Anita Lorna, Baroness Burgh, who died 14 March, 2026, aged 88, was the first wife of the late 7th Baron Burgh.
She was born in 1937, as Anita Lorna Eldridge, daughter of Frederick Clements Eldridge (1900-1973), of Gillingham, Kent, by his wife the former Alice Louisa Milner, and married 29 August, 1957 (div 1982), as his first wife the then Hon Alexander Peter Willoughby Leith (born 20 March, 1935), son and heir of the 6th Baron Burgh (1906-1959), and his 1st wife the former Elizabeth Rose Vincent (who died 1981).
Her husband succeeded his father, 26 May, 1959, as 7th (or ninth) Baron Burgh, a peerage created by Writ of Summons, 1 Sept, 1487, or sitting in Parliament, 2 Dec, 1529. He died 14 July, 2001.
Baroness Burgh, a novelist, was divorced from Lord Burgh in 1982. She leaves issue, two sons, Gregory, 8th Baron Burgh (born 16 March, 1958), and the Hon Patrick Leith (born 16 Apr, 1964), and a daughter, the Hon Rebecca Leith (born 17 Dec, 1959).
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