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Thursday, January 06, 2022

Lady Morgan 1922-2021

 Lady Morgan, who died 29 December, 2021, aged 99, was the widow of Rear Admiral Sir Patrick Morgan, KCVO, CB, DSC [1917-89], sometime commanding office of Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia.

She was the former Mary Hermione Fraser-Tytler, born in 1922, scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Neil Fraser-Tytler, DSO, TD [1889-1937], and his wife the former Christian Helen Shairp, CBE, TD [1897-1995], of that landed gentry family, and married in 1944, Rear Admiral Sir Patrick Morgan, who commanded the Royal Yacht Britannia, 1965-70. Her husband died 20 May, 1989.

Her husband was appointed CB in 1967, and KCVO upon his retirement.

She was the mother of three sons, Nicholas, Christopher and Neill, and a daughter, Elisa.

Lineage from the Erskine baronets:-

Sir Thomas Erskine, 2nd Bt > Harriet Caroline Erskine > Christian Helen Shairp > Mary Hermione Fraser-Tytler

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