Rupert Edward Lee Featherstonhaugh
M 1909 - 1976Type | Value |
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Name | Rupert Edward Lee Featherstonhaugh |
Born | 1909-10-04 Paris, France |
Gender | M |
Died | 1976-07-13 St. Peters Hospital, London, England |
Buried |
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Father | |
Mother |
Type | Value |
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Family | Marion Jeanette Paddison b. (1917) d. (c. 1984) |
Married | 1935-00-00, Staines, Middlesex, GB |
Children | 0 Ian Featherstonhaugh |
Type | Value |
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Family | Joan P. Turner |
Married | 1941-00-00, Blackpool, Lancashire, GB |
Children |
Type | Value |
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Family | Gwendoline F. M. Whitmore |
Married | 1948-00-00, Surrey North Western, Surrey, GB |
Children |
Photos
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Rupert E. L. “Buddy” Featherstonehaugh Obituary St. Peters Hospital, London, England 1976-07 Map |
Notes
Band leader and race car driver
Born in 1909 he recorded his first band in 1935, a twelve piece group, including Harry Hayes, that recorded five titles but released only one 78rpm record. He was a popular band on the BBC Radio Rhythm Club and recorded with his sextet from 1943 to 1945. During the second world war (1940-45) he led the Buddy Featherstonhaugh RAF Sextet a group that included some of the personnel from his Radio rhythm Club band and recorded a number of ‘Vic Lewis Jam session’ dates that were subsequently issued by Harlequin (LP). He left music temporarily from 1947-51 to participate full time in the motor racing scene, something he had earlier been involved in in the 1930s. In all his previous records he had played tenor sax or clarinet, but on his comeback to jazz recording in 1956 he switched to baritone sax. He died in 1976.
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