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Sonia Elizabeth Sinclair, JP (née Graham; formerly Mond; born 6 September 1928), known as Sonia Melchett, is an English socialite and author. Formerly married to Julian Mond, Baron Melchett, she married the writer Andrew Sinclair after her husband's death.

Early life

Sonia Melchett was born in British India on 6 September 1928, the eldest daughter of Lt-Col Roland Harris Graham and Kathleen (née Dunbar) Graham, of The Lodge, Bridge, Kent.^[1] Her father, of a County Fermanagh family,^[2] was educated at Cambridge University and Trinity College, Dublin, and served in the Royal Army Medical Corps in the Second World War. Sonia Melchett was educated at the Royal School, Bath. Her younger sister Daphne married Major Anthony Henry Ivor Kinsman and became an actress, broadcaster and writer. She was the presenter of the BBC news programme Look North and wrote the book Pawn takes Castle.

Personal life

Sonia Graham married the Honourable Julian Edward Alfred Mond, younger son of Henry Mond, 2nd Baron Melchett and Amy Gwen Mond Baroness Melchett (née Wilson) on 26 April 1947, and became Lady Melchett on the death of her father-in-law on 22 January 1949. Mond was the inaugural chairman of the newly privatised British Steel Corporation. For most of their married life they lived on Tite Street in Chelsea, London and on Courtyard Farm Ringstead, Hunstanton, Norfolk. Melchett was a trustee of Royal Court Theatre and the NSPCC.

They built a villa, Casa Melchett, near Formentor in Majorca and took family holidays there. Julian Mond died while on holiday there on 15 June 1973. They had one son, Peter Robert Henry Mond and two daughters, Kerena Ann Mond and Pandora Shelley Mond. Kerena married Richard Moorehead, son of the war correspondent and author Alan Moorehead in 1980, and secondly in 1985 married journalist and broadcaster Adam Boulton. Pandora is an artist, who, in 1991, married Nicholas Wesolowski. On 25 July 1984, Lady Melchett remarried, to Andrew Sinclair, a novelist, historian, biographer, critic, filmmaker and founding member of Churchill College, Cambridge.

Sonia Melchett has seven grandchildren.

Publications

From the Ganges to The Thames: A Memoir, 2016. ISBN 9780704374102
Passionate Quests Five Modern Women Travellers, Faber and Faber, 1992. ISBN 978-0-571-12946-1
Someone is missing : a memoir, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1987 ISBN 978-0-297-79129-4 I
Sons and Mothers, Virago Press, 1996 by Victoria Glendinning (Editor), Matthew Glendinning (Lady Sonia Melchett was one of seven contributors); ISBN 978-1-86049-254-9

References

^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 2011, p. 1065
^ Burke's Irish Family Records, 1976, p. 485

Sources

Bright Young Things, Oxford University [1]
The Independent on Sunday, 30 October 2005 'Beyond the Fringe' [2]
The Independent on Sunday, 30 March 2003 'The Talk of the Town guide to Shocking London' [3]
BBC News, Tuesday, 27 July 1999 'Lord Melchett: Aristocrat eco-warrior' [4]
The Daily Telegraph, Mandrake, 'Reunited atlLast' 11.06. 2005, [5]
Anna Ford/Jonathan Aitken incident [6]
Michael Alexander, a member of the Chelsea Set [7]^{[dead link‍]}
Nigel Dempster, Daily Telegraph, 13.07.2007 [8]^{[dead link‍]}

[1] Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 2011, p. 1065

[2] Burke's Irish Family Records, 1976, p. 485

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-'''Sonia Melchett Sinclair, [[Justice of Peace|JP]]''' (born '''Sonia Elizabeth Graham'''; 6 September 1928) is a London socialite and author. Formerly wed to [[Julian Edward Alfred Mond, 3rd Baron Melchett]], she wed the writer [[Andrew Sinclair]] after her husband's death.
+'''Sonia Elizabeth Sinclair''', [[Justice of Peace|JP]] (née '''Graham'''; formerly '''Mond'''; born 6 September 1928), known as '''Sonia Melchett''', is an English [[socialite]] and author. Formerly married to [[Julian Mond, 3rd Baron Melchett|Julian Mond, Baron Melchett]], she married the writer [[Andrew Sinclair]] after her husband's death.
 ==Early life==
+Sonia Melchett was born in British India on 6 September 1928, the eldest daughter of Lt-Col Roland Harris Graham and Kathleen (née Dunbar) Graham, of The Lodge, [[Bridge, Kent]].<ref>Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 2011, p. 1065</ref> Her father, of a [[County Fermanagh]] family,<ref>Burke's Irish Family Records, 1976, p. 485</ref> was educated at [[Cambridge University]] and  [[Trinity College, Dublin]], and served in the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] in the [[Second World War]]. Sonia Melchett was educated at the [[Royal High School, Bath|Royal School, Bath]]. Her younger sister Daphne married Major Anthony Henry Ivor Kinsman and became an actress, broadcaster and writer. She was the presenter of the BBC news programme ''[[Look North]]'' and wrote the book ''Pawn takes Castle''.
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-Sonia Melchett was born '''Sonia Elizabeth Graham''' in British India on 6 September 1928, the eldest daughter of Lt.-Col. Roland Harris Graham and Kathleen Graham (née Dunbar) Graham. Her father was educated at Cambridge University, Cambridge and  Trinity College, Dublin University and participated in the Second World War, serving as a member of  Royal Army Medical Corps. Sonia Melchett was educated at the Royal School, Bath. Her younger sister Daphne Kinsman married Major Anthony Henry Ivor Kinsman and became an actress, broadcaster and writer. She was the presenter of the BBC news programme ''[[Look North]]'' and wrote the book ''Pawn takes Castle''.
 ==Personal life ==
+Sonia Graham married the Honourable [[Julian Edward Alfred Mond, 3rd Baron Melchett|Julian Edward Alfred Mond]], younger son of [[Henry Mond, 2nd Baron Melchett]] and Amy Gwen Mond Baroness Melchett (née Wilson) on 26 April 1947, and became Lady Melchett on the death of her father-in-law on 22 January 1949. Mond was the inaugural chairman of the newly privatised [[British Steel Corporation]]. For most of their married life they lived on [[Tite Street]] in Chelsea, London and on Courtyard Farm [[Ringstead, Norfolk|Ringstead]], [[Hunstanton]], [[Norfolk]]. Melchett was a trustee of [[Royal Court Theatre]] and the [[NSPCC]].
-{{BLP unsourced section|date=December 2015}}
-Sonia Graham married the Honourable [[Julian Edward Alfred Mond, 3rd Baron Melchett|Julian Edward Alfred Mond]], younger son of [[Henry Mond, 2nd Baron Melchett]] and Amy Gwen Mond Baroness Melchett (née Wilson) on 26 April 1947, and became Lady Melchett on the death of her father-in-law on 22 January 1949. Mond was the inaugural chairman of the newly privatised [[British Steel Corporation]]. For most of their married life they lived on [[Tite Street]] in Chelsea, London and on Courtyard Farm [[Ringstead, Norfolk|Ringstead]], [[Hunstanton]], [[Norfolk]]. Melchett was a trustee of [[Royal Court Theatre]] and the [[NSPCC]].{{cn}}
-They built a villa, Casa Melchett, near Formentor in Majorca and took family holidays there. Julian Mond died while on holiday there on 15 June 1973. They had one son, [[Peter Mond, 4th Baron Melchett|Peter Robert Henry Mond]] and two daughters, Kerena Ann Mond and Pandora Shelley Mond. Melchett's eldest daughter Kerena Ann Mond married Richard Moorehead, son of the war correspondent and author [[Alan Moorehead]] in 1980, and secondly in 1985 married journalist and broadcaster [[Adam Boulton]]. Melchett's second daughter Pandora Shelley Mond is an artist, who, in 1991, married Nicholas Wesolowski. On 25 July 1984, Lady Melchett remarried, to [[Andrew Sinclair]], a novelist, historian, biographer, critic, filmmaker and founding member of [[Churchill College Cambridge]].
+They built a villa, Casa Melchett, near Formentor in Majorca and took family holidays there. Julian Mond died while on holiday there on 15 June 1973. They had one son, [[Peter Mond, 4th Baron Melchett|Peter Robert Henry Mond]] and two daughters, Kerena Ann Mond and Pandora Shelley Mond. Kerena married Richard Moorehead, son of the war correspondent and author [[Alan Moorehead]] in 1980, and secondly in 1985 married journalist and broadcaster [[Adam Boulton]]. Pandora is an artist, who, in 1991, married Nicholas Wesolowski. On 25 July 1984, Lady Melchett remarried, to [[Andrew Sinclair]], a novelist, historian, biographer, critic, filmmaker and founding member of [[Churchill College, Cambridge]].
+Sonia Melchett has seven grandchildren.
-==Title and styles==
-*Sonia Elizabeth Graham  (6 September 1928 – 26 April 1947)
-*Sonia Elizabeth Mond (26 April 1947 – 22 January 1949)
-*Lady Mond (22 January 1949 – 25 July 1984 )
-*Right Honourable Lady Melchett (22 January 1949 – 25 July  1984)
-*Sonia Elizabeth Sinclair (25 July 1984 – )
-*Known as Sonia Melchett (22 January 1949 – )
 == Publications ==
+* ''From the Ganges to The Thames: A Memoir'', 2016. {{ISBN|9780704374102}}
-* ''Passionate Quests Five Modern Women Travellers'', Faber and Faber, 1992. ISBN 978-0-571-12946-1 ISBN 0571129463
-* ''Someone is missing : a memoir'', Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1987 ISBN 978-0-297-79129-4 ISBN 029779129X
+* ''Passionate Quests Five Modern Women Travellers'', Faber and Faber, 1992. {{ISBN|978-0-571-12946-1}}
+* ''Someone is missing : a memoir'', Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1987 {{ISBN|978-0-297-79129-4}} I
-* ''Sons and Mothers'', Virago Press, 1996 by Victoria Glendinning (Editor), Matthew Glendinning (Lady Sonia Melchett was one of seven contributors); ISBN 1-86049-254-1,ISBN 978-1-86049-254-9
+* ''Sons and Mothers'', Virago Press, 1996 by Victoria Glendinning (Editor), Matthew Glendinning (Lady Sonia Melchett was one of seven contributors); {{ISBN|978-1-86049-254-9}}
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
 ==Sources==
-* Bright Young Things, Oxford University [http://www.dafjones.com/main/clippings/tatler.html]
+* Bright Young Things, Oxford University [https://web.archive.org/web/20101125073116/http://www.dafjones.com/main/clippings/tatler.html]
-* ''The Independent on Sunday'', Oct 30, 2005 'Beyond the Fringe' [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20051030/ai_n15816765]
+* ''The Independent on Sunday'', 30 October 2005 'Beyond the Fringe' [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20051030/ai_n15816765]
-* ''The Independent on Sunday'', March 30, 2003 'The Talk of the Town guide to Shocking London' [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20030330/ai_n12737212]
+* ''The Independent on Sunday'', 30 March 2003 'The Talk of the Town guide to Shocking London' [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20030330/ai_n12737212]
-* BBC News, Tuesday, July 27, 1999 'Lord Melchett: Aristocrat eco-warrior' [http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/405061.stm]
+* BBC News, Tuesday, 27 July 1999 'Lord Melchett: Aristocrat eco-warrior' [http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/405061.stm]
-* ''The Daily Telegraphy'', Mandrake, 'Reunited atlLast' 11.06. 2005, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/06/11/dp1101.xml]
+* ''The Daily Telegraph'', Mandrake, 'Reunited atlLast' 11.06. 2005, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080510170307/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fopinion%2F2006%2F06%2F11%2Fdp1101.xml]
 * Anna Ford/Jonathan Aitken incident  [http://www.northam1.worldonline.co.uk/archer/2003Jan09.pdf]
-* Michael Alexander, a member of the Chelsea Set [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/12/23/db2302.xml]
+* Michael Alexander, a member of the Chelsea Set [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/12/23/db2302.xml]{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
-* Nigel Dempster, ''Daily Telegraph'', 13.07.2007 [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/13/db1301.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox]
+* Nigel Dempster, ''Daily Telegraph'', 13.07.2007 [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/13/db1301.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox]{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
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