Theodore Pritchett
Sir Theodore Beal Pritchett MC DL (born 1890), was Lord Mayor of Birmingham and a Deputy Lieutenant of Warwickshire.
He was educated at Bromsgrove School and served in the Royal Artillery during World War I, being awarded the Military Cross.
He was a Councillor on Birmingham City Council from 1924 to 1939, before being appointed as an Alderman. He was Lord Mayor of Birmingham for 1939–40.
A Deputy Lieutenant for Warwickshire, he was knighted in the 1953 Coronation Honours List and was awarded the Freedom of the City of Birmingham on 7 May 1960.
He was club president of Aston Villa when Doug Ellis was first appointed chairman of the club in 1968
References[]
- Hankinson, C. F. J. (ed.), Debrett's Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, 1954, Odhams Press, 1964
- Deadly Doug by Doug Ellis quoted in the first chapter of his autobiography that he was approached by club president Sir Theodore Pritchettt
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- 1890 births
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- Recipients of the Military Cross
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