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Masefield, Sir Peter Gordon, son of William Gordon Masefield CBE MRCS LRCP JP, of Brentwood, Essex, and Marian Ada, d. of Edmund Lloyd-Owen, civil engineer, of Brisbane, Australia; b. 19 Mar. 1914; adm. Jan. 1928 (R); left Dec. 1928 because of ill-health and went to Chillon Coll., Switzerland; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. 1932, BA 1935, MA 1939; an aeronautical engineer, CEng GIMechE; Fairey Aviation Co. 1935-7; tech. editor The Aeroplane 1938-43; air correspondent Sunday Times 1940-3; war correspondent RAF and US Army 8th Air Force 1941-43; sec. War Cabinet Committee on Air Transport 1943-5; Civil Air Attaché Brit. Embassy Washington 1945-7; Dir.-Gen. Long-term Planning Min. of Civil Aviation 1946-9; chief exec. BEA 1949-55; man. dir. Bristol Aircraft Ltd 1955-60; dir. Pressed Steel Co. 1960-4; chairman BAA 1965-71; dep. chairman Brit. Caledonian Airways 1971-87; dir. Nationwide Building Society 1971-84; FCIT; hon. FRAeS, Pres. 1959-60; FRSA 1961, Vice-Pres. 1979-; Kt Jan. 1972; chairman Lond. Transport 1980-2, dir. Lond. Transport International 1981-; author of To Ride the Storm (the story of airship RIOI) 1982; m. 9 May 1936 Patricia Doreen, d. of Percy Harold Rooney of Wallington, Surrey; d. 14 Feb. 2006.
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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