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Kitson, Roland Dudley, 3rd Baron Airedale, only son of James, 1st Baron Airedale, by his second wife, Mary Laura, daughter of Edward Fisher Smith, of Dudley, Worcs; b. July 19, 1882; adm. Jan. 18, 1894 (R); left July 1901; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1901; B.A. 1904; 2nd Lieut. 8th Batt. West Yorks Regt. April 23, 1912; Lieut. July 1, 1914; Capt. June 20, 1915; Gen. Staff Officer, 3rd grade, Sept. 20, 1916; served in France and Italy; mentioned in despatches L. G. Dec. 11, 1917, and May 30, 1918; M.C. June 4, 1917; D.S.O. June 3, 1918; a director of Bolckow, Vaughan and Co. Ltd., and of the Monk Bridge Iron and Steel Co. Ltd.; a Governor of the Bank of England 1923; Deputy Governor, London Assurance Corpn.; Lieutenant of the City of London; High Sheriff of the County of London 1928; succeeded his half-brother as 3rd Baron March 11, 1944; m. 1st July 1, 1913, Sheila Grace, daughter of Frank Edward Vandeleur, of South Kensington; 2nd Sept. 26, 1937, Dorothy Christabel, widow of Hugh Mortimer Rodland, and 4th daughter of the Rev. Canon Raymond Pelly; d. March 20, 1958.
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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 1883 to Election 1960, Volume 3, compiled by J.B. Whitmore, G.R.Y. Radcliffe and D.C. Simpson, Barnet, 1963