Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer, FSA FRSL FBA

GRO Births Index

• CREMER, ROBERT WYNDHAM BAYLY
• GRO Reference: 1906 J Quarter in PLYMPTON ST MARY Volume 05B Page 175

Robert Wyndham Cremer was born in Plympton, Devon, on 2 May 1906 to Wyndham Cremer Ketton-Cremer and his wife Emily Bayly. He was educated at Harrow School. He and his brother assumed the surname Ketton-Cremer in 1924. He won an exhibition to Balliol College, Oxford where he read English Literature. While at Oxford he published poetry

To mark the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of sexual activity between men in England and Wales, in summer 2017 the National Trust organised a national "Prejudice and Pride" campaign highlighting the LGBT themes in its properties. At Felbrigg Hall that included displaying a short film—narrated by Stephen Fry—in which it was revealed that Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer was gay,See Independent article anArticle

Two of Ketton-Cremer's godchildren criticised the decision, claiming that a public outing would have been against Ketton-Cremer's wishes and accusing the Trust of using their godfather's private life to generate publicity. Fry defended the Trust's decision, arguing that Ketton-Cremer had only kept his sexuality a secret because of pervasive homophobia and fear of prosecution during his lifetime

"The Last Squire" National Trust

Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer, commonly known as the Last Squire, inherited Felbrigg from his father. He devoted his life to preserving Felbrigg, finally bequeathing it to the National Trust in 1969.

Publications:

• Felbrigg: The Story of a House published 1962
  
• Horace Walpole biography
  
• Thomas Grey biography