William Bromley-Davenport (Lord Lieutenant)

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Sir William Arthur Bromley-Davenport, KCVO (born 1935) is a British landowner, accountant and public servant.

Born in 1935, he is the son of the politician and landowner Sir Walter Bromley-Davenport. He attended Cornell University and completed his national service as an officer in the Grenadier Guards. He became an accountant in 1966 and is a landowner, the owner of Capesthorne Hall. [1]

Bromley-Davenport became a magistrate for Cheshire in 1975 and was appointed a deputy lieutenant in 1982; after serving as High Sheriff of Cheshire for the 1983–84 year, he served as Lord Lieutenant from 1990 to 2010. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2006 [1] and in the 2010 New Year Honours he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Bromley-Davenport, Sir William (Arthur)", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  2. Supplement to the London Gazette , 31 December 2009 (issue 59282), p. 3