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Rennell, Baron (UK, 1933)

Creation: let. pat. 1 Mar 1933

Family name: Rodd

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Arms:

Argent two Trefoils slipped Sable on a Chief of the second three Crescents of the first

Crest:

A Representation of the Colossus of Rhodes over the shoulder a Bow in the dexter hand an Arrow and in the sinister hand a Cup all proper

Supporters:

On either side a Cornish Chough wings elevated and addorsed proper charged on the breast with a Trefoil slipped Argent

Motto:

Recte Omnia Duce Deo (With God for guide, all is right)

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James Rennell [Rodd], 1st Baron Rennell, GCB GCMG GCVO PC

only son of Maj James Rennell Rodd, by his wife Elizabeth Anne Thompson, 3rd dau. of Dr Anthony Todd Thompson

born

9 Nov 1858

mar.

27 Oct 1894 Georgina Lilias Guthrie (d. 20 Sep 1951), 5th dau. of James Alexander Guthrie, 4th of Craigie JP DL, by his wife Elinor Stirling, 3rd dau. of Admiral Sir James Stirling, 1st Governor of Western Australia 1829-38

children

1. Hon Francis James Rennell Rodd, later 2nd Baron Rennell

2. Christopher John Rodd (dvp. 1896)

3. Lt-Col Hon Peter Murray Rennell Rodd (b. 16 Apr 1904; dsp. 17 Jul 1968), mar. 4 Dec 1933 (div. 1958) Hon Nancy Freeman-Mitford OBE, author (b. 28 Nov 1904; dsp. 30 Jun 1973), 1st dau. of David Bertram Ogilvy [Freeman-Mitford], 2nd Baron Redesdale, by his wife Sydney Bowles, 1st dau. of Thomas Gibson Bowles MP

4. Cdr Hon Gustaf Guthrie Rennell Rodd OBE RN (b. 13 Jul 1905; d. 26 Jun 1974), mar. (1) 6 Dec 1932 (div. 1948) Yvonne Mary Marling (d. 6 Sep 1982), 1st dau. of Sir Charles Murray Marling GCMG CB, diplomat (2nd son of Sir William Henry Marling, 2nd Bt.), by his wife Lucia Slade CBE, only child of Maj-Gen Sir John Ramsay Slade KCB (by his second wife Janet Little Wood, dau. of General R Blucher Wood CB), 1st son of Lt-Gen Marcus John Slade, Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey, by his wife Charlotte Ramsay, 2nd dau. of Hon Andrew Ramsay, of Cheltenham, co. Gloucester (by his wife Rachel Cook, dau. of James Cook, of Rampore), 5th son of George [Ramsay], 8th Earl of Dalhousie, and (2) 15 May 1948 (div. 1966) Claude Rosemary Calvert, former wife of Peter George Calvert and dau. of Archibald W D Dove, of Kingston Hill, co. Surrey, and had issue by his first wife:

1b. 2nd Lieut (David) Saul Rennell Rodd (b. 24 Sep 1933; dvp. 17 Jan 1966)

2b. (John Adrian) Tremayne Rodd, later 3rd Baron Rennell

1. Hon Evelyn Violet Elzabeth Rodd, later Baroness Emmet of Amberley (Lfe Peeress)

2. Hon Gloria Elinor Rodd (d. 8 Oct 1975), mar. 25 Nov 1926 Lt-Col Simon Edmund Vincent Paul Elwes KM (b. 29 Jun 1902; d. 6 Aug 1975), 6th son of Gervase Henry Elwes JP DL KM, of Roxby and Brigg, co. Lincoln, and of Great Billing, co. Northampton, by his wife Lady Winefride Mary Elizabeth Feilding, 4th dau. by his second wife of Rudolph William Basil [Feilding], 8th Earl of Denbigh and 7th Earl of Desmond, and had issue

died

26 Jul 1941

created

1 Mar 1933 Baron Rennell, of Rodd in the County of Hereford

suc. by

son

note

Joined the Diplomatic Service; 1884; CMG 1894; Sec Legation, Cairo 1894-1901; CB 1897; Special Envoy to King Menelik of Abyssinia 1897; KCMG 1899; 1st Sec and Counsellor, Rome 1901--04; CVO 1903; GCVO 1905; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Sweden 1905-08; Privy Councillor 1908; Ambassador to Italy 1908-19; Chairman of Council, British School in Rome; Acting Agent and Consul General in Zanzibar; GCMG 1915; GCB 1920; Member of Parliament (Conservative) for St Marylebone 1928-32; Knight Grand Cross, Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus (Italy), Grand Officer, Order of the Crown of Italy' Commander, Order of Osmanieh; Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Northern Star (Sweden), Order of the Redeemer (Greece), and Order of the Star of Ethiopia

Francis James Rennell [Rodd], 2nd Baron Rennell, KBE CB JP

born

25 Oct 1895

mar.

3 Aug 1928 Hon Mary Constance Vivian Smith (d. 31 May 1981), 2nd dau. of Vivian Hugh [Smith], 1st Baron Bicester, by his wife Lady Sybil Mary McDonnell, only dau. of William Randall [McDonnell], 6th Earl of Antrim

children

1. Hon Joanna Phoebe Rodd (b. 4 Jul 1929), mar. 2 Jul 1966 (div. 1995) Count Gerard de Renusson d'Hauteville, yr. son of Marquis de Renusson d'Hauteville, of Croissy-sur-Seine, France

2. Hon Juliet Honor Rodd (b. 28 Oct 1930), mar. 5 Jul 1957 Brian Boobbyer, 2nd son of Dr Philip Watson Boobbyer, and has issue

3. Hon Mary Elizabeth Jill Rodd (b. 5 Feb 1932; d. 15 Jul 2020), mar. (1) 13 Nov 1954 (div. 1985) Michael William Langan Dunne (b. 1928), yst. son of Cdr Thomas Bartholomew Dunne RN, and (2) 1985 Christopher Bridges Daniell (b. 1929; d. 2012), and had issue by her first husband

4. Hon Rachel Georgiana Rodd (b. 1 Nov 1935), mar. 30 Oct 1964 (div. 1983) Richard Douglas Gordon Blythe, 1st son of L Gordon Blythe, of Perth, Western Australia, and has issue

died

s.p.m. 14 Mar 1978

suc. by

nephew

note

served in World Wars I and II (1914-18 and 1939-45); Diplomatic Service 1919-24; CB 1943; KBE 1944; Vice-Lieutenant of Herefordshire 1957-73

(John Adrian) Tremayne [Rodd], 3rd Baron Rennell

born

28 Jun 1935

mar.

3 May 1977 Phyllis Caroline Neill, dau. of Thomas David Neill, of Portadown, co. Armagh

children

1. Hon James Roderick David Tremayne Rodd, later 4th Baron Rennell

1. Hon Sophie Mary Jane Rodd (b. 3 Feb 1981)

2. Hon Rachel Yvonne Rose Rodd (b. 1987)

3. Hon Lilias Charlotte Allegra Nell Rodd (b. 1989)

died

9 Dec 2006

suc. by

son

note

Lieut, Royal Navy 1952-62; former Scottish Rugby International, capped 14 times

James Roderick David Tremayne [Rodd], 4th Baron Rennell

born

9 Mar 1978

 Last updated 11 Jun 2022

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Title:

4th Baron Rennell, of Rodd in the County of Hereford

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 1 Mar 1933)

Address:

3 Briar Walk, London SW15 6UD

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