Diana Josceline Barbara Neave, Baroness Airey of Abingdon, born Diana Josceline Barbara Giffard, was a Conservative member of the House of Lords after receiving a life peerage in August 1979.
Background
Diana Giffard was daughter of Thomas Arthur Walter Giffard, Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire, Doctor of Laws for Staffordshire, of Chillington Hall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire and his wife Angela Erskine Trollope, elder daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Henry Trollope, 10th Baronet
Career
They had three children:
Honorary Marigold Elizabeth Cassandra Neave, now Honorary Mrs William Webb (born 5 May 1944).
Married 8 June 1968 William Richard Broughton Webb, son of Lieutenant-Cdr.
Honorary Richard Patrick Sheffield Neave (born 12 November 1947). Married 1980 Elizabeth Mary Catherine Riddell, daughter of Cuthbert Edward Alphonso Riddell, and had issue, three sons, whose common second last name is Airey.
Honorary William Robert Sheffield Neave (born 13 August 1953).
Married 1986 Joanna Mary Stuart Paton, daughter of James Stuart Paton, and has issue, two sons, Richard Digby Stuart Neave (born 21 May 1987). Sebastian Airey Stuart Neave (born 11 May 1989).
He was killed when a mercury-tilt based car bomb exploded under his car as he drove out of the Palace of Westminster car park. The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) claimed responsibility for his murder.