Frederick Fermor-Hesketh, 2nd Baron Hesketh

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Frederick Fermor-Hesketh, 2nd Baron Hesketh , (born April 8, 1916 , † June 10, 1955 ), was a British nobleman and officer.

Origin and upbringing

Hesketh was the second son of Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 1st Baron Hesketh , and Florence Louise Breckinridge of Kentucky , daughter of John Witherspoon Breckinridge and granddaughter of General (CSA) John C. Breckinridge , Vice President of the United States and 1857-1861 Secretary of War of the Confederate States of America . He was from 1926 in Eton and later at Magdalene College of Cambridge University educated.

military service

Hesketh was a major in the Scots Guards . He succeeded his father after his death on July 20, 1944 as Baron Hesketh. In 1950 he became Deputy Lieutenant of Northamptonshire .

Family life

On November 22, 1949 he married Christian Mary McEwen (known as Christian Lady Hesketh , * July 17, 1929 , † April 7, 2006 ), daughter of Captain Sir John Helias Finnie McEwen . They had three children: Thomas Alexander (born October 28, 1950 ), Robert (born November 1, 1951 , † February 2, 1997 in a car accident) and John (born March 15, 1953 , † November 2, 2008 ).

Hesketh collected valuable books in the 1950s. His legates sold some of his books, manuscripts and letters at Sotheby’s in 2010 . The four volumes of John James Audubon's Birds of America were bought from a London bookseller for £ 7,321,250.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Major Frederick Fermor Hesketh, 2nd Baron Hesketh on thepeerage.com , accessed September 18, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b c The Dowager Lady Hesketh. Daily Telegraph, April 12, 2006 . Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  3. ↑ Stephen Schwartz: Robert Fermor-Hesketh . SF Gate, February 11, 1997 . Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  4. ↑ Johnny Hesketh . The Telegraph, November 6, 2008 . Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  5. ↑ World record as book sells for £ 7m . Daily Telegraph. December 8, 2010. Retrieved December 16, 2014.

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predecessor Office successor
Thomas Fermor Hesketh Baron Hesketh
1944–1955 		Alexander Fermor-Hesketh
personal data
SURNAME Hesketh, Frederick Fermor-
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1916
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 1955