Margaret Anne (“Anne”) Farndale (nee Buckingham)

Lady Anne Farndale

21 February 1928 to 6 December 2012

The Buckingham Line

The Chapman Family

Married into the Wensleydale Line

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1928

Margaret Anne Buckingham (always known as Anne), the daughter of Percy Robert and Etheldreda Annie (nee Chapman) Buckingham (CHA00021), was born on 21 February 1928 in Findon, Sussex.

With ‘Wendy’, her mongrel puppy

Wendy’s puppies

With Walter and Annie Chapman (‘Nin Nin’ and ‘Pardy’).

1936

Walter and Annie Chapman in Worthing, West Sussex in 1936

1938

Anne’s horse Vicky who used to ride out very slowly and pick up the pace on the way home

1939

1939 Register – Mill House, Findon, Sussex

Buckingham, Percy R, born 23 January 1891, motor transport contractor

Buckingham Etheldreda, born 10 January 1885, domestic duties

Buckingham Margaret A, born 21 February 1928, student at school

Travels from 1945

Anne wrote about her travels in A Cluster of Summer Trees.

1946

Switzerland.

1947

Paris.

1948

The Channel Islands.

1949

Anne worked for the Foreign office.

Egypt.

1950

Cyprus.

1951

Germany

1952

Austria and Bavaria., Holland and Italy.

1953

Belgium and Luxembourg.

1955

Anne Buckingham married Major Martin Farndale (FAR000911) on 13 August 1955 at Findon.

There is a separate page about Martin and Anne’s wedding.

Martin Baker Farndale, aged 26, bachelor, Captain Royal Artillery of Gale Bank Farm Wensley Yorkshire, son of Alfred Farndale, farmer, married by Banns Margaret Anne Buckingham, age 27 spinster of Mill House, Findon daughter of Percy Robert Buckingham, contractor. Both signed. Witnesses Reginald Cecil Chapman, Margaret Louisa Farndale and Etheldreda Annie Buckingham. NW Lydeker Vicar. The wedding was on 13 August 1955.  

There are photographs and other records of the Wedding of Anne Buckingham and Martin Farndale.

Their honeymoon was in the South of France.

1960

Martin was stationed to Malaya. Anne and Martin travelled around southeast Asia.

New Year Party, Seremban, 1961

1962

Martin and Anne drove home from Malaya to Mill House in Findon overland via India, Pakistan, Iran and Turkey in a remarkable adventure always known as “The Journey”.

1963

Richard Martin Farndale, Martin and Anne’s only son, was born at Epson, Surrey on 17 April 1963 (FAR01122).

Dreda, Percy, the Shrimptons, Betty and Richard Percy (Anne’s father)

1983

Martin was knighted in 1983 and Anne became Lady Anne Farndale.

2000

Martin Farndale died on 10 May 2010. Anne moved to Edinburgh to live near her family.

2012

Anne died in Edinburgh on 6 December 2012.

She is buried with Martin in Wensley, North Yorkshire.