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Sumpter, George, only son of Thomas George Sumpter, of Epping, Essex, by Nina, daughter of Thomas Kemp Stone, LL.D.; b. Sept. 19, 1891; adm. Jan. 19, 1905 (H); K.S. 1906; left July 1909; R.M.A. Woolwich 1910; 2nd Lieut. R. A. July 20, 1911; Lieut. July 20, 1914; Capt. Aug. 8, 1916; Brevet Major Feb. 2, 1917; went out to the western front 1914, and was wounded at Ypres Nov. 14, 1914, and again on the Somme June 1916; served with the military mission to South Russia Aug. 28, 1919 -June 1920; Liaison Officer with the Greek Army July 1920; M.C. Aug. 25, 1917, Bar Sept. 16, 1918; D.S.O. May 26, 1918; Order of St. Anne of Russia Nov. 1919; killed in action at Ismidt, Asia Minor, Aug. 20, 1920; unm.

Son of Noel Tynwald Summerscale and Beatrice Wilson; b. 22 Apr. 1937; ed. Sherborne Sch. and Trinity Hall Camb.; BA 1959, MA 1963; lecturer and tutor in Eng. Lit. St Stephen’s Coll. Delhi 1959-63; asst. master Charterhouse Sch. 1963-75; Master of Haileybury 1976-86; FRSA 1984; succeeded as Head Master of the School Apr. 1986; m. 1975 Pauline, d. of Prof. Michel Fleury, President de 1’Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Paris.