Bullock-Webster/Tar engagement

[Michael Rhodes]

_The engagement was announced 27 January 2010 between Captain James
Richard H.L. Bullock-Webster, Irish Guards,. (b 1981)—only son of
Lieutenant Colonel Robin James Stirling Bullock-Webster (b 1944), of
South Kensington, by his wife the former Maria Della Buenaño, &
Lucinda Jane Tar (b 1981), younger daughter of Major (Leslie)
Christopher Tar, of Compton, Devon, by his wife the former Jacqueline
Westaway.

Capt Bullock-Webster's mother married 1stly 1971, the 6th Earl Cowley
(1946-75), who collapsed and died suddenly whilst playing squash at
the age of 29. Maria Countess Cowley married Lt-Col Robin Bullock-
Webster in 1980. Capt B-W has 2 half-sisters, Lady Alexia Wellesley, b
1973, and Lady Caroline Wellesley b 1976 (posthumously).

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[bx...@yahoo.com]

...which means should Lady Caroline had been a male, he would have
succeeded his father at birth.

Interesting...

Brooke

On Jan 29, 3:26 am, Michael Rhodes <mig73allenford2...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

[Richard R]

Yes, had she been a male she would have succeeded the 7th Earl Cowley.
I'm afraid I'm old enough to remember the excitement his death caused
at Debrett's who were preparing the 1976 edn at the time. It was cause
for comment in Patrick's (then editor) preface to that edition
[usefully for us, it cites other examples of posthumous births]:

'The death of Earl Cowley, and dormancy of his peerage
When Debrett was going to press, the 7th Earl Cowley died on December
13th 1975. As his wife [sic] is expecting a child, his peerages become
dormant until the birth. If a son, he will be born the 8th Earl
Cowley, but if a daughter, the succession passes to the Hon Garret
Graham Wellesley, uncle of the late Earl. There are other examples of
posthumous births to widows of peers and baronets. The 8th Earl of
Chichester was killed on active service on February 21st, 1944. Two
months later, on April 14th, the present Earl was born. Two baronets
succeeded at birth, their fathers having previously been killed on
active service in World War II. These are Sir Mark Palmer, 5th
Baronet, in 1941, and Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd
Baronet, in 1944. The British Crown has never been affected by a
posthumous birth, but this occured in Spain. King Alfonso XIII,
grandfather of the present King of Spain, was born posthumously on May
17th 1886, his father the previous King, Alfonso XII, having died on
November 25th 1885, when his widow, Queen Maria Christina of Habsburg,
became Regent.'

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[pablo]

Didn't the newly born son of HRH The Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
(1853-1884) become 2nd Duke of Albany at birth? Subsequently he became
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and was eventually deprived of his
british titles.... Pablo

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[Richard R]

Yes he did Pablo. Not sure why Patrick excluded that from the preface
piece, or why he refers to the 7th Earl's widow as his 'wife'.

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Richard, thanks very much for that information-- very interesting!

Brooke

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[Richard R]

I sometimes lead a very sad existence in the London Library stacks
among the old peerages and was fortunate enough to be there yesterday
when I remembered this prefactorial piece from the 70s.