Sir Henry Charles John Bunbury, 10th Baronet (9 January 1855 - 1930) was a former Royal Navy officer and a country gentleman.

Early life

Bunbury was born on 9 January 1855, the son of Colonel

Henry William St Pierre Bunbury Colonel Henry William St Pierre Bunbury CB (2 September 1812 – 18 September 1875) was a British Army officer who served for periods in Australia, South Africa, and India. Early life Bunbury was the son of Lt.-Gen. Sir Henry Bunbury, 7th Baro ...

and educated at

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Military and civic service

Bunbury joined the Royal Navy in 1869. During the First World War he commanded a company of the Suffolk Volunteer Battalion. On the death of his Uncle

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in 1895 he succeeded to the

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. He was appointed

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for 1908 and a Deputy Lieutenant of Suffolk.

Family life

Bunbury married Laura Wood in 1884 and they had two sons and a daughter. He died aged 75 at his home, Manor House, Mildenhall, on 18 December 1930 and was succeeded in the Baronetcy by his eldest son

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bunbury, Henry, 10th Baronet 1855 births 1930 deaths Graduates of Britannia Royal Naval College Baronets in the Baronetage of England Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge Deputy lieutenants of Suffolk High sheriffs of Suffolk Royal Navy officers