RIchard Sheffield (d.2024)

[Paul Theroff]

Searching for "Richard Sheffield, Oban", a Google search result begins:

"West Coast Today
https://www.westcoasttoday.co.uk › sheffield-191224
SHEFFIELD – On, Tuesday December 10, 2024, at the Vale of Leven Hospital, Alexandria after a struggle with Alzheimer's, aged 80 years, Richard,..."

The direct link is https://www.westcoasttoday.co.uk/announcements/sheffield-191224, but it is behind a paywall.


An "AI Overview" adds the following: "Richard Sheffield died at the Vale of Leven Hospital in Alexandria on December 10, 2024, following a battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was 80 years old at the time of his passing and is survived by his wife, Mary, as well as his children and grandchildren.His funeral service was held at Cardross Crematorium in January 2025, with donations directed to Alzheimer Scotland."


Query whether this is Richard Charles Sheffield, born 1944, of the Sheffield Baronets, who, per the 2019 Debrett's lived in Oban, which is about 75 miles away from the Vale of Leven Hospital. His third wife is said to be named "Mary". I understand that "Sheffield" may be a not uncommon name.

[colinp]

Scotlandspeople.gov.uk has the death registration for Richard Charles Sheffield in 2024 (aged 80) with m/m/n MULVILLE ie Eva Mary d 1988 eldest da of Charles Blood Mulville of Hampstead NW3

[Paul Theroff]

Thanks, Colin. So it is the one from the Baronetal family.

[Paul Theroff]

John SHEFFIELD, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave, cr 1694 Marquess of Normanby, cr 1703 Duke of the County of Buckingham and of Normanby (8 Sep 1647-24 Feb 1731); m.1st 18 Mar 1686 Ursula, née Stawell, Dowager Css of Conway (d.13 Aug 1697); m.2nd 12 Mar 1699 Katherine (d.7 Feb 1704), dau of Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke, and widow of Earl of Gainsborough; m.3rd 16 Mar 1706 Katherine (d.13 Mar 1743), Dowager Css of Anglesey, probably nat. dau of King James II
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[illegitimate by Mrs Frances Lambart, née Stewart] Charles HERBERT, later SHEFFIELD (ca 1706-5 Sep 1774); he inherited most of the estates of his father and half-brother and was cr a Baronet 1755; m.25 Apr 1741 Margaret Diana Sabine (d.7 Jan 1762)
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Rev. Sir Robert, 3rd Bt. (ca 1758-26 Feb 1815); m.1st by 1785 Penelope Pitches (d.22 Jun 1787); m.2nd by 1797 Sarah Anne Kennet (d.14 Sep 1858)
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Sir Robert, 4th Bt. (25 Feb 1786-7 Nov 1862); m.8 Dec 1818 Julia Brigida Newbold (d.28 Oct 1875)
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John Charles (9 Sep 1834-12 Nov 1903); m.1st 24 Jul 1861 Mary Sarah Stoney (d.16 Apr 1899); m.2nd 8 May 1901 Marie Louise Westcott Papineau (d.8 Mar 1937)
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Robert Stoney, 1901 OLIPHANT-SHEFFIELD, of Broadfield House (25 Jul 1864-11 Sep 1937); m.25 Sep 1901 Mary Beatrice Oliphant-Ferguson (d.28 Oct 1933)
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Edmund George SHEFFIELD (2 Jun 1913-16 May 1976); m.1 Mar 1939 Eva May Mulville (d.1988)
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Richard Charles (1944-2024)

[Paul Theroff]

This is of course irrelevant to Peerage News, and likely of no interest to anyone else but me, but as I was working on this one, with the relationship to Oban, I kept remembering the time I spent a couple nights in Oban, fifty years ago this month. I really enjoyed the town.