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Biography
Sir Charles Daniel Cave, 1st Baronet DL JP (17 September 1832 – 29 October 1922) was a British baronet and banker.
Background
Cave was the third son of Daniel Cave and his wife Frances, daughter of Henry Locock. His older brother was the lawyer, writer and politician Stephen Cave. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1855 and a Master of Arts two years later.
Career
Cave was appointed High Sheriff of Bristol in 1863 and High Sheriff of Devon in 1898. He served as Justice of the Peace for Devonshire and Gloucestershire representing both counties also as Deputy Lieutenant. Cave was first director of the Union Bank of London and after a merger of the Union of London and Smith's Bank Ltd. On 21 July 1896, he was created a baronet, of Cleve Hill, in the parish of Mangotsfield, in the County of Gloucester, of Sidbury Manor, in the parish of Sidbury, in the County of Devon, and of Stoneleigh House, in the parish of Clifton, in the City and County of Bristol.
Family
On 1 September 1859, he married Edith Harriet Symonds, daughter of John Addington Symonds and had by her five children, one daughter and four sons. She died in 1912. Cave survived her until 1922 and was buried in Brompton Cemetery, London. His oldest having predeceased him in 1901, Cave was succeeded in the baronetcy by his second son Charles.