Cunliffe-Owen baronets
The Cunliffe-Owen Baronetcy, of Bray in the County of Berkshire, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 2 February 1920 for the industrialist Hugo Cunliffe-Owen.[1] He was Chairman and President of the British-American Tobacco Company.
Sir Philip Cunliffe-Owen, father of the first Baronet, was Director of the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum) from 1874 to 1893.
Cunliffe-Owen baronets, of Bray (1920)
- Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen, 1st Baronet (1870–1947)
- Sir Dudley Herbert Cunliffe-Owen, 2nd Baronet (1923–1983), married Juliana Eveline, a daughter of Richard Curzon, 2nd Viscount Scarsdale, later divorced.
- Sir Hugo Dudley Cunliffe-Owen, 3rd Baronet (born 1966)
There is no heir to the baronetcy.
gollark: "Waltz, bad nymph, for quick jigs vex." (28 letters) "Jived fox nymph grabs quick waltz." (28 letters) "Glib jocks quiz nymph to vex dwarf." (28 letters) "Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow." (29 letters) "How vexingly quick daft zebras jump!" (30 letters) "The five boxing wizards jump quickly." (31 letters) "Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz." (31 letters) "Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs." (32 letters)These 8 are shorter and mostly better (stolen blatantly from Wikipedia).
gollark: The fox/dog one is among the *least* cool pangrams, honestly?
gollark: sphnix of black quartz, judge my vow > the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog
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References
- "No. 31712". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1919. p. 2.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
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