Sir William Arthur Bromley-Davenport, KCVO (born 1935) is a British landowner, accountant and public servant. Born in 1935, he is the son of the politician and landowner Sir

Walter Bromley-Davenport Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Walter Henry Bromley-Davenport TD DL (15 September 1903 – 26 December 1989) was a British Conservative Party politician. Early years One of the four sons of Walter Arthur Bromley-Davenport (28 September 1863 – 5 Nove ...

. He attended Cornell University and completed his national service as an officer in the Grenadier Guards. He became an

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in 1966 and is a landowner, the owner of Capesthorne Hall."Bromley-Davenport, Sir William (Arthur)"
''Who's Who'' (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 12 June 2019. Bromley-Davenport became a magistrate for

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in 1975 and was appointed a deputy lieutenant in 1982; after serving as High Sheriff of Cheshire for the 1983–84 year, he served as

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from 1990 to 2010. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2006 and in the

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he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.
Supplement to the London Gazette
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bromley-Davenport, William Living people 1935 births 21st-century British landowners Lord-Lieutenants of Cheshire Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Cornell University alumni