Sir Henry Marmaduke Strickland-Constable, 10th Baronet (4 December 1900 – 26 March 1975) was an English composer.
He was the son of Lt.-Col. Frederick Charles Strickland-Constable (1860–1917) [1] and Margaret Elizabeth Pakenham (1874–1961) of Wassand Hall, Hull. His sister, Hilary, married Henry John Ralph Bankes of Kingston Lacy and Corfe Castle, [2] and his younger brother was Robert Frederick Strickland-Constable, [3] a Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve during World War II. [4]
His paternal grandparents were Henry Strickland-Constable (son of Sir George Strickland, 7th Baronet) [5] 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). 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. [4]
He was educated at Eton before attending Magdalen College, Oxford, where he obtained a Bachelor of Music degree. [4]
He succeeded as the 10th Baronet Strickland, of Boynton, on 9 August 1938 upon the death of a relative, Walter Strickland, known as the "Anarchist Baronet" and "Wandering Baronet" after he renounced his British citizenship. [6] [7]
On 24 July 1929, he married Countess Ernestine Caroline Valerie Antoinette von Rex (1905–1995), at St. Luke's Church, Munich. [8] She was a daughter of Count Rudolf Karl Casper von Rex, [9] and granddaughter of Count Karl von Rex. [10] [11] Her sister, Countess Marie Louise Rex, was the wife of Sir Odo Russell, [12] a son of Odo Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill and Lady Emily Villiers (daughter of the 4th Earl of Clarendon). [13]
Sir Henry died in hospital on 26 March 1975, [14] and was succeeded by his younger brother, Robert. He was buried in the churchyard of St. Lawrence at Sigglesthorne in the East Riding of Yorkshire. [4] After his death, Wassand Hall, passed to his widow, Lady Ernestine Strickland-Constable. Upon her death in 1995, the estate passed to her great-nephew, Rupert Russell. [15]
Sir Henry Marmaduke Strickland-Constable, 10th Baronet (4 December 1900 – 26 March 1975) was an English composer.
He was the son of Lt.-Col. Frederick Charles Strickland-Constable (1860–1917) [1] and Margaret Elizabeth Pakenham (1874–1961) of Wassand Hall, Hull. His sister, Hilary, married Henry John Ralph Bankes of Kingston Lacy and Corfe Castle, [2] and his younger brother was Robert Frederick Strickland-Constable, [3] a Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve during World War II. [4]
His paternal grandparents were Henry Strickland-Constable (son of Sir George Strickland, 7th Baronet) [5] 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). 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. [4]
He was educated at Eton before attending Magdalen College, Oxford, where he obtained a Bachelor of Music degree. [4]
He succeeded as the 10th Baronet Strickland, of Boynton, on 9 August 1938 upon the death of a relative, Walter Strickland, known as the "Anarchist Baronet" and "Wandering Baronet" after he renounced his British citizenship. [6] [7]
On 24 July 1929, he married Countess Ernestine Caroline Valerie Antoinette von Rex (1905–1995), at St. Luke's Church, Munich. [8] She was a daughter of Count Rudolf Karl Casper von Rex, [9] and granddaughter of Count Karl von Rex. [10] [11] Her sister, Countess Marie Louise Rex, was the wife of Sir Odo Russell, [12] a son of Odo Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill and Lady Emily Villiers (daughter of the 4th Earl of Clarendon). [13]
Sir Henry died in hospital on 26 March 1975, [14] and was succeeded by his younger brother, Robert. He was buried in the churchyard of St. Lawrence at Sigglesthorne in the East Riding of Yorkshire. [4] After his death, Wassand Hall, passed to his widow, Lady Ernestine Strickland-Constable. Upon her death in 1995, the estate passed to her great-nephew, Rupert Russell. [15]