John Peters
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John Peters (1929 - 1988)

John Peters
Born in Surrey, England, United Kingdommap
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Died at age 58 in Bromley, London, England, United Kingdommap
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Biography

Parents: Gordon Frank Peters (1894–1962) and Constance Philomena CAFFREY (1895–1962).

Author of the book "A Family from Flanders". Publisher: William Collins Sons and Co Ltd (1985).

The De Le Pierre's were Protestant Walloon refugees from La Gorgue in former Flanders (now north-east corner of France near Lille) who settled in Kent. They anglicised their surname to Peters.

“John Peters had an old-fashioned education at Downside and Balliol, where he read Greats; he was President of the Oxford Union in 1953. After national service in the Army he has spent most of his professional life as an ‘Admiralty civilian’ helping to look after the Royal Navy in a wide variety of jobs, from secretary to the last First Lord of the Admiralty to chief salesman of RN ships and equipment to other Navies. He has also worked in the Air Staff and the Cabinet secretariat; he has travelled in many parts of the world and served as defence counsellor in the UK delegation to NATO in Brussels, where he carried out much of the research for A Family from Flanders. He is married with three grown-up children. He lives in Kent where his ancestors arrived from the Continent in a hurry 350 years ago and his family has lived ever since." [1]

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Sources

  1. Inside (rear) book cover
  • England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 (ancestry.com). Name: John Peters, Death Age: 58, Birth Date: 5 Dec 1929, Registration Date: Jun 1988, Registration District: Bromley, Inferred County: Greater London, Volume: 11, Page: 911.
  • List of presidents of the Oxford Union. 1952–53, Trinity (Academic Term), Balliol College, Oxford: John Peters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Oxford_Union#1950–1975

See also:

  • "A Family from Flanders" by John Peters. Publisher: William Collins Sons and Co Ltd (1985).
  • La Gorgue is a town in northern France. The town is located about 33 kilometres (21 mi) west of Lille by road. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Gorgue




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