# Francis Kiddle

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{{Short description|British philatelist (1942–2015)}}
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'''Francis Edgar Kiddle''' (1942 – 21 October 2015) was a British [philatelist](/source/philatelist) who achieved an international reputation in the field of [philatelic literature](/source/philatelic_literature) and [cinderella](/source/cinderella_stamp) philately.<ref name="FIP">{{cite web|url=http://www.fip-revenue.org/pag/bureau.php |title=Fip Revenue Commission - Bureau |website=Fip-revenue.org |date= |accessdate=2016-10-14}}</ref>

==Philately==
Kiddle became a Council Member of the [Royal Philatelic Society London](/source/Royal_Philatelic_Society_London) in 1977 and was given the post of Honorary Librarian in 1979, serving in the role until 1994. He was then elected as the [President of the society](/source/List_of_presidents_of_the_Royal_Philatelic_Society_London) for the next two years. In 1995 he was asked to sign the [Roll of Distinguished Philatelists](/source/Roll_of_Distinguished_Philatelists)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abps.org.uk/News/Magazines/ABPS_News_Winter_2015.pdf|title=FRANCIS E KIDDLE 1942 - 2015|publisher=ABPS|accessdate=30 December 2016|archive-date=26 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426170917/http://abps.org.uk/News/Magazines/ABPS_News_Winter_2015.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He was also an FIP ([Federation Internationale de Philatelie](/source/Federation_Internationale_de_Philatelie)) accredited judge and Chairman of the FIP Revenue Commission. Kiddle was also Chairman of the Trustees of the [British Philatelic Trust](/source/British_Philatelic_Trust).

From 2005 he was the Curator of the [Perkins Bacon](/source/Perkins_Bacon) Archive for the Royal Philatelic Society London.<ref name="FIP"/> In 2006 he was awarded the [Smithsonian Philatelic Achievement Award](/source/Smithsonian_Philatelic_Achievement_Award).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://postalmuseum.si.edu/about/smithsonian-philatelic-achievement-awards/2006-smithsonian-philatelic-achievement-awards.html |title=2006 Smithsonian Philatelic Achievement Awards |website=Postalmuseum.si.edu |date=2006-05-27 |accessdate=2016-10-14 |archive-date=10 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610173233/http://postalmuseum.si.edu/about/smithsonian-philatelic-achievement-awards/2006-smithsonian-philatelic-achievement-awards.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Until his death, he and his brother Charles wrote a monthly article on [cinderella stamp](/source/cinderella_stamp)s for ''[Stamp Magazine](/source/Stamp_Magazine)''.

==Outside philately==
Francis Kiddle worked in the space industry retiring in 1997 as Assistant Director of Space Technology Research, UK,<ref name="FIP"/> at the [Defence Evaluation and Research Agency](/source/Defence_Evaluation_and_Research_Agency).<ref>[http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/ScannedAccounts/Ends08/0000287908_ac_20080405_e_c.pdf ]{{dead link|date=October 2016}}</ref>

He died on 21 October 2015 of lung cancer, aged 73.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fepanews.com/news/%20francis%20kiddle%20died |title=Francis Kiddle has died this morning |publisher=FEPA News |accessdate=2016-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310191305/http://fepanews.com/news/%20francis%20kiddle%20died |archive-date=10 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He was married to Máire and had two sons, John and Alan. He had two grand children Olivia and Edward.

==Awards and honours==
*[Roll of Distinguished Philatelists](/source/Roll_of_Distinguished_Philatelists) 1995.
*Royal Mail Lifetime Achievement Award 2001.
*[Smithsonian Philatelic Achievement Award](/source/Smithsonian_Philatelic_Achievement_Award) 2006
*Roll of Distinguished Cinderella Philatelists 2006.
*[Lichtenstein Medal](/source/Lichtenstein_Medal) 2012.<ref>"Francis Kiddle to Receive the 2012 Alfred F. Lichtenstein Memorial Award" in [The London Philatelist](/source/The_London_Philatelist), Vol. 121, No. 1392, Jan/Feb 2012, p. 35.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.fip-revenue.org/img/kiddle.jpg Photograph of Francis Kiddle]

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