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Birth | 1897 | |
Death | 1965 (aged 68 years) |
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Captain Richard Saher de Quincey ("the Captain") (b.1897, Surbiton, Surrey - d.1965, Hertfordshire) was a noted British cattle breeder.
De Quincey fought in World War I as a fighter pilot in the Royal Flying Corps but was invalided out of the service as result of the effects of flying at high altitude.
De Quincy's father bought The Vern - a farm at Bodenham - in 1922. The farm came with a herd of Hereford cattle which the younger de Quincey successfully improved, his bulls winning many prizes and export markets.