Haworth-Booth, Michael, son of Digby Clifton Haworth-Booth, of Balcombe, Sussex, by Maude, daughter of Charles Goreham Howard, of Balcombe; b. July 8, 1896; adm. Jan. 16, 1908 (H); left Dec. 1913; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. (Spec. Res.) Aug. 2, 1915; Lieut. May 31, 1918; served in Mesopotamia; became a horticulturist, garden designer and writer on gardening for Country Life and other journals; proprietor of Farall Nurseries, Haslemere; recipient of the Lindley and Banksian Medals of the Royal Horticultural Society; author of The Hydrangeas (1950) and other works; m. 1st March 1, 1932, Mabel Arden, daughter of Harry Richard Reginald Bagot, of Sutton Coldfield, Staffs; 2nd July 10, 1947, Frances Cassandra Mary Page Turner, only daughter of Harry Sholto Searle Parker, Head Master of Rottingdean School, Sussex, and of Mrs. Page-Turner, who resumed her maiden name after her husband's death; d. 19 May 1986.
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- https://collections.westminster.org.uk/index.php/homeboarders