CHELTON, Mrs Lewis (Daphne Joan née LANDON) (1931-2019)

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 25 May 2019: CHELTON Daphne Joan (née Landon) died on Sunday 19th May 2019. Beloved of Captain Lewis Chelton, Royal Navy, and mother of Simon, Roderick and Hugo. Dear Granny to Daisy, Toby,  Billy, Polly, Eleanor, James and Joss. Funeral and Interment at St John the Evangelist Church, Hatch Beauchamp, near Taunton... on Friday 31st May 2019 at 2.30 p.m.

She was d of Lt-Col Roger Palmer LANDON (1885-1936) and Betty EDEN (1896-1965) d of Robert Hildyard EDEN (1863-1932, gs of 3rd Baron AUCKLAND (1799-1870)) and Maud Effie Mary VON GUTTENBURG (1865-1957, d of Baron VON GUTTENBURG of Bayern, Germany). She m 1957 Capt Lewis William Leonard RN (b 1934 Q4 Kent) s of Lewis Walter CHELTON (1904-59) by his 1931 m (reg Q3 Kent) to Doris May GAMBLIN (1908-61), and had three sons as above.

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An interesting German/English ancestry:

Sir Thomas LOUIS, cr Baronet 1806 (1759-Egypt 17 May 1807); m.1784 Jacquetta Belfield (d.13 Oct 1824)

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Sir John LOUIS, 2nd Bt. (1785-31 Mar 1863); m.15 Oct 1807 Clementina Kirkpatrick (d.7 Dec 1861)

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Thomas LOUIS (20 Nov 1808- East Indies 23 Sep 1836); m.10 Oct 1831 Anne Katherine Hood English (d.5 Jan 1887)

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Katherine Clementina LOUIS, d.1870; m.26 Mar 1857 Otto Franz Wilhelm Ferdinand Freiherr von Guttenberg (1834-1874)

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Maude Effi Maria (1865-1957); m.1887 Robert Hildyard Henley Eden 

(1863-1932)

On Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 5:06:34 AM UTC-5, Richard R wrote:

...Maud Effie Mary VON GUTTENBURG (1865-1957, d of Baron VON GUTTENBURG of Bayern, Germany)

[G. Willis]

The following per BP 1999, the Landon pedigree in the Visitation of England and Wales, vol. 11, and Burke's Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies (2nd ed., 1844), supplemented by probate records etc:

- Roger Palmer Landon and Betty Eden's marriage having taken place in 1933 per BP 1999 and U.K. records, I checked the birth year of Daphne Joan Landon which per FreeBMD's records was 1934 rather than 1931.

- Roger Palmer Landon, of Arras House, Bulford, Wilts., 2nd s. of Col Aislabie Landon (1842-1923), Bengal Infantry, of 3, Heavitree Park, Exeter, Devon and (m. 1873) Joan Mary, dau. of Edward Giffard, of Spring Grove, Hampton, Middx., and of Kilcorral, Co. Wexford, Secretary of the Transport Board [s. of Sir Ambrose Hardinge Giffard, Chief Justice of Ceylon- see BLG, Giffard of Brightley, of which family Edward Giffard was head at the time of the 1847 edition]. Aislabie Landon eldest s. of Charles Ginkell Landon (1803-1861), of Tiverton, Devon, formerly of Heanton Punchardon, nr Braunton, Devon, educ. Clare Coll., Cantab., Capt., 8th Bengal Native Infantry and (m. 1837) Louisa (1809-1887), dau. of Benjamin Aislabie, of Lee Place, Kent, and Park Place, Regent's Park [given these details, evidently https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Aislabie , a merchant and plantation owner who was first Hon. Sec. of the M.C.C.]. C. G. Landon eldest s. of Rev. Charles Richard Landon (1766-1834), of Littlebury, Essex, rector of Vange, Essex 1809-, and (m. 1802) Caroline Mann, dau. of Josiah Harrop, of George Yard, Lombard Street, London. Rev. C. R. Landon 2nd s. of James Landon, of Cheshunt, Herts., and Anna, dau. and heiress of Philip Palmer, of Richmond, Surrey, brother of Sir Charles Palmer, 5th Bt [of the extinct 1621 creation; see Burke's Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies 2nd ed., 1844].