West Downs School
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West Downs School, Romsey Road, Winchester
, Hampshire
, was an English
independent preparatory school
, which was established in 1897 and closed in 1988.
, KCVO (1851–1925). Helbert an exhibitioner of both Winchester
and Oriel College, Oxford, was for over four years a House of Commons clerk
.
The Helberts were supported by Hampshire's Lord Northbrook
(who had also helped found the predecessor school), and by their noble kinsman Lord Rothschild.
Helbert, who described himself as Principal, was influenced by the miss Mason
system, as seen at her House of Education, Ambleside (akin to the P.N.E.U.), and things like the Montessori method
, the ideas of Edmond Holmes
, and the Little Commonwealth for young delinquents developed by Homer Lane
on the lines of the George Junior Republic
in America, basically as put by Norman Mac Munn, who taught at West Downs 1914-18, they were interested in the: emancipation of the child.
Its buildings had been purpose-built for Winchester Modern School to designs by the architect John William Simpson
on a good site on the south-western edge of the cathedral
city of Winchester, nearly opposite a Victorian county gaol, HMP Winchester
(category B), and next to Edwin Hillier
's nursery, established there in 1874.
On Helbert's death Lady Goodrich passed the school, after an hiatus under Dorset landowner William Brymer* (kinsman of William Ernest Brymer
of Puddletown
), to Kenneth Tindall, a Sherborne
housemaster. ( A memorial tablet to Brymer in Puddletown
reads: Wilfred John Brymer Of Ilsington, High Sheriff Of Dorset 1932, Justice Of The Peace : Alderman of The Dorset County Council: For Many Years At West Downs School Winchester : Born 31 July 1883: Died 28 March 1957: Son of F. A. Brymer : Sometime Archdeacon of Wells ).
During the war (World War II) it was evacuated first to Glenapp Castle
and then more significantly to Blair Castle
.
In 1953 it was purchased by Jerry Cornes
, who was headmaster until 1988.
For most of its history West Downs was a boarding school
for boys aged between eight and thirteen, but in 1970 it admitted its first girl, and from 1975 to 1988 it was co-educational (though curiously the school's founding intake in 1897 of four comprised two girls).
West Downs was a rigorous and enlightened place which prepared its pupils admirably for a variety of schools (including Winchester
and Eton
) and also for life in general. It lasted ninety-one years and about three headmasters, closing in 1988 (Read more).
The school's site has lived on as The West Downs Conference and Performing Arts Centre, which was opened by Lord Puttnam
in May 2001, and then from 2005 as part of the University of Winchester
; and from 2009 as the university's own Winchester Business School.
1962). They were the Rothschild's principal broker.
Meanwhile, Helbert's mother was Sarah Magdalene 'Lena' (1837–1874) daughter of Richard Lane (1794–1870) (Plymouth Brother
and descendant of Jane Lane
) by Sarah Pink Tracey (of Liskeard
). One of Helbert's Lane uncles was a Major-general in the Bengal Army and another, a shipping agent with Lane, Hickey & Company (bust by 1865), was English Secretary to the Japanese Legation in London and a Knight Commander of the Orders of the Rising Sun of Japan
, Christ of Portugal
, and Isabella the Catholic of Spain.
His aunt (click here to see a portrait of her by Fedrico de Madrazo y Kuntz, now in the Musée Bonnat
, Bayonne) Adeline (1825–1892) was wife to Baron de Weissweiller of Madrid. Another was married to a Duke de Laurito (d.1907). His Cohen great-aunts, who were also his cousins, had married Nathan Mayer Rothschild
and Moses Montefiore
. A great-uncle Samuel Helbert Israel Ellis was a surgeon at the London Hospital c.1802 and treasurer of the Great Synagogue
, Duke's Place, London. Samuel's son was Sir Barrow Helbert Ellis, K.C.S.I., HEICS (1823–1887), (see ODNB).
Meanwhile, Helbert's brother Charles Helbert Helbert (d.1903) married Evelyn Mary Kennedy, granddaughter of Earl of Cassillis
and Viscount Dungarvan
and great-granddaughter of Earl of Howth
.
(source: Records of the Franklin Family and Collaterals, compiled by Arthur Ellis Franklin, private circulation, George Routledge & sons, London, 1915. thepeerage.com, & this photo album).
Winchester
Winchester is a historic cathedral city and former capital city of England. It is the county town of Hampshire, in South East England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of...
, Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
, was an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
independent preparatory school
Preparatory school (UK)
In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school is an independent school preparing children up to the age of eleven or thirteen for entry into fee-paying, secondary independent schools, some of which are known as public schools...
, which was established in 1897 and closed in 1988.
History
The school was founded by Lionel Helbert (1870–1919), with help from his sister Adeline Rose, wife to Vice Admiral Sir James GoodrichJames Goodrich (Royal Navy officer)
Admiral Sir James Edward Clifford Goodrich KCVO was the last Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station.-Naval career:...
, KCVO (1851–1925). Helbert an exhibitioner of both Winchester
Winchester College
Winchester College is an independent school for boys in the British public school tradition, situated in Winchester, Hampshire, the former capital of England. It has existed in its present location for over 600 years and claims the longest unbroken history of any school in England...
and Oriel College, Oxford, was for over four years a House of Commons clerk
Clerk of the House of Commons
The Clerk of the House of Commons is the chief executive of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and before 1707 of the House of Commons of England...
.
The Helberts were supported by Hampshire's Lord Northbrook
Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook
Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook PC, GCSI, FRS , was a British Liberal politician and statesman...
(who had also helped found the predecessor school), and by their noble kinsman Lord Rothschild.
Helbert, who described himself as Principal, was influenced by the miss Mason
Charlotte Mason
Charlotte Maria Shaw Mason was a British educator who invested her life in improving the quality of children's education. Her ideas led to a method used by some homeschoolers.-Biography:...
system, as seen at her House of Education, Ambleside (akin to the P.N.E.U.), and things like the Montessori method
Montessori method
Montessori education is an educational approach developed by Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori. Montessori education is practiced in an estimated 20,000 schools worldwide, serving children from birth to eighteen years old.-Overview:...
, the ideas of Edmond Holmes
Edmond Holmes
Edmond Gore Alexander Holmes was an educationalist, writer and poet who was born at Moycashel, co. Westmeath, Ireland. His The Creed of the Buddha is well known; he also wrote a pantheist text All is One: A Plea for a Higher Pantheism.Words from his The Triumph of Love were set to music by the...
, and the Little Commonwealth for young delinquents developed by Homer Lane
Homer Lane
Homer Lane was an American-born educator who believed that the behaviour and character of children improved when they were given more control over their lives....
on the lines of the George Junior Republic
George Junior Republic
George Junior Republic was an American industrial institution, situated near the small village of Freeville, in Tompkins County, New York, U.S., 9 miles east-north-east of Ithaca, at the junction of the Sayre-Auburn and the Elmira-Cortland branches of the Lehigh Valley railway.- Overview :The...
in America, basically as put by Norman Mac Munn, who taught at West Downs 1914-18, they were interested in the: emancipation of the child.
Its buildings had been purpose-built for Winchester Modern School to designs by the architect John William Simpson
John William Simpson (architect)
Sir John William Simpson KBE, FRIBA was an English architect and was President of the Royal Institute of British Architects from 1919 to 1921.- Background and early life :...
on a good site on the south-western edge of the cathedral
Cathedral
A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop...
city of Winchester, nearly opposite a Victorian county gaol, HMP Winchester
HMP Winchester
HM Prison Winchester is a Category B men's prison, located in Winchester, Hampshire, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.-History:...
(category B), and next to Edwin Hillier
Harold Hillier
Sir Harold George Hillier was an English horticulturist.In 1921 he joined the family firm, Hillier Nurseries, his early career spent in assisting his father in rebuilding stocks depleted by World War I...
's nursery, established there in 1874.
On Helbert's death Lady Goodrich passed the school, after an hiatus under Dorset landowner William Brymer* (kinsman of William Ernest Brymer
William Ernest Brymer
William Ernest Brymer was a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons in two stages between 1874 and 1906....
of Puddletown
Puddletown
Puddletown is a village in Dorset, England, 5 miles east of Dorchester in the River Piddle valley. The village has a population of 1,177 , of which 30.3% are retired....
), to Kenneth Tindall, a Sherborne
Sherborne School
Sherborne School is a British independent school for boys, located in the town of Sherborne in north-west Dorset, England. It is one of the original member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference....
housemaster. ( A memorial tablet to Brymer in Puddletown
Puddletown
Puddletown is a village in Dorset, England, 5 miles east of Dorchester in the River Piddle valley. The village has a population of 1,177 , of which 30.3% are retired....
reads: Wilfred John Brymer Of Ilsington, High Sheriff Of Dorset 1932, Justice Of The Peace : Alderman of The Dorset County Council: For Many Years At West Downs School Winchester : Born 31 July 1883: Died 28 March 1957: Son of F. A. Brymer : Sometime Archdeacon of Wells ).
During the war (World War II) it was evacuated first to Glenapp Castle
Glenapp Castle
Glenapp Castle, formerly the family seat of the Earl of Inchcape, is now a luxury hotel and restaurant located in Ballantrae, South Ayrshire, Scotland....
and then more significantly to Blair Castle
Blair Castle
Blair Castle stands in its grounds near the village of Blair Atholl in Perthshire in Scotland. It is the home of the Clan Murray family, who hold the title of Duke of Atholl, though the current Duke, John Murray, lives in South Africa....
.
In 1953 it was purchased by Jerry Cornes
Jerry Cornes
John Frederick "Jerry" Cornes was an English middle distance runner, colonial officer, and schoolmaster.He was born in Darjeeling, British Raj.-Early life:...
, who was headmaster until 1988.
For most of its history West Downs was a boarding school
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
for boys aged between eight and thirteen, but in 1970 it admitted its first girl, and from 1975 to 1988 it was co-educational (though curiously the school's founding intake in 1897 of four comprised two girls).
West Downs was a rigorous and enlightened place which prepared its pupils admirably for a variety of schools (including Winchester
Winchester College
Winchester College is an independent school for boys in the British public school tradition, situated in Winchester, Hampshire, the former capital of England. It has existed in its present location for over 600 years and claims the longest unbroken history of any school in England...
and Eton
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
) and also for life in general. It lasted ninety-one years and about three headmasters, closing in 1988 (Read more).
The school's site has lived on as The West Downs Conference and Performing Arts Centre, which was opened by Lord Puttnam
David Puttnam
David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam, CBE, FRSA is a British film producer. He sits on the Labour benches in the House of Lords, although he is not principally a politician.-Early life:...
in May 2001, and then from 2005 as part of the University of Winchester
University of Winchester
The University of Winchester is a British public university primarily based in Winchester, Hampshire, England. Winchester is a historic cathedral city and the ancient capital of Wessex and the Kingdom of England.-History:...
; and from 2009 as the university's own Winchester Business School.
Helbert family
Lionel Helbert Helbert was sixth or seventh child of Captain Frederic John Helbert Helbert (1829-), 5th Madras Light Cavalry and military correspondent to the Times during the 1877 Turco-Russian war, the fifth son of John Helbert Israel (by Adelaide (Adeline) Cohen), second son of Israel Israel. In 1848 the grandfather John Helbert (1785–1861), with his nephew John Wagg (1793–1878), had formed broking firm Helbert, Wagg & Co. (bought by SchrodersSchroders
Schroders plc is a British multinational asset management company with over 200 years of experience in the world's financial markets. The company employs 2,905 people worldwide who are operating from 32 offices in 25 different countries around Europe, America, Asia and the Middle East...
1962). They were the Rothschild's principal broker.
Meanwhile, Helbert's mother was Sarah Magdalene 'Lena' (1837–1874) daughter of Richard Lane (1794–1870) (Plymouth Brother
Plymouth Brethren
The Plymouth Brethren is a conservative, Evangelical Christian movement, whose history can be traced to Dublin, Ireland, in the late 1820s. Although the group is notable for not taking any official "church name" to itself, and not having an official clergy or liturgy, the title "The Brethren," is...
and descendant of Jane Lane
Jane Lane, Lady Fisher
Jane Lane played a heroic role in the Escape of Charles II in 1651. The main significance of the story is the key part that the escape played in forming the character and the opinions of Charles.-Origins:...
) by Sarah Pink Tracey (of Liskeard
Liskeard
Liskeard is an ancient stannary and market town and civil parish in south east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.Liskeard is situated approximately 20 miles west of Plymouth, west of the River Tamar and the border with Devon, and 12 miles east of Bodmin...
). One of Helbert's Lane uncles was a Major-general in the Bengal Army and another, a shipping agent with Lane, Hickey & Company (bust by 1865), was English Secretary to the Japanese Legation in London and a Knight Commander of the Orders of the Rising Sun of Japan
Order of the Rising Sun
The is a Japanese order, established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji of Japan. The Order was the first national decoration awarded by the Japanese Government, created on April 10, 1875 by decree of the Council of State. The badge features rays of sunlight from the rising sun...
, Christ of Portugal
Order of Christ (Portugal)
The Military Order of Christ previously the Royal Order of the Knights of Our Lord Jesus Christ was the heritage of the Knights Templar in Portugal, after the suppression of the Templars in 1312...
, and Isabella the Catholic of Spain.
His aunt (click here to see a portrait of her by Fedrico de Madrazo y Kuntz, now in the Musée Bonnat
Musée Bonnat
The Musée Bonnat is an art museum in Bayonne, Aquitaine, France. The museum was created in 1891 when Bayonne-born painter Léon Bonnat gave his extensive personal collections of art – notably an exceptional drawing collection – as well as many of his paintings to the City of Bayonne...
, Bayonne) Adeline (1825–1892) was wife to Baron de Weissweiller of Madrid. Another was married to a Duke de Laurito (d.1907). His Cohen great-aunts, who were also his cousins, had married Nathan Mayer Rothschild
Nathan Mayer Rothschild
Nathan Mayer, Freiherr von Rothschild , known as Nathan Mayer Rothschild, was a London financier and one of the founders of the international Rothschild family banking dynasty...
and Moses Montefiore
Moses Montefiore
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, Kt was one of the most famous British Jews of the 19th century. Montefiore was a financier, banker, philanthropist and Sheriff of London...
. A great-uncle Samuel Helbert Israel Ellis was a surgeon at the London Hospital c.1802 and treasurer of the Great Synagogue
Great Synagogue of London
The Great Synagogue of London was, for centuries, the centre of Ashkenazi synagogue and Jewish life in London. It was destroyed during World War II, in the Blitz.-History:...
, Duke's Place, London. Samuel's son was Sir Barrow Helbert Ellis, K.C.S.I., HEICS (1823–1887), (see ODNB).
Meanwhile, Helbert's brother Charles Helbert Helbert (d.1903) married Evelyn Mary Kennedy, granddaughter of Earl of Cassillis
Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Cassilis
Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Cassilis was the eldest son of Archibald Kennedy, 1st Marquess of Ailsa. He was styled Lord Kennedy until 1831, and Earl of Cassilis thereafter until his death....
and Viscount Dungarvan
Earl of Cork
Earl of the County of Cork, usually shortened to Earl of Cork, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1620 for the Anglo-Irish politician Richard Boyle, 1st Baron Boyle...
and great-granddaughter of Earl of Howth
Earl of Howth
- History of title and notable holders :Earl of Howth was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1767 for Thomas St Lawrence, 15th Baron Howth. He was made Viscount St Lawrence at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland. The St Lawrence family descended from Christopher St...
.
(source: Records of the Franklin Family and Collaterals, compiled by Arthur Ellis Franklin, private circulation, George Routledge & sons, London, 1915. thepeerage.com, & this photo album).
Some alumni
- About 2,100 pupils passed through West Downs, including the following:
-
- Helbert era (1897 - 1922):
- Sir Robert AbercrombyAbercromby BaronetsThe Abercromby Baronetcy was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 20 February 1636.-Abercromby Baronets of Birkenbog, Banff:*Sir Alexander Abercromby, 1st Baronet , MP*Sir James Abercromby, 2nd Baronet MP...
, 9th Bt.; - Derek AllhusenDerek AllhusenMajor Derek Swithin Allhusen, CVO was an English equestrian who was a 54 year old grandfather when he rode Lochinvar to team gold and individual silver medals at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico....
; - John AmeryJohn AmeryJohn Amery was a British fascist who proposed to the Wehrmacht the formation of a British volunteer force and made recruitment efforts and propaganda broadcasts for Nazi Germany...
, activist and member of the British Free CorpsBritish Free CorpsDuring World War II, the British Free Corps was a unit of the consisting of British and Dominion prisoners of war who had been recruited by the Nazis. The unit was originally known as The Legion of St...
. Executed 19 December 1945, aged 33; - Sir Randal John Somerled McDonnell, KBE, 8th Earl of AntrimEarl of AntrimEarl of Antrim is a title that has been created twice, both times in the Peerage of Ireland and both times for members of the MacDonnell family, originally of Scottish origins. This family descends from Sorley Boy MacDonnell, who established the family in County Antrim...
, & his brother hon. James, MBE; - Lord AshleyAnthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord AshleyAnthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley was an English nobleman, descended from the Earls of Shaftesbury. He was the eldest son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury and Lady Constance Sibell Grosvenor. His courtesy title "Lord Ashley", was used as the eldest son of the Earl of...
, father of Earl of ShaftesburyEarl of ShaftesburyEarl of Shaftesbury is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1672 for Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Baron Ashley, a prominent politician in the Cabal then dominating the policies of King Charles II...
; - David AstorDavid AstorFrancis David Langhorne Astor CH was an English newspaper publisher and member of the Astor family.-Early life and career:...
, CH (newspaper proprietor & editor of The ObserverThe ObserverThe Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
); - William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor (peer);
- 3rd Earl of BalfourRobert Balfour, 3rd Earl of BalfourRobert Arthur Lytton Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour was the son of Gerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour.Robert was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge and on 12 February 1925, he married Jean Lily West Roundel Cooke-Yarborough and they had four children:*Gerald Arthur James Balfour, 4th...
; - Simon, Denzil, Amyas/GilesGiles BaringAmyas Evelyn Giles Baring , known as Giles Baring, was a first-class English cricketer between the years 1930 and 1946.-Background:...
(cricketer), Aubrey & Esmond Baring, grandsons of 4th Lord AshburtonBaron AshburtonBaron Ashburton, of Ashburton in the County of Devon, is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.-History:...
; - Sir Malcolm Barclay-HarveyMalcolm Barclay-HarveySir Charles Malcolm Barclay-Harvey, KCMG was a British politician and Governor of South Australia from 12 August 1939 until 26 April 1944....
(Governor of South Australia); - Sir Randle Baker-WilbrahamBaker Wilbraham BaronetsThe Baker, later Rhodes, later Baker Wilbraham Baronetcy, of Loventor in the County of Devon, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 19 September 1776 for Sir George Baker, Physician to George III and President of the Royal College of Physicians...
, 7th Bt; - Colonel H.C.C. Batten, DSO (despatches five times);
- 8th Earl BeauchampWilliam Lygon, 8th Earl BeauchampWilliam Lygon, 8th Earl Beauchamp was a politician in the United Kingdom.He was the eldest son of the controversial William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, sometime leader of the Liberals in the House of Lords. Standing as a Liberal, he was elected as Member of Parliament for East Norfolk at the 1929...
(politician) & his brother Hugh Patrick LygonHugh Patrick LygonHugh Patrick Lygon was the son of William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, and is often believed to be the inspiration for Lord Sebastian Flyte in Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited. He was a friend of Waugh's at Oxford Hugh Patrick Lygon (2 November 1904 – 19 August 1936 Rothenburg, Bavaria) was the...
(one of the inspirations for Evelyn WaughEvelyn WaughArthur Evelyn St. John Waugh , known as Evelyn Waugh, was an English writer of novels, travel books and biographies. He was also a prolific journalist and reviewer...
's Sebastian Flyte); - Sir Alexander Maitland Sharp BethuneBethune BaronetsThere have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Bethune, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom....
, 10th & last Bt.; - Lt. Colonel Patrick J. S. Boyle, grandson of 7th Earl of GlasgowEarl of GlasgowEarl of Glasgow is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1703 for David Boyle, Lord Boyle, one of the commissioners who negotiated the Treaty of Union uniting the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain...
, killed Anzio 1944; - Sir Frederick Boy BrowningFrederick BrowningLieutenant-General Sir Frederick Arthur Montague Browning GCVO, KBE, CB, DSO was a British Army officer who has been called the "father of the British airborne forces". He is best known as the commander of the I Airborne Corps and deputy commander of First Allied Airborne Army during Operation...
(Lieutenant-General and husband of Daphne du MaurierDaphne du MaurierDame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning DBE was a British author and playwright.Many of her works have been adapted into films, including the novels Rebecca and Jamaica Inn and the short stories "The Birds" and "Don't Look Now". The first three were directed by Alfred Hitchcock.Her elder sister was...
); - Major-Gen. M.J.H. Bruce, CBE, (Dir. Mechanical Maintenance, War OfficeWar OfficeThe War Office was a department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1964, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence...
1940-42, & Dir. Fighting Vehicle Inspection, Min. of SupplyMinistry of SupplyThe Ministry of Supply was a department of the UK Government formed in 1939 to co-ordinate the supply of equipment to all three British armed forces, headed by the Minister of Supply. There was, however, a separate ministry responsible for aircraft production and the Admiralty retained...
1942-1944); - Brigadier James Bruxner-Randall, (African Theatre of World War I, in French West Africa to the north of the Northern Nigeria Frontier, operations by the Sokoto and Katsena Columns were under the command of Captain J. G. Bruxner-Randall and Lt. Colonel R. G. Coles, respectively, between midnight 4/5 January, 1917 and midnight 15/16 May, 1917) & at 81 granted a divorce;
- Gerard BucknallGerard BucknallLieutenant General Gerard Corfield Bucknall, CB, MC was a British Army officer and corps commander during World War II.-Military career:...
(Lieutenant-General); - William Simon Campion, of DannyDanny HouseDanny is an impressive Grade I listed Elizabethan red brick Mansion near Hurstpierpoint in West Sussex, England. It lies at the northern foot of Wolstonbury Hill and one of the finest stately houses in Sussex, with 56 bedrooms and 28 apartments. The present house was built 1593-95 by George...
, Sussex; - 7th & 8th Earls of ChichesterEarl of ChichesterEarl of Chichester is a title that has been created three times in British history. It was created for the first time in the Peerage of England in 1644 when Francis Leigh, 1st Baron Dunsmore, was made Earl of Chichester, in the County of Sussex, with remainder to his son-in-law Thomas Wriothesley,...
; - Hon. Sir Gerald Chichester, KCVO, & his brother Richard (killed 1915, Serbia), sons of 3rd Lord TemplemoreBaron TemplemoreBaron Templemore, of Templemore in the County of Donegal, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, since 1975 a subsidiary title of the marquessate of Donegall. It was created on 10 September 1831 for Arthur Chichester, Member of Parliament for Milborne Port and County Wexford...
; - Richard Hugh Cholmondeley, editor The Heber Letters, 1783-1832, London, 1950;
- Peter Colefax, son of SybilSybil ColefaxSibyl Colefax, Lady Colefax was a notable English interior decorator and socialite in the first half of the twentieth century....
and Arthur ColefaxArthur ColefaxSir Henry "Arthur" Colefax, KC was a British patent lawyer and Conservative Party politician.Colefax was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, and was the son of J S Colefax, a woollen merchant...
; - Lt. General Sir George Collingwood, KBE, CB, DSO; & his brother Sir Edward Foyle CollingwoodEdward CollingwoodSir Edward Foyle Collingwood CBE FRS FRSE DL was an English mathematician and scientist.He was a member of the Eglingham branch of a prominent Northumbrian family, the son of Col. Cuthbert Collingwood of the Lancashire Fusiliers, whose family seat was at Lilburn Tower, near Wooler, Northumberland...
FRS, DL, CBE; - Lt. Commander Trevenen Penrose Coode, of 818 Naval Air Squadron818 Naval Air Squadron818 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed in August 1939. It served on a number of the Navy's aircraft carriers during the Second World War, serving in most of the theatres of the war, before decommissioning at the end of the war.-Norway and the...
, helped sink the Bismarck; - Major Henry Augustus (recte Dom. Joseph) Coombe Tennant, son of Winifred Coombe TennantWinifred Coombe TennantWinifred Coombe Tennant was a Welsh suffragette, politician, philanthropist, patron of the arts and spiritualist. She was also known by the bardic name "Mam o'r Nedd"....
by Earl of BalfourGerald Balfour, 2nd Earl of BalfourGerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour PC , known as Gerald Balfour until 1930, was a British nobleman and Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
(as alleged by Archie RoyArchie Roy- Career :Professor Archie Edminston Roy , was educated at Hillhead High School and the University of Glasgow. He is married to Frances with three sons; Dr. Archie W N Roy, Ian Roy and David Roy....
); - Lt. Col. Sir John Crompton-Inglefield, of ParwichParwich HallParwich Hall is a privately owned 18th century mansion house at Parwich, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire Dales. It is a Grade II* listed building....
, high sheriffHigh Sheriff of DerbyshireThis is a list of High Sheriffs of Derbyshire from 1568.The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been...
, 1938, son of an admiralFourth Sea LordThe Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Supplies was formerly one of the Naval Lords and members of the Board of Admiralty which controlled the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.-History:...
, & grandson of Edward Augustus InglefieldEdward Augustus InglefieldSir Edward Augustus Inglefield was a Royal Naval officer who led one of the searches for the missing Arctic explorer John Franklin during the 1850s. In doing so, his expedition charted previously unexplored areas along the northern Canadian coastline, including Baffin Bay, Smith Sound and...
; - Sir Michael Culme-SeymourCulme-Seymour BaronetsThe Seymour, later Culme-Seymour Baronetcy, of Highmount and Friery Park in the County of Devon, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 31 May 1809 for the naval commander Admiral Michael Seymour. The second Baronet assumed the additional surname of Culme, which was...
5th Bt. Obituary - Major-General Sir David Dawnay, KCVO; & his brother Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Dawnay, KCVO; (grandsons of 8th Viscount DowneHugh Dawnay, 8th Viscount DowneMajor-General Hugh Richard Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe, KCVO, CB, CIE was a British Army general and President of the MCC....
& 5th Marquess of WaterfordJohn Beresford, 5th Marquess of WaterfordJohn Henry de la Poer Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford KP, PC , styled Earl of Tyrone from 1859 to 1866, was an Irish peer and Conservative politician...
); - Lt. Col. Christopher Dawnay, MVO (of LazardLazardLazard Ltd is the parent company of Lazard Group LLC, a global, independent investment bank with approximately 2,300 employees in 42 cities across 27 countries throughout Europe, North America, Asia, Australia, Central and South America...
Bros., DalgetyDalgety plcDalgety plc was a major British conglomerate. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.-History:...
, & Guardian AssuranceGuardian Assurance CompanyThe Guardian Assurance Company was a very large British insurance company.-History:The Company was originally established in 1821 as Guardian Fire & Life. In 1902 it was renamed the Guardian Assurance Company....
); - Air Commodore Desmond H. de Burgh, AFC, (killed 1943), 1st cousin twice removed of Chris de BurghChris de BurghChris de Burgh is a British/Irish singer-songwriter. He is most famous for his 1986 love song "The Lady in Red".-Early life:...
(their ancestors came from OldtownOldtownOldtown can refer to:* Oldtown, Barnsley, South Yorkshire* Oldtown, Dublin, Ireland* Oldtown, Idaho, United States* Oldtown, Letterkenny, Ireland* Oldtown, Maryland, United States* Oldtown, County Antrim, a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland...
; - M. A. Denton-Thompson, consul-general, São PauloSão PauloSão Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, 1944–45; - 3rd Lord De RamseyAilwyn Fellowes, 3rd Baron de RamseyAilwyn Edward Fellowes, 3rd Baron de Ramsey KBE, TD was a British peer.de Ramsey was the son of the Hon. Coulson Churchill Fellowes , son of William Fellowes, 2nd Baron de Ramsey. His mother was Gwendolene Dorothy, daughter of Harry Wyndham Jefferson. He was educated at Oundle School...
; - Michael d'Oyly Carte (killed in a car accident, Switzerland 1932). Son of Rupert D'Oyly CarteRupert D'Oyly CarteRupert D'Oyly Carte was an English hotelier, theatre owner and impresario, best known as proprietor of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and Savoy Hotel from 1913 to 1948....
; - Vice Admiral Sir Edmund Malcolm Evans-LombeEdward Evans-LombeVice Admiral Sir Edward Malcolm Evans-Lombe KCB was a Royal Navy officer who became Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff.-Naval career:...
, KCB, commanded HMS GlasgowHMS Glasgow (C21)The seventh HMS Glasgow , built on the Clyde, was a Southampton-class light cruiser, a sub-class of the Town-class and commissioned in September 1937. She displaced 11,930 tons and had a top speed of 32 knots . She was part of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron of the Home Fleet; she escorted the...
, 1942–43; - 4th Lord FarrerBaron FarrerBaron Farrer, of Abinger in the County of Surrey, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 22 June 1893 for the statistician and civil servant Thomas Farrer. The first Baron was also a baronet, having been created the first Baronet in 1883...
; - 12th Earl FerrersRobert Shirley, 12th Earl FerrersRobert Walter Shirley, 12th Earl Ferrers was a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords.-References:...
, & his brother hon. Andrew Shirley, keeper of Fine Art (AshmoleanAshmolean MuseumThe Ashmolean Museum on Beaumont Street, Oxford, England, is the world's first university museum...
), biographer of ConstableJohn ConstableJohn Constable was an English Romantic painter. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home—now known as "Constable Country"—which he invested with an intensity of affection...
, & author The Lion and the Lily, 1956; - Sir Francis FestingFrancis FestingField Marshal Sir Francis Wogan Festing GCB, KBE, DSO , called 菲士挺 in Chinese, was a field marshal of the British Army...
(Field Marshal); - Sir Fordham Flower, brewer and ' extraordinary maverick chairman of StratfordRoyal Shakespeare TheatreThe Royal Shakespeare Theatre is a 1,040+ seat thrust stage theatre owned by the Royal Shakespeare Company dedicated to the British playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It is located in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon - Shakespeare's birthplace - in the English Midlands, beside the River Avon...
' (as described by Sir Peter Hall); - Sir Edward Ford (courtier);
- Richard Fort, MP;
- Ivor Geikie-Cobb, (MD, MRCS, LRCP, FRSL, physician & author);
- 2nd Lord GlenconnerBaron GlenconnerBaron Glenconner, of The Glen in the County of Peebles, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1911 for Sir Edward Tennant, 2nd Baronet, who had earlier represented Salisbury in the House of Commons as a Liberal and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire. Lord...
(father of Emma TennantEmma TennantEmma Christina Tennant FRSL is a British novelist and editor. She is known for a postmodern approach to her fiction, which is often imbued with fantasy or magic. Several of her novels give a feminist or dreamlike twist to classic stories, such as Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr....
), & his brothers Lt. the Hon.Bim Edward Wyndham TennantEdward Wyndham TennantLt. Edward Wyndham Tennant , was an English war poet, killed at the Battle of the Somme.He was the son of Edward Tennant, who became Lord Glenconner in 1911, and Pamela Wyndham, a writer, Lady Glenconner and later wife of Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon...
(killed in action, World War I war poet) & Stephen TennantStephen TennantStephen James Napier Tennant was a British aristocrat known for his decadent lifestyle. It is said, albeit apocryphally, that he spent most of his life in bed.-Early life:...
, nephews of Margot Asquith; - Anthony Henniker-GotleyAnthony Henniker-GotleyAnthony Henniker-Gotley was a rugby union international who represented England from 1910 to 1911. He also captained that country.-Early life:...
(1887 - 1972), a rugby union international who represented England from 1910 to 1911 and captained the national side. - 2nd & last Viscount HarcourtViscount HarcourtThe title Viscount Harcourt has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was first created in Great Britain in 1711 for Simon Harcourt, Lord Chancellor. The third viscount was created Earl Harcourt in 1749.The ancient family of...
; - 2nd Lord HazleriggArthur Grey Hazlerigg, 2nd Baron HazleriggArthur Grey Hazlerigg, 2nd Baron Hazlerigg MC, TD , was a British peer, cricketer, soldier and chartered surveyor....
(cricketer); - Michael Hesketh-Prichard, son of Hesketh Hesketh-PrichardHesketh Hesketh-PrichardMajor Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard, DSO, MC, FRGS, FZS was an explorer, adventurer, big-game hunter and marksman who made a significant contribution to sniping practice within the British Army during the First World War...
, & grandson of 3rd Earl of VerulamJames Grimston, 3rd Earl of VerulamJames Walter Grimston, 3rd Earl of Verulam , known as Viscount Grimston from 1852 to 1895, was a British Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892. He inherited his peerage in 1895.Grimston was the eldest son of James Walter Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam, and...
(thus 1st cousin of 5th & 6th earls, see below); - Admiral Sir Deric Holland-MartinDeric Holland-MartinAdmiral Sir Douglas Eric "Deric" Holland-Martin GCB DSO DSC was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel.-Naval career:Educated at West Downs School, Holland-Martin joined the Royal Navy in 1920...
, husband to Dame RosamundRosamund Holland-MartinDame Rosamund Mary Holland-Martin, DBE, DL , née Hornby, was a long-term leader and fund-raiser for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.-NSPCC:...
, & his brother Christopher Holland-MartinChristopher Holland-MartinChristopher John Holland-Martin was a British banker and Conservative Party politician.-Early career:The son of the Chairman of Martins Bank, Holland-Martin was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. He followed his father's profession but in 1939 was commissioned in the Royal Fusiliers...
; - 6th Viscount HoodViscount HoodViscount Hood, of Whitley in the County of Warwick, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain that was created in 1796 for the famous naval commander Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Baron Hood...
; - 2nd & last Lord HorderBaron HorderBaron Horder, of Ashford in the County of Southampton was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 23 January 1933 for the leading physician Sir Thomas Horder, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet, of Shaston, in 1923...
. Mervyn Horder; - 7th Lord HothamBaron HothamBaron Hotham, of South Dalton in the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1797 for the naval commander Admiral William Hotham, with remainder to the heirs male of his father. Hotham was the third son of Sir Beaumont Hotham, 7th Baronet, of Scorborough , and in...
; - Lord Hyde, killed shooting 1935, son of George Villiers, 6th Earl of ClarendonGeorge Villiers, 6th Earl of ClarendonGeorge Herbert Hyde Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon KG, PC , known as Lord Hyde from 1877 to 1914, was a British Conservative politician...
; - Sir Richard KeaneKeane BaronetsThe Keane Baronetcy, of Belmont and of Cappoquin in the County of Waterford, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 1 August 1801 for John Keane, Member of Parliament for Youghal from 1801 to 1806 and from 1808 to 1818. He had earlier represented Bangor in the Irish...
, 6th Bt., of CappoquinCappoquinCappoquin, also spelt Cappaquin or Capaquin , is a small town in west County Waterford, Ireland. It is on the Blackwater river at the junction of the N72 national secondary road and the R669 regional road. It is positioned on a sharp 90 degree bend in the river and nestles at the foot of the...
, born in 1909 (still alive, March 2010). Read more; - 7th Lord KensingtonBaron KensingtonBaron Kensington is a title that has been created three times, in the Peerages of England, Ireland and the United Kingdom.-English title :...
and his brothers hons. Hugh (father of 8th Lord K.), David & Michael Edwardes (adjutant of the Tower Hamlet Rifles c1942); - 3rd Lord Kinross;
- Antony Bulwer-Lytton, Viscount KnebworthAntony Bulwer-Lytton, Viscount KnebworthEdward Antony James Bulwer-Lytton, Viscount Knebworth , was a British pilot and Conservative politician.Knebworth was the eldest son of Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton, and his wife Pamela, daughter of Sir Trevor Chichele-Plowden. Lady Hermione Lytton was his sister. He was educated at...
(politician); - Lt. Col. Harold Boscawen Leveson-Gower, 1st cousin of Lord SherfieldRoger Makins, 1st Baron SherfieldRoger Mellor Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield, GCB, GCMG, FRS , was a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1953 to 1956....
, & descended from youngest son of 1st Earl GowerJohn Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl GowerJohn Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower PC , known as The Baron Gower from 1709 to 1754, was a British Tory politician, one of the first Tories to enter government in the 18th century.- Background :...
who married daughter of Edward BoscawenEdward BoscawenAdmiral Edward Boscawen, PC was an Admiral in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament for the borough of Truro, Cornwall. He is known principally for his various naval commands throughout the 18th Century and the engagements that he won, including the Siege of Louisburg in 1758 and Battle of Lagos...
; - Robert Linzee, CB, son-in-law of 1st Viscount CraigavonJames Craig, 1st Viscount CraigavonJames Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, PC, PC , was a prominent Irish unionist politician, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland...
; - Malcolm, 1st Lord McCorquodaleMalcolm McCorquodale, 1st Baron McCorquodaleMalcolm Stewart McCorquodale, 1st Baron McCorquodale of Newton PC was a British businessman and Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
(politician); - Henry Wyndham Stanley Monck, 6th Viscount MonckViscount MonckViscount Monck, of Ballytrammon in the County of Wexford, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1801 for Charles Monck, 1st Baron Monck. He had already been created Baron Monck, of Ballytrammon in the County of Wexford, in 1797, also in the Peerage of Ireland...
; - Victor MontaguVictor MontaguAlexander Victor Edward Paulet Montagu, 10th Earl of Sandwich , known as Viscount Hinchingbrooke from 1916 to 1962, as the Earl of Sandwich from 1962 to 1964 and as Victor Montagu from 1964 to 1995, was a British Conservative Member of Parliament and right-wing politician.Montagu was the eldest...
(disclaimed the Earldom of Sandwich & politician) & his brother Hon. William Drogo Sturges Montagu, RAF flying officer (no. 91111), died on Friday 26th Jan 1940; - Henry James Montagu Stuart Wortley, of BOACBoacBoac may refer to:* Boac, Marinduque, a municipality in the Southern Philippines* Boac , an American rapper* British Overseas Airways Corporation, a former British state-owned airline...
, nephew of 2nd Earl of WharncliffeEarl of WharncliffeEarl of Wharncliffe, in the West Riding of the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1876 for Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 3rd Baron Wharncliffe. He was a descendant of Edward Wortley Montagu and his wife, the authoress Lady Mary Wortley...
& grandson of 1st Lord St OswaldRowland Winn, 1st Baron St OswaldRowland Winn, 1st Baron St Oswald was an English industrialist and Conservative Party politician.The eldest son of Charles Winn of Nostell Priory, near Wakefield, he lived in 1850s in another family property, Appleby Hall near Scunthorpe, and married Harriet Dumaresque...
; - Sir Oswald Mosley, 6th Bt, AncoatsAncoatsAncoats is an inner city area of Manchester, in North West England, next to the Northern Quarter and the northern part of Manchester's commercial centre....
. (Politician, MP for Harrow 1918-24, Smethwick 1926-31, Chancellor of the Dutch of Lancaster 1929-30, know principally as the founder of the British Union of Fascists); - 2nd & 3rd Lords MottistoneBaron MottistoneBaron Mottistone, of Mottistone in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1933 for the soldier and Liberal politician J. E. B. Seely. He was the fourth son of Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet, and the uncle of Hugh Seely, 1st Baron Sherwood...
; - Major-General Sir John NelsonJohn Nelson (British Army officer)Major-General Sir John Nelson KCVO CB DSO OBE MC was Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin.-Military career:...
, KCVO, sometime Major-General commanding the Household DivisionMajor-General commanding the Household DivisionThe Major-General commanding the Household Division commands the troops of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. He is also General Officer Commanding London District.-Recent Commanders:The holders of this office include:...
; - 5th Earl of NormantonEarl of NormantonEarl of Normanton is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1806 for Charles Agar, 1st Viscount Somerton, Archbishop of Dublin. He had already been created Baron Somerton, of Somerton in the County of Kilkenny, in 1795 and Viscount Somerton, of Somerton in the County of Kilkenny, in...
; - Simon Nowell-Smith, sometime London LibraryLondon LibraryThe London Library is the world's largest independent lending library, and the UK's leading literary institution. It is located in the City of Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom....
librarian. Read an obituary; - 3rd Lord Lord O'NeillBaron O'NeillBaron O'Neill, of Shane's Castle in the County of Antrim, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1868 for the musical composer The Rev...
(killed 1944), & his brother Hon. Brian, killed 1940; - Sir Walter Frederic Pretyman, KBE, of CamposCampos dos GoytacazesCampos dos Goytacazes is a municipality and city located in the northern area of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, with a population of 463,545 inhabitants. Its area is 4,031.910 km², which makes it the largest municipality in the state and its elevation is 14 m...
, Brazil, emigrated there 1924. Son of Ernest PretymanErnest George PretymanErnest George Pretyman PC, JP, DL , known as E. G. Pretyman, was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.-Background and education:...
; - Sir John Pigott-BrownPigott-Brown BaronetsThe Brown, later Pigott-Brown Baronetcy, of Broome Hall in Capel in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 5 January 1903 for Alexander Hargreaves Brown, Liberal Member of Parliament for Wenlock from 1868 to 1885 and Liberal Unionist Member of...
, 2nd Bt. (killed in action, 1942); - Sir Hugh (Hubert) Charles Rhys RankinRankin BaronetsThere have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Rankin, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2007....
, 3rd Bt. (a (soi dissant) ' blood-red militant Communist '); - John Rankin RathboneJohn Rathbone (Bodmin)John Rankin Rathbone was a British Conservative Party politician. A fighter pilot with the Royal Air Force, he was killed shortly after the Battle of Britain....
(politician and RAFVF World War II fighter pilot, killed in action); - 5th Lord RayleighBaron RayleighBaron Rayleigh, of Terling Place in the County of Essex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1821 for Lady Charlotte Strutt, wife of Colonel Joseph Strutt, Member of Parliament for Maldon and a member of an Essex family that had made its fortune in the milling business...
& his brother hon. Charles Strutt; - Sir Richard Rees 2nd & last Bt.;
- Major Francis Howe Richards, DSO (despatches & wounded four times World War I);
- 7th Earl of RomneyEarl of RomneyEarl of Romney is a title that has been created twice. It was first created in the Peerage of England in 1694 in favour of the soldier and politician Henry Sydney. He had been made Baron Milton and Viscount Sidney at the same time in 1689. Sydney was the younger son of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of...
; - Lord Duncan-SandysDuncan SandysEdwin Duncan Sandys, Baron Duncan-Sandys CH PC was a British politician and a minister in successive Conservative governments in the 1950s and 1960s...
, CH (politician); - Sir Peter ScottPeter ScottSir Peter Markham Scott, CH, CBE, DSC and Bar, MID, FRS, FZS, was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer and sportsman....
, CH, FRS (naturalist); - Sir David Scott Fox, KCMG, civil servant, briefly thought to KGB Agent Scott, Arthur WynnArthur WynnArthur Henry Ashford Wynn , was a British civil servant, social researcher, and recruiter of Soviet spies.Recruited by Edith Tudor-Hart in 1936, Wynn was the well known Soviet spy "Agent Scott" of the KGB...
; - 7th & last Earl of SeftonHugh William Osbert Molyneux, 7th Earl of SeftonHugh William Osbert Molyneux, 7th Earl of Sefton was the last of the Earls of Sefton. He was the eldest son of Osbert Molyneux, 6th Earl of Sefton...
, & his brother Hon. Cecil Molyneux, RN (killed at JutlandBattle of JutlandThe Battle of Jutland was a naval battle between the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet during the First World War. The battle was fought on 31 May and 1 June 1916 in the North Sea near Jutland, Denmark. It was the largest naval battle and the only...
);; - Sir Roger Makins, Lord SherfieldRoger Makins, 1st Baron SherfieldRoger Mellor Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield, GCB, GCMG, FRS , was a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1953 to 1956....
, FRS (diplomat); - 2nd Viscount SimonViscount SimonViscount Simon, of Stackpole Elidor in the County of Pembroke, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1940 for the Liberal politician Sir John Simon. He was Home Secretary from 1915 to 1916 and 1935 to 1937, Foreign Secretary from 1931 to 1935, Chancellor of the...
; - Peter Smith-Dorrien, son of General Sir Horace Smith-DorrienHorace Smith-DorrienGeneral Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien GCB, GCMG, DSO, ADC was a British soldier and commander of the British II Corps and Second Army of the BEF during World War I.-Early life and career:...
& killed by Zionists at the King David Hotel bombingKing David Hotel bombingThe King David Hotel bombing was an attack carried out by themilitant right-wing Zionist underground organization Irgun on the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on 22 July 1946...
1946, & his brother Gerald (killed 1944) & their 1st cousins-once-removed Algernon R. A. (killed 1942) & Thomas Mervyn Smith-Dorrien-Smith of Tresco, Isles of Scilly, the mother of his children was Russo-Georgian H.S.H Princess Tamara ImeretinskyAlexander ImeretinskyAlexander Konstantinovich Bagration-Imeretinsky was a Georgian-Russian prince, hero of Russo-Turkish War and governor-general of Warsaw....
. (Tresco thanks to Augustus SmithAugustus SmithAugustus John Smith was governor of the Isles of Scilly for over thirty years, and was largely responsible for the economy of the islands as it is today.-Biography:...
); five Dorrien-Smiths were killed 1940-46; - Sir Rupert SpeirRupert SpeirSir Rupert Malise Speir was a British Conservative Party politician.He was born at East Saltoun in East Lothian, Scotland, and educated at Eton College and at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he was chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association...
(politician) - Ernest John SpoonerErnest John SpoonerRear-Admiral Ernest John Spooner, DSO, was one of the senior Royal Navy officers at Singapore during the World War II Japanese invasion of Malaya and the subsequent fall of Singapore.-Early career:...
(admiral); - 8th Earl of TankervilleEarl of TankervilleEarl of Tankerville is a title drawn from Tancarville in Normandy which has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of Great Britain for Charles Bennet, 2nd Baron Ossulston...
(then styled Viscount Ossulston); - 7th Marquess of WaterfordMarquess of WaterfordMarquess of Waterford is a title in the Peerage of Ireland and the premier marquessate in that peerage. It was created in 1789 for George Beresford, 2nd Earl of Tyrone.-Family history:...
; - 5th & 6th Earls of VerulamJohn Grimston, 6th Earl of VerulamJohn Grimston, 6th Earl of Verulam , known as the Honourable John Grimston until 1960, was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament ....
; - Sanders Watney, of Watney Combe Reid, in 1934 he said: I am not convinced that there would be any demand in this country for beer in cans. I cannot conceive the idea of a can ever replacing the half pint, pint or quart bottle. The canning habit is certainly growing, but I do not think it will spread to drinks.;
- Col. John Francis Williams Wynne, CBE, DSO, JP, of Peniarth, TywynTywynTywyn is a town and seaside resort on the Cardigan Bay coast of southern Gwynedd , in north Wales. The name derives from the Welsh tywyn and the town is sometimes referred to as Tywyn Meirionnydd...
; - 14th Earl of Winchilsea and his brother Denys Finch HattonDenys Finch HattonDenys George Finch Hatton was a big-game hunter, and the lover of Karen Blixen , who wrote about him in her autobiographical book Out of Africa first published in 1937...
, depicted by Robert RedfordRobert RedfordCharles Robert Redford, Jr. , better known as Robert Redford, is an American actor, film director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, philanthropist, and founder of the Sundance Film Festival. He has received two Oscars: one in 1981 for directing Ordinary People, and one for Lifetime...
in the film Out of Africa (1985); - Sir John Garmondsway WrightsonWrightson BaronetsThe Wrightson Baronetcy, of Neasham Hall in the County of Durham, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 13 July 1900 for the Conservative politician Thomas Wrightson. He represented Stockton and St Pancras East in the House of Commons...
, 3rd Bt, (of Head Wrightson), (& his Cornes era brothers Peter, OBE, Commander Rodney & Judge Oliver Wrightson).
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- Tindall era (1923 - 1953):
- 5th Lord AldenhamAnthony Gibbs, 5th Baron AldenhamAntony Durant Gibbs, 5th Baron Aldenham was a British peer, the son of Walter Durant Gibbs, 4th Baron Aldenham. He succeeded to the titles 3rd Baron Hunsdon, and 5th Baron Aldenham on 30 May 1969....
& his elder brother Vicary (d.1944); - 3rd Viscount Allenby of MegiddoViscount AllenbyViscount Allenby, of Megiddo and of Felixstowe in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 7 October 1919 for the prominent military commander Field Marshal Sir Edmund Allenby, with remainder, in default of male issue of his own, to his younger...
, (elected hereditary peer); - Rt. Rev. Keith Appleby ArnoldKeith Appleby ArnoldKeith Appleby Arnold was the inaugural Bishop of Warwick He was born on 1 October 1926 and educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge. After World War II service in the Coldstream Guards he was ordained in 1952 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Haltwhistle...
, inaugural Bishop of Warwick; - Lt. General Sir Norman Arthur, Hon. Colonel Scottish YeomanryScottish YeomanryThe Scottish Yeomanry was a Yeomanry Regiment of the British Territorial Army formed in 1992. It served until 1999 when it was amalgamated with the Queen's Own Yeomanry .-History:...
; - Sir H. G. Beresford-PeirseBeresford-Peirse BaronetsThe Beresford, later Beresford-Peirse Baronetcy, of Bagnall in the County of Waterford, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 21 May 1814 for John Beresford. He was an Admiral in the Royal Navy and also represented Coleraine, Berwick-on-Tweed, Northallerton and...
, 6th Bt.; - 4th Lord BiddulphBaron BiddulphBaron Biddulph, of Ledbury in the County of Hereford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1903 for the banker and politician Michael Biddulph. He was a partner in the London banking firm of Cocks, Biddulph and Co and also sat in the House of Commons for Herefordshire...
; - Sir Jack Boles, MBE, (director-general of National TrustNational Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural BeautyThe National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
, (read more); - Hugh Brigstocke, freelance writer & art historian; & Admiral Sir John BrigstockeJohn BrigstockeAdmiral Sir John Richard Brigstocke KCB is a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Sea Lord.-Naval career:Educated at West Downs School, Marlborough College and the Britannia Royal Naval College, Brigstocke joined the Royal Navy in 1962....
, KCB, CBE, judicial appointments & conduct ombudsman; - John Browne-SwinburneSwinburne BaronetsThe Swinburne Baronetcy, of Capheaton in the County of Northumberland, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 26 September 1660 for John Swinburne in honour of the loyalty to Charles I of Swinburne's father and grandfather prior to and during the English Civil War. He...
, of CapheatonCapheaton HallCapheaton Hall, near Wallington, Northumberland, is an English country house, the seat of the Swinburne Baronets and the childhood home of the poet Algernon Swinburne. It counts among the principal gentry seats of Northumberland...
, read, & former Lycetts chairman; - Lt. Michael Vandeleur Christie-Miller, (killed 1944), (uncle-in-law of Sir Thomas Dunne, KG);
- John Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of ButeJohn Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of Bute, KBE was the son of the 5th Marquess of Bute and the former Lady Eileen Forbes ....
, KBE; - Thomas Probyn Cokayne, killed 1943, & grandson of George E. CokayneGeorge CokayneGeorge Edward Cokayne FSA was an English genealogist and long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London.-Life:...
(G.E.C.); - 4th Lord Cochrane of CultsBaron Cochrane of CultsBaron Cochrane of Cults, of Crawford Priory in the County of Fife, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1919 for the Liberal Unionist politician and former Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Hon. Thomas Cochrane. He was the second and youngest son of...
; - Sir John Colville (Churchill's secretary)
- Michael ColvinMichael ColvinMichael Keith Beale Colvin was a politician in the United Kingdom. He was first elected as a Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Bristol North West in 1979...
(politician); - Peter Brownell Cornwallis, RAFVR, killed 1945 on SOESpecial Operations ExecutiveThe Special Operations Executive was a World War II organisation of the United Kingdom. It was officially formed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton on 22 July 1940, to conduct guerrilla warfare against the Axis powers and to instruct and aid local...
Operation Crupper 37, Norway, son of Sir Kinahan CornwallisKinahan CornwallisSir Kirnahan Cornwallis, GCMG, CBE, DSO was a British administrator and diplomat best known for being an advisor to King Faisal and for being the British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Iraq during the Anglo-Iraqi War.-Biography:...
; - Charles Cottrell-Dormer, of RoushamRousham HouseRousham House is a Jacobean country house at Rousham in Oxfordshire, England. The house has been in the ownership of one family since it was built.-History:...
; - Simon Courtauld;
- Jurat the Hon. John Coutanche, of Jersey, son of Lord CoutancheAlexander Coutanche, Baron CoutancheAlexander Moncrieff Coutanche, Baron Coutanche is a former Bailiff of Jersey and member of the House of Lords in the United Kingdom.-Early life and education:...
; - 4th & 5th Lords CrawshawBaron CrawshawBaron Crawshaw, of Crawshaw in the County of Lancaster, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1892 for Sir Thomas Brooks, 1st Baronet. He notably served as High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1884. Brooks had already been created a Baronet, of Crawshaw Hall in the County of...
& their brother Hon. John Brooks; - Captain Oliver Dawnay, CVO, (courtier & father of head of United AgentsUnited AgentsUnited Agents is a British talent and literary agency founded in 2007. It is situated on Lexington Street in London, UK and was set up by agents who had left Peters, Fraser & Dunlop . It is chaired by Lindy King and the managing director is St...
); - Lt. Col. Charles Dawnay, son of Admiral Sir Peter D., & grandson of 9th Duke of QueensburyJohn Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of BuccleuchJohn Charles Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch and 9th Duke of Queensberry KT GCVO was a Scottish Member of Parliament and peer.-Early life, marriage and family:...
; - Richard Ulick Paget de Burgh, son of Air Commodore D.H. de Burgh, AFC;
- Jeremy Delmar-Morgan, racing-driver & owner Mini MarcosMini MarcosThe Mini Marcos was produced in limited numbers between 1965 and 1970 by Marcos, 1974 to 1981 by D & H Fibreglass Techniques Limited and again between 1991 and 1996 by Marcos. It was based on the DART design by Dizzy Addicott who finally sold the project to Jeremy Delmar-Morgan. Jeremy marketed...
; - Charles Drace-Francis, sometime UK High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea & described in Lord Ashcroft's Dirty politics Dirty times: My fight with Wapping and New Labour, MAA Publishing, 2005;
- Sir Claude du Cros, 3rd Bt., grandson of Sir Arthur du CrosSir Arthur du Cros, 1st BaronetSir Arthur Philip du Cros, 1st Baronet du Cros was a British industrialist and politician.-Early life and business career:...
; - Anthony Duckworth-ChadAnthony Duckworth-ChadAnthony Nicholas George Duckworth-Chad OBE DL , of Pynkney Hall, near King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, is a landowner, City of London business man, and a senior county officer for Norfolk.-Education :...
; - 9th Viscount FalmouthViscount FalmouthViscount Falmouth is a title that has been created twice, first in the Peerage of England, and then in the Peerage of Great Britain. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1674 for George FitzRoy, illegitimate son of King Charles II by Barbara Villiers. He was created Earl of...
(& 26th Baron le DespencerBaron le DespencerThe title Baron le Despencer has been created several times by writ in the Peerage of England.-Creation:The first creation was in 1295, when Hugh the elder Despenser was summoned to the Model Parliament. He was the eldest son of the sometime Justiciar Hugh le Despenser , who was summoned in 1264 to...
), & hon. brothers RobertRobert BoscawenRobert Thomas Boscawen is a retired British Conservative politician.-Background and education:The son of Evelyn Hugh John Boscawen, eighth Viscount Falmouth, of Tregothnan, near Truro, and a member of a very old Cornish family, Boscawen was educated at West Downs School and Eton College...
, MC, (politician), Evelyn (killed 1943), & Henry Boscawen (AMICE); - Robin, 13th Earl FerrersRobert Shirley, 13th Earl FerrersRobert Washington Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers PC , styled Viscount Tamworth between 1937 and 1954, is British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords as one of the remaining hereditary peers...
(statesman); - Sir Philip Frankland-Payne-GallweyFrankland-Payne-Gallwey BaronetsThe Payne, later Payne-Gallwey, later Frankland-Payne-Gallwey Baronetcy, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 8 December 1812 for General William Payne, Governor of the Leeward Islands...
, 6th & last Bt.; - 3rd Lord GainfordJoseph Pease, 3rd Baron GainfordJoseph Edward Pease, 3rd Baron Gainford succeeded to the family honours upon the death of his father in .He is the eldest son of Joseph Pease, 2nd Baron Gainford and his wife Veronica Margaret Noble. He married 1953, Margaret Theophila Radcliffe Tyndale, daughter of Henry Edmund Guise Tyndale,...
& his brother hon. George Pease; - Wilfrid Grenville-Grey, sometime of Farnham CastleFarnham CastleFarnham Castle is a castle in Farnham, Surrey, England .First built in 1138 by Henri de Blois, grandson of William the Conqueror, Bishop of Winchester, the castle was to become the home of the Bishops of Winchester for over 800 years. The original building was demolished by Henry II in 1155 after...
, brother-in-law (from 1974) of Thabo MbekiThabo MbekiThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki is a South African politician who served two terms as the second post-apartheid President of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008. He is also the brother of Moeletsi Mbeki...
& (from 1951) of 10th Duke of RichmondCharles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of RichmondCharles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond, 10th Duke of Lennox and 5th Duke of Gordon is a British Peer. He was styled Lord Settrington until 1935 and Earl of March and Kinrara between 1935 and 1989, and is currently styled His Grace The Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon.The son of...
. His wife (from 1963) Edith Dlamini was Drum Magazine cover-girl; - Mark Hitchens, schoolmaster & author: The Inimitable P.G.Wodehouse, (2009), Oscar Wilde's Last Chance: The Dreyfus Connection (1999), Prime Ministers' Wives - and One Husband (2004), Wives of the Kings of England (2006), and a book on West Downs itself;
- Daniel Hodson, Gresham Professor of CommerceGresham Professor of CommerceThe Professor of Commerce at Gresham College, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1596 / 7, when it appointed seven professors; this has since increased to eight and in addition the college now has visiting professors.The...
1999-2002. Of LIFFE & DACSDesign and Artists Copyright SocietyThe Design and Artists Copyright Society is a UK not-for-profit rights management organisation that exists to collect and distribute royalties to visual artists....
. Son of Harry HodsonHarry HodsonHenry Vincent "Harry" Hodson was a British economist and editor.-Career:Hodson was born in Edmonton, London. He was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, and Balliol College, Oxford, becoming a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, in 1928. He was later a member of the Economic Advisory Council and...
; - 7th Viscount HoodViscount HoodViscount Hood, of Whitley in the County of Warwick, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain that was created in 1796 for the famous naval commander Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Baron Hood...
; - Peter HowellPeter Howell (actor)Peter Howell is a British actor.A regular in 1950s television hospital drama series Emergency Ward 10, he has made guest appearances in The Avengers, The Prisoner, and Doctor Who. He played the prison governor in the 1979 film Scum. He played Saruman in the 1981 BBC Radio production of The Lord of...
, photo, (actor); - Richard IngramsRichard IngramsRichard Ingrams is an English journalist, a co-founder and second editor of the British satirical magazine Private Eye, and now editor of The Oldie magazine.-Career:...
, (editor of Private Eye) & Leonard IngramsLeonard IngramsLeonard Victor Ingrams was a merchant banker and opera festival founder/impresario.Leonard Ingrams was the youngest of four sons. His parents were Leonard St Clair Ingrams and Victoria . His mother was very musical and he started to learn the violin at the age of six...
; - Wayland YoungWayland YoungWayland Hilton Young, 2nd Baron Kennet was a British writer Labour Party and SDP politician who served in numerous national and international official and unofficial capacities.-Early life:...
, 2nd Lord Kennet (politician); - Aswin Kongsiri, (Thailand based director & chairman);
- H.E. Sawanit Kongsiri, Thai Deputy Foreign Minister, sometime Ambassador to Austria (& Hungary), IAEAInternational Atomic Energy AgencyThe International Atomic Energy Agency is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. The IAEA was established as an autonomous organization on 29 July 1957...
, UNIDO, China, & Australia; - Visnu Kongsiri, leading figure in Thai book world & Major General in Royal Thai Armed Forces;
- Sir Julian Loyd, KCVO, H.M. the Queen's land agent at Sandringham 1964-91;
- Anthony McDermot (1942-2010), journalist, (his obituary in The Guardian);
- 6th Lord MethuenAnthony Methuen, 6th Baron MethuenJohn Methuen, 6th Baron Methuen was a British peer.Anthony John Methuen was the second but eldest surviving son of Anthony Methuen, 5th Baron Methuen, by his wife Grace Durning Holt, daughter of Sir Richard Durning Holt, 1st Baronet. He was educated at West Downs School...
, of CorshamCorsham CourtCorsham Court is an English country house in a park designed by Capability Brown. It is in the town of Corsham, 3 miles west of Chippenham, Wiltshire and is notable for its fine art collection, based on the nucleus of paintings inherited in 1757 by Paul Methuen from his uncle, Sir Paul...
; - Richard Walter Meynell, FCA, grandson of Ernest George PretymanErnest George PretymanErnest George Pretyman PC, JP, DL , known as E. G. Pretyman, was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.-Background and education:...
; - John Dru Montagu, (son of above hon. William Drogo Montagu, & step-grandson of Lord BeaverbrookMax Aitken, 1st Baron BeaverbrookWilliam Maxwell "Max" Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Bt, PC, was a Canadian-British business tycoon, politician, and writer.-Early career in Canada:...
); - Sir Jeremy MorseJeremy MorseSir Jeremy Morse was Chancellor of the University of Bristol between 1989 and 2003 before being succeeded by the Baroness Hale of Richmond and was chairman of Lloyds Bank....
(Chancellor of University of BristolUniversity of BristolThe University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is...
, Chairman of Lloyds BankLloyds BankLloyds Bank Plc was a British retail bank which operated in England and Wales from 1765 until its merger into Lloyds TSB in 1995; it remains a registered company but is currently dormant. It expanded during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and took over a number of smaller banking companies...
) - Lt.-Gen. Sir Anthony Mullens, KCB, Times obit.;
- Hon. James Ogilvy, third son of 12th Earl of AirlieDavid Ogilvy, 12th Earl of AirlieColonel David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy, 12th and 7th Earl of Airlie, KT, GCVO, MC was a Scottish peer, soldier and courtier....
; - Terence O'NeillTerence O'NeillTerence Marne O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, PC was the fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party...
, Lord O'Neill of the Maine, (statesman, fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, 1963–69), son of Arthur O'NeillArthur O'NeillArthur Edward Bruce O'Neill , was an Irish Ulster Unionist Party politician who was the first MP to be killed in World War I...
& brother of Shane, 3rd Lord O'NeillBaron O'NeillBaron O'Neill, of Shane's Castle in the County of Antrim, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1868 for the musical composer The Rev...
(see above); - Angus Pelham Burn;
- Jeremy Hew Philipps, of PictonPicton CastlePicton Castle is a medieval castle near Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Originally built at the end of the 13th century by Sir John Wogan and is still inhabited by his descendants, the Philipps family ....
, chairman Laurence Philipps Holdings, father of Nicky Philipps, & grandson of 1st Lord MilfordLaurence Philipps, 1st Baron MilfordLaurence Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford , was a British peer.Philipps was the sixth son of Reverend Sir James Philipps, 12th Baronet St Davids, and his wife the Hon. Mary Margaret . John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids, and Owen Philipps, 1st Baron Kylsant, were his elder brothers...
; - Nicholas RidleyNicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of LiddesdaleNicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, PC was a British Conservative Party politician and government minister.-Personal life:...
, Lord Ridley of Liddesdale, (politician) - William Walter Robert Graham Scarth, killed accidentally 14 August 1948, son of an Heritable Bailie of Breckness, Skaill House, StromnessStromnessStromness is the second-biggest town in Orkney, Scotland. It is in the south-west of Mainland Orkney. It is also a parish, with the town of Stromness as its capital.-Etymology:...
, & Hall of Sand, Shetland; - William Reresby Sitwell, of Barmoor CastleBarmoor CastleBarmoor Castle is a privately owned 19th century country house built on an ancient site in Northumberland. It is a Grade II* listed building...
, FRGS, commanded HMS Flint Castle 1943-45, married Joan Castle, & his brother S. T. Sitwell, who married ex-wife of 2nd Lord SelsdonBaron SelsdonBaron Selsdon, of Croydon in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1932 for the Conservative politician Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, 2nd Baronet...
; - Christopher, Lord SoamesChristopher Soames, Baron SoamesArthur Christopher John Soames, Baron Soames, GCMG, GCVO, CH, CBE, PC was a British politician belonging to the Conservative Party and the son-in-law of Winston Churchill. A European Commissioner and the last Governor of Southern Rhodesia, he had previously been the longtime Member of Parliament...
, CH (statesman); - Sir James Spooner, kt., chairman Coats Viyella, director Morgan CrucibleMorgan CrucibleThe Morgan Crucible is one of the largest UK manufacturers of carbon and ceramic products for industrial use. It is a constituent of the FTSE 250 index.-History:...
, chairman Prince's Trust; - Admiral Sir William StavelyWilliam Staveley (admiral)Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Doveton Minet Staveley GCB, DL , was Chief of the Naval Staff and First Sea Lord.-Early life:...
(First Sea Lord); - Sir Michael Straker, chairman Northumbrian WaterNorthumbrian WaterNorthumbrian Water Group plc is the holding company for several companies in the water supply, sewerage and waste water industries. NWG's largest subsidiary is Northumbrian Water Limited , which is one of ten companies in England and Wales that are regulated water supply and sewerage utilities...
. A cafe in the Sage GatesheadSage GatesheadThe Sage Gateshead is a centre for musical education, performance and conferences, located in Gateshead on the south bank of the River Tyne, in the northeast of England...
is named after him; - Sir Charles Tidbury, chairman of WhitbreadWhitbreadWhitbread PLC is a global hotel, coffee shop and restaurant company headquartered in Dunstable, United Kingdom. Its largest division is Premier Inn, which is the largest hotel brand in the UK with around 580 hotels and over 40,000 rooms. Its Costa Coffee chain has around 1,600 stores across 25...
and IRA targetNessan QuinlivanNessan Quinlivan , is a former Provisional IRA member who escaped from Brixton Prison in London on 7 July 1991 along with his cellmate Pearse McAuley, while awaiting trial on charges relating to a suspected IRA plot to assassinate a former brewery company chairman, Sir Charles Tidbury.In April...
. Read more; - Major Rob Tillard, author: Ski Story, The Decline and Renaissance of The Ski Club of Great BritainSki Club of Great BritainThe Ski Club of Great Britain is a recreational snow sports club, founded on May 6, 1903. It is a not-for-profit organisation. The Ski Club was until the 1960s responsible for the British racing teams.-Respect the Mountain campaign:...
, Rob Tillard Ski Guides, 2000; - Sir Anthony Roger Duncan TwysdenTwysden BaronetsThere have been two Baronetcies created, both in the Baronetage of England, for members of the Twysden family of Kent.The Baronetcy of Twysden of Roydon Hall, Kent was created on 29 June 1611 for William Twysden of Roydon Hall, East Peckham, Kent, the son of Roger Twysden, High Sheriff of Kent in...
, 11th Bt.; - 2nd Viscount UllswaterNicholas Lowther, 2nd Viscount UllswaterNicholas James Christopher Lowther, 2nd Viscount Ullswater, LVO, PC , succeeded his great-grandfather in the Viscountcy of Ullswater in 1949...
(elected hereditary peer & courtier); - Major-General Charles Vyvyan, CB, CBE, Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet RodGentleman Usher of the Scarlet RodThe Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod is the Gentleman Usher to the Order of the Bath, established in 1725.-Office Holders from 1725:*1725 – ?: Edmund Sawyer*bef. 1763 – aft. 1789: Henry Hill*bef. 1806 – 2 July 1814: Sir Isaac Heard...
; - Dr. Giles Warrack, Associate Professor, Mathematics Department, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State UniversityNorth Carolina Agricultural and Technical State UniversityNorth Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is a land-grant university located in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest publicly funded historically black college in the state of North Carolina.NC A&T is a constituent institution of the University of North...
; - Frank WillanFrank WillanGroup Captain Frank Andrew Willan CBE DFC DL , was an English pilot, Royal Air Force officer and Conservative politician...
, Royal Air Force officer and politician; - Peter Wilmot-Sitwell, inventor of the city dawn-raid & father of Alex Wilmot-SitwellAlex Wilmot-Sitwell-Biography:Alex Wilmot-Sitwell was appointed co-Chairman & CEO, UBS Investment Bank on 26 April 2009, making him one of the most senior British investment bankers. He was previously Joint Global Head of Investment Banking, and continues to be Chairman & CEO, EMEA of UBS Group. Wilmot-Sitwell is a...
, (more:); - 2nd & last Lord WilsonBaron WilsonBaron Wilson, of Libya and of Stowlangtoft in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1946 for the prominent military commander Field Marshal Sir Henry Maitland Wilson...
; - John K. Wingfield Digby, of Sherborne CastleSherborne CastleSherborne Castle is a 16th-century Tudor mansion southeast of Sherborne in Dorset, England. The park formed only a small part of the Digby estate.-Old castle:Sherborne Old Castle is the ruin of a 12th-century castle in the grounds of the mansion...
& son of Simon Wingfield DigbySimon Wingfield DigbySimon Digby Wingfield Digby was a British Conservative politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for West Dorset at a by-election in June 1941, and held the seat until his retirement at the February 1974 general election.- External links :...
; - Harold Lindsay Cathcart Woolley, RAFV, killed 1942, son of Geoffrey Harold WoolleyGeoffrey Harold WoolleyGeoffrey Harold Woolley VC OBE MC was the first Territorial Army officer to be awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.Woolley was the son of a clergyman, Rev...
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- Cornes era (1954 - 1987):
- Richard AddisRichard AddisRichard Addis is a British journalist and former editor of the Daily Express newspaper. He is a former novice Anglican monk....
(journalist and former Anglican monkMonkA monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
); - 6th Lord AldenhamVicary Gibbs, 6th Baron AldenhamVicary Tyser Gibbs, 6th Baron Aldenham is a British peer, the son of Anthony Durant Gibbs, 5th Baron Aldenham. He succeeded to the titles 4th Baron Hunsdon, and 6th Baron Aldenham on 25 January 1986....
; - Khalid Alireza (at the school from 1960);
- Benjamin J. Bathurst, son of Admiral of the Fleet Bathurst;
- Arthur, Nicholas, Charles & Vere Boscawen, sons of 9th Viscount FalmouthViscount FalmouthViscount Falmouth is a title that has been created twice, first in the Peerage of England, and then in the Peerage of Great Britain. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1674 for George FitzRoy, illegitimate son of King Charles II by Barbara Villiers. He was created Earl of...
; - Philip Colfox, grandson of Victor Crutchley, & son of Sir John ColfoxColfox BaronetsThe Colfox Baronetcy, of Symondsbury in the County of Dorset, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 4 July 1939 for the Conservative politician Philip Colfox. As of 2007 the title is held by his younger and only surviving son, the second Baronet...
, 2nd Bt., of SymondsburySymondsburySymondsbury is a village in south west Dorset, England, west of Bridport and west of Dorchester. The village is located just to the north of the A35 trunk road, which runs between Southampton and Honiton. The village has a pub , a pottery and a primary school...
, Dorset; - Harry Cory Wright, Photographer;
- Guy Dawnay, son of Lt. Col. Christopher Dawnay, MVO, & grandson of Sir Hereward WakeWake BaronetsThe Wake Baronetcy, of Clevedon in the County of Somerset, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 5 December 1621 for Baldwin Wake. The sixth Baronet assumed the additional surname of Jones but died childless. The eighth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Bedford. The...
, 13th Bt.; - Charles Desmond Ashburner Stanhope de Burgh & his brother Simon Robert Fitzroy, sons of R.U.P. de Burgh, & third cousins of Chris de BurghChris de BurghChris de Burgh is a British/Irish singer-songwriter. He is most famous for his 1986 love song "The Lady in Red".-Early life:...
; - Peter de Teissier, photographer;
- Finn, Kieran & Erskin Guinness, sons of 2nd Lord MoyneBaron MoyneBaron Moyne, of Bury St Edmund in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1932 for the Conservative politician the Hon. Walter Guinness. A member of the prominent Guinness brewing family, he was the third son of Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh,...
; - Valentine Guinness, lead singer of Loyd GrossmanLoyd GrossmanLoyd Daniel Gilman Grossman, OBE, FSA is an American-British television presenter, chef and musician who has mainly worked in the UK.- Early life, education and honours :...
's band, & husband to Lulu GuinnessLulu GuinnessLucinda "Lulu" Jane Guinness, OBE is a well-known British accessories fashion designer.Lulu Guinness OBE famous for her unique and quintessentially British handbags and accessories, launched her company in 1989. Instant praise in the fashion media paved the way for Lulu Guinness shops in London,...
& his brother Jasper, sons of 3rd Lord MoyneBaron MoyneBaron Moyne, of Bury St Edmund in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1932 for the Conservative politician the Hon. Walter Guinness. A member of the prominent Guinness brewing family, he was the third son of Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh,...
; - 6th Earl GranvilleEarl GranvilleEarl Granville is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.-First Creation:...
; - Aurora Gunn, wife to Randal McDonnell, Viscount Dunluce;
- Tom Hammick (painter). Work;
- Tony Hanania (Beirut born novelist);
- Dorian Haskard, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Head of the Vascular Sciences Section, and Director, Centre for Vascular Inflammation & Lead Clinician in Rheumatology, Hammersmith Hospital;
- Hon. Philippa Lennox-BoydSimon Lennox-Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of MertonSimon Donald Rupert Neville Lennox-Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of Merton is a British peer, the son of Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton....
, wife to 4th Lord SpensBaron SpensBaron Spens, of Blairsanquhar in the County of Fife, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1959 for the lawyer and Conservative politician Sir Patrick Spens...
; - Tom Lubbock (the art critic & illustrator) obit.;
- 3rd Lord MargadaleAlastair Morrison, 3rd Baron MargadaleAlastair John Morrison, 3rd Baron Margadale is the son of James Morrison, 2nd Baron Margadale and Clare Barclay.He married, firstly, Lady Sophia Cavendish, daughter of Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire and The Honourable Deborah Mitford, on 19 July 1988...
& his brother Hughie Morrison (racehorse trainer ); - 7th Viscount MonckViscount MonckViscount Monck, of Ballytrammon in the County of Wexford, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1801 for Charles Monck, 1st Baron Monck. He had already been created Baron Monck, of Ballytrammon in the County of Wexford, in 1797, also in the Peerage of Ireland...
; - Peter NeyroudPeter NeyroudPeter Neyroud CBE QPM is a retired British police officer. He was the Chief Executive Officer for the National Policing Improvement Agency , and former Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police. He from the NPIA in March 2010....
; - Simon Ould, (celebrated Hackney artist within the Decima galleryDecima galleryDecima Gallery is a London-based arts projects organisation with a reputation for irreverent projects, according to a 2008 article in The London Paper:...
purlieu) - Hamish Robinson (poet). Poems about wine (2009);
- Andrew SelousAndrew SelousAndrew Edmund Armstrong Selous is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who has been the Member of Parliament for South West Bedfordshire since 2001.-Early life:...
(politician); - Damian Crosley Talbot Sitwell, son of S. T. Sitwell;
- 7th Earl of VerulamJohn Grimston, 7th Earl of VerulamJohn Duncan Grimston, 7th Earl of Verulam , known as the Honourable John Grimston until 1973, is a British peer.He succeeded to the title of Earl of Verulam in 1973 on the death of his father....
(financier); - 7th Lord HuntingfieldBaron HuntingfieldBaron Huntingfield is a title that has been created three times, twice in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of Ireland. The first two creations were by writ, but little more is known about them. They probably became extinct or fell into abeyance on the death of their first holders...
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External links
- Old West Downs Society
- Roll of Honour. A long list of those killed, 1914-18 & 1939-45.
- A page about Kenneth Tindall.