George Silver Oliver Annesley Colthurst

http://www.thepeerage.com/p4628.htm#i46272 George Silver Oliver Annesley Colthurst was born on 1 March 1931 at London, England.1 He was the son of Sir Richard St. John Jefferyes Colthurst, 8th Bt. and Denys Maida Hanmer West. He married, firstly, Hon. Elizabeth Sophia Sidney, daughter of William Philip Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle, V.C. and Hon. Jacqueline Corinne Yvonne Vereker, on 10 October 1959 at Tonbridge, Kent, England. He and Hon. Elizabeth Sophia Sidney were divorced in 1966. He married, secondly, Caroline Romaine Combe, daughter of Commander Anthony Boyce Combe and Sybil Barbara Farquhar, on 22 May 1968. He died on 16 August 2008 at age 77 at France. George Silver Oliver Annesley Colthurst usually went by his middle name of Oliver. He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow on the Hill, London, England. He gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the service of the The Life Guards. He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Master of Arts (M.A.). He was a partner of de Zoete and Bevan between 1961 and 1981. He became a Liveryman of the Goldsmiths' Company. He lived in 2003 at Le Bourg 16450, Beaulieu-sur-Sonnette, Charente, France.

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Birth registration, 1931, Kensington, London. "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVQ7-YDCQ : 1 October 2014), George S O A Colthurst, 1931; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Kensington, London, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.

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1st marriage to Elizabeth Sidney, Oct-Nov-Dec 1959. England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVDR-1J7B : 8 October 2014), George S O Colthurst and null, 1959; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1959, quarter 4, vol. 5B, p. 1573, Tonbridge, Kent, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

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2nd marriage to Caroline Combe, Apr-May-Jun 1968. "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV6D-YQ55 : 8 October 2014), George S O Colthurst and null, 1968; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1968, quarter 2, vol. 5A, p. 1207, Chelsea, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

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According to his wife's obit, he was of the family that owned the Blarney Castle in Cork. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colthurst_baronets