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APRIL 29, 1926 Married ERIC CHARLES DELAMAIN, M.C., R.A.F., younger son of Mr. W. G. Delamain and the late Mrs. Delamain, was married quietly on March 12 in London to MARY GERTRUDE, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. VYVYAN, all late of Buenos Aires. Flying Officer H. E. KING, R.A.F., son of the late Arthur Hill King, Esq., Folkestone, was married on April 17, at Sleaford, to VIOLET DOROTHEA WOOD, daughter of the late Maj. Percy Wood, late Yorks and Lanes Regt., and grand daughter of the late John Turnly, Esq., J.P., D.L., Drum masole, Co. Antrim. Dr. INNES SMITH, R.A.F., second son of the Rev. G. and Mrs. Innes Smith was married on April 8, at McCheyne Church, Dundee, to EVANGELINE MARGARET, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Win. C. NAIRN, Ashbank, Dundee. The marriage arranged between Flight-Lieut. DENYS GILLEY, D.F.C., R.A.F., and Miss KATHLEEN STOCKEN took place at All Souls' Church, Langham-place \Y on April 27. To be Married The engagement is announced between Major CHARLES A. DOHERTY, R.A.F., Henlow Aerodrome, Bedford, second son of Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Doherty, Toronto, Canada, to LILLIE, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. JAMES SCOTT MORRISON, The Rachan, Helensburgh, Scotland. The engagement is announced between Flying-Officer CECIL GEORGE PRIOR, R.A.F., onlv son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Prior, of Clapton, and MARGARET, youngest daughter of Mr. H. S. and the late Mrs. MILLER, of Stamford Hill. The engagement is announced between Mr. "MIKE" PRITCHARD-BARRETT, R.A.F., second son of the late John Pritchard-Barrett and of the late Lady Gunter and step-son of the late Col. Sir Neville Gunter, Bart., of Wetherby Grange, Yorkshire, and WINIFRED MARY, third daughter o"f Mr. and Mrs. D'OYLEY RANSOM, of Normanton Manor House, Plumtree, Notts. The engagement is announced between CHARLES F. ROUPELL, R.A.F., youngest son of the late Col. F. F. F. Roupell, E. Surrey Regt., and of Mrs. Roupell, of Shalford, Surreyi and DOROTHY UNA, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. JOHN- STONE KiRkE, of Rossend, Guildford. Killed Lieut. THOS. LAWE GUY BRYAN, R.M. (Flying Officer,R.A.F.), who was killed in a flying accident at Malta on March 30, was the only son of Maj. T. W. G. Bryan, of MitchamPark, late of the Indian Army. He was 22 years of age. Squadron-Leader HARLEY ALEC TWEEDIE, O.B.E., A.F.C.,who was killed in a flying accident at Amman, Transjorden, aged 37, was the only surviving son of Mrs. Alec Tweedie(ne'e Harley) WALTER JOHN VEZEY, Lieut. R.E., attached Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners, who was killed on duty at Arawali, North-west Frontier, India, in a flying accident, on April 4, aged 25 years, was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Vezey, of 36, Queen's Avenue, Muswell Hill. MR. BASIL JOHNSON The New Managing Director of Rolls-Royce, Ltd. THE official announcement that Mr Basil Johnson has been that he has been filling the position of General Manager of the appointed Managing Director of Rolls-Royce, Ltd., can have . firm he has been a veritable alter ego to his brother and shared occasioned surprise to very few. for the last ten years or soj with the late Mr. Claude Johnson the responsibilities of the organisation of that great enterprise, and the manufacture and sales of its famous cars and aero engines. He is also a director of Rolls-Royce of America, Inc., which has made such successful progress in recent years. It was in the early days of motoring that Mr. Basil Johnson, who has had unique and wide business experience, became an automobile enthusiast, and he was in fact Superintendent of the historic motor car exhibition, organised by the late Mr. Claude Johnson, at the Imperial Institute in 1896. Then, the call of " the well-ploughed, windy sea," led him to spend some years in the Merchant Service after which came a spell of railway building in South Africa. During the Boer war Mr. Basil Johnson was engaged in railway transport work, and in his subsequent years at the Cape he assisted in the development of the early motor transport in Africa. Convinced of the immense future for the petrol motor, Mr. Basil Johnson returned to England in 1904, and joined the Napier firm in that year. In the course of the following ten years he became well-known as the manager of their sales organisation at home and abroad. In 1914 he joined Rolls- Royce, Ltd., but on the outbreak of war he offered his services to the Royal Naval Air Service, and was appointed to the command of the great central aircraft supply depot at the White City. After some two years he was released by the Admiralty in order that he might take over the control of the Rolls-Royce company during the twelve months' absence of his brother, the late Mr. Claude Johnson, who was then engaged in the organisation of aero engine supplies in the United States. Since then he has continued as General Manager of the firm. In his work and in his play, Mr. Basil Johnson retains the enthusiasm of youth, although he is of the same modest, courteous and retiring disposition as his late brother. In whatever capacity his activities may be employed, Basil Johnson firmly holds the respect of his fellow man. He takes an active interest in many sports ; he can still enjoy a sail, and is quite a useful man on the hockey field, while at tennis, Mr. Basil Johnson, Managing Director of golf and skating he can hold his own. We tender him our Rolls-Royce, Ltd. congratulations and best wishes on his new appointment. 264
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