Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow
Francis Edward Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow KCMG (9 March 1912 – 24 March 2013[1]) was a British diplomat. He was the last surviving former British colonial governor of The Bahamas.[2][3]
Thurlow was the second son of Reverend Charles Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 6th Baron Thurlow, and a grandson of the Liberal politician Thomas Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 5th Baron Thurlow, who served as Paymaster-General under William Ewart Gladstone. In 1971 he succeeded his elder brother as 8th Baron Thurlow in 1971.
Biography
Thurlow served as High Commissioner to New Zealand from 1959 to 1963, as High Commissioner to Nigeria from 1963 to 1966 and as Governor of The Bahamas from 1968 to 1972.[4]
Thurlow's younger identical twin brother Sir Roualeyn Cumming-Bruce, PC, was a Judge of the High Court of Justice and a Lord Justice of Appeal.
Personal life
Thurlow married Yvonne Wilson (d. 1990) on 11 May 1949. They had two sons and two daughters; their younger son, Peter, died in 1985. He was succeeded in the peerage by his older son, Roualeyn Robert Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 9th Baron Thurlow (b. 13 April 1952).
Death
Thurlow died in England at the age of 101.
References
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9953225/Lord-Thurlow.html
- ↑ Rayment, Leigh (2012-03-11). "Peerage Records". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
- ↑ A & C Black (2012). "THURLOW, 8th Baron". Who's Who 2012, online edition. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
- ↑ "8th Baron Thurlow KCMG 1912-2013".
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow
Diplomatic posts | ||
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Preceded by Sir Howard George Charles Mallaby |
British High Commissioner to New Zealand 1959–1963 |
Succeeded by Sir Arthur Norman Galsworthy |
Preceded by The Viscount Head |
British High Commissioner to Nigeria 1963–1966 |
Succeeded by Sir David Hunt |
Preceded by The Lord Grey of Naunton |
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahamas 1968–1972 |
Succeeded by Sir John Warburton Paul |
Peerage of Great Britain | ||
Preceded by Henry Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce |
Baron Thurlow 1971–2013 |
Succeeded by Roualeyn Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce |