LINKLATER OF BUTTERSTONE, Rt Hon Baroness 1943-2022
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Richard R
Dec 17, 2022, 5:36:00 AM12/17/22
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From the Times of 17 Dec 2022: LINKLATER Veronica, Baroness Linklater of Butterstone, died peacefully at Riemore, Dunkeld, on 15th December. Wife of Magnus, mother of Alexander, Archie and Freya. Funeral service at Dunkeld Cathedral, Friday 23th December at 11.30am. Flowers to WK Gerrie, Inver, Dunkeld...
She was d of Lt-Col Archibald Michael LYLE 1919-2001 s of Sir Archibald Moir Park LYLE 2nd Bt 1884-1946 and gs of Sir James DE HOGHTON 11th Bt 1851-1938 and Hon Elizabeth SINCLAIR 1921-94 d of 1st Viscount THURSO 1890-1970 and Marigold 1897-1975 d of Lt-Col James Stewart FORBES 1872-1957 (gs of Sir Charles FORBES of Newe 3rd Bt 1803-77) and Lady Angela Selina Bianca ST CLAIR-ERSKINE 1876-1950 d of 4th Earl of ROSSLYN 1833-90 and 3xgt gd of 3rd Duke of GRAFTON 1735-1811 (2xgt gs of King CHARLES II) etc. She m 1967 Magnus Duncan CBE b 1942 s of Maj Eric Robert LINKLATER CBE TD 1899-1974 and Marjorie 1909-97 d of Ian MACINTYRE, and had two sons and a dau as above.
She was d of Lt-Col Archibald Michael LYLE 1919-2001 s of Sir Archibald Moir Park LYLE 2nd Bt 1884-1946 and gs of Sir James DE HOGHTON 11th Bt 1851-1938 and Hon Elizabeth SINCLAIR 1921-94 d of 1st Viscount THURSO 1890-1970 and Marigold 1897-1975 d of Lt-Col James Stewart FORBES 1872-1957 (gs of Sir Charles FORBES of Newe 3rd Bt 1803-77) and Lady Angela Selina Bianca ST CLAIR-ERSKINE 1876-1950 d of 4th Earl of ROSSLYN 1833-90 and 3xgt gd of 3rd Duke of GRAFTON 1735-1811 (2xgt gs of King CHARLES II) etc. She m 1967 Magnus Duncan CBE b 1942 s of Maj Eric Robert LINKLATER CBE TD 1899-1974 and Marjorie 1909-97 d of Ian MACINTYRE, and had two sons and a dau as above.
Henry W
Dec 17, 2022, 1:51:43 PM12/17/22
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Created as a life peer in 1997, sat for the Liberal Democrats (as you would expect for a member of the wider THURSO family) and retired in 2016.
Harry Merritt
Dec 18, 2022, 10:09:21 AM12/18/22
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American PNG readers might be interested to know that the actor Hamish Linklater -- best known for playing Matthew, the much-put-upon brother of Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the sitcom "The New Adventures of Old
Christine"--is the nephew of Magnus Linklater.
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Dec 18, 2022, 1:56:17 PM12/18/22
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Thanks, Harry.
I do remember him from that series.
Brooke
Richard R
Dec 23, 2022, 3:08:48 AM12/23/22
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Obit from the Times of 23 Dec 2022:
Baroness Linklater of Butterstone obituary
Liberal Democrat peer, prison reformer and educationist who established a school for children with learning difficulties
...Coming from a strong Liberal background — her grandfather, Sir Archibald Sinclair, later Lord Thurso, had been leader of the Liberal Party, as well as Churchill’s wartime air minister — she stood as a candidate in the famous 1995 by-election in Perth and Kinross, following the death of the Conservative MP Sir Nicholas Fairbairn. Despite the SNP’s surge to victory, Linklater improved the Liberal Democrat share to 11 per cent of the vote. Two years later, she and her husband were staying at a Highland cottage when a crackling call came through from Paddy Ashdown: “Are you sitting down? We would like you to become a working peer. We need an answer in 24 hours.”...
...Veronica Lyle was born in 1943, the eldest daughter of Colonel Michael Lyle and his wife, Elizabeth. She was brought up at the family homes of Riemore in the Perthshire hills and Glendelvine overlooking the River Tay. The Lyle family had been in shipping in Greenock, with a previous generation establishing the sugar company Tate & Lyle. Her mother’s family were Sinclairs from Caithness, where she spent many holidays at the family’s remote lodge of Dalnawillan on the River Thurso.
Before going to board at Cranborne Chase, Dorset, she attended Butterstone House, the school founded by her mother in a large stone manor house at the end of their drive, near Dunkeld, which had belonged to Miss Crabbie of Crabbie’s Green Ginger Wine...
In 1966 Veronica Lyle was combining social work in the East End with playing her guitar and folk singing in clubs ... when she met the journalist Magnus Linklater, son of the novelist Eric, at a 21st birthday party. They were married in Dunkeld Cathedral in 1967 and lived in Islington, north London, where they had three children: Alexander, now a writer, who heads a hydro-electric organisation in Scotland; Archie, married with a family in Edinburgh; and Freya, the daughter for whom Linklater (who had been governor of several state schools in London) later founded her school. All survive her, along with her husband, a regular writer for The Times and former senior editor on The Sunday Times.
...She proudly wore the Sinclair tartan and her Lyle brooch with the family motto: An I May (to which she used to add, sotto voce, “An I May Not”) — a sentiment that reflected the sharp but compassionate eye she cast on the legal world, the penal system, and the press.
Baroness Linklater of Butterstone, prison reformer and educationist, was born on April 15, 1943. She died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease on December 15, 2022, aged 79
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/baroness-linklater-of-butterstone-obituary-x38s2qq8r
Liberal Democrat peer, prison reformer and educationist who established a school for children with learning difficulties
...Coming from a strong Liberal background — her grandfather, Sir Archibald Sinclair, later Lord Thurso, had been leader of the Liberal Party, as well as Churchill’s wartime air minister — she stood as a candidate in the famous 1995 by-election in Perth and Kinross, following the death of the Conservative MP Sir Nicholas Fairbairn. Despite the SNP’s surge to victory, Linklater improved the Liberal Democrat share to 11 per cent of the vote. Two years later, she and her husband were staying at a Highland cottage when a crackling call came through from Paddy Ashdown: “Are you sitting down? We would like you to become a working peer. We need an answer in 24 hours.”...
...Veronica Lyle was born in 1943, the eldest daughter of Colonel Michael Lyle and his wife, Elizabeth. She was brought up at the family homes of Riemore in the Perthshire hills and Glendelvine overlooking the River Tay. The Lyle family had been in shipping in Greenock, with a previous generation establishing the sugar company Tate & Lyle. Her mother’s family were Sinclairs from Caithness, where she spent many holidays at the family’s remote lodge of Dalnawillan on the River Thurso.
Before going to board at Cranborne Chase, Dorset, she attended Butterstone House, the school founded by her mother in a large stone manor house at the end of their drive, near Dunkeld, which had belonged to Miss Crabbie of Crabbie’s Green Ginger Wine...
In 1966 Veronica Lyle was combining social work in the East End with playing her guitar and folk singing in clubs ... when she met the journalist Magnus Linklater, son of the novelist Eric, at a 21st birthday party. They were married in Dunkeld Cathedral in 1967 and lived in Islington, north London, where they had three children: Alexander, now a writer, who heads a hydro-electric organisation in Scotland; Archie, married with a family in Edinburgh; and Freya, the daughter for whom Linklater (who had been governor of several state schools in London) later founded her school. All survive her, along with her husband, a regular writer for The Times and former senior editor on The Sunday Times.
...She proudly wore the Sinclair tartan and her Lyle brooch with the family motto: An I May (to which she used to add, sotto voce, “An I May Not”) — a sentiment that reflected the sharp but compassionate eye she cast on the legal world, the penal system, and the press.
Baroness Linklater of Butterstone, prison reformer and educationist, was born on April 15, 1943. She died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease on December 15, 2022, aged 79
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/baroness-linklater-of-butterstone-obituary-x38s2qq8r
Richard R
Dec 24, 2022, 5:36:53 AM12/24/22
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Court Circular
St James's Palace
23 December 2022
The Princess Royal, Patron, the Butler Trust, was represented by
Brigadier Sir Melville Jameson (His Majesty’s former Lord-Lieutenant of
Perth and Kinross) at the Funeral of the Baroness Linklater of
Butterstone (Founder, the Butler Trust), which was held in Dunkeld
Cathedral, Perthshire, this morning.
Richard R
Mar 2, 2023, 2:52:49 AM3/2/23
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From the Times of 2 March 2023:
LINKLATER A memorial service to
celebrate the life and public service of Veronica, Baroness Linklater of
Butterstone, will be held at St Columba’s Church, Pont Street, at
11.30am on Tuesday 18th April, followed by a reception in the church
hall.
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