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Blakeney, Robert Byron Drury, 1872-1952
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1872-1952
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BLAKENEY, ROBERT BYRON DRURY, brother of Edward Henry Blakeney (qv); b. 18 Apr 1872; adm. (H) 8 Jun 1882; left Dec 1882; Kingsley Coll., Westward Ho 1883-5, United Services Coll., Westward Ho, 1886-9; 2nd Lieut., Royal Engineers, 24 Jul 1891; Lieut., 24 Jul 1894; Capt., 1 Jul 1902; reserve list, 12 Sep 1907; Maj., 24 Jul 1911; retd. 4 Feb 1914; served in expedition to Dongola 1896 (despatches LG 3 Nov 1896), Nile expeditions of 1897 and 1898 (despatches LG 30 Sep 1898, DSO 15 Nov 1898), South African War 1899-1901; Traffic Manager, Egyptian State Railways, 1902-6, Deputy General Manager, 1906-13; re-employed in Army at outbreak of 1914-18 war; despatches LG 21 Jun and 25 Sep 1916, 6 Jul 1917, 14 Jun 1918, CMG 3 Jun 1918; retd. with hon. rank Brig. -Gen. 1920; General Manager, Egyptian State Railways, 1919-23; President, British Fascisti, 1924; Officer, Legion of Honour; Commander, Order of Crown of Belgium; Order of the Nile, 2nd class; Medjidie, 3rd class 1903, 2nd class 1912, Osmanieh, 3rd class 1905; m. 1st, 6 May 1903, Frances Dorothy, dau. of Maj. Nelson Ellis, Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, London; m. 2nd, 21 Sep 1921 Clara Isabel, dau. of Dr E. Henderson, Onslow Gardens, South Kensington; d. 13 Feb 1952.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.