GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
3526
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-3761)
Name
Richard Hamilton Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe
Gender
Male
Lived
b. ca. 1908-01-01 d. ca. 1985-01-01 (new)
Associated Places
Biographical Sources Consulted
King's College London College Archives (see link below)
Other note
Richard Hamilton Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe was born in 1908 (exact date unknown). He studied at Harrow School and Magdalene College, Cambridge. After university, he held a number of military posts, serving in Palestine, Norway, and the Middle East in the 1930s and 1940s. He was styled 2nd Baronet Brigadier; in 1946, he was appointed CBE. He retired in 1947 and died in 1985. His autobiography, written in 1978, was presented to King's College London in 1985.
Attached URL
http://kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma/collection/a/an60-001 Information about Richard Hamilton Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe.
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F42100 TNA catalogue entry for Richard Hamilton Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe.
GEMMS record created
January 19, 2022
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024