Sir Henry Charles John Bunbury, 10th Baronet

Sir Henry Charles John Bunbury, 10th Baronet (9 January 1855 - 1930) was a former Royal Navy officer and a country gentleman.

Henry Bunbury
Born
Henry Charles John Bunbury

(1855-01-09)9 January 1855
London, England
Died18 December 1930(1930-12-18) (aged 75)
Mildenhall, Suffolk, England
NationalityBritish

Early life

Bunbury was born on 9 January 1855, the son of Colonel Henry William St Pierre Bunbury and educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge.[1]

Military and civic service

Bunbury joined the Royal Navy in 1869. During the First World War he commanded a company of the Suffolk Volunteer Battalion.[2]

On the death of his Uncle Edward Bunbury in 1895 he succeeded to the Baronetcy.[3] He was appointed High Sheriff of Suffolk for 1908 and a Deputy Lieutenant of Suffolk.[3]

Family life

Bunbury married Laura Wood in 1884 and they had two sons and a daughter.[3] He died aged 75 at his home, Manor House, Mildenhall, on 18 December 1930 and was succeeded in the Baronetcy by his eldest son Charles.[3]

References

  1. "Sir Henry Bunbury". The Times (34519). London. 19 December 1930. p. 14.
  2. "The Late Sir Henry Bunbury". Bury Free Press. 20 December 1930. p. 4.
  3. "Sir Edward Bunbury". The Times (34519). London. 10 March 1895. p. 10.
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Edward Bunbury
Baronet
(of Stanney Hall)
1895–1930
Succeeded by
Charles Bunbury
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