Sir Charles Cave, 1st Baronet
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Deputy Lieutenant
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Justice of the Peace
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(17 September 1832 – 29 October 1922) was a British
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baronet and banker.
Background
Cave was the third son of Daniel Cave and his wife Frances, daughter of Henry Locock. His older brother was the lawyer, writer and politician Stephen CaveStephen Cave
Sir Stephen Cave GCB, PC, FSA, DL, JP was a British lawyer, writer and Conservative politician. He notably served as Paymaster-General between 1866 and 1868 and again between 1874 and 1880 and as Judge Advocate General between 1874 and 1875.-Background and education:Born at Clifton, Cave was the...
. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford
Exeter College, Oxford
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, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
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in 1855 and a Master of Arts two years later.
Career
Cave was appointed High Sheriff of BristolHigh Sheriff of Bristol
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in 1863 and High Sheriff of Devon
High Sheriff of Devon
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in 1898. He served as Justice of the Peace
Justice of the Peace
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for Devon
Devon
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shire and Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
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representing both counties also as Deputy Lieutenant
Deputy Lieutenant
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. Cave was first director of the Union Bank of London and after a merger of the Union of London and Smith's Bank Ltd. On 21 July 1896, he was created a Baronet, of Cleve Hill, in the parish of Mangotsfield, in the county of Gloucester, of Sidbury Manor
Sidbury Manor
Sidbury Manor is a privately owned 19th century country mansion situated at Sidbury, Sidmouth, East Devon. It is a Grade II listed building.David Cave of Cleve Hill, Gloucestershire acquired land in and about fashionable Sidmouth in the mid 1800s. His son Rt Hon Stephen Cave was Member of...
, in the parish of Sidbury, in the county of Devon, and of Stoneleigh House, in the parish of Clifton, in the city and county of Bristol.
Family
On 1 September 1859, he married Edith Harriet Symonds, daughter of John Addington SymondsJohn Addington Symonds
John Addington Symonds was an English poet and literary critic. Although he married and had a family, he was an early advocate of male love , which he believed could include pederastic as well as egalitarian relationships. He referred to it as l'amour de l'impossible...
and had by her five children, one daughter and four sons. She died in 1912. Cave survived her until 1922 and was buried in Brompton Cemetery
Brompton Cemetery
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, London. His oldest having predeceased him in 1901, Cave was succeeded in the baronetcy by his second son Charles.