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Lieutenant Colonel Timothy John Gerald Stevens Purbrick (born 18 April 1964) is a
British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gur ...
officer of the Royal Lancers who took part in
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.


Early life

Purbrick was born in 1964, the son of William Purbrick.


Career

Purbrick is the Commanding Officer of the British Cultural Property Protection Unit (CPPU), which was created in September 2018 in order for the British government to fulfil its obligations after it signed the
Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict is the first international treaty that focuses exclusively on the protection of cultural property in armed conflict. It was signed at The Hague, Nethe ...
(1954) in 2017.


Personal life

In 1991, Purbrick married Henrietta Emily Charlotte Nevill (b. 21 June 1964), daughter of
Lord Rupert Nevill Lord Rupert Charles Montecute Nevill (29 January 1923 – 19 July 1982) was Chairman of the British Olympic Association from 1966 to 1977 and then its President until his death. As a courtier, he was treasurer and later private secretary to Prin ...
, and a goddaughter of
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021) was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he served as the consort of the British monarch from El ...
. Henrietta was later granted the rank of a marquess's daughter in 2003. They have four children.


See also

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References

Living people 17th/21st Lancers officers British Army personnel of the Gulf War Officers of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Eton College Alumni of the University of Edinburgh 1964 births Queen's Royal Lancers officers {{UK-army-bio-stub