
Sir William Cuthbert Quilter, 1st Baronet (29 January 1841 – 18 November 1911) was an English stock broker, art collector and
Liberal/
Liberal Unionist
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politician who sat in the
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from 1885 to 1906.
Life
Quilter was born at Finsbury, the son of William Quilter (1808–1888) and his wife Elizabeth Harriet Cuthbert. His father was a prominent accountant with the firm of Quilter, Ball & Co and was instrumental in the foundation of the Institute of Accountants.
Quilter was educated privately. He became a stockbroker and would eventually head the firm of Quilter Balfour & Co.
[Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886]
/ref> He was an art collector, and one of the founders of the National Telephone Company
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. He was commodore of the Royal Harwich Yacht Club and a member of the council of the Yacht Racing Association.[
In the 1885 general election, Quilter was elected Member of Parliament for ]Sudbury Sudbury may refer to:
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as a Liberal, and was returned in 1886
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as a Liberal Unionist
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. In 1886, he introduced a bill 'for better securing the Purity of Beer'. He held the seat until 1906.
Quilter built Bawdsey Manor
Bawdsey Manor stands at a prominent position at the mouth of the River Deben close to the village of Bawdsey in Suffolk, England, about north-east of London.
Built in 1886, it was enlarged in 1895 as the principal residence of Sir Will ...
in 1886[ and established a steam powered chain ferry ( Bawdsey Ferry) in 1894 to cross the ]River Deben
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and provide access to Felixstowe railway station
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which ran until 1931. He enlarged the manor house in 1895. He also owned Hintlesham Hall. Quilter was created a baronet
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on 13 September 1897.
Quilter married Mary Ann Bevington in 1867. Their eldest son Cuthbert
Cuthbert of Lindisfarne () ( – 20 March 687) was a saint of the early Northumbrian church in the Hiberno-Scottish mission, Celtic tradition. He was a monk, bishop and hermit, associated with the monastery, monasteries of Melrose Abbey#Histo ...
succeeded to the baronetcy and was also MP for Sudbury. His second son, Lt. Col. John Arnold Cuthbert Quilter served in the Royal Naval Division in World War 1, and was killed at Gallipoli on 6 May 1915. Quilter's battalion had included the poet Rupert Brooke, who had died of illness on 23 April. Another son Roger Quilter
Roger Cuthbert Quilter (1 November 1877 – 21 September 1953) was a British composer, known particularly for his art songs. His songs, which number over a hundred, often set music to text by William Shakespeare and are a mainstay of the English ...
was a composer.[ Quilter's younger brother ]Harry
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was an eminent art critic. Quilter died at the age of 70.
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1841 births
1911 deaths
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