Richard John Barton, late the 16th/5th Lancers, died 9 July, 2021, aged 93.
He was born in 1928, son of Colonel John Seddon Barton [1880-1972], of Ross-on-Wye, and his wife the former Blanche Hatt Cook [1888-1986]. He married 26 July, 1952 [marriage annulled 1953], as her first husband, the Hon Jocelyne FitzRoy Newdegate [1929-2013], scion of the Viscounts Daventry, and sister of the 3rd Viscount [1921-2000]. He was later partner of Patrick Leonard Crossley [who died in 2018].
Mr Barton was a first cousin of Group Capt Peter Townsend [1914-95].
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