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gh Stanley held Lord Allenby in great esteem he had no hesitation in refusing, at the end of the War,
y9s offer to him of the governorship of Damascus. Stanley returned to the Zoological Gardens at Giza
he was able to help quell the post-war civil disorder and resume his zoological work. He retired in 1924
and where he and Sibyl established themselves at Spencersgreen, a large house just outside Tring with
space for Sibyl to create a garden. The library of Walter Rothschild9s Museum nearby provided a
ly and practical base for Stanley9s zoological studies which centred on the longevity of species.
and Sibyl had two sons (William and Henry) and two daughters (Rosalie and Lilla), with childhoods
d by long absences from their parents. As with other children of fathers who served the Empire, school
ys were spent with the older generation of aunts, uncles or nannies (Rudyard Kipling described this
ion in bitter terms.) Stanley had bought a house in Tring as a base and installed a small staff. Harry
I came to England on the Caledonia in May 19089; later, 8mother and father came to England in April
8mother came to England April 19119, both parents spending Christmas 1916 with their children at
by which time the eldest son William was a naval cadet in HMS Worcester and Harry at Wellington.
Stanley and Sibyl sold Spencersgreen and moved to a smaller house in Tring within walking distance of
useum and with the eminent entomologist Karl Jordan and his family as neighbours. Sibyl died in 1938
married Dorothea Stewart in the following year. Throughout the war years he continued his studies
longevity of mammals, birds and reptiles in the company of Sally -his salamander - who lived in her
ase on his desk. Stanley survived just long enough to welcome home his only remaining son Henry
Flower 3 who had followed his father into the Regiment and endured three and a half years as a
er-of-war of the Japanese in Singapore and Thailand. Two daughters 3 Rosalie (Howes-Roberts) and
Bethune) also survived him.
served as vice-president of the Zoological Society of London 1927-29 and chairman of the
ologists9 Club, 1930-33. He provided support for the establishment of Whipsnade where it was
e to see animals in a freer setting than in London. He died at Tring on February 3rd 1946. He was
ted OBE and was a recipient of both the Turkish Order of the Medjidie and of the Egyptian Order of
e.
Jane Flower grand daughter of Stanley Smyth Flower
