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Cyrus Colville
Played by Anton Lesser
| Fact title | Fact data |
|---|---|
| Date of birth |
21 February 1851
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| Place of birth |
Exeter
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| Age at outbreak of WW1 |
63
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| Occupation |
Lord
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| Address |
Engleby Hall, Devon
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Widower Lord Colville owns the vast, but gradually declining, Engleby estate.
A pragmatist rather than an idealist, he is keen that ambivalent daughter Emily marries Marcus Goodridge at the earliest opportunity, especially when his eldest son and heir Gilbert is killed in Mesopotamia. As respected and solomonic member of the gentry, Cyrus also sits on the county tribunal in Exeter deciding who is eligible for exemption from military conscription.
