ALLEN, Richard Staines 1930-2023

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 19 Sep 2023: ALLEN On Thursday 24th August, Richard Staines passed away peacefully at home aged 93. A dearly loved husband to Ann, a loving father to Penelope, Adrian, Alison and Sophie and grandfather to nine grandchildren. Richard will be sadly missed by all his family and friends. Funeral to take place on Monday 2nd October at St Mary's Church, Great Shefford at 1.30 p.m. Donations in memory of Richard are for Cancer Research UK c/o R.C. Smallbone, 37 Pound Street, Newbury…

He was s of the late A E ALLEN and Mrs T E TOLLER of Leicester. He m 1967 Ann 1936-2022 d of William Denby ROBERTS 1909-66 (gs of Sir James ROBERTS 1st Bt 1848-1935) and Helen Fyans 1910-62 d of Herbert Shakespeare FENWICK of Dunedin, NZ, and had a son (Adrian) and two daus (Alison and Sophie) as above. Not sure where his eldest child Penelope fits in.

[S R Eglesfield]

Penelope Juliet ALLEN (born 7 II 1961) is the late Mr Allen's daughter by his previous wife (married 25 IX 1959, as her first husband; divorced 1967), Sylvia FOGG ELLIOT (22 VI 1935 - 2 IV 2013), of that landed gentry family.

Sylvia Fogg Elliot was the second daughter of Capt Robin FOGG ELLIOT, MBE, DL (9 XI 1904 - 31 V 1986) and his wife (married 12 IX 1929), Elizabeth Penelope ("Betty") GILL (1 IX 1904 - 16 V 1995), whose sister, Ruth Sylvia GILL (Ruth, Lady Fermoy, DCVO, OBE; 2 X 1908 - 6 VII 1993), was the wife (married 17 IX 1931) of the 4th Baron Fermoy, and the grandmother of Diana Princess of Wales.

[Davina Byrne]

On the 1st June 1954 in Westminster Abbey, Sylvia FOGG ELLIOT was one of the bridesmaids at the wedding of her cousin Edward John Spencer and Frances Ruth Burke-Roche, parents of Diana, Princess of Wales.