Richard de Quincey

Captain Richard Saher de Quincey ("the Captain") (12 November 1896, Surbiton, Surrey – 30 December 1965, Marden, Herefordshire) was a noted British cattle breeder.[1][2][3]

De Quincey fought in World War I as a fighter pilot in the Royal Flying Corps but was invalided out of the service as result of the effects of flying at high altitude.[4]

De Quincy's father bought The Vern - a farm at Bodenham, Herefordshire - in 1922.[4] The farm came with a herd of Hereford cattle which the younger de Quincey successfully improved, his bulls winning many prizes and export markets.[5]

References
  1. "Capt. Richard de Quincey Quincey". Birmingham Daily Post. 31 December 1965. Retrieved 12 July 2021. – via britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (subscription required)
  2. 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census; National archive reference: RG13; Piece number: 683; Folio: 116; Page: 9; Schedule: 33
  3. Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980; Birth Date: 12 Nov 1896; Christening Date: 29 Mar 1897; Christening Place: Chislehurst, Kent, England
  4. "Christie's biography - Pictures from the Collection of Captain R.S. de Q. Quincey". Christie's. 1996. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  5. "Bodenham Parish Plan" (PDF). Retrieved 30 April 2014.



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