UNIACKE, Robie David Corbett 1935-2023

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 26 Oct 2010: Robie David Corbett on 13th October aged 88. Father to Camilla, Robie and Caspar. Husband of Caroline. Private family Funeral at Stonefall Crematorium, Harrogate on 7th November at 1.40 p.m. Memorial to be held at a later date.

He was head of the UNIACKE Irish gentry family. He was s of Lt-Col Robie Dennis Woodgate UNIACKE 1905-ka1942 and Edith Barbara 1905-2000 d of Robert Swan CORBETT 1864-1938 by his 4 Sep 1901 m (St Margaret, Chipstead) to Edith Winifred NORRIS 1879-1955.

He m 1^st 1957 Jennifer Sally 1936-1968 d of Cmdr Maxwell CUNNINGHAM RN 1901- and Elsie Veronica Havelock GROVES 1909-76, and had a son (ROBIE PATRICK MAXWELL Uniacke b 8 Oct 1960, who succ. his father as family head He m 1^st 1983 (div 1988) as her 2^nd of 3 h Lady Emma Bridget HOWARD b 1952 d of 12th Earl of CARLISLE 1923-94, and had a son ROBIE JONJO b 1984. He m 2nd 1988 as her 1^st h Rose C BATSTONE and had a dau Olive b c1991 reg Q1 Westminster. He m 3^rd the actress Rosalind PIKE b 1979 and had a further two sons, SOLO b 2012 reg Q2 K&C and Atom b 2014 reg Q4 K&C) and a dau (Camilla Alexandra b 1959, m 1985 Hon Jasper Jonthan Richard GUINNESS 1954-2011 s of 3^rd Baron MOYNE b 1930 and his 1^st w Ingrid Olivia Georgia 1931-2009 d of Maj Guy Richard Charles WYNDHAM 1896-1948 (gt gs of 1^st Baron LECONFIELD 1787-1869) and his 2^nd wife (Mar)Grethe Ingrid Andrea 1906-82 d of John Gerhard WULFSBERG 1883-1943 of Norway and Gudbjørg Nilsine WILLMANN-LARSEN 1888-1961, and had two daus).

He m 2^nd 1972 as her 2^nd of three h (her 1^st was a scion of the Horlick Bts and her 3^rd a scion of the Harewood earls) Hon Susan Geraldine VERNEY 1942-2009 d of 20^th Baron WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE 1896-1986 and Rachel 1911-91 d of Sir Robert Bourchier Sherard WREY 11^th Bt 1855-1917 and Jessie Maud FRASER 1880-1955, and had a further son (Caspar John b 1973 and is m with two sons) and a further dau (Kate Rachel b 1975 & d 1979).

His 3^rd m in Oct 1991 was to Sarah Carinthia b 1951 d of Gen Sir Michael Montgomerie ALSTON-ROBERTS-WEST GCB DSO 1905-78 scion of that gentry family of Alscot Park and Christine Sybil 1913-2000 d of Lt-Col Augustus Charles OPPENHEIM DSO d 1967 (gt gs of 23^rd Baron DUNBOYNE 1780-1850) and Audrey Beatrix 1887-1971 d of Lt-Col Augustus Henry MACDONALD-MORETON 1848-1918 (gs of 1^st Earl of DUCIE 1776-1840, as also gs of Sir Richard SUTTON 4^th Bt 1821-78).

[S R Eglesfield]

As far as I know, the late Mr Uniacke's elder son is not actually married to Rosamund Pike, but she has some interesting family connections.

Her full name is Rosamund Mary Ellen PIKE (born 27 I 1979), and she is the only child of the opera singers (Aubrey) Julian Monsell PIKE (born 1946) and his wife (married 1972), Caroline A FRIEND (born 1944). Julian PIKE is the son of the Rev William Aubrey Monsell PIKE (16 VII 1905 - 13 VI 1987) and his wife (married 1945), Marguerite ROBERTSON (1923 - 6 VI 2021).

The Rev William Aubrey Monsell PIKE was the posthumous son of William Bennett PIKE (12 VII 1873 - 8 II 1905) and his wife (married 7 IX 1904, as her first husband), Anne Elizabeth MONSELL (22 II 1880 - 11 XI 1946), who was herself the younger daughter of William Thomas MONSELL (29 XII 1843 - II 1887) and his wife (married 25 X 1876), Eleanor Grace Katherine O'BRIEN (1860 - 7 IV 1920). Mrs William Bennett Pike was married, secondly, in 1909, to Sir William Henry CLARK, GCMG, KCSI (4 I 1876 - 22 XI 1952).

William Thomas Monsell was the uncle of Bolton Meredith EYRES-MONSELL, 1st Viscount Monsell, GBE, PC (22 II 1881 - 21 III 1969), and he was also a first cousin once removed downwards of William MONSELL, 1st Baron Emly, PC (21 IX 1812 - 20 IV 1894).

Eleanor Grace Katherine O'BRIEN was the youngest daughter of the Hon Robert O'BRIEN (15 X 1809 - 5 III 1870 and his wife (married 14 II 1835), Elinor Jane Alicia Lucy DE VERE (c.1812/13 - 5 III 1889). The Hon Robert O'Brien was a younger son of Sir Edward O'BRIEN, 4th Bt (17 IV 1773 -13 III 1837), and a brother of the 13th Baron Inchiquin; by Royal Licence dated 12 September 1862, he was given the style and precedence of the younger son of a Baron. Elinor de Vere was the eldest daughter of Sir Aubrey DE VERE (formerly HUNT), 2nd Bt (28 VIII 1788 - 5 VII 1846) and his wife, Mary RICE (died 11 II 1856), a sister of the 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon.

Sir Aubrey de Vere was the only son of Sir Vere HUNT, 1st Bt (c.1761 - 17 VIII 1818) and his wife (married 4 III 1784), the Hon Elinor PERY (died 21 I 1821), daughter of the 1st Baron Glentworth and sister of the 1st Earl of Limerick. Sir Aubrey's youngest son, Maj Francis Horatio DE VERE (12 X 1828 - 22 VIII 1865), was the maternal grandfather of Anne de Vere COLE (c.1882 - 12 II 1967), the wife (married 5 I 1911) of the Rt Hon (Arthur) Neville CHAMBERLAIN (18 III 1869 - 9 XI 1940), Prime Minister 1937-40, and he was also the great-grandfather of Mrs Chamberlain's step-niece, Anne Mary Celestine PALAIRET (14 11 1916 - 19 VIII 1998), the wife (married 28 VIII 1947) of the 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith, grandson of the 1st Earl, who, as the Rt Hon Herbert Henry ASQUITH (12 IX 1852 - 15 XII 1928) was Prime Minister, 1908-16.