Sir John Conant, 2nd Baronet

Sir
John Conant
Bt
Born
John Ernest Michael Conant

(1923-04-24)24 April 1923
Lyndon, Rutland, England
Died10 January 2024(2024-01-10) (aged 100)
Spouses
Periwinkle Elizabeth Thorp
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(m. 1950; died 1985)​
Mary Clare Atwater
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(m. 1992)​
Children5
Parent(s)Sir Roger Conant, 1st Baronet
Daphne Learoyd (1888–1976)
Military career
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1942–1946
RankLieutenant
UnitGrenadier Guards

Sir John Ernest Michael Conant, 2nd Baronet (24 April 1923 – 10 January 2024) was a British aristocrat.[1][2]

Biography

The eldest son of the first baronet and a member of the senior branch of the Conant family, he was educated at Eton and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[2] During the Second World War, he served with the Grenadier Guards, receiving an emergency commission as a second lieutenant on 4 December 1942, with promotion to war-substantive lieutenant on 6 April 1943.[3] He served as High Sheriff of Rutland in 1960.[2]

Conant died on 10 January 2024, at the age of 100.[4]

References

  1. ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (1999). "Conant". Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Vol. 1 (106th ed.). Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. pp. 642–643. ISBN 2-940085-02-1.
  2. ^ a b c "Conant Family Tree" (PDF). Lyndon Estate. 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  3. ^ The Quarterly Army List (April-July 1946). London: HM Stationery Office. 1946. p. 703P.
  4. ^ "Sir John Conant Bt". The Telegraph. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baronet
(of Lyndon, Rutland)
1973–2024 		Succeeded by
Sir Simon Conant, 3rd Baronet