Richard Hugh Godfrey-Faussett, who died 11 January, 2023, aged 90, was a scion of that landed gentry family, of Heppington, born 28 June, 1932, son of Brigadier Bryan Trevor Godfrey-Faussett, CB, DSO, OBE, MC (1896-1970), and his wife the former Katherine Monica Paterson (1899-1987); and married in 1962, Anne Granville Murray, daughter of Colonel Granville Murray, of Weir, Dumfriesshire, by whom he had issue, two sons, Christopher Bryan (b 26 Aug, 1963), and Matthew, and a daughter, Islay.
Richard was a great-nephew of Sir Bryan Godfrey-Faussett, GCVO (1863-1945), naval officer and courtier, great friend and equetty of King George. Richard's elder son, Christopher married in 1995, Lady Diana Bowes-Lyon (b 1966), daughter of the 17th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne (1928-1987), and a cousin of the King.
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