Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys

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DL
Lord Chamberlain
In office
1 January 1998 – 31 May 2000
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byThe Earl of Airlie
Succeeded byThe Lord Luce
Personal details
Born
Ralph Thomas Campion George Sherman Stonor

(1940-04-16)16 April 1940
Died4 January 2023(2023-01-04) (aged 82)
NationalityBritish
SpouseElisabeth Mary Hyde Parker
Children4
Parent(s)
MA (Oxford), DLitt (Sheffield
)

Ralph Thomas Campion George Sherman Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys,

Catholic Lord Chamberlain since the Reformation
.

Early life

The 7th Baron Camoys was the son of Sherman Stonor, 6th Baron Camoys and Mary Jeanne, daughter of Herbert Marmaduke Stourton. On his father's side, he was a descendant of the Talbot Earls of Shrewsbury, the Nevills of Abergavenny and, through an illegitimate line, the de la Pole Dukes of Suffolk. He was a direct descendant of British Prime Minister Robert Peel whose daughter Eliza married The Hon. Francis Stonor. Through his father's side he was a descendant of the family that founded Brown University in Rhode Island in the United States. On his mother's side, he was descended from Charles II of England and Scotland through that monarch's illegitimate daughter, Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield. [citation needed]

Education

Lord Camoys was educated at

MA degree in Modern History.[2]

Career

Lord Camoys' main career was in banking. He was

Vice-Chairman
from 1984 to 1986.

After the widespread reforms of the City of London's financial structures in 1986 (

Barclays Capital. He was a Director of Barclays Bank International Ltd between 1980 and 1984, and Barclays Bank Plc between 1984 and 1994. [citation needed
]

Lord Camoys was Chairman of

Administrative Staff College from 1989 – 2000, 3i Group Plc from 1991 to 2002, and Perpetual from 1994 to 2000. He was President of the Mail Users Association from 1977 to 1984. He was a member of the Court of Assistants of the Fishmongers Company from 1980. He served the latter livery company as Prime Warden from 1992 to 1993. He was a Steward of Henley Royal Regatta since 1978, and President of The River and Rowing Museum since 1997. [citation needed
]

Governmental career

Following the death of his father, he became the 7th Lord Camoys as well as a member of the

Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England from 1985 to 1987 (now English Heritage) and the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
from 1987 to 1994.

He was a

Catholic Lord Chamberlain since the Reformation.[3]

Religious career

He was a

Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See from 1991 until 2006. Lord Camoys was appointed Chairman of The Tablet Trust in June 2009.[4]

Marriage and family life

The seventh Baron married Elisabeth Mary Hyde Parker, daughter of Sir William Hyde Parker, 11th Bt. of Melford Hall, Suffolk, in 1966. The couple has the following issue:

Lord Camoys' ancestral home is Stonor Park, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.[5]

Honours

References

  1. ^ Lord Camoys, banker who became the first Roman Catholic Lord Chamberlain since the Reformation – obituary
  2. ^ "Lord Camoys GCVO PC DL | ILEX". www.ilex-group.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Removed: news agency feed article". The Guardian. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
  4. ^ "The Tablet Trust". thetablet.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 October 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  5. ^ "A place in the country". Catholic Herald. 31 October 1980.
Court offices
Preceded by Lord Chamberlain
1998–2000 		Succeeded by
Peerage of England
Preceded by Baron Camoys
1976–2023 		Succeeded by
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