Laurence Kelly died 23 July, 2025, aged 92. He was a writer and businessman.
Kelly penned two acclaimed biographies of two important Russian figures from the early 19th century: Mikhail Lermontov and Alexander Griboyedov. He won the Cheltenham Prize for Lermontov: Tragedy in the Caucasus. He has also edited literary anthologies on Moscow, St Petersburg and Istanbul. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2003.
Laurence Charles Kevin Kelly was born 11 April, 1933, scion of an Irish landed family, son of Sir David Victor Kelly, GCMG (1891-1959) by his 2nd wife the former Comtesse Renee Marie-Noële de Jourdan de Vaux (1901-95), scion of the French noble family of that name. His father was British ambassador to the Soviet Union in the Cold War.
He married in 1963, Alison Linda McNair Scott (born 1 Oct, 1936), daughter of Maj Ronald Guthrie McNair Scott (1904-95), scion of the gentry family of that name Huish House, by his wife the former Hon Mary Cecilia Berry (1906-96), daughter of the 1st Viscount Camrose (1879-1954). His wife died 12 January, 2019.
He leaves a son, Nicholas Tara Kelly (born 24 Nov, 1967), and two daughters, Rosanna Mary (born 21 May, 1964), and Rachel Sophia (born 19 Sept, 1965), wife of the 4th Baron Altrincham (b 18 Dec, 1965),
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