BAKER WILBRAHAM, Sir Richard 8th Bt 1934-2022

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May 31, 2022, 6:16:55 AM5/31/22
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From the Telegraph of 30 May 2022: BAKER WILBRAHAM Richard died peacefully at home on May 26th aged 88. Beloved husband of Anne and much loved father and grandfather. Funeral at All Saints , Odd Rode... on Thursday June 9th at midday. No flowers but donations if desired to the Woodhey Chapel Trust. All enquiries to Joseph Edwards & Sons...

He was s of Sir Randle John BAKER WILBRAHAM 7th Bt 1906-80 and Betty Ann 1906-75 d of William Matt TORRENS 1869-1931 (Stockbroker, s of Capt Alfred TORRENS and Ann Ommaney d of Sir Claude Edward SCOTT 3rd Bt 1804-74, title ext 1961) by his 1906 m reg Q1 Kent to (as her 1st h, her 2nd was Gerald Wainwright) Lilian Edith 1874-1965 d of Sir (Thomas) George FARDELL 1833-1917 scion of that gentry family of Little Warley and Letitia Anne c1834-1905 d of Henry Swann OLDFIELD 1799-1887 sometime head of that gentry family f/o Finkley House. He m 1962 Anne Christine Peto b 1936 reg Q4 Middx. d of Charles Peto BENNETT of La Haute, Fliquet, Jersey CI, and Fru FARNES of Norway, and had a son & three daus. His son succeeds him:

[Sir] RANDLE Baker Wilbraham 9th Baronet has yet to establish claim b 28 May 1963 m 1997 Amanda Jane b 1966 reg Q2 London d of Robert Charles GLOSSOP MBE b 1937 reg Q4 Oxford of Greywell, Hants by his c1965 m reg Q1 London to Jane C WAINMAN b 1944 reg Q4 London, and had a son and two daus.

SON LIVING
RAFE GERORGE WILLIAM b 27 Oct 1999

DAUGHTERS LIVING
Eve Allerley, b 2001
Willa Katharine, b 2004

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May 31, 2022, 7:48:58 AM5/31/22
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The "Wilbraham" entered the family with his great-grandmother:

Sir George BAKER, cr Baronet 1776 (ca 1723-15 Jun 1809); m.28 June 1768 Jane Morris (d.13 Jul 1813)
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Sir Frederick Francis, 2nd Bt. (13 May 1772-1 Oct 1830); m.Jul 1814 Harriet (d.15 Nov 1845), dau of Sir John Simeon, Bt.
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Sir George, 3rd Bt. (16 Jun 1816-27 Aug 1882); m.1st 2 Jun 1840 Mary Isabella Sutton (d.6 May 1855), gdau of Sir Richard Sutton, Bt.; m.2nd 16 Nov 1858 Augusta Catherine (d.19 Nov 1893), dau of Sir Robert Fitzwygram, 2nd Bt.
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Sir George Barrington, 1900 BAKER WILBRAHAM, 5th Bt. (26 Jan 1845-28 Aug 1912); m.4 April 1872 Katharine Frances Wilbraham (d.8 Feb 1945), great-niece of 1st Lord Skelmersdale, and dau of Sir Richard Wilbraham, of Rode Hall, still the seat of the Baker Wilbrahams
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Sir Philip Wilbraham, 6th Bt. (17 Sep 1875-11 Oct 1957); m.8 Aug 1901 Joyce Christabel (21 Dec 1876-25 Aug 1958), dau of Sir John Henry Kennaway, 3rd Bt.
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Sir Randle John, 7th Bt. (31 Mar 1906-24 Feb 1980); m.26 Feb 1930 Betty Ann Torrens (d.2 Oct 1975)
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Sir Richard, 8th Bt. (5 Feb 1934-26 May 2022); m.2 Mar 1962 Anne Christine Peto Bennett
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