RITSON, Capt Timothy William (1935-2019)

[Richard R]

He was s of Maj William Utrick RITSON (1906-40) by his 1934 m (reg Q2 Yorkshire) to Penelope Evelyn (1910-2007, having m 2nd 1942 Otho Munton Bullivant), d of Lt-Col Frederick William WORMALD DSO (1869-1948* see note) scion of the gentry family of that name of Heathfield, and Evelyn Christina CARDWELL (1875-1960). He m 1961 (reg Q4 Oxfordshire) (Margaret) Dawn Johnson (b 1937 reg Q4 Cheshire) d of Gordon Terence Johnson HOUGHTON and Helen Marjory (1910-) d of Lt-Col Fulke James WALWYN DSO (1875-1945), sometime head of the gentry family of that name formerly of Longford, and Louisa Nora Lockhard GREENSHIELDS (1881-1926). They had a son (Will(iam) A (b 1965 reg Q3 Berkshire). He m 1993 Verena April (b 1968) d of Hugh Rowland Murray (Robin) BARRAN (1929-2004), scion of the Bts of that name, and Diana Buttercup (b 1931) d of Eric Geoffrey DAWNAY (1890-1970, gs of 7th Viscount DOWNE (1812-57)) and had two sons and a dau.) and a dau, Jen.

From the Telegraph of 12 October 2019:
Captain Tim Ritson, cavalry officer who rode the Queen Mother’s horse and had a close encounter with a monster salmon – obituary
EXTRACT
Captain Tim Ritson, who has died aged 84, brought inexhaustible enthusiasm to his various incarnations as cavalry officer, farmer, fisherman and horseman.
Ritson belonged to that species of Englishman for whom “taking part” was the thing...

Timothy William Ritson was born on June 23 1935. He was five when his father, William, was killed fighting in North Africa with the 3rd Hussars...

...he represented the Army at polo (in the team captained by the Duchess of York’s father, Major Ronald Ferguson) on tours of India and Kenya....

Tim Ritson married Dawn Johnson Houghton, daughter of the racehorse trainers Gordon and Helen Johnson Houghton. She survives him with their son Will, an investment manager in the City, and their daughter Jen, a hydrologist in New Zealand.
Captain Tim Ritson, born June 23 1935, died September 2 2019
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/10/11/captain-tim-ritson-cavalry-officer-rode-queen-mothers-horse/

(* note: Lt-Col F W Wormald's deathdate is 7 Jan 1948, which is the date shown in his probate dated 24 April 1948. BLG gives his death date as 9 Jan 1949.)

[colinp]

A probate search gives Capt Tim Ritson's death as 1 Sept 2019