Francis Rory Annesley, who died 10 September, 2025, aged 83, was descended maternally from the Earls Annesley.
He was born in 1942, the elder son of Gerald Francis Annesley Sowerby (1905-1992), who later assumed the surname of Annesley in lieu of his patronymic, by his second wife the former Mary Patricia MacDonald (who died 2012), daughter of Maj. Donald Ramsey MacDonald, DSO, MC, of Hollymount, Carlow; and married 1stly in 1964, Althea Urquhart, daughter of Kenneth Leslie Urquhart, of New Abbey, Kilcullen, Co Kildare; married 2ndly circa 1981, Fiona _______, by whom he had issue, a daughter, Augusta (born Oct, 1972).
He was a grandson of Lady Mabel Marguerite Annesley (1881-1959), who married in 1904, Commander Gerald Sowerby, RN (1878-1913), son of Thomas Charles Johnson Sowerby (1838-1890), of Gainford, Co Durham.
He was a great-nephew of the 6th Earl Annesley (b 1884, who was killed in in action, 6 November, 1914, at Ostend), and a great-grandson of Lt.-Col. the 5th Earl Annesley (1831-1908).
The Earldom of Annesley was created in 1789, Peerage of Ireland.
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