Snelling, Robert Walter, 1914-1978

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Snelling, Robert Walter, 1914-1978

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        Dates of existence

        1914-1978

        History

        Snelling, Robert Walter, son of Walter Edward Snelling of Putney and Dorothy Maud, d. of Rob­ert Phillips of Battersea; b. 20 Sept. 1914; adm. May 1928 (H); left July 1930; Munich Univ. 1931- 2; Univ. Coll. Lond. 1932-3; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1933, BA 1936, MA 1940; FIL 1937; Roy. Tank Regt 1941, transf. Intell. Corps 1943 (Capt.); BSc (Lond.) 1947; attd Foreign Office 1948, then exec. officer Min. of Defence; Attaché Brit. Embassy Washington DC 1956; Brit. Military Govt Berlin 1959; scientific adviser Brit. delegation to Nuclear Test Ban Conference, Geneva, 1961; head of Foreign Office Tech. Maintenance Service 1962-9; Dir. of Communications FCO 1969-74; retd Mar. 1974; m. 1st 14 Aug. 1941 Mabel Lorna, d. of Rev. Frederick Chalmers Rogers of Newton Abbot, Devon; 2nd 24 Nov. 1973 Patricia Christine, d. of Aubrey Charles Heady of Mixbury, Northants; d. 30 June 1978.

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        GB-2014-WSA-15977

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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

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