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Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow

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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.

Biography

Thurlow was educated at Shrewsbury School and Trinity College, Cambridge, then 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 Diana Wilson on 11 August 1949. They had four children.

Death

Thurlow died in England at the age of 101.

References

  1. ^ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9953225/Lord-Thurlow.html
  2. ^ Rayment, Leigh (11 March 2012). "Peerage Records". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  3. ^ A & C Black (2012). "THURLOW, 8th Baron". Who's Who 2012, online edition. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  4. ^ "8th Baron Thurlow KCMG 1912-2013".
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by British High Commissioner
to New Zealand
1959–1963 		Succeeded by
Preceded by British High Commissioner
to Nigeria
1963–1966 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor and Commander-in-Chief
of the Bahamas
1968–1972 		Succeeded by
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Baron Thurlow
1971–2013 		Succeeded by
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