Thursday, January 06, 2022

Ralph Michael Haslam 1931-2022

[Ralph] Michael Haslam died 4 January, 2022, on his 91st birthday. He was descended from the Earls of Bessborough.

He was born 4 January 1931, the eldest son of William Heywood Haslam and his wife the former Diamond Louise Constance Ponsonby, scion of the Earls of Bessborough, who was born in Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee year, hence the forename.

He was an elder brother of Nicholas Ponsonby [Nicky] Haslam [born 27 Sept, 1939], the interior designer and socialite.

He married 6 June, 1958, the Hon Judith Browne (born 23 Sept, 1934), daughter of the 4th Baron Oranmore & Browne [1901-2002], and his wife the former Mildred Helen Egerton [1903-80], scion of the Earls of Ellesmere, by whom he had issue, two sons, Christopher (1960), and David (1962) and a daughter, Carina (1965).

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