His son-in-law was the Rev C. B. Canning Headmaster of Canford. After the War, in 1946, Cyril Norwood was the President of the Geographical Association, following an earlier Marlborough colleague: Clement Cyril Carter (who had been President at the outbreak of the war) to the position.
Rev C. B. Canning was the Headmaster of Canford; his son-in-law, Cyril Norwood, became President of the Geographical Association in 1946. This followed Clement Cyril Carter, who had been President at the beginning of World War II and held the position before Norwood.