Tansley, Leonard Beaumont, only son of John Beaumont Tansley, of Purley, Surrey, by Alice Emily, daughter of Henry Measures, of Brighton, Sussex; b. July 1, 1894; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (A); elected toTrin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1912, matric. Michaelmas 1912; B.A. 1915; M.A. 1919; London Univ.; M.Sc. 1923; F.R.I.C. 1936; 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. July 15, 1915; gassed in Aug. 1917; served in France and Flanders from 1915 and was demob. as Capt. April 1919; M.C. June 3, 1918; asst. to director of British Cotton Industry Research Association, Didsbury, Manchester, Jan. 1924; asst. director of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce Testing House and Laboratory 1937; director 1946-59; Capt. R.A. (T.A. Res.) Jan. 1940; commissioned (H. Guard) June 1940-5; m. April 9, 1927, Nancy Charlotte, elder daughter of George Herbert Lancashire, M.D., of Manchester; d. 11 June 1984.
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