Tim Purbrick

Lieutenant Colonel Timothy John Gerald Stevens Purbrick OBE FSA VR[2] (born 18 April 1964) is a British Army officer of the Royal Lancers who took part in Operation Desert Storm.[3]

Lieutenant Colonel

Timothy Purbrick

OBE FSA VR
Tim Purbrick
Birth nameTimothy John Gerald Stevens Purbrick
Born (1964-04-18) 18 April 1964
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankLieutenant colonel
UnitRoyal Lancers
Commands heldCultural Property Protection Unit[1]
Battles/warsOperation Desert Storm
Spouse(s)
Lady Henrietta Nevill
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(m. 1991)​
Children4

Early life

Purbrick was born in 1964, the son of William Purbrick.[4]

Career

Purbrick is the Commanding Officer of the British Cultural Property Protection Unit (CPPU),[5] which was created in September 2018[6] in order for the British government[7] to fulfil its obligations after it signed the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1954) in 2017.[8][9]

Personal life

In 1991, Purbrick married Henrietta Emily Charlotte Nevill (b. 21 June 1964), daughter of Lord Rupert Nevill, and a goddaughter of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.[10] Henrietta was later granted the rank of a marquess's daughter in 2003. The couple have four children:

  • Lily Anne Purbrick (b. 4 November 1997)
  • Rose Geraldine Purbrick (b. 4 November 1997)
  • Guy Rupert William Purbrick (b. 9 May 2000)
  • May Angela Purbrick (b. 21 March 2004)

See also

References
  1. https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2019/january/07/190107-monuments-men-unit-formed
  2. "Timothy PURBRICK". thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  3. "Desert Storm Part One: Training". wordpress.com. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  4. "Major Timothy John Gerald Steven Purbrick". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  5. "Monuments Men-style military unit formed to stop raiders of the lost art | Royal Navy". www.royalnavy.mod.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  6. Squires, Nick (11 October 2018). "British Army starts recruiting for revived Monuments Men unit to protect art and archaeology in war". The Telegraph. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  7. Bevan, Robert (1 December 2019). "The UK's Monuments Men: culture gets its own army". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  8. "How the UK has revived its Monuments Men". theartnewspaper.com. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  9. "Lieutenant Colonel Tim Purbrick". wordpress.com. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  10. "Royal Godchildren". Yvonne's Royalty Home Page. Yvonne Demoskoff.


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