Sir Geoffrey Vavasour, 5th Baronet

The son of Sir Leonard Vavasour and his wife, Ellice Margaret Nelson, Vavasour was born at Queenstown, Ireland.[1] He attended the Royal Naval Dartmouth,[1] graduating in September 1935 as a sub-lieutenant.[2] He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in September 1937.[3] He married his first wife, Joan Millicent Kirkland Robb, in 1940, with the couple having two daughters.[1] He served in the Royal Navy in the Second World War, during which he was mentioned in dispatches in March 1942.[4] He was resident at Rowland's Castle in Hampshire in 1944.[5] Vavasour was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in April 1944.[5] He was again mentioned in dispatches in May 1944.[6] In the final month of the war he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander.[7]

Following the war, Vavasour played one first-class cricket match for the Combined Services cricket team against Northamptonshire in 1947 at Northampton.[8] Batting twice in the match, Vavasour was dismissed for 8 runs in the Combined Services first-innings by William Nevell, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by John Timms for 6 runs.[9] He was divorced from his wife in the same year.[1] He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander in December 1949.[10] He was promoted to the rank of commander between 1950 and 1958, with Vavasour retiring from active service in February 1958.[11]

Vavasour succeeded his father as the 5th Baronet of Hazelwood in September 1961.[1] He was the director of W M Still & Sons, a kitchen equipment manufacturer, in 1962.[1] He married Marcia Christine Lodge in 1971, with the couple divorcing in 1980.[1] Vavasour died at Wandsworth in July 1997.[1] He was succeeded by his cousin, Eric Vavasour, as the 6th Baronet.

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