HENRY+A.+CLOWES

__Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914 – 1919__

Clowes, Henry Arthur, Lieutenant-Colonel, Staffordshire Yeomanry Died 8th March 1916

__Commonwealth War Graves Commission__ ([|www.cwgc.org])

1st Bn Aged 48 Husband of Louisa L. Clowes, of Norbury, Ashbourne, Derbyshire Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt, D, 344

__Ashbourne News, 17th March 1916__

Henry Arthur Clowes resided at Norbury Hall and Broughton in Lancashire, and he was the owner of the Norbury, Roston and Cubley estates. He was the eldest son of the late Mr. Samuel William Clowes, formerly M.P. for North Leicestershire, and the Hon. Mrs. Clowes, and he was born in May, 1867. He was educated at Eton, before joining the Worcestershire Militia in 1886. In 1888 he was commissioned in the 1st Life Guards, reaching the rank of Captain, and after retiring he was gazetted to the Staffordshire Yeomanry with the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. In 1899, he married Louisa Lucy, the eldest daughter of Admiral the Hon. Algernon Littleton and Lady Margaret Littleton, and they had three sons and three daughters. He was appointed a magistrate for Derbyshire in 1898, and in 1908, he was appointed Sherriff of the County. He was a noted sportsman, enjoying angling and deer stalking, and he was connected with various institutions in Ashbourne, includng the Conservative Club, the Cottage Hospital and the Rifle Club. He accompanied the Staffordshire Yeomanry on foreign service, and died of enteric fever in Egypt.


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