John Godfrey Huggins, 2nd Viscount Malvern
John Godfrey Huggins, 2nd Viscount Malvern of Rhodesia and of Bexley (26 October 1922 – 28 August 1978) was a British peer and officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He was a member of the House of Lords from 1971 until his death in 1978.
Early life and education[edit]
Huggins was the son of Godfrey Huggins, an English doctor working in Southern Rhodesia, later prime minister of Southern Rhodesia and first Viscount Malvern, and his wife Blanche Elizabeth Slatter.[1][2] He arrived in England on 23 September 1938 on the RMS Windsor Castle, from Durban, South Africa,[3] and was educated at Winchester College.[4]
Career[edit]
In 1940, Huggins joined the Royal Air Force and was promoted to Flight Lieutenant in 1944.[5] He retired in 1945, but briefly re-joined the Air Force in 1952. He inherited his father's peerage on 8 May 1971.[4]
Personal life[edit]
On 1 January 1949, Huggins married Patricia Marjorie Bower, a daughter of Frank Renwick Bower. They had three children: Michael Paul John (born 1946); Ashley Kevin Godfrey Huggins, 3rd Viscount Malvern (born 1949); and Haoli Elizabeth Jane (born 1953).[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Burke's Peerage, vol. 2 (2003), p. 2580
- ^ "Viscount Malvern and family - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ “John Godfrey Huggins” in UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, ancestry.com, accessed 19 December 2021 (subscription required)
- ^ a b "Malvern, 2nd Viscount, (John Godfrey Huggins) (26 Oct. 1922–28 Aug. 1978)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u157137. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ Dod's Parliamentary Companion. Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited. 2004. ISBN 978-0-905702-51-3.