King's Cup - 1932
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Walker, Francis Robert
Mr Francis Robert Walker 1930, aged 20
an accountant from Bayswater -
Westenra, Richard
Hon Richard Westenra 1925, aged 32
Lady Mary Bailey's brother
[m. 1919
The Hon. Alice Florence [Blacker-Douglass], from Devon but b. Dublin 20 Jan 1895; owned a 1929 DH.60G Gipsy Moth, G-AAJZ.]
with daughter Cynthia, 1924 - The Tatler
Wednesday 11 March 1936: "The Hon. Richard Westenra, brother of Lord Rossmore, was respondent to his wife's petition before Sir Boyd Merriman in the London Divorce Court yesterday and co-respondent in another suit In the first of the two connected suits.
Mrs. Allies Florence Westenra (nee Blacker Douglass). of Seafield, Millbrooke. Jersey, sought a decree nisi against the Hon. Richard Westenra on the grounds of his misconduct at a Brighton hotel in February, 1935, with Mrs. Margaret Cecilia Suliven Hope. The suit was undefended."
Richard d. 1944. Lady Mary was at his funeral.
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Woodhouse, John Whitaker
Sqn-Ldr (later Wing-Cdr) John Whitaker Woodhouse 1930, aged 42
from Devon; pre-WWI, a well-known car and motor-cycle racer. A member of No. 4 Squadron in WWI, he was the first pilot to land a spy successfully behind the German lines, and was also lost over the North Sea for several hours after having attacked and driven off a Zeppelin.
In 1931, he was in command of No. 207 (Bombing) Squadron at Bircham Newton.
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