She was married three times. In 1946 she married Sir Richard Sharples, who was assassinated in 1973 while serving as Governor of Bermuda. They had two sons and two daughters. Her second husband, from 1977 until his death in 1980, was Patrick David de László (son of the painter Philip de László), and her third husband, from 1983 until his death in 1995, was Robert Douglas Swan.[2]
In 1995 she became the sole owner of Nunswell Investments Limited, an offshore investment company in The Bahamas.[5] In 2000 she became a director of Nunswell, which was registered in the United Kingdom the same year and, as of 2016, paid taxes to the British government.[4] In April 2016 she was named in the Panama Papers, leaked documents related to offshore banking. Her law firm wrote that the House of Lords "has been notified of Baroness Sharples' oversight in registering her interest as a Director of Nunswell Investments Limited" and that she receives "no remuneration ... nor any income or capital from that company". As of December 2015, her son was a director and shareholder of the company, "not on a personal basis".[4]
Sharples retired from the House of Lords on 18 December 2017.[6] She died on 19 May 2022 at the age of 99.[7]
Coat of arms of Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples
Escutcheon
Argent a Chevron Vert between in chief two Copper Beech Trees eradicated and in base a White Tailed Tropicbird (phaethon lepturus) volant proper (for Sharples) on an Escutcheon of Pretence the Arms of Newall per saltire Argent and Gules a Crozier in fess Or between three Bustards wings elevated and addorsed counterchanged[8]
Supporters
On either side a Great Dane Dog resting the interior hind foot proper on a Portcullis Or
