Edmund Paston-Bedingfeld

Sir Edmund George Felix Paston-Bedingfeld, 9th Baronet (2 June 1915 – 24 May 2011) was a landowner and British Army officer.

Early life Paston-Bedingfield was born on 2 June 1915. He was the third, but eldest surviving, son of Maj. Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld, 8th Baronet and Sybil Lyne-Stephens.

His paternal grandparents were Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld, 7th Baronet and the former Augusta Lucy Clavering, only child and heiress of Edward John Clavering, of Callaly Castle. His mother was the eldest daughter of Henry Alexander Claremont Lyne-Stephens of Grove House, Roehampton (son of Edward Stopford Claremont), and Katherine Gregory Walker (who married his grandfather's younger brother, Raoul, after his grandfather's death).

He was educated at The Oratory School and at New College, Oxford.

Career He was a member of the 5th battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment in the 1930s, before becoming a Major in the Welsh Guards Regiment, they had a son and a daughter:

His third marriage was on 20 November 1975, to Peggy Hannaford-Hill. She died in 1991.

His fourth, and last, marriage was to Sheila Douglas, daughter of John Douglas, on 15 February 1992.

Sir Edmund he died on 24 May 2011 at age 95 at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, and was succeeded by his son Henry, who has retired as Norroy and Ulster King of Arms.