Rosemary Kirkcaldy Ackland

Family

Sources

1. Supporting book: My Better Half and Me (Rosemary diaries + Joss commentary) describes seven children and death of eldest son Paul — Herald Scotland review/interview quoting the book.

   They had seven children (the large family "just sort of happened," says Ackland) ... their eldest son, Paul ... died of a heroin overdose, aged 29.

2. Corroboration: Encyclopedia.com — son of Sidney Norman and Ruth (maiden name, Izod) Ackland.

   married Rosemary Kircaldy (an actress), August 18, 1951 (died July 25, 2002); children: Melanie, Paul (deceased), Antonia, Penelope, Samantha, Kirsty, Toby.

3. Supporting context: Wikipedia Joss Ackland — Anthony Shawn Baring descendant of Robert Rundell Guinness (Guinness Mahon).

   Ackland and Rosemary Kirkcaldy were married on 18 August 1951 ... They had seven children ... Rosemary was diagnosed with motor neurone disease; she died on 25 July 2002.

4. Telegraph 14 Aug 2002: Rosemary's grandmother Louisa Stratton ran Ryall's hotel (identity = Louise/Louisa Ryall after remarriage).

   She was born Rosemary Jean Kirkcaldy on January 15 1929 at Blantyre in Nyasaland (now Malawi), where her grandmother, Louisa Stratton, ran the famous hotel, Ryall's

5. Named as daughter of Louise Ryall in My Better Half and Me (2009) — mother locked as louisa-ryall-stratton 2026-10-14.

   Rosemary's grandmother, Louise Ryall, had left England in 1898, the first white woman to travel alone to Nyasaland ... After the First World War, her daughter Phyllis married Robert Hunter Kirkcaldy, a Scottish soldier, who had served in Africa. He became a successful businessman ... They had three children, Robert, Catherine and Rosemary Jean, who, on 15 January 1929, was born into a world ...