CORKRAN, Lt-Col Richard Seymour OBE 1937-2021

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Mar 12, 2021, 2:55:45 AM3/12/21
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From the Telegraph of 12 March 2021: CORKRAN Lieutenant Colonel Richard Seymour OBE late Grenadier Guards, most dearly loved husband of Jane and father of Claire and Alexandra, died peacefully on 9th March 2021 aged 84 after a long illness in the tender care of Blatchington Manor and Abundant Grace Care Homes. A small funeral will be held on Friday 26th March at St Michael and All Angels, Berwick, to be followed by a Service of Thanksgiving in the summer. No flowers please, but donations, if desired, to Alzheimer’s Research UK.

He was s of Maj Giles Seymour CORKRAN 1911-96 (4xgt gs of 1st Marquess of HERTFORD 1718-94 and 5xgt gs of 2nd Duke of GRAFTON 1683-1757 gs of King CHARLES II and the Duchess of CLEVELAND) by his 1935 m reg Q4 Essex to Isabel F E NUTTALL c1909-1968. He m 1967 Jane Melanie b 1947 d of John Francis PAGET 1903-89 (2xgt gs of 1st Earl of UXBRIDGE 1744-1812 who was f of 1st Marquess of ANGLESEY 1768-1854) and Ann Millicent BLUNDELL 1910-81, and had two daus as above.

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Mar 12, 2021, 8:02:01 AM3/12/21
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just adding a few more genealogical details:

Lady Isabella Fitzroy, b.19 Jul 1726, d.London 10 Nov 1782; m.29 May 1741 Francis Seymour-Conway, Marquess of Hertford (5 Jul 1718-14 Jun 1794)
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Adm Lord Hugh Seymour-Conway, b.1759, d.11 Sep 1801; m.2 Apr 1786 Lady Anne Waldegrave (d.12 Jun 1801)
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Adm of the Fleet Sir George Francis Seymour (17 Sep 1787-20 Jan 1870); m.Feb 1811 Georgiana Mary Berkeley (d.1878)
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Georgina Isabella Seymour, d.4 Dec 1848; m.22 Jul 1844 Charles Corkran, of Long Ditton (1800-1885)
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Charles Seymour Corkran (5 Nov 1845-22 Nov 1921); m.20 Apr 1871 Florence Peel, whose paternal grandmother was Lady Jane Lennox
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Maj-Gen Sir Charles Corkran (20 Aug 1872-9 Jan 1939); m.14 Apr 1904 Winifred Maud Ricardo (1880-27 Jan 1972), of that LG Family
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Giles Seymour Corkran (1 Apr 1911-1996); m.Eva Nuttall
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Richard Seymour Corkran (1936-9 Mar 2021); m.14 Oct 1967 Jane Paget, of the Earls of Uxbridge, a title now held by the Marquess of Anglesey


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