Lord Kennet

[Leigh Rayment]

A correspondent has written to inform me of the death of the 2nd Baron Kennet on 7 May.......

[Richard R]

Here's The Times death notice:
Wayland Hilton Young
Wayland Hilton, 2nd Baron Kennet, died 7th May 2009 surrounded by his
family. Writer, Minister and parliamentarian. Funeral enquiries to
Dianne Mackinder: 01672 512444.
http://www.legacy.com/timesonline-uk/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=127075635

The new peer is the late Baron's only son: WILLIAM ALDOUS THOBY YOUNG,
3rd Baron b 1957. He m 1987 Hon Josephine Mary Keyes dau of 2nd Baron
Keyes and has two sons, Hon ARCHIBALD WAYLAND KEYES (ha) b 1992 and
Hon Ptolemy Thoby Packe b 2001. They are the only heirs in line to the
barony.

[Richard R]

A full set of obits in today's broadsheets:

The Times:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6260989.ece

The Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/5309774/Lord-Kennet.html
Mentions his mother’s previous marriage [The Times, Independent &
Guardian also mention this]: ‘Wayland's mother was the sculptress
Kathleen Scott, who had married his father in 1922 after being widowed
in 1912 by the death of Captain Robert Scott in the Antarctic; his
half-brother was the naturalist Sir Peter Scott….
And his support for HoL reform: ‘He was strongly in favour of the
reform of the Lords in 1999, pointing out he had supported the failed
attempt of 1968, and he continued to hope he might be chosen to return
to the House.’

The Independent:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/

The Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/may/12/politics-society
Amazingly, for the Grauniad, giving some interesting genealogical
snippets: ‘Wayland Young's mother, the sculptor Kathleen Scott, had
been the widow of Captain Robert Scott, who perished on his journey
back from the South Pole. Wayland was half-brother to the naturalist
Peter Scott and cousin of the moderate Tory MP Sir George Young, both
of them descendants of one of Nelson's fellow-admirals and rivals….’
And an interesting claim to fame: ‘A self-confessed troublemaker - "a
real nuisance", he called himself in old age - he had claims to be the
first person to use the word "fuck" in a national newspaper, in the
Guardian, when discussing the obscenity trial of DH Lawrence's banned
novel, Lady Chatterley's Lover, in 1961….’
Raises the possibility of Kennet’s renunciation of his title: ‘But,
echoing Tony Benn's contemporary disdain for hereditary rights, he
refused to take his seat until the new prime minister, Harold Wilson,
asked him to shore up Labour's tiny talent pool in the upper house in
1964. Kennet later recalled the conversation in a Guardian column.
"Shall I renounce the peerage?" I asked Wilson. "No, you go in," he
replied, "we're going to need you."….’

On 11 May, 08:49, Richard R <r_rut...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Here's The Times death notice:
> Wayland Hilton Young
> Wayland Hilton, 2nd Baron Kennet, died 7th May 2009 surrounded by his
> family. Writer, Minister and parliamentarian. Funeral enquiries to

> Dianne Mackinder: 01672 512444.http://www.legacy.com/timesonline-uk/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&Pe...

>
> The new peer is the late Baron's only son: WILLIAM ALDOUS THOBY YOUNG,
> 3rd Baron b 1957. He m 1987 Hon Josephine Mary Keyes dau of 2nd Baron
> Keyes and has two sons, Hon ARCHIBALD WAYLAND KEYES (ha) b 1992 and
> Hon Ptolemy Thoby Packe b 2001. They are the only heirs in line to the
> barony.
>
> On 11 May, 02:28, "Leigh Rayment" <lraym...@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>
>
>

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