Humphry Wakefield
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Sir Edward Humphry Tyrrell Wakefield, 2nd Baronet, of Kendal, in the County of Westmorland, better known as Sir Humphry Wakefield (born 11 July 1936) is an English baronet who succeeded his father, Sir Edward Birkbeck Wakefield
in the baronetcy in 1969.
Wakefield was the elder son of the politician Edward Wakefield, later created a baronet, by his wife Lalage, born (Constance) Lalage Thompson, the second child of Sir John Perronet Thompson.
Wakefield purchased Chillingham Castle
, Northumberland, England, from the aristocratic and noble Grey family, of Northumberland, the family of his third wife Catherine, daughter of Lady Mary Grey. He has since restored the ruined castle to a habitable state to house his wide collection of antiquities, from his own collection and those of his relations.
Wakefield holds a Master in Art degree from Cambridge University. He has made his career a study of antique furniture and historic restoration. He worked for Christie's of London, and subsequently became director of an antique firm.
and Annette Dorothy Stephens, whom he married on 17 September 1960 and divorced in 1964. There were no children of this marriage.
He married secondly on 1 July 1966 (divorced 1971) Hon. Elizabeth Sophia Sidney (b. 12 March 1941) daughter of William Philip Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle, V.C., and former wife of George Silver Oliver Annesley Colthurst (by whom one daughter, now wife of Crispin Money-Coutts, 9th Lord Latymer). They had one son, the present heir apparent to the baronetcy.
Wakefield is now married (as of December 1974) to the Hon. Lady Wakefield, née Hon. Katherine Mary Alice Baring (b. 30 March 1936), elder daughter of Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale
and his wife Lady Mary Cecil Grey (d. 2002), elder daughter of Charles Robert Grey, 5th Earl Grey. They have one son and one daughter; another son died shortly after birth.
Children
The heir apparent is the eldest and elder surviving son Maximilian.
Edward Wakefield
Sir Edward Birkbeck Wakefield, 1st Baronet CIE was a British civil servant and Conservative Party politician....
in the baronetcy in 1969.
Wakefield was the elder son of the politician Edward Wakefield, later created a baronet, by his wife Lalage, born (Constance) Lalage Thompson, the second child of Sir John Perronet Thompson.
Wakefield purchased Chillingham Castle
Chillingham Castle
Chillingham Castle is a medieval castle in the village of Chillingham in the northern part of Northumberland, England. It was the seat of the Grey family and their descendants the Earls of Tankerville from the 13th century until the 1980s. The Chillingham Wild Cattle, formerly associated with the...
, Northumberland, England, from the aristocratic and noble Grey family, of Northumberland, the family of his third wife Catherine, daughter of Lady Mary Grey. He has since restored the ruined castle to a habitable state to house his wide collection of antiquities, from his own collection and those of his relations.
Wakefield holds a Master in Art degree from Cambridge University. He has made his career a study of antique furniture and historic restoration. He worked for Christie's of London, and subsequently became director of an antique firm.
Family
Wakefield's first wife was Priscilla Bagot (b. 1939), eldest daughter of Oliver Robin Gaskell, later Bagot (himself nephew and heir of Sir Alan Desmond Bagot, 1st and last BaronetBagot Baronets
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and Annette Dorothy Stephens, whom he married on 17 September 1960 and divorced in 1964. There were no children of this marriage.
He married secondly on 1 July 1966 (divorced 1971) Hon. Elizabeth Sophia Sidney (b. 12 March 1941) daughter of William Philip Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle, V.C., and former wife of George Silver Oliver Annesley Colthurst (by whom one daughter, now wife of Crispin Money-Coutts, 9th Lord Latymer). They had one son, the present heir apparent to the baronetcy.
Wakefield is now married (as of December 1974) to the Hon. Lady Wakefield, née Hon. Katherine Mary Alice Baring (b. 30 March 1936), elder daughter of Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale
Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale
Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale, KG, GCMG, KCVO was Governor of Southern Rhodesia from 1942 to 1944 and Governor of Kenya from 1952 to 1959....
and his wife Lady Mary Cecil Grey (d. 2002), elder daughter of Charles Robert Grey, 5th Earl Grey. They have one son and one daughter; another son died shortly after birth.
Children
- Maximilian Edward Vereker Wakefield (b. 22 Feb 1967), a racing driver married ____ Lucinda Pipe
- William Wakefield (b. 1998)
- William Wakefield (b. & d. 1975)
- Mary Elizabeth Lalage Wakefield (b. 1975)
- John Humphrey Baring Wakefield (b. 1977)
The heir apparent is the eldest and elder surviving son Maximilian.
External links
- Profile of Sir Humphry Wakefield as an expert on furniture.
- Obituary of his mother, Lalage, Lady Wakefield (1906-2001). Daily Telegraph, 31 October 2001.