Monday, August 16, 2021

Sylvia, Lady Dewey 1922-2021

 Sylvia, Lady Dewey, who died 12 August, 2021, aged 99, was the widow of Sir Anthony Hugh Grahame Dewey, 3rd Baronet [1921-2016].

She was born Sylvia Jacqueline Rosamund MacMahon, in 1922, daughter of John Ross MacMahon [1872-1958], of Branksome Manor, Bournemouth, and his wife the former Emily Clare Marshall [1882-1960]. 

She married 22 April, 1949, Sir Anthony Hugh Grahame Dewey, 3rd Bt [born 31 July, 1921], son of Maj Hugh Grahame Dewey, MC [1895-1936], and his wife the former Marjorie Florence Isobel Dodds [died 1988]. Her husband, who succeeded to the baronetcy on his grandfather's death, January, 1948, died 20 March, 2016.

Lady Dewey leaves issue, two sons and three daughters. The elder son is Sir Rupert Grahame Dewey, 4th Baronet [born 29 March, 1953].

 A Thanksgiving Service is to be held on 3 September, 2021 at St Michaels the Archangel, North Cadbury, Somerset 

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