Major Sir Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet CVO DSO (10 September 1887 – 30 May 1969) was Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire from 1954 to 1961.
Aubrey-Fletcher was the only son and second child of Sir Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 5th Baronet and Emily Harriet Wade, though his father had already had another son by a previous marriage, but the child died in infancy. He was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford.
He fought in both the First World War and Second World War with the Grenadier Guards, being awarded a DSO in 1918. He was a member of Buckinghamshire County Council and appointed High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1925. He played Minor counties cricket between 1921 and 1928 for Buckinghamshire.[1]
He was also, under the pen name of Henry Wade, a noted mystery writer and one of the founding members of the Detection Club.
He married Mary Augusta Chilton in 1911 and with her had 5 children:
After the death of his wife in 1963, he married Nancy Cecil Bull in 1965.
Leigh Rayment's List of Baronets
| Honorary titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by The Lord Cottesloe |
Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire 1954–1961 |
Succeeded by Sir Henry Floyd, Bt |
| Baronetage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher |
Baronet (of Clea) 1937–1969 |
Succeeded by John Aubrey-Fletcher |