Centenarians in Debretts (Part 2)

[colinp]

This thread follows on from "Centenarians in Debretts" -  Centenarians in Debretts (google.com) as the original thread had become unwieldy

[colinp]

McCULLAGH Bt (ext 1974) – Elizabeth, Lady McCullagh nee Copeland m 1937 the 2nd Bt (d 1974)

This lady is now omitted from DPB online so I assume it has been confirmed that she is deceased

[Henry W]

KIRKPATRICK Bt  - Ellen Gertrude Corbin nee Elliott, former wife (m 1941 div 1953) of the 10th Bt (d 1954) – mother of the present Bt

I found an Ancestry tree (the Home Person appears to be a grandchild of Ellen's cousin) which states that she died 25 December 1994 in Illinois, USA.  There is a link to the Social Security Index which gives her name as Gertrude Corbin.  I have mixed feelings about this being accurate but felt I should report it anyway.

On Monday, 17 October 2022 at 21:35:24 UTC+1 colinp wrote:

[Henry W]

Noel John ("Bachee") PARKER-JERVIS, of the ST VINCENT viscounts (born 25 Dec 1920) is still living:

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/jack-knox-so-many-stories-so-few-second-world-war-vets-left-to-tell-them-6090387  

Published 11 Nov 2022

As befits his first name, Noel Parker-Jervis will reach the same age [102] as Chance on Christmas Day. He still lives in his Saanich home, where he carries on a long-distance ­correspondence with his friend Vivienne Westwood, the English fashion designer.

Noel, better known as Bachee, gained fame during the war for deserting to get into, not out of, the fighting. ­Frustrated to be stuck guarding a remote B.C. island against a non-existent enemy, he hopped a train to Halifax, signed on to a Britain-bound cargo ship, surrendered to the military police in England, and then ended up in the thick of the action in Italy, just like he wanted.

[colinp]

This post briefly summarises the many helpful separate posts by Richard R on 11 December where relevant:- 

BERNERS B -    Elsie Norah Storey nee Millard (descended from Rev George Wilson brother of the 9th and 10th Barons) b 1920.  DPB online confirms death in 2001 – see Henry W’s post 26.12.2020 on Part 1 thread 

GARDNER B (Dormant) - Edward Kingston Gardner b 9 October 1917 of Rajasthan India – now shown as decd (no date) in DPB online 

HAY Bt (1703) – William Henry Ker Hamilton’s death recorded as 1987 by DPB online – see Henry W’s post 2 June 2022 on Part 1 thread 

JOHNSTON Bt (1626) – Helen Torrey Lenton nee du Bois, former wife (m 1941) of the 13th Bt (d 1984), acc to DPB online d 1993.  This corroborates Henry W’s post on Part 1 thread dated 20 May 2021 

LINDSEY and ABINGDON E – Christine Caroline Bertie (descended from 3rd son of 6th Earl) b 25 Dec 1917  (m 1 1942 Henry G Burgess and m 2 1953 Iwan Bojko).  DPB online gives YOD for Iwan Bojko as 1992 rather than 1984 as stated by Henry W in post 24 Dec 2020 on Part 1 thread 

MILNE B – Cicely Milne nee Leslie m 1940 the 2nd Baron – see also Richard R’s comments and gorgo’s reply 11 Dec 2022 here  MILNE, Rt Hon Baroness (Cicely nee Leslie) 1911-2016 (google.com)

SEMPILL L – Janet Forbes-Walker nee Forbes-Sempill (dau of 5th son of 17th Lord) b 16 Oct 1920 – of Selkirk - see Richard R’s post 11 Dec 2022 suggesting she died 1994 here  FORBES-WALKER, Mrs Janet (nee FORBES-SEMPILL) b 16 Oct 1920 & d 1994 (google.com)

[colinp]

Some possible centenarians in 2023:

BIDDULPH Bt – Florentina van Breda nee Biddulph b 1923 

BLUNT Bt – Elizabeth Shirley Poustie b 1923 – of Devon 

BOLINGBROKE V – Zeline Mabel Alice Moran nee St John b 10 Oct 1923 – of Argentina? 

BOSVILLE MACDONALD Bt – Alexander Douglas Macdonald b 1923 – of Canada? 

COCKBURN-CAMPBELL Bt – Alexander Bruce Cockburn-Campbell b 25 May 1923 – of Western Australia 

DENMAN B – Peter Frederick Arthur Denman b 12 December 1923 - of London 

EGERTON Bt – Patricia Ann Chaffey nee Egerton-Warburton b 6 November 1923 – of New South Wales 

ELGIN E - Lady Jean Christian Wemyss nee Bruce b 12 January 1923 – of Perthshire 

ERSKINE OF RERRICK (Ext) – Hon Elizabeth Olson Butler nee Rerrick b 1923 

GETHIN Bt – Sheeagh Grace Lindsay nee Gethin b 8 July 1923 – of Jamaica 

GRANARD E -  Penelope, Lady Sitwell nee Forbes b 21 October 1923 – of London and Derbyshire 

HEATHCOTE Bt (1733 of Hursley) – Pamela Mary Jones nee Heathcote b 9 October 1923 

LANGRISHE Bt – Hugh Richard Langrishe b 8 Jan 1923 – of Herefordshire 

LEVINGE Bt – Dorothy Mabel Judith Pope nee Levinge b 6 April 1923 

LLEWELLYN Bt 1959 (ext) – Wenllian Kennard Hacket Pain nee Llewellyn b 1923 – of Monmouthshire 

MACARTNEY Bt – Margaret Miller Hopton nee Macartney b 1923 – of Queensland 

MOORE Bt – Jean Florence Helen Young nee Moore b 4 September 1923 – of Cambridgeshire 

MOWBRAY, SEGRAVE and STOURTON B – Jean Rosita Mary, Lady Nevile MBE nee Torr b 1923 

NEWBURGH E – Baroness Laura di Tavani nee (Countess) Sanseverino b 15 July 1923 – of Italy 

NORMANBY M – Barbara Phyllis Gordon nee Phipps b 1923 – of Canada? 

PEASE Bt (1882) – Anne Phillida Chetwynd-Stapylton nee Pease b 4 May 1923 – of East Sussex 

RADCLIFFE Bt - Elizabeth Denyse Mary Bonapace nee Radcliffe b 24 July 1924 – of Turin 

RHYS WILLIAMS Bt – Susan Eleanor, Lady Glyn nee Williams b 17 May 1923 – of France 

ROBINS B (ext) – Hon Philippa Mary Ellis Weatherly formerly McCraith nee Robins b 1923 – of Hampshire 

SCARSDALE V – Hon Anne Mildred Willson nee Curzon b 1923 

SHREWSBURY AND WATERFORD E – Isobel Helen Henrietta Smith nee Chetwynd-Talbot b 1923 

SINHA B – Hon Sheila Lahiri nee Sinha then Das then Mukherjee b 6 June 1923 – of Calcutta 

SUTHERLAND Bt – Nina Marguerite Munro Slater nee Sutherland b 19 May 1923 – of Northumberland 

TORRINGTON V – Mary Maitland Davison nee Byng b 1923 

VIVIAN B – Ann Brennan nee Vivian b 1923 

YOUNG Bt (LP) – Arnold Somerville Young b 20 July 1923 – of New South Wales 

Also given the date of marriage:

Mabel Elisabeth, Lady Murray of Blackbarony m 1943 may well be (or about to become) a centenarian (MURRAY of Blackbarony Bt 1628) 

Kathleen Mary NELSON (grandmother of Earl Nelson) nee Burr m 1941 Capt Hon John Marie Joseph Horatio NELSON (d 1970) (NELSON E) [probate records indicate a Kathleen May Nelson d 26.02.2022)

[Henry W]

Some notes:

DENMAN B – Peter Frederick Arthur Denman b 12 December 1923 - of London

Died 21 December 2006 (probate search)

ELGIN E - Lady Jean Christian Wemyss nee Bruce b 12 January 1923 – of Perthshire 

FOUND LIVING in Electoral Roll 2022

LANGRISHE Bt – Hugh Richard Langrishe b 8 Jan 1923 – of Herefordshire 

FOUND LIVING in Electoral Roll 2022

LLEWELLYN Bt 1959 (ext) – Wenllian Kennard Hacket Pain nee Llewellyn b 1923 – of Monmouthshire 

FOUND LIVING in Companies House records 2022

ROBINS B (ext) – Hon Philippa Mary Ellis Weatherly formerly McCraith nee Robins b 1923 – of Hampshire 

FOUND LIVING in Electoral Roll 2022

SUTHERLAND Bt – Nina Marguerite Munro Slater nee Sutherland b 19 May 1923 – of Northumberland

FOUND LIVING in Electoral Roll 2022

[Henry W]

DENMAN B – Peter Frederick Arthur Denman b 12 December 1923 - of London

Died 21 December 2006 (probate search)

Obit in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/mar/09/obituaries.mainsection

In 1941 Peter Denman, who has died aged 83, went up to Cambridge University from Eton to read economics, but, while still in his teens, he was recruited as a cryptanalyst at the Bletchley Park code-breaking centre.

[...]
The son of an electronics engineer, Peter was born into a family ethos of the law, science and invention. Postwar, he completed his degree and took a job as an economist with Associated Newspapers.

It was in those years that we began our friendship. He was, by then, living alone in the beautiful Chelsea house where the rest of his life was spent.

[...]
Meanwhile, Peter was managing his family's merchant bank - and its associated charities - transforming that sleepy business into a highly successful investment trust, Moorgate Holdings.

In 1957, the solitary, cerebral bachelor I had first known began an enviably happy marriage. Cara Guest brought him a stepson and stepdaughter, a daughter and two sons, and an atmosphere of delightfully domestic calm and hospitality to the London house, and to their simple, dreamlike home in the south of France. Peter's bank was eventually bought up, but he maintained a City office. He had a gift for the management of money, which he used to help people practically.
[...]

He leaves Cara and their children.

[Henry W]

EGERTON Bt – Patricia Ann Chaffey nee Egerton-Warburton b 6 November 1923 – of New South Wales 

Died 12 June 2022

• Reply here: https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/eiQ2dlv3-l4

[Henry W]

COCKBURN-CAMPBELL Bt – Alexander Bruce Cockburn-Campbell b 25 May 1923 – of Western Australia 

Died 2 September 2022

Reply here: https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/UP44B7LXt0Y

[Henry W]

SHREWSBURY AND WATERFORD E – Isobel Helen Henrietta Smith nee Chetwynd-Talbot b 1923 

Her married surname is in fact MACKENZIE SMITH - this is not at all clear in Debrett's, and easy to mistake Mackenzie as her late husband's middle name.

FOUND LIVING in electoral roll 2022 (London SW1P)

[Henry W]

TORRINGTON V – Mary Maitland Davison nee Byng b 1923

She died 16 July 2013

See South Africa Government Gazette Legal Notices A dated 2013-09-20 number 36851 part 1, bottom of Page 74

19831/2013 - Davison, Mary Maitland, 1923-08-11, 230811017089, 56 Rose Lode, Elm Park, Suzanne Crescent, Northcliff, 2195, 2013-07-16. Andre Christo Du Toit, 208 Barry Hertzog Ave, Greenside, 2193.

[Henry W]

SCARSDALE V – Hon Anne Mildred Willson nee Curzon b 1923 

She is mentioned in her son's 2022 death notice, so is presumed to be living.

[Henry W]

BLUNT Bt – Elizabeth Shirley Poustie b 1923 – of Devon

FOUND LIVING in electoral roll 2016 (TQ4) - do not confuse with lady of same name living in SL6.  Checks of GRO and Probate drew a blank.

ERSKINE OF RERRICK (Ext) – Hon Elizabeth Olson Butler nee Rerrick b 1923 

Possibly found living in electoral roll 2012 (Christchurch BH23)

GRANARD E -  Penelope, Lady Sitwell nee Forbes b 21 October 1923 – of London and Derbyshire 

FOUND LIVING in electoral roll 2022 (London W2)

LEVINGE Bt – Dorothy Mabel Judith Pope nee Levinge b 6 April 1923 

May be resident in Australia?

MOWBRAY, SEGRAVE and STOURTON B – Jean Rosita Mary, Lady Nevile MBE nee Torr b 1923

FOUND LIVING in electoral roll 2022 (Lincoln LN5)

PEASE Bt (1882) – Anne Phillida Chetwynd-Stapylton nee Pease b 4 May 1923 – of East Sussex 

My copy of Debrett's has a note I made stating "FL 2021" which suggests I found her living last year, but I cannot find my source!

[Henry W]

MACARTNEY Bt – Margaret Miller Hopton nee Macartney b 1923 – of Queensland 

Died circa 2020

Reply here: https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/A4PTF31Z-4c

[colinp]

A further potential centenarian appears in DPB online - not in the 2019 print edition:

Kenneth Charles SIMEON b 1920 Oil Refiner - possibly of Australia (son of Reginald Clarence O'Donnell SIMEON (1890-1975)

[Henry W]

MOORE Bt – Jean Florence Helen Young nee Moore b 4 September 1923 – of Cambridgeshire 

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/eQoynCJwY70

Died 4 February 2023, aged 99

[colinp]

Some children (actually daughters) of life peers:-

BROCKWAY (Ext 1988) Hon Joan Vera Pover nee Brockway b 1920 (of Tonbridge, Kent) 

FRASER OF LONSDALE (Ext 1974) Hon Margaret Joan McDonald nee Fraser b 1920 

ROYLE (Ext 1975) Hon Joan Mary Davies formerly Dixon and Roberts nee Royle b 1920.  Her 3rd h Rev John Atcherley Davies d 5 Feb 2017 (probate search) GRO gives regn district of death POOLE

[Henry W]

WINNINGTON Bt – Audrey Lucille Ozarko nee Winnington-Ingram (descendant of the 2nd son of the 2nd Bt) b 12 June 1921 - of Ontario
This lady was listed in the previous iteration of this thread.

She may have died January 2019. See this Ancestry family tree: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/104829385/person/170041990706/facts but we must be wary as no source provided.  Nonetheless, it seems likely to be correct as it gives an anecdote about the death of her husband (William OZARKO 1914 - 1990) that suggests the owner of the tree knew these family members personally.

[Henry W]

ELGIN E - Lady Jean Christian Wemyss nee Bruce b 12 January 1923 – of Perthshire 

Confirmed centenarian. See: https://perthandkinrosslieutenancy.org.uk/100th-birthday-lady-jean-wemyss/

Deputy Lieutenant Sue Jardine Paterson visited Lady Jean Wemyss today to congratulate her on her 100th birthday. Sue presented Lady Jean with a card from King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla. Councillor Michelle Frampton delivered flowers from Perth and Kinross Council.  

[colinp]

Sir John Conant, 2nd Baronet, is 100 today.  He is the oldest Baronet on the Roll

[Henry W]

NORMANBY M – Barbara Phyllis Gordon nee Phipps b 1923 – of Canada? 

Died 24 November 2020

See https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/frBocI_lWBw

[Henry W]

NEAVE Bt (1795) – Diana Hope Habdank-Kolaczkowski formerly Ritchie nee Hay-Neave (descended of 4th son of 2nd Bt) b 1918 - of California

Died January 2023

See https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/S6dv80vBtXg

[colinp]

YOUNG OF COOKHAM LP (Bt 1813) - DPB online now records the death of Arnold Somerville Young b 1923 in 2008.  

[colinp]

BIDDULPH Bt – Catherina Magdalena Vosloo nee Biddulph (descendant of the gtgrfather of 9th Bt) b 1922 – (formerly?) of South Africa – but see Funeral Notices - CATHARINA VOSLOO-BURG (funeral-notices.co.uk)

DPB states that Catherina Magdalena VOSLOO nee BIDDULPH d 2012.  Not the lady who died in 2016 in Scotland as I wondered. A search of ancestors.co.za all deceased estates and South African Govt Gazettes reveals the death of a CathArina MagdElena Vosloo on 5 May 2012 however she was born 15 Dec 1928 and DPB says she was born in 1922.  ancestors.co.za also lists a deceased estate for CathArina Maria MagdAlena Vosloo who died on 5 July 2013 but she was born in 1933

[RichardMH]

Penelope, Lady Sitwell, widow of Sir Reresby Sitwell (1927 - 2009) turns 100 today. She is the daughter of Col. Hon. Donald Alexander Forbes (1880 - 1938), son of George Arthur Hastings Forbes, 7th Earl of Granard (1833 - 1889).

[colinp]

FAIRLIE-CUNINGHAME Bt

We should add Ann Vout nee Fairlie-Cuningham, dau of the 14th Baronet to the list as DPB online confirms she was b c1923 (of Frenchs Forrest, NSW, Aus)

[Henry W]

LLEWELLYN Bt 1959 (ext) – Wenllian Kennard Hacket Pain nee Llewellyn b 1923 – of Monmouthshire

Confirmed centenarian.

https://www.monmouthshirebeacon.co.uk/news/100th-birthday-celebrations-sparks-memories-of-1953-coronation-614610

As the British monarchy heralds a new era, a former Abergavenny women, now Monmouth centenarian, has shared her memories of attending Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation in 1953 during a special birthday celebration.

Wenllian Hacket Pain, affectionally known as Wenks, turned 100-years-old on Monday 8 May - when the UK held a bank holiday to mark the Coronation of King Charles III.
[...]

[Henry W]

PEASE Bt (1882) – Anne Phillida Chetwynd-Stapylton nee Pease b 4 May 1923 – of East Sussex 

She died 31 October 2023, aged 100.

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/5ou9n1f0Cbg/m/wJZo3KowCQAJ

[Henry W]

From the first iteration of this thread:

LLOYD   Bt (1960) – Margaret Kynaston Fowler nee Lloyd (sister of 2nd Bt) b 23 Sept 1920

She died 21 September 2022.

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/sI8mMOybhS0

[Henry W]

Another from the first iteration of this thread (ante)

PRESTON Bt (1815) – Stella Tatiana Hartzell nee Preston (dau of 6th Bt) b 13 July 1920 – of Vienna 

She died circa March 2022

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/r325v0H_UdI

[Henry W]

LANGRISHE Bt – Hugh Richard Langrishe b 8 Jan 1923 – of Herefordshire 

It appears he is a confirmed centenarian as he is mentioned in his wife's death notice of March 2023

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/ebJrC90w-Mk

[colinp]

Ursula Elspeth MALLOCH BROWN (or MALLOCH-BROWN) nee PELLY, born 31 Dec 1921, recently became a centenarian if still living.  She was of the vast PELLY baronetical family, being descended from the 5th son of the 1st baronet, and also mother of Baron MALLOCH-BROWN (born 1953, a life peer).  She can be found living in 2021 electoral records in Haywards Heath.

She celebrated her 100th birthday -  (20+) Long-term Balcombe resident Ursula... - Mid Sussex Times Middy | Facebook

[Henry W]

ARBUTHNOT Bt (1964) – Margaret Jean, Lady Arbuthnot nee Duff b 29 Sept 1919 m 1st Bt 1943
Died 13 November 2023

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/Mtcdvkx4MEQ

[colinp]

RHYS WILLIAMS Bt – Susan Eleanor, Lady Glyn nee Williams b 17 May 1923 – of France 

Lady Glyn died on 4 July 2023 aged 100 -  GLYN, Lady (Susan Eleanor nee RHYS WILLIAMS) (1923-2023) (google.com)

[colinp]

This thread is continued in a new thread Centenarians in Debretts Part 3

Centenarians in Debretts (Part 3) (google.com)