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Willoughby Baynes Huddleston

1866 – 1953

Commander in the Royal Indian Marine

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Lived 1866 – 1953 (aged 86–87). Willoughby Baynes Huddleston was a British naval officer.

Commander Willoughby Baynes Huddleston (1866 – 1 May 1953) was a Commander in the Royal Indian Marine and Aide-de-Camp to Lord Pentland, Governor of Madras (1912–19). He held the position of Presidency Port Officer, Madras. He was educated at Bedford Modern School and HMS Conway. In 1894 he was one of the Colonial and Indian notabilities presented at the Queen's Levée at St James's Palace.

In 1904, Huddleston became a Commander in the Royal Indian Marine. He commanded RIMS Dufferin on the occasion of the Coronation of King George V (Coronation Medal).

Huddleston was Aide-de-Camp to Lord Pentland who was Governor of Madras (1912–19). During World War I he served as Principal Marine Transport Officer, Mesopotamia (1915) to the fall of Kut-al-amara where he was mentioned in despatches three times and made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.

Family life Huddleston was the brother of Sir Ernest Whiteside Huddleston and the uncle of Archbishop Trevor Huddleston. He married Mary Lawrence, daughter of Sir John Strachey GCSI, CIE. He died on 1 May 1953 and was survived by one daughter.

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Born
1866, Southsea
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Education
Bedford Modern School
Awards
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George; Order of St Michael and St George; Royal Humane Society

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Commander in the Royal Indian Marine

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Willoughby Baynes Huddleston was born in 1866 in Southsea.

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Willoughby Baynes Huddleston died on 1 May 1953.

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Willoughby Baynes Huddleston was a naval officer.

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Willoughby Baynes Huddleston was British.

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