Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameGeorge Vernon Powys Lord Lilford 
[60, Lilford art, Vol VII, p.658]
[60, Lilford art, Vol VII, p.658]Birth8 Jan 1930, Natal, S. Africa
Death3 Jan 2005
General7th baron. Married 6 times, 5 dissolved, son only by last marriage but one.
EducationStonyhurst
FatherRobert Horace Powys (1889-1940)
MotherVera Grace Bryant
Spouses
Marriage7 Aug 1969, Westminster district, London [62, Lilford, p. 1708], [3, Marriage, Q3 of 1969, Westminster dist, vol 5e, p. 2186]
Divorce1991 [62, Lilford, p. 1708]
Marriage26 Jul 1954, Durban Magistrate’s Office, Natal, S Africa [21, Marriage on 26 Jul 1954 in Durban, S Africe]
Notes for George Vernon Powys Lord Lilford
An internet report says he died on 3 Jan 2005 at Paarl, South Africa:
From: Michael Rhodes
Subject: 7th Baron Lilford (1931-2005)
Date: 17 Jan 2005 01:28:14 -0800
The Lord Lilford, 7th Baron, died at Paarl, South Africa, 3 January, 2005. He was aged 73.
He was born George Vernon Powys, 8 January, 1931, son of Robert Horace Powys, who died in 1940, of Rosebank, Cape, South Africa, (a great-great-grandson of the 2nd Baron) by his wife Vera Grace, and was educated at St Aidan's College, Grahamstown, South Africa, and Stonyhurst.
Career: succeeded to the barony (GB 1797) on the death of his second cousin twice removed in 1949.
His home was at St John, Jersey Channel Islands.
Lord Lilford was five times married; 1stly, in 1954 (divorced), to Mrs Eve Bird, secondly, in 1957, to Anuta Merritt (divorced 1958), 3rdly, in 1958, to Norma Yvonne Shell, only daughter of V. Shell, of Johannesburg (div. 1961), fourthly, 1961, to Mrs Muriel Spottiswoode (divorced 1969), 5thly, in 1969, to Margaret, daughter of A. Penman, of Roslin, Midlothian. The fifth marriage also ended in divorce, in 1991.
Lord Lilford is survived by two daughters from the fourth marriage, the Hon. Clare and the Hon. Emma-Jane, and by a son from the fifth marriage, the Hon. Mark Vernon Powys, b. 16 November, 1975, who now succeeds as 8th holder of the peerage.
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Michael Rhodes
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Embarkations and arrivals:
On 30 Sep 1949, he arrived at Southampton from Durban, South Africa. Possibly this was when he inherited the title and much of the property.
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Notes for George Vernon & Margaret (Family)
His marriage registration date:
Name: Margaret Y Penman
Event Type: Marriage Registration
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Year: 1969
Registration District: Westminster
County: London
Event Place: Westminster, London, England
Spouse Name (available after 1911): Powys (probably George V)
Volume: 5E
Page: 2186
Line Number: 110
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Name: Margaret Y Penman
Event Type: Marriage Registration
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Year: 1969
Registration District: Westminster
County: London
Event Place: Westminster, London, England
Spouse Name (available after 1911): Powys (probably George V)
Volume: 5E
Page: 2186
Line Number: 110
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Notes for George Vernon & Eveline (Family)
From the marriage certificate for his first marriage,
His birth date: 8.1.1930
Birth place: Natal
His job: Articled Clark
His residence: 2 Dronfield, 553 Moore Rd, Durban
Marr. by Special Licence
Married in: Magistrate’s Office
Her name: Eveline Bird (born Kerr)
Her birth: England
Birth date: 23.9.1922
Status: Divorced
Job: Receptionist
Residence: Butterworth Hotel, Durban
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