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Thursday, July 07, 2022

Elizabeth Mary Catherine Neave 1952-2022

 The Hon Mrs Richard Neave, who died 25 June, 2022, aged 69, was the wife of the Hon Richard Patrick Sheffield Neave [born 12 Nov, 1947], scion of the Neave baronets, and son of the murdered Conservative government minister, Airey Neave.

She was born Elizabeth Mary Catherine Riddell, 19 November, 1952, daughter of Cuthbert Edward Alphonso Riddell [1907-1992], of Hermeston Hall, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, and his wife the former Estelle Mary Nash [1914-1999]; and married 1980, the Hon Richard Patrick Sheffield Neave [born 12 Nov, 1947], elder son of the Rt Hon Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave, MP, PC [1916-1979], and his wife, Diana Josceline Barbara Giffard [1919-1992], who was raised to the peerage of life, Aug 1979, as Baroness Airey of Abingdon.

She is survived by her husband and three sons, James [born 1983], Thomas [born 1985], and Matthew [born 1993].

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