HORSLEY, (Beresford) Peter (Torrington) 1921-2001 (Peter Beresford)

PERSONAL:

Born March 26, 1921; died December 20, 2001; son of Arthur Beresford Horsley; married Phyllis Conrad Phinney, 1943 (marriage ended, 1976); married Ann MacKinnon Crwys-Williams, 1976; children: (first marriage) one son, one daughter; (second marriage) two stepsons, two stepdaughters. Education: Attended private secondary school. Hobbies and other interests: Skiing, stamp collecting.

CAREER:

Equerry to Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) and duke of Edinburgh, 1949-52; equerry to the queen, 1952-53, and to the duke of Edinburgh, 1953-56; Royal Air Force, deputy commandant of Joint Warfare Establishment at Old Sarum, England, 1966-68, assistant chief of air staff for operations, 1968-70, assistant officer in charge of bomber group, 1971-73, deputy commander in charge of Strike Command, 1973-75, also served in Cyprus, retiring in 1975 as air marshal. Robson Lowe (stamp auction house), chair; Stanley Gibbons, managing director. RCR International, director, beginning 1984; Horsley Holdings, director, beginning 1985; Yorkshire Sports, president, beginning 1986; National Printing Ink Co., chair, beginning 1987; Osprey Aviation Ltd., chair, beginning 1991. Military service: Served in British Merchant Navy, prior to World War II. Royal Air Force, flight instructor, bomber pilot, and air squadron commander, 1940-48; received Air Force Cross and French Croix de Guerre.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Lieutenant, Royal Victorian Order, 1956; Order of the British Empire, commander, 1964, knight commander, 1974; Gold Medal, British Philatelists, 1973, for paper "The Skill and Artistry of Early British Stamp Designers"; Order of Christ of Portugal; Order of North Star of Sweden; Order of Menelik of Ethiopia.

WRITINGS:

(Under pseudonym Peter Beresford) Journal of a Stamp Collector, 1972.

Sounds from Another Room (autobiography), Leo Cooper (London, England), 1997.

Contributor to philately journals.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

BOOKS

Horsley, Peter, Sounds from Another Room, Leo Cooper (London, England), 1997.

ONLINE

UFOMind.com,http://www.ufomind.com/ (August 14, 1997), "Close Encounter of British Air Marshal Peter Horsley."

OBITUARIES:

PERIODICALS

Daily Telegraph, December 20, 2001.

Times (London, England), February 8, 2002.*