William Curre

Colonel Sir William Edward Carne Curre, 1st Baronet CBE, JP, DL (26 June 1855 – 26 January 1930), was a British landowner and magistrate.

Curre was the son of Edward Mathew Curre, of Itton Court, a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Monmouthshire, by Annie King, of Chepstow.[1] He was a Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel of the Royal Monmouthshire Engineers Militia and served as High Sheriff of Monmouthshire between 1892 and 1893.[2] In 1920 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).[3] He was created a baronet, of Itton Court in the Parish of Itton and County of Monmouth in 1928.[4] Curre died in January 1930, aged 74, when the title became extinct.

References

  1. ↑ Archives Network Wales: Curre family of Itton Court, manuscripts
  2. ↑ "No. 26269". The London Gazette. 18 March 1892. p. 1589.
  3. ↑ "No. 31840". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 March 1920. p. 3763.
  4. ↑ "No. 33353". The London Gazette. 3 February 1928. p. 757.
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Thomas Firbank		 High Sheriff of Monmouthshire
1892–1893		 Succeeded by
Arthur Evans
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Itton Court)
1928–1930		 Extinct
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