Joseph Laycock

Sir

Joseph Laycock
Born(1867-06-12)12 June 1867
Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Died10 January 1952(1952-01-10) (aged 84)
East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankBrigadier-General
CommandsNottinghamshire Royal Horse Artillery CRHA ANZAC Mounted Division
Battles/warsSecond Boer War
First World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
Territorial Decoration
Spouse(s)Katherine Mary Hare
RelationsRobert Laycock (son with Kitty Hare)
Maynard Greville (son with Daisy Greville)
Mercy Greville (daughter with Daisy Greville)
A formative photograph of 17 men. Eight stand, seven sit on chairs and two are on the floor.Sir Byron LeightonClaud GrenfelMajor Frederick Russell BurnhamCaptain Gordon ForbesAbe BaileyunidentifiedLord BrookeMajor Bobby WhiteLord DowneMajor-General Sir Henry Edward ColvilleMajor Harry WhiteMajor Joe LaycockSir Winston ChurchillSir Charles BentinckColonel Maurice Giffordunidentified
Returning from the Boer War on the RMS Dunottar Castle, July 1900.[1] Standing L-R: Sir Byron Leighton, Claud Grenfel, Major Frederick Russell Burnham, Captain Gordon Forbes, Abe Bailey (his son John would marry Diana Churchill in 1932), next two unidentified, John Weston Brooke. Seated L-R: Major Bobby White, Lord Downe, General Sir Henry Edward Colvile (a year later Churchill as MP would demand an inquiry over his dismissal from South Africa), Major Harry White, Major Joe Laycock, Winston Churchill, Sir Charles Bentinck. Sitting L-R: unidentified, Col. Maurice Gifford (who had lost his arm in the Second Matabele War).

Brigadier-General Sir Joseph Frederick Laycock KCMG DSO TD (12 June 1867 – 10 January 1952) was a British Army officer and Olympic sailor.[2] He was at one time a Deputy Lieutenant, Lord Lieutenant and, in 1906, High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "FinestHour" (pdf). Journal of the Churchill Center and Societies, Summer 2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2007.
  2. ^ "Joseph Laycock". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  3. ^ "No. 27890". The London Gazette. 27 February 1906. p. 1433.
  4. ^ Jacks, Leonard (1881), The Great Houses of Nottinghamshire and the County Families W. and A.S. Bradshaw. Nottingham, pp. 174-178
  5. ^ Joseph Frederick Laycock obituary, The Times, 11 January 1952