William Bromley-Davenport (Lord Lieutenant)
Sir William Arthur Bromley-Davenport, KCVO (born 7 March 1935) is a British landowner, accountant and public servant.
Born in 1935, he is the son of the politician and landowner Sir Walter Bromley-Davenport. He attended Cornell University and completed his national service as an officer in the Grenadier Guards. He became an accountant in 1966 and is a landowner, the owner of Capesthorne Hall.[1]
Bromley-Davenport became a magistrate for Cheshire in 1975 and was appointed a deputy lieutenant in 1982; after serving as High Sheriff of Cheshire for the 1983–84 year, he served as Lord Lieutenant from 1990 to 2010. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2006[1] and in the 2010 New Year Honours he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Bromley-Davenport, Sir William (Arthur)", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 31 December 2009 (issue 59282), p. 3
