Dame Gillian Wagner, DBE 1927-2025

 Dame Gillian Wagner, DBE, who died 31 December, 2025, aged 98, was an expert in children’s history and the chairman, at various times, of the children’s charity Barnardo’s, the Thomas Coram Foundation and the Carnegie Trust.

She was the widow of Sir Anthony Wagner, herald and distinguished genealogist, who was head of the Wagner landed family.

She was born Gillian Mary Millicent Graham, 25 October, 1927, a scion of a landed gentry family, daughter of Major Henry Archibald Roger Graham (1892-1970), and his wife the Hon Margaret Beatrix Lopes (1898-1984), daughter of the 1st Baron Roborough (1859-1938); and married 26 February, 1953, Anthony Richard Wagner (born 6 September, 1908), scion of that landed family, son of Orlando Henry Wagner (1867-1956), head of that LG family, and his wife the former Monica Bell (1878-1971). Her husband, Anthony Wagner, was Garter Principal King of Arms, 1961-78. He was appointed CVO in 1953, advanced to KCVO in 1961, appointed KCB in 1978. He died 5 May, 1995.

Dame Gillian leaves issue, two sons, Roger and Mark, and a daughter, Lucy.

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Lindsay-Fynn/McGaw engagement

 The engagement was announced 7 January, 2026, between Charles Dacre Lindsay-Fynn (born Sept, 1989), son of Nigel Lindsay-Fynn (born 1942), of Budleigh Salterton, Devon by his wife the former Helen V.M. Willson-Pemberton (born 1949), & Augusta Eugenie Gaisford McGaw (born 2 September, 1985), daughter of John Jospeh Thoburn McGaw (born Oct, 1953), of Kensington, London, and Mrs Amanda J. G. Ruggles-Brise (born 1957, nee Lynch), of Finchingfield, Essex.

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Strutt/Hollamby engagement

 The engagement was announced 7 January, 2026, between the Hon John Frederick Strutt (born 29 March, 1993), the eldest son and heir of the 6th Baron Rayleigh (born 4 June, 1960), of Terling, Essex, and of Baroness Rayleigh (nee Annabel Kate Patterson, born 12 July, 1965), descended from the Barons Monson, & Cosima Serena G. Hollamby  (born 1997), younger daughter of Dominic Charles Hollamby (born 1965), of Verbier, Switzerland, and Mrs Susannah L. Springall (born 1965), of London.

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Drummond/von Einsiedel engagement

 The engagement was announced 7 January, 2026, between the Hon John Adam Humphrey Drummond (born 3 November, 1992), son and heir of the 17th Baron Strange (born 20 April, 1953), of Errol, Perthshire, and his wife the former Hon Mary Emma Jeronima Dewar (born 1 June, 1965), scion of the Barons Forteviot, & Gräfin Sophie von Einsiedel (born 1995), daughter of Graf and Gräfin von Einsiedel, of Stuttgart, Germany, and his wife the former Dorothee Philipps.

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David Alexander Cameron Cahill 1944-2026

David Alexander Cameron Cahill, who died 1 January, 2026, aged 81, was a scion of that Irish landed gentry family of Ballyconra House.

He was born 1 September, 1944, younger son of Robert Devereux Cahill (1901-1970), head of that family, by his wife the former (Linda) Joanne Cameron; and married 11 August, 1973, Susan Katherine Bly Hutton, daughter of Major William Bacon Hutton (later Hutton Bury), descended from the Viscounts Chetwynd.

He leaves issue, a son, Robert, and a daughter, Gay.

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Celeste Marie Graham-Watson (born 2025)

Lauren Elizabeth Graham-Watson (nee Nevitt), wife of Alexander Cosimo Graham-Watson [born 1989], gave birth to a daughter Celeste Marie, 27 December, 2025, in New York.

Lauren is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Tom Nevitt, of Long Island, New York.

Alexander Graham-Watson is the second son of Andrew FitzJames Graham-Watson [born 22 January,1957], of Longworth, co Oxford, scion of that landed gentry family of Lofts Hall, Saffron Walden, co Essex, and his wife the former Brigitte Claude Marie Jeanson. 

Alexander's great-great grandfather James Graham-Watson [1850-1931], married 1878, Charlotte Maude Boothby [d 1938], scion of the Barons Boothby.

Alexander is a fourth cousin once removed of the late Diana, Princess of Wales.

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McGregor/Bellfield engagement

 The engagement was announced 6 January, 2026, between Euan E.A. McGregor, younger son of Mr Malcolm McGregor and Mrs Loretta Gentilini McGregor, of Muswell Hill, London, & Eleanor Rose Bellfield (born 27 April, 1997), the elder daughter of Commodore Robert James Astley Bellfield, RN (born 28 July, 1965), of Dallinghoo, Suffolk, descended from the Paston Cooper baronets, and his wife the former Zoë Le Marchand.

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Lady Tennant 1934-2025

 Lady Tennant died 9 December 2025, aged 91. She was the widow of Sir Anthony Tennant (1930-2011),  a grandee of the corporate world who led the revival of Guinness after it was tarnished by financial scandal and went on to become chairman of Christie's – only to find his reputation besmirched by allegations of complicity in price-fixing with its rival, Sotheby's. 

She was born Rosemary Violet Stockdale, 14 Oct, 1934, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Charles Minshull Stockdale (1902-1981), and his wife the former Hon Margaret Violet Henderson (1904-1976), scion of the Barons Faringdon. She was a niece of Sir Edmund Stockdale, 1st Baronet (1903-1989), Lord Mayor of London 1959-60.

She married 12 July, 1954, Anthony John Tennant (born 5 Nov, 1930), scion of the Tennant baronets (later Barons Glenconner), son of Maj. John Tennant (1899-1967), and his wife the Hon Antonia Mary Roby Benson (1903-77), daughter of the 1st Baron Charnwood (1864-1945). Her husband was knighted in 1992, and died 4 August, 2011.

Lady Tennant leaves two sons, Christopher and Patrick Tennant.

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Darcy Gilbert Hamilton Wills (born 2025)

The Hon Sophie Elizabeth Wills (nee Kainradl) wife of the Hon Robert Anthony Hamilton Wills (born 20 Oct, 1983), son and heir of the 3rd Baron Dulverton, gave birth to a son, Darcy Gilbert Hamilton, 22 December, 2025.

The Hon Robert Wills is the son and heir of the 3rd Baron Dulverton (born 2 May, 1944), of Batsford, Gloucestershire, and of his first and former wife Rosalind, Baroness Dulverton (nee van der Velde), of Marbella, Spain.

Sophie (born circa 1985), is a daughter of Mr Peter Kainradl, of Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire, and his wife the former Josephine Alice Danneman (born 21 March, 1951).

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Lowe/Mezran engagement

 The engagement was announced 5 January, 2026, between Angus Gregory Lowe (born circa 1994), son of Rupert James Graham Lowe, (born 31 Oct, 1957), MP (Reform) for Great Yarmouth, by his wife the former Nicola Chapman, descended from the Baker baronets, & Yasmin Mezran (born 1994), daughter of Karim Mezran and Mrs Sheila Comes.

Sir George Edward Dunstan Sherston Baker 4th Baronet (1846-1923) > Henrietta Baker (d 1964) > Michael Francis Sherston Chapman (1912-2010) > Nicola Chapman > Angus Lowe

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Penelope, Lady Ogilvy (nee Hills) 1929-2025

Penelope, Lady Ogilvy, who died 27 December, 2025, was the widow of Sir David Ogilvy, 13th Baronet.

Penelope Mary Ursula Hills was born in 1929, daughter of Arthur Lafone Frank Hills, OBE (1890-1974), of White Court, Penshurst Station, Kent, and his wife the former Moira Emeline Guinness (1902-1980), scion of the banking arm of the Guinness dynasty; and married 31 December, 1966, Sir David John Wilfrid Ogilvy, 13th Baronet (born 3 February, 1914), son of Gilbert Francis Molyneux Ogilvy (1868-1953), and his wife the former Marjory Katharine Clive (1881-1961), a granddaughter of the 7th Earl of Denbigh (1796-1865). Her husband succeeded as 13th Baronet, 1 March, 1956, on the demise of his kinsman, Sir Herbert, the 12th Bt, and he died 16 June, 1992, aged 78.

Lady Ogilvy leaves a son, Sir Francis Gilbert Arthur Ogilvy, 14th Baronet (who was born 22 Apr, 1969).

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John Henry Aylmer 1936-2025

 John Henry Aylmer, who died 29 December, 2025, aged 89, was a scion of the Barons Aylmer.

He was born 1 July, 1936, son of Henry Gerald Aylmer (1896-1978), and his wife the former Nancy Hollick (1902-1991); and married firstly, 10 July, 1959 (div. 1970), Venetia Mary Henderson, daughter of Ian Thomson Henderson (1908-1986), of Crawley, Winchester, by his wife Monica Wingfield Verner (1908-1962), daughter of Sir Edward Wingfield Verner, 5th Baronet (1865-1936); and married 2ndly, 1971, Margaret Gillian Elliot Musker (born 1933), daughter of John Herbert Musker (1905-1987), and his wife the former Margaret Anne Thomson (1906-2004). He leaves issue from his first marriage, two daughters, Miranda Jane (born 18 May, 1962), and Juliet Rose (born 23 Oct, 1965).

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Boles/Armitage-Mattin engagement

 The engagement was announced 5 January, 2026, between Thomas Coleridge Boles (born 13 January, 1989), descended from the Boles family, later baronets, son of Nicholas Charles Boles (born 20 May, 1952), of Fulham, London and his wife the former Diana M. Pigot (born 1953), & Phillipa Rhea Armitage-Mattin (born December, 1991), daughter of Nigel Stephen Armitage (born 1958) and Athena Mattin (born 1955), of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.

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Koteczky/Farquhar engagement

 The engagement is announced between Anatole Koteczky, only son of Mr Zoltan Koteczky and Mrs Susie Stenmark, of Sydney, Australia, and Lydia Rose Farquhar (born 17 November, 1994), scion of the Farquhar baronets, 2nd daughter of Richard Charles Farquhar (born 7 April, 1962), of Pewsey, Wiltshire, and his wife the former Emma de Hoghton Reeves (born 18 Oct, 1963).

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Fitzalan Howard/Brown engagement

 The engagement was announced 5 January, 2025, between Milo Nicholas Fitzalan Howard (born 17 July, 1996), scion of the Dukes of Norfolk, third son of Henry Julian Nicholas (Harry) Fitzalan Howard (born 7 July, 1954), of South Harting, West Sussex, and his wife the former Claire Louise von Mallinckrodt (born 11 Aug, 1960), & Isabel Laura Brown (born 6 November, 1995), daughter of Dominic P. Brown (born 1965), of Beachampton, Buckinghamshire, and his wife the former Sara J.A. Lewis.

Milo Fitzalan Howard is a grandson of the late Maj-Gen Lord Michael Fitzalan Howard, GCVO, CB, CBE, MC, DL, and is a great-nephew of the late 17th Duke of Norfolk, KG, GCVO, CB, CBE, MC (1915-2002), Premier Duke in the Peerage of England and Hereditary Earl Marshal, &c.

Milo's mother is a daughter of Georg-Wilhelm Gustav von Mallinckrodt (1930-2921), and his wife Baroness Charmaine Brenda Schröder (born 8 Nov, 1935), daughter of Baron Helmut William Bruno Schröder and his wife  Margaret Eleanor Phyllis Darell (died 1994), daughter of Sir Lionel Edward Hamilton Marmaduke Darell, 6th Baronet (1876-1954).

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David Christopher Roberts 1944-2025

David Christopher Roberts died 18 December, 2025, aged 81.

He was born 11 August, 1944 son of Cyril Alfred Roberts, CBE (1908-1988), and his wife the former Christine Annabel Kitson (1908-1996), scion of the Barons Airedale.

He married in 1973, the Hon Jane Elisabeth Sybil Roskill (born 1948), daughter of the life peer, the Law Lord, the Baron Roskill, PC, JP (1911-1996), and his wife the former Elisabeth Wallace Jackson (1918-2014). No issue of the union.

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Jeffry George Lefroy 1936-2025

Jeffrey George Lefroy, who died 27 December, 2025, aged 89, was a scion of that landed gentry family of Carrigglas Manor, Co Longford.

He was born 24 May, 1936, son of Major Jeffry Arden Patrick Lefroy, MBE (1909-1985), and his wife the former Veronica Maud Pomeroy Colley (1913-2012), descended from the Viscounts Harberton; and married 1 February, 1964, Teresa Margaret White, daughter of Henry Alwyn White, DL (1909-1988), of Orange Hill, Tandragee, Co Armagh, by whom he had two sons, Jeffry Peter Langlois Lefroy (born 4 Sept, 1965), and Edward Christian Perceval Lefroy (born 19 Dec, 1967).

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Hon Rosamond Mary Dent (Sister Ancilla Dent, OSB) 1933-2025

Sister Ancilla.

Sister Ancilla Dent, OSB, who died 15 October, 2025, aged 92, in the 66th year of her monastic profession, was a co-heir to the ancient barony of Furnivall, a peerage dating back to 1295.

She was born Rosamond Mary Dent, 3 June, 1933, the elder daughter of William Herbert Shelley Dent, MC (1895-1981), descended maternally from the Shelley baronets, and his wife Mary Frances Katherine Petre, suo jure Baroness Furnivall (born 27 May, 1900).

Rosamond Dent entered St Mildred's Abbey near Ramsgate, circa 1959, and took the name Sister Ancilla.

The abeyance of the barony of Furnivall, having existed since 1777, was terminated in favour of her mother, 3 May, 1913, and with her death, 24 December, 1968, the ancient English barony once again fell into abeyance between Sister Ancilla and her younger sister, the Hon Patricia Mary Dent (born 4 April, 1935).

Upon the death of Sister Ancilla the abeyance of the Barony of Furnivall is automatically terminated and her younger sister succeeds as Baroness Furnivall.

Patricia Dent married firstly, 25 Aug, 1956 (div. 1963), Capt. Thomas Hornsby (1924-1967); and married 2ndly, 1970, Roger Thomas John Bence (1939-2017). The 20th Baroness Furnivall has issue from both marriages. From her first marriage she has a son, the Hon Walton Petre Hornsby (born 21 Apr, 1958), and a daughter the Hon Clare Mary Petre Hornsby (born 25 Jan, 1957), and from her second marriage she has a son, the Hon Richard William Petre Bence (born 1976), and a daughter the Hon Katharine Rosamond Petre Bence (born 1971).

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Tessa Margaret Trappes-Lomax 1941-2025

Tessa Margaret Trappes-Lomax, who died 11 December, 2025, aged 84, was a scion of that landed gentry family.

She was born 15 July, 1941, daughter of Colonel Nicholas Hugh Ignatius Trappes-Lomax (1911-1969), and his wife the former Gertrude Maisie Stockwell (1913-1994). She is survived by her husband, Paris Pittordou.

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More/Gruender engagement

The engagement was announced 3 January, 2025, between Caspar George Harvey More (born 15 December, 1992), descended from the Seale baronets, only son of Robert Harvey More (born 17 Oct, 1946), of Corsham, Wiltshire, and his wife the former Claire Harwood, & Charlotte Rose Gruender (born 1994), daughter of Derek and Kay Gruender, of Wivenhoe.

Caspar More is a great-grandson of Sir John Carteret Hyde Seale, 4th Baronet (1881-1964)

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Dear/Dibben engagement

The engagement was announced 3 January, 2025, between Maxwell William Gauntlet Dear (born 1997), son of Patrick Giles Gauntlet Dear (born 1961), of Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire, and his wife the former Jane Helen Orr Ewing (born 31 January, 1961), scion of the Orr Ewing baronets, & Rosie Grace Dibben, daughter of Piers Farquhar Dibben (born 1967), of Rodbourne, Wiltshire, and his wife the former Susannah L. Lawrence.

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William Michael Louis Dathan (born 2025)

 Harriet Claire Dathan (née Line, born 14 November, 1992), wife of Matthew Dathan, gave birth to a son, William Michael Louis, 13 December, 2025.

Harriet Dathan is a daughter of Michael Robert Line and his wife the former (Primrose) Miranda Margaret Harvey (born 26 June, 1953), daughter of the Rev Patrick Roger Harvey (1900-1986), and his wife Alice Juliana Rosamond Rycroft (1915-2006), daughter of Major Sir Richard Nelson Rycroft, 5th Baronet (1859-1925).

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Cazalet/Congreve engagement

 The engagement was announced 3 January, 2026, between Hugo Nicholas Charles Cazalet (born 13 September, 1993), third son of Peter Charles Grenville Cazalet (born 1959), of Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire, and his wife the former Victoria Jane Perry (born 1960), & Fleur Isabella Beatrice Congreve (born 30 June, 1996), eldest daughter of Ralph Congreve (born 1953), of Murky Hill Farm, Middleton Tyas, North Yorkshire, and Mrs Amanda Jane Congreve (nee Lawson, born circa Jan 1963), of Fulham, London.

Fleur Congreve is descended from the Baker Baker landed gentry family and the Cator landed family.

Albemarle Cator, of Woodbastwick Hall (1836-1906) > Georgina Marguerite Cator (1872-1955) > Judith Christabel Baker Baker (1911-2004) > Ralph Congreve (b. 1953) > Fleur Congreve (b. 1996)

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Beckett/Harley engagement

 The engagement was announced 3 January, 2026, between Thomas Ralph Beckett (born 30 October, 1992), scion of the Barons Grimthorpe, second son of the Hon (Ralph) Daniel Beckett (born 11 April, 1957), of Westow, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Susanna Townsend-Rose (born 1960), & Imogen Freda (Mimo) Harley (born 3 May, 1994), daughter of Edward Mortimer Harley, OBE (born 1960), of Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire, head of that landed gentry family, and his wife the former (Alice) Victoria Mather (born 1960), descended from the Barons Cromwell.

Thomas Beckett is a grandson of the late 4th Baron Grimthorpe (1915-2003).

Imogen (Mimo) Harley is descended from the Barons Cromwell:-

Robert Bewicke-Copley, 5th Baron Cromwell (1893-1966)

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Hon Philippa Bewicke-Copley (1925-2021)

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(Alice) Victoria Mather (b 1960)

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Imogen (Mimo) Harley (b 1994)

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Witherley/Taylour engagement

 The engagement was announced 3 January, 2026, between George Edward Witherley (born 1995), younger son of Jonathan D. Witherley (born 1959), of Debenham, Suffolk, and his wife the former Janet E. Graham, and the Lady Alexandra Susan Katherine Taylour (born 8 June, 1998), younger daughter of the 7th Marquis of Headfort (born 10 February, 1959), and his first late wife the former Susan Jane Vandervell (1960-2008).

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Grafton/Hope engagement

 The engagement was announced 3 January, 2025, between Angus Andrew Grafton (born December, 1996), son of Robert Michael Grafton (born 1962), of Empingham, Rutland, and his wife the former Vivienne Farmer (born 1963), & the Lady Olivia Rose Hope (born 11 March, 1997), elder daughter of Andrew Victor Arthur Charles Hope, styled Earl of Hopetoun (born 22 May, 1969), by his wife the former Skye Laurette Bovill (born 5 September, 1969).

Olivia's father os heir apparent to his father, the 4th Marquess of Linlithgow (born 1 July, 1946).

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Ian Anthony Balding, LVO 1938-2026

Ian Anthony Balding, LVO, the racehorse trainer, died 2 January, 2026. He was 87.

He was born 7 November, 1938, son of Capt Gerald Matthews Balding (1903-1957), of Weyhill House, Andover, by his wife the former Eleanor Hoagland (1915-1985); and married 15 August, 1969, Emma Alice Mary Hastings-Bass (born 28 January, 1949), scion of the Earls of Huntingdon. She was raised to the rank of an Earl's daughter in 1993, following the succession to the Earldom of Huntingdon of her brother.

Balding was a racehorse trainer from 1964 to 2002 and was trainer to HM Queen Elizabeth II, 1964-1999. He was appointed LVO in 1992.

He is survived by Lady Emma and a son, Andrew (born 29 December, 1972), and a daughter Clare, the broadcaster and journalist (born 29 January, 1971).

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Caroline Diana Brooks (née Todd) 1931-2025

Caroline Diana Brooks died 29 December, 2025. She was 94.

She was born in 1931 as Caroline Diana Todd, daughter of Brigadier George Herbert Norris Todd (1897-1971), of Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Gloucestershire, by his wife the former Alice Nina Dixon (1897-1975); and married 8 October, 1955, Robert Noel Brand Brooks (born 17 December, 1927), scion of the Barons Crawshaw, son of Major Noel Brand Brooks (1896-1984), and his wife the former Joan Margaret Le Marchant (1901-1984), scion of the Le Marchant baronets, by whom she had issue, two sons, Christopher George (born 30 March, 1959), and Charles Patrick Evelyn (born 3 March, 1963), and a daughter, Annabel Joan (born 4 January, 1958).

Her husband died in 1976.

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Chantal Marie-Françoise Portal (née Guerrier de Dumast) (died 2025)

 Chantal Marie-Françoise Portal, died 10 December, 2025, aged 89.

She was a daughter of Baron Gabriel Marie-François Guerrier de Dumast, of Chateau de Rozet, Saint-Vit, Doubs, France, and married 20 May, 1956, Anthony Portal (born 19 June, 1932), second son of Admiral Sir Reginald Henry Portal, KCB, DSC (1894-died 18 June, 1983), by his wife the former Helen Sophia Anderson (died 3 Apr, 1983), by whom she had issue, three sons, Frederick (born 27 Sept, 1958), William (born 10 Sept, 1961), and Philip (born 16 Sept, 1963).

Her husband's father was a younger brother of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, KG, GCB, OM, DSO & Bar, MC, DL (1893 – 1971).

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Lord Charles Adam Brudenell-Bruce 1951-2025

 Lord Charles Adam Brudenell-Bruce, who died 27 December, 2025, aged 74, was a scion of the Marquesses of Ailesbury.

He was born 23 March, 1951, a son of the 7th Marquess of Ailesbury (1904-1974), and his third wife, Mrs Jean Frances Margaret Williamson (who died 14 February, 1999),  widow of Squadron Leader Richard Williamson MBE), daughter of John Addison Wilson, of Bodicote, Banbury, co. Oxford.

He married 14 September, 1996, Teresa Patricia Helena-Maria Chris Simons (born November, 1948), daughter of G.T. Simons, of Collingbourne Ducis, near Salisbury, Wiltshire.

The funeral is to take place at St Katharine's Church, Savernake, 23 January, 2026.

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Drake/Clarke engagement

 The engagement was announced 1 January, 2026, between Lieut. Arthur John Courtney Drake, RN (born 1998), son of John Arthur Courtney Drake (born 10 Oct, 1951), of Thorney, Somerset, by his second wife the former Lucia Mary Kennard (born 20 April, 1963), scion of the Kennard and Mytton landed families, & Olivia Elizabeth A. Clarke (born 1998), daughter of Francis H. Clarke, of Harston, Cambridgeshire, and his wife the former Charlotte F. House.

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Bohdi Benedict Tuttiett (born 2025)

  The Lady Clara Elizabeth Isis Tuttiett [nee Paget], wife of Oscar William Tuttiett [born 1988], has given birth to a son, Bodhi Benedict, in 2025, a brother for Ludo, who was born 27 July, 2022 .

Lady Clara Paget is an actress and model, daughter of the 8th Marquess of Anglesey [born 13 November, 1950], and his wife the former Georgeanne Elizabeth Elliott Downes.

Oscar Tuttiett is a Burberry model, son of James E. Tuttiett [born 1963] and his wife the former Amelia J Bruce [born 1964].

The couple married in 2021.

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Nigel Digby Sheffield 1933-2025

 Nigel Digby Sheffield, who died 27 December, 2025, aged 92, was a scion of the Sheffield baronets.

He was born 24 May, 1933, son of the Rev Arthur Digby Sheffield (1897-1975),and his wife the former Alice Katharine Scott (who died in 1982); and married 17 September, 1960, Helen Jane Ann Russell-French (born 1932), daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Russell-French DSO (1885-1966), of Edgeworth, Gloucestershire, by his wife the former Alison Margot Read Bloomfield (1902-1967), by whom he had issue, a son, Timothy John Digby (born 19 Aug, 1966), and two daughters, Ann Margot (born 23 May, 1963), and Susan Margaret (born 29 May, 1965).

He was a great-grandson of Sir Robert Sheffield, 4th Baronet (1786-1862), of Normanby Park, Lincolnshire.

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