Viscountess Dorothy Burgett Weir (Dear)

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Dorothy Weir (Dear)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States
Death: July 23, 2002 (96)
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States
Place of Burial: 851 Valley Road, Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, 07042, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Yerrington Dear, Sr. and May Bessie Dear
Wife of James Kenneth Weir, 2nd Viscount Weir and Edward Francis 'E.F.' Hutton
Ex-wife of Homer Parant Metzger
Mother of Nancy Joan Metzger
Sister of Private; Private and Private

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About Viscountess Dorothy Burgett Weir (Dear)

Viscountess Dorothy Burgett Weir (Dear)

In February 1936 Edward Francis Hutton married twenty-eight-year-old Dorothy Dear Metzger, who had just divorced her husband, Homer P. Metzger, the previous October. Dorothy originally met E.F. through Marjorie's daughter Adelaide who had invited Dorothy and Homer to spend a weekend with her and other friends at Hillwood. Dorothy and Homer P. Metzger had one daughter, Nancy Joan Metzger, who inherited a portion of her stepfather's estate when he died.

The Dowager Viscountess Weir, widow of the 2nd Viscount Weir, died 23 June, 2002, at Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

She was Dorothy, daughter of William Yerrington Dear, and widow of Edward Francis Hutton. She married secondly, in 1973, as his second wife, the 2nd Viscount Weir, CBE, (1905-75), Chairman of the Weir Group, 1955-72; Director of Dunlop Co. Ltd, Scottish Television Ltd & of Montgreenan, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, and Palace Street, London SWI.

Viscountess Weir lived latterly at Far Hills, New Jersey, United States

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Viscountess Dorothy Burgett Weir (Dear)'s Timeline

1905
December 1, 1905
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States
2002
July 23, 2002
Age 96
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States
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Mount Hebron Cemetery, 851 Valley Road, Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, 07042, United States