STOREY, Hon Lady (Virginia Anne nee CAYLEY) 1936-2026

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 31 July 2026: STOREY Virginia Anne (née Cayley), aged 90, on 24th July 2026, after a long and so bravely endured decline, from cancer, with blue eyes and the seraphic smile. Sister to six, wife to me, mother to three, grandmother to nine, great-grandmother to two, aunt to many, great aunt to more, godmother to a special few, and beloved by all the many who knew her, Richard. Funeral to be held at All Saints' Church, Settrington, YO17 8NP on Monday 24th August at 12.30 p.m. All very welcome. Enquiries to Adam Collier Funeral Services, Pickering….

She was d of Maj Sir Kenelm Henry Ernest CAYLEY 10 Bt 1896-1967 and Francis Elizabeth Edwyna 1908-74 d of Lt-Col Francis Bertie BREWIS 1881-1949 sometime head of that gentry family of Norton Grove and Dorothy Katharine 1883-1977 d of Edwyn WALKER 1837-1919 (s of Sir James WALKER 1 Bt 1803-83) and Elizbeth 1850-1915 d of William Froggatt BETHELL 1809-79 sometime head of that gentry family of Rise and Elizabeth BECKETT-DENISON 1821-70 (d of Sir Edmund BECKETT 4 Bt 1787-1874 (surname Beckett-Denison 1816-72) who was f of 1 Baron GRIMTHORPE 1816-95). She m 1961 Hon Sir Richard STOREY 2 Bt b 1937 s&h of the LP Baron BUCKTON 1 Bt 1896-1978 and Elisabeth 1908-51 d of Brig-Gen Wilfrid James WOODCOCK DSO 1878-1960 scion of that gentry family of Bolnore by his 9 July 1907 m (St Peter, Cranley Gdns, London) to Caroline May 1886-1972 d of Walter George LAWRIE 1848- by his 16 June 1881 m (Calcutta, India) to Caroline Wyndham CHADWICK 1851-1929, and had a son (Kenelm, the ha, b 4 Jan 1963, who is m with a son and two daus) and two daus.

[Paul Theroff]

Her parents had seven daughters and no sons.


Sir William CAYLEY, of Brompton, cr Baronet 1661 (bap 5 Dec 1610-2 May 1681); m.1633 Dorothy, dau of Sir William St.Quintin, Bt.
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Sir William, 2nd Bt. (bap 23 Jun 1635-1706/8); m.by 1653 Mary Holbech (bur 25 Apr 1709)
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Sir Arthur, 3rd Bt. (ca 1654-19 May 1727); m.28 May 1699 Everilda Thornhill (d.12 Sep 1733)
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Sir George, 4th Bt. (ca 1707-Sep 1791); m.31 May 1730 Philadelphia Digby (d.14 Jan 1765)
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Sir Thomas, 5th Bt. (Aug 1732-15 Mar 1792); m.1763 Isabella Seton (d.30 Jul 1828)
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Sir George, 6th Bt. (27 Dec 1773-15 Dec 1857); m.9 Jul 1795 Sarah Walker (d.8 Dec 1854)
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Sir Digby, 7th Bt. (13 Mar 1807-21 Dec 1883); m.8 Jul 1830 Dorothy Allanson (d.4 Apr 1881)
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Sir George Allanson, 8th Bt. (31 Dec 1831-10 Oct 1895); m.5 Jul 1859 Catherine Louisa (d.19 Jan 1907), dau of Sir William Worsley, Bt.
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Sir George Everard Arthur, 9th Bt. (8 Jul 1861-15 Nov 1917); m.17 Sep 1884 Lady Mary Susan Montagu-Stuart-Wortley (1861-11 Dec 1941)
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Sir Kenelm Henry Ernest, 10th Bt. (24 Sep 1896-27 Dec 1967); m.17 Sep 1929 Frances Elizabeth Edwyna Brewis (d.21 Jan 1974)
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1.Angela Elizabeth (22 Aug 1930-6 Nov 2009); m.10 May 1950 (div 1959) Sir Robert John Frank, 3rd Bt (16 Mar 1925-1987)
2.Susan Dorothy Marie Gabrielle (19 Mar 1934-14 May 2017); m.1st 17 Sep 1955 (div 1977) Maldwin Andrew Cyril Drummond; m.2nd 8 Sep 1978 Sir Henry Lawson-Tancred, 10th Bt. (d.28 Mar 2010)
3.Virginia Anne (1 Jul 1936-24 Jul 2026); m.30 Sep 1961 Hon Sir Richard Storey, 2nd Bt. (b.23 Jan 1937)
4.Belinda Jane (6 Aug 1940-17 Apr 2014); m.15 Dec 1962 Mark Singleton Evans (d.14 Sep 2022)
5.April Mary (3 Apr 1945-2 Mar 2018); m.28 Jun 1969 Thomas Vernon Partridge
6.Alison Rose (3 Apr 1945-    ); m.14 Oct 1972 Patrick Dermot Maloney
7.Joanna Storm (19 Feb 1947-    ); m.28 Sep 1974 Richard Henry Cornwall-Legh, 6th Lord Grey of Codnor (b.14 May 1936)