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Born Blaina, 1861; d of late Dr Soper, Plymouth; m 1882, (William) Bramwell Booth, CH (d 1929); two s five d; died 10 June 1957...

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KG 1990; GCB 1979 (KCB 1974); OBE 1965; MC 1945

JP; HM Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London, 1986–98; Chief of the Defence Staff, 1982–85

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KBE 1962 (CBE 1947); CB 1954; DSO 1944

Born 12 Dec. 1909; 2nd s of late Lt-Col K. C. Brazier-Creagh; m 1st, 1938, Elizabeth Mary (d 1967), ...

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Born 23 May 1936; s of Robert Burlison and Georgina (née Doige); m 1981, Valerie Stephenson; two s one d; died 20 May 2008...

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DBE 1920

Born Southwick, Sussex, 1 Feb. 1872; m 1900, R. Kennerley Rumford; one d; died 23 Jan. 1936

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CB 1988

Born 27 May 1935; s of late Frank Dimmock and Ivy Dimmock (née Archer); m 1958, Lesley Patricia Reid; two d (and one d decd); died 6 May 2014...

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MBE 1973; FRAeS

Commandant, Royal Air Force Staff College, 1993–96; Chief Executive and Principal, Yorkshire Coast College, 1996–2003

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CBE 2000 (OBE 1984); FRSL

Born 31 Oct. 1920; s of George Vincent Francis and Catherine Mary Francis; m 1947, Mary Margaret Brenchley (d 2000); two s...

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OBE 2008

pistol shooter, until 2015; Test and Measuring Equipment Controller, Ministry of Defence, 1997–2014

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Born 2nd d of Sir Henry William Gore-Booth, 5th Bt of Lissadell, Sligo; died 30 June 1926

writer

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KBE 1984 (OBE 1964); CB 1979

Born 26 June 1923; s of Gerald Haigh Haslam and Gladys Haslam (née Finley); died 4 Aug. 2009

President, Directing Committee, International Hydrographic Bureau, Monaco, ...

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CVO 1980; CBE 1998

Born Holford, Somerset, 20 Jan. 1921; m 1956, Sheilah Joan Davis (d 1998). Served War of 1939–45, North Irish Horse. Asst Trainer to Major M. B. Pope, MC, ...

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CB 1991; CBE 1987

Air Secretary, 1989–94

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CB 1984

Born 31 July 1931; s of Lt-Col John Oliver Hopkinson and Aileen Disney Hopkinson (née Rooke); m 1956, Sarah Elizabeth, d of Maj.-Gen. M. H. P. Sayers, OBE; three ...

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CBE 1979

Born 10 May 1919; s of Percy Charles and Elsie Maria Knapp; m 1942, Vera Mary Stephenson; two s two d; died 21 Dec. 2005...

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CB 1977; CBE 1966; AFC 1947

Chairman, Yonex (UK) Ltd, 1995–97 (Managing Director, 1990–95)

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CB 1989

Born 2 May 1935; s of late Edward Graham Pank and Margaret Sheelah Osborne Pank; m 1st, 1963, Julia Letitia Matheson (d 2002); two s one ...

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OBE 1998

Chief Executive, Lawn Tennis Association, 1986–96

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KCB 1982; CBE 1971; FRAeS

Executive Chairman, RAC Motor Sports Association, 1989–98