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Piercy, Baron (UK, 1945)

Creation: let. pat. 14 Nov 1945

Family name: Piercy

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Arms:

Per fess indented Gules and Argent in chief three pierced Mullets of the last and in base a Lion rampant guardant Sable

Crest:

Issuant from a Bezant in front of two Spears in saltire points upwards proper a Demi-Lion guardant Sable charged on the shoulder with a pierced Mullet Argent

Motto:

Spes In Deo (Hope in God)

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William [Piercy], 1st Baron Piercy, CBE

son of Augustus Edward Piercy

born

7 Feb 1886

mar. (1)

14 Apr 1915 Mary Louisa Pelham OBE (d. 8 Jan 1953), 1st dau. of Hon Thomas Henry William Pelham CB (by his wife Louisa Keith Bruce OBE, dau. of William Bruce, yr. of Kennet), 3rd son of Henry Thomas [Pelham], 3rd Earl of Chichester

children by first wife

1. Hon Nucholas Pelham Piercy, later 2nd Baron Piercy

1. Hon Penelope Katherine Piercy CBE, Under-Secretary Ministry of Technology (b. 15 Apr 1916; d. 27 Dec 1997)

2. Hon Joanna Elizabeth Piercy, Headmistress Badminton School Bristol (b. 10 Jan 1923; dsp. 2001), mar. 13 Aug 1968 James Francis Turner, 1st son of Rev Percy Reginald Turner, of The Old Rectory, Wem, co. Shropshire

3. Hon Priscilla Jane Piercy (b. 7 Oct 1926; d. 1995), mar. 18 Nov 1950 (div. 1972) Rev Thomas Fish Taylor, only son of Alexander Rattray Taylor, of Hamilton, co. Lanark, and had issue

mar. (2)

16 Jul 1964 Veronica Warham, dau. of John Hordley Warham, of Wembley Park, co. Middlesex

died

7 Jul 1966

created

14 Nov 1945 Baron Piercy, of Burford in the County of Oxford

suc. by

son by first wife

note

CBE 1919; Director of the Bank of England 1946-56

Nicholas Pelham [Piercy], 2nd Baron Piercy

born

23 Jun 1918

mar.

28 Oct 1944 Oonagh Lavinia Baylay (d. 1990), dau. of Maj Edward John Lake Baylay DSO, of Muden, Natal, South Africa, by his wife Violet Mary Bingham, 1st dau. of Rear-Admiral Hon Richard Bingham RN (by his first wife Mary Elizabeth Cole, yst dau. of Edward Henry Cole, of Stoke Lyne, co. Oxford), 2nd son of George Charles [Bingham], 3rd Earl of Lucan

children

1. Hon James William Piercy, later 3rd Baron Piercy

2. Hon Mark Edward Pelham Piercy, heir presumptive to the Barony of Piercy, of 39 Carson Road, London (b. 30 Jun 1953), mar. 31 Mar 1979 Vivian Angela Monier-Williams, dau. of His Honour Judge Evelyn Faithfull Monier-Williams, and has issue:

1a. William Nicholas Pelham Piercy (b. 11 Mar 1989)

1a. Katherine Henriette Piercy (b. 1 Aug 1982)

2a. Olivia Charlotte Piercy (b. 19 Aug 1984)

3a. Harriet Lavinia Piercy (b. 17 Jan 1987)

1. Hon Charlotte Mary Piercy (b. 24 May 1947; d. 20 Nov 2018), mar. (1) 14 Nov 1966 (div. 1985) Paolo Emilio Taddei, 5th son of Enrico Taddei, of Florence, Italy, (2) 1985 as his second wife (William Guy) David Ropner (b. 3 Apr 1924), of 1 Sunningdale Gardens, Stratford Road, London, 1st son and heir of Maj Sir (William) Guy Ropner, by his wife Margaritta Gray, dau. of Sir William Cresswell Gray, 1st Bt, and (3) 29 Oct 2018 Richard Mansell-Jones (b. 1940), and had issue by her first and second husbands

2. Hon Lavinia Caroline Piercy (b. 24 May 1947), mar. 1 May 1971 her third cousin Nicholas John Elliot Seely, of Timber Hill, Chobham, co. Surrey (b. 1938), only son of John Edward Seely by his wife Joan Ursula Pelham, 1st dau. of Hon Henry George Godolphin Pelham (by his first wife Agnes Lee Ollerhead, dau. of Thomas James Ollerhead, of Minehead, co. Somerset), 2nd son of Francis Godolphin [Pelham], 5th Earl of Chichester, and has issue

3. Hon Henrietta Jane Piercy (b. 17 Feb 1951), mar. 1985 Tullio Luigi Giuseppe Tomba, of via Corona 40, Camporformio, Italy, and has issue

died

22 Mar 1981

suc. by

son

James William [Piercy], 3rd Baron Piercy

born

19 Jan 1946

The heir presumptive to the Barony of Piercy is Hon Mark Edward Pelham Piercy, second son of the 2nd Baron Piercy and younger brother of the present Baron.

Last updated 30 Jun 2019

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Title:

3rd Baron Piercy, of Burford in the County of Oxford

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 14 Nov 1945)

Address:

13 Arnold Mansions, Queen's Club Gardens, London W14 9RD

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