Sir Henry Strickland-Constable, 10th Baronet
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Sir Henry Marmaduke Strickland-Constable, 10th Baronet (4 December 1900 – 26 March 1975) was a member of the English aristocracy, and a composer.
He was the son of Lt.-Col. Frederick Charles Strickland-Constable (1860–1917)[1] and Margaret Elizabeth Pakenham (1874–1961) of Wassand Hall, Hull. His sister, Hilary, married Henry John Ralph Bankes of Kingston Lacy and Corfe Castle,[2] and his younger brother was Robert Frederick Strickland-Constable,[3] a Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve during World War II.[4]
His paternal grandparents were Henry Strickland-Constable (son of Sir George Strickland, 7th Baronet)[5] and the former Cornelia Charlotte Anne Dumaresq (daughter of Col. Henry Dumaresq and Lady Elizabeth Sophia Butler-Danvers, half-sister to the 5th Earl of Lanesborough). His maternal grandparents were Rear-Adm. the Hon. Thomas Alexander Pakenham (son of the 2nd Earl of Longford) and the former Sophia Sykes (daughter of Sir Tatton Sykes). His uncle was Adm. Sir William Pakenham.[4]
Career
He was educated at Eton (where he had a song and a choral part song performed in 1918)[6] before attending Magdalen College, Oxford, where he obtained a Bachelor of Music degree.[4] In 1923 Strickland-Constable won the Cobbett composition prize at the Royal College of Music for his Phantasy String Quartet.[7] While a student he also composed a Symphony in C minor, which was heard at the RCM in April 1925.[8][9] The finale of the symphony (described by Frank Howes as "in the idiom of Elgar"), was heard again at the 1926 Heather Festival at Oxford.[10]
He was the composer of the hymn tune Wassand, setting the words "God is Working his Purpose Out" by Arthur Campbell Ainger.[11] A Violin Sonata was published by Augener in 1930.[12] Two movements of an orchestral suite (though credited to M. Strickland Constable) were performed in 1935 at the RCM Patron's Fund rehearsal.[13]
He succeeded as the 10th Baronet Strickland, of Boynton, on 9 August 1938 upon the death of a relative, Walter Strickland, known as the "Anarchist Baronet" and "Wandering Baronet" after he renounced his British citizenship.[14][15]