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Horace Grocott

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Horace Grocott MBE (7 April 1880 – 10 July 1963) was a New Zealand Baptist missionary, Boys' Brigade leader, and postmaster. He was born in Napier, New Zealand.[1] Grocott was a missionary in Bolivia from 1909 to 1914.

In the 1952 Queen's Birthday Honours, Grocott was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the Boys' Brigade movement in New Zealand.[2]

References

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  1. ^ MacLeod, Angus. "Horace Grocott". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ^ "No. 39557". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 May 1952. p. 3050.