Background
Born on 21 October 1900 in Twickenham, Tudor was the son of Admiral Henry Morton Tudor and Evelyn Laura (née Toulmin) Tudor and a nephew of Admiral Sir Frederick Tudor.
Born on 21 October 1900 in Twickenham, Tudor was the son of Admiral Henry Morton Tudor and Evelyn Laura (née Toulmin) Tudor and a nephew of Admiral Sir Frederick Tudor.
Tudor attended the junior school at Saint Lawrence College, Ramsgate, and then joined the Royal Navy in 1915 and served as a midshipman aboard the HMS Repulse.
The original family name was Jones, but it was changed to Tudor in 1890. After he suffered an eye injury, he was forced to leave the navy in December 1917. He attended Street Lawrence College in 1918 and was involved in the school"s sports programs.
He entered the 20th Hussars, but later transferred to the 3rd The King"s Own Hussars in 1921.
Tudor was devastated by Larissa"s death in 1926 and took flowers or arranged for flowers to be delivered to her grave each 10 June until a few years before his own death. However, he remarried quickly.
Tudor was readmitted to his former regiment in 1927 and was quickly promoted. He retired from the army in 1950 with the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
He refused to answer letters inquiring about Larissa"s past
He was a father of Idonea Rosamund Ierne Tudor (b 26 June 1932), wife of Baron Nils Taube.