STUTTAFORD, (Irving Thomas) Tom OBE MRCS LRCP (1931-2018)

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph and Times of 12 June 2018: STUTTAFORD Dr Thomas, OBE, died peacefully at home on 8th June, 2018, aged 87. Beloved husband of his late wife, Pamela, father of Andrew, Thomas and Hugo, grandfather of Oliver, Alice, Henry and Dora, uncle, great-uncle and cousin. A family funeral will be held in Norfolk shortly, and a memorial service will be arranged in London for later this year.

He was s of William Joseph Edward STUTTAFORD (c1876-1956) of Norfolk and Mary Marjorie D ROYDEN (1896-1975). He m 1957 Pamela Christine (1941-2013) d of Lt-Col Richard ROPNER TD (1898-1975), scion of the Bts of that name of Preston Hall (cr UK 1904), and Margaret Forbes RONALD (1905-76), and had 3 sons as above.

[colinp]

obit in Daily Telegraph 14 June 2018 - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/06/13/dr-thomas-stuttaford-medical-writer-obituary/

He was Conservative MP for Norwich South 1970 - 1974

On Tuesday, 12 June 2018 09:12:20 UTC+1, Richard R wrote:

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph and Times of 21 November 2018: STUTTAFORD  A Memorial Service for Dr Thomas Stuttaford will be held at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, at 11.30am, on 7th December 2018.

[G. Willis]

Some notes on this family:

W. J. E. Stuttaford of Bure Ridge, Horning, nr Wroxham, Norfolk, formerly of Worcester Park, London KT4, educ. Clifton Coll., Selwyn Coll., Cantab., King's Coll. Hospital, M.R.C.S. L.R.C.P. 1906, Capt. R.A.M.C., M.C., s. of William Foot Stuttaford (1831-1911), of Worcester Park, sometime of Canada (post-first marriage), also sometime of Cape Town, S.A. (returned to England 1860s). W. F. Stuttaford a schoolmaster, previously in business with his brother Sampson Rickard Stuttaford (1833-1914), founder of the Stuttaford & Co. department stores apparently all over S.A., the first being established at Cape Town.

They were sons of Sampson Pote Stuttaford (1807-1839), of Eggbuckland, Devons., formerly of Helston, Cornwall, schoolmaster at the National School at Helston, and his wife Ann (1809-1893), as a widow a grocer and baker, dau. of John Foot (c. 1773-1857).

He s. of William Stuttaford (c. 1772- c. 1821), of Eggbuckland, and (m. 1794) Elizabeth, dau. of - Pote. He s. of Archelaus Stuttaford (c. 1748- c. 1814), of Eggbuckland, by his wife Elizabeth, dau. of - Irving; his father John (c. 1707- c. 1764) was of Sampford Spiney, and his father (also John, b. c. 1675) was of Meavy, both of these places being at Dartmoor.

This site- https://gw.geneanet.org/hughlodge?lang=en&pz=rosamund+irene+elizabeth&nz=sowersby&ocz=0&p=william+joseph+edward&n=stuttaford - has a quite comprehensive tracing of the family, worth a look for anyone with an interest.

Also worth noting- (Irving) Thomas Stuttaford's elder brother was Sir William Royden Stuttaford (1928-1999), of Moulshams Manor, Great Wigborough, nr Colchester, Essex, educ. Gresham's Sch., Holt, Trinity Coll., Oxon., stockbroker, London Stock Exchange 1959-92, chairman, Framlington Unit Management 1974-87, Framlington Group 1983-9, senior partner, Laurence, Prust & Co. 1983-6, director, Brown Shipley Holdings 1990-3, director, Towry Law 1993-8, chairman, Unit Trust Association 1987-9, director, Amvescap (formerly Invesco) Plc 1993-8, chairman, Conservative Political Centre 1978-81, Eastern Area Conservative Council 1986-9, joint vice-chairman (president 1994-5), National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations 1991-4, K.B. 1995, C.B.E. 1989 (O.B.E. 1983) m. 1st, 1958, Sarah Jane, dau. of  Legge. More details of his life on Wikipedia.