Frederick Fermor-Hesketh, 2nd Baron Hesketh
Frederick Fermor-Hesketh, 2nd Baron Hesketh
DL (8 April 1916 – 10 June 1955), was a British peer and soldier.[1]
Background and education
Hesketh was the son of
Cambridge.[2]
Military service
Hesketh was a
Deputy Lieutenant of Northamptonshire.[2]
Family life
On 22 November 1949[3] he married Christian Mary McEwen (known as Christian Lady Hesketh) (17 July 1929 – 7 April 2006),[3] daughter of Captain Sir John Helias Finnie McEwen and had three children:
- Thomas Alexander (known as Alexander), 3rd Baron Hesketh (b. 28 October 1950)
- Robert (1 November 1951 – 2 Feb 1997, car accident[3][4])
- John (15 March 1953 – 2 November 2008[5])
Hesketh was a collector of top-end books in the early 1950s. The trustees of his will sold some of his books, manuscripts and letters in 2010 at
Birds of America were bought by renowned London book dealer Michael Tollemache for a record £7,321,250.[6]
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See also
References
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- ^ a b The Peerage website
- ^ a b c "The Dowager Lady Hesketh" The Daily Telegraph, 12 April 2006, accessed 14 April 2011
- ^ Traffic accident in California
- ^ Johnny Hesketh obituary in The Daily Telegraph
- Daily Telegraph. 8 December 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.
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