Another man, Jersey accountant Robert Brown, also claims to be Townsend’s son with Margaret and has pursued a legal bid to see the wills of Margaret and the Queen Mother. Marie-Luce Jamagne: Merci Natercia!. Although Princess Margaret later married photographer Anthony Armstrong-Jones in 1960, she herself divorced in 1978. In the same year the appointment was made permanent, and he served until 1953, when he became Extra Equerry, an honorary office he held until his death. G/V large country house in the estate of the Jamagne family, in Brasschaet near Antwerp. Townsend married Belgian Marie-Luce Jamagne and they had three children. Biography Profile / Wikipedia Information. On 11 July 1940 Townsend, flying Hurricane VY-K (P2716) intercepted a Dornier Do 17 of KG 2 and severely damaged the bomber, forcing it to crash land at Arras. He was awarded the DFC in April 1940. Express. 1961) Group Captain Peter Wooldridge Townsend, CVO, DSO, DFC and Bar, RAF (22 November 1914 – 19 June 1995) was Equerry to King George VI 1944–1952 and held the same position for Queen Elizabeth II 1952–1953. C/U dog, on Marie Luce's hand is large ring. (1963). Townsend married Belgian Marie-Luce Jamagne and they had three children. Isabelle and her family live in a house in France named "The Mill," where the Duke and Duchess of Windsor once resided.[2]. "Love Story," by Christopher Petkanas. C/U Marie Luce holding small dog as she stands beside Townsend. His books include Earth My Friend (about driving/boating around the world alone in the mid-1950s), Duel of Eagles (about the Battle of Britain), The Odds Against Us (also known as Duel in the Dark) (about fighting Luftwaffe night bombers in 1940-1941), The Last Emperor (a biography of King George VI), The Girl in the White Ship (about a young refugee from Vietnam in the late 1970s who was the sole survivor of her ship of refugees), The Postman of Nagasaki (about the atomic bombing of Nagasaki), and Time and Chance (an autobiography). They divorced in 1952 and Rosemary later married John de László (son of the painter Philip de László) and became the third wife of the 5th Marquess Camden in 1978. CONNECT WITH US. The man, Welsh solicitor Philip Thomas, turned up in January 1992 at Townsend’s French country home, La Mare Aux Oiseaux, just outside Paris. Minister in charge of Overseas : 2009–2012. She is mayor of Basse-Terre, the prefecture of Guadeloupe, since May 2014.[3]. He noted that Thomas said he was born in Swansea on April 25, 1956, yet Margaret made an official visit to Port Talbot the following day. “It is nonsense for him to suppose that I am his father,” he wrote. Marie Luce Townsend (born Jamagne) was born circa 1939. Thomas did re-emerge from time to time, demanding DNA tests and insisting he was Townsend’s son. He also wrote many short articles and contributed to other books. [1] Their daughter, Isabelle Townsend, became a Ralph Lauren advertising model in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Documents of Marie Luce Townsend (born Jamagne) Marie Luce Townsend (born Jamagne) in Canberra Times (ACT) - Oct 21 1958 Australian Newspapers "... convinced that the dis … Group Captain Townsend is best known for his romance with Princess Margaret. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. They had 3 children. He served in Training Command, and as a flying instructor at RAF Montrose. Group Captain Townsend is best known for his romance with Princess Margaret. In 1944, he was appointed temporary equerry to King George VI. Regional councillor of Guadeloupe : Since 2010. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, Awarded a DSO in April 1941, he later became Commanding Officer RAF Drew in April 1942 and commanded No. L/S press photographers crowding round Townsend and his young fiancé Marie Luce Jamagne (Marie-Luce Jamagne). Peter Townsend spent much of his later years writing non-fiction books. But over a year later Thomas sent Towns­end a letter. In 2009, the UMP selected her to lead their list in the DOM-TOM constituency ahead of the 2009 European elections. VOGUE, October 2010, page 309. Une Ultramarine à l'Outre-mer, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marie-Luce_Penchard&oldid=978177619, Union for a Popular Movement politician stubs, Articles with French-language sources (fr), BLP articles lacking sources from July 2011, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 13 September 2020, at 10:32. In a previously unreleased letter, an alarmed Townsend – whom Margaret renounced as her husband-to-be in 1955 – wrote to Sir Martin Gilliat, the Queen Mother’s private secretary: “He was quite well-spoken with a slight Welsh accent. Despite his distinguished career, in the social atmosphere of the time, when divorced people suffered severe disapproval and could not remarry in the Church of England, Townsend had no realistic chance of marriage with the princess. Introduction : Isabelle Townsend is a former advertising model, actress and theater artist. Townsend was later leader of No. There was even talk of having Townsend’s putative “son” sectioned. SEARCH. Stele of the grave in the churchyard of Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines, He was a CVO (1947), DSO (1941) and DFC (1940 and bar). She was named Secretary of State for Overseas Territories in the François Fillon government on 23 June 2009, becoming a minister in November that year. Marie-Luce Jamagne: Children: Giles Townsend Hugo Townsend Isabelle Townsend (b. 611 Squadron RAF, a Spitfire unit. In January 1943, he was appointed Commanding Officer of RAF West Malling. 43 Squadron RAF. By May 1940, Townsend was one of the most capable squadron leaders of the Battle of Britain, serving throughout the battle as CO of No. 85 Squadron RAF and a Hawker Fury biplane of No. He was promoted Group Captain in 1948. He retired from the Royal Household in the next year, and was air attaché in Brussels 1953 to 1956. She is known as the daughter of the late Royal Air pilot and flight lieutenant Peter Woolridge Townsend. Peter Townsend was one of several military advisors for the film Battle of Britain (1969), and he also appeared in the PBS video, The Windsors: A Royal Family (1994). A sculpture of Group Captain Townsend stands in Townsend Square, part of the Kings Hill development on the site formerly occupied by RAF West Malling.[4]. His son Giles Townsend is President of the Cambridge Bomber and Fighter Society currently restoring a MK I Hawker Hurricane of No. Marie passed away. [1] The nomination of a Guadeloupe native to this position is important since Guadeloupe was the epicentre of the 2009 French Caribbean general strikes. Jan 31, 2016 - Explore Mig_R's photos on Flickr. He joined the Royal Air Force in 1933, and trained at Cranwell. newspaper archive. A bar to his DFC was awarded in early September 1940. On 31 August, during combat with Bf 110s over Tunbridge, Townsend was shot down and wounded in the left foot by a cannon shell which went through the glycol tank and exploded in the cockpit. “Essentially he was asking for Townsend’s help in getting the House of Windsor to answer his claims to royal blood,” writes Tim Heald in his biography of the Princess, Margaret: A Life Unravelled. The pilots were F/L Townsend, F/O ‘Tiger’ Folkes and Sgt. He had practised as a solicitor in Swansea (or was it Cardiff), he told me and his name was Philip Thomas and that I might well be his father! As a result, she was not entitled to a seat in the Atlantic subsection, but Maurice Ponga won the seat in the Pacific subsection. 1945). I naturally told him I could not discuss Princess Margaret on any account and the conversation, which was brief, turned to Welsh rugby. Mig_R has uploaded 110471 photos to Flickr. The Princess eventually renounced Townsend, who was sent to take up a post at the British Embassy in Belgium. Townsend later married a Belgian woman, Marie-Luce Jamagne, in 1959. Group Captain Peter Wooldridge Townsend, CVO, DSO, DFC and Bar, RAF (22 November 1914 – 19 June 1995) was Equerry to King George VI 1944–1952 and held the same position for Queen Elizabeth II 1952–1953. 605 Squadron RAF, a night fighter unit, and attended the staff college from October 1942. Two more He 111s were claimed by Townsend, on 22 February and 8 April, and a sixth share on 22 April. Return fire from the Dornier hit the Hurricane coolant system and Townsend was forced to ditch 20 miles from the English coast, being rescued by HM Trawler Cape Finisterre. 1942) and Hugo (b. 85 Squadron RAF, flying Hawker Hurricanes. 43 Squadron RAF. Marie-Luce Penchard (born 14 February 1959, in Gourbeyre) is a French politician from Guadeloupe and member of the UMP.She is the daughter of Lucette Michaux-Chevry, the historical leader of the right in Guadeloupe and the former President of the Regional Council of Guadeloupe from 1992 until 2004.. [3] He had met the Princess in his role as an equerry to her father, King George VI. Marie-Luce Jamagne is an actress, known for Merci Natercia! And Townsend last saw the Princess only six months before Thomas was born. Learn how and when to remove this template message, President of the Regional Council of Guadeloupe, Outremer: Marie-Luce Penchard va être promue ministre, annonce Sarkozy, Marie-Luce Penchard. Marie-Luce Penchard (born 14 February 1959, in Gourbeyre) is a French politician from Guadeloupe and member of the UMP. Townsend died of stomach cancer in 1995, at the age of 80, in Rambouillet, France. Peter was born on November 22 1914, in Yangon, Yangon Region, Myanmar. On 17 July 1941 Peter Townsend married (Cecil) Rosemary Pawle (1921–2004) with whom he had two sons, Giles (b. The first enemy aircraft to crash on English soil during World War II fell victim to fighters from Acklington on 3 February 1940 when three Hurricanes of ‘B’ flight, 43 Squadron, shot down a Heinkel 111 of 4./KG26 near Whitby. Peter Townsend was born 1914 in Rangoon, Burma, and was educated at Haileybury School. He was stationed at RAF Tangmere in 1937 and was a member of No. James Hallowes. I gave him a glass of wine and sent him on his way, hoping that I shall not hear further from him.”. C/U Marie Luce. Townsend sent a letter to his solicitor, saying resignedly: “It’s that man again.” He considered Thomas at best “a great bore” and at worst, “possibly dangerous”. Townsend’s solicitor said “he didn’t think there was any chance of having Thomas sectioned under the Mental Health Act” and urged him to ask Thomas not to communicate with him again. Contents . Marie married Peter Woolridge Townsend. order back issues and use the historic Daily Express In August 1950, he was made deputy Master of the Household and was moved to comptroller to the Queen Mother in 1952. Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, Companions of the Distinguished Service Order, People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College, Royal Air Force personnel of World War II, Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar (United Kingdom), "Princess Margaret Dies at 71; Sister of Queen Elizabeth Had a Troubled Life", http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/10/world/princess-margaret-dies-at-71-sister-of-queen-elizabeth-had-a-troubled-life.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm, http://www.rousekentpublicartaward.co.uk/khs_f.html, Peter Townsend at the Internet Movie Database, http://membres.multimania.fr/behgnam2/litowsend.htm, https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Peter_Townsend_(RAF_officer)?oldid=3970233.

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