Sir Charles Daniel Cave, 1st Baronet, (17 September 1832 – 29 October 1922) was a British baronet and banker.

Background

Cave was the third son of Daniel Cave and his wife Frances, daughter of Henry Locock. His older brother was the lawyer, writer and politician

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. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, where he graduated with a

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in 1855 and a

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two years later. Cave was also the great nephew of Thomas Daniel of Bristol through his grandmother Anne Cave nee Daniel (1763-1851) who was Thomas's older sister by one year.

Career

Cave was appointed

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in 1863 and High Sheriff of Devon in 1898. He served as

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for

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shire and

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representing both counties also as Deputy Lieutenant. Cave was first director of the Union Bank of London and after a merger of the Union of London and Smith's Bank Ltd. On 21 July 1896, he was created a

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, of Cleve Hill, in the parish of

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, in the County of Gloucester, of

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, in the parish of Sidbury, in the County of Devon, and of Stoneleigh House, in the parish of

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, in the City and County of

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Family

On 1 September 1859, he married Edith Harriet Symonds, daughter of

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and had by her five children, one daughter and four sons. She died in 1912. Cave survived her until 1922 and was buried in Brompton Cemetery, London. His oldest having predeceased him in 1901, Cave was succeeded in the baronetcy by his second son Charles.

References

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