Charles Edward Stourton, 26th Baron Mowbray, 27th Baron Segrave and 23rd Baron Stourton CBE (11 March 1923 - 12 December 2006) was a baron in the peerage of England. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Baron is a specific Title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin (liber The Peerage of England comprises all Peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. From 1965 to 1983, he was premier baron in the English peerage. He sat on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords, and was a Conservative whip in government and in opposition from 1967 to 1980. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords" He was one of the 92 hereditary peers selected to keep their seat in the reformed House of Lords under the House of Lords Act 1999. Hereditary peers form part of the Peerage in the United Kingdom. The House of Lords Act 1999 (1999 c 34 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that was given Royal Assent on 11 November 1999
Mowbray was the only son of William Marmaduke Stourton, 25th Lord Mowbray, 26th Lord Segrave and 22nd Lord Stourton. William Stourton 25th Baron Mowbray 26th Baron Segrave 22nd Baron Stourton (1895-1965 was the son of Charles Stourton and Mary Constable The title of Baron Mowbray is a very old one in the Peerage of England, dating from 1283 The title of Baron Segrave is a very ancient one in the Peerage of England, created by writ in 1295 The title of Baron Stourton is a barony in the Peerage of England, created by writ in 1448 His mother, Sheila Gully, was a granddaughter of William Court Gully, 1st Viscount Selby, who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1895 to 1905. William Court Gully 1st Viscount Selby QC, PC ( August 29, 1835 &ndash November 6, 1909) was a Speaker of the British
Through his father, he was directly descended from a brother of Geoffrey de Mowbray, Bishop of Coutances, who was an adviser to William the Conqueror. Geoffrey de Montbray (died 1093 Bishop of Coutances (Constantiensis a right-hand man of William the Conqueror, was a type of the great Feudal prelate William I of England ( 1027 His reign which brought Norman culture to England had an enormous impact on the subsequent course of England in the Middle Ages Another relative, William de Mowbray, was one of the barons who forced King John to put his seal to Magna Carta in 1215; as a direct descendant, Charles travelled to Washington, D.C. in 1976 with a parliamentary delegation that presented one of the four copies of the Magna Carta held by the British Museum to the U.S. Congress. The Life and Death of King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatizes the reign of King John of England (ruled 1199&ndash1216 Magna Carta ( Latin for Great Charter, literally " Great Paper " also called Magna Carta Libertatum ( Great Charter of Freedoms Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Magna Carta ( Latin for Great Charter, literally " Great Paper " also called Magna Carta Libertatum ( Great Charter of Freedoms The British Museum is a Museum of human history and culture in London. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses
He was educated at Ampleforth College and Christ Church, Oxford, and served as a lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards in the Second World War. Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire, England, is the largest private Catholic mixed boarding school in the United Kingdom, and it is occasionally referred Not to be confused with Christchurch, a city in New Zealand. Christ Church (Ædes Christi the temple or house of Christ and thus sometimes known as The Grenadier Guards (GREN GDS is the most senior Regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, and as such is the most senior regiment of infantry World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including He was injured and lost his right eye near Caen in 1944. Caen (kɑ̃ is a commune in northwestern France. It is the Prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the He left the Army in 1945, and ran a pig farm on the family estates in Yorkshire.
He was married twice. He married his first wife, Jane de Yarburgh-Bateson, in 1953. She was the only child of Stephen Nicholas de Yarburgh-Bateson, 5th Baron Deramore. They had two sons:
- Edward William Stephen Stourton, 27th Baron Mowbray (b. Edward William Stephen Stourton 27th Baron Mowbray 28th Baron Segrave and 24th Baron Stourton (born 1953 is a British peer 17 April 1953)
- Hon. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Alastair Stourton (b. 3 July 1956)
His wife died in 1998, and he was married again in 1999, to Joan, Lady Holland, née Street, widow of Sir Guy Holland, 3rd Baronet. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
He was Gold Stick Officer at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. The Gold Stick and the Silver Stick are Bodyguard positions in the British Royal Household, personal attendants to the Sovereign on The Coronation of the British Monarch is a Ceremony (specifically Initiation rite) in which the Monarch of the United Kingdom and of the other For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II He was a councillor on Niddesdale Rural District Council from 1954 to 1959.
Despite his strong Roman Catholic faith, he took his mother's side when his parents were divorced in 1961, in a case that drew significant publicity. His father was labelled an "egocentric" and his mother was granted a decree of judicial separation on the ground of her husband's cruelty. After the divorce, he took his father to court over disputes concerning the administration of the family estates. The case was later settled.
He inherited three baronies when his father died in 1965. Baron Mowbray is the third most senior barony in the Peerage of England, after the Baron de Ros and Baron le Despencer. The title of Baron Mowbray is a very old one in the Peerage of England, dating from 1283 A barony is an Administrative division of a country usually of lower rank and importance than a County. The Peerage of England comprises all Peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. The title of Baron de Ros (pronounced "Roose" is the most ancient baronial title in the Peerage of England. The title Baron le Despencer has been created several times by writ in the Peerage of England. However, as Georgiana Maxwell, 27th Baroness de Ros was female, and the Baron le Despencer is also Viscount Falmouth, he followed his father as premier baron of England, losing that distinction in 1983 when Baroness de Ros died and was succeeded by her son. Georgiana Angela Maxwell 27th Baroness de Ros ( née Ross) (1933&ndash1983 succeeded her grandmother Una Ross after the title was called out of Abeyance Viscount Falmouth is a title that has been created twice first in the Peerage of England, and then in the Peerage of Great Britain. His father's will left most of his estate to his 12-year-old grandson, Edward, with little provision for his wife or son. Edward William Stephen Stourton 27th Baron Mowbray 28th Baron Segrave and 24th Baron Stourton (born 1953 is a British peer The family seat at Allerton Park, near Knaresborough in Yorkshire, perhaps the most important Gothic Revival stately home in England, was left on trust until Edward was 30. Allerton Castle, formerly "Allerton Park" is a Grade I listed nineteenth century Gothic or Victorian Gothic house in North Yorkshire Knaresborough is an historic Market town and Spa town in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, located four miles Yorkshire is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in Great Britain. The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement which began A stately home is strictly speaking one of about 500 large properties built in England between the mid-16th century and the early part of the 20th century as well as converted The house was sold to an American businessman in 1983.
Recognisable by his eye-patch, he sat on the Conservative benches, and rarely departed from the Conservative party line. He became an opposition whip in 1967, and continued as a Conservative whip for 13 years until he resigned in 1980. As a Lord-in-Waiting, he was often called upon to greet visiting heads of state at Heathrow Airport. Most Lords in Waiting (female Baroness-in-Waiting) are Government whips in the House of Lords who are members of the Royal Household of Head of state is the generic term for the individual or collective office that serves as the chief public representative of a Monarchic or Republican Nation-state He was twice Chancellor of the Primrose League, from 1975 to 1979 and from 1981 to 1984. The Primrose League was an organisation for spreading Conservative principles in Great Britain. He was also a spokesman on the Environment for the government of Edward Heath from 1970 to 1974 and on the Environment, Transport and the Arts for the government of Margaret Thatcher from 1979 to 1980. Sir Edward Richard George Heath, KG, MBE (9 July 1916 &ndash 17 July 2005 often known as Ted Heath, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Hilda Thatcher Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925 He was conferred the honour of the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1982. After the House of Lords Act 1999, he was elected as one of the 92 hereditary peers to keep a seat in the reformed House. The House of Lords Act 1999 (1999 c 34 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that was given Royal Assent on 11 November 1999 Hereditary peers form part of the Peerage in the United Kingdom. He sat on the House of Lords Committee of Privileges, and was a captain of the House of Lords shooting team. The Committee on Standards and Privileges of the United Kingdom House of Commons was established in 1995 to replace the earlier Committee of Privileges.
He belonged to many clubs and associations. He was vice-president of the British Association of the Sovereign and Military Order of Malta, and was also its longest-serving Knight. The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta ( SMOM) Order of Malta
He became a director of Securicor in the 1960s. G4S plc (formerly Group 4 Securicor,,) is the world's largest Security services provider He was chairman of Thames Estuary Airport Company from 1993.
| Peerage of England | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by William Stourton |
Baron Mowbray, Segrave and Stourton 1965–2006 |
Succeeded by Edward Stourton |
External links
- Obituary, The Daily Telegraph, 15 December 2006
- Obituary, The Independent, 19 December 2008
- Obituary, Yorkshire Post, 23 December 2006
- Obituary, The Times, 3 January 2007
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