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Monday, October 09, 2023

Lady Mahon 1944-2023

 Lady Mahon, who died 1 October, 2023, was the wife of Sir William Mahon, LVO, 7th Baronet.

She was born in 1944 as Rosemary Jane Melvill, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Ernest Melvill (1910-1983), of Symington, Lanarkshire, and married 20 April, 1968, Colonel William Walter Mahon (born 4 Dec, 1940), son and heir of Sir George Edward John Mahon, 6th Baronet (1911-1987) (of Castlegar, Co Galway, Bt, UK, cr 1819), and his wife the former Audrey Evelyn Jagger (who died 4 Apr, 1957). Her husband was commissioned into the Irish Guards in 1960, and appointed a Member of HM Body Guard, Hon Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, 1993; he succeeded as 7th baronet on his father's demise, 16 Dec, 1987, and was appointed LVO , in 2011.

Lady Mahon is survived by her husband a son, James (born 29 Oct, 1976), and two daughters, Annabel (born 12May, 1970), and Lucy (born 15 Apr, 1972).

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