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Henry Vyner

Male 1932 - 1996  (63 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Henry Vyner was born on 20 April 1932 (son of Lt.-Cdr. Clare George Vyner and Lady Doris Hilda Gordon-Lennox); died on 19 Jan. 1996.

    Henry married Margaret Heathcote on 13 Oct. 1958. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Harriet de Grey Vyner was born on 18 Aug. 1959.
    2. Violet Elizabeth Vyner was born on 21 March 1962.

    Henry married (Charlotte) Claire Pemberton Courtney on 5 Aug. 1982 in London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lt.-Cdr. Clare George Vyner was born on 31 March 1894 (son of Lt.-Col. Lord Alwyne Frederick Compton and Mary Evelyn Compton-Vyner); died in 1989.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Studley Royal, Yorkshire, England
    • Residence: Fountains Abbey, Ripon, Yorkshire, England
    • Military Service: Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Navy

    Notes:

    He was born Clare George Compton.

    Clare married Lady Doris Hilda Gordon-Lennox on 10 April 1923. Doris (daughter of Colonel Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 8th Duke of Richmond and Hilda Madeleine Brassey) was born on 6 Sept. 1896. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Lady Doris Hilda Gordon-Lennox was born on 6 Sept. 1896 (daughter of Colonel Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 8th Duke of Richmond and Hilda Madeleine Brassey).
    Children:
    1. Sub-Lieut. Charles de Grey Vyner was born on 21 Jan. 1926; died on 2 May 1945 in near Rangoon, Burma.
    2. 1. Henry Vyner was born on 20 April 1932; died on 19 Jan. 1996.
    3. Elizabeth Vyner died on 3 June 1942.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Lt.-Col. Lord Alwyne Frederick Compton was born on 5 June 1855; died on 16 Dec. 1911.

    Other Events:

    • Decoration: Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)
    • Office: Deputy-Lieutenant (D.L.) of Argyllshire
    • Military Service: Lieutenant, 10th Hussars and Grenadier Guards
    • Military Service: Lieutenant-Colonel, Bedfordshire Yeomanry
    • Office: From 1895 to 1906; Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Bedford North
    • Office: From 1910 to 1911; Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Brentwood

    Alwyne married Mary Evelyn Compton-Vyner on 31 July 1886. Mary (daughter of Captain Robert Charles de Grey Vyner and Eleanor Margaret Duncombe Shafto) died on 10 Aug. 1939. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Evelyn Compton-Vyner (daughter of Captain Robert Charles de Grey Vyner and Eleanor Margaret Duncombe Shafto); died on 10 Aug. 1939.

    Notes:

    She assumed the surname Compton-Vyner by royal licence dated 30 September 1915.

    Children:
    1. Edward Robert Francis Compton was born on 14 Dec. 1891; died on 7 Feb. 1977.
    2. 2. Lt.-Cdr. Clare George Vyner was born on 31 March 1894; died in 1989.

  3. 6.  Colonel Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 8th Duke of RichmondColonel Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 8th Duke of Richmond was born on 30 Dec. 1870 (son of Colonel Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 7th Duke of Richmond and Amy Mary Ricardo); died on 7 May 1935 in Goodwood, Sussex, England.

    Other Events:

    • Cremation: Brighton, Sussex, England
    • Military Service: Colonel, Sussex Yeomanry
    • Office: Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Moray
    • Education: From 1884 to 1888, Eton, Buckinghamshire, England; Eton College
    • Education: 1888, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Christ Church, University of Oxford
    • Decoration: From 1895 to 1898, Ireland; A.D.C. to Lord Roberts
    • Military Service: From 1896 to 1900; Captain, 3rd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment (Militia)
    • Decoration: From 1899 to 1901, South Africa; A.D.C. to Lord Roberts
    • Decoration: circa 1901; Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)
    • Military Service: 1901; Captain, Irish Guards
    • Decoration: 1905; Member of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.)
    • Hereditary Title: From 18 Jan. 1928 to 7 May 1935; 3rd Duke of Gordon [U.K., 1876]
    • Hereditary Title: From 18 Jan. 1928 to 7 May 1935; 3rd Earl of Kinrara [U.K., 1876]
    • Hereditary Title: From 18 Jan. 1928 to 7 May 1935; 8th Baron of Settrington, co. York [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 18 Jan. 1928 to 7 May 1935; 8th Duke of Lennox [S., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 18 Jan. 1928 to 7 May 1935; 8th Duke of Richmond [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 18 Jan. 1928 to 7 May 1935; 8th Earl of Darnley [S., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 18 Jan. 1928 to 7 May 1935; 8th Earl of March [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 18 Jan. 1928 to 7 May 1935; 8th Lord of Torboultoun [S., 1675]
    • Probate: 13 Feb. 1935

    Notes:

    Education:
    Matriculated 1888.

    Decoration:
    South African War. Mentioned in despatches. Received D.S.O.

    Hereditary Title:
    "Torboltoun" (only) in the patent (Mag. Sig.) as quoted in Wood's Douglas, volume ii, page 688, but "Tarbolton" in Scots Peerage, volume v, page 363, and "Methven of Torboltoun" according to the later peerages. See also Cal. S. P. Dom., 1679–80, page 616.

    Probate:
    Role: Executor

    Charles married Hilda Madeleine Brassey on 8 June 1893 in St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Hilda Madeleine Brassey (daughter of Henry Arthur Brassey and Anna Harriet Stevenson).
    Children:
    1. Lady Amy Gwendoline Gordon-Lennox was born on 5 May 1894; died on 27 April 1975.
    2. Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox was born on 15 Aug. 1895; died on 5 Sept. 1895.
    3. 3. Lady Doris Hilda Gordon-Lennox was born on 6 Sept. 1896.
    4. Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, styled Lord Settrington was born on 26 Jan. 1899; died on 24 Aug. 1919 in Russia.
    5. Frederick Charles (Gordon-Lennox), 9th Duke of Richmond was born on 5 Feb. 1904; died on 2 Nov. 1989.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Captain Robert Charles de Grey Vyner was born on 13 Feb. 1842 (son of Henry Vyner and Lady Mary Gertrude Weddell); died on 19 March 1915 in 45, Egerton Crescent, Kensington, Middlesex, England.

    Other Events:

    • Military Service: Captain, Grenadier Guards
    • Office: Deputy-Lieutenant (D.L.) for Yorkshire
    • Residence: Gautby, Lincolnshire, England
    • Residence: Newby Hall, Skelton, Yorkshire, England
    • Residence: Fairfields House, Skelton, Yorkshire, England
    • Office: 1893; High Sheriff of Cheshire
    • Probate: 10 July 1915, London, Middlesex, England; Granted to the most honourable Frederick Oliver marquess of Ripon and John Cullimore gentleman (Effects £998095 15s.)

    Robert married Eleanor Margaret Duncombe Shafto on 10 July 1865. Eleanor (daughter of Rev. Slingsby Duncombe Shafto) died on 7 Dec. 1913. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Eleanor Margaret Duncombe Shafto (daughter of Rev. Slingsby Duncombe Shafto); died on 7 Dec. 1913.
    Children:
    1. 5. Mary Evelyn Compton-Vyner died on 10 Aug. 1939.
    2. Violet Alice Vyner died on 17 Feb. 1945.

  3. 12.  Colonel Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 7th Duke of RichmondColonel Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 7th Duke of Richmond was born on 27 Dec. 1845 in Portland Place, Marylebone, Middlesex, England (son of Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 6th Duke of Richmond and Frances Harriet Greville); died on 18 Jan. 1928 in Goodwood, Sussex, England; was buried on 21 Jan. 1928 in Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, Sussex, England.

    Other Events:

    • Military Service: Colonel, 3rd Royal Sussex Regiment
    • Office: Lord-Lieutenant for Moray and Banffshire
    • Occupation: Steward of the Jockey Club
    • Education: From 1859 to 1863, Eton, Buckinghamshire, England; Eton College
    • Census: 7 April 1861, Molecomb House, Singleton, Sussex, England
    • Military Service: From 1865 to 1869; Grenadier Guards
    • Office: From 1869 to 1885; Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Chichester Division
    • Office: From 1869 to 1885; Member of Parliament (M.P.) for West Sussex
    • Office: From 1885 to 1903; Ecclesiastical Commissioner
    • Decoration: From 1896 to 1901; Militia A.D.C. to Queen Victoria
    • Decoration: From 1901 to 1910; Militia A.D.C. to Edward VII
    • Military Service: From 1901 to 1902; South African War
    • Office: From 1901 to 1926; Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons, Sussex
    • Decoration: 1902; Companion of the Order of the Bath (C.B.)
    • Hereditary Title: From 27 Sept. 1903 to 18 Jan. 1928; 2nd Duke of Gordon [U.K., 1876]
    • Hereditary Title: From 27 Sept. 1903 to 18 Jan. 1928; 2nd Earl of Kinrara [U.K., 1876]
    • Hereditary Title: From 27 Sept. 1903 to 18 Jan. 1928; 7th Baron of Settrington, co. York [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 27 Sept. 1903 to 18 Jan. 1928; 7th Duke of Lennox [S., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 27 Sept. 1903 to 18 Jan. 1928; 7th Duke of Richmond [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 27 Sept. 1903 to 18 Jan. 1928; 7th Earl of Darnley [S., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 27 Sept. 1903 to 18 Jan. 1928; 7th Earl of March [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 27 Sept. 1903 to 18 Jan. 1928; 7th Lord of Torboultoun [S., 1675]
    • Decoration: 1904; Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.)
    • Decoration: 18 Dec. 1905; Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.)
    • Decoration: From 1910; Militia A.D.C. to George V
    • Office: 1917; Chancellor of Aberdeen University

    Notes:

    Carried the sceptre with the dove at the Coronation of George V, 22 June 1911.

    Office:
    Conservative

    Office:
    Conservative

    Military Service:
    Mentioned in despatches

    Hereditary Title:
    "Torboltoun" (only) in the patent (Mag. Sig.) as quoted in Wood's Douglas, volume ii, page 688, but "Tarbolton" in Scots Peerage, volume v, page 363, and "Methven of Torboltoun" according to the later peerages. See also Cal. S. P. Dom., 1679–80, page 616.

    Charles married Amy Mary Ricardo on 10 Nov. 1868 in St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, Middlesex, England. Amy (daughter of Percy Ricardo and Matilda Hensley) was born on 10 Oct. 1848; died on 23 Aug. 1879 in Grosvenor Crescent, Belgravia, London, Middlesex, England; was buried in Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Amy Mary Ricardo was born on 10 Oct. 1848 (daughter of Percy Ricardo and Matilda Hensley); died on 23 Aug. 1879 in Grosvenor Crescent, Belgravia, London, Middlesex, England; was buried in Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, Sussex, England.
    Children:
    1. 6. Colonel Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 8th Duke of Richmond was born on 30 Dec. 1870; died on 7 May 1935 in Goodwood, Sussex, England.
    2. Lady Evelyn Amy Gordon-Lennox was born on 23 April 1872; died on 17 Feb. 1922.
    3. Lady Violet Mary Gordon-Lennox was born on 15 Jan. 1874; died on 19 Nov. 1946.
    4. Brig.-Gen. Lord Esmé Charles Gordon-Lennox was born on 10 Feb. 1875; died on 4 May 1949.
    5. Major Lord Bernard Charles Gordon-Lennox was born on 1 May 1878; died on 10 Nov. 1914.

  5. 14.  Henry Arthur Brassey

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Preston Hall, Aylesford, Kent, England

    Henry married Anna Harriet Stevenson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Anna Harriet Stevenson (daughter of George Robert Stevenson).
    Children:
    1. Major Henry Leonard Campbell (Brassey), 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe
    2. 7. Hilda Madeleine Brassey


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