Thomas Touchet-Jesson, 23rd Baron Audley

Thomas Percy Henry Touchet-Jesson, 23rd Baron Audley MBE (15 September 1913 – 3 July 1963) was born in Herefordshire, England, to Thomas Touchet Tuchet-Jesson and Annie Rosina Hammacott-Osler and educated at Lancing College. He married twice, initially to June Isabel de Trafford née Chaplin, daughter of Lt.-Col Reginald Chaplin, whom he divorced in 1957. His second marriage, on 26 April 1962, was to Sarah Churchill,[1] daughter of former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine.

The Right Honourable
The Lord Audley
23rd Baron Audley
Tenure27 May 1942 — 3 July 1963
BornThomas Percy Henry Touchet-Jesson
(1913-09-15)15 September 1913
Herefordshire, England
Died3 July 1963(1963-07-03) (aged 49)
Granada, Spain
Spouse(s)
June Chaplin
(m. 1952; div. 1957)
(m. 1962)
FatherThomas Touchet Tuchet-Jesson
MotherAnnie Rosina Hammacott-Osler
RelativesWinston Churchill (father-in-law)

He inherited the title of 23rd Baron Audley on 27 May 1942 by writ, succeeding his second cousin Mary Thicknesse-Touchet, 22nd Baroness Audley on her death. He died during an excursion in Granada, Spain, and was buried in the English Cemetery in Málaga.[1] As he died childless on 3 July 1963, the title passed to his sister Rosina (1911–1973).

References

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  1. ^ a b Vargas, Isabel (20 August 2021). "Del yerno de Churchill a estrellas del cine mudo: los habitantes del Cementerio Inglés de Málaga". El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2024.
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Peerage of England
Preceded by Baron Audley
1942 (by writ) – 1963
Succeeded by