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Chetwode, Baron (UK, 1945)

Creation: let. pat. 10 Jul 1945

Family name: Chetwode

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Arms:

Quarterly Argent and Gules four Crosses patty counterchanged

Crest:

Out of a Ducal Coronet Or a Demi Lion rampant Gules

Supporters:

Dexter:  a Crusader in Chain Armour and Surcoat resting the exterior Hand proper on a Shield of the Arms of Chetwode;  Sinister:  an Officer of the 19th Royal Hussars resting his exterior hand on the hilt of his sword proper

Motto:

Corona Mea Christus (Christ is my crown)

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Philip Walhouse [Chetwode], 1st Baron Chetwode, GCB OM GCSI KCMG DSO

1st son of Sir George Chetwode, 6th Bt., of Chetwode, co. Buckingham, by his wife Alice Jane Bass, 2nd dau. of Michael Thomas Bass MP, of Rangemore, co. Stafford

born

21 Sep 1869

mar.

1 Jun 1899 Alice Hester Camilla Cotton (d. 29 Jun 1946), 1st dau. of Col Hon Richard Southwell George Stapleton-Cotton (by his wife Hon Jane Charlotte Methuen, 2nd dau. of Frederick Henry Paul [Methuen], 2nd Baron Methuen), 2nd son of Wellington Henry [Stapleton-Cotton], 2nd Viscount Combermere

died

6 Jul 1950

created

10 Jul 1945 Baron Chetwode, of Chetwode in the County of Buckingham

suc. by

grandson

note

suc. his father 28 Jun 1905 as 7th Baronet of Oakley;  Deputy Chief of Imperial General Staff 1920-22;  Chief of the General Staff, India 1928-30;  Commander-in-Chief of the Army in India 1930-35;  Field Marshal 1933;  Constable of the Tower of London 1943-48

[Capt Roger Charles George Chetwode]

only son of Philip Walhouse [Chetwode], 1st Baron Chetwode

born

18 Apr 1906

mar.

19 May 1936 Hon (Molly) Patricia Berry (b. 1915; mar. (2) 23 Mar 1942 (div. 1948) Hugh Michael [Seely], 1st Baron Sherwood, and (3) 21 Jul 1958 as his second wife Lt Col Sir Richard Charles Geers Cotterell, 5th Bt.; d. 1995), 3rd dau. of William Ewert [Berry], 1st Viscount Camrose, by his wife Mary Agnes Corns, 1st dau. of Thomas Corns, of Bolton Street, Piccadilly, London

died

v.p. 14 Aug 1940

note

father of Philip [Chetwode], 2nd Baron Chetwode

Philip [Chetwode], 2nd Baron Chetwode

born

26 Mar 1937

mar. (1)

20 Aug 1967 (div. 1979) Susan Janet Smith (former wife of Alwyn Richard Dudley Smith, of Alverstoke, co. Hampshire; mar. (3) ..... Gilmour), 1st dau. of Capt Voltelin James Howard van der Byl DSC RN, of North Lodge, Alverstoke, co. Hampshire

children by first wife

1. Hon Roger Chetwode (b. 29 May 1968), mar. 22 Aug 1998 Miranda Rowan-Thomson, yst. dau. of Cdr Graeme Rowan-Thomson RN, of Corton Denham, co. Dorset, and has issue:

1a. Philip Rowan Chetwode (b. 8 Oct 2002)

2a. Nicholas Alexander Chetwode (b. 18 Mar 2005)

1a. Zara Elizabeth Chetwode (b. 3 May 2001)

2. Hon Alexander Chetwode (b. 19 Nov 1969), mar. Alexandra Louise Neville Last, 2nd dau. of Maj Gen Christopher Neville Last CB OBE, of Abergele, North Wales, and has issue

1. Hon Miranda Chetwode (b. 24 Jan 1974), mar. 13 Dec 2003 Jonathan Moore Bethel, son of Albert Moore Bethel, of Dublin

mar. (2)

12 Jul 1990 Mrs Fiona Holt, dau. of Christos Tsintsaris, of 15 Alexandrou Mihailidi, Thessaloniki, Greece

 Last updated 21 Jul 2005

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Titles:

2nd Baron Chetwode, of Chetwode in the County of Buckingham

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 10 Jul 1945)

8th Baronet, styled "of Oakley, co. Buckingham"

(England, let. pat. 6 Apr 1700)

Address:

The Mill House, Chilton Foliat, Hungerford, Berkshire RG17 0TG

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