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Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Camilla Rose Balfour (nee Webster) 1952-2024

 Camilla Rose Balfour (nee Webster), who died 22 October, 2024, at the Borders General Hospital, was the wife of Robert Roxburgh Balfour, scion of that landed gentry family, and a descendant of the 3rd Marquess Conyngham.

She was born in Windsor, circa Oct, 1952, daughter of Michael George Thomas Webster (1920-2012), and his wife the former Isabel Margaret Dent (1916-2002), scion of that landed family.

Her father was a great-grandson of the 3rd Marquess Conyngham (1825-1882).

3rd Marquess Conyngham > Lady Constance Conyngham > Constance Combe > Michael Webster > Camilla Webster

She had two sisters who both married into the peerage. Susan Honour Webster is the wife of the 11th Viscount Torrington, and Isabel Jane Webster, who is the wife of Desmond Shane Spencer Chichester, scion of the Marquesses of Donegall.

She married 31 January, 1973, Robert Roxburgh Balfour (born 29 June, 1947), scion of that landed family, son of Alexander Norman Balfour (1909-1996), of Dawyck, and his wife the former Elizabeth Eugenie Cowell, by whom she had three children, a son Rupert (born 23 Apr, 1976), and two daughters, Camilla Louise (born 11 May, 1979), and Lara Selina (born 1 June, 1983).

Her husband is a cousin of Neil Roxburgh Balfour (born 12 Aug 1944), who married 23 Sept, 1969 (div 1978), HRH Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia (born 7 Apr, 1936).

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