Stuart Townend
Stuart Townend (actually Henry Stewart Townend; born April 24, 1909 in Shropshire , † October 26, 2002 in London ) was a British athlete , officer and headmaster.
The middle-distance runner and sprinter was sixth over 880 yards at the British Empire Games in Hamilton in 1930 and won the English 4-by-440-yard relay.
From 1931 to 1947 he served in the British Army , most recently with the rank of lieutenant colonel . At the Olympic Games in London in 1948 , he organized the accommodation for the athletes, for which he was named Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1949 . In the British general election in 1950 , he ran unsuccessfully for the Liberal Party .
In 1951 he founded the Hill House School in London, a private preschool and elementary school , which he ran until his death. Her most famous student was Prince Charles , who visited her for nine months in 1956 and 1957.
Web links
- Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart Townend , Daily Telegraph obituary , October 30, 2002
- Lt-Col Stuart Townend ( April 27, 2009 memento on the Internet Archive ), Obituary in the Independent , October 30, 2002
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| SURNAME | Townend, Stuart |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Townend, Henry Stewart |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British athlete, officer and headmaster |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shropshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 2002 |
| Place of death | London |