Sir John Ernest Michael Conant, 2nd Baronet (24 April 1923 – 10 January 2024) was a British aristocrat.

Biography

The eldest son of the first baronet and a member of the senior branch of the

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, he was educated at

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and

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. During the Second World War, he served with the

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, receiving an emergency commission as a

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on 4 December 1942, with promotion to war-substantive lieutenant on 6 April 1943. He served as High Sheriff of Rutland in 1960. Conant died on 10 January 2024, at the age of 100.

References

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