Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
NameLt Col Walter Marlborough PRYOR, 8107
Birth1880
Death1962
EducationEton and Trinity College Cambridge
FatherMarlborough Robert PRYOR DSO DL JP , 8108 (1848-1920)
MotherCatherine Alice Hammond SOLLY , 8109 (1856-1901)
Spouses
Birth1886
Death1968
FatherSir Norman MOORE FRCP 1st Bt , 8113 (1847-1922)
MotherAmy Leigh SMITH , 8118 (1859-1901)
Marriage1910
ChildrenMark Gillachrist Marlborough , 8103 (1919-1970)
 Robert Matthew Marlborough , 8112 (1917-2005)
Notes for Lt Col Walter Marlborough PRYOR
Lt Col. Walter Marlborough Pryor DSO & Bar DL JP (November 18, 1880 – 28 May 1962) was a British soldier.

Pryor was the only son of Marlborough Robert Pryor, DL, JP, Weston Park, Hitchin, Hertfordshire and his wife. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge where he gained a BA (1901), and as is customary an MA (1905).[2] In 1910 he married Ethne Philippa, only daughter of Sir Norman Moore, 1st Baronet. They had three sons; John Marlborough Pryor (1911-1984), Lt Col. Robert Matthew Marlborough MBE (1917-2005) Mark Gillachrist Marlborough Pryor (1919-1970).

Pryor served during the First World War. London Gazette records his promotion to acting Captain of the Bedfordshire Regiment in 1914.[3] He commanded the 1/6th Royal Warwickshire Regiment, serving in France and Italy from 1917 to 1919. During the War, Pryor was mentioned in despatches four times. He was awarded a DSO in 1917, and a Bar to his DSO in 1918. He was awarded the Bronze Medal of Military Valor in 1919.

Promoted.[5] He was promoted to Brevet-Major in 1919[6] Promoted to Acting Lt Col.

After the war, he was chairman of the Sun Fire Insurance Company and the Sun Life Assurance Society.

He also served as a magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.

From Venn’s

Pryor, Walter Marlborough.
Adm. pens. at TRINITY, June 25, 1898. [Only] s. of Marlborough Robert (1865), of Weston Park, near Stevenage, Herts. (and Catharine Alice Hammond, elder dau. of William Hammond Solly, of Serge Hill, Herts.).
B. [Nov. 18], 1880, at Weston Park.
School, Eton.
Matric. Michs. 1898; B.A. 1901; M.A. 1905.
Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Capt., Hertfordshire Regt.; Lieut.-Col., R. Warwickshire Regt., 1917-19; D.S.O., 1917, and bar, 1918; Brevet Major; mentioned four times in despatches; Italian bronze medal for military valour). Of Lannock, Hitchin, Herts., in 1951.
D.L. and J.P. for Herts.
Sometime Chairman of the Sun Fire Insurance Co. Ltd., and of the Sun Life Assurance Society, Ltd.
Married, Oct. 12, 1910, Ethne Philippa, only dau. of Sir Norman Moore, Bart., M.D., and had issue.
(Univ.
War List; Burke, L.G.; Walford, County Families; Kelly, Handbook.)
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