John Barrett-Lennard
Appearance
This article needs additional citations for verification. (November 2023) |
Lieutenant-Colonel John Barrett-Lennard, CBE (14 December 1863 – 29 March 1935) was a British soldier and businessman, who was director of Imperial Airways.[1][2]
He was the son of Walter James Barrett-Lennard and Caroline Dormer. He was the grandson of Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 1st Baronet. He married Mary Emma Gardiner in 1887; they had one son, the Rev. Dacre Barrett-Lennard.[citation needed]
He was lieutenant in the Reserve , but resigned this commission on 3 March 1900.[3] He fought in the Second Boer War and the First World War (9th Bn, Essex Regiment). He was appointed CBE in 1919[4] and awarded the French Legion of Honour.[citation needed]
In Who's Who he named his recreations as "fishing, golf".[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b ‘BARRETT-LENNARD, Lt-Col John’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 3 Feb 2014
- ^ The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 03, 1935; pg. 16; Issue 47029. (275 words)
- ^ "No. 27170". The London Gazette. 2 March 1900. p. 1436.
- ^ "No. 13457". The Edinburgh Gazette. 5 June 1919. p. 1994.