Quilter Baronets
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The Quilter Baronetcy, of Bawdsey Manor in Bawdsey in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 13 September 1897 for the businessman and politician William Quilter
. The second Baronet was also a politician.
Roger Quilter
, younger son of the first Baronet, was a composer.
The family seat, Bawdsey Manor
, was requisitioned by the Devonshire Regiment during the First World War and returned to the family afterwards, but was then sold to the Air Ministry in 1936 for a new research station for the development of radio direction finding.
Sir William Quilter, 1st Baronet
Sir William Cuthbert Quilter, 1st Baronet was an English stock broker, art collector and Liberal/Liberal Unionist politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1906....
. The second Baronet was also a politician.
Roger Quilter
Roger Quilter
Roger Quilter was an English composer, known particularly for his songs.-Biography:Born in Hove, Sussex, Quilter was a younger son of Sir William Quilter, 1st Baronet, who was a noted art collector...
, younger son of the first Baronet, was a composer.
The family seat, Bawdsey Manor
Bawdsey Manor
Bawdsey Manor stands at a prominent position at the mouth of the River Deben close to the village of Bawdsey in Suffolk, England, about 118 km northeast of London....
, was requisitioned by the Devonshire Regiment during the First World War and returned to the family afterwards, but was then sold to the Air Ministry in 1936 for a new research station for the development of radio direction finding.
Quilter Baronets, of Bawdsey Manor (1897)
- Sir William Cuthbert Quilter, 1st BaronetSir William Quilter, 1st BaronetSir William Cuthbert Quilter, 1st Baronet was an English stock broker, art collector and Liberal/Liberal Unionist politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1906....
(1841-1911) - Sir (William Eley) Cuthbert Quilter, 2nd BaronetSir Cuthbert Quilter, 2nd BaronetSir Cuthbert Quilter, 2nd Baronet was an English Conservative Party politician.Quilter was the son of the Liberal politician Sir William Quilter, 1st Baronet ....
(1873-1952) - Sir (John) Raymond Cuthbert Quilter, 3rd Baronet (1902-1959). Quilter was an aviation enthusiast and manufacturer of static-line parachutes widely used by British troops during and after the Second World War.
- Sir Anthony Raymond Leopold Cuthbert Quilter, 4th Baronet (b. 1937)