The death has occurred of Anthony Windham Normand Brabazon, 14th Earl of Meath, of Kilruddery House, Bray, Co Wicklow.
Educated at Eton College in England, the Earl became a Major in the Grenadier Guards and fought and was wounded in Italy in the second World War.
The Earl, who was 89, lost his grandson, Geoffrey Brabazon (23), a tree surgeon, in an freak accident earlier this month.
A thanksgiving service will be held in Christ Church, Bray, on Wednesday, January 20th, 1999, at 2 p.m.