Oakley-Hill, Colonel Dayrell Reed (1898-1985) 1916 graduated from Sandhurst; 1929-1939 worked with the gendarmerie in Albania; during the war worked with SOE and UNRRA; visited King Zog at Parmoor House; Secretary of the Anglo-Albanian Association
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Parmoor, Lord see Cripps
Percy, Major-General Sir Jocelyn (1871-1952) Inspector-General of the Albanian Gendarmerie 1927-1938;
Philby, Kim (1912-1988) born 1912 in India; British intelligence officer who spied for the Soviet Union; 1949-1952 betrayed the plans for the overthrow of communism in Albania; 1963 defected to the Soviet Union; wrote an autobiography in 1968; died in Moscow in 1988
Preni, Qazim (1917 - 1970s) c1917 born in Moyenne, Albania; married with wife in Albania; 1940 came to England with King Zog; 1946 went to Egypt aged 29 as Assistant Lieutenant; special guard to King Leka; died in Spain; buried at mosque in Madrid
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Ryan, Sir Andrew (1876-1949) from 1936 Ambassador to Albania; liaison officer between King Zog and the British Foreign Office 1940-1945 had many meetings with King Zog
Women are put under their birth names where known:
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Manton, Mrs Marie Louise (1869-1969) born in 1869 in France; married Englishman and had a catholic chapel at her house in Wheeler End where Queen Geraldine went to church, died aged 100 in 1969; buried in Marlow
His Excellency Sotir Marini (c1903-1950s)
1903 born in Albania; Court Minister and Chamberlain, worked for Zog household from 1922-1950; died in France in the 1950s
Mussolini, Benito (1883-1945) 1922 leader of the Italian Fascist Party; became Prime Minister of Italy; from 1936 was Il Duce the wartime Italian dictator; invaded and occupied Ethiopia in 1936; invaded and occupied Albania in 1939 forcing King Zog into exile; ousted from power in 1943; executed in 1945
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Naçi, Dr Gjenco Demetre (1907-1991) 1907 born to an Albanian family in Turkey; worked at the Albanian Legation in Paris; 1940 came to England with King Zog; 1941 moved to Lane End, Bucks with his Belgian wife Jeanne; 1946 stayed in England; 1949 had a son Alexander; 1950 worked for the BBC and lived in Reading, Berkshire; 1991 died in England
Naci, Mrs Jeanne Irene Francoise Albertine (?-?) Belgian wife of Dr Gjenco Naci; 1940 came to England with King Zog; 1946 stayed in England; worked as a Secretary for the BBC;
Neli, Bajram H. (c1916 – 1982) c1916 born in Mati, Albania; married with wife in Albania; 1940 came to England with King Zog; his cousin, Muharrem Gjoka, was also King Zog's bodyguard. 1946 went to Egypt aged 30 as Assistant Lieutenant; moved to Biarritz; 1982 died and buried in France (same grave as his cousin).
Nelson, Violet (1891-1983) daughter of Sir William Nelson; former Duchess of Westminster; married Fred Cripps 1927; had son Milo Cripps 1929; attended mass with Queen Geraldine at Wheeler End; divorced Fred Cripps 1951
Noçka, Milto (c1905- c1970) Chargé d'Affaires at the Albanian Legation in Paris; 1941 moved to Bolter End, Lane End with his French wife Gilberta; 1946 stayed in England, later lived in France; c1970 died in France
Noçka, Mrs Gilberta (?-?), French Catholic wife of Milto Noçka; 1940 came to England with King Zog; 1946 stayed in England, later moved to France
Nushi, Professor Xheladin Jusuf (1903-1954) 1903 born in Albania; formerly a school teacher; worked as King Zog’s Minister of Education; 1941 lived at Lane End; 1946 did not go to Egypt and moved to Henley-on-Thames; 1954 died in London
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