Historical records matching Sir Henry Joseph d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, 2nd Baronet, DSO
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About Sir Henry Joseph d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, 2nd Baronet, DSO
Major-General Sir Henry Joseph "Harry" d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, 2nd Baronet DSO, MC, DL, TD (10 June 1909 – 11 December 1976), was a British army officer, company director and politician.
The eldest son of Sir Osmond d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, 1st Baronet, d'Avigdor-Goldsmid went to Harrow School and Balliol College, Oxford. On the death of his father in 1940, d'Avigdor-Goldsmid inherited Somerhill House near Tonbridge, Kent. He joined the Royal West Kent Regiment and the 53rd Reconnaissance Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps and was twice mentioned in dispatches. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and Military Cross in 1945.
After the Second World War, d'Avigdor-Goldsmid left the army and became a member of Kent County Council from 1946 to 1953. He was made a Freeman of the City of London and became a Justice of the Peace, Deputy Lieutenant (1949) and High Sheriff of Kent for 1953.
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Sir Henry Joseph d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, 2nd Baronet, DSO's Timeline
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June 10, 1909
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City of London, Greater London, UK
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| 1942 |
August 10, 1942
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| 1976 |
December 11, 1976
Age 67
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