Sir Henry Marmaduke Strickland-Constable, 10th Baronet (4 December 1900 – 26 March 1975) was a member of the English aristocracy, and a composer.

Early life

He was the son of Lt.-Col. Frederick Charles Strickland-Constable (1860–1917) and Margaret Elizabeth Pakenham (1874–1961) of

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, Hull. His sister, Hilary, married Henry John Ralph Bankes of

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and

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, and his younger brother was Robert Frederick Strickland-Constable, a Lieutenant-Commander in the

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during

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. His paternal grandparents were Henry Strickland-Constable (son of

Sir George Strickland, 7th Baronet Sir George Strickland, 7th Baronet (26 May 1782 – 23 December 1874), also known as Sir George Cholmley was an English Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament and lawyer. He took the name Cholmley to succeed to the Cholmley ...

) and the former Cornelia Charlotte Anne Dumaresq (daughter of Col. Henry Dumaresq and Lady Elizabeth Sophia Butler-Danvers, half-sister to the 5th

Earl of Lanesborough Earl of Lanesborough was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1756 for Humphrey Butler, 2nd Viscount Lanesborough. The Butler family descended from Theophilus Butler, who represented County Cavan and Belturbet in the Irish House ...

). His maternal grandparents were Rear-Adm. the Hon. Thomas Alexander Pakenham (son of the 2nd Earl of Longford) and the former Sophia Sykes (daughter of Sir Tatton Sykes). His uncle was Adm. Sir William Pakenham.

Career

He was educated at

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(where he had a song and a choral

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performed in 1918) before attending

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, where he obtained a

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degree. In 1923 Strickland-Constable won the Cobbett composition prize at the

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for his ''Phantasy String Quartet''. While a student he also composed a Symphony in C minor, which was heard at the RCM in April 1925. The finale of the symphony (described by

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as "in the idiom of Elgar"), was heard again at the 1926 Heather Festival at Oxford. He was the composer of the hymn tune ''Wassand'', setting the words "God is Working his Purpose Out" by Arthur Campbell Ainger. A Violin Sonata was published by Augener in 1930. Two movements of an orchestral suite (though credited to M. Strickland Constable) were performed in 1935 at the RCM Patron's Fund rehearsal. He succeeded as the 10th Baronet Strickland, of Boynton, on 9 August 1938 upon the death of a relative,

Walter Strickland Walter Strickland (1598? – 1 November 1671) was an English politician and diplomat who held high office during the Protectorate. Biography Strickland was the younger son of Walter Strickland of Boynton. His elder brother, William, was k ...

, known as the "Anarchist Baronet" and "Wandering Baronet" after he renounced his British citizenship.

Personal life

On 24 July 1929, he married Countess ''Ernestine'' Caroline Valerie Antoinette von Rex (1905–1995), at

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. She was a daughter of Count Rudolf Karl Casper von Rex, and granddaughter of Count Karl von Rex. Her sister, Countess Marie Louise Rex, was the wife of Sir Odo Russell, a son of

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and Lady Emily Villiers (daughter of the 4th Earl of Clarendon).Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes.'' Crans,

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999 volume 1, pp. 69-70. Sir Henry died in hospital on 26 March 1975, and was succeeded by his younger brother,

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. He was buried in the churchyard of St. Lawrence at

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in the

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.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 320; volume 3, page 3790. After his death,

, passed to his widow, Lady Ernestine Strickland-Constable. Upon her death in 1995, the estate passed to her great-nephew, Rupert Russell.

References

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