Charles Adeane
Charles Robert Whorwood Adeane | |
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Born | 2 November 1863 |
Died | 11 February 1943 (aged 79) |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Rank | Honorary Colonel |
Unit | 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment Cambridgeshire Volunteer Regiment |
Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Order of St Sava of Serbia Officer of the Belgian Order of the Crown |
Relations | Humphrey Lyttelton (grandson) |
Other work | Justice of the Peace Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire President of the Royal Agricultural Society |
Charles Robert Whorwood Adeane CB JP (2 November 1863 – 11 February 1943)[1] was a British army officer.
Background[]
Adeane was the only son of the politician Henry John Adeane and his wife Lady Elizabeth Philippa Yorke, eldest daughter of Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke.[2] Adeane was educated at Eton College and at Christ Church, Oxford.[3] He received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of Cambridge.[2]
Career[]
He served in the British Army and was lieutenant of the 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.[3] During this time Adeane was decorated with the Order of St Sava of Serbia.[3] After his retirement he became Honorary Colonel of the Cambridgeshire Volunteer Regiment.[3] Adeane was Justice of the Peace and Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire from 1915 until his death in 1943.[4] In 1917, he was appointed President of the Royal Agricultural Society.[4] In the latter year, Adeane was awarded a Companion of the Order of the Bath[5] and in 1920, he was invested as an Officer of the Belgian Order of the Crown.[6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | George Montagu | 2,118 | 53.5 | −0.4 | |
Liberal | Charles Adeane | 1,838 | 46.5 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 280 | 7.0 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,956 | 75.8 | −6.8 | ||
Registered electors | 5,222 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.4 |
Family[]
On 23 July 1888, he married Madeline Pamela Constance Blanche Wyndham, daughter of Hon. Percy Scawen Wyndham, a son of George Wyndham, 1st Baron Leconfield.[1] They had seven children, two sons and five daughters.[4] His daughter Helena Olivia Adeane (1902–1985) was the first wife of William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor and mother of the 8th Earl of Radnor.
His grandson, through his eldest daughter, Pamela, was the jazz musician and broadcaster Humphrey Lyttelton.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "University of Hull - Royal Genealogical Data". Retrieved 8 July 2009.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Who is Who 1935. London: Adam & Charles Black Ltd. 1935. p. 21.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Walford, Edward (1919). The County Families of the United Kingdom. vol. LIX. London: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne and Co. Ltd. p. 8.
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has extra text (help) - ^ Jump up to: a b c "ThePeerage - Charles Robert Whorwood Adeane". Retrieved 16 December 2006.
- ^ "No. 29938". The London Gazette. 9 February 1917. p. 1458.
- ^ "No. 31928". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 1920. p. 6174.
- ^ F. W. S. Craig (1989), British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885–1918. Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 299
- 1863 births
- 1943 deaths
- Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- English justices of the peace
- Lord-Lieutenants of Cambridgeshire
- People educated at Eton College
- Officers of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
- Recipients of the Order of St. Sava
- Suffolk Regiment officers
- Adeane family
- Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates