CURTEIS, Ian Bayley (1935-2021)

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His obit appeared in the Daily Telegraph 26 November 2021 -  Ian Curteis, dramatist who insisted that his Falklands play was dropped by the BBC for being too kind to Mrs Thatcher – obituary (telegraph.co.uk)

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The son of a bank clerk, Ian Bayley Curteis was born on May 1 1935 ....

Ian Curteis married, in 1964, Joan Macdonald, née Armstrong, an Australian actress, with whom he had two sons. The marriage was dissolved, and in 1985 he married the novelist Joanna Trollope. When this marriage also ended in divorce, in 2001 he married Lady Deirdre Hare, a daughter of the 5th Earl of Listowel and widow of the 7th Baron Grantley MC.

His third marriage brought him new responsibilities as a conservationist. Working together, the couple continued long-term work to restore Markenfield Hall, the moated medieval Grantley family seat near Ripon – once the home of John de Markenfield who, with his uncle, Richard Norton, joined the Rising of the North in 1569, when Catholics revolted against Queen Elizabeth I.

In 2008 they won the first annual restoration award sponsored by Sotheby’s and the Historic Houses Association for their work on Markenfield’s 13th-century Great Hall, which had been described as “forlorn” in a 1999 architect’s report, having barely been touched since 1570.

Ian Curteis is survived by his wife, by the two sons from his first marriage, two stepdaughters from his second and two stepsons from his third.

Ian Curteis, born May 1 1935, died November 24 2021

[Richard R]

Death notice placed by his widow in the Telegraph of 27 Nov 2021: CURTEIS Ian Bayley, writer and playwright, died peacefully on November 24 after a long illness, aged 86. Funeral private. Memorial service to be announced.

[Richard R]

From the Times of 15 Jan 2022: Memorial Services  CURTEIS Ian Bayley at Ripon Cathedral on 15th February 2022 at 3:00pm...