Tuesday, November 05, 2024

Piers David Christopher Eley 1941-2024

 Piers David Christopher Eley, who died 18 October, 2024, aged 83, was a scion of that landed gentry family.

He was born 20 May, 1941, the elder son of Sir Geoffrey Cecil Ryves Eley, CBE (1904-1990), businessman and sometime director of the Bank of England, by his wife the former Penelope Hughes Wake-Walker (1917-2003); and married 1 April, 1967, Sarah Cloudesley Long-Price (born 1943), daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel David Edward Long-Price (1914-1992), and his wife the former Barbara Mary Tuffs (1912-1979), by whom he had issue, a son, Damian (born 24 Jan, 1970), and a daughter, Thalia (born 9 Sept, 1971).

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