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Henry Cubitt, 4th Baron Ashcombe

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The Lord Ashcombe
Coat of arms of Cubitt, Baron Ashcombe: Chequy Or and Gules on a pile Argent, a lion's head erased Sable
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer
28 October 1962 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 3rd Baron Ashcombe
Succeeded bySeat abolished[a]
Personal details
Born
Henry Edward Cubitt

(1924-03-31)31 March 1924
Marylebone, London, England
Died4 December 2013(2013-12-04) (aged 89)
Political partyConservative
Spouses
(m. 1955; div. 1968)
Virginia Carington
(m. 1973; div. 1979)
Mary Elizabeth Dent-Brocklehurst
(m. 1979)
Parent(s)Roland Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe
Sonia Rosemary Keppel

Henry Edward Cubitt, 4th Baron Ashcombe (31 March 1924 – 4 December 2013), was a British hereditary peer. He was the son of Roland Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe, and Sonia Rosemary Keppel, and the uncle and godfather of Queen Camilla.

Education and career

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Educated at Eton College, he served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.[1] After the War he became chairman of Holland, Hannen & Cubitts, the family construction firm.[1] He was the London-based Consul-General for Monaco from 1961 to 1968.[1]

Family

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He was married three times without issue:[1]

Lord Ashcombe's first cousin once removed, Mark Cubitt, born in 1964, is now the 5th Baron Ashcombe.

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Lord Ashcombe - obituary". The Telegraph. London. 25 December 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2018.

Sources

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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Ashcombe
1962–2013
Member of the House of Lords
(1962–1999)
Succeeded by