Person    | Male  Born 22/7/1953  Died 9/11/2016

Robert Huxley

Categories: Tragedy

Robert Henry Peter Huxley was one of twin sons born on 22 July 1953 to Walter James Frederick Huxley (1914-1959) and Giovanna Rosa Huxley née Previero (1918-1976) in Thornton Heath, Surrey. His brother was Philip M. A. Huxley and their births were registered in the 3rd quarter of 1953 in the Croydon registration district. 

He married his cousin, Eileen J. Huxley (b.1955), in the 2nd quarter of 1979 in the Croydon registration district and they had two sons: Ross Robert Huxley (b.1981) and Adam Walter H. Huxley (b.1986). Electoral registers from 2003 to 2010 show them listed at 20 Aldrich Crescent, New Addington, CR0 0NL. The Inside Croydon website gives details of his life.

He died, aged 63 years, on 9 November 2016, a victim of the Croydon Tram Derailment.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk and Andrew Behan.

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