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Line 38: ==Family== John Sewell Courtauld (known as "Jack") was a member of the ~~well-known [[~~Courtauld family]]. The family came to England as [[Huguenot]] refugees and at one time engaged in the classical Huguenot occupation of being a [[silk]]-[[weaving\|weaver]] in the [[Spitalfields]] district of [[London]]. However, they soon established [[Courtaulds\|the family company]] and moved out of London to [[Essex]]. For two centuries, the family has been associated with the [[Braintree, Essex\|Braintree]] area of Essex, in [[Pebmarsh]], [[Halstead]], [[Gosfield]] and [[Bocking, Essex\|Bocking]]. The silk and [[crape\|crepe]] manufacture thrived and the development of [[rayon]] and other artificial fibres made the company one of the leading textile companies in Britain, if not the world. The wealth that came with this success enabled many family members to pursue successful careers in politics and in the arts. Jack Courtauld was the third son of [[Sydney Courtauld]] (10 March 1840 – 20 October 1899) and Sarah Lucy Sharpe (1844–1906). His eldest brother was Sir [[Sir William Courtauld, 1st Baronet\|William Courtauld]] Bt., the first - and last - [[baronet]]; the second brother was [[Samuel Courtauld (art collector)\|Samuel Courtauld]], who established the [[Courtauld Institute of Art]]; his youngest brother was Sir [[Stephen Courtauld]] Kt., the patron of [[Art Deco]] works at [[Eltham Palace]]. ==Career== Jack Courtauld was educated at [[Rugby School\|Rugby]] and [[King's College, Cambridge]]. He saw active service in the [[First World War]]. He took up his Commission in October 1914, becoming a 2nd Lieutenant in the 6th Battn. Somerset Light Infantry. He ~~went~~was toin France in May, 1915 and served in the Ypres Salient until March. 1916. He was at Arras until September, 1916, then going to the Somme until November 1916. He was awarded the [[Military Cross]] in December 1916. He was appointed Director of Army Accounts and Quartermaster General of the Division, and later served in Salonika. He was gazetted Major in 1917 and received the Croix-de-Guene avec Palme at the close of the Palestine campaign <ref>Chichester and Southdown Observer 25 April 1942 'Major Courtauld's Sudden Death'</ref>▼ ~~Jack Courtauld was educated at Rugby and Kings College. Cambridge~~ ▲He saw active service in the [[First World War]]. He took up his Commission in October 1914, becoming a 2nd Lieutenant in the 6th Battn. Somerset Light Infantry. He went to France in May, 1915 and served in the Ypres Salient until March. 1916. He was at Arras until September, 1916, then going to the Somme until November 1916. He was awarded the [[Military Cross]] in December 1916. He was appointed Director of Army Accounts and Quartermaster General of the Division, and later served in Salonika. He was gazetted Major in 1917 and received the Croix-de-Guene avec Palme at the close of the Palestine campaign <ref>Chichester and Southdown Observer 25 April 1942 'Major Courtauld's Sudden Death'</ref> He owned a company of architects, but at the [[1924 United Kingdom general election\|1924 general election]] he was elected as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for the constituency of [[Chichester (UK Parliament constituency)\|Chichester]], a safe Conservative seat. He was duly re-elected at the general elections of 1929, 1931 and 1935, until his death in 1942, aged 61. He had a London residence at 9 Grosvenor Square and in 1919 he acquired the Burton Park estate, West Sussex, within the Chichester constituency. He moved to a cottage on the estate after it was requisitioned by the Army at the start of the Second World War.

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