Air Vice-Marshal Barry Hamilton Newton, CB, CVO, OBE, RAF, sometime Gentleman Usher to HM The Queen, dies at 88

[Michael Rhodes]

_. Air Vice-Marshal Barry Hamilton Newton CB CVO OBE RAF (retd) died peacefully on 25 August 2020 aged 88. Beloved husband of the late Lavinia, father to Melanie and Charles, grandfather to James and Max. Private cremation. Memorial Service to be arranged later.

A Gentleman Usher to HM The Queen from 1989. He was born 1 Apr 1932

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