Peter Ralfe Harrington Evans-Freke, 11th Baron Carbery (20 March 192028 July 2012) was the 11th

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from 1970 until his death at the age of 92 in 2012. Evans-Freke was educated at Downside, a

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boarding school in

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. He later joined the Royal Engineers and during the

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saw active service behind enemy lines in

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, where he took part in raids to destroy Japanese infrastructure. He then served in

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and ended his military service with the rank of captain. Following World War II, he became a director of an equine and livestock insurance company. He married firstly Joyzelle, an Australian, and they had three sons and two daughters. In a marriage which lasted more than sixty years, they were frequent visitors to

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. On 25 December 1970, he succeeded an uncle in the family peerage and

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. He had an interest in agriculture, music and poetry. He was a

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, and became a Military Knight of Malta, one of the most prominent military orders of the

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. Following his wife's death in 2006, he married again, remaining with his second wife, Elisabeth, until his death in July 2012. His body was entombed in the ancient family vault, the crypt of the ruined chapel of Castle Freke in

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, following a funeral ceremony and

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at the church in Rathbarry. His remains were placed next to those of his first wife, who was interred there in 2006. It was the first time the vault at Castle Freke had been opened since 1852. His religious beliefs were reflected in the placing of a rosary on his coffin for the Mass. He was outlived by his second wife, Elisabeth, Lady Carbery, and his five children, and was succeeded by his son

Michael Evans-Freke, 12th Baron Carbery Michael Peter Evans-Freke, 12th Baron Carbery (born 11 October 1942), is a peer of the realm, peer in the Peerage of Ireland. He was educated at Downside School, Christ Church, Oxford (MA, 1969), the University of Strathclyde (MBA), and King's Co ...

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