CHURSTON, Rt Hon Baron 1934-2023
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Lord Churston’s death on 16 Feb 2023 is mentioned in a Times article on 18 Feb 2023 (extract below)
He was s of the 4th Baron CHURSTON 1910-91 and as her 1st h Elizabeth Mary 1910-51 d of Lt-Col William Baring DU PRE 1875-1946 sometime head of that gentry family of Wilton Park and his 1st w Youri Wynyad c1880-1942 d of Capt Henry Townley WRIGHT RN. He m 1973 Alexandra Joanna d of Anthony CONTOMICHALOS, and had a son and two daus. His son succeeds him:
[Rt Hon] BENJAMIN FRANCIS ANTHONY Yarde-Buller b 13 Sept 1974 [6th Baron CHURSTON] has yet to establish his claim. He m 2000 Sophie Frances d of Brian DUNCAN and Monica E STOLL, and has a son and a dau:
SON LIVING
Hon JOSEPH FRANCIS b 19 Feb 2004
DAUGHTER LIVING
Hon Rebecca Briony b 2006
Article in the Times of 18 Feb 2023
E X T R A C T
Who among gentry will hand Charles his spurs?
Aristocrats are polishing their family credentials to claim a noble role at the King’s coronation, Valentine Low writes
…who will carry the golden spurs? Will there be falcons? And will the lord great chamberlain be granted his wish to be paid in crimson velvet?
Ever since Richard II was crowned in 1377, the aristocracy has argued its claim to perform services at the coronation. It could be the right to carry the King’s spurs or, least onerous of all, to taste his wine…
The Earl of Derby’s family has had a role at the coronation
for centuries. John of Gaunt, the 2nd Earl, carried one of the King’s swords —
Curtana, the Sword of Mercy because of its blunt end — at the coronation of the
ten-year-old Richard II. At the late Queen’s coronation the 18th earl carried
the standards of the quarterings of royal arms…[The 19th Earl] said
he had applied. “The family has over the centuries been involved in all sorts
of ways,” he said. “But right now none of us have got a clue as to what is
going on…I don’t think most of us have got any concept of what the coronation
might look like. It’s going to be different.”
Lord Carrington, 74, a banker and crossbench member of the House of Lords, is
the lord great chamberlain, a role that rotates between three families — the
others are the Cholmondeleys and the Willoughby de Eresbys — with every change
of reign. He, too, is in the dark. “You can look up what lord great
chamberlains did in the past — dressing and undressing the King and anointing
him — but this is going to be different. And no one has been told what their
duties are yet.”… The problem is that Queen Elizabeth’s coronation lasted about
three hours but this one will be about an hour and a half…Carrington, an
hereditary peer, had assumed that his coronation post was a given but he was
told to fill in the online form like everyone else…
…Francis Dymoke, 68, is an accountant who farms in
Lincolnshire. His ancestors have been the King’s champion since Robert de
Marmion, his 34th great-grandfather, was with William the Conqueror in 1066.
Since then the role of Dymokes — whose right is attached to the land they have
farmed for almost 1,000 years — has been to ride into the banquet at
Westminster Hall, throw down a gauntlet and see if the challenge is accepted.
That will not be happening on May 6. One role remains unresolved. The sovereign
has been invested with golden spurs at the coronation since the end of the 12th
century. The spurs are part of the regalia created for Charles II in 1661 after
the previous set was melted down under Oliver Cromwell.
But who will carry them? In 1953 they were carried, one each, by Lord Hastings
and Lord Churston, whose family name is Yarde-Buller. They both claimed descent
from the John Marshal who performed the role for Richard I in 1189. The Times
was unable to contact the present Lord Hastings, a former actor called Delaval
Astley who played Cameron Fraser in The Archers.
As for the Churston family, they have stepped back. Then on Thursday [16 Feb 2023] Lord Churston died at home, aged 88.
For the first time in nearly 100 years no Yarde- Buller will carry the spurs at
the coronation…
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/king-charles-coronation-guest-list-aristocrats-invites-b2xtzjjcx
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From the Telegraph of 21 Feb 2023: YARDE-BULLER John Francis, Lord Churston, died peacefully at home on 16th February 2023, aged 88. He is survived by his wife Alexandra, his children Benjamin, Katherine and Francesca, and his grandchildren Joe, Freddie, Rebecca, Poppy, Jack and Rose.
