Myrtle Olive Felix Robertson, 11th Baroness Wharton (née Arbuthnot; 20 February 1934 – 15 May 2000), known as Ziki Robertson and professionally as Ziki Arnot, was a photographer, model and actress. She was the daughter of David George Arbuthnot and Elisabeth, née Kemeys-Tynte, 10th Baroness Wharton. She was brought up in South Africa but moved to England in her teens. When her mother died in 1974, the Barony went into

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. This was terminated in 1990, and Ziki Robertson became 11th Baroness Wharton. She was one of the 92 hereditary peers who were elected under the

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to continue as members of the Lords when most of the hereditary peers lost their seats. She was Vice President of the

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. She married Henry MacLeod Robertson and had four children including Myles Christopher David Robertson, 12th Baron Wharton. She died of

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.Guardian obituaries
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References

* Burke's Peerage & Baronetage 107th edition. *
Amazon, "Parliament in Pictures", Turner & Hudson
1934 births 2000 deaths English photographers Hereditary women peers Deaths from Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease Neurological disease deaths in England 20th-century British women politicians South African emigrants to the United Kingdom South African people of English descent Barons Wharton 20th-century English nobility {{England-baron-stub Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act 1999