Biography of Antony Head 1st Viscount Head 1906-1983
Paternal Family Tree: Head of Throope in Wiltshire
On 19 Dec 1906 Antony Head 1st Viscount Head was born to Geoffrey Head (age 34) and Ethel Daisy Flower.
On 30 Aug 1926 Antony Head 1st Viscount Head (age 19) was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars. he later joined the Lifeguards. serving through the Second World War and achieving the rank of brigadier.
On 03 Feb 1927 [his future brother-in-law] Major Anthony Ashley-Cooper (age 26) and Sylvia Hawkes (age 22) were married. He the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (age 57) and Constance Grosvenor Countess of Shaftesbury (age 51).
On 27 Nov 1928 Napier Sturt 3rd Baron Alington (age 32) and [his future sister-in-law] Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper Baroness Alington (age 26) were married. She by marriage Baroness Alington. She the daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (age 59) and Constance Grosvenor Countess of Shaftesbury (age 53). They were fourth cousins.
On 23 Jul 1935 Antony Head 1st Viscount Head (age 28) and Dorothea Louise Ashley-Cooper Viscountess Head (age 28) were married. She the daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (age 65) and Constance Grosvenor Countess of Shaftesbury (age 59).
On 02 Aug 1936 [his sister-in-law] Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper Baroness Alington (age 33) died.
In 1937 [his son] Richard Antony Head 2nd Viscount Head was born to Antony Head 1st Viscount Head (age 30) and [his wife] Dorothea Louise Ashley-Cooper Viscountess Head (age 29).
On 31 Mar 1937 [his brother-in-law] Major Anthony Ashley-Cooper (age 36) and Françoise Soulier were married. He the son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (age 67) and Constance Grosvenor Countess of Shaftesbury (age 61).
The London Gazette 35020. War Office, 20th December, 1940. The KING has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned awards in recognition of gallant conduct in action with the enemy:-
THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER.
Lieutenant (Temp. Major) PHILIP HARKER NEWMAN, F.R.C.S., Royal Army Medical Corps.
THE MILITARY CROSS.
Captain (Temp. Major) Antony Henry Head (age 34), The Life Guards.
In 1945 Antony Head 1st Viscount Head (age 38) was elected MP Carshalton.
On 08 Mar 1947 [his brother-in-law] Major Anthony Ashley-Cooper (age 46) died.
From 1951 to 1956 Antony Head 1st Viscount Head (age 44) served as Secretary of State for War from 1951 to 1956 and as Minister of Defence (with a seat in the cabinet) from 1956 to 1957.
On 22 Nov 1955 [his father] Geoffrey Head (age 83) died.
In 1960 Antony Head 1st Viscount Head (age 53) was created 1st Viscount Head of Throope in Wiltshire. [his wife] Dorothea Louise Ashley-Cooper Viscountess Head (age 52) by marriage Viscountess Head of Throope in Wiltshire.
On 29 Mar 1983 Antony Head 1st Viscount Head (age 76) died. His son [his son] Richard Antony Head 2nd Viscount Head (age 46) succeeded 2nd Viscount Head of Throope in Wiltshire.
In 1987 [his former wife] Dorothea Louise Ashley-Cooper Viscountess Head (age 79) died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Jeremiah Head
GrandFather: Henry Head
Father: Geoffrey Head
GrandFather: Arthur Flower
Mother: Ethel Daisy Flower
