Lt. Sir Angus Somerville Fletcher, OBE

1883 - 1960  (77 years)

• Name	Angus Somerville Fletcher  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Title	Lt. Sir
  Suffix	OBE
  Born	13 May 1883	Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	1922  [2]
  Residence	1930	Scarsdale, Scarsdale, Westchester, New York, USA   [2]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head; Occupation: British gront off.
  Residence	1935	New York, New York, New York, USA   [1]
  Residence	1940	New York, New York, New York, USA   [1]
  	Occupation: Salesman; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
  Residence	1950	East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, USA   [3]
  	Relation to Head of House: Head; Marital Status: Married
  Died	6 Aug 1960	New York, USA
  Buried	Dalmally, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
  Person ID	I27828	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026

  
  

  Family	Helen Muir Stewart,   b. 26 Jul 1889, Achallader, Argyll and Bute, Scotland ,   d. 26 Dec 1984, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  (Age 95 years)
  Children	1. Donald Stewart Fletcher,   b. 1927, New York, USA ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   2. Peter Fletcher,   b. 1929, Bronxville, Westchester, New York, USA ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   3. Prof. Angus J Fletcher, Ph.D.,   b. 23 Jun 1930, East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, USA ,   d. 28 Nov 2016, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA  (Age 86 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026
  Family ID	F9181	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Lieutenant Angus Somerville Fletcher. Royal Field Artillery, 1914-1922. Director of British Library of Information, New York, USA Angus Somerville Fletcher, South African government official Decorated Commander Order of British Empire, 1931, Knight Commander Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, 1941. member of staff National Industrial Conference Board, New York, 1919-1922; Served with 1st Rhodesia Regiment in German Southwest Africa 1914-1915, and Royal Horse Artillery, France, 1915-1919.; Member Scottish History Society (Edinburgh). Protestant Episcopalian. Fletcher, Angus Somerville was born on May 13, 1883 in Queenstown, South Africa. Son of Patrick and Agnes (Eaglesim) Fletcher. Education Student South African College, Cape Town, South Africa, 1900-1903. Law Diploma, University Cape of Good Hope, 1903. Doctor of Literature (honorary) Muhlenberg College (Pennsylvania), 1942. Career Attached to British War Mission to the United States, 1918. Member of staff National Industrial Conference Board, New York, 1919-1922. Director British Library of Information, New York, New York, 1928-1941. Consultant World Wide Broadcasting Foundation, New York, 1942. British Consul at Buffalo, New York, 1943-1949. Chairman Headquarters Commission, United Nations 1946. Member of staff National Industrial Conference Board, New York, 1919-1922. Served with 1st Rhodesia Regiment in German Southwest Africa 1914-1915, and Royal Horse Artillery, France, 1915-1919. Member Scottish History Society (Edinburgh). Protestant Episcopalian. Connections Married Helen Stewart, January 6, 1926. Children: Donald Stewart, Peter Stewart, Angus John Stewart. Father: Patrick Fletcher Mother: Agnes (Eaglesim) Fletcher Spouse: Helen Stewart child: Donald Stewart Fletcher child: Peter Stewart Fletcher child: Angus John Stewart Fletcher

  
  

• Sources

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