William Curre

Colonel Sir William Edward Carne Curre, 1st Baronet, CBE, JP, DL (26 June 1855 – 26 January 1930) was a British landowner and magistrate.

Curre was the son of Edward Mathew Curre, of Itton Court, a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Monmouthshire, by Annie King, of Chepstow.[1] He was a Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel of the Royal Monmouthshire Engineers Militia and served as High Sheriff of Monmouthshire between 1892 and 1893.[2] In 1920 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).[3] He was created a baronet, of Itton Court in the Parish of Itton and County of Monmouth in 1928.[4] Curre died in January 1930, aged 74, when the title became extinct.

  1. ^ Archives Network Wales: Curre family of Itton Court, manuscripts
  2. ^ "No. 26269". The London Gazette. 18 March 1892. p. 1589.
  3. ^ "No. 31840". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 March 1920. p. 3763.
  4. ^ "No. 33353". The London Gazette. 3 February 1928. p. 757.