GIEDROYC, Princess Rosemary Virginia Anna (nee CUMPSTON) 1937-2024

[Richard R]

From the Times of 21 March 2024: GIEDROYC Princess Rosemary Virginia Anna (née Cumpston) died peacefully on 17th March 2024 in Oxford, aged 86. Born in London, beloved wife of Michał, muchloved mother of Miko, Kasia, Coky and Mel and adored grandmother and great grandmother.

She was d of Charles Graham CUMPSTON 1897-1968 by his 1939 m reg Q3 London to Astrid Kate Oatlaye WALFORD 1907-84. She m 1958 Prince Michal Jan Henryk 1929-2017 s of Prince Tadeusz GIEDROYC c1890-1941 of the Polish princely family of that name and Anna DUNIN-SZOSTAKOWSKA 1894-1976, and had a son and three daus as above, of whom: Coky b 1963 m 1998 as her 2nd h Sir Thomas Weyland BOWYER 15th Bt b 1960; and Mel b 1968 is the TV presenter Mel Giedroyc.

[Richard R]

Coky Bowyer's husband should more correctly be called Thomas Weyland BOWYER, as he does not use his title.