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General First nameHarold Newnham Penrose
LastnameSloman
GenderMale
CountryEngland
Date of birth1885-04-22
Place of birthWestminster, London, England
Date of death1965-07-25
Place of deathLondon, England


About

Harold Sloman, who died last July, was educated at Rugby and Balliol, and after four years as a master at Radley, went out to Australia as Headmaster of Sydney Grammar School (1913-1920). His service there was much interfered with by the war; he was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade, was wounded and won the M.C. in 19I7.
In 192I he came home, to Rugby School, but the following year was appointed Headmaster of Tonbridge School, from which he retired in 1939· He then served for a while in the Ministry of Economic Warfare, and the Home Guard; then from 1941-47 he was an assistant master at St. Paul?s School, and, after working with the British Council in Argentina as Educational Adviser, did a further four years at Charterhouse (1950-54) before finally retiring.

Sloman?s father, Canon Arthur Sloman, was a member of the Alpine Club from 1879 to 1919, and the son?s first seasons in the Alps, from 1906 onwards, were with his father. Their climbs were of the conventional order and do not call for record here. On going to Australia, Harold Sloman took the opportunity to visit the New Zealand Alps, in 1914 climbing Elie de Beaumont and Malte Brun. He made other visits, in 1915, 1916 and 1920; some of his climbs were done with Conrad Kain.
He was elected to the Alpine Club in I922. In his later years he became very lame and he had probably not attended a Club meeting for a number of years, though he would regularly, once a year, call in with his Alpine Journals, to arrange for their binding.

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Archive statistics Career1909 - 1909
Tournament wins0
Matches2
Match wins0


Tournaments Essex Championships - 1909 Bungay - 1909