Reginald Cox

Sir Reginald Henry Cox, 1st Baronet, DL (30 December 1865 – 27 March 1922) was an English banker.

Sir Reginald Cox Bt DL
Born	Reginald Henry Cox (1865-12-30)30 December 1865 Westminster, London, England
Died	27 March 1922(1922-03-27) (aged 56)
Nationality	British
Occupation	Banker

Cox was born in Westminster,^[1] the second son of Frederick Cox, DL JP of Hillingdon House and Mabel Eden.^[2] He was educated at Eton. He was a Senior Partner at Cox & Co. and an agent for the British Army. He was created a baronet of Old Windsor in the County of Berkshire in the 1921 New Year's Honours.^[3][4]

He lived in Old Windsor, Berkshire, and was appointed a deputy lieutenant^[5] and selected High Sheriff of Berkshire for 1919–20.^[6]

In 1890, he married Sybil Weguelin, daughter of MP Thomas Matthias Weguelin. He died at the age of 56 without surviving children, and the baronetcy thus became extinct after only just over a year.^[7]

References

1. birth registration and 1911 English Census
2. Burke, Bernard (1898). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison & sons. p. 334.
3. "No. 32178". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1920. p. 2.
4. "No. 32257". The London Gazette. 15 March 1921. p. 2092.
5. "No. 31201". The London Gazette. 25 February 1919. p. 2739.
6. "No. 31230". The London Gazette. 14 March 1919. p. 3477.
7. "Sir R. H. Cox, Senior Partner of the Famous Bank". The Times. 28 March 1922. p. 9.

Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir Clarendon Golding Hyde	High Sheriff of Berkshire 1919–1920	Succeeded by Sir William Watson
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet (of Old Windsor) 1921–1922	Extinct