Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow

Diplomat, Deceased Person

1912 – 2013

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Who was Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow?

Francis Edward Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow KCMG was a British diplomat. He was the last surviving former British colonial governor of The Bahamas and he turned 100 in March 2012.

Thurlow is the second son of Reverend Charles Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 6th Baron Thurlow and a grandson of the Liberal politician Thomas Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 5th Baron Thurlow, who served as Paymaster-General under William Ewart Gladstone. In 1971 he succeeded his elder brother as 8th Baron Thurlow.

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Born
Mar 9, 1912
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • Trinity College, Cambridge
Died
Mar 24, 2013

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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