Lt.-Col. Sir Terence Edmond Patrick Falkiner, 8th Baronet DL KStJ (17 March 1903 – 19 February 1987) was an English soldier.
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Early life
Lt.-Col. Sir Terence Edmond Patrick Falkiner, 8th Bt. was born on 17 March 1903. He was the son of Sir Leslie Falkiner, 7th Baronet and Kathleen Mary Orde-Powlett. Among his siblings were Naomi Elaine Mary Falkiner, a nun, Capt. Lucien Leslie Falkiner (who married Hon. Lucy Verney-Cave, a daughter of the 6th Baron Braye) who was killed in action during World War II, and Maj. Gervase Leslie Falkiner (who married Rosemary Florence Emily Smith), who fought and was wounded in the War. Before his parents' marriage, his father was married to Elaine Maynard Farmer, daughter of William Mortimer Maynard Farmer, who died in 1900.
His paternal grandparents were Sir Samuel Falkiner, 6th Baronet and the former Blanche Call (a daughter of Sir William Call, 3rd Baronet). His maternal grandparents were Hon. Henry Robert Orde-Powlett (a son of William Orde-Powlett, 3rd Baron Bolton of Bolton Castle) and the former Henrietta Cathcart de Trafford (a granddaughter of Sir Thomas de Trafford, 1st Baronet and Charles Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart).
He was educated at Oratory School, Birmingham.
Career
He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Coldstream Guards. He fought in the British Army during World War II, where he was wounded. He was Assistant Military Secretary of the Eastern Command at Hounslow from 1948 to 1951 before becoming the Assistant Military Secretary of the Southern Command at Fugglestone St Peter from 1951 to 1955. He retired in 1956.