Sir Hildred Carlile, 1st Baronet

Sir Hildred Carlile, 1st Baronet CBE (10 July 1852 – 26 September 1942) was a British politician.

Born in Richmond Hill, Surrey in 1852, Carlile was educated at St Albans School and abroad. He made his career in business and politics. In business he was a partner in the firm of Jonas Brook & Brothers, Meltham Mills, Huddersfield. This firm later merged with J. & P. Coats Limited (now Coats plc), and he became a Director of that company. In politics he was elected Member of Parliament for St Albans in 1906. He was a J.P. for Hertfordshire, the West Riding of Yorkshire, and for the Borough of Huddersfield. From 1910-19 he was a member of the House of Commons Accounts Committee. He was also active in the Yeomanry and Volunteeers, eventually becoming Honorary Colonel of a Battalion of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Regiment (1906-39). During World War I he worked for the Red Cross.

In 1914 he gave 100,000 guineas (an enormous sum in those days) as an endowment to Bedford College, University of London (he was the first Fellow on the Council of the College), which made possible the establishment of Chairs in Botany, English, Latin, and Physics. [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22145 The University of London - The Constituent Colleges | British History Online ] at www.british-history.ac.uk]

He was knighted in 1911, created a baronet, of Ponsbourne Park, in 1917, and appointed a CBE in 1919. In 1922 he was High Sheriff of Hertfordshire. One of his brothers was Wilson Carlile, founder of the Church Army, of which Carlile was a Vice-President. He died in 1942.

References

*Entry in "Who's Who"
*Records, Royal Holloway, University of London
* [http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/data/VOLUME052-1914/page061-volume52-24thjanuary1914.pdf "British Journal of Nursing", January 24, 1914]
* [http://www.colonialcdbooks.com/carlile.htm Carlile family genealogy]