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Aberconway, 3rd Baron, (Charles Melville McLaren) (16 April 1913–4 Feb. 2003)  

Born 16 April 1913; e s of 2nd Baron Aberconway, CBE, LLD and Christabel (d 1974), y d of Sir Melville Macnaghten, CB; ...

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Aberdare, 4th Baron, (Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce) (16 June 1919–23 Jan. 2005)  

KBE 1984; PC 1974; DL

Born 16 June 1919; s of 3rd Baron Aberdare, GBE, and Margaret Bethune (née Black); m 1946, Maud Helen Sarah, ...

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Agnew-Somerville, Sir Quentin (Charles Somerville), (8 March 1929–13 Oct. 2010), insurance consultant  

2nd Bt cr 1957, of Clendry, Co. Wigtown

Born 8 March 1929; s of Comdr Sir Peter Agnew, 1st Bt and Enid Frances (d...

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Allendale, 1st Viscount, (Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont) (2 Dec. 1860–12 Dec. 1923)  

DL; MA

Born Bywell Hall, Northumberland, 2 Dec. 1860; e s of 1st Baron Allendale and Margaret, 4th d of 1st Marquess of Clanricarde; m...

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Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of, (John Campbell Arbuthnott) (26 Oct. 1924–14 July 2012)  

KT 1996; CBE 1986; DSC 1945; FRSE 1984

Born 26 Oct. 1924; e s of 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, CB, CBE, DSO, MC, and Ursula Collingwood (...

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Archdale, Sir Edward (Folmer), (8 Sept. 1921–31 July 2009), Captain, RN, retired  

3rd Bt cr 1928; DSC 1943

Born 8 Sept. 1921; s of Vice-Adm. Sir Nicholas Edward Archdale, 2nd Bt, CBE, and Gerda (d 1969...

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Ashcombe, 4th Baron, (Henry Edward Cubitt) (31 March 1924–4 Dec. 2013)  

Born 31 March 1924; er s of 3rd Baron Ashcombe; m 1955, Ghislaine (marr. diss. 1968), o d of Cornelius Willem Dresselhuys, Long Island, New York; ...

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Ashton of Hyde, 3rd Baron, (Thomas John Ashton) (19 Nov. 1926–2 Aug. 2008)  

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Born 19 Nov. 1926; s of 2nd Baron Ashton of Hyde and Marjorie Nell (d 1993), d of late Hon. Marshall Jones Brooks; ...

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Assheton, Hon. Nicholas, (23 May 1934–27 Nov. 2012), Treasurer and Extra Equerry to the Queen Mother, 1998–2002  

CVO 2002; FSA

Born 23 May 1934; yr s of 1st Baron Clitheroe, KCVO, PC, FSA and Sylvia Benita Frances, Lady Clitheroe, FRICS (d...

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Avebury, 4th Baron, (Eric Reginald Lubbock) (29 Sept. 1928–14 Feb. 2016)  

Born 29 Sept. 1928; s of Hon. Maurice Fox Pitt Lubbock (6th s of 1st Baron) (d 1957), and Hon. Mary Katherine Adelaide Stanley (...

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Aykroyd, Sir William Miles, (24 Aug. 1923–18 July 2007)  

3rd Bt cr 1920; MC 1944

Born 24 Aug. 1923; s of Sir Alfred Hammond Aykroyd, 2nd Bt, and Sylvia Ambler Aykroyd (née Walker) (...

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Aylesford, 11th Earl of, cr 1714, (Charles Ian Finch-Knightley) (2 Nov. 1918–19 Feb. 2008)  

Born 2 Nov. 1918; er s of 10th Earl of Aylesford; m 1946, Margaret Rosemary Tyer (d 1989); one s one d (and one d decd); died 19 Feb. 2008...

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Aylmer, 13th Baron, (Michael Anthony Aylmer) (27 March 1923–2 Aug. 2006)  

Born 27 March 1923; s of Christopher Aylmer (d 1955) and Marjorie (d 1981), d of Percival Ellison Barber, surgeon, Sheffield; ...

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Baldwin, Sir Archer Ernest, (30 Dec. 1883–27 March 1966), DL; Chairman of Russell, Baldwin & Bright, Auctioneers and Land Agents, Hereford, Tenbury, Leominster, and Hay; Chairman of Underley Farms Ltd, farming 800 acres  

Kt 1958; MC

Born 30 Dec. 1883; s of William and Elizabeth Baldwin; m 1911, Minnie Powell Oldbury; two d (one s decd); died 27 March 1966...

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Balfour of Inchrye, 2nd Baron, (Ian Balfour) (21 Dec. 1924–14 April 2013)  

Born 21 Dec. 1924; s of 1st Baron Balfour of Inchrye, PC, MC and Diana Blanche (d 1982), d of Sir Robert Grenville Harvey, 2nd Bt; ...

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Ballyedmond, Baron, (Edward Enda Haughey) (5 Jan. 1944–13 March 2014)  

OBE 1987

Born 5 Jan. 1944; s of Edward Haughey and Rose Haughey (née Traynor); m 1972, Mary Gordon Young; two s one d...

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Basing, 5th Baron, (Neil Lutley Sclater-Booth) (16 Jan. 1939–24 Nov. 2007)  

Born 16 Jan. 1939; s of 4th Baron Basing and Jeannette (d 1957), d of late Neil Bruce MacKelvie, New York; m 1967...

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Bathurst, Sir (Frederick) John (Charles Gordon) Hervey-, (23 April 1934–5 Dec. 2011)  

7th Bt cr 1818, of Lainston, Hants

Born 23 April 1934; o s of Sir Frederick Peter Methuen Hervey-Bathurst, 6th Bt and of Maureen Eley (née Gordon); m 1957...

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Bauer, Baron, (Peter Thomas Bauer) (6 Nov. 1915–3 May 2002)  

DSc; FBA 1975

Born 6 Nov. 1915; unmarried; died 3 May 2002

Professor of Economics, University of London, at the London School of Economics, 1960–83...

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Bayliss, Sir Richard (Ian Samuel), (2 Jan. 1917–21 April 2006), Physician to the Queen, 1970–81, and Head of HM Medical Household, 1973–81; Consultant Physician, King Edward VII’s Hospital for Officers, 1964–87; Vice-President, Private Patients Plan, 1989–98 (Director, 1979–89)  

KCVO 1978; MD, FRCP; FMedSci

Born 2 Jan. 1917; o s of late Frederick William Bayliss, Tettenhall, and Muryel Anne Bayliss; m 1st, 1941, Margaret Joan Lawson (marr. diss. ...