Colonel Sir Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner, 1st Baronet CB (19 July 1857 – 15 December 1934) was a British politician, who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Somerset from 1892 to 1895, and for Lichfield from 1896 to 1923.

Colonel
Sir Courtenay Warner
1st Baronet CB
Sir Courtenay Warner
Member of Parliament (MP) for North Somerset
In office
18921895
Preceded byEvan Henry Llewellyn
Succeeded byEvan Henry Llewellyn
Member of Parliament (MP) for Lichfield
In office
18961923
Preceded byHenry Charles Fulford
Succeeded byFrank Hodges
Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk
In office
1910–1934
Preceded bySir William Brampton Gurdon
Succeeded byThe Earl of Stradbroke
Personal details
Born
Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner

(1857-07-19)19 July 1857
Died15 December 1934(1934-12-15) (aged 77)
Resting placeSt Mary's, Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk
Political partyLiberal Party
Coalition Liberal
National Liberal
Military career
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1901–1910
RankLieutenant-colonel
UnitOxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Sir Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner - In grateful memory - St Peter in the Forest, Walthamstow
Sir Courtenay Warner, about 1911

Warner was an officer in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, where he became major on 13 January 1902. He received the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel on 2 August 1902,[1] and later served as lieutenant-colonel in command and honorary colonel of the battalion. He received the CB on 25 June 1909,[2][3] and was made a baronet on 9 July 1910, of Brettenham Park, Suffolk.[4]

Initially a member of the Liberal Party, he stood at the 1918 general election as a Coalition Liberal, and at the 1922 general election as National Liberal. He was also the first mayor of the Municipal Borough of Walthamstow after its incorporation in 1929.

Sir Courtenay Warner lived in the former Manor House of Highams, which was sold to Essex County Council 1922 for £7000. It is now Woodford County High School for Girls. Plans were drawn up to construct housing for the middle classes on 90 acres of the estate;[5] this development is known as the Highams Estate and was completed in 1934.

He gave his name to the Warner Flats on the Warner Estate, the popular type of housing in Walthamstow which he was responsible for developing. His ancestors built the Grade II listed Clock House villa in Walthamstow (now flats).[6] His son Edward renewed the seating (pews) at the St Peter in the Forest parish church building on the edge of Epping Forest in Walthamstow and arranged for a wall plaque to be erected in the building to his father. The pews were removed during the recent restoration but the plaque has been kept.

His grave lies in the churchyard of St Mary's, Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk.

References

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  1. ^ "No. 27460". The London Gazette. 1 August 1902. p. 4971.
  2. ^ "No. 28263". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 June 1909. p. 4854.
  3. ^ "Birthday Honours". Times. 25 June 1909. p. 9. Retrieved 25 October 2019 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  4. ^ "No. 28400". The London Gazette. 26 July 1910. pp. 5391–5392.
  5. ^ Plummer, Philip C. (2000). A brief history of Courtenay Warner & Warner Estate : Walthamstow, Leyton, Woodford. Walter Bowyer, Walthamstow Historical Society. [Walthamstow]: Walthamstow Historical Society. ISBN 0-85480-051-4. OCLC 44397367.
  6. ^ "Clock House, Waltham Forest". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for North Somerset
18921895
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Lichfield
18961923
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk
1910–1934
Succeeded by
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Brettenham Park, Suffolk)
1910–1934
Succeeded by