Horatia Mary Felicia Palmer (nee Lamb) 1933-2023

 Horatia Mary Felicia Palmer (nee Lamb), who died 9 January, 2023, aged 89, was a granddaughter of the 5th Earl of Longford.

She was born 21 October, 1933 (Trafalgar Day, hence her first christian name, but always known as Felicia), second daughter of Australian-born artist Henry Taylor Lamb, MC, RA (1883-1960), and his 2nd wife the Lady (Margaret) Pansy Felicia Pakenham (1904-1999), the writer, translator, &c, who was the eldest daughter of Brig-Gen the 5th Earl of Longford, KP, MVO (1864-1915), and his wife the Lady Mary Julia Child-Villiers (1877-1933), daughter of the 7th Earl of Jersey (1845-1915), &c.

Felicia Lamb married 26 July, 1958, William Henry Tugwell Palmer (born 1929), of Nun Monkton, North Yorkshire, son of Colonel Henry Wellington Tuthill Palmer, DSO, OBE, by whom she had issue, a son Rufus (1967-86), and two daughters, (1) Primrose (born 18 Feb, 1960), wife of the Col the Hon Alastair James Calthrop Campbell, and (2) Harriet (b 6 July, 1961).

A Service of Thanksgiving takes place at Christ Church, Harrogate, 2 February, 2023.

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