VYNER, Mrs Henry (Margaret nee HEATHCOTE) 1929-2026

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 2 April 2026: VYNER Margaret on 27th March aged 96. Much loved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend. Funeral Service at Putney Vale Crematorium… on 21st April at 12.30 p.m. Family flowers only but donations, if desired, to Royal Trinity Hospice. Enquiries to Funeralcare…

She was d of Capt Ralph HEATHCOTE DSO of Gressingham, Lancs. She m first 1951 (div 1958) 3 Baron MILFORD 1929-99, and had a dau. She m second 1958 (div 1982) Henry 1932-96 s of Cdr Clare George VYNER RN 1894-1989 scion of that gentry family of Gantby (and gs of 4 Marquess of NORTHAMPTON 1818-97, etc) and Lady Doris Hilda GORDON LENNOX 1869-1980 d of 8 Duke of RICHMOND &c 1870-1935 and Hilda Madeline BRASSEY 1872-1971 (sister of 1 Baron BRASSEY OF APETHORPE 1870-1958, as well gd of Thomas BRASSEY 1805-70 who was f of 1 Earl BRASSEY 1836-1918), and had two further daus.

[S. S.]

What a coincidence, I just finished the genealogy of the Marquesses of Northampton when I saw this update. Henry's father, Lt-Cdr Clare George Compton took the surname of Vyner by Royal License on 30 March 1912. What was the reason for it exactly?

S.S.

[Paul Theroff]

Well, the estates now belong to the National Trust, but it seems that he inherited the Studley Royal property from the Marquess of Ripon, his cousin through his mother's Vyner family. Usually the name change would signify that he inherited Vyner estates, not Robinson estates. Perhaps he got some Vyner stuff, too?

[S R Eglesfield]

It would appear that, when Lt-Cdr Clare George Compton took the surname of Vyner, it may have been in anticipation that he would one day inherit his mother's Vyner estates. His elder brother, Maj Edward Robert Francis COMPTON (14 XII 1891 - 7 II 1977), was heir presumptive to the Marquessate of Northampton from 1915 until the present 7th Marquess was born on 2 April 1946. As he did not, in the event, succeed to the Marquessate, the remaining Vyner estates have passed down his line, and his grandson, Richard Clephane COMPTON (born 18 IV 1957) now lives in Newby Hall, Ripon, Yorkshire. The former principal seat of the Vyner family, Gautby Hall in Lincolnshire, was demolished in 1874.

[Paul Theroff]

 "She m first 1951 (div 1958) 3 Baron MILFORD 1929-99"

But long before he became a Peer.