John Richard Sclater, CVO, sometime of Sutton Hall, Barcombe, Lewes, died 21 February, 2026, aged 85.
He was a member of the Council of Duchy of Lancaster, and appointed CVO by Queen Elizabeth II in 1999.
He was born in June, 1940, son of Arthur William Sclater (1909-2002), of Newick Park, Sussex, and his wife the former Alice Collet (1913-2005); and married 1stly, 1967 (div.), Nicola Mary Gloria Cropper (born 4 May, 1948), daughter of Anthony Charles Cropper (1912-1967), and his wife the former Philippa Mary Gloria Clutterbuck (1917-2009), scion of that landed gentry family; and married 2ndly, 25 April, 1985, (Grizel Elizabeth) Catherine Dawson, MBE (born 6 November, 1944), daughter of Lt-Col Herbrand Vavasour Dawson (1918-2011), head of that landed family, of Weston Hall, near Otley, West Yorkshire, by his wife the former Grizelda Louise Richmond (1919-2001).
He had issue from his first marriage, a son James Arthur Sclater (born 1970), and a daughter, Emma Mary (born 1972, deceased).
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