Bill Birch Reynardson
William Robert Ashley Birch Reynardson CBE (7 December 1923 – 4 July 2017) was a South African-born British barrister who was instrumental in the development of maritime law. He was vice-president of the Comité Maritime International and chairman of the Garsington Opera.[1][2]
He was the son of Lt-Col Henry Thomas Birch Reynardson (1892-1972), and married Pamela Matnika in 1950 (1923-1997), the daughter of Lt-Gen Sir Edward Thomas Humphreys KCB CMG DSO (1878-1955) and Dorothy Grace Penton (1891-1967).
His home was Adwell House, Oxfordshire, the family seat of the Birch Reynardsons.
Publications[edit]
- Letters to Lorna. Wilton 65, Windsor, 2008. ISBN 9781905060108
- Survivors: A story in letters of an English family's survival during four centuries of wars. Adwell Press, 2014. ISBN 9780993107108
References[edit]
- ^ "William 'Bill' Birch Reynardson, businessman and countryman – obituary". Telegraph.co.uk. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "Bill Birch Reynardson". Thetimes.co.uk. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
External links[edit]
- "Bill Birch Reynardson 1923 - 2017". lawfordherry.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- "Adwell House, Oxfordshire". Handedon.wordpress.com. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
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