Family
Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter was born in Barnes, south-west London, the son of Captain Alfred Carpenter and grandson of Commander Charles Carpenter. He attended Bedales School founded by his Uncle Edward Carpenter's close friend John Haden Badley. He was married to Maud Tordiffe and after her death in 1923 to Hilda Margaret Allison (née Chearnley-Smith).
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