Thomas Weston Peel Long Chaloner, 2nd Baron Gisborough (6 May 1889 – 11 February 1951) was an

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The second son of Richard Godolphin Walmesley Chaloner, 1st Baron Gisborough and Margaret Mary Ann Brocklesby Davis, he was born at

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, Wiltshire and educated at

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and

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. He attained the rank of captain in the

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, and served in

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with the

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in Egypt, England and France. Shot down while on a bombing raid to St. Quentin with 13 Squadron on 1 July 1916, he was held as a prisoner of war for two years. He escaped in May 1918, but only made it as far as the Netherlands, which was neutral at the time: he was interned for the rest of the war and not repatriated until January 1919. Gisborough joined the peacetime

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, serving with the

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from April 1921. He rose to the rank of major before relinquishing his commission in 1930. As his elder brother had been accidentally killed in World War I while guarding German

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, he succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Gisborough on 23 January 1938. In August 1939, although now 50 years old, Gisborough joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, and was initially posted to

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on administration duties. Moving into intelligence duties in February 1940, he was posted to 41 Squadron as Intelligence Officer in May 1940. The Squadron was subsequently based at stations such as

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and Tangmere, which were in the forefront in the

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. He remained in this post with 41 Squadron until June 1945, moving with them to the Continent in December 1944 and ultimately into Germany in April 1945. In 1923 he married Esther Isabella Madeleine Hall. There was one son and one daughter from the marriage. He died 11 February 1951 and was succeeded as 3rd Baron Gisborough by his son

Richard Chaloner, 3rd Baron Gisborough (Thomas) Richard John Long Chaloner, 3rd Baron Gisborough (born 1 July 1927), is a British peer. Chaloner was born at Hurworth Old Hall, Darlington, the son of Thomas Chaloner, 2nd Baron Gisborough, and Esther Hall. He succeeded his father as Ba ...

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* Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London, 1983 * Obituary

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2 March 1951; Issue 51939 {{DEFAULTSORT:Gisborough, Thomas Weston Peel Chaloner, 2nd Baron 1889 births 1951 deaths Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Green Howards officers Royal Flying Corps officers Royal Air Force officers British Army personnel of World War I Royal Air Force personnel of World War I

Thomas Chaloner, 2nd Baron Gisborough Thomas Weston Peel Long Chaloner, 2nd Baron Gisborough (6 May 1889 – 11 February 1951) was an England, English landowner, soldier and Peerage of England, peer. Life The second son of Richard Godolphin Walmesley Chaloner, 1st Baron Gisborou ...

World War I prisoners of war held by Germany People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge People from Wiltshire British World War I prisoners of war Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II English landowners People educated at Radley College Younger sons of barons

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