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Kenneth Browne was the official war artist in the Middle East (from October 1944 onwards), an architect, and for many years the townscape editor of the Architectural Review

Kent School is known far beyond the banks of the Housatonic River in Kent, Connecticut. Kent is well known at England's Henley_Royal_Regatta, where its crews have rowed many times since first winning the Thames Cup in 1933. Kent was the first American secondary school to race at the Henley Royal Regatta. The NEIRA (New England Interscholastic Rowing Association) championship silver bowls for the first and second boats bear the names of Kent's founder and first head coach, Father Frederick H. Sill and his successor, "Tote" Dixon Walker. Every KSBC oarsman knows the importance of sportsmanship and excellence to the school. Father Sill was a coxswain at Columbia University and built his school directly on the Housatonic so that with a river running through it, there could be rowing one day.

While Kent has had five headmasters since 1906, KSBC has had only four coaches, including Father Sill, "Tote" Walker 19, W. Hartwell "Hart" Perry and Eric Houston80.

Kent's impact on scholastic and collegiate rowing is vastly disproportionate to its size. Among others, Hart Perry has been past president of the NAAO and was a founder of the National Rowing Foundation and the Rowing Hall of Fame in Mystic, CT. He remained the only American steward at the Henley RR until his death 2010. Steve Gladstone 60 has headed rowing programs at Princeton, Harvard, Brown, Cal Berkeley, California Rowing Club, and currently at Yale. Curtis Jordan70 heads Princeton's rowing program. Bill Stowe 58 once ran the Columbia and the Coast Guard's program, and he stroked the Vesper Boat Club eight to olympic gold in Tokyo in 1964. Fred Schoch69 has won many national and international races, and directs the world's largest rowing event, the Head of the Charles Regatta. Many others have rowed in world championships and in the olympics, both establishing Kent's legacy in the 20th century and ensuring it will continue into the next one.

George Kett (1809 – 1872) of Wymondham, Norfolk was a skilled carpenter and wood carver. In the late 1830s, he was employed on the restoration of Norwich cathedral, where he met the young James Rattee, with whom he later set up the Cambridge architectural masonry company Rattee & Kett.
He moved to London with his wife Sarah (née Lincoln, also from Wymondham) and five children – George, Joanna, Edmund and twins William and Alfred – to work on the interiors and furnishings of the new Palace of Westminster under architect and designer Augustus Pugin. Pugin was said to be so pleased with Kett’s finely detailed work that he chose him to carve the royal coat of arms in the Chamber of the House of Lords.

By 1848, Kett had moved to Cambridge to set up an architectural wood and stone carving business with James Rattee, who was now renowned locally as a highly skilled wood and stone craftsman. Their company was originally known as the Wood and Stone Carving Works, Cambridge, though its name was quickly changed to Rattee & Kett. The company operated from substantial premises on Station Road, with offices, stone works, a joinery and a builder’s yard adjoining James Rattee’s house, Poplar Cottage.

George, Sarah, their seven children (with new additions Susannah, born 1846 in London, and Frederick, born 1848 in Cambridge) and maternal grandmother lived in a house in Petersfield, off East Road.

The company flourished and Kett took over the responsibility of running it after the sudden death of James Rattee, at the age of 34, in 1855.

former tenant of the ground under discussion

Bowman for the 1956 Kent School, Connecticut, Henley Crew.

Annesley Douglas Kingsford (30 July 1912 – 1 April 2006) was a Canadian rower who competed for Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Kingsford was born in Dublin, the son of Douglas Hollingshead Kingsford of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and his wife Margaret. He was educated at Uppingham School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. In 1934, he was a member of the winning Cambridge boat in the Boat Race. He was in the winning crew again in 1935 when his brother Desmond Kingsford was also in the crew. In 1936, he was a member of the crew of the eight which came fourth representing Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

He then served in the Royal Navy and later emigrated with his wife to Canada where he started a successful career in the oil industry. He also acquired the OH ranch during this time.[2] He was also a member of the Glencoe Club and is featured on the "Glencoe at the Olympics" wall.

Kingsford married Marie Harvie in Basra, Iraq. They had three children, Patrick, Douglas, and Kelly. His grandchildren live mostly in Canada, except for Kelly's children, Brogan Lamoureux and Boyd Lamoureux, who live in Australia.

Kingsford died in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, Canada at the age of 93.

Desmond Glover Kingsford (24 July 1914 – 10 August 1944) was a rower who competed for Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during the Second World War.

Kingsford was the son of Douglas Hollingshead Kingsford of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and his wife Margaret. He was educated at Cambridge University. In 1935, with his brother Annesley Kingsford he was a member of the winning Cambridge boat in the Boat Race. He was in the winning crew again in 1936. He was also a member of the crew of the eight which came fourth representing Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. In 1937 he was runner-up in the Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta competing for London Rowing Club when he partnered G M Lewis. At the 1938 British Empire Games he was a member of the English boat which won the gold medal in the eights competition.

Kingsford joined the Irish Guards as an officer, having been commissioned into the regiment in February 1940, and served in World War II. He was awarded the Military Cross for action on 3 August 1944 when he commanded a combat group ordered to seize the crossroads near Saint-Charles-de-Percy. They were initially held up by machine-gun and anti-tank fire but achieved their objective on the third attempt. His medal citation noted:

He handled his group with great skill and daring. Had Captain Kingsford not persisted in his efforts to overcome this opposition, great delay would have been imposed in the execution of the Divisional plan.

A week later he was killed in action at Tilly-sur-Seulles.

A member of the 1961 Henley crew for the Kent School, Connecticut, and Harvard Varsity Heavyweight crew manager at Henley in 1965.

Last dated receipt is from 1927.