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George Powell-Shedden
George Ffolliott Powell-Shedden, (1 April 1916 – 31 October 1994) was a Royal Air Force pilot who flew during the Battle of Britain and later went on to operational commands. He was also an Olympic bobsledder who competed for Britain in the late 1940s.
Early life.
Born George Ffolliott Powell on 1 April 1916 in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, he was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Richmond Ffolliott Powell DSO (1880–1956) and Alice Katherine Beatrix Shedden. Powell-Shedden
passed down the Shedden line, from the original George Shedden.
One of George Shedden’s grandsons, George Powell-Shedden went on to become a decorated war-hero in the RAF and was also an Olympic bobsledder.
History Wartime years.
Following the death of Sir George Shedden, it was reported that the estate was sold in May 1938 to Major Arthur Birkbeck of the adjoining Norris Castle estate, effectively merging the two estates together. Spring Hill estate at that time was 80 acres, four times its current size