Charles Robert Whorwood Adeane (2 November 1863 – 11 February 1943) was a British army officer.

Background

Adeane was the only son of the politician

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and his wife Lady Elizabeth Philippa Yorke, eldest daughter of

Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke Admiral Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke, PC (2 April 1799 – 17 September 1873) was a Royal Navy officer and Conservative politician. Background Born at Sydney Lodge, in Hamble le Rice, Hardwicke was the eldest son of Admiral Sir ...

. Adeane was educated at

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and at

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. He received an Honorary

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by the

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Career

He served in the British Army and was lieutenant of the 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. During this time Adeane was decorated with the Order of St Sava of Serbia. After his retirement he became Honorary Colonel of the Cambridgeshire Volunteer Regiment. Adeane was justice of the peace and

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from 1915 until his death in 1943. In 1917, he was appointed President of the Royal Agricultural Society. In the latter year, Adeane was awarded a Companion of the

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and in 1920, he was invested as an Officer of the Belgian Order of the Crown.

Family

On 23 July 1888, he married Madeline Pamela Constance Blanche Wyndham, daughter of Hon.

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, a son of

George Wyndham, 1st Baron Leconfield George Wyndham, 1st Baron Leconfield (5 June 1787 – 18 March 1869), was a British soldier and hereditary peer. Early life A direct descendant of Sir John Wyndham, he was born in 1787, the eldest natural son of George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egr ...

. They had seven children, two sons and five daughters. His daughter Helena Olivia Adeane (1902–1985) was the first wife of

William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor (18 December 1895 – 23 November 1968) was a British peer. Biography Radnor was the son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor and Julian Eleanor Adelaide Balfour. His education was Harrow ...

and mother of the 8th Earl of Radnor. His grandson, through his eldest daughter, Pamela, was the

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musician and broadcaster

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. His grandson, through his fourth daughter, Lettice, was

Sir Timothy Colman Sir Timothy James Alan Colman (19 September 1929 – 9 September 2021) was a British businessman and a Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. Biography Colman was from the Colman's mustard family, and was the son of Lettice Elizabeth Evelyn Adeane and Geo ...

of the

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family.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Adeane, Charles 1863 births 1943 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Companions of the Order of the Bath English justices of the peace Lord-lieutenants of Cambridgeshire People educated at Eton College Officers of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Recipients of the Order of St. Sava Suffolk Regiment officers Charles Robert Whorwood Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates