The Lady Kenya Tatton-Brown 1923-2022

 The Lady Kenya Tatton-Brown, who died 21 May, 2022, aged 98, was a scion of the Earls Kitchener of Khartoum.

She was born Kenya Eleanor Kitchener, 12 July, 1923, daughter of Henry Franklin Chevallier Kitchener, styled Viscount Broome [1878-1928], and his wife the former Adela Mary Evelyn Monins [1893-1986], and was a granddaughter of the 2nd Earl Kitchener of Khartoum [1846-1937], who was the elder brother of Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, the 1st Earl [1850-1916] [a rare case of an elder brother succeeding a younger sibling by special remainder].

Kenya Kitchener served in the WRNS during the Second World War, and was later a chartered physiotherapist. She was raised to the rank of an Earl's daughter in 1938 following her brother's succession to the family honours.

She married 8 November, 1947, John Stewart Tatton-Brown [1905-1971], scion of that landed gentry family, son of Eden Tatton-Brown, CMG [1878-1961], and his wife the former Pauline Stewart-Jones, by whom she had issue, three daughters.

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