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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