John Mervyn Manningham-Buller, 2nd Viscount Dilhorne (28 February 1932 – 25 June 2022), was a British peer and barrister.
Background and education
Lord Dilhorne was the son of Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne, and his wife, Lady Mary Lindsay, daughter of David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford. His sister is Eliza Manningham-Buller, Baroness Manningham-Buller, the former head of MI5. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.
Dilhorne was tall.
Career
After service in the Coldstream Guards,
Marriage and children
Lord Dilhorne married, firstly, Gillian Stockwell, on 8 October 1955, and they were divorced in 1973. They had three children:
- James Edward Manningham-Buller, 3rd Viscount Dilhorne (born 20 August 1956)
- Hon. Mervyn Reginald Manningham-Buller (born 11 July 1962)
- Hon. Mary Louise Manningham-Buller (born 8 March 1970)
Dilhorne married, secondly, Susannah Jane Eykyn, on 17 December 1981. She is a professor of clinical microbiology associated with St Thomas' Hospital.
The Dilhornes had homes in London and at Minterne Parva, near Cerne Abbas, Dorset.
Dilhorne died on 25 June 2022, at the age of 90,
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