Ailwyn Edward Fellowes, 3rd Baron de Ramsey KBE, TD (16 March 1910 – 31 March 1993) was a British peer and Territorial soldier.

Early life

de Ramsey was the son of the Hon. Coulson Churchill Fellowes (1883–1915), son of

William Fellowes, 2nd Baron de Ramsey William Henry Fellowes, 2nd Baron de Ramsey (16 May 1848 – 8 May 1925), was a British Conservative politician. De Ramsey was the eldest son of Edward Fellowes, 1st Baron de Ramsey, and Hon. Mary Julia Milles. Ailwyn Fellowes, 1st Baron Ailw ...

. His mother was Gwendolene Dorothy, daughter of Harry Wyndham Jefferson. He was educated at

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. His father had died while on active service in the

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and in May 1925, aged 15, he succeeded his grandfather in the barony ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,'' 100th Edn, London, 1953.

World War II

Commissioned as a Second lieutenant in the Territorial Army (TA) shortly before the outbreak of

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, de Ramsay served in 86th (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. He was transferred to the regiment's duplicate, 135th (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, and was Battery Captain of its 499th Field Battery when the regiment was captured at the

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. de Ramsey was a

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of the Japanese for the rest of the war. He was subsequently awarded the

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. In 1956 Lady de Ramsey created a Lady Chapel at the Church of St Thomas à Becket, Ramsey, as a thanksgiving gift for the safe return of her husband from a Japanese Prisoner of War camp.

Public life

In 1947 de Ramsey was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire, a position that was renamed

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in 1965. He continued to hold the office until 1968. In 1974 he was made a KBE. Lord de Ramsey was entitled to a seat in the

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between 1931 and 1993 and spoke 53 times during this period, mainly on water and drainage issues. His maiden speech was in August 1940 and his last speech in November 1981.Ailwyn Edward Fellowes maiden speech
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Family life

Lord de Ramsey married Lilah Helen Suzanne, daughter of Francis Anthony Labouchere, on 27 July 1937. They had four children: * Hon. Sarah Fellowes, born 28 March 1938 * Hon. Jennifer Julia Fellowes, born 30 April 1940 * Hon. John Fellowes, born 27 February 1942 * Hon. Andrew Ailwyn Fellowes, born 24 March 1950 Lady de Ramsey died in 1987. Lord de Ramsey survived her by six years and died in March 1993, aged 83. He was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son,

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References

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