Thomas Henry Amherst Burnett of Leys

[Michael Rhodes]

Lavinia Margaret Burnett of Leys (nee Cox), wife of Alexander James
Amherst Burnett of Leys (b. 1973), gave birth to a son, Thomas Henry
Amherst, 11 February, 2008, a brother for Amaryllis Susan Rohays,
who was b 24 November, 2006.

Alexander is the elder son of Mr James Comyn Amherst Burnett of Leys
(b. 1941), and Mrs Burnett of Leys, of House of Crathes,
Kincardineshire, and Lavinia is the elder daughter of Mr and Mrs
C.A.F.
Cox, of Leochel Cushnie, Aberdeenshire.


Alexander's father was born James Comyn Amherst Cecil, son of the
Hon
Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil (1914-42), scion of the Barons Amherst of
Hackney, who married in 1938, Elizabeth Rohays Mary (who d. in 1993
having married secondly, 1944, Capt Sir Cecil Boyd-Rochfort, KCVO),
only daughter of Major-General Sir James Lauderdale Gilbert Burnett
of
Leys, 13th Baronet, CB, CMG, DSO.


Alexander's father was, in 1966, recognized in the surname of BURNETT
of LEYS, by Lyon Court. He married in 1971, Fiona Mercedes, second
daughter of Lt-Col Harold Pedro Joseph Phillips, FRGS (who d. 1980),
by
his wife Georgina (now Lady Kennard), daughter of Sir Harold Augustus
Wernher, GCVO, TD, 3rd and last Baronet [1893-1973], of Luton Hoo, by
his wife, the Lady Anastasia [Zia] Wernher, CBE, [nee de Torby],
elder
daughter of Grand Duke Mikhail of Russia [1861-1929], by his
morganatic
wife, Sophia Nikolaievna, Countess de Torby, elder dau of Prince
Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau, by his morganatic wife Countess Natalia
von
Merenberg [nee Pushkin].


Alexander Burnett of Leys is a nephew of the Duchess of Abercorn and
the Duchess of Westminster.

[Daryl Campbell]

http://wikipedlla.com/thomas_henry_amherst_burnett_of_leys

> Lavinia Margaret Burnett of Leys (nee Cox), wife of Alexander James
> Amherst Burnett of Leys (b. 1973), gave birth to a son, Thomas Henry
> Amherst, 11 February, 2008, a brother for Amaryllis Susan Rohays,
> who was b 24 November, 2006.
> Alexander is the elder son of Mr James Comyn Amherst Burnett of Leys
> (b. 1941), and Mrs Burnett of Leys, of House of Crathes,
> Kincardineshire, and Lavinia is the elder daughter of Mr and Mrs
> C.A.F.
> Cox, of Leochel Cushnie, Aberdeenshire.

> Alexander's father was born James Comyn Amherst Cecil, son of  the