In memoriam

Fortune, Duchess of Grafton The Queen was represented by the Hon Mary Morrison at a memorial service for Fortune, Duchess of Grafton held yesterday at the Queen’s Chapel of the Savoy, London WC2.

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall were represented by the Earl of Rosslyn.

The Earl and Countess of Wessex were represented by Maj Gen Alastair Bruce of Crionaich.

The Princess Royal was represented by Leonora, Countess of Lichfield.

The Duke and Duchess of Kent were represented by Mr Nicholas Marden and Princess Alexandra was represented by Mrs Peter Afia.

Canon Thomas Woodhouse, Chaplain and Deputy Priest in Ordinary, and Chaplain of the Royal Victorian Order, officiated.

The Duke of Grafton (grandson) read the lesson. Lord Charles Fitzroy (son) paid tribute to his mother and the Hon Tim Knatchbull (godson) read from Act

V of The Merchant of Venice, by Shakespeare. Among others present were:

Lady Henrietta St George (daughter), Lady Virginia Fitzroy (daughter), Mr Guy and Lady Rose Monson (son-in-law and daughter), Lady Charles Fitzroy (daughter-in-law), Mr Henry St George, Miss Katie St George, Mr Nico Fitzroy, Mr George Fitzroy, Miss Olivia Monson, Miss Leonora Monson, Mr Charles and Lady Louise Vaughan, the Duchess of Grafton, Lady Emily Mullan, Mr Ruaridh and Lady Charlotte Hook, Lady Isobel Fitzroy (grandchildren), Cristabel Vaughan, Scarlet Vaughan, Joseph Vaughan, Francis Vaughan, Wilfred Hook, Ted Hook, Oonagh Hook, Constance Mullan, Nancy Mullan (great grandchildren), Mr Julian Smith, Mr Hugo Smith, Mr and Mrs Martin Kershaw, the Hon Lady Soames, Mr and Mrs Michael Fitzroy, Mr and Mrs Simon Sheffield, Mr and Mrs Adam Seccombe, the Earl and Countess of Verulam.

The Marquess of Cholmondeley, the Earl and Countess of Ronaldshay, the Countess of Antrim, the Countess of Dalhousie, the Earl and Countess of Airlie, Viscount Brookeborough, Lord and Lady Charles Cecil, Lady Angela Oswald, Lord Fellowes and Lady Jane Fellowes, Lady Hamilton of Epsom, Lady Elton, Lord and Lady Janvrin, Lord Tollemache, Baroness Manningham-buller, the Hon Jason Cooper, Lady Amanda Ellingworth, Lady Jane Nairac, Lady Doune Wake, Lady Susan Hussey, the Hon Richard Pleydell-bouverie, the Hon Mrs Christopher Chetwode, the Hon Mary Pearson, the Hon Harriet Smyly, the Hon Lady Bonsor, Lt Col Sir Alexander Matheson of Matheson, Sir John and Lady Nutting, Sir Hayden and Lady Phillips, Sir Chips Keswick, Lady Goodison, Lady Bayliss, Lady Ross, Sir Hugh Roberts, Sir Francis Richards, Mr and the Hon Mrs Anthony Newman, Prince and Princess Alexander Galitzine.

Mrs Elizabeth Blood, representing Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Nurses’ League, Mr Kevin Coyne, representing International Students House, Mrs Robert de Pass, Miss Katharine Goodison, Mr Alec Cobbe, Mr and Mrs Peter Troughton, Mrs Doune Mackenzie-francis, Mr Edward Jewson, Mrs Adrian Hopkinson, Mr James Sykes, Mr Malcolm Hay, Mr and Mrs Richard Gurney, Mr and Mrs Edward Harley, His Hon David Owen-jones, Mr David Andersonevans, Lt Col Anthony Mather, Mrs Louise Calderbank, Mr Richard Hayward, Mr Bertie Hayward, Mrs Hady Wakefield, Mrs Charles Irby, Mrs Jakes Ferguson, Mr and Mrs Nicholas Baring, Miss Anne Beckwith Smith, Mr and Mrs William Martineau, Mr Henry Bowring, Mr Christopher Palmertomkinson, Mr and Mrs Duncan Byatt, Mr and Mrs Tom Birch-reynardson, Mrs Richard Bonsor, Mrs Michael Lindsell, Mr and Mrs Miles Cresswellturner, Mr Jamie Lowther-pinkerton, Mrs Ronald Stewart-brown, Mr Ian Monks, Mrs Fevronia Micklethwait, Mrs Sarah Horsley, Canon Sally Fogden, the Rev Sue Nutt, Mr Paul Whybrew, Mrs Edward Gordon-lennox, Mr and Mrs Robin Parish, Mrs Camilla Dangerfield, Mr Charlie Butter, Mr Lorne Nelson, Mr John Micklethwait, Mr Bill Mcnaught, Miss Clare Finnimore.

Mr Charlie Seymour, Mr Nick Gingell, Mr Ewan Christian, Mr Johnnie Pilkington, Mrs Fi Smith, Mr and Mrs Andrew Duncan, Mrs Mikey Sutherland, Mrs Sue Collins, Mr and Mrs Andrew Hay, Mrs Anthea Secker, Mrs Alice Briggs, Mr and Mrs Tim Coleridge, Mr and Mrs Johnnie Harley, Mrs Jane Rae and Mr Alan Cowie, Mr and Mrs Ian Gill, Mrs Bridget Buxton, Mrs Gill Farrow, Mrs Rosemary Francis, Mr Peter Barnes, Mrs Alastair Campbell, Mrs Robert Holden, Mrs Tina Clarfelt, Mrs Sandra Bull, Ms Lena Robinson, Miss Jean Grey, Mr Frank Holland, Mr and Mrs Rory Musker, Mrs Kathy Pieterse, Ms Sally Bucu, Mr and Mrs Christopher Penn, Mr and Mrs Christopher Spicer, Mrs Janie Spring, Mr and Mrs James Macdonald, Lt Col Peter Hunter, Mrs Mandy Parker, Mr Peter Staff, Mr William Tyne, Mr and Mrs Nicholas Thornhill, Mrs Noelle Parr and Mr and Mrs Alexander Fraser, together with many other friends.