At school, Leonard excelled at lawn tennis, becoming Captain and showed an aptitude for languages and an interest in reading and natural history.
though was adamant in later years that he never flew with him. Īt Stowe he was taught English by the fantasy novelist T. Cheshire was educated at the Dragon School, Oxford, Stowe School where he was head of Chatham House and Merton College, Oxford. Cheshire was born in Hoole, Chester, where his paternal grandparents lived, but was brought up at his parents' home near Oxford. Leonard had one younger brother, Christopher Cheshire, also a wartime bomber pilot. His mother Primrose Barstow was from a Scottish Army family and named Leonard after her brother, who died fighting in Kūt in early 1917.
Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, known as Leonard, was the son of Geoffrey Chevalier Cheshire, a barrister, academic and influential writer on English law. Early life Ī blue plaque marks the house in which he was born in Chester, which at the time was a nursing home for expectant mothers. In 1991 he was created a life peer in recognition of his charitable work. He became known for his work in conflict resolution. He was the youngest group captain in the RAF and one of the most highly decorated pilots of the war.Īfter the war he founded a nursing home that grew into the charity Leonard Cheshire Disability.
Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire, VC, OM, DSO & Two Bars, DFC (7 September 1917 – 31 July 1992) was a highly decorated Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot and group captain during the Second World War, and a philanthropist.Īmong the honours Cheshire received as a pilot was the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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