Vivian Francis Bulkeley-Johnson
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Vivian Francis Bulkeley-Johnson | |
|---|---|
 Vivian Bulkeley-Johnson in 1917 | |
| Born | 15 January 1891 Belgravia, England |
| Died | 14 February 1968 (aged 76) England |
| Education | Balliol College, Oxford |
| Spouses | Siriol Penelope Diana Katherine Williams-Bulkeley
(m. 1924; div. 1947) |
Vivian Francis Bulkeley-Johnson (15 January 1891 – 14 February 1968)[1] was the aide-de-camp to Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, the Governor General of Canada from 1916 to 1918. He served in the offices of the Imperial War Cabinet in World War I from 1918 to 1919, and in the Air Ministry from 1919 to 1922.[2]
Bulkeley-Johnson, who was affectionately known as BJ,[3] was born on 15 January 1891 in Belgravia, England. He was the only son born to Francis Head Bulkeley-Johnson, an English barrister, and Helen Percy Stoughton.[4]
His maternal grandparents were Charles William Stoughton of Ballynoe in County Kerry, Ireland, and Percy Georgina Laura (née Gosset) Stoughton.[5] His great-grandfather, Thomas Anthony Stoughton of Owlpen Park, was the High Sheriff of Gloucestershire.[5][6]
Bulkeley-Johnson was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford.[7][8]
Career
In 1912, he gazetted to the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade and then served in India from April 1914 to September 1914, followed by service on the Western Front in France during World War I, from November 1914 until March 1915, where he was wounded at Neuve-Chapelle on 10 March 1915,[8] during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in which it was captured, not for the first time, by the IV and I Indian Corps.[9] Bulkeley-Johnson was gazetted Captain on 5 October 1915.[8]
Following his recovery, he served at General Headquarters for the Home Forces from April to November 1916.[8] From 1916 to 1918, he was one of three aide-de-camps who came from England. Bulkeley-Johnson, then 25, was aide-de-camp to Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, the Governor General of Canada. He served in the offices of the Imperial War Cabinet for World War I from 1918 to 1919, and in the Air Ministry from 1919 to 1922.[2]
From 1922 until 1930, he worked as the London agent for cotton merchants,[3] and from 1930 until 1952, Bulkeley-Johnson, then a "distinguished-looking gentlemen with a disabled leg",[10] was a banker in London[11] where he looked after the charitable activities of the Rothschild Bank.[12]
