MANSELL-JONES, Hon Mrs Charlotte Mary (nee PIERCY, formerly Ropner and Taddei) 1947-2018

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph and Times of 4 December 2018: MANSELL-JONES  The Hon Mrs Charlotte Mary (née Piercy, formerly Ropner and Taddei), wife of Richard, mother of Caroline, Guido and Nicholas, died peacefully at home with her family on 20th November 2018. Private family funeral will be held to be followed by a thanksgiving service on a date to be announced in due course.

Hon Charlotte Mary PIERCY (b 1947) d of 2nd Baron PIERCY (1918-91) and Oonagh Lavinia (1912-90, d of Maj Edward John Lake BAYLEY DSO (d 1969), and Violet Mary BINGHAM (1880-1931), gd of 3rd Earl of LUCAN & gt gd of 6th Earl of CARDIGAN etc etc). She m 1st 1966 (div 1985) Paolo Emilio s of Enrico TADDEI of Florence, Italy, and had a son and a daughter. She m 2nd 1985 (William Guy) David (1924-2015) s of Sir (William) Guy ROPNER Kt (1896-1971), scion of the Bts of that name cr 1904, and Margarita (d 1973) d of Sir William Cresswell GRAY 1st Bt, and had a son. She m 3rd 29 October 2018 Richard Mansell MANSELL-JONES (b 1940) s of Arnaud Milward JONES (1900-64) by his 1936 m (reg Q2 Hampshire) to Winifred Mabel FOOT (1907-78). He m 1st 1971 Penelope Marion (1948-2009) d of Sir David Henry HAWLEY 7th Bt (1913-88) and Hermione GREGSON (1915-94, gd of 3rd Earl of LICHFIELD & gt gd of 2nd Earl of LEICESTER, scion of the ABERCORN, BEDFORD & GORDON dukes etc), no issue.

[dpth...@gmail.com]

Her maternal grandmother, a Bingham of the earls of Lucan is mentioned, so it should be mentioned, too, that her paternal grandmother was a Pelham, of the earls of Chichester.

[Richard R]

Thanks. I do try to cover myself by putting 'etc etc' when referring to antecedents, otherwise I'd never get the d*mn thing posted!

[G. Willis]

Given the number of postings you provide to the group that's entirely reasonable, Richard- I don't think it hurts at all to leave interested parties to do some of their own research, either; after all, there are so many resources- even just online, and particularly with relation to the aristocracy (i.e. as opposed to the gentry)- that even a novice would surely have an easy time finding something like thepeerage.com where they can spend as much (or as little) time as they like tracing back over the centuries in whatever line they choose.

[dpth...@gmail.com]

agreed!  I was certainly not trying to criticize.. I just wanted to add relevant information. I know how much work you do posting all this information here. Over at the Nobiliana Forum, I'm one of the ones who checks the Telegraph daily, and posts relevant events, but I also check obits in a few dozen German and Austrian papers daily, so I know how much work is involved.  Congrats on your continued efforts here!

[G. Willis]

Ah, it seems I could have phrased my previous post better! Of course, I know you as a contributor and far from a novice in the field, Mr Theroff (and have naturally referred to your site before)- I more meant to refer to the uninitiated internet user who might come across this group in search results, who could then pursue other avenues. I didn't mean to imply I thought your previous post constituted any kind of unwarranted criticism; sorry about that!

[Richard R]

Thanks for that. I'm always grateful for any responses to my posts and certainly didn't take it critically, although, having reread my response, I can see that using the word "d*mn" may have given that impression.

I don't know other posters' situations but I work in a full-time demanding job and I fit my daytime posts in between doing a busy 'day job'. Hence sometimes the need for 'etcs' 

[dpth...@gmail.com]

Special congrats for doing all the work while still having a full-time job! I combined this hobby with a full-time job as a lawyer for many years, but a few years ago I took early retirement, and am now able to spend a few hours per day on various genealogical researches. :)

[Richard R]

From the Times of 31 January 2019: MANSELL-JONES (FORMERLY ROPNER) (nee Piercy). The Hon Charlotte Mary. A service of thanksgiving for her life will be held at St Luke's , Chelsea on Monday at noon, 4th March 2019.