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May, Baron (UK, 1935)

Creation: let. pat. 28 Jun 1935

Family name: May

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Arms:

Gules on a Chevron between in chief three Billets Or and in base an Eagle Argent three Roses of the field barbed and seeded proper

Crest:

A Demi-Leopard proper holding in the dexter paw a Bezant and resting the sinister paw on a Terrestrial Globe also proper

Supporters:

Dexter:  a Griffin;  Sinister:  a Dragon Or, each charged on the shoulder with a Sprig of Mayflower slipped and leaved proper

Motto:

Deo Adjuvante Labor Proficit (With God's help work prospers)

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George Ernest [May], 1st Baron May, KBE

son of William C May, of Cheshunt, co. Hertford

born

20 Jun 1871

mar.

15 Oct 1903 Lily Julia Strauss OBE (d. 15 Jan 1955), 2nd dau. of G Strauss, of Bolton Gardens, London

died

10 Apr 1946

created

27 Jan 1931 Baronet of the United Kingdom, styled "of the Eyot"

28 Jun 1935 Baron May, of Weybridge in the County of Surrey

suc. by

son

John Lawrence [May], 2nd Baron May

born

15 Aug 1904

mar. (1)

1 Jul 1925 Cicely Beryl Fleming (d. 1928), only child of Ernest Fleming, of Raska, Clarendon Road, Watford, co. Hertford

mar. (2)

29 Oct 1928 Ethel Christina Thoms (mar. (2) W H Hallam), dau. of George Ricardo Thoms

died

9 Mar 1950

suc. by

son by second wife

Michael St John [May], 3rd Baron May

born

26 Sep 1931

mar. (1)

27 Dec 1958 (div. 1963) Dorothea Catherine Ann McCarthy, dau. of Charles McCarthy, of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

mar. (2)

5 Jul 1963 Julian Mary Shipton, only dau. of Albert Edward Shipton, of Wroxton Mill, Wroxton, co. Oxford

children by second wife

1. Hon Jasper Bertram St John May, later 4th Baron May

1. Hon Miranda Jane May (b. 17 Oct 1968)

died

22 Sep 2006

suc. by

son by second wife

Jasper Bertram St John [May], 4th Baron May

born

24 Oct 1965

There is no heir to the Barony of May.

 Last updated 26 Oct 2006

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Titles:

4th Baron May, of Weybridge in the County of Surrey

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 28 Jun 1935)

4th Baronet, styled "of the Eyot"

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 27 Jan 1931)

Addresses:

Gautherns Barn, Sibford Gower, Oxfordshire OX15 5RY

10 Rabbit Row, London W8 4DX

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