Centenarians in Debretts

[colinp]

In my recent trawl through the latest Debrett's I made a note of any centenarians who were apparently still alive from the families of baronets and hereditary peers (up to the end of this year).  List below.  The list only includes those whose date or year of birth is given so doesn't include spouses of peers and baronets and their families and collaterals.  You will therefore not find the Countess of Avon or Fortune, Duchess of Grafton for example.  Frederic Hamilton's name is in italics as he must be dead as evidently the oldest known living man is aged 111 - I haven't at the moment however been able to find a note of his death

Peers  -  9th Viscount Falmouth b 31 Oct 1919;                                                 

15th Baron Saye and Sele b 22 Sep 1920

 (Baron Shaw of Northstead (LP) b 9 Oct 1920)

Baronets - Sir Humphrey Moon b 9 Oct 1919

Collaterals

 AGNEW Bt (1629) – Denise Frances Knowles nee Agnew (granddaughter of 6th son of 7th Bt) b 18 Jan 1917 (there is however a probate record for a lady of same name d 25 October 2016) – of East Sussex

ALANBROOKE V (Ext) – Hon Rosemary Macdonald nee Brooke (half-sister of 3rd Viscount) b 25 Oct 1918

ASHTOWN B – Diana Doris Younghusband formerly Knight nee Chenevix Trench (descended from 3rd son of 5th brother of 1st Baron) b 6 Mar 1920

-          Anthony (Antony) Barclay Trench (descended from 6th brother of 1st Baron) b 11 Nov 1919 -  of Ontario, Canada

BANGOR V – Caroline Anne Walker formerly McKean nee Ward (descended from 2nd brother of 3rd Viscount) b 1914

BEEVOR Bt – Ina Margaret Anastasia Lewis nee Beevor (dau of 6th Bt) b 2 Oct 1920 – of Essex

BELHAVEN and STENTON L – Charles Clive Hamilton (descended from Ven Anthony Hamilton, great-uncle of the 10th Lord) b 9 Sept 1919 – of Australia (?)

BERNERS B – Mary Millard (descended from Rev George Wilson brother of the 9th and 10th Barons) b 1919

-          Elsie Norah Storey nee Millard (descended from Rev George Wilson brother of the 9th and 10th Barons) b 1920

BOREEL Bt – Jacqueline Louise Arbouw nee Boreel (descended from Jacob Boreel next brother of the 7th Bt) b 1918 – of The Hague, Netherlands

-          Eleanore Phaff nee Boreel (descended from Jacob Boreel next brother of the 7th Bt) b 1920

BOSTON B – Hon Isobel Caroline Sales formerly Roberts nee Irby (dau of the 7th Baron) b 4 May 1917 – of East Sussex

CAMPBELL Bt (1815) – Elspeth Griselda Theophila Flynn (nee Campbell) MBE (dau of 9th son of 2nd Bt) b 9 Nov 1919 - of co Cork

CARBERY B – Raymond Austin Evans (descended from yr brother of 1st Baron) b 25 Sept 1915 – of NSW, Aus

CAREW Bt (1661) – Zia Hill formerly Stirling nee Carew (dau of 10th Bt) b 8 Sept 1914 – of Kent

CHURCHILL B – Guinevere Elsie Williamson nee Spencer (descended from 3rd son of 1st Baron) b 6 Nov 1920 – of Warwickshire

COLWYN B – Elisabeth Joan Babette Hamilton Ferguson nee Smith (sister of 2nd Baron) b 8 July 1919 – of Essex

COOKE-YARBOROUGH Bt (1661) – Steven Sandford Cooke-Yarborough (descended from 2nd son of 3rd Bt) b 26 June 1919 - of Florida, USA

COTTER Bt (1763) – Bettine Douglas formerly Cresswell formerly Owen nee Cotter (niece of 5th Bt) b 1920 – of London

CRAUFURD Bt (1781) – Cynthia Lamb formerly Pinkasfeld nee Craufurd (dau of 7th Bt) b 17 August 1917 - of Queensland, Aus

DALRYMPLE-HAY Bt (1798) – Barbara Leleu nee Dalrymple-Hay (descended from 3rd son of 2nd Bt) b 9 Jun 1913 - of NSW, Aus

DALYELL Bt (1685) – Elizabeth Maud Shaw nee Collyer (descended from dau of 3rd Bt) b 1913

-          Ruth Amy Bah (?) formerly Eccles (?) nee Collyer (descended from dau of 3rd Bt)  b 1914

DENMAN B – Catherine Cowburn nee Denman (sister of 5th Baron) b 10 June 1920 – of Oxfordshire

DILLON V - Arnold Charles Dillon (descended from 4th son of 1st Viscount) b 1920 - of Canada?

DUNBOYNE B – Jean Butler-Kearney (descended from 8th son of 12th baron) b 1920 – of Surrey

DUNDONALD E – Dorothea Stella (or vice versa) Harrison nee Cochrane (descended from the 4th son of the 9th Earl) b 26 Nov 1913 – of Ontario, Canada

EGERTON Bt (1617) – Patience Anne Egerton-Warburton (descended from the father of the 8th and 9th Baronets) b 1916 - of Australia?

-          Cecily Egerton-Warburton (descended from the father of the 8th and 9th Baronets)  b 1918 - of Australia?

FALKLAND V – Hon Richard Lorenzo Plantagenet Cary (son of 13th Viscount) b 31 March 1915

ffrench B – Ellen Frances Anna Maria Josephine Agnew nee ffrench (sister of 7th Baron) b 1 December 1918 – of co Galway, Ireland

FORBES Bt (1630) – Janet (Forbes-) Walker nee Forbes (half-sister of 12th Bt) b 16 October 1920 – of Selkirk

GALLOWAY E – Keith Douglas b 1915 of Edenvale South Africa

GALWAY V – Patricia Penn Ellis nee Monckton (descended from 5th son of 1st Viscount) b 29 January 1920 - of NSW Aus

GARDNER B (Dormant) – Edward Kingston Gardner b 9 October 1917 of Rajasthan India

-          Francis Robert Gardner b 11 July 1920

-          Cherry Martha Tupper nee Gardner b 27 August 1913

-          Ruby Maggie Gideon nee Gardner b 9 May 1915

-          Daniel Gardner b 2 Sept 1919

-          Margaret Ruby Gardner nee Gardner b 1917

GIBSON-CRAIG-CARMICHAEL (1702/1831) Bt – Emily Edith G-C-C (dau of 13th Bt) b 1915

GLASGOW E – Lady Margaret Dorothea Stirling-Aird formerly Dawnay nee Boyle (dau of 8th Earl) b 20 November 1920 – of Perthshire

GREY E - William Ronald Grey (descended from 5th son of 1st Earl) b 14 November 1920 -  of Cape Town SA

HADDINGTON E – Jean Elizabeth Walker nee Baillie-Hamilton (descended from brother of 7th Earl) b 1920

HAMILTON Bt (1646) – Frederic William Seymour Hamilton (descended from 3rd son of 5th Bt) b 29 Dec 1906 - British Columbia

HAMILTON AND BRANDON D – Cecil Seymour Douglas-Hamilton (descended from uncle of 13th Duke) b 18 August 1916 – of British Columbia, Canada

HAY Bt (1703) – William Henry Ker Hay (descended from brother of 1st Bt) b 7 Sept 1912

HILL V – Doreen Odell Mytton Reith nee Hill (descended from 4th son of 1st Bt)   b 9 June 1920 – of Kent

HILL V – Winifred Evelyn Humphrys nee Hill (descended from 4th son of 1st Bt) b 9 May 1920 of British Columbia

HOSKYNS Bt (1676) – Rosemary Eleanor Peyton Stanton nee Hoskyns (descended from 5th son of 9th Bt) b 24 Aug 1919 – of Bath

JARDINE Bt (1672) – Marie Dempster Lascelles Shaw nee Jardine (descended from 4th son of 6th Bt) b 1920 (of Australia ?)

JOHNSTONE Bt (1700) Violet Mary St Clair Johnstone (descended from 5th son of 3rd Bt) (actress) (aunt of Julian and Andrew Lloyd Webber) b 1914

KENYON B -        Elizabeth Matilda Dennison formerly Buzzard nee Kenyon (descended from 3rd son of 1st Baron) b 1920 (of Florida USA?)

KIMBERLEY E – Beaujolois Inez Cavendish nee Wodehouse (descended from brother of 1st Baron)  (“last of the D-Day invasion plotters”) b 7 February 1919 – of Cornwall

KINNOULL E – Jeanette (Jean) Audrey Drummond-Hay (descended from brother of 10th Earl) b 20 August 1919 – of British Columbia, Canada?

KIRKPATRICK Bt (1685) – Dorothy Beryl J Fairbrass (nee Kirkpatrick) (descended from 4th son of 7th Bt) b 1920 – of Middlesex?

KITCHENER OF KHARTOUM E – Eleanor Elizabeth Madge Cornhill nee Kitchener (descended from yr brother of 1st Earl) b Nov 1920 – of ACT, Australia

LINDSEY and ABINGDON E – Christine Caroline Bertie (descended from 3rd son of 6th Earl) b 25 Dec 1917

LINLITHGOW M – Jaqueline Hope (descended from 2nd son of 1st Earl of Hopetoun) b (22 Sept?) 1914 – of Norfolk

LLOYD   Bt (1960) – Margaret Kynaston Fowler nee Lloyd (sister of 2nd Bt) b 23 Sept 1920

LONGFORD E – Norma Muriel Doreen Holmes nee Pakenham (descemded from yst son of 1st Baron Longford) b 6 November 1913 of Washington USA

McALPINE Bt (1918) – Kenneth McAlpine OBE (son of 3rd son of 1st Bt) b 21 Sept 1920 – of Kent

MACARTNEY Bt (1799) – Patricia Catherine Campbell nee Macartney (dau of 4th son of 3rd Bt) b 1917 - of Queensland, Australia

-          Elinor Small nee Macartney (dau of yst son of 3rd Bt) b 1917 – of ACT, Australia

MARSDEN Bt (1924)  - Agnes Isabelle Storey nee Marsden (dau of 1st Bt) b 1920 – of Somerset

MIDDLETON B – Anne Honoria Mary Johnson formerly ? formerly Etive formerly Dean formerly Canney nee Willoughby (descended from yst son of 8th Baron) b 10 May 1920 - of Oregon USA?

MOLESWORTH-ST AUBYN Bt (1689) – St Aubyn Molesworth (descended from 2nd son of 5th Bt) b 1917

MONTAGU-POLLOCK Bt (1872) – Jean Gomez formerly McCann nee Pollock (granddau of 2nd son of 1st Bt)  b 1914 - of Madrid

MORDAUNT Bt (1611) – Cynthia Violet Mordaunt (sister of 13th Bt) b 8 April 1918

MOSTYN B – Alfred Anson Lloyd (descended from brother of 1st Baron) b 27 Feb 1914 – of South Africa?

NEAVE Bt (1795) – Diana Hope Habdank-Kolaczkowski formerly Ritchie nee Hay-Neave (descended of 4th son of 2nd Bt) b 1918 - of California

NORTHAMPTON M – Alwyne Arthur Compton Farquharson of Invercauld MC (grandson of 3rd son of 4th Marquess) b 1 May 1919 

NUGENT Bt (1795) – Diana Mary Hampshire Meredith nee O’Reilly Nugent (granddaughter of 4th son of 3rd Bt) b 19 Dec 1918 

PARKYNS Bt (1681 dorm 1926) – Daniel George Parkyns (descended from brother of 3rd Bt) b 18 Nov 1916 - of NSW (?), Aus 

PIERS Bt (1661) – Harry Gordon Piers (descended from 3rd son of 5th Bt) b 1920 - of Canada 

PIGOTT Bt (1808) – Mary Stephanie Higham formerly Sika nee Pigott (dau of 4th Bt) b 29 Oct 1920 – of Oxfordshire 

PRESTON Bt (1815) – Stella Tatiana Hartzell nee Preston (dau of 6th Bt) b 13 July 1920 – of Vienna 

RAMSDEN Bt (1689) – Illa May Rhodes nee Ramsden (descended from 4th son of 2nd Bt) b 1919 - of Victoria, Australia 

ROBINSON Bt (1854) – Duncan Gordon Strachan Robinson b 1917 (Canada)

-          John Attrachay Robinson b 1920 (Canada)

-          Mary Emily Robinson b 1917 (Canada)

-          Above all descended from 3rd son of 1st Bt 

ROSE Bt (1874) – Jean Hale nee Rose (descended from 6th son pf 1st Bt) b 22 March 1915 – of Devon 

ST VINCENT V – Noel John Parker-Jervis (descended from yst son of 2nd Viscount) b 25 Dec 1920 – of British Columbia 

SEMPILL L – Janet Forbes-Walker nee Forbes-Sempill (dau of 5th son of 17th Lord) b 16 Oct 1920 – of Selkirk 

SLIGO M – Moya Lennox Birtwistle nee Browne (descended from 2nd son of 2nd Earl of Altamont) b 31 December 1917 - of British Columbia 

SOUTHBOROUGH B (ext) – Hon Moira Rank formerly Woodwark nee Hopwood (sister of 4th Baron)  b 1919 

STAPLES Bt (1628 D/Ext 2013) – Kathleen Wilson nee Staples (descended from brother of 10th Bt) b 30 March 1920 (of BC, Canada?) 

TEYNHAM B – Anne Maddocks nee Trevor-Roper (descended from yst son of 8th Baron) b 10 September 1916 – of Lancashire 

TUCK Bt (1910) – Moyra Grace Pemberton formerly Greif nee Tuck (sister of 3rd Bt) b 1920 – of Jamaica 

WAKEFIELD OF KENDAL B (Ext) – Hon Joan Rosemary Raynsford OBE nee Wakefield (dau of 1st Baron) b 18 November 1920 

WALLER Bt (1780) – Evelyn Agnes Wilson formerly Ross nee Waller (descended from 3rd brother of 4th Bt) b 19 July 1918 - of BC, Canada 

-          Marjorie Waller (descended from yst brother of 4th Bt) b 30 Jan 1919 

WILLIAMS Bt (1798 ext 2018) – Freda Violet Hodgson formerly Buckley-Hinde nee Williams (dau of 5th Bt) b 26 September 1913 – of Surrey 

WILSON Bt (1906) – Aileen Constant nee Wilson (sister of 4th Bt) b 23 June 1915

[pyvery]

Surely the Countess of Avon should be included under marlborough?

[Henry W]

Colin,

Thanks as always for these lists - they must take hours to compile and require meticulousness.  I have checked some of the names that appear to be resident in England & Wales, and have found deaths:

-Agnew baronets - Denise Frances, nee Agnew

KNOWLES, DENISE  FRANCES    YoB 1917  

GRO Reference:  DOR  Q4/2016 in East Sussex  (462-1C)  Entry Number 514602437

-Viscount Alanbrooke - Rosemary, nee Brooke. DB 2003 indicates resident in Hertfordshire, so I think this is correct, though MacDonald is a common surname.

MACDONALD, ROSEMARY      YoB 1918  

GRO Reference:  DOR  Q2/2016 in Hertfordshire  (538-1I)  Entry Number 513764187 

-Baron Dunboyne – Jean Butler-Kearney  [NB - though not noted in Debrett's, her birth registration includes a middle initial S]

BUTLER-KEARNEY, JEAN  SHIRLEY   YoB 1920  

GRO Reference:  DOR  Q2/2016 in Surrey  (759-1J)  Entry Number 513781030 

-Viscount Hill - Doreen Odell Mytton, nee Hill 

REITH, DOREEN  O'DELL    YoB 1920  

GRO Reference:  DOR  Q3/2012 in Kent  (564-1D)  Entry Number 507121665 

-Rose baronets (1874) - Jean, nee Rose - Jean HALE is a common name, but this fits all the available facts.

HALE, JEAN      YoB 1915  

GRO Reference:  DOR  Q2/2005 in North Devon  (4041B)  Reg B43C  Entry Number 283 

-Baron Teynham - Anne, nee Trevor-Roper

MADDOCKS, ANNE      1916  

GRO Reference:  DOR  Q4/2008 in Lancashire  (5911A)  Reg 1A004  Entry Number 134

Onto those in Scotland!

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HAMILTON Bt (1646) – Frederic William Seymour Hamilton (descended from 3rd son of 5th Bt) b 29 Dec 1906 - British Columbia

via Ancestry:

FREDERIC WILLIAM SEYMOUR HAMILTON

b. 29 Dec 1906, Headington, Oxfordshire, EN

d. 23 May 1951, London, EN (aged 44)

Had links to both Canada and the U.S. it seems.

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LONGFORD E – Norma Muriel Doreen Holmes nee Pakenham (descemded from yst son of 1st Baron Longford) b 6 November 1913 of Washington USA

via Ancestry:

NORMA MURIEL PAKENHAM

b. 06 Nov 1913, British Columbia, Canada

d. 05 Jun 2014, King, Washington, USA (aged 100)

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DALRYMPLE-HAY Bt (1798) – Barbara Leleu nee Dalrymple-Hay (descended from 3rd son of 2nd Bt) b 9 Jun 1913 - of NSW, Aus

via Ancestry:

BARBARA DALRYMPLE-HAY

b. 09 Jun 1913, Woodstock, New South Wales, Australia

d. 05 May 2008, Lane Cove, New South Wales, Australia

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DALYELL Bt (1685) – Elizabeth Maud Shaw nee Collyer (descended from dau of 3rd Bt) b 1913

via Ancestry:

ELIZABETH MAUD COLLYER

b. Jan–Mar 1913, Saffron Walden, Essex, EN

d. 24 Jun 1954, London, EN

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JOHNSTONE Bt (1700) Violet Mary St Clair Johnstone (descended from 5th son of 3rd Bt) (actress) (aunt of Julian and Andrew Lloyd Webber) b 1914

via Ancestry:

VIOLET MARY ST CLAIR JOHNSTONE [recorded elsewhere as VIOLET MAY JOHNSTONE]

b. 02 May 1914, place not given

d. Jan–Mar 1998, Surrey, EN (aged 83)

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LINLITHGOW M – Jaqueline Hope (descended from 2nd son of 1st Earl of Hopetoun) b (22 Sept?) 1914 – of Norfolk

via Ancestry:

JAQUELINE ELIZABETH WEBLEY HOPE

b. 13 Jun 1914, place not given

d. 09 Jul 1951, Cyprus (aged 37)

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MOSTYN B – Alfred Anson Lloyd (descended from brother of 1st Baron) b 27 Feb 1914 – of South Africa?

via Ancestry:

ALFRED ANSON LLOYD

b. 27 Feb 1914, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

d. 08 Feb 1994, Durban, South Africa (aged 79)

That's up to 1914 covered. I'll take a look at 1915–1920 tomorrow.

Thanks,

J

[Henry W]

Thank you JKS for those details - you state the source as Ancestry, so I assume you are looking at Ancestry Member Trees. Whilst these are largely reliable, I have come across erroneous entries before, and where possible we should try to identify the primary source.

I have the following from GRO indices:

JOHNSTONE, VIOLET  MAY    YoB 1914  

GRO Reference:  DOR  Q1/1998 in North Surrey  (7571F)  Reg NSF2  Entry Number 280 

I am unable to verify a death for Elizabeth Maud SHAW in 1954 (or nearby years) in the GRO indices. The only death I can find is for a lady of that name in 1955, but aged 73, so born in circa 1882, so not correct. There are no deaths for an Elizabeth SHAW aged 40 or 41 in the range 1953-1955.

I am unable to verify a death for Frederic William Seymour HAMILTON in 1951 (or nearby years) in London, England. There is a death for a Frederic William HAMILTON in 1951 in Croydon, aged 71, so born circa 1880, so not the correct man.

[colinp]

Thanks to Henry and JKS and note Henry's comments about ancestry

Pyvery - you are quite right, I should have included the Countess of Avon under the Dukedom of Marlborough collaterals - I overlooked this

[Mary-Ann]

Re: Violet Mary St Clair Johnstone

According to IMDB:

Viola Johnstone was born on April 15, 1915 in England as Viola Mary St Clair Johnstone. She was an actress, known for Murder in the Cathedral (1951) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). She died on January 28, 1978 in Brighton, Sussex, England.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0426951/bio

[Henry W]

- Wilson baronets - Aileen CONSTANT, nee WILSON

From the GRO indices: 

CONSTANT, AILEEN      YoB 1915  

GRO Reference:  DOR  Q4/1995 in SOUTH-EAST SURREY  (7601A)  Reg 1A4E  Entry Number 25 

(NB - in the Ancestry transcription, it gives a full date of birth on the index - 23 June 1915)

From the Probate indices:

Aileen CONSTANT, date of death 07 November 1995 , probate 3 January 1996, probate place Winchester

[Henry W]

LINDSEY and ABINGDON E – Christine Caroline Bertie (descended from 3rd son of 6th Earl) b 25 Dec 1917  

Not able to give a death here, but research gives much more than in Debrett's:

- She married 1942 Henry G BURGESS in Honiton (NB - error in FreeBMD transcription - middle initial for Christine should be C)

- Remarried 1953 Iwan BOJKO in Kensington (NB - transcribed under both Christine C BERTIE and Christine C BURGESS)

Iwan BOJKO dies 1984 Newcastle under Lyme. No death found for Henry BURGESS (maybe a WW2 death?). No children found. No death for Christine located; of course, she may be alive.

On Friday, 27 November 2020 at 21:46:47 UTC colinp wrote:

[Henry W]

SOUTHBOROUGH B (ext) – Hon Moira Rank formerly Woodwark nee Hopwood (sister of 4th Baron)  b 1919  

A note for others - Moira Rank found living in Companies House as recently as September 2019, and her DoB is given as December 1919. 

On Friday, 27 November 2020 at 21:46:47 UTC colinp wrote:

[Henry W]

(replacing a spelling error)

MORDAUNT baronets - Cynthia Violet MORDAUNT

From the GRO indices:

MORDAUNT, CYNTHIA  VIOLET    YoB 1918  

GRO Reference:  DOR  Q1/2000 in NORTHAMPTON  (6701C)  Reg C60B  Entry Number 33 

From the Probate indices:

Cynthia Violet MORDAUNT, date of death 13 March 2000, date of probate 4 April 2001, probate place Winchester

On Friday, 27 November 2020 at 21:46:47 UTC colinp wrote:

[Henry W]

KIRKPATRICK baronets (1685) – Dorothy Beryl J Fairbrass (nee Kirkpatrick)   
I think these names are the wrong way around - her birth is registered as Beryl D J KIRKPATRICK.

From the GRO indices:

FAIRBRASS, BERYL  DOROTHY J  YoB 1920  

GRO Reference:  DOR  Q4/2013 in NORTHAMPTONSHIRE  (674-1K)  Entry Number 509527236 

On Friday, 27 November 2020 at 21:46:47 UTC colinp wrote:

[Henry W]

MARSDEN baronets (1924)  - Agnes Isabelle Storey nee Marsden, born 1920

From the GRO indices:

STOREY, AGNES  ISABELLE MARIE  YoB  1920  

GRO Reference:  DOR  Q4/2008 in SOMERSET  (7221G)  Reg 1G010  Entry Number 501386525

From the Probate indices:

Agnes Isabelle STOREY, date of death 6 December 2008, probate date 5 May 2010, probate place Winchester

PROBABLE DEATHS

The Hon Richard Lorenzo Plantagenet CARY, born 31 March 1915, of the FALKLAND viscounts

Ancestry member tree gives death as 30 July 1991 Queensland, Australia (NB - no primary source given; there are primary sources given for residence in Queensland in 1972/77/80)

On Friday, 27 November 2020 at 21:46:47 UTC colinp wrote:

[Henry W]

In working on this list, I've come across proof positive that some on it have made it to 100 years old, or were alive quite recently, and I think its useful to post that as confirmation, and to save people the time of searching for deaths that won't be found:

Definitely centenarians

Kenneth McAlpine OBE, born 21 Sept 1920, of the McALPINE baronets

https://www.lightsoutblog.com/2020/11/24/f1-drivers-who-were-awarded-knighthoods/

Alwyne Arthur Compton Farquharson of Invercauld MC, born 1 May 1919, of the NORTHAMPTON marquesses

https://clanfarquharson.com/news-events/hall-of-fame-person/captain-alwyne-arthur-compton-farquharson/

Noted also in centenary announcement in Daily Telegraph in May 2019 (see a post in this group)

Freda Violet Hodgson (formerly Buckley-Hinde nee Williams) born 26 September 1913, of the WILLIAMS baronets (ext)

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-next-chapter-of-life-for-106-year-old-who-survived-covid-19-and-spanish-flu-11993653

The Hon Isobel Caroline Sales (formerly Roberts, nee Irby), born 4 May 1917, of the BOSTON barons

Found living in Electoral Roll records up to 2020 (Brighton)

Beaujolois Inez Cavendish (nee Wodehouse), born 7 February 1919, of the KIMBERLEY earls

https://www.cobboldfht.com/cms_news/news/cobbwebsNewsAndViews/page:4

See February 2019 item noting her 100th birthday.

Found living Age 99

The Hon Moira Rank (nee Hopwood), born December 1919, of the SOUTHBOROUGH barons (ext)

Found living in Companies House records - last directorship ended Sept 2019

Ina Margaret Anastasia Lewis (nee Beevor), born 2 Oct 1920, of the BEEVOR baronets

Found living in Electoral Roll records up to 2020 (Colchester)

Rosemary Eleanor Peyton Stanton (nee Hoskyns), born 24 Aug 1919, of the HOSKYNS baronets

Found living in Electoral Roll records up to 2019 (Bath).

Other indications living since 2010

Guinevere Elsie Williamson (nee Spencer), born 6 Nov 1920, of the CHURCHILL barons

Found living in Electoral Roll records - certainly up to 2013 (Warwickshire), highly probable up to 2020 (Birmingham)

The Hon Joan Rosemary Raynsford OBE (nee Wakefield), born 18 November 1920, of the WAKEFIELD OF KENDAL barons (ext)

Several directorships ended 17 Nov 2016. Property listed as residence (Milton Malsor Manor) sold May 2017.

Janet Forbes-Walker (nee Forbes OR Forbes-Sempill), born 16 October 1920, of the FORBES baronets and the SEMPILL lords

Residence (Post House, Midlem, Selkirk) sold September 2019. Evidence of attempts to sell earlier - open house event April 2019

Lady Margaret Dorothea Stirling-Aird, born 20 November 1920, of the GLASGOW earls

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/radio4/transcripts/071112-ob-wintergames.pdf

Acknowledged as living in her dau-in-law's book, published 2012

[Henry W]

Possible deaths

HADDINGTON E – Jean Elizabeth Walker nee Baillie-Hamilton (descended from brother of 7th Earl) b 1920

Possible death 2009 Swansea, however, this is a very common name, so further verification needed.

BERNERS B - Elsie Norah Storey nee Millard (descended from Rev George Wilson brother of the 9th and 10th Barons) b 1920

Died 2001?

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/121577877/

Does anybody have a newspapers.com subscription to read this?

Found living Age 99

Zia Hill (formerly Stirling nee Carew), born 8 Sept 1914

Found living in Electoral Roll records up to 2013 (Hampshire, with eldest son), 2014 (Canterbury)

Others found living

COLWYN B – Elisabeth Joan Babette Hamilton Ferguson nee Smith (sister of 2nd Baron) b 8 July 1919 – of Essex

Found living in Electoral Roll records up to 2006 (Bures CO8)

COOKE Bt (1661) – Steven Sandford Cooke-Yarborough (descended from 2nd son of 3rd Bt) b 26 June 1919 - of Florida, USA

Found living October 2016. The fact that no further update made (compare to other names on list), suggests he may have died

https://flvoters.com/pages/c110751.html - (NB names on page appear to change when electoral list is updated periodically)

COOKE-YARBOROUGH, STEVEN S. was born 26 June 1919, is male, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at (suppressed). This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 October 2016.

LLOYD  Bt (1960) – Margaret Kynaston Fowler nee Lloyd (sister of 2nd Bt) b 23 Sept 1920

Found living in Electoral Roll records up to 2018 (Gerrards Cross)

PIGOTT Bt (1808) – Mary Stephanie Higham formerly Sika nee Pigott (dau of 4th Bt) b 29 Oct 1920 – of Oxfordshire 

Found living in Electoral Roll records up to 2007 (Banbury OX15)

PRESTON Bt (1815) – Stella Tatiana Hartzell nee Preston (dau of 6th Bt) b 13 July 1920 – of Vienna 

Found living February 2009

http://ccv-web.org/media/crossways-2009-02.pdf

[Henry W]

KITCHENER OF KHARTOUM earls - Betty Cornhill (1920 - 2016)

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/legacy/obituary-search.aspx?daterange=99999&firstname=betty&lastname=cornhill&countryid=11&stateid=all&affiliateid=all

From the Canberra Times of 9 April 2016:

CORNHILL Eleanor Elizabeth Madge Kitchener (Betty) 18 November 1920 - 4 April 2016 Loving wife of Louis (deceased). Loved mother and mother in law of Peter and Josie; Rob and Noline. Loving grandmother of Serena and Paul, Jasmine and Tim, Ionela and Iulian, and step grandmother of Tim and Emma Pearse. In her 96th year. The funeral service for Betty will be held in the Chapel of Norwood Park Crematorium, Sandford Street,...

On Friday, 27 November 2020 at 21:46:47 UTC colinp wrote:

[Henry W]

I spent some time checking over the Ancestry trees for the names/dates given by JKS. Two are probably correct:

HAMILTON Bts - Frederic William Seymour HAMILTON - 

Having checked an Ancestry tree with a death of 1951, I am relatively certain this is INCORRECT. The source given is a probate record which corresponds to the Frederic William HAMILTON who died that year, age 71. The index also gives the wrong wife's name in the index.  It was probably picked out by Ancestry's automatic "hint" finder, and then not properly checked by the tree owner (this is the usual source of errors I find, and they then are repeated across several trees which blindly copy information).

LONGFORD E – Norma Muriel Doreen Holmes nee Pakenham (descended from yst son of 1st Baron Longford) b 6 November 1913 of Washington USA

via Ancestry:

NORMA MURIEL PAKENHAM

b. 06 Nov 1913, British Columbia, Canada

d. 05 Jun 2014, King, Washington, USA (aged 100)

This seems to be correct - the source is the Washington Death index, and whilst I cannot read it all (not a worldwide member) it does support the above details.

DALRYMPLE-HAY Bt (1798) – Barbara Leleu nee Dalrymple-Hay (descended from 3rd son of 2nd Bt) b 9 Jun 1913 - of NSW, Aus

There are multiple Ancestry trees with this lady listed, only one gives a death of 2008 and there is no source given.  None of the trees containing her give reliable sourcing.

DALYELL Bt (1685) – Elizabeth Maud Shaw nee Collyer (descended from dau of 3rd Bt) b 1913

Unable to find any Ancestry Tree that gives a death date of 1954.

LINLITHGOW M – Jaqueline Hope (descended from 2nd son of 1st Earl of Hopetoun) b (22 Sept?) 1914 – of Norfolk

via Ancestry:

JAQUELINE ELIZABETH WEBLEY HOPE

b. 13 Jun 1914, place not given

d. 09 Jul 1951, Cyprus (aged 37)

The record given here is NOT the Jaqueline HOPE we are looking for - this is a cousin who was born in the same year, who was dau of Herbert Willes Webley HOPE. The Jaqueline HOPE we want was the dau of Charles Henry Sawyer HOPE (1880-1964) and Olive Lois GODWIN (died 1954), DB 2003 indicates she was found living in 1973.

MOSTYN B – Alfred Anson Lloyd (descended from brother of 1st Baron) b 27 Feb 1914 – of South Africa?

via Ancestry:

ALFRED ANSON LLOYD

b. 27 Feb 1914, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

d. 08 Feb 1994, Durban, South Africa (aged 79)

This looks to be correct - the death date is supported by a reference from the South Africa Estates Death Index (though, again, cannot read it all), which gives the wife's name correctly.

On Friday, 27 November 2020 at 21:46:47 UTC colinp wrote:

[Henry W]

LINLITHGOW M – Jaqueline Hope (descended from 2nd son of 1st Earl of Hopetoun) b (22 Sept?) 1914 – of Norfolk

I am able to confirm a birth date of 22 Sept - seen on 1939 Register with mother and sister - however birth indices indicate first name spelt Jacqueline.

When her father dies in 1964, he is listed as resident of 42 Telegraph St East, Norwich - both her and sister are listed as spinsters -  and this is the address given in DB 2003.  Her sister having died 1996, she seems to live at 42 Telegraph St East until 2011 according to Electoral Roll records, the house then being sold May 2012.

From the GRO indices:

HOPE, JACQUELINE      YoB 1914  

GRO Reference:  DOR  Q2/2015 in NORFOLK  (642-1D)  Entry Number 511911661

No probate record found.  Her date of death is given as 11 April 2015 by the Ancestry Death Index, 1989-2019

[Henry W]

Further dates of death from the Ancestry Death Index, 1989-2019

Mrs Rosemary Macdonald, of the ALANBROOKE viscounts

DoB 25 Oct 1918 Residence: Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England Date of Death 5 Feb 2016

Ms Jean Hale, of the ROSE baronets

DoB 22 Mar 1915 Residence: Torrington, Devon, England Date of Death: 6 Jun 2005

[Mark Jennings]

Barbara Leleu died 5 May 2008 aged 94 - Sydney Morning Herald death notice, 10 May 2008

[Henry W]

Noel John ("Bachee") PARKER-JERVIS, of the ST VINCENT viscounts (born 25 Dec 1920) is still living:

https://www.pressreader.com/canada/times-colonist/20201227/281522228700204

Published 27 Dec 2020

He was born 100 years ago on Christmas Day, so of course they named him Noel.

That’s not what his friends call him, though. To them, Noel Parker-Jervis is Bach, or Bachee.

[...]

In 1987, retirement brought Betty and Bachee to Oak Bay, where both became heavily involved in community life. She died in 2017, but he lives on in the home they shared.[...]

[Henry W]

COLWYN B – Elisabeth Joan Babette Hamilton Ferguson nee Smith (sister of 2nd Baron) b 8 July 1919 – of Essex

Despite the spelling in Debrett's, her birth registration has the first name spelt Elizabeth

From the GRO indices:

FERGUSON, ELIZABETH  JOAN BABETTE  YoB 1919  

GRO Reference:  DOR  Q4/2006 in COLCHESTER  (4691D)  Reg D108C  Entry Number 160 

From the Probate indices

Elizabeth Joan Babette FERGUSON, died 10 October 2006, probate 30 March 2007, probate place Ipswich

[David Gabriel]

There are few that I presume are alive but are not listed above? Maybe they died but I do not know when. 

*Young Bt. - Patrick Elliott Young b. 6 Mar 1917

*Frances Olivia Grenfell, maternal great-granddaughter of 4th Lord Lyttelton, b. 2 Sep 1918

*Wharncliffe E - Lady Ann Lavinia Maud Bowlby nee  Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie b. 25 Jan 1919

*Anne, Lady Jaffray nee Paget b. 11 Sep 1919

*Atholl E - Anne Page nee Murray  b. 14 Jan 1920

*Buckinghamshire E - Phyllis Marion Rhoda Hobart b. 14 Mar 1920 

and two who will if alive celebrate their 100 year in 2021.

*Leconfield B - Mary Constance Cobbold, Lady Peyton of Yeovil nee Wyndham b. 12 Feb 1921

*Elgin E - Lady Martha Veronica Bruce b. 7 Nov 1921 (If Lady Ann Lavinia Bowlby is not alive then Lady Martha Veronica Bruce, if herself is alive, is oldest person who was born daughter to any Duke, Marquess and Earl.)

[David Gabriel]

Two more:

Hardwicke E - Josephine Mary Yorke b. 9 Apr 1917

Coote Bt. - Margaretta Anne Coote b. 7 Jun 1919

[Henry W]

Some of these do not qualify for the lists that Colin produced - he restricted his listing to those in line to a title, or the daughters thereof.  Spouses and more distant female relatives therefore don't appear.

According to the National Portrait Gallery, Lady Ann BOWLBY died 1997, however I am unable to find any other verification of that, which is strange.

Phyllis Marion Rhoda HOBART does not appear in Debrett's 2003 or 1990.  On that basis I think she died long ago.  Burke's Peerage 105th edition 4th impression (?1980/1?) has her living, resident in Victoria, Australia.

Josephine Mary YORKE married twice, and according to DB 2003 resident in Mexico City. 

Margaretta Anne COOTE married a MORRIS. No death found.

[colinp]

Thanks very much to Henry in particular for all the digging he has done during the festive break...

Patrick Elliott Young (Bt 1821) should have been included on the list - I had annotated my copy with the death of his wife Sadie in 2018 and misread this as referring to him - see Paul's helpful post -  YOUNG, Sadie (1923-2018) (google.com)  

[colinp]

Here are a few additional centenarians (or potentially so this year) (and if still alive) outside the parameters I set in my original post:

ALDENHAM and HUNSDON B – Mary Elizabeth Gibbs, Baroness Aldenham (nee Tyser) (widow of the 5th Baron) b reg Q3 1921          

 BALFOUR E – Dorothy Melicent Anne Balfour (nee Yule), mother of the present Earl of Balfour b reg Q1 1921

 BUCKMASTER V – Diana Constance Faure Walker, widow of 2nd Viscount, formerly Vane-Tempest and nee Seth-Smith b 3 June 1921

 GRAFTON D – Ann Fortune Fitzroy nee Smith GCVO (Fortune, Duchess of Grafton) b 24 Feb 1920 m 1946 the 11th Duke (d 2011)

 

Also the following are likely to be centenarians (from the date of their marriage) if still alive

MERRIVALE B – Colette Duke nee Wise m 1939 (div 1974) the 3rd Baron

MILNE B – Cicely Milne nee Leslie m 1940 the 2nd Baron – if she is Cicely Abigail (b 1911) she may have died 23 March 2016 (as thepeerage.com indicates and GRO index seems to confirm)    (so aged c 105 at death)

MUSKERRY B – Dorothy Anderton nee Cook m 1936 Hon Matthew Fitzmaurice Tilson Deane  and 2nd James Edward Anderton

[Henry W]

Regarding Cecily MILNE, nee LESLIE: the marriage record for her and the 2nd Baron gives a middle initial of "A", and this was reflected in Electoral Roll checks for her last address (in Debrett's) in London.

[Ivan Prekajski]

MERRIVALE B – Colette Duke nee Wise m 1939 (div 1974) the 3rd Baron 

She was born Jacqueline Marie Agnes Colette Wise  on 20 January 1914 in Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France daughter of John Douglas Wise (1880-1933) and Leonie Marie De La Mothe (1889-1950). She died on 2 August 1995 in Bordeaux.  

Sources: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LYHM-2K6 and https://deces.matchid.io/search?advanced=true&ln=wise&fn=colette&bd=1914

[Henry W]

NEAVE Bt (1795) – Diana Hope Habdank-Kolaczkowski formerly Ritchie nee Hay-Neave (descended of 4th son of 2nd Bt) b 1918 - of California

Found living August 2013

https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2015/05/102746748-05-01-acc.pdf

[Henry W]

RAMSDEN Bt (1689) – Illa May Rhodes nee Ramsden (descended from 4th son of 2nd Bt) b 1919 - of Victoria, Australia 

https://tobinbrothers.com.au/tribute/details/12740/Ila-Rhodes/obituary.html

Ila May Rhodes 1919 - 2019

Funeral notice for Ila May Rhodes

The Funeral Service to Celebrate the Life of Ila May Rhodes will be held at Tobin Brothers Mt Martha Chapel, 604 Esplanade, Mt Martha on WEDNESDAY (Mar.13, 2019) comencing at 10.00 a.m.

A Private Cremation will follow.

Probate search in Victoria, Australia gives date of death as 8 March 2019. Note in both records Ila spelt with only one L.

[Henry W]

EGERTON Bt (1617) – Patience Anne Egerton-Warburton (descended from the father of the 8th and 9th Baronets) b 1916 - of Australia?

-          Cecily Egerton-Warburton (descended from the father of the 8th and 9th Baronets)  b 1918 - of Australia?

There is little information about these two sisters in Debrett's indicating that this branch lost touch with the reference books.  I have done some searching in Ancestry, so treat this as needing confirmation:

Patience Anne E-W m. 1937 Gerald Vaughan PARKES (1903-74) and had issue. She died 29 December 1951, which can be verified here: https://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/results.php

Cecily E-W m. 1950 Hugh THOMSON and had issue. She died 1985 according to the tree - of note the tree seems to be maintained by her grandchild.

[Henry W]

CRAUFURD Bt (1781) – Cynthia Lamb formerly Pinkasfeld nee Craufurd (dau of 7th Bt) b 17 August 1917 - of Queensland, Aus

A check of the GRO gives her full name as Cynthia Campbell CRAUFURD at birth (NB - error in GRO transcription - they have her surname as CRANFURD)

A check of the Queensland Probate Courts gives:

http://apps.courts.qld.gov.au/esearching/Results.aspx?Lastcompanyname=lamb&Givennames=cynthia

Her probate record was filed 29 Oct 2012. An Ancestry tree gives 22 August 2012 as the date of death, but with no source.

[Henry W]

CAMPBELL Bt (1815) – Elspeth Griselda Theophila Flynn (nee Campbell) MBE (dau of 9th son of 2nd Bt) b 9 Nov 1919 - of co Cork

Via Irish Probate Indices: http://probate.courts.ie/probate.nsf

Elspeth G T CAMPBELL FLYNN died 5 February 2008

[Henry W]

ASHTOWN B – Diana Doris Younghusband formerly Knight nee Chenevix Trench (descended from 3rd son of 5th brother of 1st Baron) b 6 Mar 1920

She died 14 June 1980 in Ontario, Canada

https://billiongraves.com/grave/Diana-Chenevix-Trench-Younghusband/25524125

[Henry W]

PIGOTT Bt (1808) – Mary Stephanie Higham formerly Sika nee Pigott (dau of 4th Bt) b 29 Oct 1920 – of Oxfordshire 

Found living in Electoral Roll records up to 2007 (Banbury OX15)

Further to that update, I believe she largely goes by Stephanie HIGHAM (her sister shares the same first name, so I made a guess this might be the case).  She appears to still be alive:

http://www.deddingtonhistory.uk/covid-19pandemic2020/vedayinlock-down

https://thecareruk.com/deddington-care-home-residents-honoured-for-wwii-service-on-ve-day/

Still living VE Day celebration 2020

Her own account of her time in the WRNS - http://www.deddingtonhistory.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/9114/StephanieHigham.pdf

[Henry W]

COOKE Bt (1661) – Steven Sandford Cooke-Yarborough (descended from 2nd son of 3rd Bt) b 26 June 1919 - of Florida, USA

Found living October 2016. The fact that no further update made (compare to other names on list), suggests he may have died

https://flvoters.com/pages/c110751.html - (NB names on page appear to change when electoral list is updated periodically)

COOKE-YARBOROUGH, STEVEN S. was born 26 June 1919, is male, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at (suppressed). This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 October 2016.

https://www.thepeerage.com/p25134.htm#i251335

Darryl Lundy's site indicates he died 19 May 2013, updated after an email exchange with his son in December 2020.

[Henry W]

RAMSDEN Bt (1689) – Illa May Rhodes nee Ramsden (descended from 4th son of 2nd Bt) b 1919 - of Victoria, Australia 

https://tobinbrothers.com.au/tribute/details/12740/Ila-Rhodes/obituary.html

Ila May Rhodes 1919 - 2019

Funeral notice for Ila May Rhodes

The Funeral Service to Celebrate the Life of Ila May Rhodes will be held at Tobin Brothers Mt Martha Chapel, 604 Esplanade, Mt Martha on WEDNESDAY (Mar.13, 2019) comencing at 10.00 a.m.

A Private Cremation will follow.

Probate search in Victoria, Australia gives date of death as 8 March 2019. Note in both records Ila spelt with only one L.

Further confirmation:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218751173/ila-may-rhodes

Born 10 Sep 1919, died 8 March 2019, so was age 99 at death.  Corroborates details of her husband, so this is definitely her.

[Henry W]

In continuing to chip away at this list there are a number remaining who were last heard of in British Colombia, Canada.  I have had very little luck finding out much about these people and have no experience in that country from my own genealogy research. Does anybody have any ideas for searching BC records?

[colinp]

and a few more, again outside my original parameters - a few widows of baronets mainly

ARBUTHNOT Bt (1964) – Margaret Jean, Lady Arbuthnot nee Duff b 29 Sept 1919 m 1st Bt 1943

and some that may be centenarians (if alive) given the year of marriage:

ASKE Bt – Joan Bingham Aske nee Ackerley m 1940 Robert Edward Aske (d 1999)

 

EDWARDS Bt – Daphne Marjory Hilda nee Birt m (1) 1935 the 4th Bt (d 1963) and (2) 1972 Leonard Mallett (d 1995) resumed her former married name Edwards 1996

 

JOHNSTON Bt (1626) – Helen Torrey Lenton nee du Bois, former wife (m 1941) of the 13th Bt (d 1984)

 

KIRKPATRICK Bt  - Ellen Gertrude Corbin nee Elliott, former wife (m 1941 div 1953) of the 10th Bt (d 1954) – mother of the present Bt

 

McCULLAGH Bt (ext 1974) – Elizabeth, Lady McCullagh nee Copeland m 1937 the 2nd Bt (d 1974)

 

RUSSELL  Bt (1812) – Joy Frances Bedford Russell nee Mitchell (of Western Australia) m 1936 the 7th Bt (d 1993)

[Henry W]

JOHNSTON Bt (1626) – Helen Torrey Lenton nee du Bois, former wife (m 1941) of the 13th Bt (d 1984)

Alabama Supreme Court ruling 1994, Lenton v. Lawler

She is described here as Helen D. Lenton (possibly using du Bois as a middle name?), but the facts seem to fit very well as the Johnston baronets are settled in Alabama.  The case is a controversy over her will / estate, so presumably she died in the early 90s.

[Henry W]

ARBUTHNOT Bt (1964) – Margaret Jean, Lady Arbuthnot nee Duff b 29 Sept 1919 m 1st Bt 1943

Found living Electoral Roll 2016 (SW7)

ASKE Bt – Joan Bingham Aske nee Ackerley m 1940 Robert Edward Aske (d 1999)

Died 2011

GRO indices:

ASKE, JOAN  BINGHAM    YoB 1918  

GRO Reference:  DOR  Q2/2011 in DEVON  (423-1A)  Entry Number 504841841 

[colinp]

Countess of Avon 101 today

[Henry W]

Yesterday (6 Nov), Jean Constance TOYNBEE (nee ASQUITH) turned 100 years old. She is a grand-dau of the 1st Earl of OXFORD AND ASQUITH. To the best of my knowledge she is still living - found living in Electoral Roll records living at YO60 address.

[Henry W]

Earlier this month (1 Dec) Monica Rosemary Georgina WALROND (nee LARCOM) turned 100 years old. She is the only dau of Sir Philip LARCOM, 4th Baronet (title extinct 2004 on death of 5th Bt).  There is a good chance she is still living - found living in Electoral Roll records in 2012.  No death/probate record can be found.

[Henry W]

MONTAGU-POLLOCK Bt (1872) – Jean Gomez formerly McCann nee Pollock (granddau of 2nd son of 1st Bt)  b 1914 - of Madrid

https://www.geni.com/people/Jean-Gomez/6000000042393072644
She seems to have died 19 Nov 2000.  Whilst geni pages should be treated with some scepticism, this one seems to be maintained by her son, so I think is likely to be correct.

[colinp]

GIBSON-CRAIG-CARMICHAEL (1702/1831) Bt – Emily Edith G-C-C (dau of 13th Bt) b 1915

Debrett's Database records that she died in 1981

[colinp]

JOHNSTONE Bt (1700) Violet Mary St Clair Johnstone (descended from 5th son of 3rd Bt) (actress) (aunt of Julian and Andrew Lloyd Webber) b 1914

Debrett's database states her death in 1978 ("actress and author").  Also her first name was Viola not Violet as in the recent printed editions.  Also gives a marriage 1951 to George James Villiers CROSBY (d 1983)

[colinp]

ROBINSON Bt (1854) – Duncan Gordon Strachan Robinson b 1917 (Canada)

-          John Attrachay Robinson b 1920 (Canada)

-          Mary Emily Robinson b 1917 (Canada)

Debrett's database states Duncan GS Robinson d 1982 and had m c1940 Margaret Jeanne?; John A Robinson d 1970 and had m c1940 Diana Cameron who d 2007 (4 children); Mary E Robinson d 1982 m unknown and had 2 children.  Their sister Anne (Phoenix, Arizona) b 1922 d 2005 having m (1) unknown and (2) Mr Zorn (2 children) and their sister Daphne (Toronto, Canada) b 1928 d 2006 having m Mr Grant (7 children)

[Henry W]

Ursula Elspeth MALLOCH BROWN (or MALLOCH-BROWN) nee PELLY, born 31 Dec 1921, recently became a centenarian if still living.  She was of the vast PELLY baronetical family, being descended from the 5th son of the 1st baronet, and also mother of Baron MALLOCH-BROWN (born 1953, a life peer).  She can be found living in 2021 electoral records in Haywards Heath.

[colinp]

Some possible Centenarians for 2022:

ARRAN E - Ursula Mary Ducat-Hamersley nee Gore (descendant of brother of the 4th E) b 31 July 1922 –

 

BIDDULPH Bt – Catherina Magdalena Vosloo nee Biddulph (descendant of the gtgrfather of 9th Bt) b 1922 – (formerly?) of South Africa – but see Funeral Notices - CATHARINA VOSLOO-BURG (funeral-notices.co.uk)

 

BUTE M – Marguerite Lavinia McCormick nee McDouall (descendant of brother of 6th E of Dumfries) b 1922 – of Fife

 

COURTOWN E – Claire McIlwraith nee Stopford (grdau of 3rd son of 5th E) b 1922 - of Queensland

 

CRAWLEY-BOEVEY Bt – Rev John Lloyd Rochfort Crawley (descendant of 2nd son of 2nd Bt) b 31 July 1922 - of Argyll

 

EBRAHIM Bt – Mumtaz Peermahomed nee Ebrahim (half-sister of present Bt) b 1922

 

FORBES L – Helen Mary Hay Thompson nee Forbes (descendant of 6th son of 17th L) b 1922

 

GARVAGH B – Hon Daphne Rose Svenningson nee Canning (dau of 4th B) b 16 December 1922 – of Ontario

 

HERON-MAXWELL Bt – Rachel Mary Macnab nee Heron-Maxwell (dau of 8th Bt) b 30 August 1922 – of France

 

KENNAWAY Bt – Anne Scott nee Kennaway (grdau of 4th son of 2nd Bt) b 14 March 1922 – of East Sussex

 

LAUDERDALE E – Clare Antoinette Cividino nee Maitland-Heriot (descendant of 6th son of 6th E) b 10 March 1922

 

MACARTNEY Bt – Constance Eleanor Howley nee Macartney (descendant of yr son of 1st Bt) b 1922 – of Australia?

 

MONSON B – Margaret Enid Monson (descendant of 5th son of 2nd B) b 5 February 1922

 

NEWBURGH E – Count Enzo Maria della Porta (son of aunt of 11th E) b 9 September 1922 – of Italy

 

NORTHBROOK B – Jean Margaret Lees nee Baring (descendant of 4th son of 1st Bt) b 2 June 1922 - of Queensland

 

PARKER Bt – Laurence Frederick Cyril Parker (descendant of 2nd son of 1st Bt) b 16 June 1922

 

REARDON SMITH Bt – Mary Ellen Davies nee Reardon Smith (dau of 2nd Bt) b 18 April 1922 – of Llandaff (probate search gives a death for lady of this name 13 July 2015 registered at Cardiff)

 

RENWICK Bt – Barbara Renwick (dau of 5th son of 1st Bt) b 11 January 1922 – of Suffolk

 

ST JOHN of BLETSOE B – Patricia Jocelyn McCarter nee St John (descendant of 2nd son of 10th B) b 1922 – of British Columbia

 

VANSITTART B (Ext) – Hon Cynthia Mackay nee Vansittart then Whitman (dau of 1st and last B) b 31 Dec 1922 – of San Francisco

 

WESTMORLAND E – Beatrice Mary Head nee Fane (descendant of brother of 8th E) b 1922 – of Georgia USA

[colinp]

and some I overlooked in my first post:

BOULTON Bt 1905 (ext) – Marie Louise Smith nee Boulton (dau of 3rd Bt) b 16 July 1921 (dau of 3rd Bt) – of New York?

 

COUPER Bt – Cara Jocelyn Mary Dickey nee Couper (descendant of 2nd son of 1st Bt) b 14 February 1921 – of British Columbia

 

DON-WAUCHOPE Bt – Deirdre Veronica Wauchope (formerly Emery) (descendant of uncle of 8th Bt) b 1921 – of E Sussex

 

EBRAHIM Bt – Sultan Currimbhoy Ebrahim (son of 8th son of 1st Bt) b 29 December 1921

 

EGERTON Bt – Yexley Selina Maitland-Roberts nee Egerton-Warburton (descendant of 7th son of father of 8th and 9th Bts) b 1921 – of Australia?

 

EGREMONT B (PEYTON OF YEOVIL LP) – Mary Constance, Lady Peyton of Yeovil (nee Wyndham) (dau of yst son of 2nd B Leconfield) b 12 Feb 2021 – of Somerset

 

ELLENBOROUGH B - Christopher Law (descendant of 5th son of 1st Baron) b 3 March 1921 – of Kent

 

EXMOUTH V – Timothy Winthrop Pellew (descendant of 4th son of 1st V) b 4 February 1921 – of Ontario

 

FALCONER OF HALKETON L (Dorm) – William Charles Falconer (descendant of brother of 1st Lord) b 1921 of Oklahoma

 

GALWAY V – Sylvia Margaret Wilson nee Monckton-Arundell (dau of 11th V) b 1921 – of British Columbia

 

-          Christopher Philip Monckton Jay ne Monckton (descendant of 5th son of 1st V) b 14 January 1921

 

GRAHAM (1629) – Marjorie Barbara Stuart Walker nee Graham (descendant of the 5th son of the 8th Bt) b 28 August 1921 – of Alberta, Canada?

 

HATHERTON B – Margaret Anne Harder formerly Leech formerly Smitz nee Littleton (grdau of 2nd son of 2nd B) b 8 Sep 1921 – of California

 

HEATHCOTE Bt (1733 of Hursley) – Robert William Heathcote (descendant of the 4th son of the 3rd Bt) b 1919 – of South Africa?

 

HENLEY B – Cecil Gilmour Orr Eden (descendant of the 2nd son of the 1st B) b 4 June 1921 – of Argentina

 

HEYTESBURY B – Pamela Glasson nee Holmes a Court (descendant of the 4th son of the 2nd B) b 1921

 

LAWSON B (Ext) – Hon Alma Lawson (dau of the 1st and last B) b 1920

 

LIMERICK E – Cullen Pery-Knox-Gore (descendant of the 4th son of the 1st E) b 5 Nov 1917 – of South Africa? (His brother David Edmond Strachan b 1920 appears to have died 1993?)

 

LINDSEY and ABINGDON E – Sir Simon Peter Edmund Cosmo William Towneley KCVO (grson of the 2nd dau of the 7th E of Abingdon) b 14 December 1921 – of Lancashire

 

LINLITHGOW M – Margaret Isobel Hepburn formerly Telfer nee Hope (descendant of the 2nd son of the 1st E of Hopetoun) b 17 May 1921 – of London

 

MAR and KELLIE E – Sheelah Kathleen Erskine formerly Tortonese (descendant of the brother of the 12th E) b 1921

 

PELLY Bt – Ursula Elspeth Malloch Brown nee Pelly (descendant of the 5th son of the 1st Bt) b 31 Dec 1921

 

PETIT Bt – Sorabjee (Solie) Mathias nee Petit (descendant of the 4th son of eldest son of 1st Bt) b 1921 – of Bombay

 

WINNINGTON Bt – Audrey Lucille Ozarko nee Winnington-Ingram (descendant of the 2nd son of the 2nd Bt) b 12 June 1921 - of Ontario

 

WISEMAN Bt – Constance Queenie ? nee Wiseman (descendant of the 2nd son of the 6th Bt) b 1921

[Henry W]

Thanks for your constant hard work on these matters - your diligence picks up many more names than I do!

Some initial notes of deaths and indeed one highly likely to be living:

DON-WAUCHOPE Bt – Deirdre Veronica Wauchope (formerly Emery) (descendant of uncle of 8th Bt) b 1921 – of E Sussex

WAUCHOPE, DEIRDRE  VERONICA           YoB 1921  
GRO Reference:  DOR  Q4/2016 in EAST SUSSEX  (462-1A)  Entry Number 514549981

LINLITHGOW M – Margaret Isobel Hepburn formerly Telfer nee Hope (descendant of the 2nd son of the 1st E of Hopetoun) b 17 May 1921 – of London

HEPBURN, MARGARET  ISOBEL           YoB 1921  
GRO Reference:  DOR  Q4/2016 in CAMDEN  (250-1B)  Entry Number 514569904
Probate search: died 19 October 2016

COUPER Bt – Cara Jocelyn Mary Dickey nee Couper (descendant of 2nd son of 1st Bt) b 14 February 1921 – of British Columbia

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/aldergrove-bc/cara-dickey-8821258

She died 15 August 2019.

HENLEY B – Cecil Gilmour Orr Eden (descendant of the 2nd son of the 1st B) b 4 June 1921 – of Argentina

https://www.geni.com/people/Cecil-Gilmour-Eden/5563655519320026919

Appears to have died 1 January 2004, but source is geni.com, so should treat with caution.

HEYTESBURY B – Pamela Glasson nee Holmes a Court (descendant of the 4th son of the 2nd B) b 1921

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/220099191/pamela-glasson

Appears to have died 2013.

BUTE M – Marguerite Lavinia McCormick nee McDouall (descendant of brother of 6th E of Dumfries) b 1922 – of Fife

Found living at a KY8 address in Electoral Roll records.

[Henry W]

ARRAN E - Ursula Mary Ducat-Hamersley nee Gore (descendant of brother of the 4th E) b 31 July 1922 –

Died 10 April 2020
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3571056?mainwebsite=1

 
COURTOWN E – Claire McIlwraith nee Stopford (grdau of 3rd son of 5th E) b 1922 - of Queensland

Died 12 March 2006
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175881775/claire-mcilwraith

 
CRAWLEY-BOEVEY Bt – Rev John Lloyd Rochfort Crawley (descendant of 2nd son of 2nd Bt) b 31 July 1922 - of Argyll

Whilst Debrett's shows his last address as Scotland, in fact electoral roll records show he moved to Hindhead, Surrey with his wife (Isabell) circa 2008
John died 2015 - see GRO indices:
CRAWLEY, JOHN  LLOYD R          1922  
GRO Reference:  DOR  Q1/2015 in SURREY  (759-1B)  Entry Number 511674446

Isabell died 10 August 2016 (probate search & GRO indices)
CRAWLEY, ISABELL             1926  
GRO Reference:  DOR  Q3/2016 in SURREY  (759-1I)  Entry Number 514312591

MACARTNEY Bt – Constance Eleanor Howley nee Macartney (descendant of yr son of 1st Bt) b 1922 – of Australia?

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Macartney-42
Appears to have died 23 Nov 1996 in Canada. This is a wikitree so needs further confirmation.

MONSON B – Margaret Enid Monson (descendant of 5th son of 2nd B) b 5 February 1922

A US obit for a woman of this name appears in an Ancestry search, but I don't have a Worldwide Account to access it. Can anybody check this?

[colinp]

Thanks Henry for your additional research!

[Henry W]

A few more...

ELLENBOROUGH B - Christopher Law (descendant of 5th son of 1st Baron) b 3 March 1921 – of Kent

According to Electoral Roll records he was living at an Ashford TN27 address (matches that in DB 2008) with a Florence A Law (his wife's name is given as Alison MITCHELL on the database, but on checking marriage records her full name was Florence Alison MITCHELL). He is shown on the roll until 2014, Florence until 2015.
I think Christopher died 2014 (GRO)
LAW, CHRISTOPHER             YoB 1921  
GRO Reference:  DOR  Q3/2014 in KENT  (564-1Z)  Entry Number 510716103
Probate search gives a date of death of 17 August 2014 (probate registry Brighton) - this seems likely to be him.
(Florence) Alison died 2015:
LAW, FLORENCE  ALISON           YoB 1921  
GRO Reference:  DOR  Q1/2015 in KENT  (564-1Z)  Entry Number 511745160
Probate search gives a date of death of 11 March 2015 (Brighton)

LIMERICK E – Cullen Pery-Knox-Gore (descendant of the 4th son of the 1st E) b 5 Nov 1917 – of South Africa? (His brother David Edmond Strachan b 1920 appears to have died 1993?)

When searching https://www.identitynumber.org/death-records-check.php  for the surname PERY-KNOX-GORE, Cullen appears in the search results, which suggests he died pre-2008.  Of note, his brother also appears in this search.  Further verification is needed.

FORBES L – Helen Mary Hay Thompson nee Forbes (descendant of 6th son of 17th L) b 1922

She appears to die 13 November 2003 in Australia
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153308057/helen-mary_hay-thompson

KENNAWAY Bt – Anne Scott nee Kennaway (grdau of 4th son of 2nd Bt) b 14 March 1922 – of East Sussex

Whilst the name Anne Scott is not great for searching, DB 2008 gives her address in Uckfield TN22, at which she is still found living on Electoral Roll records in 2021.

RENWICK Bt – Barbara Renwick (dau of 5th son of 1st Bt) b 11 January 1922 – of Suffolk

Found living in Electoral Roll records at a Newmarket CB8 address (matches that in DB 2008) up to 2018.  No death/probate record located since that date - possibly moved to a care home?

[Henry W]

LAWSON B (Ext) – Hon Alma Lawson (dau of the 1st and last B) b 1920

I went back to Debrett's 1990 and found that the 1st Baron's wife had maiden name SCOTT.  I searched for Alma's birth and discovered in the GRO that her full name was Alma Averil LAWSON, born Q4 1920 Chester-le-Street

GRO death indices give the following death:
LAWSON, ALMA  AVRIL           YoB 1920  
GRO Reference:  DOR  Q1/1986 in DURHAM NORTHERN  (4401)  Volume 1  Page 1405
 
Probate indices gives her date of death as 10 January 1986, and records her last address in Beamish, Chester-le-Street, an exact match to the residence given for the 1st Baron's widow in Debrett's 1990.

[colinp]

RENWICK Bt – Barbara Renwick (dau of 5th son of 1st Bt) b 11 January 1922 – of Suffolk

Found living in Electoral Roll records at a Newmarket CB8 address (matches that in DB 2008) up to 2018.  No death/probate record located since that date - possibly moved to a care home?

While this extract from a blog dated June 2010 doesn't help, it does gives some interesting information (and photo) about Miss Renwick and her family

Visit to Kirtling (motorcyclemeanders.com)

Barbara Renwick at Upend was an interesting meet. She’s 87, I think she told me. She’s quite a character. We first talked at her gate for ages; and a couple of days later I called back and had a cup of tea in her dolls-house cottage. She was full of stories. As a 14-16 year old, she went to boarding college in Switzerland on Lake Geneva. A close friend, at a near-by boys’ college, was a similarly aged Ninian Stephen, much later to become Australia’s 20th Governor General and a judge of the High Court of Australia. She had stories about their time together skiing and bobsledding; and about his early years at the time. This was on the eve of and at the start of World War II. Barbara went on to join the WRAF and was active through the early years of the war in the groups that monitored the incoming German bombers as well as keeping track of Britain’s bombers over Germany. She then got her commission and went into the Intelligence arm of the WRAF. She had a special romance she still fondly remembers that abruptly ended when her boyfriend was killed in North Africa during the war. She spent many years as a caring aunt for her sister’s children after her sister died in childbirth. She never married.

[colinp]

BOULTON Bt 1905 (ext) – Marie Louise Smith nee Boulton (dau of 3rd Bt) b 16 July 1921 (dau of 3rd Bt) – of New York?

She died 25 August 2008 -  Marie Smith Obituary (2008) - Buffalo, NY - Buffalo News (legacy.com)

SMITH - Marie Louise (nee Boulton) August 25, 2008, wife of the late James Russell Smith; mother of Carlton, Duncan (Kathy) and Luli Smith; grandmother of Niccolo Rosselli, Megan and Elizabeth Smith; daughter of the late Louise (McGowen) and Harold Boulton; pre- deceased by two brothers and one sister.

[colinp]

The following lady now appears  as living in DPB online - she was omitted in the 2019 edition:

CAHN Bt – Patience (dau of 1st Bt) Garnet-Smith, formerly Wynne-Jones, formerly Silverston nee Cahn - b 10 Feb 1922

[Henry W]

Well spotted Colin - this lady does not appear in Debrett's 1990, 2003, or 2008, so probably a long standing oversight.  She does appear in the two copies of Burke's that I have.

[colinp]

Also the following are likely to be centenarians (from the date of their marriage) if still alive 

EDWARDS Bt – Daphne Marjory Hilda nee Birt m (1) 1935 the 4th Bt (d 1963) and (2) 1972 Leonard Mallett (d 1995) resumed her former married name Edwards 1996

DPB online still lists her as living.  It appears she was b 1908 and may have died in 1998 - see here for the evidence  Daphne Marjory Hilda Birt (powys.org)

[Henry W]

TUCK Bt (1910) – Moyra Grace Pemberton formerly Greif nee Tuck (sister of 3rd Bt) b 1920 – of Jamaica 

According to Debrett's database she died 1978.

[Henry W]

HAY Bt (1703) – William Henry Ker Hay (descended from brother of 1st Bt) b 7 Sept 1912

Appears to have died in South Africa pre-2008 - https://www.identitynumber.org/death-records.php

A search for his name reveals that he is in this index (though a subscription is necessary to view), and this is the pre-2008 index, so he did not live to be a centenarian.

[Henry W]

GREY E - William Ronald Grey (descended from 5th son of 1st Earl) b 14 November 1920 -  of Cape Town SA

After much research on the South Africa Government Gazette:

He died 1 December 2014, lately resident of Cape Town.

Source: South Africa Government Gazette (Legal Gazette A) vol 596 no 38480 dated 20 February 2015 (20 February 2015)

See Page 99

000540/2015—Grey, William Ronald, 1920-11-14, 2011145035189, Cle Du Cap, Pollsmoor Road, Kirstenhof, Cape Town,

7945, 2014-12-01. PJ Blankenberg, Tannery Park, 21 Belmont Road, Ronderbosch, Cape Town, 7700.

See Page 69 for the key which indicates the date close to the beginning of the second line is a date of death.

[Henry W]

HEATHCOTE Bt (1733 of Hursley) – Robert William Heathcote (descendant of the 4th son of the 3rd Bt) b 1919 – of South Africa?

I believe his full date of birth is 1 March 1919 (https://www.identitynumber.org/death-records.php)

I think he died 2003.

His estate is listed in South Africa Government Gazette Legal Notices A dated 2003-06-13 number 25058 on Page 84 under the "Liquidation and distribution accounts in deceased estates lying for inspection" section, but no date of death is listed.

I believe his date of death would be listed in Gazette Number 24824 of the same year, but I have been unable to find a copy online.

Whilst here it is worth mentioning George Twycross HEATHCOTE (born 1918) of the same baronetage family, also descended from 4th son of 3rd Bt.  He is shown by Debrett's database as still living.

He died 26 August 2000, lately resident of the West Cape

Source: South Africa Government Gazette Legal Notices A dated 2000-09-22 number 21567

See Page 58

2950/2000—Heathcote, George Twycross, 1810055006085, 51 Settlers Rest, Gonubie, East London, 5257, 2000- 08-26.
Alliotts Attorneys, P.O. Box 67, Stutterheim, 4930.

(same key as before)

[Henry W]

GALLOWAY E – Keith Douglas b 1915 of Edenvale South Africa

I think Colin made an error with the name here - the gentleman concerned is Keith STEWART.

He died 21 March 2000

Source: South Africa Government Gazette Legal Notices A dated 2000-05-19 number 21176

See Page 50

Stewart, Keith, 1915-03-24, 1503245046083, 105 Glendower Place, 99 Linksfield Road, Glendower, Edenvale,
2000-03-21. Anna Hacquebord, as nominee of the Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, Private Bag X21, Gardenview, 2047.
30 days.

The above address exactly matches the address given in Debrett's 2008, so despite STEWART being a common surname, this is the correct person.

[gorgo...@gmail.com]

Henry,  Galloway is a title (Earl of Galloway), the family's surname is  Stewart.

[Henry W]

I agree - I kept thinking the surname to look for was Douglas, but when I checked in Debrett's realised it should be STEWART.

[Henry W]

I found the following resource for searching British Columbia, Canada Probate records: https://justice.gov.bc.ca/cso/esearch/civil/deceasedSearch.do

It is reasonably useful if the name you are searching for is unusual, but the results don't seem to list the middle name (despite purporting to!), which makes more common names difficult to be sure of.  Unfortunately a number of the outstanding possible centenarians in BC have common surnames...

HAMILTON AND BRANDON D – Cecil Seymour Douglas-Hamilton (descended from uncle of 13th Duke) b 18 August 1916 – of British Columbia, Canada
Date of Death given as 19 July 2004

[Henry W]

HAMILTON Bt (1646) – Frederic William Seymour Hamilton (descended from 3rd son of 5th Bt) b 29 Dec 1906 - British Columbia

I am not sure about this one as the surname HAMILTON is common, but we know this gentleman has to be dead given his age, so any possible record of his death should be looked at.

From British Columbia Probate indices (see last post)

Frederic HAMILTON, died 20 March 2004 (New Westminster Law Courts for probate).  DB 2008 gives his address as Chilliwack, which is approx 50 miles away from New Westminster.  Note lack of middle names in register, but Frederic is an uncommon spelling of his first name.

[colinp]

I appear to have omitted Katherine Ramsey Fairfax b 1919 of the Lords Fairfax of Cameron (of Front Royal, Virginia USA).  However DPB online records her death in 2007. Findagrave.com indicates this was 23 August 2007 -  Katherine Ramsey Fairfax (1919-2007) - Find a Grave Memorial

[colinp]

HADDINGTON E – Jean Elizabeth Walker nee Baillie-Hamilton (descended from brother of 7th Earl) b 1920

DPB online records her death in 2009 

[Henry W]

Particularly directing this to Colin as he is the "owner" of this thread, and also prolific in adding new names to the list of centenarians, but welcome all views.

Do you think we should reboot this discussion in a new thread?  Much like we have done for the Debrett's corrections.

I think it would also be useful to have a "live" list of centenarians - much of this thread is lists produced by Colin, followed by various posters finding deaths before their centenary.  Deaths of centenarians are also listed outside this thread as they occur when Richard/others pick them up from newspaper notices. Trying to work out who is possibly still living is quite difficult.

I've started work on this here, working in Google Docs.  Currently I have transcribed the list of Centenarians born in 1920 or earlier, including my notes.  I have also transcribed many of the deaths of centenarians that have come to light in 2022 on a second tab.   My current aims are:

- to update the Living tab with all the 1921 and 1922 births listed earlier in this thread by Colin (and not otherwise found to be deceased)

- over time to include as many centenarian deaths throughout history.  I have a listing of 2021 deaths from my 2021 births & deaths thread which will be a useful starting point.

[colinp]

More than happy for a new thread to be started - they do start to become unwieldly and more difficult to search against after 30 replies or so.  Thanks for your additional work of collation as well.

[colinp]

This thread is continued here (Part 2) -  Centenarians in Debretts (Part 2) (google.com)