Terence Robert Beaumont Sanders (2 June 1901 – 6 April 1985) was a

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rower who competed in the

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, a lecturer in engineering at Cambridge, an army officer engaged in countering the V2 threat, civil servant and High Sheriff of Surrey.

Biography

Sanders was born in Charleville, Cork, Ireland. He was educated at Eton and

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. At Cambridge, Sanders, Maxwell Eley, Robert Morrison and James MacNabb, who had rowed together at Eton, made up the

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that in 1922 at Henley won the

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as Eton Vikings and the Visitors' Challenge Cup as Third Trinity Boat Club Sanders stroked the

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in the Boat Race in 1923 which was won by Oxford. The coxless four won the Stewards' Challenge Cup at Henley again in 1923 crew won Steward's at Henley again in 1924 and went on to win the gold medal for Great Britain rowing at the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1925 Sanders became a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and lectured in engineering. He was active in the Territorial Army at the university. He also served as honorary treasurer of the University Boat Club from 1928 to 1939. With G.C. Drinkwater he produced ''The University Boat Race: Official. Centenary History 1829–1929'' in 1929. He was in the

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eight that won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley in 1929. In 1936 Sanders was appointed University lecturer in engineering. He was a Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers and the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. Sanders joined the Ministry of Supply in 1941 and in 1946 he was appointed Principal Director of Technical Development (Defense). Maintaining his army role, he was active in

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which was concerned with the threat of V2 rockets. In November 1944, the "Sanders mission" led by Colonel T. R. B. Sanders inspected the site at

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.- Later he was Assistant Controller of Supplies at the Ministry of Supply. He was awarded the CB in 1950. He left the Army the following year with the rank of colonel. He later became Chairman of the Buckland Sand and Silica Co. and in 1967 he was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey and Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Surrey. Sanders died at

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at the age of 83.

Publications

*The University Boat Race: Official. Centenary History 1829–1929 London, 1929 with G.C. Drinkwater *''The aims and principles of standardization'' 1972, International Organization for Standardization ( eneva

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanders, Terence 1901 births 1985 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge British male rowers Olympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Stewards of Henley Royal Regatta High sheriffs of Surrey Olympic medalists in rowing Members of Leander Club Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Cambridge University Boat Club rowers Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics

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