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Monday, November 14, 2022

Commander William John Macnamara Faulkner, RN (died 2022)

 Commander William John Macnamara Faulkner, RN, died 3 November, 2022, aged 94.

He was a son of Rear-Admiral Hugh Webb Faulkner, CB, CBE, DSO (1900-1969), and his wife the former Olave Mary Younger; and married 1stly, 23 April, 1952, Margaret Annette De Trafford (1928-1997), scion of the De Trafford baronets, daughter of Hubert Edmund Francis De Trafford (1893-1974), and his wife the Hon Cecilia Victoria Strickland (1897-1982), daughter of the 1st (and last) Baron Strickland (1861-1940); and married 2ndly, 18 April, 1998, Mrs Jacqueline Wolfe-Murray (1931-2014), former wife of Christopher Michael Wolfe-Murray (1929-2010), scion of the Murray baronets, and 2nd daughter of Sir John Turnbull Usher, 3rd Baronet (1891-1951), by his wife Jean Elpseth (who died 1950).

Cdr Faulkner leaves issue from his first marriage, two sons, Hugh (born 27 Aug, 1953), and Mark (born 13 Apr 1955), and two daughters, Rosalinda (born 30 March, 1958), and Catharine (born 6 Apr, 1961).

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