Wednesday, March 02, 2022

William Farquhar Acworth 1934-2022

 William Farquhar [Bill] Acworth, who died 21 February, 2022, aged 87, was descended from the Buzzard baronets.

He was born 25 October, 1934, son of Commander Herbert William Acworth, RN [1907-1987], and his wife the former Isabel Mary Buzzard [1910-1999], daughter of Sir Edward Farquhar Buzzard, 1st Baronet, KCVO, FRCP [1871-1945].

Sir Edward Buzzard, 1st Bt, was Physician in Ordinary to King George V, King Edward VIII, and King George VI.

He married 9 May, 1964, Susan Henrietta Casement [born 30 July, 1944], scion of that Irish landed gentry family, daughter of Capt Roddie Casement, OBE, RN [1907-1987], and his wife the former Elisabeth Kathleen Greenwell [1908-2002], daughter of Sir Bernard Eyre Greenwell, 2nd Baronet [1874-1939], by whom he had issue, two sons, William [b 1965], James [b 1966], and a daughter, Anna [b 1970].

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