Keith
Edmund Ludlow
1947 – 1992
A Short Biography
Keith Edmund
Ludlow was born in Harrow on July 17th, 1947, the son of Christopher
George Ludlow (1918 - 1999) and Gwladys Mary Ludlow nee Stephens
(1913 - 1995).
He moved
with the family from Stanmore in Middlesex to Canterbury, where
he started school. From there he moved to Essex and then to Winchester
where he attended the Peter Symonds School.
He studied
Mathematics at Bedford College, London University and attended
the first course for the diploma in Yacht and Boat Design at Southampton
College of Technology.
He joined
the Rating Office of the Royal Ocean Racing Club in June 1973
and became Assistant Rating Secretary in January 1974. He was
Rating Secretary from January 1977 until September 1982.
He continued
as a Consultant to the Offshore Racing Council and in addition
became their Deputy Chief Measurer in 1982. He was a keen offshore
Yachtsman, and until the onset of his illness, raced as a navigator
for Sir Maurice Laing. He died suddenly on November 12th, 1992.
The family
collection of artefacts, letters, documents, photographs and diaries
set off Keith’s interest in family history and he joined
the Bristol and Avon and the Gloucester Family History Societies
early on, and the Society of Genealogists in 1975.
He collected
a vast amount of information about Ludlows worldwide and recorded
it on his computer. He was able to help a great number of people
who got to hear how knowledgeable he was.
Douglas Ludlow
has rendered a valuable service in making these details accessible
in a way that Keith’s parents, not being computer literate,
could not have done!
Christopher
George Ludlow - Keith's Father
September 29th, 1998
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