Sir Henry "Harry" William Studholme, 3rd Baronet, is a British forester, businessman and landowner.Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. He is the chairman of the U.K.

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, which manages the U.K.'s state-owned forests and is the country's largest land manager. He ran the U.K. government's Regional Development Agency 2009 – 2012. In 2012, the

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James Jones and Studholme, as Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively, conducted the Independent Forestry Panel report on the future of the UK’s state-owned forests after the government announced plans to sell off the British state forests. In 2017, he was appointed as an honorary professor of the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the

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researching the forestry in the British Isles, and the impact of tree disease.

Early life and education

He was born in

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in 1958 as the son of Capt. Sir Paul Henry William Studholme, 2nd Bart. He was educated at

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and subsequently Trinity Hall,

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with an MA in Engineering. He then became a chartered accountant (FCA) in London before working as an accountant and subsequently in manufacturing in the North of England.

Career

He ran the United Kingdom’s

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(South West RDA) from 2009 to 2012. During this time, the South West RDA helped bring projects including

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, the

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and

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to fruition. Through the RDA, he was also involved in the

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‘Integrated Wing’ project, which generated over 850 high-skilled jobs and £40 million added-value to the economy, and the

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project. He oversaw the dissolution of the UK’s regional development agencies from 2012 to 2013. He also chaired the Finding Sanctuary project, working with environmentalists and the UK’s fishing industry on proposals for marine conservation from 2007 to 2011. He became a forestry commissioner of Great Britain in 2007. He previously ran a large publicly-quoted private timber company that owns and manages forests worldwide

Personal life

He lives at Perridge House with his wife Lucy. They have three children. His brother James Studholme is the founder of production company

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and plays in the band

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. Studholme was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Studholme, Henry British foresters People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Deputy Lieutenants of Devon 1958 births Living people Moorhouse–Rhodes family