Sportsman, soldier and politician. Brigadier General Sir William Bromley-Davenport, K.C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O., D.L., M.P. Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire. He was educated at Eton and was a distinguished winning his amateur cap as a center-forward on the Soccer team. He won the Distinguished Service Order wile in command of the Staffordshire Yeomanry in the Second Boer War 1899-1902. He went to Egypt and France in World War I rising to the rank of Brigadier General. Sir William served as Deputy Lieutenant, and a Member of Parliament on two different occasions. At the time of his death, he had served as Lord Lieutenant for Cheshire for 29 years.
Sportsman, soldier and politician. Brigadier General Sir William Bromley-Davenport, K.C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O., D.L., M.P. Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire. He was educated at Eton and was a distinguished winning his amateur cap as a center-forward on the Soccer team. He won the Distinguished Service Order wile in command of the Staffordshire Yeomanry in the Second Boer War 1899-1902. He went to Egypt and France in World War I rising to the rank of Brigadier General. Sir William served as Deputy Lieutenant, and a Member of Parliament on two different occasions. At the time of his death, he had served as Lord Lieutenant for Cheshire for 29 years.
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William Bromley-Davenport
1821–1884
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Evelyn Caroline Bromley-Davenport Legh
1859–1931
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Alice Bromley-Davenport Ridley
1860–1945
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Walter Arthur Bromley-Davenport
1863–1942
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Elinor Lucy Bromley-Davenport
1866–1943
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Arthur Henry Bromley-Davenport
1867–1946
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Hugh Richard Bromley-Davenport
1870–1954
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