Other lives: Tony Leng

Born in Brussels, the son of a managing director of the Belgian branch of a British insurance company, he was educated at Chigwell school, Essex. He then served with the Royal Indian Navy, becoming a flotilla commander, and was awarded a DSC for his service on Burma's Arakan coast. By the end o...

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Published inThe Guardian (London)
Main Author Hanning, Jack
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London (UK) Guardian News & Media Limited 21.01.2008
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Leng, Tony
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Summary:Born in Brussels, the son of a managing director of the Belgian branch of a British insurance company, he was educated at Chigwell school, Essex. He then served with the Royal Indian Navy, becoming a flotilla commander, and was awarded a DSC for his service on Burma's Arakan coast. By the end of the 1940s he had graduated in French and Spanish from Magdalene College, Cambridge. He taught at St Paul's school, London, before heading the modern languages department at Malvern college, Worcestershire in 1954 - spending 15 years as a housemaster there, assisted by his wife, Eve.
ISSN:0261-3077