Thomas Chaloner, 2nd Baron Gisborough
- Thomas Chaloner, 2nd Baron Gisborough
Thomas Weston Peel Long Chaloner, 2nd Baron Gisborough (6 May 1889 – 11 February 1951) was an English landowner, soldier and Peer.
The second son of Richard Godolphin Walmesley Chaloner, 1st Baron Gisborough and his wife Margaret Mary Ann Brocklesby Davis, he was born in Sedgehill, Wiltshire and educated at Rottingdean, Radley College, Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.
He attained the rank of Captain in the Yorkshire Regiment, and served in World War I with the Royal Flying Corps in Egypt, England and France. Shot down while on a bombing raid 1 July 1916, he was held as a prisoner of war for two years. During World War II, although by then over 50 years old, he joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, remaining with the same fighter squadron as Intelligence Officer in stations such as Hornchurch and Tangmere, which were in the forefront in the Battle of Britain. His elder brother having been accidentally killed in World War I while guarding German prisoners of War, he succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Gisborough on 23 January 1938.
In 1923 he married Esther Isabella Madeleine Hall. There was one son and one daughter from the marriage. He died 11 February 1951 and was succeeded as 3rd Baron Gisborough by his son Richard Chaloner, 3rd Baron Gisborough.
Sources
*Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London - 1983
*Obituary The Times 2nd March, 1951; Issue 51939
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