Henry Edward Cubitt, 4th Baron Ashcombe 1924-2013

[Michael Rhodes]

_.The Baron Ashcombe, who died 4 December, 2013, aged 89, was an uncle of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, and 4th Baron (Peerage of the UK, cr 1892).

Henry Edward Cubitt was born 31 March, 1924, son of Roland Calvert Cubitt, 3rd Baron (1899-1962), by his 1st wife, the former Sonia Rosemary Keppel, OBE (1900-1986), scion of the Earls of Albemarle. The 3rd Baron's sister, Rosalind (1921-94), married Maj Bruce Shand, MC, and their daughter, Camilla married the heir to the throne in 2005.

Lord Ashcombe was a grandson of Alice Keppel, the last of King Edward VII's mistresses.

Henry Cubitt succeeded his father as 4th Baron, 28 Oct, 1962. He was thrice married. Firstly, in 1955 (div 1968) to the former Ghislaine Dresselhuys, former wife of the 6th Earl of Caledon (and she went on to marry the 8th Baron Foley); married 2ndly, 1973 (div 1979), the Hon Virginia Carington, daughter of the 6th Baron Carrington, KG; married 3rdly, 1979, the former Elizabeth Mary Chipps, and widow of Geoffrey Mark Dent-Brocklehurst, of Sudeley Castle (who descended from the Earls of Harewood).

The peerage now passes to his second cousin, Mark Edward Cubitt, born 29 Feb, 1964, who is a great~grandson of the 2nd Baron Ashcombe. Mark Cubitt is married with sons.

The funeral is to be held at Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, the home of his step~son Henry Dent-Brocklehurst.

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[Olivier]

He was an uncle and also a godfather of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall.

[Paul Theroff]

For another royal connection, the new 5th Lord Ashcombe's aunt, Priscilla Margaret Cubitt, was the third wife of the 11th Earl of Harrington, who was grandfather, by a previous marriage, of Lady Linley.

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[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 7 December 2013: ASHCOMBE  Henry Edward Cubitt. The Service for the Funeral of Lord Ashcombe will be held on Thursday 12th December at 12.30 p.m. St Mary's Church, Sudley Castle. Family and close friends only due to limited space. A Celebration of his life will be held in the Spring. Contact sarah...@sudley.org.uk.

[Michael Rhodes]

Lord Ashcombe's Daily Telegraph obituary

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10497686/Lord-Ashcombe-obituary.html

[marquess]

Thanks for that Michael, it was an interesting obituary. I do recall reading about Lord Ashcombe's wealth in the first Times Rich List, well the book that came out in 90, which I still have somewhere in England. I wonder how much of the family wealth will go to the new baron? Those 27 acres in Pimlico must be  worth ten times what they were sold for in the early 70's. One can rarely go wrong with metropolitan acres, as I recall the Pratt family sold theirs to buy land in Wales and have never been the same since. 

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 29 March 2014: ASHCOMBE A Service of Remembrance for The Lord Ashcombe, 'Harry', will be held at All Saints Helmsley, Yorkshire, at 2 p.m. on 13th May followed by a reception at Duncombe Park. Please contact anne.b...@sudeley.org.uk for travel or other information.