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Weeks, Baron (UK, 1956 - 1960)

Creation: let.pat. 31 May 1956

Extinct: 19 Aug 1960

Family name: Weeks

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Arms:

Sable in front of a Miner's Pick proper two Battle-axes in saltire Argent on a Chief Or three Annulets Gules

Crest:

In front of a Cubit Arm grasping a Scimitar proper pommeled and hilted Or three Annulets interlaced Gold

Supporters:

Dexter: An Eagle wings inverted and addorsed Azure the neck gorged with a Mural Crown and chained Argent and standing with the dexter foot upon a Drum and crossed Drumsticks proper; Sinister: A Lion Or the Mane and Tail Azure the neck gorged with a Collar of Steel proper

Motto:

Praesto Et Persto

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Ronald Morce [Weeks], 1st Baron Weeks, KCB CBE DSO MC

2nd son of Richard Llewellyn Weeks, of Riding Mill, co. Northumberland, by his wife Susan Helen Walker McIntyre, dau. of John McIntyre

born

13 Nov 1890

mar. (1)

21 Apr 1922 (div. 1930) Evelyn Elsie Haynes, dau. of Henry Haynes, of Clifton, co. Nottingham

mar. (2)

3 Feb 1931 Cynthia Mary Irvine, dau. of J W Irvine, of Livedrpool, co. Lancaster 

children by second wife

1. Hon Pamela Rose Weeks (b. 9 Nov 1931; d. 22 Feb 2019), mar. 6 Apr 1957 Lt-Cdr (Henry) Walter Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax JP DL RN, of Charlborough Park, co. Dorset, High Sheriff of Dorset 1988 (b. 18 Mar 1928; d. 2017), 1st son and heir of Admiral Hon Sir Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett later Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax KCB DSO JP DL (by his wife Kathleen Chalmers, only dau. of Dr Quintin Chalmers JP), 2nd son of John William [Plunkett], 16th Baron Dunsany, by his wife and cousin Ernle Elizabeth Louisa Maria Grosvenor Burton, only child of Col Francis Augustus Plunkett Burton. by his wife Sarah Francis Elizabeth Sawbridge-Erle-Drax, 2bd dau. and cohrss. of John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge-Erle-Drax, of Charlborough Park, co. Dorset, and had issue

2. Hon Venetia Daphne Weeks (b. 29 Aug 1933), mar. (1) 10 Apr 1954 Lt-Cdr Sir Peter Troubridge, 6th Bt. RN, and (2) 18 Apr 1995 William Frederick Eustace Forbes, Yr of Callendar (b. 6 Jul 1932), 1st son and heir of Lt Col William Dudley Henry Charles Forbes of Callendar CBE DL, by his wife Elisabeth Vesey, 1st dau. of Lt Col Hon Sir Osbert Eustace Vesey KCVO CMG CBE, Standard Bearer of the Gentlemen-at-Arms 1953-57 (by his wife Dorothy Strachan, yst. dau. of William Morison Strachan, of Strood Park, Horsham, co. Sussex), 3rd son of Capt Hon Eustace Vesey (by his wife Hon Constance Mary Lawley, 3rd dau. of Beilby Richard [Thompson later Lawley], 2nd Baron Wenlock), 2nd son of Thomas [Vesey], 3rd Viscount de Vesci, and had issue by her first husband

died

s.p.m. 19 Aug 1960

created

31 May 1956 Baron Weeks, of Ryton in the County Palatine of Durham

note

served in World War I 1914-18 with South Lancashire Regiment and the Rifle Brigade; DSO 1918;  CBE 1939; served in World War II 1939-45; Lt-General; Director General of Army Equipment 1941-42; Deputy Chief of Imperial General Staff 1942-45; KCB 1943; Deputy Military Governor of Germany and Chief of Staff, British Zone, Control Commission for Germany 1945; Director of many companies

On the death of the 1st Baron Weeks the Barony of Weeks became extinct.

First written 9 Jul 2019

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