Hugo Brunner

Chivalric Order Member

1935 –

85

Who is Hugo Brunner?

Sir Hugo Laurence Joseph Brunner, KCVO, JP, was Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, England, between 1996 and 2008. He was succeeded by Tim Stevenson.

Hugo Brunner is the son of Sir Felix John Morgan Brunner, 3rd Bt., and Elizabeth Irving, the granddaughter of the Victorian era actor-manager Henry Irving.

He was appointed High Sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1988 and Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire in 1996. He has been an enthusiastic supporter of the installation of blue plaques through his chairmanship of the Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board, established in 1999 and administered by the Oxford Civic Society.

Brunner was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by Oxford Brookes University in 1999. His family home was Greys Court in south Oxfordshire and he now lives in North Oxford.

He was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 2008 Birthday Honours.

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Born
Aug 17, 1935
Also known as
  • Judge Hugo Brunner
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  • England
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on July 23, 2013

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