Baroness Strange (1928-2005)
Michael Rhodes
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The Queen was represented by Diana Lady Farnham at a service of
thanksgiving for the life and work of Baroness Strange held 21 June,
2005, at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey. The Prince of Wales
was represented by Major-General Arthur Denaro.
Canon Robert Wright, Rector of St Margaret's Church, officiated,
assisted by the Rev Graeme Napier, Minor Canon and Succentor of
Westminster Abbey, who led the prayers, and Mrs Jenny Green, Chairman
of the War Widows' Association.
Lord Strange, son, read the lesson.
Dr the Hon Humphrey Drummond, and the Hon John Drummond, sons, read
from Creatures Great and Small by their mother.
The Hon Charlotte Drummond, the Duchess of Magenta and the Hon Mrs
Catherine Herdman, daughters, read passages entitled Beauty, The White
Tower and Chapel Vigil from Love is For Ever written by their mother.
The Marquess of Salisbury gave an address.
During the prayers, Lady Strange's grandchildren bore flowers from
Megginch up to the Altar. The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of
Westminster, the Lord Chancellor and the Gentleman Usher of the Black
Rod attended.
The Governor of the Falkland Islands was represented by Ms Sukey
Cameron. Among others present were:
Captain Humphrey Drummond of Megginch (husband), Mr Giles Herdman
(son-in-law), Lady Strange and the Hon Mrs Humphrey Drummond,
(daughters-in-law), Tay and Lexa Drummond, Pelagie de Mac Mahon, the
Duc de Magenta, and Charlotte, Sophia Cherry, Alfred and Bertie Herdman
(grandchildren), the Hon Mrs Currey (sister), Sir Quentin and the Hon
Lady Agnew-Somerville (brother-in-law and sister).
Mr Lockett Agnew-Somerville, Mr and Mrs William Osborne-Young, Mr and
Mrs Robert Currey, Mrs Arabella Buckworth, Mr Johnnie Currey,
Major-General A J Deane-Drummond, Mrs Venetia Chattey, Mrs Oriel
Robinson, the Duke of Montrose, the Earl and Countess of Effingham, Mrs
Robin Brockbank, Mr and Mrs H Gilbert, Mr Peter Rosselli, Mr Timothy
Rosselli, Mr and Mrs George Williams, Colonel and Mrs Robert Herdman.
Mr and Mrs Marcus Taylor, Mr James Buchanan-Jardine, Miss Tessa
Buchanan-Jardine, Miss Kate Buchanan-Jardine, Miss Lorna
Buchanan-Jardine, Miss Juliet Buchanan-Jardine, Miss Alice
Buchanan-Jardine, Mr Owain Williams, Mr and Mrs Maldwin Drummond,
Aldred Drummond, the Dowager Marchioness of Hertford, Mrs Hugh
Cameron-Rose, Lady Venetia Davies, Mr and Mrs Mark Fairbanks Smith,
Miss Nicola Davies, Mrs Crispin Kelly. The Earl of Arran, the Earl of
Errol, Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, the Earl of Sandwich, the Earl of
Dundee, Countess Temple of Stowe, Viscount Allenby, Viscount
Brookeborough, Viscount and Viscountess Dupplin, Viscount Goschen,
Viscount Ridley, Viscount Ullswater, Viscount Waverley, Lord Ackner,
Professor Lord Alton of Liverpool, Lady Armstrong of Ilminster, Lady
Ashtown, Lord Astor of Hever, Lord Biffen, Lord Birdwood, Lord Blaker,
Baroness Boothroyd, Lord Borthwick, Lord Brabazon of Tara, Lord
Brougham and Vaux, Lord Campbell of Alloway, QC, Baroness Carnegy of
Lour, Lord Chadlington, Lord Chorley, Lord Cope of Berkeley, Lady
Burnham, Lady Butterworth, Lady Colnbrook, Lord and Lady Craig of
Radley.
Lord Crathorne, Lord and Lady Crickhowell, Lord and Lady Elton,
Baroness Flather, Baroness Fookes, Lord and Lady Forsyth of Drumlean,
Ivry Lady Freyberg, Lord Freyberg, Lord Hayhoe, Baroness Hayman,
Baroness Hooper, Baroness Howe of Idlicote, Lord and Lady Inchyra, Lord
Jenkin of Roding, Lord Jopling, Lord Kimball, Lord Laming, Lord Lang of
Monckton, Lord Lewis of Newnham.
Lord Luke, Lord Lyell, Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden, KT, Baroness Masham
of Ilton, Professor Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff, Baroness Miller of
Hendon, Lord and Lady Monro of Langholm, Lord Moran, Lord Morris of
Aberavon, Lord Murton of Lindisfarne, Baroness O'Cathain, Lord
Palmer, Baroness Platt of Writtle, Baroness Rawlings, Lord Rees, QC,
and Lady Rees.
Lord Renton, QC, Lady Saltoun, Baroness Seccombe, Baroness Sharples,
Lord Shaw of Northstead, Lord Slynn of Hadley, Lord Stewartby, Lord and
Lady Strabolgi, Lord Strathclyde, Lord and Lady Swansea, Lord Swinfen,
Baroness Trumpington, Jean Lady Tweedsmuir, Lord Waddington, Lord
Walpole, Lord Walton of Detchant, Baroness Warnock, Lord Weatherill,
Lord and Lady Williams of Elvel, Lady Williams of Mostyn, Lord
Williamson of Horton, Lord Wright of Richmond. Air Commodore the Hon
Sir Timothy and Lady Elworthy, the Hon Diana Makgill, the Hon Mrs
Nicholson, the Hon Mrs Stanley, Sir James Cayzer, Lady Colquhoun of
Luss, Sir Ian Lowson, Sir Ian Rankin, Pauline Lady Rumbold, Sir Hugh
and Lady Cubitt, Lady Graydon, Sir Thomas and Lady Macpherson of
Biallid, Lady Edwards, Lady Jardine Paterson, Sir Jocelyn Stevens, Sir
Blair Stewart-Wilson, Lady Thomson, Mr Kevin Gardner and Baroness
Gardner of Parkes, Dr Alan and Lady Caroline Borg, Mrs Michael Wall,
Mrs G W Mallinckrodt.
Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Birdwood, Mr D E Brittain-Caitlin, Mr Dennis
Doble, Mrs Nicholas Fane, Mrs Lorraine Gould, Mr Duncan Grant, Mr
Gareth Hardwick, Miss Angela Hooper Mr and Mrs Toby Jessel, Mr D
Liddell-Grainger Mr James Macnair, Mr David Maskovic, Mrs Peter
Meinerzhagen, Mr A Pearson, Miss Anthea Pelham-Burn, Miss K Pospechova,
Colonel and Mrs George Ramsay, Mrs Eunice Salmond, Major and Mrs
Narindar Saroop, Mrs P T Stevenson, Mrs Bruno Schroder, Mr Richard
Spring, MP, Mr G S Murray Threipland, Mme Zahid with many other friends
and representatives of the War Widows Association, the Association of
Conservative Peers, the Queen Mother's Memorial Fund, the Black
Watch, the Selwood Foundation and other organisations having connection
with Lady Strange.
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