Of Williams, Deacon, Labouchere & Co Bank, London. Bought Mabledon House from developer James Burton, father of architect Decimus Burton, in 1828.
Created Baronet, of Whiligh in the County of Sussex in 1925 and a member of the Privy Council in 1937.
Created Baron Courthope, of Whiligh in the County of Sussex, 3 Jul 1945. MP for Rye 1906-1945. Peerage extinct on his death.He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rye in the 1906 general election, a seat he held until 1945. He never held ministerial office but was sworn of the Privy Council in 1937. He was also a Colonel in the 5th Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment (Territorial Army) and fought in the First World War, where he was wounded, mentioned in despatches and awarded the Military Cross.
Hon. Elinor Daphne Courthope OBE, DL, MFH
The Honourable Daphne Courthope was Captain of the Ist Wadhurst Girl Guides and those who were Girl Guides will remember the many occasions when they were invited there for meetings, for games and to camp in the grounds.
During the war the Guides spent Saturday afternoons in the panelled hall knitting clothes for families bombed out in London.
Created Baronet, of Whiligh in the County of Sussex in 1925 and a member of the Privy Council in 1937.
Created Baron Courthope, of Whiligh in the County of Sussex, 3 Jul 1945. MP for Rye 1906-1945. Peerage extinct on his death.He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rye in the 1906 general election, a seat he held until 1945. He never held ministerial office but was sworn of the Privy Council in 1937. He was also a Colonel in the 5th Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment (Territorial Army) and fought in the First World War, where he was wounded, mentioned in despatches and awarded the Military Cross.
Killed in action.
Merchant of London.