British soldier, railwayman, clergyman and scholar (1893–1985)
John Hamilton Maxwell StaniforthCBE (23 June 1893 – 26 December 1985), known to his family as Max,[1] was a British soldier, railwayman, radio presenter, clergyman and scholar.[2]
Staniforth became a railwayman on the British railways in Argentina, rising to the rank of Assistant Traffic Manager.[2] During his time in Argentina he had a daughter, Rosamund Ann Staniforth, on 4 April 1928; she would go on to marry Charles Edward Byron Du Cane, son of Charles Henry Copley Du Cane, and grandson of Charles Du Cane.
Radio presenter
Staniforth returned from Argentina, and became the first full-time presenter for Radio Normandy (a commercial English-language service) in 1931.[4][5] In November 1932 he transferred to Radio Toulouse before taking up a position at the International Broadcasting Company headquarters in London.[6] He then left radio to enter the church.[6]
^Street, Sean (2009). The A to Z of British Radio. Scarecrow Press. p. 31.
^ abBathgate, Gordon (2009). Voices from the Ether: The History of Radio. p. 4.
^Reviewed by "K. G." in The Classical Outlook, vol 43 n6 (1 February 1966) p. 69 and Elizabeth E. Seittelman in The Classical World, vol 59 n3 (1 November 1965) page 88
Further reading
Richard S. Grayson, (2012) At War with the 16th Irish Division 1914-1918: The Letters of J. H. M. Staniforth. ISBN1848846347