Jan Struther died in New York in 1953. Her ashes are buried beside her father in the family grave at St. John The Evangelist Church, in Whitchurch. Her father, Harry
Torrens Anstruther, whom she adored, died in 1926 which
is when this memorial stone (See the 1926 picture
below) was first brought from his native Scotland
and set here in the tranquility of the Buckingham
countryside. Some years after her father's death, Jan Struther wrote a moving vignette about him which was originally published as if she was writing about an uncle. This forced editorial deceit has recently been corrected by her son, Robert Maxtone Graham, and may now be read in full on this site.
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The Anstruther
Memorial Stone
The picture on the left
(1926) is provided by courtesy of Wilma van
Stratum - the God-daughter (and a relative) of
Babs Anstruther. The photogrph records the
arrival of the block of Scottish granite before
it was set as the memorial stone. The group is
standing at the corner in the churchyard adjacent
to the spot where H.T. Anstruther was - and where
now other family members are also - buried.