Sir Charles Mortimer Tollemache Smith-Ryland
KCVO (May 24, 1927 – 1989) was Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire from 1968 to 1989.
The son of Captain Charles Ivor Phipson Smith-Ryland, he was educated at
Eton College
Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, ...
and married
Jeryl Marcia Sarah Gurdon, daughter of Robert Brampton Gurdon and sister of the third Baron Cranworth, in 1952.
He was a member of
Warwickshire County Council
Warwickshire County Council is the county council that governs the non-metropolitan county of Warwickshire in England.
Its headquarters are located at Shire Hall, Market Square, in centre of the county town of Warwick. Politically the county is ...
from 1949, being Vice-Chairman in 1963 and Chairman from 1964 to 1967.
Appointed a
Deputy Lieutenant of
Warwickshire
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in 1954 and
High Sheriff of Warwickshire
This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of the English county of Warwickshire.
The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most ...
for 1967–68, he became
Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire
This is an incomplete list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire. Since 1728, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Warwickshire.
Lord Lieutenants of Warwickshire
*Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick 1569†...
in 1968.
He was a landowner and farmer, a member of the
Royal Agricultural Society, and was, for some time, chairman of the
Warwickshire and Coventry Police Authority.
References
* ''The Birmingham Post Year Book and Who's Who 1973-74'', Birmingham Post and Mail Ltd., July 1973
* ''Whitaker's Almanack'', various editions, Joseph Whitaker & Sons
* ''Rootsweb - http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/RYLAND/2001-06/0992304536
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1927 births
1989 deaths
Deputy Lieutenants of Warwickshire
Independent politicians in England
Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Lord-Lieutenants of Warwickshire
People educated at Eton College
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