Wilfrid Merydith Capper
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Wilfrid Merydith Capper (12 July 1905 – 27 July 1998) was a countryside campaigner in Northern Ireland. Educated at Bangor Grammar School, Methodist College, and Queen's University. Capper's career in the forestry division of the Ministry of Agriculture fitted well with his interest in the countryside.
In 1931, Capper was involved in the creation of a Northern Ireland branch of the youth hostel movement, the first hostel being established at Whitepark Bay in County Antrim. It was the impending threat to the bay from development that lead hostellers, including Capper to purchase the bay and present it to the National Trust.[1]
