Peter Norman Whitley: widower of Queen's cousin Lady Mary Cambridge ?
Michael Rhodes
29 January, 2003: *WHITLEY, Peter Norman, died suddenly on 25th
January, 2003. Private cremation. No flowers...*
No mention of his deceased wife, and of his children, or place of
death, or his age.
Could the deceased perhaps be THE Peter Whitley who was born in 1923,
the son of Sir Norman Henry Pownall Whitley, Kt, [b. Manchester 29
June, 1883; d. 12 April, 1957], Chief Justice of Uganda, 1937-47, by
his wife, Florence May Erskine?
Reference books tend not to give a middle name for Peter, though one
source shows him as Peter N. Whitley, of Roadwater, Somerset.
Peter Whitley married, 9 November, 1951, the Lady Mary Ilona Margaret
Cambridge [b. 24 September, 1924, d. 13 December, 1999], only child of
the 2nd Marquess of Cambridge, GCVO [1895-1981] [formerly Prince
George Francis Hugh of Teck], a descendant of King George III via his
granddaughter, Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, who married the
Duke of Teck, scion of the Royal House of Wurttemberg.
Lady Mary Whitley was thus a great-niece [and goddaughter] of HM Queen
Mary, and a 2nd cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. She was a bridesmaid
for the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh in 1947, and led a private life at
Roadwater, Somerset.
Bit of a birdwatcher and country lover, who suffered a stroke in her
latter years.
On Royal occasions she -with her husband - were regarded as members of
the Royal family and processed with the family in Westminster Abbey at
weddings &c.
A Memorial Service announcement in future may help to reveal whether
the above mentioned Mr Whitley is indeed the consort of the last
*Princess* of the House of Teck.
--
Michael Rhodes.
Guy Stair Sainty
mig73alle...@yahoo.co.uk says...
>
>An interesting - if ambiguous - death notice in the Daily Telegraph,
>29 January, 2003: *WHITLEY, Peter Norman, died suddenly on 25th
>January, 2003. Private cremation. No flowers...*
>
>No mention of his deceased wife, and of his children, or place of
>death, or his age.
>
>Could the deceased perhaps be THE Peter Whitley who was born in 1923,
>the son of Sir Norman Henry Pownall Whitley, Kt, [b. Manchester 29
>June, 1883; d. 12 April, 1957], Chief Justice of Uganda, 1937-47, by
>his wife, Florence May Erskine?
>
>Reference books tend not to give a middle name for Peter, though one
>source shows him as Peter N. Whitley, of Roadwater, Somerset.
For many years the Whitleys were near neighbours of my family, they
lived in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, we lived near there. I used to see
them occaisonally but that is more than 25 years ago. I do not
recall hearing that they moved, edven after Lady Mary's death.
Guy Stair Sainty
www.chivalricorders.org/index3.htm
Paul Harten
although his father and children had/have 3 Christian names and his father
was Norman. Did a check on 192.com and found a Peter N M Whitley living at
Leighland House at Watchet in Somerset, which is not that far from
Stogumber, where Lady Mary died. He is the only person registered at that
address.
The funeral directors mentioned are based in Minehead in Somerset, just up
the coast.
Paul
Guy Stair Sainty <g...@sainty.org> wrote in message
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Michael Rhodes
>
> For many years the Whitleys were near neighbours of my family, they
> lived in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, we lived near there. I used to see
> them occaisonally but that is more than 25 years ago. I do not
> recall hearing that they moved, edven after Lady Mary's death.
>
> Guy Stair Sainty
> www.chivalricorders.org/index3.htm
In Debrett's I see that Lady Mary Whitley was living at Hurstpierpoint
in 1980, but by 1989 she was living in Somerset -near Watchet - at the
home where she died in 1999.
--
Michael Rhodes
Michael Rhodes
hunting, fell ill, dropped off his horse and either died en route to
the hospital or in hospital.
--
Michael Rhodes.
James Hall
"Michael Rhodes" <mig73alle...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Marlene Koenig confirms that Peter Whitley did die .. Mr W was out
> hunting, fell ill, dropped off his horse and either died en route to
> the hospital or in hospital.
This confirmation won't hasten the forthcoming war. will
it ?
Or being sooooo close to royalty maybe it will help
move the scheduled "start date" back an hout or 2 ?
Any comment ? from bum-lickin' tony's office or
from the corgis ?
JHall.
Michael Rhodes
I believe that the entire War Cabinet stood in silence, heads bowed,
for several minutes. Tony, as usual, weeping copiously.
James Hall
"Michael Rhodes" <mig73alle...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "James Hall" <jh...@cuic.ca> wrote in message
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> > "Michael Rhodes" <mig73alle...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:beb1d3e8.03021...@posting.google.com...
> > > Marlene Koenig confirms that Peter Whitley did die .. Mr W was out
> > > hunting, fell ill, dropped off his horse and either died en route to
> > > the hospital or in hospital.
> >
> > This confirmation won't hasten the forthcoming war. will
> > it ?
> >
> > Or being sooooo close to royalty maybe it will help
> > move the scheduled "start date" back an hout or 2 ?
> >
> > Any comment ? from bum-lickin' tony's office or
> > from the corgis ?
> >
> > JHall.
>
> I believe that the entire War Cabinet stood in silence, heads bowed,
> for several minutes. Tony, as usual, weeping copiously.
For the corgis, one would suspect, eh ?
JHall.
