Name Alwin Larmour | ||
The reverend Alwin Corden "Teddie" Larmour (6 January 1886 – 1 November 1946) was a British churchman, school teacher and philatelist who edited The London Philatelist during the Second World War.
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Early life and family
Larmour was born in Calcutta, India, on 6 January 1886 to Charles Frederick Larmour and Harriet Adelaide Larmour. He was educated at the University of Cambridge from where he received a Master of Arts degree. He had family philatelic connections, his father was editor of the Philatelic Journal of India and a member of The Philatelic Society, London, as was his uncle, F.A. Larmour. He married Edith Margaret Kenrick in 1928.
Career
In 1909, Larmour became an assistant master at Wellington College, Crowthorne.
Philately
Larmour was a member of the Royal Philatelic Society London and the editor from February 1940 to June 1946 of The London Philatelist, writing as A.C.L. He managed to keep the journal going during the paper rationing and other difficulties of the Second World War by reducing the number of issues to six in some years from the normal twelve. When the main printing works of William Brendon & Sons was destroyed by German bombing in April 1941, a double issue appeared the following month. Outside philately he was a Freemason and served as a local councillor.
Death
Larmour died on 1 November 1946 at his home Dumromyn in Crowthorne, Berkshire. He left £12,655.