Robert Laycock - Family

Family

Laycock was married in 1935 to Claire Angela Louise Dudley Ward (1916–1999) younger daughter of The Right Honourable William Dudley Ward, Liberal MP for Southampton by his wife Freda Dudley Ward née Winifred May Birkin, granddaughter of Sir Thomas Isaac Birkin, 1st Baronet. By his wife, he had two sons, and three daughters. His wife Angela, Lady Laycock, died in 1999.

Issue

1. Joseph William Peter Laycock (1938-bef. 16 December 1980), accidentally drowned with his eight-year-old daughter Flora in a boating accident on the river Thames, and was survived by two children. He married 1971 Eve Lucinda Fleming (b. 15 May 1947), better known as the actress Lucy Fleming, younger daughter of Peter Fleming, otherwise Lt. Col. (Robert) Peter Fleming, OBE (1907–1971) by his wife Dame Celia Johnson, actress (1908–1982). Lucy Fleming is a niece of Ian Fleming, creator of "James Bond", and has remarried.
2. Benjamin Richard Laycock (b. 1947); married 1971, and has issue 1 son and 2 daughters.
3. Edwina Ottilie Jane Laycock (b. 1936) has been twice married, and has issue by both marriages.
4. Emma Rose Laycock, now Lady Temple (b. 1943), married 1964 Sir Richard Chartier Carnac Temple, 5th Bt. (b. 1937), elder son and heir of Sir Richard Antony Purbeck Temple, 4th Bt., of The Nash, MC ( 1913- 5 December 2007) by his first wife Lucy Geils de Lotbinière, dau of Alain Joly de Lotbinière, of Montreal; they have issue, three daughters.
5. Katherine Martha Laycock (b. 1949); married 1969 David Mlinaric (b. 1939), interior designer and decorator, has three children.<