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Saint Helens, Baron (UK, 1964)

Creation: let. pat. 31 Dec 1964

Family name: Hughes-Young

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Arms:

Or three Piles Sable each charged with a Fountain

Crest:

A Dexter Cubit Arm proper charged with a Fountain the hand grasping an Arrow fesswise proper

Supporters:

Dexter:  a Wolf Gules;  Sinister:  a Griffin Sable, each charged on the shoulder with a Portcullis Or

Motto:

Press Through

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Michael Henry Colin [Hughes-Young], 1st Baron Saint Helens, MC

only son of Brig Gen Henry George Young CIE DSO, of Skeffington Lodge, co. Antrim, Serjeant-at-Arms of the Northern Ireland Parliament 1921-51, by his wife Adelaide Mary Glencairn Campbell, dau. of Colin Glencairn Campbell by his wife Octavia Helen Macnaghten, 2nd dau. of Sir Edmund Charles Workman Macnaghten, 2nd Bt.

born

28 Oct 1912

mar.

31 Jul 1939 Elizabeth Agnes Blakiston-Houston (d. 2 Oct 1956), 2nd dau. of Capt Richard Blakiston-Houston, of Orangefield and Ballywater, co. Down, by his wife Lilian Agnes Kidston, dau. of George Jardine Kidston, of Finlaystone, Renfrew

children

1. Capt Hon Patrick Michael Hughes-Young (b. 30 Apr 1942; dvp.following a riding accident 11 Mar 1970)

2. Hon Richard Francis Hughes-Young, later 2nd Baron Saint Helens

1. Hon Henrietta Maria Hughes-Young (b. 29 May 1940), mar. 5 Dec 1970 Brian TurnbullJulous Stevens, 1st son of John Osmond Julius Stevens, of Montgomery's Farm, Farnham, co. Surrey, by his wife Kathleen Bacon, and has issue

2. Hon Selina Lilian Hughes-Young (b. 13 Mar 1944), mar. 28 May 1969 Jonathan Basil Morton Peto, of Bealings House, Woodbridge, co. Suffolk (b. 9 Dec 1942, only son of Maj (Basil Arthur) John Peto ADC MP (by his wife Patricia Geraldine Browne, yst. dau. of Gerald Macleay Browne OBE), 3rd son of Sir Basil Edward Peto, 1st Bt. MP, and has issue

3. Hon Louisa Nina Hughes-Young (b. 31 Aug 1949), mar. 20 Jul 1974 Maj James Francis Arbuthnott KM, of Stone House Cottage, Kidderminster, co. Worcester (b. 27 Apr 1940), 2nd son of Hugh Forbes Arbuthnott KM (by his wife Janet Elizabeth Marshall, only dau. of Vice-Admiral Herbert John Temple Marshall RN, of Gayton Hall, Ross, co. Hereford), 5th son of Donald Stuart Arbuthnott (by his wife Anne Elizabeth Brand, dau. of James Brand, of Glasgow), 4th son of Hon David Arbuthnott CSI (by his wife Eliza Reynolds, dau. of Thomas Forbes Reynolds, of Wallington, co. Surrey), 4th son of John [Arbuthnott], 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott, and has issue

died

27 Dec 1980

created

31 Dec 1964 Baron Saint Helens, of St Helens in the County Palatine of Lancaster

suc. by

son

note

served in World War II 1939-45; MC 1944; Member of Parliament (Conservative) for Wandsworth Central 1955-64; Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State, Board of Trade 1956; Assistant Whip 1956-58; a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 1958-62; Deputy Government Chief Whip 1959-64; Treasurer of the Household 1960-64

Richard Francis [Hughes-Young], 2nd Baron Saint Helens

born

4 Nov 1945

mar.

22 Sep 1983 Mrs Emma Rosemary Talbot-Smith (b. 1952; d. 26 Dec 2018)

children

1. Hon Henry Thomas Hughes-Young (b. 7 Mar 1986)

1. Hon Lara Elizabeth Hughes-Young (b. 1987)

Last updated 4 Jul 2019

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Title:

2nd Baron Saint Helens, of St Helens in the County Palatine of Lancaster

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 31 Dec 1964)

Address:

Marchfield House, Binfield, Berkshire RG12 5EB

Tel:  01344 483338

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