COMYN / Holenstein engagement

[Richard R]

From the Times of 19 July 2018: MR J E D COMYN AND MISS E L O HOLENSTEIN  The engagement is announced between Jaems, elder son of Mr and Mrs Timothy Comyn of Westcot, Oxfordshire, and Emma, younger daughter of Mrs Clare Holenstein of Zurich, Switzerland.

James Edward Daniel (b 1982) s of Timothy John COMYN (b 1951 reg Cambridgeshire) and Jane Fairrie (b 1954) d of Lt-Cmdr Sir John Muir DRINKWATER RN OBE QC (b 1925) and his 1st w Jennifer Marion WRIGHT (1930-90, scion of the FITZWALTER barons cr E 1295).

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Timothy Comyn also had noble ancestry; for example:

Hon. Catherine Dorothea Colville, d.26 Feb 1904, sister of 1st Viscount Colville of Culross; m.2 Oct 1861 Sir John Simeon, 3rd Bt (5 Feb 1815-21 May 1870)

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Catherine Dorothea Mary Simeon, d.18 Feb 1917; m.25 Oct 1887 Hon. Algernon Henry Grosvenor (2 Jul 1864-27 Mar 1907), son of 1st Lord Ebury and grandson of 1st Marquess of Westminster

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Rosamund Mary Dorothy Grosvenor (5 Sep 1888-k.by flying bomb 30 Jun 1944); m.10 Mar 1924 John Alexander Lynch (d.19 Mar 1956)

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Rosemary Helen Dorothea Lynch (1925-23 Apr 2008); m.London 18 Oct 1947 Victor Lewis Comyn (d.15 Mar 2007)

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Timothy John Comyn, b. 57 Exeter Road, Peterborough, 2 June 1951; m. 1977 Jane Fairrie Drinkwater

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James Edward Daniel Comyn, b. John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, 4 August 1982