THE former Lord Lieutenant of Gwent Sir Richard Hanbury-Tenison KCVO has died at the age of 92.

Sir Richard who lived on the family’s estate at Clytha Park was born in 1925 and was the son of Major Gerald Evan Farquhar Tenison and Ruth Julia Margarette Hanbury.

He joined the Army in 1943 and later joined the diplomatic service where he served until 1975.

He was appointed High Sherriff of Gwent in 1977 and made Lord Lieutenant in 1979, a role he carried out until 2001.

In 1995 he received a knighthood in recognition of his services.

Sir Richard married Euphan Wardlaw Ramsay in 1955 and the couple had five children, Jack, William, Capel, Sarah and Laura. Lady Hanbury-Tenison died in 2012.