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Born in London in 1898 , the son of the 1st Baron Bicester , he was educated at Eton and Sandhurst . He served with the 17th Lancers , rising to the rank of Lieutenant and on 29 November 1922 , he married Hon. Dorothea Gwenllian James, a daughter of the 3rd Baron Northbourne and they had two daughters. During his business years, he was a director of Morgan, Grenfell & Co. , Shell Transport And Trading , Vickers and the Bank Of England . He was High Sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1945 and succeeded to his father's title of Baron Bicester in 1956 .

Randall was killed in 1968 , aged 70 in a motor accident. Without male issue, his title passed to his nephew, Angus .