Sir Tom Hickinbotham
(1903-1983), Colonial administrator and company directorSitter in 2 portraits
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1951
NPG x168323
by Elliott & Fry
quarter-plate negative, 7 December 1960
NPG x82837
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Hickinbotham Susana
01 September 2018, 00:36
Sir Tom was my Uncle. His father was George Ryland Hickinbotham. He had two siblings, one of some reknown and 5 half siblings of which my father Peter was one. I went to Sir Tom’s memorial service at Westminster Cathedral in 1983.
M C Barres-Baker
22 January 2022, 20:10
He was Political Agent at Kuwait during the Second World War, and met Ibn Saud in Saudi Arabia in 1942.