JESSEL, Toby Francis Henry (1934-2018)

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Richard R

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Dec 4, 2018, 4:51:21 PM12/4/18
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Obit from the Telegraph of 4 December 2018 (he died 3 December 2018):
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...Toby Francis Henry Jessel was born on July 11 1934, the younger son of Commander R F Jessel DSO DSC OBE and great-grandson of Lord Bearsted, founder of Shell.... [He] married Philippa JEPHCOTT in 1967. They were divorced in 1973, and in 1980 he married secondly the operetta singer Eira Heath, who survives him.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/12/03/toby-jessel-irrepressibly-energetic-conservative-mp-twickenham/

He was s of Cmdr Richard Frederick JESSEL DSO OBE DSC RN (1902-88) by his 1926 m (reg Q4 London) to Winifred May LEVY (1905-77) d of Maj Walter Henry LEVY DSO (1876-1923) and Hon Nellie SAMUEL (1883-1962, d of 1st Viscount BEARSTED (1853-1927)). He m 1st 1967 (div 1973) Philippa Brigid (b 1947 reg Yorkshire) d of Henry Caley JEPHCOTT (1910-90) by his 1940 m (reg Q2 Yorkshire) to Kathleen KERINS (1912-2000), and had a dau (Sarah Katherine 1970-76). He m 2nd 1980 Eira Gwen (b 1936 reg Essex, the operetta singer) d of Horace M HEATH and Marigwen _.

Richard R

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Feb 28, 2019, 4:24:03 AM2/28/19
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From the Times of 28 February 2019: TOBY JESSEL - A Memorial Service for Toby Jessel will be held at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, at noon, on 30th May 2019. To apply for tickets, please access the website [...] entering Toby Jessel in the search box, then click on the link that appears, and register for tickets, or alternatively, write in for tickets, enclosing a stamped self-addressed envelope, to Mr M Arnoldi, Room 30, 20 Dean's Yard, London... Tickets will be posted by 14th May.
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