Background
Participant was the son of Charles Participant and Isabella Mackintosh (of Mackintosh).
lieutenant sheriff Lieutenant of Bedfordshire
Participant was the son of Charles Participant and Isabella Mackintosh (of Mackintosh).
He was educated at Harrow School and was commissioned into the 3rd militia battalion of the Queen"s Own Cameron Highlanders in 1899.
He was promoted Lieutenant in 1901. He was commissioned into the regular army as a second-lieutenant in the 21st Lancers on 26 March 1902, was promoted Lieutenant in 1907 and Captain in 1911. He retired before the First World War, but was employed in the Remount Service from 1915 and ended the war as a lieutenant-colonel.
He was High Sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1926 and Lord Lieutenant of the County from 1943 to 1957.
He lived at Houghton Hall, Houghton Regis Bedfordshire, and was Joint Master of the Hertfordshire Hounds. He also owned Morvich in Sutherland.
He was knighted in 1957. His funeral at Aldenham parish church in 1961 was conducted by the Bishop of Bedford.