HUGHES-HALLETT, James Wyndham John CMG (1949-2019)

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 16 October 2019: HUGHES-HALLETT James Wyndham John died peacefully at home in London on 12th October aged 70. Much loved husband of Katrina ,father of Molly and Amy , and stepfather of Delaney. There will be private funeral for immediate family only . A thanksgiving service will be held in London later at a date to be announced

He was s of Michael Wyndham Norton HUGHES-HALLETT (1926-2014), scion of the gentry family of that name formerly of Higham, and Penelope Anne (1927-2010) d of Sydney George FAIRBAIRN (1892-1943) and Angela Maude FANE (1901-58). He m 1st 1991 (div 2009) (Lizabeth Louise) Betsy d of Lt-Col Albert S HALL of Tacoma, Washington, and had two daus as above. He m 2nd 2016 Katrina Elizabeth REPKA.

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His great-grandmother, Alice Louisa Hughes-Hallett, née Denton, was a granddaughter of Mary Anne St.John, of the Lords St.John of Bletso. His father was first cousin of Sir Anthony Palmer, 4th Bt.

[colinp]

I think he was the Head of the family?

[Paul Theroff]

I don't know to what extent LG Families can be said to have "heads", other than those in possession of the traditional family seat. In the case of this family, I don't think they have had the seats, Higham and Little Dunmow, in their possession, for some time, though I could be wrong about that..

Was he senior male by primogeniture? He was the senior male by primogeniture of his great-grandfather, Norton Joseph Hughes-Hallett (1853-1938), but Norton himself had an older brother who, according to Burke's, died in Argentina having had three sons and five daughters.

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[colinp]

Obituary in Daily Telegraph 25 October 2019  - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/10/24/james-hughes-hallett-taipan-john-swire-sons-vast-trading-company/

EXTRACTS

James Hughes-Hallett, who has died aged 70, was the first non-family chairman of John Swire & Sons, the Far Eastern trading, transport and real estate group; a man of deep cultural passions, he was also chairman of the Courtauld Institute and the Esmée Fairbairn grant-giving charity.

James Wyndham John Hughes-Hallett was born on September 10 1949, the eldest child of Michael Hughes-Hallett, and his wife Penelope, née Fairbairn. Michael was the land agent of the Cornbury Park estate in Oxfordshire, and the childhood home of James and his siblings – Lucy, who became an author and journalist, and Thomas (now Sir Thomas) who became a leading figure in medical charities – was a remote estate house in the Wychwood Forest.

He was appointed CMG in 2012 and held the Silver Bauhinia Star of Hong Kong. He married first, in 1991, Lizabeth Hall; the marriage was dissolved and he married secondly, in 2016, Katrina Repka, who survives him with two daughters of the first marriage, and a stepdaughter.

James Hughes-Hallett, born September 10 1949, died October 10 2019 

On Wednesday, 16 October 2019 13:26:58 UTC+1, Richard R wrote: