Felix Brunner
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Sir Felix John Morgan Brunner, 3rd Baronet (13 October 1897 – 2 November 1982) was a British Liberal Party politician and business owner. He was the maternal uncle of Katharine, Duchess of Kent.{{cite book|last1=Cathcart|first1=Helen|title=The Duchess of Kent|date=1971|publisher=W.H. Allen|location=London|edition=First}}
Biography
The son of Sir John Brunner, 2nd Baronet, he studied at Cheltenham College and Trinity College, Oxford. During World War I, he served as a lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery."[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U162442/BRUNNER_Sir_Felix_John_Morgan BRUNNER, Sir Felix (John Morgan)]", Who Was Who
In 1926, Brunner married Elizabeth Irving, an actress, the granddaughter of Sir Henry Irving. In 1928 he submitted plans for extensive alterations and additions to Rudloe Manor, in Box, Wiltshire{{Cite web |title=Improving Life |url=http://www.boxpeopleandplaces.co.uk/improving-life.html |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=Box People and Places |language=en}} using Rolfe & Peto. He later sold the property at an auction in the city of Bath on 1st July 1931.{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://rudloemanor.com/history/ |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=Rudloe Manor |language=en-GB}} In 1937 they bought Greys Court in Oxfordshire, and donated the house to the National Trust in 1969 but continued to live there.Shirley Anglesey, "Brunner, (Dorothea) Elizabeth, Lady Brunner (1904–2003)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, Jan 2007; online edn, Jan 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/88723, accessed 3 March 2010]
Brunner followed in a family tradition by standing for election for the Liberal Party: in Hulme in 1924, Chippenham in 1929, and Northwich in 1945, but was never elected to Parliament. He was elected to Henley Rural District Council, and served as its chairman from 1954 to 1957. He was also President of the Liberal Party in 1962/3.
Brunner was also a supporter of the Open Spaces Society, chairing it from 1958 to 1970.
Brunner's children include John Henry Kilian, the fourth baronet between 1982 and 2015, and Hugo, a former Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.
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Category:Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford
Category:Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Category:Councillors in Oxfordshire
Category:People educated at Cheltenham College
Category:Presidents of the Liberal Party (UK)