As the prize – soon given the name which it bears today – took shape, Peter’s business background was invaluable. The Prize, it was agreed, should be judged by a panel of distinguished historians and historical biographers. The noted historical biographer, Antonia Fraser – Elizabeth’s daughter and Flora’s mother – became Founding Chair of Judges in 2003 and, since 2008, Professor Roy Foster has been her splendid successor. Commemorating Elizabeth Longford’s name, it should celebrate annually a historical biography which, like hers, combined scholarship and narrative drive. When the historical biographer, Elizabeth Longford died, aged 96, in October 2003, her granddaughter Flora Fraser and Peter Soros, Flora’s American husband, had the idea of founding a prize.
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