Humphrey Nicholls Clegg (1882–1952)
Lt.-Col. Humphrey Clegg, 69, secretary of the Big Brother movement in Britain, was found dead on the sands at Margate, Kent, yesterday.
The Big Brother movement helps British youths to emigrate to the Dominions.
Col. Clegg lived in London, and had his headquarters at Australia House.
Original publication
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- inquest, Sunday Times (Perth), 24 February 1952, p 24s
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Clegg, Mary Emma (wife)
- Warrington, Quenelda (daughter)
- Brett, Constance Matilda (mother-in-law)
- Brett, Frank Pilkington (father-in-law)
- Mitchell, Thomas Bedford (sister-in-law)
- Carse, Eileen Constance (sister-in-law)
- Carse, Franc Samuel (brother-in-law)
- Backhouse, Emily Elizabeth (aunt by marriage)
- Boyd, Emma Minnie (aunt by marriage)
- Chomley, Ethel Beatrice (aunt by marriage)
- Backhouse, Benjamin Talworth (uncle by marriage)
- Boyd, Arthur Merric (uncle by marriage)
- à Beckett, William Gilbert (uncle by marriage)
- à Beckett, Arthur Haywood (uncle by marriage)
- Chomley, Charles Henry (uncle by marriage)
- Carse, Alice Brett (niece by marriage)
- Hay, Marie (niece by marriage)
Citation details
'Clegg, Humphrey Nicholls (1882–1952)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/clegg-humphrey-nicholls-17151/text28967, accessed 12 April 2025.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
July,
1882
Anglesea,
Caernarfonshire,
Wales
Death
20 February,
1952
(aged 69)
Margate,
Kent,
England
Cause of Death
Cultural Heritage
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