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Robbins, Richard Michael, son of Alfred Gordon Robbins, publisher, and Josephine, d. of Richard Lovat Capell, ironmonger, of Northampton; b. 7 Sept. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (KS); Capt. of the school 1933-4; left July 1934; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1934, Dixon Schol. 1937; joined LPTB 1939; RE (Transportation) 1939-46 (Maj.), served Persia and Iraq 1941-3, GHQ MEF 1943-4, AML Greece 1944-5; rejoined LPTB 1946, sec. to Chairman 1947-50, sec. LT Executive 1950-5, sec. and chief PRO 1955-60, chief commercial and PR officer 1960-5, member LT Executive 1965-80 (man. dir. Railways 1971-8); BA (Oxon.) 1952, MA 1964; FCIT 1955; FSA 1957, treas. 1971-87, Pres. 1987-91; CBE 1976; Pres. Inst. of Transport 1975-6; a governor Museum of London 1969-, chairman of governors 1979-; hon. DLitt City Univ. 1987; author of The Railway Age 1962, George and Robert Stephenson 1966, A Public Transport Century 1985; m. 21 Oct. 1939 Rose Margaret Elspeth, d. of Sir Robert Reid Bannatyne CB, Asst Under Sec. of State Home Office; d. 21 Dec. 2002.
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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