Capt Bullock-Webster's mother married 1stly 1971, the 6th Earl Cowley
(1946-75), who collapsed and died suddenly whilst playing squash at
the age of 29. Maria Countess Cowley married Lt-Col Robin Bullock-
Webster in 1980. Capt B-W has 2 half-sisters, Lady Alexia Wellesley, b
1973, and Lady Caroline Wellesley b 1976 (posthumously).
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Brooke
On Jan 29, 3:26 am, Michael Rhodes <mig73allenford2...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
'The death of Earl Cowley, and dormancy of his peerage
When Debrett was going to press, the 7th Earl Cowley died on December
13th 1975. As his wife [sic] is expecting a child, his peerages become
dormant until the birth. If a son, he will be born the 8th Earl
Cowley, but if a daughter, the succession passes to the Hon Garret
Graham Wellesley, uncle of the late Earl. There are other examples of
posthumous births to widows of peers and baronets. The 8th Earl of
Chichester was killed on active service on February 21st, 1944. Two
months later, on April 14th, the present Earl was born. Two baronets
succeeded at birth, their fathers having previously been killed on
active service in World War II. These are Sir Mark Palmer, 5th
Baronet, in 1941, and Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd
Baronet, in 1944. The British Crown has never been affected by a
posthumous birth, but this occured in Spain. King Alfonso XIII,
grandfather of the present King of Spain, was born posthumously on May
17th 1886, his father the previous King, Alfonso XII, having died on
November 25th 1885, when his widow, Queen Maria Christina of Habsburg,
became Regent.'
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