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Farquharson, Maurice Gordon, son of George Sinclair Farquharson MB MRCS of SouthampĀton, and Violet Annie, d. of Lewis Stewart of Tufnell Park; b. 29 Mar. 1899; adm. Sept. 1913 (KS); left July 1917; Grenadier Guards in WWI, 2nd Lieut. Mar. 1918, despatches Dec. 1918, MC Apr. 1919; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1919, BA 1922, MA 1926; asst master Bedales Sch. 1921-6; an actor 1926-9; Nat. Council of Social Service 1929-35; joined BBC 1935; OBE 1951; Secretary BBC 1957-63, CBE 1963; m. 1930 Nancy, d. of Rudolph Kohnstamm of Hampstead; d. 14 May 1993.
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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