Lord Martin Fitzalan Howard (1922-2003)
Michael Rhodes
The Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire and Lady Crathorne and the
Vice-Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire attended a memorial Mass for
Lord Martin Fitzalan Howard celebrated by the Right Rev Dom Timothy
Wright, Abbot of Ampleforth Abbey, 9 october, 2003.
Miss Alethea Wood, granddaughter, Mr Max Roos, Freddie and Bertie
Woodhead and Laurie and Josh Pascall, grandsons, led the bidding
prayers. Miss Miranda Wood, granddaughter, read the lesson, Father
Jock Hamilton-Dalrymple, godson, read the Gospel and Father Adrian
Convery, OSB, preached the homily.
Mr Theodore Roos, grandson, read from the works of Minnie Louise
Haskins and Mr Archie Woodhead, grandson, read Footprints. Sir Hew
Hamilton-Dalrymple gave an address.
The Lord-Lieutenant of West Yorkshire and Mrs Lyles and the
Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire and Mrs Marriott
attended. Among others present were:
Lady Martin Fitzalan Howard (widow), Mr Philip Fitzalan Howard (son),
Miss Amanda Fitzalan Howard (daughter), Mr and Mrs Simon Wood, Mr and
Mrs Francis Roos and Mr and Mrs Nicholas Woodhead (sons-in-law and
daughters), Mr Charles Wood (grandson), Major-General Lord and Lady
Michael Fitzalan Howard and Lord and Lady Mark Fitzalan Howard
(brothers and sisters-in-law), Lady Mariegold Jamieson (sister), Anne
Duchess of Norfolk (sister-in-law), Mr and Mrs Alexander Fletcher and
the Hon Richard and Mrs Beaumont (brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law).
The Duke of Norfolk, Lord and Lady Gerald Fitzalan Howard, Lady Marsha
Ryecart, Mr and Mrs Harry Fitzalan Howard, Mrs Richard Fitzalan
Howard, Miss Amelia Fitzalan Howard, Mrs Tim Bell, Mrs Peter Bickmore,
Mrs Joe Calthorpe, Mr James Jamieson, Mr Crispin Kelly, Mr and Mrs
Anthony Myers, Mrs Max Pike, Mrs Roger Pratt, Miss Flora Fitzalan
Howard, Mr Adrian Myers, Lady Herries of Terregles, Lady Mary Mumford,
Mrs Jan Fitzalan Howard and other members of the family.
Grania Marchioness of Normanby, the Marquess of Zetland, the Earl and
Countess of Gainsborough, the Earl and Countess of Harewood, the Earl
and Countess of Mexborough, Earl Peel, the Earl of Ronaldshay, the
Earl and Countess of Swinton, Viscount and Viscountess Campden,
Viscount de Vesci, Viscountess Downe, Viscount Ingleby, Lord and Lady
Feversham, Lord and Lady Hotham, Lord and Lady Middleton, Lord and
Lady Nelson of Stafford, Lord Savile, Denise Lady St Oswald.
Lady Clarissa Collin, Lady Anne-Louise Hamilton-Dalrymple, the Hon
Nicholas Crossley, the Hon Mrs Lou Howard, the Hon Michael Howard, the
Hon Simon Howard, the Hon Mrs J Keith, the Hon Mrs J Needham, the Hon
Mrs Raynar, the Hon Sir Richard and Lady Storey, the Hon Michael and
Mrs Willoughby, the Hon Mrs Wynn.
Sir Nicholas and the Hon Lady Brooksbank, Sir Charles and Lady Legard,
Sir Ian and Lady Macdonald of Sleat, Sir Fergus and the Hon Lady
Matheson of Matheson, Sir Richard and Lady Pease, Sir Marcus and the
Hon Lady Worsley, Sir Bryan Askew (president, York and Selby District
branch, CPRE) with Dr G R Woolley (chairman); Sir Joseph and Lady
Barnard, Sir Paul and Lady Bryan, Sir Lawrence Byford, General Sir
David and Lady Fraser, Sir Carron and Lady Greig, General Sir Charles
and Lady Huxtable, Sir Carol and the Hon Lady Mather, Sir Simon
Towneley, Mr Antony and Lady Elizabeth Leeming, Mr and the Hon Mrs
Toby Horton.
Mr and Mrs G F Armitage, Mrs Mark Armour, Mrs P J Armour, Mr Philip
Astley-Jones, Mr and Mrs David Aykroyd, Mrs Janie Bell, Mr and Mrs
Humphrey Boyle, Brigadier and Mrs Alan Breitmeyer, Mrs John Bromet, Dr
Elizabeth Bryan, Mr and Mrs Martin Busk, Mr and Mrs David Butler
Adams, Mr Jamie Charteris, Mrs Hugo Charteris, Mrs Mark Chidley, Mr
and Mrs Robin Compton, Mrs Alan Crossley, Mr and Mrs Edward Denison,
Mr Patrick Dent, Mr Charles Dodsworth, Mr and Mrs John Dowson, Mrs
Harold Drury.
Mrs C Easterby, Mrs Martin Elwes, Mr and Mrs Mark Evans, Mr and Mrs
Warren Fenwicke-Clennell, Mr Fred Firth, Mr Timothy Forbes Adam, Mr
and Mrs Nigel Forbes Adam, Mr and Mrs Charles Forbes Adam, Mr and Mrs
Arthur French, Mr M Golding (president, Yorkshire branch, Multiple
Sclerosis Society) with Miss Joan Sadler (vice-president); Mr and Mrs
J Goodhart, Mrs Robert Guy, Mrs Christopher Haldane, Mr Christopher
Hall (Yorkshire Agricultural Society) and Mrs Hall, Mr and Mrs Richard
Harrison-Topham.
Mr and Mrs Richard Henderson, Mrs Peter Herbert, Mr Derek Hickson, Mr
and Mrs Michael Holford, Mrs Thomas Hornyold-Strickland, Mr and Mrs
Richard Howard-Vyse, Dr and Mrs Michel Hulme, Mr Philip Ingham, Mr and
Mrs Patrick James, Mr and Mrs Terrence Kerrigan, Mr George Lane-Fox,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs H S Le Messurier, Mr and Mrs James Leeming,
Mr and Mrs Nicholas Leeming, Mrs Richard Leeming, Miss Dorothy
Leeming, Mr Anton Lodge.
Mrs Robert Maitland, Mr and Mrs Donald Marshall, Mr Tom Matheson, Mr
John Moore, Mr Stephen Mullen (Headmaster, St Martin's, Ampleforth)
and Mrs Mullen, Mr and Mrs A Munnerly, Major-General and Mrs D M
Naylor, Mr and Mrs Anthony Preston, Mrs Thomas Ramsden, Mr and Mrs
James Raynar, Mr and Mrs Peter Rhodes, Mr Tony Robinson, Mr and Mrs
Anthony Rogers, Mr and Mrs John Rolston, Mr Jonathan Ropner, Mr Henry
Scrope, Mr and Mrs Peter Scrope, Mr and Mrs Simon Scrope, Mrs Humphrey
Seed.
Lieutenant-Colonel Conway Seymour (Grenadier Guards), Mr and Mrs Robin
Sheepshanks, Mr Dick Stevenson (county commissioner, North Yorkshire
Scouts), Mr and Mrs Nigel Stourton, Mr and Mrs Henry Tempest,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs David Tetley, Mrs Eric Thompson, Mr and Mrs
Martin Thompson, Mr and Mrs Andrew Thompson, Mrs Gilbert
Thompson-Royds, Captain and Mrs James Troughton, Mr Graeme Unwin, Mr
and Mrs Neville Ussher, Mr and Mrs Antony Wakeham.
Mrs John Ward-Harrison, Mr Irvine Watson, Mr and Mrs Malcolm Watson,
Mr Anthony Wharton, Colonel and Mrs Rodney Windsor, Mr and Mrs Mark
Winn, Mr Timothy Woodhead, Mrs Christopher Woodhead, Major-General and
Mrs Henry Woods, Mr and Mrs William Worsley, Mrs Benjamin Worthington,
Mrs Nicholas Wrigley, Mrs M H Wrigley.
Many other friends and representatives of Action Research, the Sydney
Smith Association, the North Yorkshire Magistrates, the Company of
Merchants of the Staple of England, HSBC Insurance Brokers and the Bar
Convent and the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary.