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Flora Breckinridge Fermor <I>Hesketh</I> Lawson

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Flora Breckinridge Fermor Hesketh Lawson

Birth
Lancashire, England
Death
15 Sep 1970 (aged 57)
Northamptonshire, England
Burial
Old Stratford, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England Add to Map
Plot
1; Wall tablet is on south wall below bell tower, with headstone & grave below
Memorial ID
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DAUGHTER OF:
Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh,
the first Lord Hesketh
Florence Louise Breckinridge

FIRST MARRIAGE: 2 Mar 1934
Rupert Baring 4th Baron Revelstoke, two sons; marriage dissolved 1944.
See Photo at right

SECOND MARRIAGE: 12 Apr 1944
Lt Commander Arnold Derek Arthur Lawson

In the 1950s Commander Derek and the Honorable Flora Hesketh Revelstoke Lawson owned the Passenham Manor house and invested in it heavily, developing the property. The 773 acre estate was sold in 1985 after their deaths.

HISTORY:
Flora was the Great-grandaughter of John Cabell Breckinridge, 14th Vice President of U.S.A. (1857-1861), cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln.

CEMETERY MEMORIAL:
Memorial tablet on south wall below bell tower:

Inscription

Very dear wife of Derek Lawson of
Passenham Manor, younger daughter
of Lord Hesketh of Easton Neston.
FLORA
23 Feb 1913 -15 Sept 1970
And have I heard her say, O cruell paine,
And doth she know what mould her beautie beares?
DEREK
4 Oct 1907 - 13 Mar 1984
Much loved husband and father

Below the wall tablet are the Headstone and footstone:
FLORA LAWSON 1913 -1970.
DEREK LAWSON 1907 -1984
'Rest in Peace' F.L. D.L.

SOURCE OF MEMORIAL and GRAVESTONE INSCRIPTIONS:
"by kind permission of Northamptonshire Family History Society"
St. Guthlac's Church Passenham
http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/wdahs/pass/docs/church/gravestones.html
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DAUGHTER OF:
Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh,
the first Lord Hesketh
Florence Louise Breckinridge

FIRST MARRIAGE: 2 Mar 1934
Rupert Baring 4th Baron Revelstoke, two sons; marriage dissolved 1944.
See Photo at right

SECOND MARRIAGE: 12 Apr 1944
Lt Commander Arnold Derek Arthur Lawson

In the 1950s Commander Derek and the Honorable Flora Hesketh Revelstoke Lawson owned the Passenham Manor house and invested in it heavily, developing the property. The 773 acre estate was sold in 1985 after their deaths.

HISTORY:
Flora was the Great-grandaughter of John Cabell Breckinridge, 14th Vice President of U.S.A. (1857-1861), cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln.

CEMETERY MEMORIAL:
Memorial tablet on south wall below bell tower:

Inscription

Very dear wife of Derek Lawson of
Passenham Manor, younger daughter
of Lord Hesketh of Easton Neston.
FLORA
23 Feb 1913 -15 Sept 1970
And have I heard her say, O cruell paine,
And doth she know what mould her beautie beares?
DEREK
4 Oct 1907 - 13 Mar 1984
Much loved husband and father

Below the wall tablet are the Headstone and footstone:
FLORA LAWSON 1913 -1970.
DEREK LAWSON 1907 -1984
'Rest in Peace' F.L. D.L.

SOURCE OF MEMORIAL and GRAVESTONE INSCRIPTIONS:
"by kind permission of Northamptonshire Family History Society"
St. Guthlac's Church Passenham
http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/wdahs/pass/docs/church/gravestones.html
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