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Sir William Walter Mahon, 7th Baronet, (born 4 December 1940) is a retired

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officer. He is descended from

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(1763-1835),

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for

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, who was created a baronet on 14 April 1819.Kidd, Charles, & Williamson, David, (eds) ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (New York: St Martin's Press, 1990 edition) He succeeded his father to the baronetcy in 1987, and his heir is his only son, James William.

Early life and career

The son of Sir George Edward John Mahon, 6th Baronet, and of Audrey Evelyn (

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Jagger), Mahon was educated at

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and was commissioned into the

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in 1960. He served with the British Army in the

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, and

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. From 1993, he was a member of HM the Queen's body guard, the

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, and served as the unit's Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant from 2006 to 2008 and as its Standard Bearer from 2008.'Mahon, Colonel Sir William (Walter)' in

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for 2008 (online edition) For these services, he was appointed

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(LVO) in the 2011 New Year Honours.

Personal life

He was active as a fundraiser for

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from 1993 to 2002 and became Chairman of the National Army Museum Development Trust in 2003. In 1968, he married Rosemary Jane, younger daughter of Lt-Colonel M. E. Melvill

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of Symington,

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, and they have one son (James William Mahon, born 29 October 1976) and two daughters.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mahon, William Walter 1940 births Living people Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom British people of Irish descent Irish Guards officers People educated at Eton College Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms