SKINNER, Sir (Thomas) Keith Hewitt 4th Bt 1927-2021

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 2 Nov 2021: Sir Keith died peacefully at home on 18th October, aged 93. Beloved husband of the late Jill and much-loved father to James and Ian, grandfather to Henry, Anna, Alexander, Freddie and Violet. Funeral to be held at Waveney Crematorium at 1:00 pm on Wednesday 10th November.

He was s of Sir Thomas Gordon SKINNER 3rd Bt 1899-1972 and his 1st w Molly Barbara 1900-65 d of Herbert William GIRLING 1868-1916 of Frostenden, Suffolk by his 1897 m reg Q4 Norfolk to Eva Emily NOTTIDGE 1872-1956. He m 1959 Jill 1935-2019 d of Cedric Ivor TUCKETT 1901-75 of Tonbridge, Kent by his 1932 m reg Q4 Surrey to Lettice Charlotte 1909-93 d of William Graham THOMPSON 1872- by his 1901 m reg Q1 London to Oliveria Cromwell PRESCOTT 1872-1958 6xgt gd of The Lord Protector OLIVER CROMWELL 1599-1658, and had two sons. His elder son succeeds him:

[Sir] (THOMAS) JAMES HEWITT SKINNER [5TH Bt] b 11 Sept 1962 has yet to establish his claim & appear on The Baronetage Roll. He's unm according to DPB online.

BROTHER LIVING
IAN IVOR HEWITT Skinner b 11 Sept (same day & month as elder bro according to BP2003) 1964 reg Q3 Surrey. He m 2001 Laura A d of Michael HEYBROOK, and has issue incl Henry Michael Hewitt whose 30 April 2002 birth is published in the Times of 15 May 2002.

Note: Sir Keith's death notice mentions 5 grandchildren including Henry mentioned above.

The late Lady Skinner's Cromwell ancestry is detailed in the Dec 2019 post reporting her death: https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/CfCJcYmxRj0/m/bAFWDLyPBwAJ

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Richard, you have a very sharp eye indeed, with regards to the grandchildren.

With only those 2 sons, one wonders who the father of those children are, particularly, the males, who would be in remainder.  The Debrett Database doesn't even show Henry right now, but we know from the Times that Ian is Henry's father.

So the question is who is the father of Alexander and Freddie?  Maybe Debrett's will update the database and we will know.

Brooke

[Henry W]

A good spot indeed!

Ian I H S. and Laura HEYBROOK are parents of the following according to the GRO indices

Henry, b Q2 2002 Kensington & Chelsea (as above)

Frederick (Freddie) T V S., b Q1 2009 Oxfordshire

Violet I R S., b Q3 2010 Oxfordshire

Based on the convention of listing grandchildren in age order, this means Anna and Alexander born between 2002 and 2009, and presumably are James' children?  I'm not able to identify a good candidate marriage for James in the Ancestry indices to 2005.  There are no GRO marriage indices yet.

There is only one Anna in this timeframe:

Anna F S., b Q1 2004 Truro

However, we should acknowledge the possibility of a different surname.

There is no obvious candidate for Alexander amongst several possibilities - I also checked for Thomas Alexander in case that convention was being continued.

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Henry, the frustrating part is that it would seem that Alexander would be the new baronet's son, in which case, he would be ha to his father. Instead, at least right now, we are "stuck" with having to list the baronet's brother as the hp.

Brooke

[Henry W]

I agree that it is likely that Alexander is the ha.  However, we should not ignore the possibility he was born out of wedlock.

The Debrett's database has already been updated to list Freddie and Violet as children of Ian. Hopefully they can untangle the other two and list them at some point soon. In the meantime, we at least know this title is flush with heirs in the next generation (incl on other lines).

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Henry, I never thought of that (about Alexander possibly being born out of wedlock).

It will be interesting to see the next Kershaw update.

Brooke.

[colinp]

Debrett's online states new Bt is director of Skinner Mining & Investments Ltd.  His correspondence address (publicly available) is Wood Farm, Wood Farm Lane, Reydon, Southwold, [Suffolk] IP18 6SL.  A quick check on 192.com only shows him and his parents now (or formerly) at this address. 

[colinp]

Sir Thomas James Hewitt Skinner is now entered on the Official Roll of the Baronetage as the 5th Baronet