Humphry Wakefield

Sir Edward Humphry Tyrrell Wakefield, 2nd Baronet, of Kendal, in the County of Westmorland, better known as Sir Humphry Wakefield (born 11 July 1936) is an English baronet who succeeded his father, Sir Edward Birkbeck Wakefield in the baronetcy in 1969.

Wakefield was the elder son of the politician Edward Wakefield, later created a baronet, by his wife Lalage, born (Constance) Lalage Thompson, the second child of Sir John Perronet Thompson.[1]

Wakefield purchased Chillingham Castle, Northumberland, England, from the aristocratic and noble Grey family, of Northumberland, the family of his third wife Catherine, daughter of Lady Mary Grey. He has since restored the ruined castle to a habitable state to house his wide collection of antiquities, from his own collection and those of his relations.

Wakefield holds a Master in Art degree from Cambridge University. He has made his career a study of antique furniture and historic restoration. He worked for Christie's of London, and subsequently became director of an antique firm.

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Family

Wakefield's first wife was Priscilla Bagot (b. 1939), eldest daughter of Oliver Robin Gaskell, later Bagot (himself nephew and heir of Sir Alan Desmond Bagot, 1st and last Baronet and Annette Dorothy Stephens, whom he married on 17 September 1960 and divorced in 1964. There were no children of this marriage.

He married secondly on 1 July 1966 (divorced 1971) Hon. Elizabeth Sophia Sidney (b. 12 March 1941) daughter of William Philip Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle, V.C., and former wife of George Silver Oliver Annesley Colthurst (by whom one daughter, now wife of Crispin Money-Coutts, 9th Lord Latymer). They had one son, the present heir apparent to the baronetcy.

Wakefield is now married (as of December 1974) to the Hon. Lady Wakefield, née Hon. Katherine Mary Alice Baring (b. 30 March 1936), elder daughter of Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale and his wife Lady Mary Cecil Grey (d. 2002), elder daughter of Charles Robert Grey, 5th Earl Grey. They have one son and one daughter; another son died shortly after birth.[2]

Children

  1. Maximilian Edward Vereker Wakefield (b. 22 Feb 1967),[3] a racing driver[4][5] married ____ Lucinda Pipe
    1. William Wakefield (b. 1998)
  2. William Wakefield (b. & d. 1975)
  3. Mary Elizabeth Lalage Wakefield (b. 1975)
  4. John Humphrey Baring Wakefield (b. 1977)

The heir apparent is the eldest and elder surviving son Maximilian.

Notes

  1. ^ Obituary, Daily Telegraph, 31 October 2001. According to the obituary, her father was Chief Commissioner in India, and her mother was "Ada Lucia [Tyrrell], the daughter of R Y Tyrrell, who had been Professor of Greek at Trinity College, Dublin." See also Angela Huth. "Thanks for the memory" The Spectator online, Saturday 16 October 2004. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
  2. ^ Chillingham Castle History. Accessed 12 February 2008.
  3. ^ Conqueror for full name of elder son and his marriage.
  4. ^ Max Wakefield profile. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
  5. ^ Angela Huth. Ibid.

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Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Edward Wakefield		 Baronet
(of Kendal)
1969–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent