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The death of Guinness heiress Honor Uloth in a swimming pool this summer has been hailed as a tragic accident.
Miss Uloth’s ‘completely devastated’ family paid tribute to the 19-year-old whom they described as their ‘beloved angel’ with a heart of gold and everything to live for.
“We have lost a daughter and a sister who brought untold light and joy into our lives,” the family said. ‘It was so full of fun, laughter, kindness and adventure. He had the ability to bring people together and make them feel good. ”
Miss Uloth, whose organs will be donated according to her wishes, was the eldest daughter of Lady Louisa Jane Guinness and Rupert Uloth and granddaughter of Benjamin Guinness, the late Earl of Iveagh.
Miss Uloth was discovered unconscious at the bottom of a swimming pool by her brother Rufus during a family barbecue this summer, but doctors were unable to revive the Oxford Brookes University student.
She had suffered a broken shoulder and brain injuries, and was pronounced dead at the hospital six days later, and a coroner ruled this week that her death was a tragic accident.
Crawley Coroner’s Court heard that the barbecue took place in a mansion overlooking Chichester Harbor in Sussex. Miss Uloth, who had not drunk, was in a hot tub with two friends before going for a swim around 11pm.
Coroner Geoff Charnock said at the hearing: “In total, there were 19 people present at the barbecue which consisted of four families. All of these families have known each other for many years and have had many gatherings and barbecues together.
“During the course of the night music was played and everyone had fun in the warm weather. The other two girls stayed in the hot tub and were looking out over the harbor with their backs to the pool and they didn’t see where Honor was going.
A short time later, Honor’s brother was walking back to the hot tub … and he saw her lying at the bottom of the pool. He raised the alarm and rescued her from the pool. The adults began CPR while an ambulance was called.
Paramedics managed to keep her alive and rushed her to St Richard Hospital in Chichester before she was transferred to St Thomas Hospital in London, where she died “quietly and peacefully” on 6 August.
Charnock said: “The police conducted an investigation … but no one saw what happened to Honor or knew how she came to be lying on the bottom of the pool.”
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