MOUBRAY, Mrs Michael ((Primrose) Jane nee WHITWORTH) 1932-2025

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 10 Jan 2026: MOUBRAY Jane died on 29th December; widow of Michael, mother of Charles and Catherine, grandmother of James. Funeral at 11.30 a.m., Thursday 29th January, Ridlington Church…

She was d of Maj Noel Lupton WHITWORTH 1902-69 and Imelda Wendy WHITWORTH 1908-75. She m 1955 (John) Michael MOUBRAY 1930-2014, and had a son (Charles who m Lucinda Frances MAXWELL-HYSLOP b 1959 (2xgt gd of Sir Andrew ARMSTRONG 1 Bt 1785-1863) and had a son James MOUBRAY b 1987 as above) and a dau as above.

[S R Eglesfield]

The late Mrs Moubray's grandson, James MOUBRAY, and his wife, née Eva-Maria STEGEMANN (engaged 2019 - see Richard's posting at https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/Ep7COjQyFe8/m/iiBwbse5GgAJ), would appear to have two daughters, Lilli May C MOUBRAY (birth registered Q3 2020) and Maxi Maria C MOUBRAY (birth registered Q4 2022); both births were registered in Lambeth, and the mother's maiden name is Stegemann in each case.

 

Mrs Moubray's parents were second cousins. Her maternal grandfather, Henry ("Harry") WHITWORTH (5 IV 1870 - 30 X 1930) was the son of Spedding WHITWORTH (1832 - 22 VI 1899), the founder of Whitworth, Son & Nephew, brewers, of Wath on Dearne, West Riding of Yorkshire. Her maternal grandfather, Maj Charles Warwick WHITWORTH, OBE, TD (12 I 1878 - 12 XII 1954), was Spedding Whitworth's nephew. Her maternal grandmother, née Cicely Sarah DARLEY (1883 - 7 IV 1920), was a member of another brewing family, that of W M Darley, of Thorne, also in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

 

Mrs Moubray's husband was of that family, of Broonlands, formerly of Naemoor, which, per Burke's Family Index, last appeared in Burke's Landed Gentry (LG) in the 1952 edition. He was the son of Col John MOUBRAY, DSO (8 V 1898 - 19 VIII 1951) and his wife (married 22 I 1924), Meriel Christian Maud BOWER (25 XII 1900 - 27 II 1973), of that LG family, formerly of Welham, North Yorkshire.

[S R Eglesfield]

Correction: Maj Charles Whitworth was the late Mrs Moubray's paternal grandfather.

[Duke of Earl]

The late Mrs Moubray was a cousin by marriage of Evelyn, Duchess of SUTHERLAND.

Her husband was also related, via the BOWER family, to the HORNYOLD-STRICKLAND family and the STRICKLANDS of SIZERGH, and to Viscount MONCKTON of BRENCHLEY.