Henry Cubitt, 2nd Baron Ashcombe
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Henry Cubitt, 2nd Baron Ashcombe CB
, TD
(14 March 1867 – 27 October 1947) was a United Kingdom
politician and peer, the son of George Cubitt, 1st Baron Ashcombe
and his wife Laura Joyce.
and Trinity College, Cambridge
. He was Conservative Party
Member of Parliament
(MP) for Reigate
between 1892 and 1906. He later served as Lord Lieutenant of Surrey
from 1905 to 1939, and succeeded to the peerage upon the death of his father in 1917.
:
, Surrey.
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
, TD
Territorial Decoration
The Territorial Decoration was a medal of the United Kingdom awarded for long service in the Territorial Force and its successor, the Territorial Army...
(14 March 1867 – 27 October 1947) was a United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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politician and peer, the son of George Cubitt, 1st Baron Ashcombe
George Cubitt, 1st Baron Ashcombe
George Cubitt, 1st Baron Ashcombe was a British politician and peer, the son of Thomas Cubitt, the leading London builder and property developer of his day.-Education and career:...
and his wife Laura Joyce.
Education and career
Cubitt was educated at EtonEton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
and Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
. He was Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Reigate
Reigate (UK Parliament constituency)
Reigate is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
between 1892 and 1906. He later served as Lord Lieutenant of Surrey
Lord Lieutenant of Surrey
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Surrey. Since 1737, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Surrey.-Lord Lieutenants of Surrey:*William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton 1551–1553?...
from 1905 to 1939, and succeeded to the peerage upon the death of his father in 1917.
Family
He married Maud Marianne Calvert, daughter of Colonel Archibald Motteux Calvert and Constance Maria Georgiana Peters, on 21 August 1890. They had six sons, three of whom were killed in the Great WarWorld War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
:
- Henry Archibald Cubitt (born 3 January 1892, died 15 Sep 1916)
- Alick George Cubitt (born 16 January 1894, died 24 November 1917)
- Hon. William Hugh Cubitt (born 30 May 1896, died 24 March 1918)
- Roland Calvert Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe (born 26 Jan 1899, died 28 October 1962) married SoniaSonia Cubitt, Baroness AshcombeSonia Rosemary Cubitt, Baroness Ashcombe OBE DStJ was the daughter of Hon. George Keppel and his wife, Alice and the grandmother of the Duchess of Cornwall. Violet Trefusis was her sister.On 16 November 1920, she married Hon...
, daughter of Hon. George Keppel and Alice KeppelAlice KeppelAlice Frederica Keppel, née Edmonstone was a British socialite and the most famous mistress of Edward VII, the eldest son of Queen Victoria. Her formal style after marriage was The Hon. Mrs George Keppel. Her daughter, Violet Trefusis, was the lover of poet Vita Sackville-West... - Archibald Edward Cubitt (born 16 January 1901, died 13 Feb 1972) - married first Lady Irene Helen Pratt, and later Sibell Margaret Norman
- Charles Guy Cubitt (born 13 February 1903, died 1979) - married Rosamund Mary Edith Cholmeley
Death and burial
He died on 27 October 1947 and is buried in the churchyard of St Barnabas Church, Ranmore CommonRanmore Common
Ranmore Common is a village and an area of wooded common land on the North Downs, to the northwest of Dorking in the English county of Surrey. It is located within the civil parish of Wotton and is also within the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty...
, Surrey.