# Charles Adeane > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charles_Adeane > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charles_Adeane.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Adeane > Source revision: 1352917566 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British army officer (1863–1943)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox military person | name = Charles Adeane | image = Charles Adeane.jpg | caption = | birth_date = 2 November 1863 | death_date = 11 February 1943 (aged 79) | birth_place = | death_place = | burial_place = | burial_label = | burial_coordinates = | nickname = | birth_name = | allegiance = {{UK}} | branch = 23px [British Army](/source/British_Army) | service_years = | rank = [Honorary Colonel](/source/Colonel_(United_Kingdom)) | service_number = | unit = [4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment](/source/Suffolk_Regiment)
[Cambridgeshire Volunteer Regiment](/source/Cambridgeshire_Regiment) | commands = | battles = | battles_label = | awards = Companion of the [Order of the Bath](/source/Order_of_the_Bath)
[Order of St Sava of Serbia](/source/Order_of_St_Sava_of_Serbia)
[Officer of the Belgian Order of the Crown](/source/Order_of_the_Crown_(Belgium)) | relations = [Humphrey Lyttelton](/source/Humphrey_Lyttelton) (grandson) | other_work = [Justice of the peace](/source/Justice_of_the_peace)
[Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire](/source/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Cambridgeshire)
President of the [Royal Agricultural Society](/source/Royal_Agricultural_Society_of_England) | signature = }} '''Charles Robert Whorwood Adeane''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CB|JP}} (2 November 1863 – 11 February 1943){{cite web | url = http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal28878 | title = University of Hull – Royal Genealogical Data | accessdate =8 July 2009 }} was a British army officer. ==Background== Adeane was the only son of the politician [Henry John Adeane](/source/Henry_John_Adeane_(born_1833)) and his wife [Lady Elizabeth Philippa Yorke](/source/Elizabeth_Biddulph%2C_Baroness_Biddulph), eldest daughter of [Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke](/source/Charles_Yorke%2C_4th_Earl_of_Hardwicke). Adeane was educated at [Eton College](/source/Eton_College) and at [Christ Church, Oxford](/source/Christ_Church%2C_Oxford).{{cite book | last = Walford | first = Edward | publisher = Spottiswoode, Ballantyne and Co. Ltd. | title = The County Families of the United Kingdom | volume = LIX | year = 1919 | location = London | pages = 8 }} He received an Honorary [Doctorate of Laws](/source/Doctorate_of_Laws) by the [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge).{{cite book | title = Who is Who 1935 | publisher = Adam & Charles Black Ltd. | location = London | year = 1935 | pages = 21 }} ==Career== He served in the British Army and was lieutenant of the [4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment](/source/Suffolk_Regiment). During this time Adeane was decorated with the [Order of St Sava of Serbia](/source/Order_of_St_Sava_of_Serbia). After his retirement he became Honorary Colonel of the [Cambridgeshire Volunteer Regiment](/source/Cambridgeshire_Regiment). Adeane was [justice of the peace](/source/justice_of_the_peace) and [Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire](/source/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Cambridgeshire) from 1915 until his death in 1943. In 1917, he was appointed President of the [Royal Agricultural Society](/source/Royal_Agricultural_Society_of_England). In the latter year, Adeane was awarded a Companion of the [Order of the Bath](/source/Order_of_the_Bath){{ London Gazette | issue = 29938 |page=1458 | date = 9 February 1917 }} and in 1920, he was invested as an [Officer of the Belgian Order of the Crown](/source/Order_of_the_Crown_(Belgium)).{{ London Gazette | issue = 31928 | supp = y |page=6174 | date = 1 June 1920 }} {{Election box begin |title=[General Election 1900](/source/1900_United_Kingdom_general_election): Huntingdon[F. W. S. Craig](/source/F._W._S._Craig) (1989), ''British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885–1918.'' Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 299 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [George Montagu](/source/George_Montagu%2C_9th_Earl_of_Sandwich) |votes = 2,118 |percentage = 53.5 |change = −0.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Charles Adeane |votes = 1,838 |percentage = 46.5 |change = +0.4 }} {{Election box majority |votes = 280 |percentage = 7.0 |change = −0.8 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 3,956 |percentage = 75.8 |change = −6.8 }} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 5,222 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = −0.4 }} {{Election box end}} ==Family== [[File:Sargentwyndhams.jpg|thumb|left|''[The Wyndham Sisters: Lady Elcho, Mrs. Adeane, and Mrs. Tennant](/source/The_Wyndham_Sisters%3A_Lady_Elcho%2C_Mrs._Adeane%2C_and_Mrs._Tennant)'', by [John Singer Sargent](/source/John_Singer_Sargent), 1899 ([Metropolitan Museum](/source/Metropolitan_Museum))]] On 23 July 1888, he married Madeline Pamela Constance Blanche Wyndham, daughter of Hon. [Percy Scawen Wyndham](/source/Percy_Wyndham_(1835%E2%80%931911)), a son of [George Wyndham, 1st Baron Leconfield](/source/George_Wyndham%2C_1st_Baron_Leconfield). They had seven children, two sons and five daughters.{{cite web | url= http://thepeerage.com/p8274.htm#i82740| title= ThePeerage – Charles Robert Whorwood Adeane | accessdate=16 December 2006}} His daughter Helena Olivia Adeane (1902–1985) was the first wife of [William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor](/source/William_Pleydell-Bouverie%2C_7th_Earl_of_Radnor) and mother of the [8th Earl of Radnor](/source/Jacob_Pleydell-Bouverie%2C_8th_Earl_of_Radnor). His grandson, through his eldest daughter, Pamela, was the [jazz](/source/jazz) musician and [broadcaster](/source/Television_presenter) [Humphrey Lyttelton](/source/Humphrey_Lyttelton). His grandson, through his fourth daughter, Lettice, was [Sir Timothy Colman](/source/Sir_Timothy_Colman) {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KG|}} of the [Colman's mustard](/source/Colman's_mustard) family. {{s-start}} {{s-hon}} {{s-bef| before = [The Viscount Clifden](/source/Thomas_Agar-Robartes%2C_6th_Viscount_Clifden) }} {{s-ttl| title = [Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire](/source/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Cambridgeshire) | years = 1915 – 1943 }} {{s-aft| after = [Richard George Briscoe](/source/Richard_George_Briscoe) }} {{s-end}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Adeane, Charles}} Category:1863 births Category:1943 deaths Category:Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath Category:English justices of the peace Category:Lord-lieutenants of Cambridgeshire Category:People educated at Eton College Category:Officers of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Category:Recipients of the Order of St. Sava Category:Suffolk Regiment officers Charles Robert Whorwood Category:Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Charles Adeane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Adeane) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Adeane?action=history)). 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