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John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara

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class of yacht that allows and encourages the development of different rigs. The area of the rotating blades complies with the sail area limits of the class and are painted red, also to comply with the class rules. The boat was, and remains, dangerous, but it was probably the first auto-gyro boat.
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to reduce the weight and bulk of mails travelling between troops fighting in the Middle East and their families in the UK. He was forced to resign in 1942 for expressing the hope that
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a documentary that celebrates the centenary of the first powered flight by a Briton in Britain, JTC Moore Brabazon, in 1909 on The Isle of Sheppey.
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to Lieutenant Colonel John Arthur Henry Moore-Brabazon (1828–1908) and his wife, Emma Sophia nΓ©e Richards (died 1937). He was educated at
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with flights of 450 ft, 600 ft, and 1500 ft. On 4 May 1909, Moore-Brabazon was photographed outside the
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politician. He was the first Englishman to pilot a heavier-than-air machine under power in England, and he served as
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On 8 March 1910, Moore-Brabazon became the first person to qualify as a pilot in the United Kingdom and was awarded
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On 27 November 1906, he married Hilda Mary KrabbΓ©, with whom he had two sons. He was succeeded by his eldest son,
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which planned to develop the post-war British aircraft industry. He was involved in the production of the
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was killed in a flying accident and Moore-Brabazon's wife persuaded him to give up flying.
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and reconnaissance. On 1 April 1918, when the Royal Flying Corps merged with the
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Hurrah for the Blackshirts! Fascists and Fascism in Britain Between the Wars
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With the outbreak of war, Moore-Brabazon returned to flying, joining the
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Portraits of John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara (1884–1964)
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clubhouse Mussell Manor (now Muswell Manor Holiday Park) alongside the
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Coronation Cup at an average speed of 71 km/h (44 mph).
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and in early 1939, when war seemed imminent, he made contact with
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in May 1941. As the Minister of Transport he proposed the use of
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John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara
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Moore-Brabazon first flew solo in November 1908 in France in a
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Ministers in the Churchill wartime government, 1940–1945
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in an attempt to co-ordinate activity against the war.
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newspaper. On 4 November 1909, as a joke to prove that
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Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
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Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
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in 1953. In 1960 he presented the Brabazon Cup to the
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from 1946 until his death in 1964. He was appointed a
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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
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in Paris after leaving Cambridge. In 1907 he won the
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Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport
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English aviation pioneer and politician (1884–1964)
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Oxford University Press. 1234:(Supplement). 8 October 1915. p. 10011. 1500:(Supplement). 30 December 1952. p. 10. 1334:(Supplement). 31 December 1915. p. 12. 1294:(Supplement). 31 December 1918. p. 95. 1154:(Supplement). 22 January 1915. p. 782. 898:Despite his earlier anti-war agitation, in 218:11 November 1924 β€“ 14 January 1927 1689: 1605: 1354:(Supplement). 2 January 1917. p. 205. 1214:(Supplement). 16 April 1915. p. 3806. 1194:(Supplement). 16 March 1915. p. 2712. 64: 20: 275:8 October 1923 β€“ 22 January 1924 1992:Royal Air Force personnel of World War I 1254:(Supplement). 16 May 1916. p. 4943. 958:, in April 1942. In 1943 he chaired the 396:27 October 1931 β€“ 27 April 1942 2002:Secretaries of State for Transport (UK) 1557:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 1053: 991:In 1955, then 71 years old, he won the 443:14 December 1918 β€“ 10 May 1929 1952:Members of the Early Birds of Aviation 887:. He was strongly opposed to war with 828:on 1 January 1917, and was also twice 742:-built Wright biplane. 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Index

Lieutenant Colonel
The Right Honourable
GBE
MC
PC
HonFRPS

Minister of Aircraft Production
George VI
Winston Churchill
The Lord Beaverbrook
John Llewellin
Minister of Transport
George VI
Winston Churchill
John Reith
The Lord Leathers
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport
George V
Stanley Baldwin
The 2nd Earl Russell
George V
Stanley Baldwin
Wilfrid Ashley
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Hereditary peerage
Peerage created
The 2nd Baron Brabazon of Tara
Member of Parliament

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