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Type of entity
Person
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Charles, Samuel Davenport, 1886-1962
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Dates of existence
1886-1962
History
Charles, Samuel Davenport, younger son of Robert Fletcher Charles, of Highgate; a VicePrincipal of the Royal College of Preceptors, by Frances Dorothea, daughter of Robert Davenport, of Battunge, Echunga, S. Australia; b. Jan. 25, 1886; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 18, 1900; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1904, matric. Michaelmas 1904; B.A. 1908; clerk in the Principal Probate Registry 1909; served in the Lincolnshire Yeomanry 1914-9, attached 10th Batt. Lincolnshire Regt. in France 1917-8; Capt. June 1, 1916; wounded April 14, 1918; M.C. Feb. 4, 1918; an executive officer National Savings Committee; a principal, Ministry of Town and Country Planning 1943; l. S. O. June 9, 1949; retired 1951; m. March 25, 1927, Gwynneth, youngest daughter of Joshua Thomas Allder, of Catford, Kent; d. Feb. 16, 1962.
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Full
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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 1883 to Election 1960, Volume 3, compiled by J.B. Whitmore, G.R.Y. Radcliffe and D.C. Simpson, Barnet, 1963