POE, Mrs John (Emma Elizabeth nee RICHARDS) 1939-2024

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 16 Feb 2024: POË  Emma Elizabeth died peacefully on 9th February 2024, aged 84 years. Much loved mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Funeral Service at Chideock Roman Catholic Church, Dorset on Monday 26th February at 12.30 p.m. Enquiries to A J Wakely & Sons…

She was d of (John) Nigel RICHARDS RAFVR 1908-ka1944 and as her 1^st h Pamela Betty Fletcher 1906-71 d of John Fletcher MOSSOP 1872-1942 of Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset and Lucy Gladys HUGHES 1867-1943. She m 1^st 1958 (div 1966) as his 1^st w the future 2^nd Baron COLERAINE 1931-2020 s of 1st Baron COLERAINE 1901-80 (s of the British Prime Minister Andrew Bonar LAW 1858-1923) and Mary Virginia 1910-78 d of Abram Fox NELLIS 1871-1923 of New York by his 1907 m reg Q3 NY to Lucy Mary PENDERGAST 1876-1944, and had two daus (both m with issue – the yr dau m into Barons Ironside family). She m 2^nd 1966 as his 2^nd w Maj John Lees 1922-2007 s of Col John Hugh Lovett POË DSO 1878-1974 (who he succ. as) head of that Irish gentry family and Frida Mary LEES 1883-1980 scion of that gentry family f/o Thurland Castle, and had an only son (Mr Poe’s 3^rd s) John Francis POË b 1967 (who m 1997 reg Q3 London Elizabeth D d of D A HAND of Knaresborough, N Yorks, and had a son, James Jocelyn b 18 Nov 1999, Times 23 Nov).