull, whereupon he opened the new science block with the purpose of educating the children in the areas of physics and chemistry. The Dearing Building on the University of Nottingham's Jubilee Campus is named after this former chancellor of the university. Notes External links BBC February 2009 Times February 2009 Telegraph February 2009 1930 births 2009 deaths Crossbench life peers Knights Bachelor Companions of the Order of the Bath People associated with the University of Nottingham Deaths from cancer in England English Methodists Alumni of the University of Hull People from Kingston upon Hull Chairmen of Post Office Limited Life peers created by Elizabeth II