Christopher Foxley-Norris

Christopher Neil Foxley-Norris was born on 16 March 1917, a younger son of Major John Percivall Foxley-Norris (1886–1924) and his wife, Dorothy Brabant Smith. His paternal grandfather was the clergyman William Foxley Norris, who served as Dean of Westminster. He was educated at Winchester College and then Trinity College, Oxford, where he read law. He joined the Oxford University Air Squadron in 1936. Foxley-Norris was awarded a Harmsworth scholarship (worth £200) to read for the Bar. The outbreak of war prevented him from taking his final exams. The Bar Council requested the money back, but Foxley-Norris made an arrangement with them that he would leave it to them in his will. == Second World War==

Foxley-Norris was commissioned in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve after graduating and was called up for active service in 1939. , Kent. Unveiled in July 2005, it lists all Royal Air Force aircrew known to have flown at least one sortie during the Battle of Britain. == Post-war RAF career ==

After the war, Foxley-Norris became station commander at RAF Stradishall and then at RAF West Malling. UK pro-smoking lobby organisation FOREST was launched on 19 June 1979, with Foxley-Norris as its chairman. Foxley-Norris retired as the organisation's public figurehead in 1989, and was replaced by Lord Harris of High Cross. ==Family==

Foxley-Norris married Joan (née Lovell Hughes, now Lady Foxley-Norris) in 1948. They had no children. Joan served as a nurse during the war, and worked with injured pilots. Following his death, she took his place at many Battle of Britain events which were held and was also a regular visitor to RAF Benson. His funeral took place at St Mary Devoted at Turville, near Stokenchurch, on 7 October 2003. Memorial services were held at Westminster Abbey on 29 January 2004 and at St. Clement Danes, the Central Church of the Royal Air Force, London in April 2004. ==References==