Sir Hugo Laurence Joseph Brunner (born 17 August 1935) was

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, between 1996 and 2008. He was succeeded by Tim Stevenson. He was also a Liberal Party politician. Hugo Brunner is the son of Sir Felix Brunner, 3rd Bt. (1897–1982), and Elizabeth Irving, the granddaughter of the

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actor-manager

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. He contested the Torquay division of

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for the

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at the 1964 General Election and the 1966 General Election. Brunner was appointed High Sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1988 and Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire in 1996. He has been an enthusiastic supporter of the installation of

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s through his chairmanship of the Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board, established in 1999 and administered by the Oxford Civic Society. Brunner was awarded the

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of Doctor of Laws by Oxford Brookes University in 1999. His family home was Greys Court in south Oxfordshire and he now lives in North Oxford. Brunner was appointed a Knight of Justice of the Order of St John in 2001 and a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.

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