Nigel Mobbs

Nigel Mobbs

Sir Nigel Mobbs JP (22 September 1937 – 21 October 2005) was the Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire between 1997 and 2005.

He was also the High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire from 1982 to 1983 [1] and was a Knight of St John, a Justice of the Peace and a Knight Bachelor. He was also the chairman of the council of the University of Buckingham between 1987 and 1998.

He was chairman of Slough Estates, a property firm founded by his grandfather, Noel Mobbs. He was married to Jane, second daughter of the late Geoffrey Lionel Berry, 2nd Viscount Kemsley, and they had a son and two daughters.

He died suddenly at the age of 68.

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Honorary titles
Preceded by
Dorrien Belson
High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
1982
Succeeded by
Edna Embleton
Preceded by
The Lord Cottesloe
Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire
1997–2005
Succeeded by
Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, Bt

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