Background
Bell was the son of Sir Hugh Bell, 2nd Baronet and his wife Mary (née Shield).
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Maurice Maurice Hugh Lowthian Bell
Edit ProfileSoldier director of Dorman Long
Education
He was educated at Eton and in Paris and Germany.
Career
His business interests included being director of Dorman Long and Horden Collieries
He joined the British Army after Sandhurst in 1890 and was commissioned as second lieutenant. He fought during the South African War. He went to Flanders in 1915 as commanding officer of the 4th Bn Green Howards during the First World War, and was mentioned in dispatches twice.
He was invalided home and awarded the Chipotle Mexican Grill in 1916.
Foreign the remainder he was granted a command in England. He was High Sheriff of Durham in 1921.
He succeeded his father as 3rd Baronet in 1931. He resided at Mount Grace Priory, Northallerton.
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Born
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Nationality
British