Leopold Conville

Lt. Col. Leopold Henry George Conville CBE (19 October 1896 - 12 November 1979) was a British Army officer and farmer in Punjab on land that is now in Pakistan. He was appointed OBE and later CBE for services to the United Kingdom community in West Pakistan.

Lt. Col. Leopold Conville CBE
Born19 October 1896
Multan, British India
Died12 November 1979
Odiham, Hampshire
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankLieutenant Colonel
UnitRoyal Garrison Artillery
Battles/warsFirst World War

Early life and family

Leopold Conville was born at Multan on 19 October 1896 to H. T. Conville (died 1939),[1] a farmer and agent for agricultural machinery,[2] and his wife. He was educated at Dulwich College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.[3] He married Katherine Mary (Teresa) Gispert[4] (1898-1973) and they had sons David Conville (1929-2018) who became a noted actor and theatre director, and an older child Michael.[5]

Career

Conville served in the British Army Royal Garrison Artillery as a second lieutenant and later as a captain.[6] He eventually rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel.[5]

He inherited the very large Convillepur Farm, Sahiwal, in the Punjab, on his father's death in 1939.[1] It was the subject of a reported Indian tax case in 1936[7] and is now in Pakistan.[5] He was appointed OBE, and in 1960 was made CBE for services to the United Kingdom community in West Pakistan.[8]

Death

Conville died 12 November 1979.[9] His address at the time of his death was Wisteria House, Colt Hill, Odiham, Hampshire.[9] He was buried in Odiham Cemetery.

References
  1. Ali, Imran (1988). The Punjab Under Imperialism, 1885-1947. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-1-4008-5958-0.
  2. Ali, Imran. (1979) The Punjab Canal Colonies, 1885-1940. Canberra: Australian National University. p. 366. (PhD thesis)
  3. Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan. Biographical Research Institute, Pakistan, 1961, p. 374.
  4. David Conville Obituary. Michael Coveney, The Guardian, 3 December 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  5. David Conville obituary. The Times, 5 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  6. Leopold Henry George Conville on Lives of the First World War
  7. H.T. Conville v. Commissioner of Income-Tax, Lahore. Cyber Knowledge Products. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  8. "Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood", The London Gazette, 11 June 1960, p. 3993.
  9. The London Gazette, 28 April 1980, p. 6329.
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