CRAWFORD & BALCARRES, Rt Hon Countess of (Ruth Beatrice nee MEYER-BECHTLER) c1925-2021

[Richard R]

From the Times of 5 October 2021: CRAWFORD AND BALCARRES Ruth Beatrice, Countess of (née Meyer) on 2nd October 2021, aged 96, peacefully at home. Greatly loved by all her family: wife of Robin for 71 years, mother of Bettina, Iona, Anthony and Alexander, grandmother to 13, and great-grandmother to seven. Funeral private. Donations if desired to St Andrews Botanic Garden (in Ruth’s name)...

She was d of Leo MEYER-BECHTLER of Zurich, Switzerland. She m 1949 the 29th Earl of CRAWFORD & (12th of) BALCARRES b 1927, and had two sons and two daus.

Her grandson The Master of Lindsay b 1991 m 2018 (DPB online, we reported the engagement in Nov 2017) Allison Lee d of Michael L CORBAT of New York (no issue shown so far)

[Paul Theroff]

Her gravestone gives her year of birth as 1924, and the findagrave page specifically says 8 October 1924.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/279442798/ruth-beatrice-lindsay

[Harry]

Based on previous PNGG discussions, Alexander (Lord Balniel, yes?) and Allison Corbat have a son, Ludovic James, born in 2020. Btw, Allison Corbat's father, Michael Louis Corbat (1960), is the former CEO of CItigroup,

one of the largest banks in the U.S.

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Hi Harry.

I believe Alexander has been styled Lord Balniel since his father succeeded to the earldoms in 2023.  

The son that you mentioned, Ludovic, I believe is now styled in his father's old title, the Master of Lindsay.

Brooke