Died at University Hospital, London. Gravestone shows death year as 1943 but all records show death year as 1942.
Bertram Cubitt was the eldest son of Major Frank Astley Cubitt and his wife Bertha, daughter of Captain Thomas Blakiston of the Royal Navy. The family resided at Thorpe Hall in Norwich, with an estate at Fritton, near Yarmouth. His father came from a family of rural gentry, and had attended Rugby and Jesus College, Cambridge before entering the Army in 1853. He saw service in the Indian Mutiny before returning to England, and retired from the Army in 1889. He later served as a Justice of the Peace and chair of the local district council.
Cubitt was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford, from which he graduated in 1885. He joined the War Office in 1886. From 1890 to 1891 he was Acting Assistant Private Secretary to Edward Stanhope, Secretary of State for War, and from 1896 to 1898 he was Private Secretary to St John Brodrick, Under-Secretary of State for War. He was appointed Assistant Under-Secretary of State in 1914 and held the post until his retirement in 1926.
Cubitt was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1911 and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1920 New Year War Honours.
Died at University Hospital, London. Gravestone shows death year as 1943 but all records show death year as 1942.
Bertram Cubitt was the eldest son of Major Frank Astley Cubitt and his wife Bertha, daughter of Captain Thomas Blakiston of the Royal Navy. The family resided at Thorpe Hall in Norwich, with an estate at Fritton, near Yarmouth. His father came from a family of rural gentry, and had attended Rugby and Jesus College, Cambridge before entering the Army in 1853. He saw service in the Indian Mutiny before returning to England, and retired from the Army in 1889. He later served as a Justice of the Peace and chair of the local district council.
Cubitt was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford, from which he graduated in 1885. He joined the War Office in 1886. From 1890 to 1891 he was Acting Assistant Private Secretary to Edward Stanhope, Secretary of State for War, and from 1896 to 1898 he was Private Secretary to St John Brodrick, Under-Secretary of State for War. He was appointed Assistant Under-Secretary of State in 1914 and held the post until his retirement in 1926.
Cubitt was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1911 and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1920 New Year War Honours.
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Grandchildren of Francis and Jane
Bertram Blakiston Cutitt K.C.B. died 23rd Sept 1943 aged 80
also Leila Isobel G A Cubitt, his wife, died 14th Oct 1951 aged 78
also Thomas Astley Cubitt, his brother, Gent, K.C.B. K.C.M.G. D.S.O., died 19th May 1939 aged 69
and Mary Olive Cubitt, his wife, died 23rd July 1947 aged 68
also their brother and sister, Julian Francis Cubitt of Fritton House died 4th Feb 1959 aged 89
Theresa Helen Bonn nee Cubitt died 13th April 1959 aged 85
also Frank Leslie Cubitt, Lt Col Royal Norfolk Regiment, elder son of Bertram and Leila, died 29th Sept 1958 aged 60
also his wife, Helen Margaret Cubitt died 13th May 1983 aged 80 years
Reverse of stone:
also descendants of Francis and Jane Cubitt,
their grandson, John Francis Blakiston C.I.E.
1882-1965
and his wife, Margaret Dora nee Ward-Jackson, died 24th Feb 1991 aged 81 years
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