Henry Edward Cubitt, 4th Baron Ashcombe (31 March 1924 – 4 December 2013), was a

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. He was the son of

Roland Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe Roland Calvert Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe, (26 January 1899 – 28 October 1962) was a member of the British aristocracy. He became Baron Ashcombe on the death of his father Henry Cubitt, 2nd Baron Ashcombe, in 1947. He was the maternal grand ...

, and Sonia Rosemary Keppel, and the uncle and godfather of

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Education and career

Educated at

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, he served in the

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during the

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. After the War he became chairman of

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, the family construction firm. He was the

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-based

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for

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from 1961 to 1968.

Family

He was married three times without issue: * Ghislaine (née Dresselhuys) Countess of Caledon (ex-wife of Denis Alexander, 6th Earl of Caledon) was married to Lord Ashcombe from 1955 to 1968. In 1972, she married Adrian Foley, 8th Baron Foley. * Virginia Carington (daughter of Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington) was married to Lord Ashcombe from 1973 to 1979. She is now a special aide to

the Prince of Wales Prince of Wales ( cy, Tywysog Cymru, ; la, Princeps Cambriae/Walliae) is a title traditionally given to the heir apparent to the English and later British throne. Prior to the conquest by Edward I in the 13th century, it was used by the rulers o ...

and the Duchess of Cornwall. * Mary Elizabeth Chipps, the mother of two children from her previous marriage to the late Mark Dent-Brocklehurst, married Lord Ashcombe in 1979 at Sudeley Castle, which Lady Ashcombe partially owns with her children. The medieval fortress, situated in the Cotswolds, is the home of Lady Ashcombe. Lord Ashcombe's first cousin once removed, Mark Cubitt, born in 1964, is now the 5th Baron Ashcombe.

References

Sources

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The Peerage: Henry Edward Cubitt, 4th Baron Ashcombe
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"More help for Charles and Camilla," The BBC, 23 November 2005
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