Cherry Drummond, 16th Baroness Strange

Jean Cherry Drummond of Megginch, 16th Baroness Strange (born December 17, 1928 , † March 11, 2005 in Megginch Castle ) was a hereditary peeress, a crossbencher in the House of Lords and the author of romantic novels and historical publications.

Life

Strange went to Oxenfoord Castle Boarding School near Edinburgh and studied English and history at St Andrews University . She married Humphrey Evans , MC , a captain in the Mountain Artillery in 1952 . Both took the surname Drummond of Megginch when they moved to Megginch Castle. The couple had 3 sons and 3 daughters:

• Adam Humphrey, 17th Baron Strange (born 1953)
• Charlotte Cherry (* 1955)
• Humphrey John Jardine (born 1961)
• Amelie Margaret Mary (* 1963)
• John Humphrey Hugo (* 1966)
• Catherine Star Violetta (* 1967)

In April 2006 it was announced that Lady Strange had changed her will on her deathbed, so that the entire estate was bequeathed to her youngest daughter Catherine.

title

Although the family's country house, Megginch Castle, is in Perthshire , Scotland , the family's title, Baron Strange , belongs to the Peerage of England . Her father, John Drummond, 15th Baron Strange , had tried for many years to end an abeyance that had emerged in 1957 after the death of James Stewart-Murray, 9th Duke of Atholl . He finally received his title of nobility in 1965. The passing of the title was again delayed in 1982 by an Abeyance, but this was decided in 1986 in the interests of Cherry. She gave her maiden address on March 4, 1987 in the House of Lords. When the baroness died, the title was passed on to her eldest son, Adam .

Politics and public life

She had traditional conservative views, but defied the Conservative Party's whip vote in December 1998 when William Hague announced the dismissal of Lord Cranborne for discussing reform of the House of Lords with Tony Blair . As a result of these reforms, the number of hereditary peers who have a seat in the House of Lords has been reduced. Her 1999 manifesto, limited to a maximum of 75 words to get one of the remaining seats, was: "I bring flowers every week to this House from my castle in Perthshire." Then she got a seat in the Crossbenchers.

She was president of the War Widows Association of Great Britain from 1990 .

Publications

Strange wrote several romantic short stories using the Cherry Evans pen name , including Love From Belinda (1960) and Love Is For Ever (1988). Under the name Cherry Drummond , she wrote The Remarkable Life of Victoria Drummond - Marine Engineer , a biography of an aunt of Victoria Drummond , a goddaughter of Queen Victoria , who had worked as an engineer for the Blue Funnel Line for 40 years .

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• Obituary from The Times
• Obituary in The Guardian
• Obituary from The Courier

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Strange case of the baroness who rewrote £ 3m will on her deathbed , The Times. April 20, 2006. Retrieved September 5, 2008. 

predecessor	Office	successor
John Drummond	Baroness Strange 1987-2005	Adam Drummond