Gerald Chadwyck-Healey

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Sir Gerald Edward Chadwyck-Healey, 2nd Baronet CBE, DL (16 May 18732 February 1955) was a British soldier and baronet.

The son of Sir Charles Chadwyck-Healey, Bt and Rosa Close, he was educated at Eton College, Berkshire and Trinity College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1896 and a Master of Arts in 1900. Chadwyck-Healey served in Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, reaching the rank of Lieutenant. He fought in the First World War and was made a Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1919. In the same year, he succeeded to his father's baronetcy. Chadwyck-Healey was further a Deputy Lieutenant for Ayrshire.

On 2 March 1897, he married Mary Verena Watson, daughter of George Arthur Watson. They had three children:

  • Sir Edward Randal Chadwyck-Healey, 3rd Baronet (1898–1979)
  • Rosa Mary Philippa Chadwyck-Healey (1907–1997), married Cyril George Holland-Martin, son of Robert Martin Holland-Martin on 21 July 1933
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Arthur Chadwyck-Healey, 4th Baronet (1910–1986)

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Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Charles Chadwyck-Healey
Baronet
(of Wyphurst)
1919–1955
Succeeded by
Edward Chadwyck-Healey


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