Cuthbert Ackroyd
Sir Cuthbert Lowell Ackroyd, 1st Baronet DL, JP (4 September 1892 – 11 April 1973) was a Lord Mayor of London. The son of Benjamin Bately Ackroyd and Emily Armitage, he was created a Baronet 'of Dewsbury' on 8 May 1956.[1] On his death in 1973 he was succeeded in the baronetage by his eldest son.[2]
Career
He attended school in Dewsbury, and the University of London.[2]
He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Artillery.[2] He fought in the First World War.[2] In 1940 he was a Common Councillor of the City of London.[2] In 1945 he was an Alderman and Justice of the Peace for the City of London.[2] He was the Visiting Magistrate of Holloway Prison from 1945 to 1955.[2] From 1955-1956 he was Lord Mayor of London.[2] In 1956 the University of Leeds awarded him an honorary Doctoral Decree of Law.[2] He was Deputy Lieutenant of Kent (1962), and High Sheriff of Kent (1964-1965).[2] From 1964 to 1967 Sir Ackroyd was the Governor of the Irish Society. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[2]
He married Joyce Wallce Whyte, daughter of Robert Whyte, on 14 June 1927, and had two children:[2]
- John Robert Whyte Ackroyd, 2nd Baronet (1932–1995)
- Christopher Lovell Ackroyd (born 1934)
References
Sources
- Cuthbert Ackroyd thePeerage.com
- ‘ACKROYD, Sir Cuthbert (Lowell)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007
Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by New Creation |
Baronet Ackroyd (of Dewsbury) 1956–1973 |
Succeeded by John Ackroyd |