Brigadier-General Sir Joseph Frederick Laycock was a British Army officer and Olympic sailor.
10 Facts About Joseph Laycock
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Joseph Laycock was at one time a Deputy Lieutenant, Lord Lieutenant and, in 1906, High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.
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Joseph Laycock was launched from the Victoria Shipyard on 20 October 1892.
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Joseph Laycock's complement was 100 hands, and she was the only steam yacht in the world to have a full ship rig.
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Joseph Laycock had the publisher Howard Cox publish The Log of the Valhalla in 1894.
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Joseph Laycock was friends with Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, and they competed together in the 1908 Olympics at Water Motorsport.
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Joseph Laycock was promoted to major on 7 December 1901, and resigned his commission the following year on 6 December 1902.
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Joseph Laycock was the first commanding officer of the Nottinghamshire Royal Horse Artillery when it was formed in 1908 as part of the new Territorial Force, and funded the founding of the battery himself.
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Joseph Laycock married, on 19 November 1902, Katherine Mary Hare, a granddaughter of William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel.
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Joseph Laycock was in an adulterous relationship with Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick, issue occurring before and during his marriage with Kitty.