Friday, February 07, 2025

William George Stirling Home Drummond Moray 1940-2025

William George Stirling Home Drummond Moray, who died 2 February, 2025, aged 84, was 22nd of Abercairny, head of that landed gentry family.

He was born 22 August, 1940, the second son of Major James William Stirling Home Drummond Moray, 21st of Abercairny (1900-67), of Abercairny, Crieff, Perthshire, and his wife the former Jeanetta Ruth Montagu Douglas Scott (1906-1997), scion of the Dukes of Buccleuch & Queensberry. William had an elder brother, Henry, who died aged 4 in 1942, and younger brothers John and David and a sister Lucy. His mother, Jeaanetta, was a granddaughter of the 6th Duke of Buccleuch (1831-1914).

He married firstly, 7 January, 1969 (div. 1991) Angela Jane Baring (born 26 Dec, 1946), scion of the banking family of Baring baronets, daughter of Lt-Cdr Michael John Baring (1921-1955), and his wife the former Pamela Anne Barnardo; married 2ndly, 1991, Emma Moyra Rattray (born 16 Nov, 1952), scion of that landed family, daughter of Captain James Silvester Rattray of Craighall-Rattray, 28th of Rattray (1919-1999), and his wife the former Christian Hilda Guthrie (1924-1963), scion of that landed family.

From his first marriage he leaves issue, three daughters, Anna (born 1971), Frances (born 1974), and Georgina (born 1979), and he leaves a daughter from his second marriage, Caroline.

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