Sir John Lister-Kaye, 3rd Baronet

Sir John Pepys Lister-Kaye, 3rd Baronet OBE DL (18 February 1853 – 27 May 1924) was a Groom-in-Waiting to his friend, King Edward VII.

Sir John Lister-Kaye Bt OBE DL
Groom-in-Waiting to King Edward VII
In office 4 June 1908 – 10 June 1910
Personal details
Born	John Pepys Lister-Kaye 18 February 1853
Died	27 May 1924 (aged 71) London, England
Spouse(s)	Natica Yznaga ​ ​ (m. 1881; his death 1924)​
Relations	Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham (grandfather)
Children	1
Parents	Lister Lister-Kaye Lady Caroline Pepys
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Military service
Branch/service	Royal Horse Guards Yorkshire Hussars
Rank	Lieutenant

Early life

Lister-Kay was born on 18 February 1853.[1] He was the eldest son of Lister Lister-Kaye (1827–1855) and the former Lady Caroline Pepys.[2] His brother was Cecil Edmund Lister-Kaye. His father died on 12 April 1855, at age twenty-seven, predeceasing John's grandfather, the 2nd Baronet.[3] His mother, who never remarried died in January 1902.

His paternal grandparents were Sir John Lister-Kaye, 2nd Baronet (eldest son of Sir John Lister Kaye, 1st Baronet and Lady Amelia Grey)[4] and the former Matilda Arbuthnot (sole heiress of George Arbuthnot).[5] His great-uncle was the cricketer George Lister-Kaye.[6] His maternal grandparents were Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham and the former Caroline Elizabeth Wingfield (daughter of William Wingfield MP for Bodmin and Lady Charlotte Digby).[7]

Career

Lister-Kaye was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[8]

On 13 April 1871, upon the death of his paternal grandfather, he succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Lister-Kaye of Grange. He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards and Yorkshire Hussars. He held the office of Groom-in-Waiting to King Edward VII from 4 June 1908 to 10 June 1910,[8] with whom he was a close friend.[9]

He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire and served as Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire.[8]

In November 1914, Sir John appeared before the Bankruptcy Court in London attributing his troubles "to the financing of a company formed to develop property in Croatia, in Hungary."[10] His discharge was suspended for two years in March 1915.[11] He later ran farms in California and Canada, and "is said to have lost half a million dollars in the ventures."[12] He "also had large concessions in the Far East."[13]

Personal life

On 5 December 1881, he was married to Maria de la Natividad "Natica" Yznaga, daughter of diplomat Antonio Modesto Yznaga del Valle and Ellen Maria Clement at Grace Church in New York City.[14] Her father was from an old Cuban family who owned a large plantation and sugar mills in the vicinity of Trinidad, Cuba; they had connections to several Spanish aristocratic families.[15] Among her family was brother Fernando Yznaga,[16][17] and sister Consuelo Yznaga (who became the Duchess of Manchester upon her marriage to George Montagu, 8th Duke of Manchester in 1876).[18][19] Together, John and Natica lived at Denby Grange were the parents of one child:

• John Digby Lister-Kaye (1882–1882), who died in infancy.

Sir John died on 27 May 1924, at age 71, from angina pectoris in a London nursing home.[12] He was succeeded in his title by his younger brother, Sir Cecil Lister-Kaye, 4th Baronet.[12] His widow, Lady Lister-Kay died in her apartment at the Hotel Ambassador on 13 February 1943 at age 83.[13]

References

1. Ruxton (ed.), Ian (2007). The Semi-Official Letters of British Envoy Sir Ernest Satow from Japan and China (1895-1906). p. 404. ISBN 978-1-4303-1502-5. Retrieved 13 March 2020.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
2. Walford, Edward (1893). The County Families of the United Kingdom Or Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland. p. 626. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
3. Debrett, John (1839). The Baronetage of England. J. G. & F. Rivington. p. 358. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
4. Walford, Edward (1893). The Windsor Peerage for 1890-1894. p. 361. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
5. Depew, Chauncey M. (2013). Titled Americans, 1890: A list of American ladies who have married foreigners of rank. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78366-005-6. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
6. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1885. p. 740. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
7. "Cottenham, Earl of (UK, 1850)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
8. Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Kelly's Directories. 1916. p. 380. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
9. MacColl, Gail; Wallace, Carol McD (2012). To Marry an English Lord: Tales of Wealth and Marriage, Sex and Snobbery. Workman Publishing. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-7611-7195-9. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
10. "LISTER-KAYE A BANKRUPT.; Hungarian Speculation Ruins the Husband of Natica Yznaga". The New York Times. 5 November 1914. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
11. TIMES, Special Cable to THE NEW YORK (19 March 1915). "BARONET A BANKRUPT.; Sir John Lister-Kaye's Discharge Suspended for Two Years". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
12. "SIR JOHN LISTER-KAYE; Had Been Groom-In-Waiting to the Late King Edward" (PDF). The New York Times. 28 May 1924. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
13. "LADY LISTER-KAYE FRIEND OF ROYALTY; Former Natica Yznaga of This City Did Relief Work With Queen Mary in World War DIES IN HOTEL SUITE HERE Was Intimate of Alexandra- The Widow of Groom-in-Waiting to Edward VII" (PDF). The New York Times. 14 February 1943. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
14. "MARRIAGE OF SIR JOHN LISTER KAYE" (PDF). The New York Times. 6 December 1881. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
15. "Manacas Iznaga Tower-La Torre Manacas Iznaga". Retrieved 15 July 2015.
16. "FERNANDO YZNAGA DEAD; Stricken with Diphtheria, He Died at the Minturn Hospital. Friend and Brother-in-Law of William K. Vanderbilt -- His Second Marriage -- Business Career" (PDF). The New York Times. 7 March 1901. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
17. "FERNANDO YZNAGA'S WILL; Over $2,000,000 for the Dowager Duchess of Manchester". The New York Times. 13 April 1901. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
18. "DUKE OF MANCHESTER DEAD | SCION OF A FAMILY NOTED SINCE THE NORMAN CONQUEST. | THE YOUNG DUKE'S CAREER IN ENGLAND, AFRICA, AND THE UNITED STATES -- HIS MARRIAGE WITH MARIA CONSUELO YZNAGA AND HIS SUBSEQUENT LIFE -- THE SUCCESSION". The New York Times. 19 August 1892. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
19. Smith, Joseph Aubin (1897). Reminiscences of Saratoga: Or, Twelve Seasons at the "States.". Knickerbocker Press. p. 309. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

External links

• Sir John Pepys Lister-Kaye, 3rd Bt at the National Portrait Gallery, London
• Natica (née Yznaga), Lady Lister-Kaye at the National Portrait Gallery, London