Tim Purbrick

Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Purbrick OBE VR
Birth name	Timothy John Gerald Stevens Purbrick
Born	(1964-04-18) 18 April 1964 (age 60)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British army
Rank	Lieutenant colonel
Unit	Royal Lancers
Commands	Cultural Property Protection Unit [1]
Battles / wars	Operation Desert Storm
Alma mater	Eton College Royal Military Academy Sandhurst University of Edinburgh
Spouse(s)	Lady Henrietta Nevill ​ ​ (m. 1991)​
Children	4

Lieutenant Colonel Timothy John Gerald Stevens Purbrick OBE VR FSA ^[2] (born 18 April 1964) is a British Army officer of the Royal Lancers who took part in Operation Desert Storm.

Early life

Purbrick was born in 1964, the son of William Purbrick.^{[ citation needed ]}

Career

Purbrick is the Commanding Officer of the British Cultural Property Protection Unit (CPPU), ^[3] which was created in September 2018 ^[4] in order for the British government ^[5] to fulfil its obligations after it signed the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1954) in 2017. ^[6]

Personal life

In 1991, Purbrick married Henrietta Emily Charlotte Nevill (b. 21 June 1964), daughter of Lord Rupert Nevill, and a goddaughter of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.^{[ citation needed ]} Henrietta was later granted the rank of a marquess's daughter in 2003. They have four children.^{[ citation needed ]}

See also

• Monuments Men

References

1. "Monuments Men-style military unit formed to stop raiders of the lost art | Royal Navy".
2. "Timothy PURBRICK". thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
3. "Monuments Men-style military unit formed to stop raiders of the lost art | Royal Navy". www.royalnavy.mod.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
4. Squires, Nick (11 October 2018). "British Army starts recruiting for revived Monuments Men unit to protect art and archaeology in war". The Telegraph. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
5. Bevan, Robert (1 December 2019). "The UK's Monuments Men: culture gets its own army". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
6. "How the UK has revived its Monuments Men". theartnewspaper.com. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.