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7190. Hon. Angela Chatfield was born in 1910 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. She died on 18 August 1943 at the age of 33 in North West, Surrey, England. Birth GRO 4th qtr 1910 CHATFIELD, Angela Portsmouth 2b 482 Death GRO 3rd qtr 1943 DONNER, Angela aged 32 Surrey N.W. 2a 410 No issue.
Hon. Angela Chatfield and Sir Patrick William Donner were married on 25 April 1938 in Westminster, London, England. M.P. to wed: The engagement has been announced between Mr Patrick Donner, Conservative M.P. for Basingstoke and the Hon. Angela Chatfield, 27-year-old elder daughter of Lord Chatfield, The First Sea Lod and Chief of the Naval Staff. Listed in The Straits Times of Singapore, 3 Apr 1938. Marriages Jun 1938 Chatfield, Angela Donner Westminster 1a 1255 Donner, Patrick W Chatfield Westminster 1a 1255 MARRIAGE TO M.P. Hon. A. Chatfield, elder daughter of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chatfield and Lady Chatfield. Given away by her father, the bride wore a charming gown of pale ivory satin. A full tulle veil was held in place by a circle wreath of small orange blossom and was lent by Lady Diana Duff Cooper and the First Lord of the Admiralty for the reception which followed the marriage yesterday in St. Margaret's, Westminster, of Mr. P. Donner, M.P. for the B, Hon. K. Chatfield, was accompanied by Miss A. Wingate-Grey. The honeymoon is being spent on the Continent. Western Morning News, South West, England. 26/04/1938 HAMPSHIRE M.P.'s WEDDING Angela Chatfield. The bridegroom is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Ossian Donner, of 22, Princes Gardens, S.W., and the bride the elder daughter of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chatfield (First Sea Lord) and Lady Chatfield. Among the wedding gifts was pair ... Katharine Chatfield (sister of the bride) and Miss Anne Wingate- Gray (cousin of the bridegroom). They wore dresses of ivory-white net, mounted over white silk faille, the caped sleeves and full skirts finished with lace applique, and the waists encircled ........ Western Gazette, South West, England. 29/04/1938 Sir Patrick William Donner, son of Ossian Donner, was born on 4 December 1904 in Finland. He died on 19 August 1988 at the age of 83. Sir Patrick William Donner (4 December 1904 – 19 August 1988) was a British Member of Parliament (MP) and a member of the influential Finland-Swedish Donner family. His family moved from Helsinki, Finland to London, England in 1919. His mother was Violet McHutchen of Edinburgh and his father Ossian Donner, headed Finland's first Diplomatic Mission in London 1919-1925. The family later settled in England for good and his father became a British citizen. Donner studied English literature at Exeter College, Oxford and later entered business. He was elected at the 1931 election as Conservative MP for Islington West. This seat being marginal, Donner was selected for the safe Conservative seat of Basingstoke for the 1935 election, against the wishes of Conservative Central Office who preferred Sir Francis Lindley.The papers of Sir Henry Maxence Cavendish Drummond Wolff appear to indicate that Sir Oswald Mosley interviewed Patrick Donner to decide upon his suitability to serve as MP for the Basingstoke constituency, which had previously been held by two committed Fascists in Sir Henry MC Drummond Wolff and Viscount Lymington.2 In Parliament, Donner was active on British Empire and Indian policy, playing an important part in the India Defence League. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II and was knighted in 1953. He served as Basingstoke's MP for 20 years, stepping down at the 1955 election. Donner's memoirs, Crusade: A Life Against the Calamitous Twentieth Century, were released in 1984. Had issue by second wife: Hon Henry William Palmer, of Burhunt Farm, Selborne, co. Hampshire, granted the style and precedence of the younger son of an Earl by Royal Warrant 1985, Master of the Mercers' Company 1992 (b. 12 Jul 1941; d. 1 Apr 2010), mar. 5 Oct 1968 (Patricia) Minette Donner (b. 11 Feb 1948), 1st dau. of Rt Hon Sir Patrick William Donner MP, of Hurstbourne Park, Whitchurch, co. Hampshire, by his second wife Pamela Louise Forster, yst. dau. of Rear Adm Herbert Acheson Forster MVO RN, and had issue
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