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Flanders, Michael Henry, son of Peter Henry Flanders and Rosa Laura O'Beirne, violinist, d. of Henry Charles O'Beirne of Hastings; b. 1 Mar. 1922; adm. Jan. 1936 (G); left July 1940; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1940; RNVR (coastal forces) 1942-3; contracted poliomyelitis 1943, confined to a wheelchair 1946; a writer, actor and broadcaster; main author of revue Airs on a Shoestring 1953; BBC current affairs and newsreel commentator 1951-8, chairman Brains Trust 1958; with Donald Ibrahim Swann (qv) presented the two-man revues At the Drop of a Hat, and At the Drop of Another Hat, which ran in UK, USA and Canada 1956-67; appeared with RSC in The Caucasian Chalk Circle 1962; QBE 1964; m. 31 Dec. 1959 Claudia, d. of Prof. Robert Gorham Davis of Columbia Univ.; d. 15 Apr. 1975. DNB 1971-80, 319-21.
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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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The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1919 to Election 1989, Volume 4, compiled by F.E. Pagan and H.E. Pagan, Padstow, 1992