Thomas Chaloner, 2nd Baron Gisborough
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Thomas Weston Peel Long Chaloner, 2nd Baron Gisborough (6 May 1889 – 11 February 1951) was an English
landowner, soldier and Peer
.
The second son of Richard Godolphin Walmesley Chaloner, 1st Baron Gisborough and his wife Margaret Mary Ann Brocklesby Davis, he was born in Sedgehill, Wiltshire
and educated at Rottingdean
, Radley College
, Eton College
and Trinity College, Cambridge
.
He attained the rank of Captain in the Yorkshire Regiment, and served in World War I
with the Royal Flying Corps
in Egypt, England and France. Shot down while on a bombing raid to St. Quentin with 13 Squadron on 1 July 1916, he was held as a prisoner of war for two years. He escaped in May 1918, but only made it as far as the Netherlands, which was neutral at the time, and interned for the rest of the War. He was not repatriated until January 1919.
Gisborough joined to the peacetime Territorial Army, serving with the Green Howards from April 1921. He rose to the rank of Major before relinquishing his commission in 1930. As his elder brother had been accidentally killed in World War I while guarding German prisoners of War, he succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Gisborough on 23 January 1938.
In August 1939, although now 50 years old, Gisborough joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
, and was initially posted to RAF Catterick on administration duties. Moving into intelligence duties in February 1940, he was posted to 41 Squadron
as Intelligence Officer in May 1940. The Squadron was subsequently based at stations such as Hornchurch and Tangmere
, which were in the forefront in the Battle of Britain
. He remained in this post with 41 Squadron
until June 1945, moving with them to the Continent in December 1944 and ultimately into Germany in April 1945.
In 1923 he married Esther Isabella Madeleine Hall. There was one son and one daughter from the marriage. He died 11 February 1951 and was succeeded as 3rd Baron Gisborough by his son Richard Chaloner, 3rd Baron Gisborough
.
England
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landowner, soldier and Peer
Peerage of England
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain....
.
The second son of Richard Godolphin Walmesley Chaloner, 1st Baron Gisborough and his wife Margaret Mary Ann Brocklesby Davis, he was born in Sedgehill, Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
and educated at Rottingdean
Rottingdean
Rottingdean is a coastal village next to the town of Brighton and technically within the city of Brighton and Hove, in East Sussex, on the south coast of England...
, Radley College
Radley College
Radley College , founded in 1847, is a British independent school for boys on the edge of the English village of Radley, near to the market town of Abingdon in Oxfordshire, and has become a well-established boarding school...
, Eton College
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
and Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
.
He attained the rank of Captain in the Yorkshire Regiment, and served in World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
with the Royal Flying Corps
Royal Flying Corps
The Royal Flying Corps was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of the First World War. During the early part of the war, the RFC's responsibilities were centred on support of the British Army, via artillery co-operation and photographic reconnaissance...
in Egypt, England and France. Shot down while on a bombing raid to St. Quentin with 13 Squadron on 1 July 1916, he was held as a prisoner of war for two years. He escaped in May 1918, but only made it as far as the Netherlands, which was neutral at the time, and interned for the rest of the War. He was not repatriated until January 1919.
Gisborough joined to the peacetime Territorial Army, serving with the Green Howards from April 1921. He rose to the rank of Major before relinquishing his commission in 1930. As his elder brother had been accidentally killed in World War I while guarding German prisoners of War, he succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Gisborough on 23 January 1938.
In August 1939, although now 50 years old, Gisborough joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve consists of a number of groupings of individual military reservists for the management and operation of the Royal Air Force's Air Training Corps and CCF Air Cadet formations, Volunteer Gliding Squadrons , Air Experience Flights, and also to form the...
, and was initially posted to RAF Catterick on administration duties. Moving into intelligence duties in February 1940, he was posted to 41 Squadron
No. 41 Squadron RAF
No. 41 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is currently the RAF's Test and Evaluation Squadron , based at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire. Its official title is "41 TES". The Squadron celebrates its 95th anniversary in 2011, and is one of the oldest RAF squadrons in existence.-First World War, 1916–1919:No...
as Intelligence Officer in May 1940. The Squadron was subsequently based at stations such as Hornchurch and Tangmere
RAF Tangmere
RAF Tangmere was a Royal Air Force station famous for its role in the Battle of Britain, located at Tangmere village about 3 miles east of Chichester in West Sussex, England. American RAF pilot Billy Fiske died at Tangmere and was the first American aviator to die during World War II...
, which were in the forefront in the Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain is the name given to the World War II air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940...
. He remained in this post with 41 Squadron
No. 41 Squadron RAF
No. 41 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is currently the RAF's Test and Evaluation Squadron , based at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire. Its official title is "41 TES". The Squadron celebrates its 95th anniversary in 2011, and is one of the oldest RAF squadrons in existence.-First World War, 1916–1919:No...
until June 1945, moving with them to the Continent in December 1944 and ultimately into Germany in April 1945.
In 1923 he married Esther Isabella Madeleine Hall. There was one son and one daughter from the marriage. He died 11 February 1951 and was succeeded as 3rd Baron Gisborough by his son Richard Chaloner, 3rd Baron Gisborough
Richard Chaloner, 3rd Baron Gisborough
Thomas Richard John Long Chaloner, 3rd Baron Gisborough is a British Peer. He was born at Hurworth Old Hall, Darlington, the son of Thomas Chaloner, 2nd Baron Gisborough and his wife Esther Hall. He succeeded his father as 3rd Baron in 1951. In 1967 he was appointed to the Board of Universal...
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Sources
- Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London - 1983
- Obituary The TimesThe TimesThe Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
2 March, 1951; Issue 51939