Hugh Robert Myddelton 1938-2026

 Hugh Robert Myddelton, who died 13 April, 2026, aged 87, was a scion of that landed gentry family, of Chirk Castle.

He was born 17 October, 1938, the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel Ririd Myddelton, LVO, DL (1902-1988), of Chirk Castle, Denbighshire, and his wife the Lady Mary Margaret Elizabeth Petty-Fitzmaurice (1910-2003), sister of the 8th Marquess of Lansdowne (1912-1999).

He was twice married, firstly, 27 July, 1967 (div), the Hon Sarah Cecily Allsopp (1944-2009), daughter of the 5th Baron Hindlip (1912-1993), and his wife Cecily Valentine Jane Borwick (1910-2000), and married 2ndly, in 1994, Mrs Gaia Servadio Mostyn-Owen, former wife of William Mostyn-Owen (1929-2011), and daughter of Luxardo Servadio (1938-2021), and his wife Bianca Prinzi.

In 2001 he is reported to have assmed the surname of Myddelton Biddulph in lieu of his patronymic.

Gaia Myddelton, a writer, was sometime mother-in-law of the Rt Hon Boris Johnson, PC, Prime Minister, 2019-2022, who married her daughter Allegra Mostyn-Owen.

Hugh Myddelton leaves issue from his first marriage,  a son, Alexander (born 7 March, 1969), and a daughter, Claerwen (born 1972).

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Paul Everard Justus Focke, KC 1937-2026

His Honour Judge Paul Everard Justus Focke, KC, died 22 April, 2026, aged 88.

He was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn , 1964 (Bencher 1992); appointed QC (1982), and was a Circuit Judge from 1997. Also Called to the Bar, NSW and to the New Zealand, 1982; QC, NSW, 1984, &c.

He was born 14 May, 1937, son of Frederick Justus Focke (1898-1959), and his wife Muriel Fisher (1904-1995); and married in 1973, the Lady Tana Marie Alexander (born 2 May, 1945), daughter of the late 6th Earl of Caledon (1920-1980), and his first wife Ghislaine Dresselhuys (1922-2000), by whom he had two daughters, Diana (born 1974), and Victoria (born 1976).

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