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May 9, 2014 · Charles Hughesdon, who has died aged 104, was a daredevil aviator, champion ballroom dancer, insurance broker and airline executive who married the film star Florence Desmond and boasted of...
Apr 2, 2017 · Dunsborough Park was bought the same year by the irrepressible Charles Hughesdon, described in his Daily Telegraph obituary on his death, at the age of 104, in April 2014, as ‘a daredevil aviator, champion ball- room dancer, insurance broker and airline executive who married the film star Florence Desmond, and boasted of affairs with Shirley ...
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Aug 25, 2014 · Charles Hughesdon, who lived at Dunsborough Park from 1948 until 1994, died recently at the age of 104. He had a remarkable life and has been variously described as a daredevil amorous aviator, champion ballroom dancer, insurance broker and airline executive who married the film star Florence Desmond and boasted of long affairs with Shirley ...
She was married twice, first to the aviator Tom Campbell Black from 1935–1936 and, after Black's death, to aviator and insurance broker Charles Hughesdon from 1937 with whom she lived at Dunsborough Park in Ripley, Surrey.
Mar 9, 2017 · In 1948, with a giant tax bill looming, he sold to Charles Hughesdon, perhaps its most colorful owner. Mr. Hughesdon earned his (not inconsiderable) living in the insurance industry but his...
Charles Hughesdon is the epitome of a self-made man; a hunter-down of business and a pursuer of pleasure. In A Flying Life he tells his remarkable life story for the first time; a leader and innovator in the field of insurance brokerage, a talented pilot and head of the hugely successful Tradewinds air-cargo company.
Florence Desmond and Charles Hughesdon were married for 55 years before Florence Desmond died aged 87. About. British Actress Florence Desmond was born Florence Elizabeth Dawson on 31st May, 1905 in London, England, UK and passed away on 16th Jan 1993 Guildford, Surrey, England, UK aged 87. She is most remembered for Gay Love (1934).
