Richard Brandram
| Richard Brandram | |
|---|---|
 Richard Brandram (on the right). | |
| Born |
5 August 1911 Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom |
| Died |
28 March 1994 (aged 82) Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Spouse | Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark |
| Issue | Paul Brandram |
| Father | Richard Andrew Brandram |
| Mother | Maud Campbell Blaker |
Richard Campbell Andrew Brandram (5 August 1911 - 28 March 1994) was a Major in the British Army who married Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark in 1947, which united him with most of the royal families in Europe.
Biography
Richard was born on 5 August 1911 at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England.[1] Richard's father, Richard Andrew Brandram, was the founder of the Bickley Park school in Kent, while his mother, Maud Campbell Blaker, was a housewife.[2] During the Second World War, he served in the British Royal Artillery.[3]
On 21 April 1947, Richard married Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, daughter of King Constantine I of Greece and Princess Sophia of Prussia in the Royal Palace of Athens, whom he had met in 1946 when he was returning to England from Baghdad on the RMS Ascania. They had one son:
- Richard Paul George Andrew Brandram (b. 1 April 1948), married, firstly, Jennifer Diane Steele (23 August 1951), on 12 February 1975 at London, England. The couple had three children; married, secondly, Kate Moreton (b. 1954), on 19 September 2009 at Walton d’Eivile, Warwickshire. The couple had no children.[4]
- Sophie Eila Brandram (b. 23 January 1981)
- Nicholas George Brandram (b. 23 April 1982) married, Katrina Johanne Marie Davis (b. 21 March 1978), on 10 September 2011. The couple have no children.
- Alexia Katherine Brandram (b. 6 December 1985) married, William John Palairet Hicks (b. 14 August 1983), on 29 April 2016 at London, England. The couple have no children.
In July 1947, King George VI granted his wife the status of the daughter of a duke in the British order of precedence. He and his wife lived in Eaton Square in Belgravia, and later moved to Marlow, Buckinghamshire.
Richard died on 28 March 1994, at age 82, after a long illness.
Honours
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Richard Brandram received the Military Cross for his services during the Second World War.
References
- ↑ Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 165
- ↑ Ricardo Mateos Sainz de Medrano, The Family of the Queen Sofía, The Greek Dynasty, the House of Hannover and the Real Cousins of Europe, The Sphere of Books, Madrid, 2004,
- ↑ "Obituary of Lady Katharine Brandam". telegraph.co.uk. 4 October 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ↑ "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.