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VYVYAN, SIR COURTENAY BOURCHIER, BART., eldest son of Rev. Sir Vyell Donnithorne Vyvyan, Bart., Trelowarren, Mawgan, Cornwall, and Louisa Mary Frederica, third dau. of Richard Bourchier, Brook Lodge, Dorset; b. 5 Jun 1858; adm. 21 Jan 1870 (G); QS 1873; left Dec 1876; RMC Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut., East Kent Regt., 1 May 1878; Lieut., 6 Jan 1880; Capt., 14 Jan 1886; Maj., 8 May 1897; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 29 Nov 1900; Lieut. -Col., 4 Aug 1902; Brevet Col., 11 Sep 1904; ret. with rank of Col., 4 Aug 1906; re-employed as Assistant Adjutant-Gen., 5 Aug 1914; served in Zulu War 1879 and in operations in South Africa 1896, mentioned in despatches LG 9 Mar 1897; served South African War 1899-1902, second-in-command at Mafeking, mentioned in despatches LG 8 Feb 1901, 29 Jul 1902; served in First World War 1914-9, mentioned in despatches LG 22 Jun 1915, 15 Jun 1916, 11 Dec 1917; CB 29 Jun 1906; CMG 23 Jun 1915; Order of St. Stanislas with swords; succ. father as 10th baronet 27 May 1917; DL JP Cornwall; Vice-Chairman, Cornwall Territorial Force Association 1908; m. 1st, 17 Feb 1887 Eva Catherine Forestier, eldest dau. of Major-Gen. George Edmond Lushington Walker, Royal Engineers, Charlton, Kent; m. 2nd, 21 Nov 1929 Clara Coltman, second dau. of Edward Powys Rogers, Toorilla, Queensland; d. 15 Nov 1941.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.