She was d of George Freeland BARBOUR 1882-1946 (gs of Sir Robert Nicholas FOWLER 1st Bt 1828-91) and Hon Helen Victoria HEPBURN-SCOTT 1891-1982 d of 9th Lord POLWARTH 1864-1944 and Edith Frances 1867-1930 d of Sir Thomas Fowell BUXTON 3rd Bt 1837-1915 and Lady Victoria NOEL 1839-1916 d of 1st Earl of GAINSBOROUGH 1781-1866 (and gd of 3rd Earl of RODEN 1788-1870, as well gt gd of 12th Lord LE DESPENCER 1766-1831, etc). She m 1959 the TV journalist Julian Arthur Charles 1930-2023 s of Maj Leonard Proby HAVILAND 1884-1971 (bro of Capt Wilfred Pollen HAVILAND MBE 1881-1947 sometime head of that gentry family of Delrow House) and Helen Dorothea 1902-72 d of Gen Sir Charles FERGUSSON of Kilkerran 7th Bt 1865-1951 and Lady Alice Mary BOYLE 1877-1958 d of 7th Earl of GLASGOW 1833-1915, and had three sons as above.