Henry Bruce Meux

Sir Henry Bruce Meux, 3rd Baronet (pronounced "Mews") (1856–1900) was an English baronet, the son of Sir Henry Meux, 2nd Baronet (1817–1883), a brewer and politician.[1]

Sir Henry Meux, 3rd Baronet and his wife Lady Meux

Career

Educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, Meux was joint-manager, with Lord Tweedmouth, of Meux's Brewery Company Ltd which they registered as a public company in 1888.[2]

Meux had a considerable estate, including 9,200 acres (3,700 ha) on the Marlborough Downs.[3] He commissioned James Whistler to paint three portraits of his wife, Valerie, Lady Meux.[1] At Lady Meux's request, Henry purchased from the City of London the Temple Bar Gate, which they preserved at their Theobalds Park estate.[4]

Meux died childless in 1900, and his wife inherited his share of the brewery and his estate.[5]

References
  1. "Whistler Etchings :: Biography". etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk.
  2. "Meux's Brewery Company Ltd". The National Archives. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  3. "The auction sale of the Meux Estate". Upper Kennet News. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  4. Historic England. "Temple Bar (1393844)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  5. "Meux, Valerie Susie, Lady Meux". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2007. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/97881. Retrieved 13 August 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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