Sir Henry Gray Studholme, 1st Baronet CVO DL (13 June 1899 – 9 October 1987) was a British Conservative Party politician who was the MP for Tavistock from 1942 to 1966.

Early life

Studholme was the son of landowner William Paul Studholme and a grandson of New Zealand pioneer and politician John Studholme. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford and served as an officer in the Scots Guards.[1]

The Uffizi Society Oxford, ca. 1920. First row standing: Henry Studholme, later Sir Henry Studholme, baronet (5th from left). Seated: Lord Balniel, later 28th Earl of Crawford (2nd from left); Ralph Dutton, later 8th Baron Sherborne (3rd from left); Anthony Eden, later Earl of Avon (4th from left); Lord David Cecil (5th from left).

Parliament

Studholme was Member of Parliament (MP) for Tavistock from a 1942 by-election until his retirement in 1966, when he was succeeded by Michael Heseltine. He served under Winston Churchill and then Anthony Eden as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (i.e. a whip) from 1951 to 1956. In 1956, he was created a Baronet of Perridge in the County of Devon. He was Joint Honorary Treasury of the Conservative Party from 1956 to 1962.

Michael Crick wrote that Studholme was a diligent constituency MP but an "appalling speaker", and he thus benefitted from serving as a whip, as they seldom speak during debates.[1]

Family

Studholme married Judith Joan Mary Whitbread, daughter of Henry William Whitbread and granddaughter of Samuel Whitbread, in 1929. They had two sons and a daughter.[2]

Studholme later served as a deputy lieutenant of Devon in 1969. He died in Plymouth on 9 October 1987, aged 88.[2][3] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Paul.

References

  1. ^ a b Crick 1997, p118
  2. ^ a b "Sir Henry Studholme Bt". The Times. 12 October 1987. p. 18.
  3. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Tavistock
1942–1966
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
1951–1956
Succeeded by
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Perridge)
1956–1987
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