Sir Richard Rathborne Vassar-Smith, 3rd Baronet (24 November 1909 – 12 August 1995)
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educator and the fourth headmaster of

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, England. Sir Richard was born in 1909 in India and educated at

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and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was a talented footballer and played for both the Cambridge University Varsity XI and for

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. After Cambridge, Sir Richard joined

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where his grandfather, the first baronet, had been chairman, before being commissioned into the

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in 1939. Following demobilisation in 1946, Sir Richard took up a teaching post at

as well as purchasing a share in the business. He soon after became headmaster. Sir Richard transferred the headmastership to his son in 1971, although he continued to play an active part in school life up until his death in 1995.

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*http://www.saintronans.co.uk/Default.aspx?ID=111 Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Royal Artillery officers People educated at Lancing College Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge Heads of schools in England 1909 births 1995 deaths {{UK-baronet-stub