Editing Richard Shepherd (section)

== Early life ==
Shepherd was born in [[Aberdeen]], [[Scotland]], to parents who worked in the commercial aviation industry.<ref name = Telegraph/> The family moved to London to be closer to [[Heathrow Airport]], and Shepherd was educated at Isleworth Grammar School (now [[Isleworth and Syon School]]).<ref name = Telegraph/><ref name = Bates/> He then went to the [[London School of Economics]] where he received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in Economics and where he studied with and became a friend of [[Robert Kilroy-Silk]]. He subsequently attended the [[Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies]] at [[Johns Hopkins University]] in the United States from which he graduated with an [[Master of Science|MSc]] which was also in Economics.<ref name = Bates/>

In the 1970s, Shepherd established the retail food businesses Partridges<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.partridges.co.uk/about-us |title=Partridges {{!}} About us |publisher=Partridges |access-date=24 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518010002/https://www.partridges.co.uk/about-us |archive-date=18 May 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> of [[Sloane Street]] and Shepherd Foods in London, operating both enterprises with his family.<ref name = Bates/> He was then an [[underwriter]] at [[Lloyd's of London]] from 1974 to 1994.<ref name = Telegraph/>