Paul Studholme

{{Infobox military person

| honorific_prefix = Sir

| name = Paul Studholme

| honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|Bt|DL}}

| birth_name = Paul Henry William Studholme

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1930|1|16}}

| birth_place = London, England

|death_date = {{death date and age|1990|1|31|1930|1|16|df=y}}

| death_place = Exeter, England

| spouse = {{marriage|Virginia Katherine Palmer|1957}}

| children = Henry William Studholme
James Paul Gilfred Studholme
Anna Katherine Studholme

| parents = Henry Studholme
Judith Joan Mary Whitbread

| rank = Captain

| unit = Coldstream Guards

| serviceyears = 1950–1959

}}

Captain Sir Paul Henry William Studholme, 2nd Baronet (16 January 1930 – 31 January 1990) was a British Army officer and landowner.

Life

Studholme was born in Paddington, London in 1930, the son of Sir Henry Gray Studholme, 1st Bt. and Judith Joan Mary Whitbread.{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=9ooG6%2BRMc%2Fqwcimxb9YprQ&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=25 July 2023|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}{{cite news|title = Sir Paul Studholme, Bt|newspaper = The Daily Telegraph|date = 8 February 1990|page = 19}} He was educated at Eton College and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was stationed in Libya, Egypt, Germany, and Jordan during his service with the Coldstream Guards from 1950 to 1959.

Afterward, Studholme was a director with the TSB Group and chaired its regional board for the South West.

He married Virginia Katherine Palmer, daughter of Sir Richmond Palmer, on 2 March 1957. He died in Exeter in 1990, aged 60, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Henry William Studholme, 3rd Bt.{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=s1ehfL5AoMxAQUU9OrT3LA&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=25 July 2023|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}

He was High Sheriff of Devon in 1988.[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/51281/page/3545 The London Gazette]