Sir Humphrey Mackworth, 7th Baronet

Sir Humphrey Mackworth, 7th Baronet JP (11 July 1871 – 25 August 1948) was a Welsh soldier.

Sir Humphrey Mackworth, Bt

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Born
Humphrey Mackworth

(1871-07-11)11 July 1871
Died25 August 1948(1948-08-25) (aged 77)
EducationMarlborough College
Oxford Military College
Spouses
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(m. 1908; div. 1922)​
    Dorothy Cecil Cleeves Llewellyn
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    (m. 1923)​
    Parent(s)Sir Arthur Mackworth, 6th Baronet
    Alice Kate Cubitt
    RelativesJoseph Cubitt (grandfather)

    Early life

    Mackworth was born on 11 July 1871. He was the son of Sir Arthur William Mackworth, 6th Baronet and the former Alice Kate Cubitt (1846–1915), a daughter of Joseph Cubitt. His paternal grandparents were Sir Digby Francis Mackworth, 5th Baronet and Mathilde Eleanor Eliza Peddie.[1] His elder brother Digby died at Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.[2]

    Mackworth was educated at Marlborough College in Wiltshire then Oxford Military College in Cowley where he gained the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the 3rd Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment.[3]

    Career
    Escutcheon of the Mackworth baronets of The Gnoll

    Mackworth fought in the Second Boer War and held the office of Justice of the Peace for Monmouthshire. He gained the rank of captain in 1902 in the service of the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers.[4] He gained the rank of captain between 1915 and 1919 in the service of the Remount Service.[5]

    Upon the death of his father on 8 March 1914, he succeeded to the title of 7th Mackworth Baronet of The Gnoll, Glamorgan.[6][7]

    Personal life

    On 9 July 1908, Mackworth married, firstly, Margaret Haig Thomas, the only daughter of Welsh coal magnate David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda and Sybil Margaret Haig.[8] In 1913, Margaret, a militant suffragist, was arrested "at her residence and conveyed in her own motor car to the police station at Newport, charged with setting fire to the contents of a pillar box."[9][10] In 1918, Lady Mackworth, who was a dozen years his junior, inherited her father's viscountcy and became the 2nd Viscountess Rhondda.[2] Sir Humphrey and the Viscountess were divorced in December 1922.[11][12]

    On 15 September 1923, Sir Humphrey married, secondly, Dorothy Cecil Cleeves Llewellyn (1892-1971), daughter of John Charles Llewellyn.[13]

    Sir Humphrey died on 2 May 1948 at age 76, without issue, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother, Harry Llewellyn Mackworth.[14][15]

    References
    1. Britain), Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (Great (1889). Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. p. 396. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
    2. "LORD RHONDDA'S DAUGHTER INHERITS HIS VISCOUNTY". The Washington Post. 18 July 1918. p. 6. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
    3. College, Marlborough (1900). Marlborough College Register: From 1843 to 1899 Inclusive. With Alphabetical Index. Clay. p. 411. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
    4. Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage: Comprising Information Concerning All Persons Bearing Hereditary Or Courtesy Titles, Knights, and Companions of All the Various Orders, and the Collateral Branches of All Peers and Baronets. Dean & Son, Limited. 1902. p. 387. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
    5. Army, Great Britain (1915). The Monthly Army List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 31. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
    6. Roll of the baronets. 1927. p. 16. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
    7. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1830. p. 494. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
    8. King, Greg; Wilson, Penny (24 February 2015). Lusitania: Triumph, Tragedy, and the End of the Edwardian Age. St. Martin's Publishing Group. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-4668-7637-8. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
    9. "RICH MILITANT ARRESTED.; Daughter of "British Coal King" Accused of a Letter-Box Outrage". The New York Times. 27 June 1913. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
    10. "NEW MILITANT TO JAIL.; Mrs. Mackworth, a Recruit, Put Explosives in the Mall". The New York Times. 28 June 1913. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
    11. TIMES, Special Cable to THE NEW YORK (22 December 1922). "LADY RHONDDA WINS DIVORCE IN LONDON; Obtains Decree Against Sir Humphry Mackworth for Desertion and Misconduct. DECREE FOR LADY FRASER Miss Helena Normanton the First Woman Barrister Heard in a London High Court". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
    12. Woodward, Kathleen (25 May 1924). "Lady Rhondda Besets The House of Lords; Peeress in Her Own Right, Britain's "Queen of Commerce "Is Determined to Sit With the Peers in Parliament and May Have Her Way". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
    13. "DIVORCED HUSBAND OF LADY RHONDDA TAKES NEW MATE". Star-Gazette. 8 December 1923. p. 11. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
    14. Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Kelly's Directories. 1963. p. 571. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
    15. "Obituary: Sir Harry Llewellyn Bt". The Independent. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
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