Henry Studholme Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
Sir Henry Studholme
Order1:Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
Term Start1:1951
Term End1:1956
Monarch1:George VI
Elizabeth II
Predecessor1:Ernest Popplewell
Successor1:Sir Richard Thompson Bart.
Office2:Member of Parliament
for Tavistock
Term Start2:2 April 1942
Term End2:10 March 1966
Predecessor2:Colin Patrick
Successor2:Michael Heseltine
Birth Name:Henry Gray Studholme
Birth Place:Exeter, Devon, England
Party:Conservative
Alma Mater:Magdalen College, Oxford
Birth Date:13 June 1899
Death Place:Plymouth, Devon, England
Children:3, including Paul

Sir Henry Gray Studholme, 1st Baronet CVO DL (13 June 1899 – 9 October 1987) was a British Conservative Party politician who was the MP for Tavistock from 1942 to 1966.

Early life

Studholme was the son of landowner William Paul Studholme and a grandson of New Zealand pioneer and politician John Studholme. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford and served as an officer in the Scots Guards.[1]

Parliament

Studholme was Member of Parliament (MP) for Tavistock from a 1942 by-election until his retirement in 1966, when he was succeeded by Michael Heseltine. He served under Winston Churchill and then Anthony Eden as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (i.e. a whip) from 1951 to 1956. In 1956, he was created a Baronet of Perridge in the County of Devon. He was Joint Honorary Treasury of the Conservative Party from 1956 to 1962.

Michael Crick wrote that Studholme was a diligent constituency MP but an "appalling speaker", and he thus benefitted from serving as a whip, as they seldom speak during debates.[1]

Family

Studholme married Judith Joan Mary Whitbread, daughter of Henry William Whitbread and granddaughter of Samuel Whitbread, in 1929. They had two sons and a daughter.[2]

Studholme later served as a deputy lieutenant of Devon in 1969. He died in Plymouth on 9 October 1987, aged 88.[2] [3] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Paul.

References

Notes and References

  1. Crick 1997, p118
  2. News: Sir Henry Studholme Bt. The Times. 12 October 1987. 18.
  3. Web site: Index entry. 25 July 2023. FreeBMD. ONS.