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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

June, Lady Finlay 1930-2022

 June, Lady Finlay, who died 19 October, 2022, aged 92, was the widow of Sir Graeme Bell Finlay, 1st Baronet (1917-1987), recipient of one of the last baronetcies to be created.

She was the former June Evangeline Drake, born in 1930, daughter of Colonel Francis Collingwood Drake, OBE, MC (1897-1976), and his wife the former Daphne Joyce Wolton, and married 22 May, 1953, Graeme Bell Finlay (born 29 Oct, 1917), Conservative MP for Epping, 1951-64, son of James Bell Pettigrew Finlay (1860-1936), and his wife the former Margaret Helena Davies (d 1961).

Her husband, created a baronet 31 Dec, 1964, one of the last so created, died 21 January, 1987.

Lady Finlay had issue, a son, Sir David Ronald James Bell Finlay, 2nd Baronet (1963-2021), and two daughters, Fiona (born 7 Feb, 1956), and Catrina (born 16 Nov, 1959).

Her grandson is Sir Tristan Finlay, 3rd Baronet (born 5 Apr, 2001).

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