John Reginald Lopes Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baron Churston, MVO, OBE (9 November 1873 – 19 April 1930) was a

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and soldier. He is the grandfather of Karim Aga Khan, leader of the

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, an Islamic sect.

Early life

Yarde-Buller was born on 9 November 1873. He was the only son of the

John Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baron Churston John Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baron Churston (26 October 1846 – 19 April 1910) was a British peer and soldier. The elder son of the Hon. John Yarde-Buller (eldest son of John Yarde-Buller, 1st Baron Churston) and of Charlotte, a daughter of Edward Sa ...

and Barbara Yelverton. His mother was the only child of Sir Hastings Yelverton and the 20th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn.Peter W. Hammond, editor, ''The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda'' (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 81. He was educated at

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Career

Yarde-Buller was commissioned a

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in the

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on 8 April 1896 and promoted to

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on 13 April 1898. Following the outbreak of the

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in late 1899, Yarde-Buller was with the 2nd Battalion of his regiment as it left

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for

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on the SS ''Britannic'' in March 1900. On arrival, the battalion was attached to the 16th Infantry Brigade serving as part of the

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under Sir

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. Yarde-Buller was present at operations in the

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May–November 1900, including the action at Biddulphsberg in May 1900 and Wittebergen in July 1900.G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14'' (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 210. After his return from the war, he was appointed aide-de-camp to The Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India in January 1902, and promoted to captain on 23 April 1902. He served in India until the following year, then as ADC to The Duke of Connaught from 1904 to 1906. He later became a

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in the short-lived 3rd Resident Battalion of the

Personal life

On 24 April 1907, he married the music hall singer Jessie Denise Orme Smither, only daughter of Alfred John Smither. Before their divorce in 1928, they had six children, most of whom were known for their high-profile marriages and divorces: * Hon. Joan Barbara Yarde-Buller (1908–1997), who married G/Capt Loel Guinness in 1927. They divorced in 1936 and she remarried to

Prince Aly Khan Prince Ali Salman Aga Khan (13 June 1911 – 12 May 1960), known as Aly Khan, was a Pakistani diplomat of Iranian and Italian descent. He was the son of the Aga Khan III, and the father of Aga Khan IV. A socialite, racehorse owner and jockey, ...

. They too divorced, in 1949, and she married, thirdly, to the 2nd Viscount Camrose.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. volume 1, page 790. * Richard Francis Roger Yarde-Buller, 4th Baron Churston (1910–1991), who married three times. * Hon. John Reginald Henry (1915–1962), soldier who married Guendolen Osborn Roots, daughter of Rev. Charles Roots, in 1939. * Hon. Denise Margaret Yarde-Buller (1916–2005), who married the 5th Baron Ebury before divorcing in 1954. * Hon. Lydia Yarde-Buller (1917–2006), who married

John Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford John Ian Robert Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford (24 May 1917 – 25 October 2002), styled Lord Howland until 1940, and styled Marquess of Tavistock from 1940 until 1953, was a writer and a British peer. As a businessman, the Duke and J. Chipperf ...

. * Hon. Primrose Lillian Yarde-Buller (1918–1970), who married the 7th Earl Cadogan before divorcing in 1960. In 1910, Yarde-Buller inherited his father's title and he and his wife divorced in 1928. In 1926. When he died on 19 April 1930, his eldest son inherited his title. Lady Churston later married, and divorced Theodore William Wessel, the former Danish chargé d'affaires in Chile, before marrying the 7th Duke of Leinster in 1946.

References

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