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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

David Peter Aykroyd 1937-2026

 David Peter Aykroyd, who died 9 October, 2026, aged 89, was a scion of the Aykrotd baronets, of Lightcliffe (created UK, 1920).

He was born 6 June, 1937, the third son of Colonel George Hammond Aykroyd, TD (1900-1972), of The Priory, Nun Monkton, York, by his wife (and kinswoman) the former Margaret Roberts Aykroyd (1903-1981).

He was a younger brother of Sir Michael David Aykroyd, 4th Baronet (1928-2010), and uncle of Sir Henry Aykroyd, 5th Baronet (born 4 April, 1954).

 He married 30 October, 1958, Lydia Huldine Beamish (1939-2004), second daughter of Richard Pigott Beamish, of Castleyons, County Cork (of an Irish landed family), and his wife the former Ernestine Marguerite Hitchmough, by whom he had issue, a son, Nicholas William (1962-1989), and three daughters, Amanda Huldine (born 2 June, 1960), Emily Sorrel (born 9 Nov, 1970), wife of Lue Fenwicke-Clennellm scion of that landed gentry family, and Matilda Rose (born 15 March, 1978), Viscountess Clanfield, wife of Ashton Peel, Viscount Clanfield, son and heir of the 3rd Earl Peel, GCVO.

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