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Re: Gordon "Dinger" Bell
Am glad a page has been created. He also served in the AAF/RHKAAF from 1949-1981.
Gordon John Bell 27 November 1923 - 9 May 1981
Birth Gordon John Bell 27 November 1923 Hinkley Leicestershire
Passenger List Southampton to Hong Kong February 1954
Gordon John Bell age 30 scientist address in UK Manor of GodbeGot, High Street Winchester
His name has been scored through so perhaps he did not make the journey
In 1002, Emma, daughter of Richard, Duke of Normandy, married Ethelred the Unready. As a wedding present the Duke gave her Winchester and Exeter. Ten years later he gave her the the Manor of Goudbeyete, Godbiete, or as it is now known, God Begot. Thus it is clear that, although in the City, the Manor was not part of the City. The Manor made its own laws and exacted its own taxes without reference to the Mayor of Winchester, or even the King himself.......
A manor court was held by the steward of the priory, in the same way as he held courts on other manors belonging to St. Swithun’s.
It’s rights and privileges continued until the Dissolution of the Monasteries when the agents of Henry VIII took over the Manor of God Begot and all its possessions. A few weeks later Henry had second thoughts, and handed the lot back.
The present building dates from 1050.
UK Probate Calendar
Gordon John Bell of the Royal Observatory Hong Kong died 9 May 1981
Re: Gordon John Bell
Unfortunately, his passing was in his retirement year in 1981. He was the longest serving Director of the then Royal Observatory.