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| Walter was born on 27 February 1885, the only son of Leo Bernard William Bonn and Ida-Delphina Amalie Maria Elsa Bach, at London. He was Christened at the Private Chapel at Wotton House, Buckinghamshire; which his father had purchased in 1875 from the family of the last Duke of Buckingham. Educated at Eton College, and subsequently at New College, Oxford (BA, MA) - RMA Sandhurst - Officer of the Leicestershire Yeomanry and the Welsh Guards, Mentioned in Dispatches and recommended for the VC |
in WW1, but "no senior officer present".
After WW1 he married Le(opoldi)na Theodora Davidson of Inchmarlo, JP (Wiltshire 1930), 8th in line of descent from HM King Charles II, in October 1924 at The RC Brompton Oratory, Knightsbridge.
Shortly after WW2 Major Bonn retired from the court to his several estates and moved the family seat to the Island of Jersey, where its seat, as 'Bonn of Oaklands' remains
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| Michael Walter | Born 12 Jan 1927 | Married Elizabeth Mary Buxton | ||
| Christopher Leslie Leo | Born 18 Sep 1928 | London | Married Edwina Sylvia de Winton Wills, Viscountess Savernake |
| Walter Basil Louis Bonn |
b: 27 Feb 1885 London 1885 1Q Kensington 1a 189 son of Leo Bernard William Bonn and Ida-Delphina Amalie Maria Elsa Bach |
| Lena Theodora Davidson |
b: abt 1894 Aldershot, Berkshire 1894 4Q Farnham 2a 103 daughter of Colonel Leslie Davidson and Lady Theodora Keppel |
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7 Oct 1924 Walter Basil Louis Bonn Lena Theodora Davidson | The RC Brompton Oratory, Knightsbridge 1924 4Q Kensington 1a 438 |
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MAJOR W. B. BONN AND MISS DAVIDSON The marriage took place yesterday at the Oratory, Brompton, of Major Walter Basil Bonn, D.S.O., M.C., late Welsh Guards, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Bonn, to Lena, youngest daughter of the late Colonel Leslie Davidson and Lady Theodora Davidson, of Hampton Court Palace. The bride, who was given away by her mother, wore a tunic of silver tissue with an overdress of white satin beauté, heavily embroidered in diamanté. The train was of tulle and silver lace, and was borne by her nephews, Master Simon and Master Christopher Maude. She also wore a pearl necklace and pearl earrings. The pages were dressed in short apricot taffeta breeches and georgette blouses, with Byron collars, while the five little bridesmaids - Miss |
Jacqueline Maude (Niece of the bride), Miss Ursula Taggert, Miss Rosemary Douglas, Miss Mary Chichester, and Miss Ann Fitzroy - were in silver tissue slips with white frilled overskirts and wreaths of apricot rosebuds. They carried bouquets of Sunburst roses, tied with apricot ribbon. Captain Rawle, a brother officer of the bridegroom, was best man, and Father Crewse officiated. There was a reception afterwards at Maude's Hotel, Queen's-gate. Major and Mrs. Bonn left afterwards for a motor-car tour in the south of France, the latter going away in a dress of navy-blue gaberdine, with a white pleated waistcoat, a blue cloth motor coat with fur collar and cuffs, and a toque ornamented with bird-of-Paradise. |
| Michael Walter Bonn |
b: 12 Jan 1927 Mayfair, London 1927 1Q St Geo Hanover Sq. 1a 534 son of Walter Basil Louis Bonn and Lena Theodora Davidson |
| BONN - On Jan. 12, 1927 at 22 Upper Brook Street, to Lena, wife of MAJOR WALTER BONN - a son. |
| Christopher Leslie Leo Bonn |
b: 18 Sep 1928 Mayfair, London 1928 4Q St Geo Hanover Sq. 1a 488 son of Walter Basil Louis Bonn and Lena Theodora Davidson, 22 Upper Brook Street |
| BONN - On Sept. 18, 1928 at 22 Upper Brook Street, to Lena, wife of MAJOR WALTER BONN - a son. |
| Major Walter Basil Louis Bonn, D.S.O., M.C. |
Died 10 Sep 1973, Age 88, at his estate, "Oaklands", on the Island of Jersey |
| BONN - On 10th September, in his 89th year, in Jersey, Major Walter Bonn, D.S.O., M.C., beloved husband of Lena Theodora Bonn (nee Davidson). Funeral will take place at St Peter's Church, 11:00 a.m. on Friday, 14th September. |
| Lena Theodora (Davidson) Bonn | Died 5 Jul 1974 at a nursing home on the Island of Jersey |
| BONN - On 5 July 1974, peacefully, at a nursing home in Jersey, C. I.. Lena Theodora, widow of Major Walter Bonn, D.S.O., M.C., fortified by the rights of holy church. R.I.P. A Requiem mass will be held at the Church of the Sacred Heart, St. Aubin, Jersey, on Friday, July 12, at 2:30 p.m. Committal private. Flowers to G. E. Croad Ltd., funeral directors, 89 Don Road, by 1 p.m. Also a Requiem mass will be held at St. Mary's Church, Cadogan St., London, S.W.3. on Monday, July 15th, at 12 noon. |