Sunday, July 21, 2024

The 15th Baron Dudley 1930-2024

 The 15th Baron Dudley died 20 June, 2024, aged 93.

The peer, of Little Grange, Napleton, Kempsey, Worcestershire, was fifteenth holder of the barony in the peerage of England created by writ, 15 Feb 1439/40.

The first baron, Sir John Sutton, KG, carried the Standard at the funeral of King Henry V 1422; WAS Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1428-30; Constable of Clun Castle 1435; in the wars with France; taken prisoner with King Henry VI at the Battle of St Albans 1455; Knight of the Garter 1459; Steward of the Lordship of Montgomery 1459/60; Constable of Wigmore Castle 1460; Constable of the Tower of London 1470-83; & Joint Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth Wydville, consort of King Edward IV.

The 15th Baron was born Jim Anthony Hill Wallace, 9 November, 1930, the eldest son of Guy Raymond Hill Wallace (who died 16 March, 1967), by his wife Barbara Amy Felicity Smith, suo jure the (14th) Baroness Dudley (1907-2002). He succeeded to the barony on his mother's decease, 27 May, 2002.

Lord Dudley married 16 Jun 1962, Nicola Jane Dunsterville, daughter of Lt Col Philip William Edward Leslie Dunsterville, by whom he had issue, two sons, Jeremy and Nicholas. The elder son, the Hon Jeremy William Guilford Wallace (born 12 Sept, 1964), succeeds as 16th Baron Dudley.

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