Centenarians in Debretts (Part 3)

[colinp]

This is a continuation of previous thread "Centenarians in Debretts (Part 2)

Centenarians in Debretts (Part 2) (google.com)

[colinp]

Some possible centenarians for 2024

11th Earl of Elgin 17 Feb 1924

 

Balfour of Burleigh L - Hon Jean Hayes nee Bruce then Ward then Poole b 13 July 1924

 

Bolingbroke and St John E - Gloria Alida Guerresi nee St John b 23 Nov 1924 (of Argentina)

 

Buxton Bt (1840) – Mary Violet Buxton nee Buxton b 11 July 1924 (of Grantchester, Cambs)

 

Clarke Bt (1882) Elizabeth Elsie Faith Lake nee Clarke b 12 July 1924 (of Shropham, Norfolk)

 

Clifford of Chudleigh B – Dowager Baroness Fisher (nee Hon Rosamund Anne Clifford later Fairbairn) b 1924

 

De Ros B – Robert Bela Domjan b 6 Dec 1924 (of Swanley, Kent)

 

Gaitskell B (LP) – Hon Raymond M Frost b 6 May 1924

 

Glasgow E – Mary Grizel Hamilton nee Boyle b 2 Nov 1924

 

Henley B – Constance Edna Lees nee Eden b 1924 (of Argentina?)

 

Heytesbury B – Constance Ann Berkeley Holmes a Court b 4 Dec 1924

 

Kennaway Bt (1791) – Mary Elizabeth Davis nee Kennaway b 1924 (of Southampton)

 

Lauderdale E – Frederick Euan Maitland-Heriot b 1 Dec 1924

 

Macartney Bt (1799) – Frances Evelyn Smith nee Macartney b 1924 (of Qld, Aus)

 

Middleton B - Hon Angela Hermione Ida Wynn nee Willoughby b 5 May 1924 (of Malton, N Yorks)

 

Montagu-Pollock Bt (1872) – Mary Epsom nee Pollock b 16 Sept 1924 (of Nairobi, Kenya)

 

Northbourne B – Ursula Mary Rose, Dowager Baroness Westbury b 6 May 1924

 

Northbrook B – Evelyn Charles Baring b 1924 (Australia?)

 

Ogilvie-Wedderburn Bt (1803) – Michael Charles Fairlie Wedderburn b 27 June 1924 (of Tenerife)

 

Petre B – Agnes Zilleruedo nee Petre y Newman b 1924 (of Chile?)

 

Portland E – Countess Sophie Mechtild Marie Gaetani dell’Aquila d’Aragona nee Bentinck b 10 June 1924

 

Rich Bt (dormant) – John Rich b c1924

 

Rowley Bt (1786/1836) – June (Judy) Rose Opitz nee Rowley b 16 June 1924 (formerly of Darwin Aus, now of Cambourne, Cambs)

 

St John of Bletsoe B – Florence Anne Heller nee St John b 2 May 1924 (of London N10)

 

Synge Bt (1801) – Patricia Neal Barden nee Synge b 1924 (of British Columbia)

 

Vernon Bt (1914) – Pamela Margaret Vernon b 1924 (though Burke’s says died 198-, nothing in GRO or BMD?)

 

Vyvyan Bt (1645) – Susan Philippa Dugmore nee Vyvyan-Robinson b 27 Oct 1924 (of California)

 

Waller Bt (1780) – Arnold Blair Waller b 28 June 1924 (of Canada?)

 

Waterford M – Diana Mary de la Poer Watson nee Beresford b 14 Jan 1924 (of South Australia)

 

Westbury B – see Northbourne B

[Henry W]

De Ros B – Robert Bela Domjan b 6 Dec 1924 (of Swanley, Kent)

He died 5 June 2007.

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/--9O0csSFjM

[Henry W]

Northbourne B – Ursula Mary Rose, Dowager Baroness Westbury b 6 May 1924

Died 25 November 2023

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/PH0NrliruxM/m/DL-MfAN-AgAJ

On Monday 18 December 2023 at 18:05:03 UTC colinp wrote:

[Henry W]

Vyvyan Bt (1645) – Susan Philippa Dugmore nee Vyvyan-Robinson b 27 Oct 1924 (of California)

She died 2017. Exact date not known.

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/AU2_iksRi8M

On Monday 18 December 2023 at 18:05:03 UTC colinp wrote:

[Henry W]

Gaitskell B (LP) – Hon Raymond M Frost b 6 May 1924

He died 2019.  Exact date uncertain, but possibly 27 December.

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/90GtUcUf3FY

On Monday 18 December 2023 at 18:05:03 UTC colinp wrote:

[Henry W]

And now a longer follow-up.  First of all thanks to Colin for compiling this list - the resilience necessary to go through Debrett's every year to find these is remarkable.

My notes follow. Some are clearly living and this will hopefully mean others do not needlessly search for a death that isn't there, and others may hopefully help others in furthering my work or corroborating the possible deaths I have found.

Balfour of Burleigh L - Hon Jean Hayes nee Bruce then Ward then Poole b 13 July 1924

Found living 2012 (death of 3rd husband)

 
Buxton Bt (1840) – Mary Violet Buxton nee Buxton b 11 July 1924 (of Grantchester, Cambs)

Found living electoral roll 2007 CB3

Clarke Bt (1882) Elizabeth Elsie Faith Lake nee Clarke b 12 July 1924 (of Shropham, Norfolk)

Found living electoral roll 2023 NR17

Clifford of Chudleigh B – Dowager Baroness Fisher (nee Hon Rosamund Anne Clifford later Fairbairn) b 1924

Found living electoral roll 2012 TN21

Glasgow E – Mary Grizel Hamilton nee Boyle b 2 Nov 1924

I think the surname here is wrong. The Viscount BOYNE entry indicates her late husband's surname was SACKVILLE HAMILTON.  Found living (under SH surname) electoral roll 2013 YO17.

Kennaway Bt (1791) – Mary Elizabeth Davis nee Kennaway b 1924 (of Southampton)

This one is tricky due to the common name.  However, I think she died 2017.  Debrett's 2008 gives an SO17 address;  electoral roll records show her living there until 2017.  A check of the GRO gives a Mary Elizabeth DAVIS (YoB 1924) dying Q4 2017 Southampton.

Lauderdale E – Frederick Euan Maitland-Heriot b 1 Dec 1924

An ancestry tree (caution advised) indicates he died 2014 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Middleton B - Hon Angela Hermione Ida Wynn nee Willoughby b 5 May 1924 (of Malton, N Yorks)

Found living electoral roll 2023 YO17

Montagu-Pollock Bt (1872) – Mary Epsom nee Pollock b 16 Sept 1924 (of Nairobi, Kenya)

Found living 2020. https://lucindaeclarke.wordpress.com/category/mary-epsom/

Northbrook B – Evelyn Charles Baring b 1924 (Australia?)

I agree with Australia, and think probably resident Victoria.  His wife, Joan Margot, is shown in Debrett's Online dying 1997.  A check of Victoria probate indices has a record of her probate there.

Rowley Bt (1786/1836) – June (Judy) Rose Opitz nee Rowley b 16 June 1924 (formerly of Darwin Aus, now of Cambourne, Cambs)

Found living electoral roll 2023 CB23

St John of Bletsoe B – Florence Anne Heller nee St John b 2 May 1924 (of London N10)

Found living electoral roll 2013 N10

Vernon Bt (1914) – Pamela Margaret Vernon b 1924 (though Burke’s says died 198-, nothing in GRO or BMD?)

I think Burke's is definitely wrong.  I found separate references in Ancestry trees to her dying in 1985 / 2010, and they weren't sourced.  According to electoral roll records a Pamela M Vernon was living 2002-11 in a GU27 address, which matches that given in Debrett's 2008 print edition. It appears that house was sold in 2012. I agree there is nothing in the GRO for any candidate date.

Waller Bt (1780) – Arnold Blair Waller b 28 June 1924 (of Canada?)

An Ancestry tree (caution advised) indicates he died 21 April 2020.

On Monday 18 December 2023 at 18:05:03 UTC colinp wrote:

[Henry W]

From Part 2:

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

Died 31 December 2022

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

[Henry W]

Noel John ("Bachee") PARKER-JERVIS, of the ST VINCENT viscounts (born 25 Dec 1920) is still living:
https://www.timescolonist.com/celebrations/birthday-noel-bachee-parker-jervis-8012436

Born 103 years ago on Christmas Day, Noel "Bachee" Parker-Jervis was educated in England and Canada, fought in WWII, taught high school in Gibsons and then university at the U of A before "retiring" to Victoria in 1987 with his wife, Betty (1926-2017).  
The world has been enjoying Bach now for 103 years!
With love from Jonty, Chantal, Chris, Catriona and the PJ/Harker clan

[Henry W]

Another possible centenarian for 2024:

JOHNSON Bts (1818), Patricia Danino JOHNSON, b 23 Jan 1924 (descended from 8th son of 2nd bt)

[Henry W]

The 11th Earl of ELGIN is 100 today.

[colinp]

The next peer to become a centenarian will be Lord Walsingham on 21 Feb 2025 (hopefully)

[colinp]

I think I am right in saying that Lord Elgin is the first Knight of one of the senior Orders (Garter/Thistle/St Patrick) to reach 100? The late Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother of course was a Lady of the Garter and of the Thistle and lived to be well over 101 

[rcb1]

The Elgin Bruces are a remarkably long-lived family.  Lord Elgin's two elder sisters, Lady Jean Wemyss and Lady Martha Bruce, both lived to 100 and their mother "only" made it to 99.   I wonder how many examples there are,  not just in the families treated here, of three siblings living to 100. 

[dpth...@gmail.com]

In this family two siblings made it past 100 before passing on; more are, or were, very close, and the eldest is still with us, as far as we can tell, aged 104.

 

Friedrich Adelbert Freiherr Mayr von Melnhof (Himberg 7 Jul 1892-1959); m.Graz 4 Feb 1919 Maria-Anna Gfn von Meran (Brandhof 14 Aug 1897-1983)

1.Maria Anna Frn Mayr von Melnhof, b.Salzburg 9 Dec 1919; m.Glanegg 12 Mar 1942 Ludwig Fst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (b.Copenhagen 4 May 1915, d.Sayn 9 Jan 1962)

2.Ladislaja Frn Mayr von Melnhof (Salzburg 23 Dec 1920-11 Jan 2023); m.Glanegg 29 Sep 1942 Konrad Pr zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (Berne 16 Aug 1919-Lake Lagoda, USSR 6 Feb 1943); m.2d Salzburg 25 Jul 1946 Jakob Gf und Edler Herr v.u.zu Eltz gt Faust von Stromberg (Kleinheubach 22 Sep 1921-Eltville 10 Feb 2006)

3.Margarete Theodora Frn Mayr von Melnhof (Glanegg 25 Jan 1923-Salzburg 25 Jan 2024); m.Glanegg 3 Mar 1946 Hermann von Jedina (Pola 28 Aug 1911-18 Nov 2002)

4.Friedrich Frhr Mayr von Melnhof (Glanegg 5 Jul 1924-Glanegg 14 Apr 2020); m.Kitzbühel 16 Dec 1948 Maria Anna Gfn von Orsini und Rosenberg (Klagenfurt 20 Aug 1927-1 Aug 2010)

5.Therese Maria Frn Mayr von Melnhof (Glanegg 21 Sep 1926-2019); m.Grödig 11 May 1949 (rel) Glanegg 12 May 1949 Heinrich Gf Hoyos (b.Horn 6 Nov 1924)

6.Gabriele Frn Mayr von Melnhof, b.Glanegg 1928; m.Glanegg 24 Sep 1953 Ernst Wagner-Schilling (Valparaiso, Chile 15 Jan 1924-Villarica, Chile 3 Apr 1991)

7.Elisabeth Frn Mayr von Melnhof, b.Glanegg 1930; m.Glanegg 24 Aug 1960 Stephan Visy (Baska, Hungary 1 Aug 1906-Salzburg 6 Mar 2000)

8.Huberta Frn Mayr von Melnhof, b.Glanegg 1932; m.Glanegg 4 Aug 1963 Emanuel Alexander Frhr von Pereira-Arnstein (Berlin-Wilmersdorf 27 Sep 1931-Buenos Aires 17 May 1976)

9.Johanna Frn Mayr von Melnhof, b.Glanegg 1935; m.Glanegg 15 Jul 1957 Johann-Christoph von Oswald (Hannover 1 Jan 1925-Kitzbühel 27 Jan 1982)

[Ivan Prekajski]

There were dozens of multiple siblings who lived to bee over 100. 

There are currently 3 Harcourt siblings who this year will be 108, 103 and 100.

Some of them:

-Élisabeth de Vanssay de Blavous (1910-2012) 
-Nicole de Vanssay de Blavous (1913-2013) 
-Hélène de Vanssay de Blavous (1914-2019) 
-Cécile de Vanssay de Blavous (1916-2017) 

-Emilie de Jonghe d'Ardoye (1905-2007) 
-Louise de Jonghe d'Ardoye (1913-2013) 
-Myriam de Jonghe d'Ardoye (1917-2021) 

-Marie Louise Edmée Alberte Françoise de Roton (1903-2003) 
-Jacqueline de Roton (1904-2013) 
-Anne Marie de Roton (1910-2015) 
-Solange de Roton (1914-2018) 

-Alexandrine Anne Josèphe Marie de Reviers de Mauny (1891-1991) 
-Marguerite de Reviers de Mauny (1893-1996) 
-Gabriel de Reviers de Mauny (1897-1997) 
-Anne Marie de Reviers de Mauny (1904-2006) 

-Dolores Campuzano Calderón (1905-2011) 
-Isabel Campuzano Calderón (1907-2014) 
-Teresa Campuzano Calderón (1909-2012) 
-Maria Josefa Campuzano Calderón (1910-2011) 

-María Josefa de Zubiría y Calbetón (1908-2014) 
-María de los Dolores de Zubiría y Calbetón (b. 1920)
-María Victoria de Zubiría y Calbetón (b. 1922)

-Comtesse Marie Therese d'Harcourt (b. 1916)
-Comtesse Elisabeth d'Harcourt (b. 1921)
-Comtesse Chantal d'Harcourt (b. 1924)

-Thérèse Affre de Saint-Rome (1913-2017) 
-Yvonne Affre de Saint-Rome (1917-2018) 
-Denise Affre de Saint-Rome (1920-2023) 

-Yolande Mincé du Fontbaré de Fumal (1914-2015) 
-Charles-Albert , baron Mincé du Fontbaré de Fumal (1915-2017) 
-Jean Mincé du Fontbaré de Fumal (1921-2022) 

-Jeanne Marie Marguerite Germaine de Lafon-Boutary (1907-2013) 
-Marguerite Maria Pia Elisabeth de Lafon-Boutary (1911-2012) 
-Beatrix Marie Therese Madeleine de Lafon-Boutary (1917-2018) 
-Michael de Lafon-Boutary (b. 1920)
-Bernard Marie Joseph Louis de Lafon-Boutary (b. 1922)

-Gerhild Freiin von Maltzahn (1913-2017)
-Erika Freiin von Maltzahn (1914-2020)
-Elfgard Freiin von Maltzahn (b. 1922)

-Andrée de Bouchard d'Aubeterre de Saint Privat (1910-2015)
-Hubert de Bouchard d'Aubeterre de Saint Privat (1912-2012)
-Ghislaine de Bouchard d'Aubeterre de Saint Privat (1914-2015)

[malcolm davies]

The Earl of Elgin is the first earl to reach the age of 100-good luck to him.

The Countess of Kintore(in her own right) also did so,but unfortunately died the same day as her birthday.

[colinp]

The Office of the Lord Lyon posted its congratulations on X as follows:-

Warmest 100th birthday greetings to the Earl of Elgin & Kincardine KT - longest-serving non-royal Knight of the Thistle and page of honour to the late Queen Mother at her installation as first Lady of the Thistle in 1937.

[Henry W]

Glasgow E – Mary Grizel SACKVILLE HAMILTON nee Boyle b 2 Nov 1924
https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/r1LpAU9DKoQ

She died 9 February 2024

[colinp]

Elphinston (NS 1701) Bt

A member of the family (whom I know) has said that Margaret, Lady Elphinston of Glack nee TASKER (widow of the 11th Baronet) is still alive and will 99 later this year.  Her birth regd Q4/1925 IPSWICH.

[colinp]

Synge Bt (1801) – Patricia Neal Barden nee Synge b 1924 (of British Columbia)

See Henry W's post reporting her death in 2013 -  BARDEN, Patrcia Neale (nee SYNGE) 1924 - 2013 & BARDEN, Emerson Edgar (1923 - 2018) (google.com)

[Henry W]

Both from earlier iterations of this thread:

RENWICK Bt – Barbara Renwick (dau of 5th son of 1st Bt) b 11 January 1922 – of Suffolk 

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/pnIJSm6wXkU

She died Q2 2022 Suffolk.  Aged 100.

BALFOUR E – Dorothy Melicent Anne Balfour (nee Yule), mother of the present Earl of Balfour b reg Q1 1921

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/nmtmaotqnd8

She died Q1 2022 West Sussex. Aged 100 or 101.

I offer the following with reservations and hopefully a check from Debrett's 2019 for the most recent address

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)

Whilst Debrett's Online gives no address for her, my copy of Debrett's 2008 gives her address in Cape Town, South Africa. Is there any evidence she moved away from South Africa?

Kathleen May Nelson d. 26.02.2022 is NOT this lady.  A check of the GRO indicates that her YOB was 1930, far too young for a 1941 marriage. 

[colinp]

Unfortunately Debrett's 2019 doesn't give an address for Kathleen Nelson

[colinp]

Not sure that this helps but there is a South Africa deceased estates notice for Mary Kathleen Nelson - may possibly be the lady we are looking for?  Looking up the relevant notice in South Africa Government Gazette 2017/40791 21 Apr 2017 page 101 doesn't reveal a date of death but the address given is 31 Beaumont Road, KIng Williams Town 5601 (Eastern Cape)

[colinp]

From the original (Part 1) iteration of this thread:-

BERNERS B – Mary Millard (descended from Rev George Wilson brother of the 9th and 10th Barons) b 1919

Edith Mary Kathleen Millard died 3 August 2003 in British Columbia -  MILLARD, (Edith) Mary Kathleen (1919-2003) (google.com)

[colinp]

BLOUNT (Bt) (Ext/Dorm)

We should also add Eileen Audrey, Lady Blount (nee Carritt) to our list of possible centenarians .  She was the widow of Sir Walter Edward Alpin (Jasper) Blount DSC, 12th  and last Baronet who d 2004 when the baronetcy became extinct or dormant.  She was b 26 May 1920 and certainly celebrated her 100th birthday - see the following news story:

Oar-some! Granny takes to the water at ripe old age of 100 | Isle of Wight County Press

[colinp]

BARLOW Bt (1902)

A deceased centenarian - Emma Nora b 22 Dec1885 d of Sir Horace DARWIN KBE FRS, scion of the gentry family Darwin of Downe (BLG 1965) m 1911 Sir James Alan Noel Barlow, 2nd Baronet and died  29 May 1989 aged 103  -  Barlow, Lady Emma Nora, 1885-1989 (née Darwin, botanist and geneticist) | ArchiveSearch (cam.ac.uk)

[Henry W]

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

Died 1 September 2024

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

[colinp]

From the 1st iteration of this thread:

CAREW Bt (1661) – Zia Hill formerly Stirling nee Carew (dau of 10th Bt) b 8 Sept 1914 – of Kent

She d 16 Sept 2022 aged 108 -  HILL, Mrs David (Zia nee CAREW then STIRLING) (1914-2022) (google.com)

[colinp]

This gentleman was missed off my list for 2024:

Wiseman Bt (1628) – John Henry Ware Wiseman b 1924 (of Queensland, Aus)

[Henry W]

Wiseman Bt (1628) – John Henry Ware Wiseman b 1924 (of Queensland, Aus)

He died 25 September 2024

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/kljvZzs6cnI

[colinp]

Thanks Henry - that was quick!

[Jonathan]

Perhaps too quick! The correct date is 25 September 2004.

[colinp]

From the first iteration of this thread:

BUCKMASTER V – Diana Constance Faure Walker, widow of 2nd Viscount, formerly Vane-Tempest and nee Seth-Smith b 3 June 1921

She died on 3 December 2024 aged 103 -  FAURE WALKER, Mrs Roderick (Diana Constance nee SETH-SMITH) 1921-2024

[colinp]

This thread continued here:

Centenarians in Debretts (Part 4) (2025)