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Sedgwick, Richard Romney, 1894-1972
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Dates of existence
1894-1972
History
Sedgwick, Richard Romney, son of Adam Sedgwick, F.R.S., of Cambridge, by Laura Helen Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Capt. Robinson, of Armagh; b. May 29, 1894; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (G); K.S. 1909; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1912, matric. Michaelmas 1912; 1st class Hist. Tripos, pt. 1, 1914; 1st class Hist. Tripos, pt. 2, 1915; Gladstone Memorial Prize 1914; B.A. 1915; M.A. 1920; Fellow of Trin. Coll. Camb. 1920; served in Ministry of Munitions 1916-8 and of Labour 1918-9; asst. principal 1919; transferred to Colonial Office 1929; private secretary to Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Dominions Office, 1922; principal 1930; official secretary, Office of High Commissioner, Australia, 1938-41 and New Zealand, 1941-4; Deputy High Commissioner, South Africa, 1946-9; Asst. Under Secretary of State 1949; C.M.G. Jan. 1, 1945; edited The Memoirs of the Reign ef King George II by John Lord Hervey (q.v.) (1931); The Letters of George III to Lord Bute (1939); m. Sept. 17, 1936, Mana, daughter of Thomas Callan Hodson, William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology, Cambridge; d. 20 Jan. 1972.
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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