Ailwyn Henry George Broughton, 3rd Baron Fairhaven

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Early life

Lord Fairhaven was the son of The Rt Hon. Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd

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, and

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Diana Rosamond Fellowes: his maternal grandfather was Coulson Churchill Fellowes, eldest son of the 2nd Baron de Ramsey. He was educated at

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and the

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Career

On 2 August 1957, he commissioned into the

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, and served in the regiment until his retirement with the rank of

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in 1971. In 1970 he was invested as a Knight as the

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. In 1973 he was Deputy Lieutenant of

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, and on 6 April 1973 he succeeded his father as

and assumed his seat in the

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as a

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. In 1975, Lord Fairhaven was a Justice of the Peace in Cambridgeshire, and between 1977 and 1984 he served as Vice-

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. From 1985 to 1989, Lord Fairhaven was Senior Steward of the

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. In 1992 he was invested as a Knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.

Personal life

On 23 September 1960, he was married to Kathleen Patricia Magill, the eldest daughter of Colonel James Henry Magill OBE, of Queen's House, Ousden. Together they have had six children, including: * The Hon. Diana Cara Broughton (b. 1961), who married (div. 1990) as his first wife Guy Dominic Thornton, the eldest son of Brian Thornton, in 1983. They divorced in 1990 and she married, as his third wife, Capt. Alan Brodie Henderson in 1992, a grandson of

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. * The Hon. James Henry Ailwyn Broughton (b. 1963), who married Sarah Olivia Creighton, a daughter of

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, in 1990. * The Hon. Melanie Frances Broughton (b. 1966), who married (div. 1992) Matthew Eric Smith, eldest son of Dr. Mark Eric Smith, in 1989. They divorced in 1992 and she remarried to Andrew Edgar in 1994. They divorced in 2002. * The Hon. Huttleston Rupert Broughton (1970–2000) * The Hon. Charles Leander Broughton (b. 1973), who married Nicola Goggs on 22 May 1999. * The Hon. Henry Robert Broughton (b. 1978), who married Angela Hampshire on 27 June 2015. Lord Fairhaven's heir apparent is his eldest son, Maj. James Henry Ailwyn Broughton.

References

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