Sir Rupert De la Bère, 1st Baronet, (16 June 1893 – 25 February 1978) was a British businessman, soldier, and

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politician. He was the 625th

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Biography

He was the son of Reginald De la Bère from

Addlestone Addlestone ( or ) is a town in Surrey, England. It is located approximately southwest of London. The town is the administrative centre of the Borough of Runnymede, of which it is the largest settlement. History The town is recorded as ''Attels ...

Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...

, educated at

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, and during

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served overseas with the

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and the

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. After the war he became a director of Hay's Wharf and an Alderman of the City of London for the

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ward. He was elected a

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for 1941-42 and the

for 1952–53. He was the first member of the Skinners Company to hold the office of Lord Mayor since Sir Robert Kite in 1766, and no other Skinner has been Lord Mayor since. He was elected at the 1935 general election as the

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for

Evesham Evesham () is a market town and parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, in the West Midlands region of England. It is located roughly equidistant between Worcester, Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon. It lies within the Vale of Evesha ...

, and held the seat until the constituency was abolished at the 1950 general election. He was then elected for the new

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constituency, and held that seat until he stood down at the 1955 general election. He was knighted in June 1952, appointed

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in the Coronation Honours of June 1953, and a

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(of

Crowborough Crowborough is a town and civil parish in East Sussex, England, in the Weald at the edge of Ashdown Forest in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Royal Tunbridge Wells and 33 miles (53 ...

) in November 1953. He was appointed

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(Denmark), Knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, and Knight of the Order of the Polar Star (Sweden). In 1919, he married Marguerite Humphery, daughter of Sir John Humphery. She died in 1969.

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