Euan Wallace
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | |
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In office 1935–1936 | |
Preceded by | Harry Crookshank |
Succeeded by | Geoffrey Lloyd |
Civil Lord of the Admiralty | |
In office 1931–1935 | |
Preceded by | George Hall |
Succeeded by | Kenneth Lindsay |
Personal details | |
Born | David Euan Wallace 20 April 1892 |
Died | 9 February 1941 | (aged 48)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouses | |
Children | 5 |
Parent | John Wallace |
Education | Harrow School |
Alma mater | Royal Military College, Sandhurst |
David Euan Wallace,
Early life
Wallace was born on 20 April 1892.
He was educated at Harrow before attending the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[3]
Career
In 1911, Wallace joined the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards Reserve, gaining the rank of Captain, serving as adjutant from 1915 to 1918.[3] He was decorated with the award of the Military Cross (MC) after being wounded four times during the Great War.[3]
After the War, he became assistant Military Attaché at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C. He acted as a special Commissioner for the North-East coast and acted as aide-de-camp to the Governor General of Canada in 1920.[3]
Political career
He was first elected to the House of Commons at
Wallace was invested as a
Personal life
Wallace was twice married and the father of five sons, four of whom died while serving in the military. On 26 November 1913 Wallace married
- David John Wallace MC (1914–1944),[8] a Major in the King's Royal Rifle Corps who was killed in action during World War II while serving with the Special Operations Executive in Greece (during the Battle of Menina) and who married Joan Prudence Magor, a daughter of Richard Magor of Chelmsford, in 1939.[9]
- Gerard Euan Wallace (1915–1943),
On 10 May 1920, he was married to Barbara Lutyens (1898–1981), the daughter of architect
- John Wallace (1922–1946),Life Guards who died, unmarried, as a result of a general anaesthetic during a nose operation, while on active service.[15]
- Edward Peter Wallace Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who was killed in action during World War II. He was unmarried.
He inherited a coal and iron fortune estimated at more than £2,000,000.[3]
After undergoing a serious operation before Christmas 1940, Wallace died on 9 February 1941.
Descendants
Through his eldest son David, he was a grandfather of two: Laura Jacqueline Wallace (b. 1941), who married Dominic Paul Morland (a son of
References
- ^ "Wallace, (David) Euan (1892–1941)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1076.
- ^ a b c d e f g "EUAN WALLACE, 48, BRITISH OFFICIAL Minister of Transport Under Chamberlain and World War Hero Dies in England HELD SEAT IN COMMONS Ex-Regional Commissioner for Civil Defense of London Served in Washington". The New York Times. 11 February 1941. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "Named to Parliament Post". The New York Times. 5 June 1938. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ Associated Press (23 June 1936). "Three New Privy Councilors". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ The Genealogy of the Wallace Family[usurped]
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Kildonan House (LB1052)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Major WALLACE, DAVID JOHN". cwgc.org. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "Eton College Roll of Honors". wakefieldfhs.org. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "Wing Commander WALLACE, GERALD EVAN". cwgc.org. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ Wg Cdr Gerard Wallace was Officer Commanding, 209 (FB) Squadron, based in Kipevu, Mombasa, Kenya, 23 May-20 August 1943. He failed to return and was presumed dead when 209 Sqn Catalina IB, FP302, hit the sea during a night-time practice attack off Mombasa on 20 August 1943. Flt Lts E. R. B. Roberts (pilot) & J. M. Inglis, Fg Off V. B. Field, Flt Sgts D. W. O'Leary, E. Mallon and E. Hallas, Sgt S. Borrill, and LAC N. Edwards were also killed.
- ^ "The Times". The Times. 12 November 1940. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ Percy & Ridley 1988, p. 53.
- ^ "Lieutenant WALLACE, JOHN". cwgc.org. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ Landworth, Richard M. (14 April 2017). "Who was BW?". The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "Flying Officer (Pilot) WALLACE, EDWARD PETER". cwgc.org. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Elizabeth Hoyer Millar Wed in England to Billy Wallace". The New York Times. 23 October 1965. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ Hallemann, Caroline (12 December 2017). "Who Was Princess Margaret's Fiancé Billy Wallace?". Town & Country. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "COMDR. HERBERT AGAR TO MARRY IN LONDON". The New York Times. 9 June 1945. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "HERBERT AGAR DIES; AUTHOR AND EDITOR; Wrote Prolifically on the American Democratic Heritage--Won Pulitzer Prize in History A Champion of Democratic Ideals Correspondent and Columnist". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
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- ^ a b "The Descendants of William The Conqueror". william1.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2020.