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Samuel Hill-Woodc Married: 1899 Rachel Anne Selina Decima Bateman-Hanbury F/Mc | |||||
| Wilfred William Hill Hill-Wood [CFT #9989] Born: 1901 Died: 1980 |
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| Hill-Wood was Managing Director of Morgan Grenfell & Co from 1939 to 1967, and during the Second World War was with the British Purchasing Commission. He was Chairman of Eversholt Estate Development and Vice-President of St. Pancras Housing Association. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1946 for his work as Director, Western Area, Postal and Telegraph Censorship Department. He was a personal friend of King George VI and advised the royal family on financial affairs. He was knighted in 1976 as a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, an order in the personal gift of The Queen. He, like his father played cricket for Derbyshire. He played for the first XI appearing for Eton in the Eton-Harrow match in 1918, 1919 and 1920. Whilst up at Trinity he played 14 matches for Cambridge with a top score of 81. He also played for Eton Ramblers and MCC. |
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