Marlborough Robert Pryor DL JP (16 October 1848 – 24 April 1920) was an English businessman, described in his Times obituary as a "savant, business expert and scholar" who was "a many sided man who devoted to business capacities which might have won him fame in science",[1] while Nature described him as being "well known in scientific circles at Cambridge".[2]
He was the eldest son[3] of Robert Pryor.[4] He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge[5] (as had been his father,[4] and younger brothers Frank[6] and Selwyn[7]). He was a member of the Cambridge Apostles.[8]
On 7 April 1875, he married Catherine Alice Hammond Solly, daughter of William Hammond Solly, of Serge Hill, Hertfordshire. Their son was the soldier Walter Marlborough Pryor.[3] They also had six daughters; his wife died on 7 February 1901.
- Walter Marlborough Pryor DSO* DL JP (1880-1962).
- Ellen Catharine Pryor (1876-1951), married 1897 (div. 1919) Thomas George Sowerby.
- Frances Alice Hammond Pryor (1882-1935), married 1909 Philip Corbett Turnbull OBE.
- Elizabeth Mary Pryor (1884-1929) married 1908, Henry John Fordham (died 1926), married 2ndly Edward Exton Barclay, father of her brother-in-law Maurice Barclay (see below)
- Caroline Hilda Pryor (1885-1973), was unmarried.
- Margaret Eleanor Pryor (1887-?) married 1916, Maj Maurice Edward Barclay CBE.
- Hannah Mary (1890-1960), married 1916 Eric Cecil Guinness DSO.
In his business career, he was a merchant in Southern Africa, and later worked for the Sun Life Insurance Company.
He was also Deputy Lieutenant of Herts and a Justice of the Peace.
References
edit- ^ The Times, Monday, Apr 26, 1920; pg. 18; Issue 42394; col B Death Of Mr. M. R. Pryor. Savant, Business Expert, And Scholar. Category: Obituaries
- ^ Nature 105, 333-334 (13 May 1920) | doi:10.1038/105333a0
- ^ a b Burkes' Landed Gentry, Pryor of Weston Hall
- ^ a b "Robert Pryor (PRR829R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Pryor, Marlborough Robert (PRR865MR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Francis Robert Pryor (PRR880FR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Selwyn Robert Pryor (PRR873SR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Lubenow, W.C. (1998). The Cambridge Apostles, 1820-1914: Liberalism, Imagination, and Friendship in British Intellectual and Professional Life. Cambridge University Press. p. 127. ISBN 9780521572132.