Major William Clive Hussey, (1858 – 20 June 1929HUSSEY, Major William Clive’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016) was a British

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officer who was

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from 1902 to 1923.

Biography

Hussey was born in 1858, the second son of Edward Hussey (1807–1894), by his wife Honourable Henrietta Sarah Windsor-Clive (1820–1899). His father inherited

Scotney Castle Scotney Castle is an English country house with formal gardens south-east of Lamberhurst in the valley of the River Bewl in Kent, England. It belongs to the National Trust. The gardens, which are a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a c ...

, in

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, built the ′New′ Scotney Castle on the grounds, and was a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant of Kent. His mother was the elder daughter of Hon. Robert Clive (1789–1854), a

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for the

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, and himself the younger son of the 1st Earl of Powis. Clive had married Hon. Harriet Windsor (1797–1869), who inherited the Plymouth estate of her brother the 6th Earl of Plymouth and was recognized as the 13th Baroness Windsor when that title was called out of abeyance in 1855. Among his siblings were Brigadier-General Arthur Herbert Hussey (1863–1923) and Mildred Harriet Hussey (1863–1952), wife of

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. Hussey grew up at Scotney Castle, and was educated at

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and at the

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. He entered the army with commission as a

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in the

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on 19 June 1877. In 1882 he was appointed aide-de-camp to the

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, and from 1884 to 1885 he served in the

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. Promoted to

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on 1 April 1888, he was aide-de-camp to the

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from 1891 to 1897. He was promoted to the substantive rank of

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while in this service, on 14 March 1896, and retired from active service in 1897. He was appointed bailiff of

in 1902, and served as such until he retired in 1923. The bailiff of the Royal Parks was responsible for the overall management of the

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, lands originally owned by the monarchy and officially designated public parks with the introduction of the Crown lands Act 1851. Among other duties, he was in charge of the keepers and civil officers in the parks, and he lived in a house inside

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.Information from The Royal Parks Guild (www.trpg.org.uk) newsletter number 4, 2008 Shortly before his retirement as bailiff, he was appointed a Commander of the

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(CVO) in 1923.

Family

Hussey married, in 1898, Mary Anne Herbert (d.1942), daughter of Very Rev. Hon.

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(1825–1894), a son of the 2nd Earl of Powis, by his wife Elizabeth Beatrice Sykes (d.1883), daughter of

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. They had one son and one daughter, * Christopher Edward Clive Hussey (1899–1970) *Barbara Winifred Hussey (b.1904)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hussey, William Clive 1858 births 1923 deaths People educated at Eton College Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Royal Engineers officers Bailiffs of the Royal Parks People from Lamberhurst