Sir Charles Dixon Kimber, 3rd Baronet (7 January 1912 – 10 April 2008) was one of the

Kimber baronets The Kimber Baronetcy, of Lansdowne Lodge in Wandsworth in the County of London, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 August 1904 for Henry Kimber. He was the founder of the legal firm of Kimber and Ellis and a ...

Early life and education

Charles Dixon Kimber was born at

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, Surrey, on 7 January 1912. His father was

Henry Dixon Kimber Sir Henry Dixon Kimber, 2nd Baronet (1862–1950) was one of the Kimber baronets. His father, Henry Kimber, was the first member of parliament for Wandsworth, being created a baronet in 1904 after representing the area for almost 30 years.

. He was educated at

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and

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, Oxford, where he read history. He was at the debate at the

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in 1933 where the House resolved that it would not fight for King and Country. He was a

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during the Second World War during which he ran a

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in Devon. He was secretary of the Labour Party in Totnes.Obituary: Sir Charles Kimber, Bt.
''The Telegraph'', 22 April 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2016.

Marriage

Kimber first married Ursula Bird, the daughter of a member of parliament with whom he had three sons. In 1950, he married Margaret Bazalgette (née Bonham) and the couple had a son and a daughter. The couple divorced in the early 1960s.

Career

Kimber succeeded to the baronetcy in 1950. His father's son by his first marriage was killed in the First World War.

Death

Charles Dixon Kimber died on 10 April 2008. He was survived by two of his sons from his first marriage, and by his daughter from his second marriage. His eldest son, Sir Timothy Roy Henry Kimber, succeeded to the baronetcy.

References

1912 births 2008 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom People from Godstone People educated at Eton College Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford {{UK-baronet-stub