Lieutenant Colonel

Timothy Purbrick

OBE VR
Birth nameTimothy John Gerald Stevens Purbrick
Born (1964-04-18) 18 April 1964
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish army
RankLieutenant colonel
UnitRoyal Lancers
Commands heldCultural Property Protection Unit[1]
Battles/warsOperation Desert Storm
Alma materEton College (1982)
Spouse(s)
Lady Henrietta Nevill
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(m. 1991)​
Children4

Lieutenant Colonel Timothy John Gerald Stevens Purbrick OBE VR FSA[2] (born 18 April 1964) is a British Army officer of the Royal Lancers who took part in Operation Desert Storm.[3]

Early life

Purbrick was born in 1964, the son of William Purbrick.[4]

Career

Purbrick is the Commanding Officer of the British Cultural Property Protection Unit (CPPU),[5] which was created in September 2018[6] in order for the British government[7] to fulfil its obligations after it signed the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1954) in 2017.[8][9]

Personal life

In 1991, Purbrick married Henrietta Emily Charlotte Nevill (b. 21 June 1964), daughter of Lord Rupert Nevill, and a goddaughter of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.[10] Henrietta was later granted the rank of a marquess's daughter in 2003. They have four children.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Monuments Men-style military unit formed to stop raiders of the lost art | Royal Navy".
  2. ↑ "Timothy PURBRICK". thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Desert Storm Part One: Training". wordpress.com. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Major Timothy John Gerald Steven Purbrick". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Monuments Men-style military unit formed to stop raiders of the lost art | Royal Navy". www.royalnavy.mod.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  6. ↑ Squires, Nick (11 October 2018). "British Army starts recruiting for revived Monuments Men unit to protect art and archaeology in war". The Telegraph. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  7. ↑ Bevan, Robert (1 December 2019). "The UK's Monuments Men: culture gets its own army". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "How the UK has revived its Monuments Men". theartnewspaper.com. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  9. ↑ "Lieutenant Colonel Tim Purbrick". wordpress.com. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  10. ↑ "Royal Godchildren". Yvonne's Royalty Home Page. Yvonne Demoskoff. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2019.


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