ED 250 05 03
Reference code
ED 250 05 03
Title
Papers of John Walter Durnford, 1891 - 1967
Level
Sub-series
Administrative / Biographical history
Third son and fourth child of Richard and Beatrice Durnford, he did not follow his father and older brothers to Eton but went instead to the naval colleges of Osborne and Dartmouth before making his career in the Royal Navy. His final post was as Director of Naval Training, from 1945 - 1947, when he was awarded the CB, and he retired in 1948 as a Vice-Admiral. He subsequently became Governor of the Star and Garter Home, Richmond and also mayor of Chelsea 1962 - 1963.
He married Marie de Lancey, daughter of Rupert Greene of Melbourne, in 1936.
He married Marie de Lancey, daughter of Rupert Greene of Melbourne, in 1936.
Date
1901 - 1967
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- John Walter Durnford: Letter to mother, ED 250 05 03 A, (2 November 1901)
- John Walter Durnford: Letters to his mother, ED 250 05 03 01-04, (1915 - 1920)
- John Walter Durnford: Letters to his sister, ED 250 05 03 05-24, (c.1915 - 1953)
- John Walter Durnford: Letter to Jack Chute, ED 250 05 03 25, (2 August [1927])
- John Walter Durnford: The Sea Cadet, ED 250 05 03 26, (January 1944)
- John Walter Durnford: Cartoon, ED 250 05 03 27, (n.d.)
- John Walter Durnford: Order of service, ED 250 05 03 28, (28 February 1967)