SCRASE-DICKINS, Maj Mark Frederick Hakon CMG OStJ 1936-2022
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He was yst s of Wing-Cmdr Alwyne Rory MacNamara SCRASE-DICKINS RAF 1898-1983 sometime head of that gentry family of Coolhurst (also 2xgt gs of 1st Marquess of NORTHAMPTON 1760-1828, 3xgt gs of 1st Duke of ST ALBANS 1670-1726 (s of King CHARLES II), 3xgt gs of 3rd Duke of MARLBOROUGH 1706-58 etc etc) and his 2nd w Ingeborg Oskara Fredrika Gunilla 1901-93 d of Carl Olof WIJK 1866-1918 of Gothenburg, Sweden by his 1897 m as her 1st h (her 2nd was Maj-Gen Sir Reginald Barnes KCB DSO) Anna Gabriella NYSTRöM 1878-1968. He m 1969 Martina Viviane b 1944 d of Percy Harold BAYLEY of Brighton, Sussex and _ CROWDER, and had a son and two daus (one dau predeceased him).
His son William Rory S b 1974 is m and the following may be his issue: Xavier Drummond b 2017 reg Q4 Kensington, Josephine Persephone b 2019 reg Q3 Kensington.
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Charles George Beauclerk, b.20 Jan 1774, d.25 Dec 1845; m.29 Apr 1799 Emily Charlotte Ogilvie (d.22 Jan 1832), dau of Lady Emily Lennox, of the Dukes of Richmond, Dowager Dss of Leinster, by her second marriage
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Caroline Anne Beauclerk (12 Jan 1804-11 Sep 1869); m.20 Oct 1829 Robert Aldridge (24 Jun 1801-26 May 1871)
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Anna Maria Aldridge, d.2 Apr 1916; m.2 Jun 1855 Charles Spencer Scrase Dickins, of Coolhurst (5 Feb 1830-1 May 1884), of that LG Family
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Alwyne Frederick Scrase Dickins (17 Jun 1864-15 Nov 1923); m.12 Jun 1897 Anne Mary MacNamara (d.17 Feb 1945)
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Alwyne Rory Macnamara Scrase Dickins, of Coolhurst (15 May 1898-1983); m.1st 18 Dec 1922 (div 1934) Brenda Hewitt; m.2d 3 Jan 1935 Ingeborg Wijk (9 Mar 1901-1993)
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Maj. Mark Frederick Hakon Scrace Dickins (31 May 1936-10 Nov 2022); m.19 Apr 1969 Martina Viviane Bayley
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A goat was once killed in his honour and the liver presented to him for the first mouthful. He could not eat liver for the rest of his life
Major Mark Scrase-Dickins, who has died aged 86, had a successful career in the Army before transferring to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO); he subsequently played a crucial part in supporting the Afghan resistance to the Soviet invasion....
Mark Frederick Hakon Scrase-Dickins was born at Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, on May 31 1936. He grew up at RAF Farnborough, where his father was station commander, and watched the Battle of Britain being fought out in the skies above him....
Scrase-Dickins was appointed CMG in 1991. He was a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Sussex in 2004, High Sheriff from 2003 to 2004 and president of St John Ambulance, Sussex, from 2005 to 2011.
He was a strong supporter of his Regimental Association, took an active part in his local community and was climbing and exploring well into his seventies.
Mark Scrase-Dickins married, in 1969, Martina (Tina) Viviane Bayley, who survives him with their son and daughter.
Mark Scrase-Dickins, born May 31 1936, died November 10 2022
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Obit in the Times of 23 March 2023:
E X T R A C T
Major Mark Scrase-Dickins obituary
Soldier, MI6 spy and accomplished cellist who, through covert operations, helped the mujahidin drive the Soviet army out of Afghanistan
… Mark Frederick Hakon Scrase-Dickins was born in Hertfordshire in 1936 to Wing Commander Alwyne Scrase-Dickins, station commander at RAF Farnborough, the centre for aviation research and development, and his second wife Ingeborg Wijk, of Swedish descent. A direct descendant of the “merry monarch”, Charles II, he was named “Mark” after his mother’s prize-winning Scottish terrier, the Great Marksman of Docken. In 1969, shortly after arriving in Hong Kong, he met the daughter of a wartime codebreaker, Martina (Tina) Bayley, who was working for MI6. They were married within nine months, she having accelerated the due diligence by consulting his vetting file. She survives him along with their son William, who co-owns the family Coolhurst Vineyards near Horsham; and Elizabeth, a television executive…
Major Mark Scrase-Dickins CMG, Green Jacket and SIS officer, was born on May 31, 1936. He died of undisclosed causes on November 10, 2022, aged 86
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mark-scrase-dickins-obituary-f396c5pnn