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Johnny Henderson

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Major John Ronald Henderson CVO OBE JP (6 May 1920 – 6 December 2003) was an English soldier and aide-de-camp to Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.

The grand-nephew of Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon, he served in the 12th Royal Lancers and later lived at West Woodhay House in Berkshire, holding the offices of High Sheriff of Berkshire and Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire.

He was twice married:

  1. 8 November 1949 to Katherine Sarah Beckwith-Smith (29 January 1925 – 1972), by whom he had three children:
  2. 1976 to Catherine Christian

References

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  • Burke's Peerage 2003, page 1388
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire
1989–1995
Succeeded by