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Rupert Henry Grattan-Doyle was born at Hexham in Northumberland on 2 December 1910, the second son of Gwendoline (née Mackusick) and Sir Nicholas Grattan-Doyle, later Conservative MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North. He was educated at Ampleforth College.
Rupert Grattan-Doyle entered Worcester College on 10 October 1930 but left Oxford in October 1931 without taking a degree. He went to work as a travelling salesman for an engineering manufacturer. He obtained his flying licence on 13 March 1939 and became a member of the Civil Air Guard at Hatfield before joining the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he was posted as a pilot to No. 9 Air Observers Navigation School.
Sergeant Rupert Grattan-Doyle was killed along with his crew when his Avro Anson aircraft crashed into the sea off Morf Nefyn in Caernarvonshire during a training exercise on 21 August 1941.
Rupert Grattan-Doyle is buried in Pwllheli Borough Cemetery in Wales. He is commemorated on the war memorial at Worcester College, Oxford.