Sir Cuthbert Lowell Ackroyd, 1st Baronet (4 September 1892 – 11 April 1973) was the 628th

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Career

The son of Benjamin Bately Ackroyd and Emily Armitage, he attended school in

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, followed by the

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.Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books), 1999. Volume 1, page 22. He gained the rank of captain in the

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and fought in the

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. In 1940 he was a Common Councillor of the City of London. In 1945 he was an

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and Justice of the Peace for the

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. He was the Visiting Magistrate of Holloway Prison from 1945 to 1955. He served for a year as a

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in 1949-50 and as Lord Mayor of London in 1955–56. He was created a

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'of Dewsbury' on 8 May 1956. In 1956 the

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awarded him an honorary Doctoral Decree of Law. He was Deputy Lieutenant of Kent (1962) and

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for 1964–65. From 1964 to 1967 Sir Cuthbert was the Governor of the Irish Society. He was also a Fellow of the

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Private life

He married Joyce Wallace Whyte, daughter of Robert Whyte, on 14 June 1927, and had two children: * John Robert Whyte Ackroyd, 2nd Baronet (1932–1995) *Christopher Lovell Ackroyd (born 1934) On his death in 1973 he was succeeded in the baronetage by his eldest son.

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*'ACKROYD, Sir Cuthbert (Lowell)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Ackroyd, Sir Cuthbert Lowell, 1st Baronet 1892 births 1973 deaths Alumni of the University of London Royal Artillery officers 1 20th-century lord mayors of London 20th-century English politicians Deputy lieutenants of Kent British Army personnel of World War I High sheriffs of Kent