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Wednesday, May 03, 2023

The Menzies of Menzies 1935-2023

 The Menzies of Menzies, clan chief, died 27 April, 2023. He was 88.

David Ronald Menzies of Menzies was born 20 March, 1935, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald Steuart Menzies of Menzies (1884-1961), Chief of the Clam Menzies from 1958 and recognised as the Menzies of Menzies by the Lord Lyon King of Arms, 2 Apr, 1958, by his 2nd wife Sybil Mary Willoughby Boulton.

He served as a Captain, Scots Guards, and married firstly, 17 Nov, 1962, Diana Winifred de Pledge, daughter of T.F. de Pledge, of Port Hedland, Western Australia; married 2ndly, Mignon Margare, which marriage was dissolved in 2000.

From his first marriage he leaves issue, three sons, Robert (born 15 Sept, 1965), who succeeds as clan chief, and twins Simon and Andrew (born 29 Dec, 1966), and from his second marriage, a son, Lachlan (born 21 June, 1980), and a daughter, Miranda (b 27 March, 1984).

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