Brigadier Desmond Richard Henry Longfield, who died 6 June, 2026, was a scion of that landed gentry family (Irish). He was 95.
He was born 24 February, 1931, the son of Colonel Richard James Longfield (1901-1987), and his wife the former Charlotte Mary Portal (1903-2002), scion of the Portal baronets; and married 8 August, 1959, Jennifer Spencer-Thomas (1940-2025), daughter of Clement William Robert Spencer-Thomas (1905-1989), and his wife the former Betty Potter (1914-2010), by whom he had issue, a son, James (born 2 March, 1964), and three daughters, Melanie (born 29 May, 1961), Harriet (b 9 Aug, 1965), and Charlotte (b 1970).
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