Gibbs Family Tree
Rev. Canon Mark Meynell
1914 - 2006 (92 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
1. Rev. Canon Mark Meynell was born on 19 Feb 1914 in Portman Square, Marylebone, London; died on 5 Apr 2006 in Framlingham, Suffolk. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1984, Framlingham, Suffolk
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Son of Lt. Col. Francis Hugo Lindley Meynell, DSO (see E. Halifax colls.). Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.
Ordained 21 Sep 1941 at St Albans Abbey. Retired 1979. Canon Theologian Emeritus of Coventry Cathedral. Director of Ordination Training for Coventry Diocese. Held livings at St. Albans; Folkington, Sussex; Marlesford, Suffolk; Cogenloe, Northans; Leamington-Hastings, Warwicks.
Obituary Yorkshire Post 29 April 2006:
A MEMBER of the family which owned the Temple Newsam estate in Leeds has died at the age of 92 Canon Mark Meynell, nephew of Emily Meynell Ingram of Temple Newsam, died 11 days after the death of his wife of 65 years, Diana. Mark Meynell was born on February 19, 1914, third son of Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Hugo Lindley Meynell and the former Lady Dorothy Legge, OBE, daughter of the 6th Earl of Dartmouth. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he was ordained in 1941, serving as Canon Theologian of Coventry Cathedral from 1973 to 1978. Retiring in 1979, he spent his latter years at Framlingham, Suffolk. He married Diana Ponsonby in 1940 and they had three sons and a daughter. The Temple Newsam estate was sold by the family to Leeds City Council in 1922.
Mark married Diana Mary Ponsonby on 4 Jul 1940 in Wootton, Oxfordshire. Diana (daughter of Sir Charles Edward Ponsonby, TD and The Hon. Winifred Marian Gibbs, JP) was born on 8 Apr 1916 in 9 Portman Square, St. Marylebone, London; died on 25 Mar 2006 in Framlingham, Suffolk. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. Christopher Mark Meynell (1.Mark1) Christopher married The Hon. Elizabeth Margaret Gretton [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. Rev. Mark John Henrik Meynell (2.Christopher2, 1.Mark1) Mark married Rachel Joyce Barnado Carr [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. Dr. Guy Francis Meynell (2.Christopher2, 1.Mark1) Guy married Anna Lily Latham [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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