6th Earl of Limerick, KBE, DL, (1930-2003)
Michael Rhodes
University, was represented by Sir John Carter at a service of
thanksgiving for the life and work of the 6th Earl of Limerick,
Chairman of Pirelli, UK, and Chancellor of London Metropolitan
University, held 1 April, 2003, at St Margaret's Church, Westminster
Abbey.
The Duke of Kent attended and Princess Alexandra was represented by
Lady Mary Mumford.
Canon Robert Wright, Rector of St Margaret's Church and Chaplain to
the Speaker, officiated, assisted by the Right Rev George Cassidy,
Bishop of Southwell, and the Rev Chris Chivers, Minor Canon and
Precentor of Westminster Abbey, who led the prayers.
Sylvia Countess of Limerick, widow, read the lesson. Lady Alison
McCaig, daughter, read a letter left by her father for his children,
Edmund, Alison and Adrian, in 1996 and marked "to be opened when I am
unable to do so myself" and Major the Hon Adrian Pery, son, read The
Peroration of Pericles from the History of the Peloponnesian War by
Thucydides.
The 7th Earl of Limerick, son, Lord Wright of Richmond, Professor
Roderick Floud, Vice-Chancellor, London Metropolitan University, and
Canon Paul Thomas paid tribute.
Mgr George Stark, Canon William Norman and the Rev Alan Carr were
robed and seated in the Sanctuary.
The Lord Chancellor was represented by Sir Michael Davies, Clerk of
the Parliaments. The Lord Mayor of Westminster, the Lord-Lieutenant of
West Sussex and Mrs Wyatt and the Lord-Lieutenant of West Yorkshire
attended.
The Lord Mayor of London was represented by Alderman Sir Brian
Jenkins. Among
others present were:
Mr David McCaig (son-in-law), the Countess of Limerick and Mrs Adrian
Pery (daughters-in-law), the Hon Felix and the Hon Ivo Pery
(grandsons), Matthew and Jack Cowan (step-grandsons), the Hon Michael
and Mrs Pery (brother and sister-in-law), Sir Peter and Lady Anne
Thorne (brother-in-law and sister), Mr and Mrs Julian Lush and Mr and
Mrs Ian Tegner (brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law), Mr Andrew Thorne,
Miss Janet Thorne, Mr and Mrs Philip Stinson, Mrs Pervaneh Child, Mr
Fergus Pery, Mr and Mrs Robin Thomas, Miss Aurelia Thomas, Mr and Mrs
Luke Tegner, District Judge Peter Wartnaby, Mrs Julian Granville, Mr
Peter Sychta, Mr Richard Campbell, Mr John Trotter, Mr E S Colquhoun.
Prince Ali Khan, the Austrian Ambassador, the Swedish Ambassador and
Mrs Bergquist, the Italian Ambassador, the High Commissioner for
Australia and Mrs L'Estrange, the Minister Counsellor for Bosnia and
Herzegovina; the Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Gordon, the Earl of
Home, Earl Jellicoe, Halina Countess of Munster, the Countess of
Verulam, Viscount Bridgeman, Viscount and Viscountess Dilhorne,
Viscountess Eccles, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Lord Aberdare,
Lord Armstrong of Ilminster, Lord Biffen, Lord Blaker, Lord Brooke of
Sutton Mandeville, Lady Bruce-Gardyne, Lord Carrington, KG, CH, Lord
and Lady Chesham, Lord Chorley, Lord Coleraine, Lord Congleton, Lord
Crickhowell, Baroness David, Lord and Lady Eden of Winton, Lord and
Lady Elton.
Lord Gladwin, Lord and Lady Gray of Contin, Lord Howe of Aberavon, QC,
and Lady Howe, Lord Jenkin of Roding, Lord King of Bridgwater, CH, and
Lady King, Lord Kingsdown, KG, and Lady Kingsdown, Lord Levene of
Portsoken, Lord and Lady Lloyd of Berwick, Lord and Lady Luce, Lord
Luke, Lord and Lady Monk Bretton, Lord Moore of Lower Marsh, Lord
Newall, Baroness O'Cathain, Lord Pender, Lord Prior, Baroness
Rawlings, Lord and Lady Remnant, Lord Rees, QC, Lord Renton of Mount
Harry, Lord and Lady Richardson of Duntisbourne, Lord Rockley,
Baroness Seccombe, Lord Shaw of Northstead, Lady Thorneycroft, Lord
Turnberg, Lord Walker of Worcester, Baroness Warnock, Lord Weatherill.
Mr Michael Ancram, QC, MP (Deputy Leader of HM Opposition and Shadow
Foreign Secretary), Sir Peter and Lady Emery, Sir Peter and Lady
Hordern, Sir Michael Palliser, Sir Christopher and Lady Slade, the Hon
Lady Dent, Colonel the Hon Peter and Mrs Trustram-Eve, the Hon Paul
Zuckerman, Sir Christopher Lever, Sir Antony Reardon Smith, Sir Edward
Studd, Sir Antony and Lady Acland, Sir Nigel and Lady Althaus, Sir
Ronald and Lady Arculus, Sir William Barlow, Sir Malcolm Bates (AMP)
and Lady Bates, Sir Piers Bengough, Sir Christopher and Lady Benson,
Sir Hugh Bidwell, Sir David Black, Sir Michael Burton
(European-Atlantic Group), Sir Hugh Byatt, Sir John Caines, Sir Roger
and Lady Carrick, Sir Peter and Lady Cazalet, Sir Cyril and Lady
Chantler, Field Marshal Sir John and Lady Chapple, Sir Anthony
Cleaver, Sir James Craig, Sir Michael Craig-Cooper.
Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Dalton, Sir Derek Day, General Sir Peter and
Lady de la Billiere, Sir Roy and Lady Denman, Colonel Sir Geoffrey and
Lady Errington, Lady Fergusson, Sir Anthony Figgis (Marshal of the
Diplomatic Corps), Sir Peter Gadsden, Sir Timothy and Lady Garden, Sir
Victor and Lady Garland, Sir Philip Goodhart, QC, Sir Brandon Gough
(De La Rue), Sir John Graham, Sir John Grenside, Sir Ronald Grierson,
Sir Basil and Lady Hall, Sir John and Lady Hannam, Sir Ernest Harrison
(Ronald Raven Cancer Research Trust), Sir Gordon Higginson, Sir Barry
Jackson (Royal Society of Medicine) and Lady Jackson, Sir Martin and
Lady Jacomb, General Sir Garry Johnson (Need in Nepal), Sir Thomas and
Lady Macpherson of Biallid, Dame Judith Mayhew (Corporation of
London), Sir Roger and Lady Moate, Sir Alan Munro, Sir Arthur Norman.
Dame Janet Ritterman (Royal College of Music), Sir Denis Rooke, OM,
Sir Brian and Lady Shaw, Sir Kerry and Lady St Johnston, Sir
Christopher and Lady Staughton, Sir Alec Stirling, Sir Angus and Lady
Stirling, Lady Tumin, Sir Alan Urwick, Sir Rodney and Lady Wade-Gery,
Sir Peter and Lady Wakefield, Sir Harold Walker, Sir Douglas and Lady
Wass, Vice-Admiral Sir James Weatherall, Mr Justice Wright (Honourable
Society of Lincoln's Inn) and Lady Wright, Councillor Kevin Gardner
and Baroness Gardner of Parkes, Mr David and Lady Elizabeth Benson, Mr
Richard and Lady Rosemary Steel, Major and the Hon Mrs J M H Balcon,
Mr and the Hon Mrs David Blacker.
Mr David Acland, Mr and Mrs D Allen, Mr and Mrs R A M Baillie, Mr T G
Barker, Mr A J Benbow, Dr John Bennett (Royal College of Physicians),
Mr and Mrs A A Bertram, Mr James Best, Lieutenant-Colonel G D Birch,
Mr Brian Birkenhead, Mr Guy Bonsor, Mr Tim Booth, Mr Peter Bottomley,
MP, and Mrs Virginia Bottomley, MP, Mr Peter Bowring, Mrs Jasmine
Boxall, Mr Ian Brackenbury, Mr Derek Brierley, Mr and Mrs J Bright, Dr
and Mrs Richard Brown, Mr John Burbridge-King, MajorGeneral David
Burden (Receiver General, Westminster Abbey), Professor and Mrs Roger
Carpenter, Mr Guy Checketts, Mr and Mrs Andrew Chown, Mr Geoffrey
Clifton-Brown, MP, Mr B P Constant (Middle East Association), Mr
Timothy Cook, Mr Peter Costain, Mr John Cousins.
Mr and Mrs Anthony Curtis, Mrs G P Darwin, Mr E L Darwin, Mr Quentin
Davies, MP, Mr Maurice de Bunsen (Canning House), Mr Denis Doble, Mr
and Mrs P K Donaldson, Mrs Gerald Draper, Mr and Mrs Peter Drew, Mr
Richard Duncan, Major and Mrs R H Dunn, Mr Denis Durkin, Mr D J
Easton, Mr and Mrs J Michael Edwards, Mr Peter Elwes, Mr Richard
Evans, Major-General F P Fagan, Mr Malcolm Fleming, Mr Edward Garnier,
MP, Professor Stanley Glasser, Mr Luciano Gobbi (director-general
Finance, Pirelli UK) with Mr Giovanni Ferrario, Mr Piero Sierra, Mr
Dominic Sandivasco and Mr Geoffrey Higham (directors) and past and
present members of staff; Mr Jeremy Gotch, Mr Simon Parker and Mr M J
B Green (Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein), Mr and Mrs R Greenshields,
Mr and Mrs Richard Greenwood, Mr Keith Hall (Inns of Court and City
Yeomanry), Mr James Harrison, Mr and Mrs Michael Hawkes, Mr E J
Hendrie, Mr Toby Jessel, Dr J E Johnson, Mr Francis Kenyon, Mr William
King, Ms Marina Kleinwort, Mr William Knight.
Mr and Mrs Richard Lumley, Mr Denis MacShane, MP, Professor and Mrs
Robert Mahler, Mr and Mrs Stephen Marshall, Mr Stanley Martin, Mr N S
Mayhew, Mr R M Mays-Smith, Mr G Menzies, Mr and Mrs Keith Miller, Mr
Anthony Moss, Mr Carel Mosselmans, Mr and Mrs Robin Murray Brown, Mr
Stanislaw Mystkowski, Mr Peter Nathan, Dr C Nemeth, Mr and Mrs David
Newbigging, Mr J T Norman, Mr and Mrs Dennis Paravicini, Mrs Gillian
Payne and Mrs Carole Still (Regent's College), Mr and Mrs David Peake.
Mr J A Pinkerton (Honourable Society of the Knights of the Round
Table), Mr Simon Robertson (Goldman Sachs Europe), Mr and Mrs Graham
Ross Russell, Mr J S Sadler, Mr J H Salmon (PriceWaterhouseCoopers),
Mr Bevis Sandford, Mr R T Scholes, Professor Crispin Scully, Mr Robin
Sherlock, Mr Michael Shrimpton, Mrs R Simpson-Orlebar, Dr and Mrs
David Skeggs, Mr and Mrs Alan Smallbone, Mr John F M Smallwood,
Major-General I O J Sprackling (Master of Signals).
Mr and Mrs Andrew Stewart-Roberts, Mr P L B Stoddart, Mr Terence
Stone, Mr Derek Strauss, Mr and Mrs Michael Tait, Mrs Paul Thomas, Mrs
Digby Thompson, Captain I W Wadley (Royal Signals), Mr and Mrs David
Wake-Walker, Major-General and Mrs J H Walsh, Mr Simon Warde, Mr Max
Weaver (Deputy Vice-Chancellor, London Metropolitan University) with
other members of the university.
Professor Dorothy Wedderburn, Mr Euan Weir, Mr A S Westnedge, Mr Ian K
Whalley Mr Tony Whelan (Sigma), Mr John White, Mr Malcolm Williams,
Professor and Mrs Roger Williams, Mr G A Wolfe, Mr Robert R Worcester
(The Pilgrims Society), Mr B H B Wrey (Hendersons (Brokers)), and
representatives of the Abbeyfield Society, the Abbeyfield Sussex Weald
Society, St Luke's Hospital for the Clergy, the Limerick City Trust,
Ireland, the Britain-Australia Society, the Alpine Ski Club.
The Inns of Court Regimental Association, the 71 Yeomanry Signal
Regiment, the Kent and County of London Yeomanry, KPMG, the
Sharpshooters Association, the Employability Forum, the Cook Society,
the Yeomanry Association, the Serbian Benevolent Society, the City
Parochial Foundation, the British Red Cross, the Royal Corps of
Signals, the Company of World Traders, the Armourers and Braziers'
Company, the Australian and New Zealand Chamber of Commerce, the
Overseas Trust, the Sussex Heritage Trust, the Institute of Export and
the Chiddinglye Estate Staff with many other friends and colleagues.
After the service, musicians from the Inns of Court and City Yeomanry
Band of the Royal Yeomanry performed a Post Horn Galop (1844) by
Herman Koenig.
Brian Watson
"Michael Rhodes" <mig73alle...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Patron of London Metropolitan
> University, was represented by Sir John Carter at a service of
> thanksgiving for the life and work of the 6th Earl of Limerick,
There once was a 6th Earl of Limerick
Who, at a great age, became very sick
He upped and he died, and the peers they all cried
When they found that it was not just a magic trick.
> ... and Major the Hon Adrian Pery, son, read The
> Peroration of Pericles from the History of the Peloponnesian War by
> Thucydides.
There once was a Peroration of Pericles from the History of the
Peloponnesian War by Thucydides...
OK, I give up.
> ... Lord Congleton, ...
Many years ago, I cooked an evening meal for Lady Congleton of Ulva on a
little island in the Hebrides called Gometra.
> After the service, musicians from the Inns of Court and City Yeomanry
> Band of the Royal Yeomanry performed a Post Horn Galop (1844) by
> Herman Koenig.
Hell, those upper crust types know how to have a good time - even at a
funeral.
--
Brian
"Happy St George's Day. It either is, just was, or soon will be."
Michael Rhodes
> Many years ago, I cooked an evening meal for Lady Congleton of Ulva on a
> little island in the Hebrides called Gometra.
She's Norwegian. I don't think we have many Norwegian peeresses.
Brian Watson
"Michael Rhodes" <mig73alle...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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Is she the same person who carried the title in 1963-ish?
That is when I was involved in the cooking of a meal for her when she
visited our camp on Gometra.
Michael Rhodes
> "Michael Rhodes" <mig73alle...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > "Brian Watson" <br...@spheroid.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> >
> > > Many years ago, I cooked an evening meal for Lady Congleton of Ulva on a
> > > little island in the Hebrides called Gometra.
> >
> > She's Norwegian. I don't think we have many Norwegian peeresses.
>
> Is she the same person who carried the title in 1963-ish?
>
> That is when I was involved in the cooking of a meal for her when she
> visited our camp on Gometra.
No. The present [8th] Lord Congleton [who married a Norwegian]
succeeded to the title 12 Oct 1967 on the death of his bachelor
brother in a car crash.
The mother of the 7th and 8th Lords Congleton was Edith Lady Congleton
[1895-1979].
Was your dinner guest in her late 60s ?
--
Michael
Brian Watson
"Michael Rhodes" <mig73alle...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Brian Watson" <br...@spheroid.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> > Is she the same person who carried the title in 1963-ish?
> >
> > That is when I was involved in the cooking of a meal for her when she
> > visited our camp on Gometra.
>
> No. The present [8th] Lord Congleton [who married a Norwegian]
> succeeded to the title 12 Oct 1967 on the death of his bachelor
> brother in a car crash.
>
> The mother of the 7th and 8th Lords Congleton was Edith Lady Congleton
> [1895-1979].
>
> Was your dinner guest in her late 60s ?
Oh at least!
:-)
But very good for her age. She thanked us all profusely for being such good
guests on her island and even forgave me (and others) for the cooking.
--
Brian
"Not quite an Angel"