Lord Sempill, who succeeded to the tite last year on the death his father, fs 41 years of age. After Yeaving Eton he served an appren-Liceship In engineering shops and in 1914 Joined *he Royal Flying Corps. "Before the +r was a year old he had been prom. ied Flight. Commander and in 1016 was transferred to the Royal Naval Air Service as Captain and Fight Commander. In the new service he rose to be a Wing Commander and in 1918 went to the RAF, og Lieut-Colonel. In 1019 he retired from the RAF.
Since then he has continued to] rudy aviation, has served the Gov-, rament In an advisory capacity on. aviation matters, has helped to} Organize air forces in foreign coun-les and has lectured before th German Aeronautical Society. has three times been President of the: Royal Aeronautical Society. His interests go beyond power-driven air craft for he has taken great interest in gliding and is President of the British Gliding Association. He has written extensively on the subject ut aviation.
Tu succeeding his father he became the 19th Baron Sempill.—Reuter.
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