Born 24 Nov. 1932; s of 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO, and Benita Blanche (d 1968), d of Sir Harold Pelly, 4th Bt; ...
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Alanbrooke, 3rd Viscount, (Alan Victor Harold Brooke) (24 Nov. 1932–10 Jan. 2018)
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Alexander, Maj.-Gen. David Crichton, (28 Nov. 1926–5 Jan. 2017), Commandant, Scottish Police College, 1979–87
CB 1976
Born 28 Nov. 1926; s of James Alexander and Margaret (née Craig); m 1st, 1957, Diana Joyce (Jane) (née Fisher) (...
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Appleton, Brig. John Roper, (29 April 1938–18 Feb. 2014), Director and Trustee: Smallpeice Trust, since 1998 (Chairman, 2001–07); Arkwright Scholarships Trust, since 2000 (Chairman, 2001–07)
OBE 2000; CEng, FIMechE
Born 29 April 1938; s of late John Jackson Appleton and Ada Mary Appleton (née Roper); m 1st, 1959, Jenifer Jane Worman; one s one ...
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Baker, Maj.-Gen. Ian Helstrip, (26 Nov. 1927–28 July 2005), rcds, psc; General Officer Commanding, North East District, 1980–82; Secretary, University College London, 1982–91
CBE 1977 (MBE 1965)
Born 26 Nov. 1927; e s of late Henry Hubert Baker and Mary Clare Baker (née Coles); m 1956, Susan Anne, y d of late Major and Mrs Henry Osmond Lock; one ...
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Bateman, Alys, (died 7 Nov. 1924), soprano singer
Born d of late Robert Bateman and Marian Moore, relative of Hannah Moore; m 1st, Malcolm Colin, s of Francis Simon Dring, of Simonstown, Co. Cork; 2nd, John Starkie Gardner; ...
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Blake, Baron cr 1971 (Life Peer), of Braydeston, Norfolk, (Robert Norman William Blake) (23 Dec. 1916–20 Sept. 2003)
FBA 1967
Born 23 Dec. 1916; er s of William Joseph Blake and Norah Lindley Daynes, Brundall, Norfolk; m 1953, Patricia Mary (d 1995), e d of Thomas Richard Waters, Great Plumstead, Norfolk; three ...
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Bourns, Prof. Arthur Newcombe, (8 Dec. 1919–29 May 2015), President and Vice-Chancellor, 1972–80, Professor of Chemistry 1953–81, then Emeritus, McMaster University
OC 1982; FRSC 1964; FCIC
Born 8 Dec. 1919; s of Evans Clement Bourns and Kathleen Jones; m 1943, Marion Harriet Blakney; two s two d; died 29 May 2015...
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Boyson, Rt Hon. Sir Rhodes, (11 May 1925–28 Aug. 2012), PC 1987
Kt 1987
Born 11 May 1925; s of Alderman William Boyson, MBE, JP and Mrs Bertha Boyson, Haslingden, Rossendale, Lancs; m 1st, 1946, Violet Burletson (marr. diss.); two d; 2nd, ...
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Brown, Sir Douglas (Denison), (8 July 1917–20 May 2007), Chairman, 1981–87 and Managing Director, 1954–87, James Corson & Co. Ltd
Kt 1983
Born 8 July 1917; s of Robert and Alice Mary Brown; m 1941, Marion Cruickshanks Emmerson (d 1992); one s one d; died 20 May 2007...
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Bullen, Air Vice-Marshal Reginald, (19 Oct. 1920–27 Jan. 2008), Senior Bursar and Fellow, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, 1976–87, Life Fellow and Property Developments Consultant, since 1988
CB 1975; GM 1945; MA
Born 19 Oct. 1920; s of Henry Arthur Bullen and Alice May Bullen; m 1952, Christiane (née Phillips); one s one d; died 27 Jan. 2008...
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Cobbold, Rear-Adm. Richard Francis, (25 June 1942–24 April 2022), Chief Executive Officer, C2S2, since 2008
CB 1994
Chief Executive Officer, C2S2, since 2008
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Cornock, Maj.-Gen. Charles Gordon, (Bill), (25 April 1935–24 April 2023), Bursar, Cranleigh School, 1989–95
CB 1988; MBE 1974
Bursar, Cranleigh School, 1989–95
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de Butts, Brig. Frederick Manus, (17 April 1916–24 Aug. 2005), DL
CMG 1967; OBE 1961 (MBE 1943)
Born 17 April 1916; s of late Brig. F. C. De Butts, CB, DSO, MC, and K. P. M. O’Donnell; m 1944, Evelyn Cecilia, ...
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Dixon, Maj.-Gen. Roy Laurence Cayley, (19 Sept. 1924–22 Jan. 2018), Chapter Clerk, College of St George, Windsor Castle, 1981–90
CB 1977; CVO 1991; MC 1944
Born 19 Sept. 1924; s of Lt-Col Sidney Frank Dixon, MC and Edith Mary (Sheena) (née Clark); m...
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Dobie, Marryat Ross, (1888–29 Oct. 1973)
CBE 1953; BA
Born Bellary, India, 1888; s of Surg. Lieut-Col Stanley Locker Dobie, IMS; m Grace Vera Patmore; two d; died 29 Oct. 1973
Fettes Coll., Edinburgh; Wadham Coll., Oxford...
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Edleston, Rear Adm. Hugh Anthony Harold Greswell, (24 Jan. 1949–13 June 2016), defence consultant to International Defence and Non-Governmental Organisations, since 2004
Born 24 Jan. 1949; s of late Tony Edleston and of Dorothy Edleston; m 1973, Lynne Taylor; one s one d; died 13 June 2016
defence consultant to International Defence and Non-Governmental Organisations, since ...
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Ernsting, Air Vice-Marshal John, (21 April 1928–2 June 2009), Hon. Civil Consultant in Aviation Medicine to RAF, since 1993
CB 1992; OBE 1959; PhD; FRCP, FFOM, FRAeS
Born 21 April 1928; s of late Reginald James Ernsting and Phyllis May Josephine Ernsting (née Allington); m 1st, 1952, Patricia Mary Woolford (...
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Evans, Maj.-Gen. Robert Noel, (22 Dec. 1922–27 Feb. 2022), Postgraduate Dean and Commandant, Royal Army Medical College, 1979–81
CB 1981
Postgraduate Dean and Commandant, Royal Army Medical College, 1979–81
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Garden, Baron, (Timothy Garden) (23 April 1944–9 Aug. 2007)
KCB 1994 (CB 1992)
Born 23 April 1944; s of Joseph Garden and Winifred M. Garden (née Mayes); m 1965, Susan Elizabeth, d...
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Goddard, Air Vice-Marshal Peter John, (17 Oct. 1943–11 Feb. 2016), Senior Directing Staff (Air), Royal College of Defence Studies, 1996–98
CB 1998; AFC 1981; FRAeS
Born 17 Oct. 1943; s of John Bernard Goddard and Lily Goddard; m 1966, Valerie White; two s; died 11 Feb. 2016
Senior Directing Staff (Air), Royal College of Defence Studies, ...
