Marlborough Pryor

Marlborough Robert Pryor DL JP (16 October 1848 – 24 April 1920) was an English businessman, described in his Times obituary as a "savant, business expert and scholar" who was "a many sided man who devoted to business capacities which might have won him fame in science",[1] while Nature described him as being "well known in scientific circles at Cambridge"[2]

He was the eldest son[3] of Robert Pryor.[4] He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge[5] (as had been his father,[4] and younger brothers Frank[6] and Selwyn[7]). He was a member of the Cambridge Apostles.[8]

On 7 April 1875, he married Catherine Alice Hammond Solly, daughter of William Hammond Solly, of Serge Hill, Hertfordshire. Their son was the soldier Walter Marlborough Pryor.[3] They also had six daughters; his wife died on 7 February 1901.

  • Walter Marlborough Pryor DSO* DL JP (1880-1962).
  • Ellen Catharine Pryor (1876-1951), married 1897 (div. 1919) Thomas George Sowerby.
  • Frances Alice Hammond Pryor (1882-1935), married 1909 Philip Corbett Turnbull OBE.
  • Elizabeth Mary Pryor (1884-1929) married 1908, Henry John Fordham (died 1926), married 2ndly Edward Exton Barclay, father of her brother-in-law Maurice Barclay (see below)
  • Caroline Hilda Pryor (1885-1973), was unmarried.
  • Margaret Eleanor Pryor (1887-?) married 1916, Maj Maurice Edward Barclay CBE.
  • Hannah Mary (1890-1960), married 1916 Eric Cecil Guinness DSO.

In his business career, he was a merchant in Southern Africa, and later worked for the Sun Life Insurance Company.

He was also Deputy Lieutenant of Herts and a Justice of the Peace.

References
  1. The Times, Monday, Apr 26, 1920; pg. 18; Issue 42394; col B Death Of Mr. M. R. Pryor. Savant, Business Expert, And Scholar. Category: Obituaries
  2. Nature 105, 333-334 (13 May 1920) | doi:10.1038/105333a0
  3. Burkes' Landed Gentry, Pryor of Weston Hall
  4. "Robert Pryor (PRR829R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. "Pryor, Marlborough Robert (PRR865MR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  6. "Francis Robert Pryor (PRR880FR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  7. "Selwyn Robert Pryor (PRR873SR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  8. Lubenow, W.C. (1998). The Cambridge Apostles, 1820-1914: Liberalism, Imagination, and Friendship in British Intellectual and Professional Life. Cambridge University Press. p. 127.
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