Amelius Lockwood, 1st Baron Lambourne
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Lieutenant-Colonel Amelius Richard Mark Lockwood, 1st Baron Lambourne PC
, GCVO
, JP
, DL
(17 August 1847 - 26 December 1928) was a British soldier and politician.
for Hindon
, the City of London
and Worcester
in the early 18th century, whose father Richard Lockwood had acquired the Lambourne estate in Essex
through his marriage to Susanna Cutts. He was educated at Eton
. In 1876 he resumed by Royal license the original family surname of Lockwood (his father having assumed the surname of Wood in 1828 according to the will of his maternal uncle Sir Mark Wood, 2nd Baronet).
in 1866 but retired from the Army in 1883 with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He sat as Conservative
Member of Parliament
for Epping
from 1892 until 1917 and was also Provincial Grand Master of the Essex Freemasons from 1902, Vice President of the RSPCA, President of the Royal Horticultural Society
and Chairman of the Governors of Chigwell School from 1893 to 1922. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor
and a CVO
in 1905, and raised to the peerage as Baron Lambourne, of Lambourne in the County of Essex, in 1917. From 1919 until his death he served as Lord Lieutenant of Essex
. In 1927 he was appointed a GCVO
.
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
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, GCVO
Royal Victorian Order
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, JP
Justice of the Peace
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, DL
Deputy Lieutenant
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(17 August 1847 - 26 December 1928) was a British soldier and politician.
Background and education
Born Amelius Wood, he was the eldest son of Lieutenant-General William Mark Wood and Amelia Jane, daughter of Sir Robert Williams, 9th Baronet. He was a descendant of Richard Lockwood, Member of ParliamentMember of Parliament
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for Hindon
Hindon (UK Parliament constituency)
Hindon was a parliamentary borough consisting of the village of Hindon in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1448 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act...
, the City of London
City of London (UK Parliament constituency)
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and Worcester
Worcester (UK Parliament constituency)
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in the early 18th century, whose father Richard Lockwood had acquired the Lambourne estate in Essex
Essex
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through his marriage to Susanna Cutts. He was educated at Eton
Eton College
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. In 1876 he resumed by Royal license the original family surname of Lockwood (his father having assumed the surname of Wood in 1828 according to the will of his maternal uncle Sir Mark Wood, 2nd Baronet).
Career
Lockwood joined the Coldstream GuardsColdstream Guards
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in 1866 but retired from the Army in 1883 with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He sat as Conservative
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Member of Parliament
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for Epping
Epping (UK Parliament constituency)
Epping was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1974. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
from 1892 until 1917 and was also Provincial Grand Master of the Essex Freemasons from 1902, Vice President of the RSPCA, President of the Royal Horticultural Society
Royal Horticultural Society
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and Chairman of the Governors of Chigwell School from 1893 to 1922. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
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and a CVO
Royal Victorian Order
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in 1905, and raised to the peerage as Baron Lambourne, of Lambourne in the County of Essex, in 1917. From 1919 until his death he served as Lord Lieutenant of Essex
Lord Lieutenant of Essex
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. In 1927 he was appointed a GCVO
Royal Victorian Order
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.