The reverend Alwin Corden "Teddie" Larmour (6 January 1886 – 1 November 1946) was a British churchman, school teacher and
philatelist
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who edited ''
The London Philatelist
''The London Philatelist'' was first published in January 1892 by
Philatelic Journal of India'' and a member of The Philatelic Society, London, as was his uncle, F.A. Larmour. He married Edith Margaret Kenrick in 1928.
Career
In 1909, Larmour became an assistant master at
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*Wellington College, Berkshire, an independent school in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England
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, Crowthorne.
Philately
Larmour was a member of the
Royal Philatelic Society London
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and the editor from February 1940 to June 1946 of ''The London Philatelist'', writing as A.C.L. He managed to keep the journal going during the paper rationing and other difficulties of the Second World War by reducing the number of issues to six in some years from the normal twelve. When the main printing works of William Brendon & Sons was destroyed by German bombing in April 1941, a double issue appeared the following month. Outside philately he was a Freemason, being initiated into
Isaac Newton University Lodge
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whilst at Cambridge, he also served as a local councillor.
Death
Larmour died on 1 November 1946 at his home Dumromyn in
Crowthorne
Crowthorne is a large village and civil parish in the Bracknell Forest district of south-eastern Berkshire, England. It had a population of 6,711 at the 2001 census, which rose to 6,902 at the 2011 census. A 2020 estimate put it at 7,808. Cr ...
, Berkshire."The Reverend A.C. Larmour", H.R.H., ''The London Philatelist'', Vol. 55, No. 649, December 1946. p. 176. He left £12,655.Probate Calendars of England & Wales 1858-1959. findmypast.co.uk Retrieved 21 August 2015.