Robert George Lees Mayall 1954-2015

[Michael Rhodes]

_. Robert George Lees Mayall, who died after a tragic accident, 22 July, 2015, was born in 1954, a scion of the Mayall landed family, son of Sir Alexander Lees Mayall, KCVO, CMG (who d 1992), who married 24 Jan 1947, as her second husband, the Hon Mary Hermione Ormsby-Gore, eldest daughter of the 4th Baron Harlech, by his wife the former Lady Beatrice Gascoyne-Cecil, &c.

Robert Mayall leaves a wife, Alison, and stepson, Hamish. Funeral at Heytesbury Parish Church, 3rd Aug.

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[G. Willis]

Apropos of nothing in particular: Robert Mayall, I recall, used to have a bookshop near Charing Cross Road. He also made several appearances in the Journals of Anthony Powell, his father, Lees Mayall, being a neighbour and good friend of the author (having retired as, I think, Ambassador to Venezuela). A shame to hear of his untimely death.

[Michael Rhodes]

The descendants of the Harlech dynasty have had their share of tragedies down the years.