Pamela Kirkham, 16th Baroness Berners

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Pamela Vivien Kirkham, 16th Baroness Berners (born 30 September 1929) is an English hereditary peeress and former member of the House of Lords, who served as an NHS nurse.[1]

Career[]

Born in Gloucestershire, she was the elder daughter of Vera Ruby née Tyrwhitt (15th Baroness Berners) by her husband, Harold Williams JP. She was educated at Stonar School and the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford where she qualified as a State Registered Nurse (SRN) in 1951, thereafter working in the National Health Service.[2]

The Hon Pamela Williams married, in 1952, Captain Michael Kirkham, an officer in the Derbyshire Yeomanry.[3]

Upon her mother's death in 1992, the ancient Berners barony by writ of summons fell into abeyance between her and her younger sister, Rosemary née Williams (now styled The Hon Mrs Pollock: her husband is Kelvin Pollock FCA). As is customary in such uncontested cases, the HoL Committee of Privileges terminated the barony's abeyance in favour of the elder daughter, thus Lady Berners succeeded her mother in the family title in 1995. She joined the Conservative benches in the House of Lords, speaking about health and nursing matters, where she sat until 1999.[4]

The heir apparent to the title is her elder son, The Hon Rupert Kirkham (born 1953), who married on 12 February 1994, Lisa Lipsey, whose father was the decorated USAF pilot, Colonel Edward Lipsey (died 2002).[5] The Hon Rupert and Mrs Kirkham live in Bath, Somerset with their son, Edward (born 1994).[6]

See also[]

Arms[]

Coat of arms of Pamela Kirkham, 16th Baroness Berners
Armoiries des barons Berners.svg
Notes
Style: The Lady Berners
Shield: displayed on a Lozenge
Coronet
Coronet of a British Baron.svg Coronet of a Baroness
Crest
Not applicable
Escutcheon
Quarterly of ten: 1st Argent a Chevron reversed per pale Azure and Gules per chevron reversed counter-changed (Williams); 2nd Grandquarters (Tyrwhitt & Jones), quarterly of four first and fourth Gules three Peewits two and one Or, second and third Argent a Lion rampant Vert vulned in the mouth Proper; 3rd Gules three Peewits two and one Or (Tyrwhitt); 4th Argent three Boars' Heads erect and erased Sable (Booth); 5th Sable a Wolf salient Or in chief a Fleur-de-lys Argent between two Bezants (Wilson); 6th Argent a Bend Sable within a Bordure engrailed Sable (Knyvett); 7th Argent a Cross engrailed Gules between four Water Bougets Sable, over all a Label of three points Azure charged with three Lions rampant Or (Bourchier); 8th Gules Billety Or a Fess Argent (Lovayne); 9th Grandquarters, quarterly of four first and fourth France modern, second and third England all within a Bordure Argent (Thomas of Woodstock); 10th Quarterly Or and Vert (Berners).
Supporters
Dexter: A Falcon rising wings elevated Argent jessed and belled Or;
Sinister: A Greyhound Proper gorged with a Collar Gules studded Or.
Motto
"Time tryeth truth"
Symbolism
The heraldic quarterings represent the family's descent since the creation of the Berners title for a cadet branch of the Bourchier family (7th quart.), which for example depict in the 2nd the arms of the Tyrwhitt-Wilson baronets and in the 9th Thomas of Woodstock (Duke of Gloucester)'s coat of arms:
Blason des 13e et 14e barons Berners.svg Bourchier.svg Arms of Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester.svg

References[]

  1. ^ Hereditary Peerage Association
  2. ^ www.rcn.org.uk
  3. ^ www.thepeerage.com
  4. ^ Hansard
  5. ^ www.holmescountyherald.com Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk
  7. ^ www.visionofbritain.org.uk

External links[]

Peerage of England
Preceded by
Vera Williams
 Baroness Berners
1995–present 		Incumbent
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