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Authorized form of name
Simpson, David Crighton, 1899-1962
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Dates of existence
1899-1962
History
Simpson, David Crighton, elder son of the Rev. James Gilliland Simpson, D.D., sometime Dean of Peterborough, by Magdalen Helen, daughter of Walter Shepherd, of Dundee; b. Aug. 15, 1899; adm. May 4, 1911 (H); K.S. (non-resident) 1913; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1918, matric. Trinity 1919; B.A. 1923; M.A. 1926; 2nd Lieut. Scots Guards Sept. 25, 1918; served in France and at Cologne in Great War I; asst. master, Giggleswick School 1922-5, at Westminster School 1925-60; Master of the King's Scholars 1934-49; hon. secretary of the Elizabethan Club 1925-32; president 1961; one of the editors of the present vol. of the Record 1960-2; m. Dec. 21, 1933, Dorothy Elaine, elder daughter of Henry Secker Walker, F.R.C.S., of Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts.; d. May 2, 1962.
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Full
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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