Sir Maurice Hugh Lowthian Bell, 3rd Baronet, (29 March 1871 – 17 November 1944) was a British soldier.

Early life

Bell was the son of

Sir Hugh Bell, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Hugh Bell, 2nd Baronet, (10 February 1844 – 29 June 1931) was an English industrialist, landed gentry, landowner, Justice of the Peace, and administrator. A Deputy Lieutenant of County Durham, he was High Sheriff of Durham in 1895 ...

and his wife Mary (née Shield). His older sister was

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. He was educated at

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and in Paris and Germany.

Career

His business interests included being director of

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and Horden Collieries. He joined the British Army after Sandhurst in 1890 and was commissioned as second lieutenant. He was an officer in the 5th (

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) Battalion, the

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. He saw

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in South Africa in 1900 when he volunteered to serve in a company attached to a regular battalion during the

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. Leaving

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for Cape Town in February 1900, he returned later the same year. He went to Flanders in 1915 as commanding officer of the 4th Bn

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during the

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, and was mentioned in dispatches twice. He was invalided home and awarded the CMG in 1916. For the remainder he was granted a command in England. He was

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in 1921. He succeeded his father as 3rd Baronet in 1931. He resided at

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. Upon his death he was succeeded as Baronet by his nephew, Sir Hugh Bell, 4th Baronet(1923-1970).

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