Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow

Francis Edward Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow, KCMG (9 March 1912 – 24 March 2013)^[1] was a British diplomat. He was the last surviving former British colonial governor of The Bahamas.^[2]^[3]

Thurlow was the second son of the Reverend Charles Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 6th Baron Thurlow, and a grandson of the Liberal politician Thomas Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 5th Baron Thurlow, who served as Paymaster General under William Ewart Gladstone. In 1971 he succeeded his elder brother as 8th Baron Thurlow.

^ "Lord Thurlow". www.telegraph.co.uk. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
^ Rayment, Leigh (11 March 2012). "Peerage Records". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ A & C Black (2012). "THURLOW, 8th Baron". Who's Who 2012, online edition. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 May 2012.

[1] "Lord Thurlow". www.telegraph.co.uk. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

[Centenary-2] Rayment, Leigh (11 March 2012). "Peerage Records". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[Who's_Who-3] A & C Black (2012). "THURLOW, 8th Baron". Who's Who 2012, online edition. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 May 2012.

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