Henry Ludlow Lopes, 2nd Baron Ludlow (1865-1922)

Henry Ludlow Lopes, 2nd Baron Ludlow (30 September 1865 – 8 November 1922), was a British barrister and politician. Lopes was the only son of

Henry Lopes, 1st Baron Ludlow Henry Charles Lopes, 1st Baron Ludlow, (3 October 1828 – 25 December 1899) was a British judge and Conservative Party politician. Background and education Ludlow was a younger son of Sir Ralph Lopes, 2nd Baronet, and the uncle of Henry Lopes, ...

, by Cordelia Lucy, daughter of Erving Clark, of Efford Manor,

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. He was educated at

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and

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, and was

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, in 1890. In late 1899 he succeeded his father in the barony, and he took his seat in the

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on 1 March 1900. Lord Ludlow was appointed a deputy lieutenant of

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in 1900. He became a member of the

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for

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in 1904, a post he held until 1907. He served in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (Prince of Wales's Own Royal Regiment), where he was promoted to

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on 26 March 1902. He later fought in the

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as a staff captain.thepeerage.com Henry Ludlow Lopes, 2nd Baron Ludlow
/ref> Lord Ludlow was twice married. He married firstly in 1903 Blanche Holden, daughter of William Holden and former wife of

Frederick Ellis, 7th Baron Howard de Walden Frederick George Ellis, 7th Baron Howard de Walden and 3rd Baron Seaford (9 August 1830 – 3 November 1899), was a British landowner and at one point "the wealthiest peer in England". Life Frederick was the son of Charles Ellis, 6th Baron H ...

. She died in April 1911. After her death he married secondly in 1919 Alice Mankiewicz, daughter of James Mankiewicz and widow of Sir Julius Wernher. Both marriages were childless. Lord Ludlow died in November 1922, aged 57, when the barony became extinct. His second wife died in November 1945.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ludlow, Henry Lopes, 2nd Baron 1865 births 1922 deaths Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Deputy Lieutenants of Wiltshire English people of Portuguese-Jewish descent People educated at Eton College Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Members of the Middle Temple Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry officers British Army personnel of World War I Members of London County Council English barristers