Henry Hunloke

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Philip Hunloke TD (27 December 1906 13 January 1978) was a British Conservative politician.

Henry Hunloke
Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire
In office
1938–1944
Preceded byMarquess of Hartington
Succeeded byCharles Frederick White, Jr.
Personal details
Born
Henry Philip Hunloke

(1906-12-27)27 December 1906
Marylebone, London
Died13 January 1978(1978-01-13) (aged 71)
Marlborough, Wiltshire
Political partyConservative
Spouses
Lady Anne Cavendish
(m. 1929; div. 1945)
    Virginia Archer Clive
    (m. 1945; div. 1972)
    • Ruth Holdsworth
    RelationsJohn Postle Heseltine (grandfather)
    Sophia Sidney, Baroness De L'Isle and Dudley (great-grandmother)
    Children5
    Parent(s)Philip Hunloke
    Sylvia Heseltine

    Early life

    Hunloke was born in Marylebone, London, the only son of Philip Hunloke and the former Sylvia Heseltine.[1] He had two siblings, Alberta Diana Hunloke (wife of Sir George Paynter) and Joan Cecil Hunloke (wife of banker Philip Fleming, uncle of Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond).[1]

    His maternal grandfather was the painter and art collector John Postle Heseltine of Walhampton. His paternal grandparents were Capt. Philip Perceval and the former Ernestine Wellington Sidney (a daughter of Sophia Sidney, Baroness De L'Isle and Dudley, herself the eldest illegitimate daughter of William IV of the United Kingdom through his relationship with Dorothea Jordan).[2]

    Career

    Hunloke was a keen amateur cricketer and played minor counties cricket for Wiltshire on eleven occasions from 1926 to 1928.[3]

    Hunloke was elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire in 1938,[4] resigning in 1944. He was awarded the Territorial Decoration.[5]

    Personal life

    On 28 November 1929, he married Lady Anne Cavendish at St Margaret's, Westminster.[6] Lady Anne was the youngest daughter of Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire. Before their divorce in 1945 on the grounds of his adultery, they lived at Montagu Square, London, and had three children:[7]

    After their divorce, his wife remarried to Christopher Holland-Martin MP, and, after his death, the 10th Earl of Sandwich (who was the father of their son's wife).[10] He married again to Virginia Archer Clive, daughter of Percy Clive (a grandson of William Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh) and the former Alice Muriel Dallas, on 19 May 1945.[9] They lived at St. Catherine's Lodge in Wokingham and Pendower House in Cornwall. They had two children before their divorce in 1972:[9]

    • Clare Hunloke (1947–1964), who died at age 17.[9]
    • Sarah Hunloke (b. 1949), who married Antonio Corrêa de Sá, son of José Corrêa de Sá, 2nd Viscount de São Luis.[9]

    He later made a third marriage, to Ruth Holdsworth, before he died in Marlborough, Wiltshire on 13 January 1978, aged 71.[9]

    References

    1. Hammond, Peter W., editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 669
    2. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1914. p. 592. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
    3. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Henry Hunloke". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
    4. TIMES, Wireless to THE NEW YORK (4 June 1938). "GOVERNMENT WINS BRITISH BY-ELECTION; Supporters of Chamberlain's Foreign Policy Cheered". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
    5. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999, volume 1, page 132.
    6. TIMES, Wireless to THE NEW YORK (29 November 1929). "DUKE'S DAUGHTER IN BRILLIANT BRIDAL; Lady Anne Cavendish Weds Henry Hunloke, Former Page to King George". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
    7. "Lady Anne Hunloke Gets Decree". Evening Standard. 6 March 1945. p. 5. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
    8. Thne, to The New York (27 April 1955). "VISCOUNT ASTOR. WEDS IN LONDON; Lady Astor Attends Marriage of Eldest Son, Ex-M. P., and Phillips Hunloke". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
    9. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. volume 1, page 1131.
    10. "Viscount Will Wed Daughter of Duke". The New York Times. 4 May 1962. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
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