Peerage News

Jasper George Galloway Dyer

2012-02-02T06:53:00.001Z

Amanda Dyer (nee Kline) wife of Capt Mark William Galloway Dyer, Welsh Guards (b 1966), sometime equerry to the Prince of Wales, and mentor to the Duke of Cambridge & Prince Harry, gave birth to a son, Jasper George Galloway Dyer, 31 January, 2012.

Capt Dyer is a son of William W.F. Dyer, by his wife the former Jayne Greenland.

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Isadora Alice Arabella Green

2012-02-02T06:41:00.001Z

_.Jessica Diana Mary Green (née Heathcoat Amory, b 1979), scion of the Baronets of that name, wife of Jason A.H. Green, gave birth to a daughter, Isadora Alice Arabella, 28 January, 2012, a brother for Jonah Michael Atticus Hayden, who was b 13 Apr, 2010. Jason is the elder son of Mr Christopher Green, of London, and Mrs Isabel Green, of Upavon, Wiltshire, & Jessica younger is the yr daughter of Michael FitzGerald Heathcoat Amory (b. 1941), of Tiverton, Devon, by his 2nd wife Mrs (Sarah) Arabella Marjorie von Westenholz (b. 1942) (former wife of Baron Frederick Patrick Piers von Westenholz) and daughter of Raimund von Hofmannsthal, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Hester Mary Paget, daughter of the 6th Marquess of Anglesey, GCVO, DL (1885-1947).

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Cecilia Pascha Steuart Fothringham

2012-02-02T06:33:00.000Z

_.Sophia Z. Steuart Fothringham (nee MacCarthy- Morrogh), wife of Charles H. Steuart Fothringham

of Grantully, scion of that landed family and a descendant of King William IV and Mrs Jordan,

gave birth to a daughter, Cecilia Pascha, 7 January, 2012. Charles is the younger son of

Henry Steuart Fothringham of Grantully, and of the late Mrs Steuart Fothringham of Achnacone,

and Sophia is the elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Alexander MacCarthy- Morrogh, of Haddington, East Lothian.

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Eileen Alleyne (1923-2012)

2012-02-01T06:38:00.000Z

Eileen Alleyne, who died 23 January, 2012, was born 1923, a dau of Capt Sir John Meynell Alleyne,
4th Baronet, DSO, DSC, RN, who died 1983, and a sister of the 5th Bart. She was unm.

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Rose-Ann Mainwaring-Burton

2012-02-01T06:35:00.001Z

.Rose-Ann Morgan Mainwaring-Burton (nee Templeton), who died 28 January, 2012, was wife of Capt Henry Frederick Beresford Mainwaring-Burton (b 1916) scion of an Irish landed family, and a descendant of the Wellesley Barons (later Earls) Cowley and Earls Cadogan, &c. She was a dau of Robert Bryson Templeton, of Wang Hall, Denham, Buckinghamshire, and married in 1950. She leaves issue.

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Lait / Ryecart engagement

2012-02-01T06:12:00.001Z

_.The engagement was announced 1 February, 2012, between Mr Jonathan Frederick (Freddie) Lait (b 1983), son of Mr Richard N. Lait, of Ascott under Wychwood, and Mrs Judith (Judy) Lait (nee Racek), of Hamilton, Bermuda, and Mariella Celia Ryecart (b 1982), daughter of the actor Patrick Ryecart (b 9 May 1952), by his former wife the actress Marsha Fitzalan (aka Lady Marcia Mary Josephine George (nee Fitzalan-Howard), of Fawley, Oxfordshire), daughter of the late 17th Duke of Norfolk, KG, GCVO (1915-2002), &c.

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Chenery / Brooks engagement

2012-01-31T06:28:00.001Z

_The engagement was announced 31 Jan 2012 between Capt Max P. Chenery, son of Mr & Mrs Paul Chenery, of Brooke, Rutland, & the Hon Katharine Brooks (b 1978), 4th daughter of the 5th Baron Crawshaw (b 1934), of Whatton, Leicestershire, by his wife the former Belinda Mary Burgess.

Cleo Lilias Crofton-Atkins

2012-01-31T06:23:00.002Z

_Katherine Crofton-Atkins (nee Inglefield), wife of Charles Crofton-Atkins,
scion of that landed family, gave birth to a daughter, Cleo Lilias,
in Hong Kong, 27 January, 2012.

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Hon David Peter Brougham (1940-2012)

2012-01-27T07:46:00.001Z

_The Hon David Peter Brougham, who died 23 January, 2012, aged 71, was a younger son of the 4th Baron Brougham & Vaux (1909-1967), by his 2nd wife the former Jean Follett (d 1992). Mr Brougham was twice wed and leaves a widow, Caroline (nee Tomkin, descended from the Bunbury Baronets), and leaves a son from each of his marriages, Henry & Oliver.

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Robert Hugh Lindley (Robin) Egerton (1931-2012)

2012-01-27T07:30:00.001Z

Robert Hugh Lindley Egerton, scion of the Egerton landed family of Mountfield Court, formerly of Tatton Park, died 19 January, 2012. He was 80. Robin Egerton was born 26 Sept, 1931, son of Maj Guy William Egerton (1892-1965) by his wife the former Emma Marie Lindley; married 1964, Claire Prideaux-Brune (b 1937), scion of that landed family, dau of Lancelot Grant Prideaux-Brune, by his wife the former Constance Tetley, by whom he had issue, Joanna, Guy, David & Alexander.

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Sir Rupert Charles Gerald Shuckburgh, 13th Baronet (1949-2012)

2012-01-27T07:09:00.001Z

_Sir Rupert Shuckburgh, 13th Baronet, died 24 January, 2012. He was 62. Rupert Charles Gerald Shuckburgh was born 12 Feb, 1949, and succeeded his father, Maj Sir Charles Shuckburgh, 12th Bart, in 1988. The English Baronetcy was awarded in 1660, by Charles II, to Sir Rupert's ancestor, a loyal supporter of King Charles I. The 13th Baronet was twice married, and is succeeded by the elder son from his first marriage, James Rupert Charles, born 4 January, 1978.

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Death of Araminta, Baroness Aldington, aged 91

2012-01-27T06:54:00.001Z

_Araminta, Baroness Aldington, who died 26 January, 2012, aged 91, was the widow of Toby Austin Richard William Low, 1st Baron Aldington (1914-2000).

She was the former Felicité Ann Araminta MacMichael, daughter of Sir Harold MacMichael, GCMG, and married Toby Low in 1947. They had three children. Her husband was awarded a hereditary peerage in 1962, followed by a life peerage in 1999. He died 7 Dec, 2000.

Lady Aldington's son, Charles, is 2nd Baron.

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Death of Lord Somerleyton, GCVO, former Master of the Horse

2012-01-27T06:15:00.000Z

The 3rd Baron Somerleyton, GCVO, a former senior member of the Royal Household, who served as Master of the Horse, died 24 January, 2012. He was 83. Lord Somerleyton was appointed a Lord-in-Waiting to the Queen in 1979, and from 1991 to 1999 was Master of the Horse. He was appointed GCVO in 1998.

He was born Savile William Francis Crossley, 17 Sept, 1928, son of the 2nd Baron by his wife the former Bridget Hoare; and succeeded to the peerage (Baron UK, 1916) on his father's death, 15 July, 1959.

He married in 1963, Belinda Maris Loyd, dau of Capt Vivian Loyd, of Ascot, by whom he had a son, and 4 daughters. The son, Hugh Francis Savile Crossley, born 27 Sept, 1971, inherits the peerage.

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Angela Mary Culme-Seymour (1912-2012)

2012-01-26T06:19:00.001Z

_Angela Mary Culme-Seymour, who died 22 January, 2012, aged 99, was the former wife of Sir Winston Churchill's nephew, John George Spencer Churchill, and a scion of the Culme-Seymour Baronets (cr UK 1809). She was born 3 Aug 1912, the daughter of Capt George Culme-Seymour (1878-1915), by his wife the former Janet Beatrix Orr Ewing, scion of that family of Baronets; she married 1stly 1934 (div 1938) John George Spencer Churchill (d 1992), scion of the Dukes of Marlborough; married 2ndly, 1938 (div 1942) the 3rd Baron Kinross; married 3rdly, 1948, Comte René Guillet de Chatellus; married 4thly, Ali Bulent Rauf. She leaves issue. a dau, Sarah (Sally) from her 1st marriage, and sons, Mark & Johnnie.

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Isla Clementine Gladstone

2012-01-25T06:32:00.001Z

Evelyn L. Gladstone (nee Milligan), wife of John B. Gladstone, scion of the Gladstone of Capenoch landed family, gave birth to a daughter, Isla Clementine, 19 January, 2012. John is a son of Mr and Mrs Robert Gladstone, of Capenoch, Dumfriesshire, and Evelyn is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Iain Milligan, of Dunesslin, Dumfriesshire.

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Nicholas Ranald Innes of Edingight

2012-01-25T06:16:00.001Z

_.Jekaterina Innes of Edingight, wife of John Berowald Innes, younger of Edingight (b. 1965), gave birth to a son, Nicholas Ranald, in Tallinn, 6 January, 2012, a brother for Anna-Nicole, and Alexander, who was b at Tallinn, 22July, 2006. John Innes is a scion of the Innes Baronets (cr. 1628), and is the eldest son of Sir Malcolm Rognvald Innes of Edingight, , KCVO, FSA (b. 1938), sometime Lord Lyon King of Arms and Secretary to the Order of the Thistle, by his wife the former Anne Hay.

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James Newman Gilbey (1921-2012)

2012-01-25T06:11:00.001Z

_.James Newman Gilbey, scion of the Gilbey Baronets (cr 1893), died at his home in Somerset, 18 January, 2012. He was 90. He was b 10 Sept 1921, a son of Capt Francis Newman Gilbey, OBE, by his wife Mary Jump; educ at Ampleforth; married 1949, Celia Sparrow, by whom he had issue.

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Death of Dowager Baroness Hampton

2012-01-25T06:01:00.001Z

.The Dowager Baroness Hampton, widow of the 6th Baron, died 17 January, 2012. She was Jane Elizabeth Farquharson Arnott, dau. of Dr Thomas Frank Arnott OBE, of Moorlands, Bovey Tracy, co. Devon, and married Richard Humphrey Russell Pakington in 1958. He succeeded his brother in the family honours in 1962 and died 9 July, 2003. Lady Hampton is survived by a son, John, the 7th Baron, and by two daughters.

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Tatiana Virginia Marion Slade

2012-01-24T06:32:00.001Z

Clementine Patience Priscilla Slade (nee Sheffield, b 11 Oct 1976), wife of Dominic Slade, gave birth to a daughter, Tatiana Virginia Marion, in London, 16 January, 2012/ Dominic is a son of Mr and Mrs Roger Haviland Slade, of Devon, and Clementine is a posthumous daughter of the late Mr John Mulgrave Sheffield (d 6 Sept, 1977), by his wife the former Virginia Ann Katherine (Ginny) Mitchell, elder daughter of Anthony Philip Mitchell (1919-2000) by his 1st wife Priscilla Mary Boldero. Ginny Mitchell married John Sheffield in 1974. Mrs Sheffield married 2ndly, William James Conyers (Bill) Scrope (b. 1938 ) third son of Lt Col Adrian Scrope, of that landed family and descended from the Sykes of Sledmere Baronets, &c. -=-

Death of Lady Faulkner, widow of Northern Ireland Prime Minister, Brian Faulkner

2012-01-24T05:53:00.000Z

Lucy, Lady Faulkner of Downpatrick, widow of the late Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Brian Faulkner, died 20 January, 2012. She was the former Lucy Barbara Ethel Forsythe, daughter of William Forsythe, and married Brian Faulkner in 1951. Her husband was Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, 1971-72, and created a life peer in 199 just a month before his demise, 3 March, 1977, aged 56. She leaves issue.-==-

Patrick Gordon Laughlan Fraser

2012-01-21T09:45:00.001Z

_.Suzanne E.L. Fraser ((née Urquhart), wife of Duncan J Fraser, gave birth to a son, Patrick Gordon Laughlan, 9 January, 2012, a brother for Poppy. Duncan is a son of Mrs Gordon Fraser and the late Mr Gordon Fraser, of Edinburgh, and Suzanne is a daughter of the Hon William James Lauchlan Urquhart (b 1944) of Errol, Perthshire, and Mrs Urquhart, and a granddaughter paternally of the late Baron Tayside (life peer, who d 1975) and of Baroness Tayside (d 2007).--==-

Granddaughter for Lord Aylesford

2012-01-21T09:44:00.001Z

--The Lady Alexandra Rosemary Dewar Durie (nee Finch-Knightley), b 1977, wife of James Dewar Durie, gave birth to a daughter, Isla, in London, 17 January, 2012. James Dewar Durie is the eldest son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Dewar- Durie, of Finnich Malise, Croftamie, Stirlingshire, and Lady Alexandra is a daughter of the Earl & Countess of Aylesford. ===

Octavia Emma Scott Plummer

2012-01-21T09:43:00.001Z

_.Poppy Teresa Scott Plummer (b 1978, née Keswick) wife of Charles H. Scott Plummer (b. 18 Aug 1971), scion of the LG family of Scott-Plummer, of Sunderland Hall, Selkirk, gave birth to a daughter, Octavia Emma, 14 January, 2012, a sister for Hector (b 15 Feb 2008), and for Sophia. Charles is the elder son of Mr (Patrick) Joseph (Joe) Scott Plummer (b. 24 Aug 1943), of Mainhouse, Kelso, and his 1st wife the former Elizabeth-Anne Way, now Mrs Robert Stewart, of Hilton of Gask, & Poppy is the elder daughter of Mr Simon Lindley Keswick, of Rockcliffe, Stow on the Wold, descended from the extinct Barons Lindley, by his wife the former Emma Bridget Chetwode (b. 1950), scion of the Barons Chetwode. Poppy Keswick is a granddaughter paternally of Sir William Keswick, and a granddaughter maternally of Maj. George David Chetwode, MBE (b. 1914), who married 1946, Lady Willa Elliot, daughter of the 5th Earl of Minto. -==-

Wragg / Crawley-Boevey engagement

2012-01-21T09:41:00.001Z

The engagement was announced 21 Jan 2012 between Andrew T. Wragg, son of Dr & MrsTrevor Wragg, of Elford, Staffs, & Sarah Frances Crawley-Boevey (b 1982) scion of the Crawley-Boevey Baronets (cr GB 1784), daughter of David Alexander Crawley-Boevey (b 1948), of Shurlock Row, Berks, by his wife the former Isabelle Frances Lee Eyre.-==-

Clovannis Jane Innes (1942-2012)

2012-01-20T09:47:00.001Z

_.Clovannis Jane Innes ((née Cathcart), scion of the Earls Cathcart (cr UK 1814) born 1942, dau of Lt-Col Charles Frederick Cathcart (1912-71), by his wife the former Pamela Violet Stirling; married 1961, Maj Colion Berowald Innes, Black Watch (scion of the Innes Baronets cr 1628); died at Pitlochry, 18 January, 2012. She leaves issue.-==-

Hon Barnaby Howard (1925-2011)

2012-01-20T09:24:00.000Z

_The Hon Barnaby Howard, b 1925, son of the 3rd Baron Strathcona & Mount Royal, died at Jacksonville, Florida, 18 Dec 2011. He was four times wed & his only son by his 1st wife, Alan Stirling (1956-92, unm), predeceased him. -==-

Boyle / Mehta engagement

2012-01-20T09:15:00.000Z

_.The engagement was announced 20 January 2012 between Harry Courtenay Boyle (b 1979), scion of the Earls of Cork & Orrery (cr Ire, 1620), son of John Richard Boyle (b 1938), by his 2nd wife the former Lena Rahr, and Sonali R. Mehta, daughter of Rajesh and Gita Mehta.-==-

Arnold / Collins engagement

2012-01-20T09:04:00.001Z

.The engagement was announced 20 Jan 2012, between Mark A.G.E. Arnold, son of Mr and Mrs John Arnold, of The Hague, the Netherlands, and Emma Rachel Paget [b 1986], daughter of Sir Richard Paget, 4th Baronet (b 1957) of Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Richenda Rachel Collins (descended from the Barons Hazlerigg), &c.-==-

Daughter for Harry and Rosie Meade

2012-01-19T06:37:00.001Z

_Rosie Meade (nee Bradford), wife of Henry Michael (Harry) Meade (b 1983), gave birth to a daughter, Lily Florence, 9 January, 2012. Harry Meade, a friend of Princes William & Harry, is the son of Richard Meade, OBE, sometime Olympic showjumper, of West Littleton, Wilts, by his wife the former Angela Dorothy Farquhar (b 1947), scion of the Farquhar Baronets, & Rosie is the elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Richard Bradford, of Yanworth, Glos. -==-

Birth of Nicholas Charles Samuel Montagu

2012-01-18T06:14:00.000Z

Nancy B. Montagu (nee Wilson), wife of Rupert Anthony Samuel Montagu (b 1965), scion of the Barons Swaythling, gave birth to a son, Nicholas Charles Samuel, 12 January, 2012, a brother for Henry George Samuel, who was b 27 Oct, 2008, and for Alexander Edward Samuel, b 14th July, 2010.Rupert is the elder son of the Hon Anthony Trevor Samuel Montagu (b 1931), of London, by his wife the former Deirdre Senior (descended from the Barons Joicey), & Nancy is the only daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Wilson, of San Carlos, California. -==-

Butler/Anketell-Jones engagement

2012-01-17T05:51:00.000Z

_.The engagement was announced 17 January, 2012, between the Hon Richard Pierce Theobald Butler [b 5 July 1983], son and heir of John Fitzwalter Butler, 19th Baron Dunboyne [b 31 Jul 1951], of Rotherfield, East Sussex, by his wife the former (Diana) Caroline Williams, 2nd dau of Sir Michael Sanigear Williams KCMG, & Anneka Eileen Anketell-Jones [b 1984], dau of Andrew Anketell-Jones, also of Rotherfield, by his wife the former ___Quigley.-==-

Death of Lady Runcie, widow of former Archbsihop of Canterbury

2012-01-15T08:46:00.000Z

The Lady Runcie, widow of the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Runcie, died 12 January, 2012, aged 79. The well-known classical pianist was born Angela Rosalind [Lindy] Turner in 1932, a dau of J.W. Cecil Turner, and married Robert Runcie in 1957. Her husband, who was Bishop of St Albans, and then Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 1991, died in 2000. She is survived by a son, James, and a daughter, Rebecca.-==-

Gus O'Donnell's peerage [Lord O'Donnell, of Clapham in the London Borough of Wandsworth]

2012-01-13T14:55:00.000Z

_.Sir Gus O'Donnell, Cabinet Secretary between 2005 and 2011, recently elevated to the peerage [for life] will take his seat in the House of Lords as Lord O'Donnell, of Clapham in the London Borough of Wandsworth.

Hon Shaun Albert Frederick Sheridan Plunket [1931-2012]

2012-01-13T05:03:00.000Z

_.The Hon Shaun Albert Frederick Sheridan Plunket, younger brother and heir presumptive to the 8th Baron Plunket (cr UK, 1827), has died. He was 80. He was a childhood friend of the Queen and Princess Margaret, and a brother of Patrick, 7th Baron, who served as equerry to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II and served as Her Majesty's Deputy Master of the Household for 20 years until his untimely death in 1975.

Mr Plunket is survived by his third wife Andrea, and by a son and daughter of his first marriage. The son, Tyrone, 45, is now heir pres to the barony.

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Cazenove/Cox engagement

2012-01-12T17:05:00.000Z

__.The engagement was announced 12 Jan 2012, between Richard J. de L. Cazenove, scion of that landed family, son of Mr & Mrs Bernard Cazenove, of Ellisfield, Hampshire, & Arabella M. Cox, dau of Mr & Mrs Charles Cox, of Gourdie, Perthshire.

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+ Anne Skipwith (née Barren)

2012-01-12T16:53:00.001Z

_.Anne Skipwith (née Barren), who died 5 January, 2012, was the wife of Peyton Stephen Skipwith (b 1939, scion of the Skipwith Baronets (cr E, 1622). She was the former Anne Barren, dau of Capt. C.E. Barren, of Seasalter, Kent, and married in 1971. She is survived by her husband (a son of the 11th Baronet) and by a son, Grey, and 2 daughters, Selina and Amber.

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Clara Monica Lane Fox-Pitt

2012-01-12T06:25:00.000Z

__.Fenella Fox-Pitt, (née Charles), wife of Andrew Fox-Pitt, scion of that landed family, gave birth to a daughter, Clara Monica Lane, 6 January, 2012, a sister for Arabella, Eliza, and Olivia.

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Death of Oliver Lane Fox-Pitt

2012-01-12T06:24:00.001Z

_.Oliver W.O.L. Fox-Pitt, scion of that landed family, born 30 Jul 1932, has died. (Daily Telegraph 12 Jan 2012 says "09.01.11"). Husband of Marietta, father of William (equestrian?), Andrew, Laurella and Alicia. The funeral takes place at The Holy Cross, Goodnestone, 26 January,2012.

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Berney/Cid Tamayo engagement

2012-01-12T06:12:00.003Z

__.The engagement was announced 12 Jan 2012, between William Reedham John Berney [b 29 Jun 1980], elder son and heir of Sir Julian Berney, 11th Baronet (cr E, 1620) [b 26 Sep 1952] by his wife the former Sheena Day, & Mariana Cid Tamayo, only dau of Luis Fernando Cid Buchart and Elsa Tamayo de Cid, of Mexico & Singapore.

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Berney/Cid Tamayo engagement

2012-01-12T06:12:00.001Z

Orr/Remnant engagement

2012-01-12T06:06:00.001Z

_.The engagement was announced 12 Jan 2012, between Mr William Orr, son of Maj & Mrs Adrian Orr, and Miss Eleanor Clare Remnant [b 1983]. scion of the Barons Remnant [cr UK 1928] elder dau of the Hon Philip John Remnant [b 1954], by his wife the former Caroline Cavendish, scion of the Dukes of Devonshire, &c.

Lord Robin Innes-Ker to wed for 2nd time

2012-01-12T05:46:00.000Z

_.Lord Robert Anthony [Robin] Innes-Ker, born 1959, a younger son of the late 9th Duke of Roxburghe, has announced his engagement to Mrs Jane Rigg.

Baby for the van Cutsems

2012-01-12T05:37:00.000Z

_.Rose Nancy Langhorne van Cutsem (nee Astor, b 1979), wife of of Hugh Ralph van Cutsem [b. 1974], scion of that landed family, gave birth to a son, Charles Hugh Valentine, 4 Jan, 2012, a brother for Grace Emilie Clare, who was b. 18 August, 2007, and for Rafe Michael Waldorf, who was b 12 February, 2009.

Hugh is the second son of Hugh Bernard Edward van Cutsem [b. 1941], of Hilborough, Norfolk [descended from the 4th Marquess of Northampton], by his wife the former Jonkyrouwe Emilie, daughter of Jonkheer Pieter Quarles van Ufford, of De Dumdoorn, Aerdenhout, Holland, and Rose is the youngest daughter of David Waldorf Astor, CBE [b. 1943], of Bruern, Oxfordshire, by his wife thr former Clare Pamela St. John
[scion of the Barons St. John of Bletso].

Grace van Cutsem was a bridesmaid at the marriage of Catherine Middleton and HRH The Duke of Cambridge.

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Kindersley/Salt engagement

2012-01-11T06:47:00.001Z

_.The engagement was announced in Jan 2012 between Alexander Philip Kindersley [b 1982], scion of the Barons Kindersley, son of Mr Christian Philip Kindersley [b 1950], of Cape Town, by his 1st wife the former Hilary Luise Guard (now Baroness Westbury), of Cyprus, and Miss Kathryn Julie Salt, only daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Salt, of Upper Brailes, Oxfordshire.

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Ludo Oliver Hanbury Mackenzie Smith

2012-01-11T06:39:00.001Z

_.Arabella Mackenzie Smith, (nee Hanbury), b. 13 December, 1975, wife of Hugo Mackenzie Smith, gave birth to a son, Ludo Oliver Hanbury, 3 January, 2012, a brother for Christopher Hanbury (Archie), who was b. 26 Mar 2002, and for Tallulah-Plum,who was b. 13 October, 2004, and for brother, Hubie, who was b 10 July 2006. Arabella is a daughter of Major Christopher Osgood Philip Hanbury, one-time Equerry to HM The Sultan of Brunei, and of Mrs Hanbury, (the former Bridget Anne Birch), and she is a first cousin of the Earl of Derby. Hugo & Arabella married at Lambourn, Berks, 17 June, 2000.

Death of wife of clan chief

2012-01-06T05:15:00.001Z

_The Hon Diana Mary MacNab of MacNab [nee Anstruther-Gray], born in 1936, a dau of Baron Kilmany by his wife(a scion of the Earls of Durham) married 1959, James MacNab [The MacNab of MacNab], died 2 January, 2012, aged 75.

Hon Guy Robert Grimston

2012-01-05T06:45:00.001Z

_.Rosanagh Viola Alexandra Grimston [nee Innes-Ker], styled Viscountess Grimston, dau of the 10th Duke of Roxburghe and wife of James Walter Grimston, styled Viscount Grimston [b 6 Jan 1978], son and heir of the 7th Earl of Verulam, gave birth to a son, the Hon Guy Robert Grimston,. 21 Dec, 2011, a brother for the Hon John Innes Archie Grimston, who was b 10 Aug, 2010.

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Ann Lady Belhaven & Stenton dies

2012-01-04T06:20:00.001Z

_.Ann Lady Belhaven and Stenton, who died 26 December, 2011, aged 87, was the first wife of the 13th Lord Belhaven & Stenton, holder of a Scottish peerage [cr 1647]. She was b circa 1924, a dau of Col Arthur Henry Moseley DSO, of Hastings Road, Warrawee, New South Wales, Australia, & married the peer 27 Sept, 1952. They divorced in 1973.
Lady Belhaven & Stenton leaves a son Frederick, The Master of Belhaven, and a daughter, Julia. Cremation at Dumfries, 9 Jan, 2012.

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Sir Roger Hugh Cary, 2nd Bt (1926-2011)

2012-01-03T06:42:00.000Z

__Sir Roger Hugh Cary, 2nd Baronet, born 8 Jan 1926, died 29 Dec, 2011. He was 85 and succeeded to the baronetcy [cr UK 1955] on the demise of his father, 1979. Succeeded by his son, Nicolas, born 7 Apr 1955.

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Lee/Norman betrothal

2011-12-31T08:04:00.001Z

__The engagement was announced 31 Dec, 2011, between Mr Kalman Lee, son of Mr & Mrs Sim Lee, of Christchurch, New Zealand, and Davina Penelope Norman [b 1981], dau of David Mark Norman, scion of that landed family, by his wife the former Diana Anne Sheffield [b 1942], scion of the Sheffield Baronets [cr GB, 1755], &c.

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Archie Charles George Geddes

2011-12-31T07:48:00.001Z

_.Alice A. Geddes (née Alexander) wife of the Hon. James George Neil Geddes (b. 10 September, 1969), gave birth to a 3rd son, Archie Charles George, 20 Dec, 2011, a brother for Angus Ross Alexander, who was b 22 November, 2005, and for Lachlan Robert Campbell, who was b 23 January, 2008. James Geddes is the son and heir of the 3rd Baron Geddes and the late Baroness Geddes, of Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire, & Alice is the youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs Robert Alexander, of Burghclere, Hampshire.

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Astor/Picardie engagement

2011-12-31T07:36:00.000Z

_.The engagement was announced 31 Dec, 2011, between the Hon Philip Douglas Paul Astor [b. 1959], yr son of the late 2nd Baron Astor of Hever [1918-84], by his wife the former Lady Irene Violet Freesia Janet Augusta Haig, & Justine H. Picardie, dau of Mr Michael Picardie and Mrs Hilary Britten.

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Thomas More Eyston [1931-2011]

2011-12-30T06:17:00.001Z

_.Thomas More Eyston, who died 26 December, 2011, was a grandson maternally of the 6th Earl of Mexborough. He was b 24 Dec 1931, son of Capt Thomas More Eyston [1902-40] by his wife the former Lady Agnes Savile.

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Albert Louis Alexander von Westenholz

2011-12-30T06:07:00.000Z

Mellissa (Milly) von Westenholz (nee Sanders), wife of Mark Henry Cosimo von Westenholz (b. 1973), gave birth to a son, Albert Louis Alexander, 21 Dec, 2011, a brother for Otto Charles Michael, who was b 19 September, 2006, and for Ferdinand Rupert Henry, 7 July 2008.

Mark is the second son of the late Mr Charles von Westenholz, of Widford, Hertfordshire, by his wife, the former Lady Mary Marianella Anne Kerr (b. 1944), and Melissa is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael Sanders, of Chawton, Hampshire.

Mark von Westenholz is a maternal grandson of the late 12th Marquess of Lothian, KCVO (1922-2004).

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Sir Philip Digby Pauncefort-Duncombe, 4th Baronet (1927-2011)

2011-12-29T14:46:00.000Z

_Sir Philip Digby Pauncefort-Duncombe, 4th Baronet, born 18 May, 1927, died 22 December, 2011. He succeeded to the baronetcy [cr UK 1859] on the demise of his father, Maj Sir Everard Philip Digby Pauncefort-Duncombe, DSO, in 1971. Married 1951, Rachel Moyra, dau of Maj Henry Aylmer, scion of the Barons Aylmer. He is succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, David Philip Henry, b 21 May, 1956.

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Countess of Shannon (c1930-2011)

2011-12-29T14:41:00.000Z

From the Telegraph of 22 December 2011:

SHANNON
Susan, Countess of, aged 81 years, died on 15th December peacefully after a long illness. Mother of Harry, Gigi and Caroline and grandmother of Oliver and Max. Will be much missed by family and friends..—A Thanksgiving Service will be held at St. Mary's Church, Goudhurst, Kent on 12th January 2012 at 2.30 p.m. Family flowers only
please. Donations if wished payable to either Hospice in the Weald or Drs Watson and Llewellyn Surgery Patient Fund c/o J Perigoe & Son, Bank Street, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 3EF.

She was the dau of John P Russell HOGG (collateral of the marquesses of LOTHIAN). She m 1957 as his 2nd w (div 1979) the 9th & present Earl of SHANNON (b 1924). Their only son, Viscount Boyle (b 1960) is the unmarried heir apparent to the earldom. They also had two daus as above.

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Randle Richard Feilden [1923-2011]

2011-12-29T12:24:00.001Z

__.Randle Richard Feilden, who died 21 December, 2011, aged 88, was a scion of the Feilden Baronets [cr UK 1846]. He was b 12 January, 1923, son of Col. Wemyss Feilden [1870-1943], by his wife the former Winifred Cosens [d 1980]. Mr Feilden was a yr brother of Sir Henry Wemyss Feilden, 6th Baronet [1916-2010] &c.

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Eleanor Retallack [1931-2011]

2011-12-27T06:43:00.000Z

_.Eleanor Retallack [nee Bailie] scion of that landed family, died 23rd Oct, 2011, aged 80. She was b 28 Sept, 1931, dau of Maj Charles William Hugh Bailie, of Manderstons, Duns, Berwickshire, and married c1950, Timothy Retallack. A sister, Lorna, married 1950, the Hon Gordon William Nottage Palmer, scion of the Barons Palmer, &c. Mrs Retallack leaves 3 daughters.

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Marsham/Phillips engagement

2011-12-27T06:26:00.000Z

_.The engagement was announced 27 Dec 2011, between Major The Viscount Marsham [b 18 Apr 1977] elder son and heir of the 8th Earl of Romney [b 28 Mar 1948], of Gayton, Norfolk, by his wife the former Catriona Anne Stewart, & Katherine F. Phillips, dau of Mr & Mrs Timothy Phillips, of Winchester, Hampshire.

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Death of Mary Baroness Daresbury

2011-12-23T08:10:00.000Z

Mary Baroness Daresbury, who died in Jersey, 17 Dec, 2011, was the 2nd wife, and widow of the 3rd Baron Daresbury [1928-96]. She was the former Mary [Molly] Parkinson and married the peer in 1986. He died 9 Sept, 1996.

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Monier-Williams/Dodgson engagement

2011-12-22T07:25:00.000Z

__.The engagement was announced 22 Dec, 2011, between Rupert H. Monier-Williams(b 1965), yr son of the late John Monier-Williams and Mrs John Monier-Williams [nee Hutchinson], of Muggington, Derbyshire, & Sarah K. Dodgson, elder dau of Mr & Mrs Anthony Dodgson, of Mersea Island.

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Paton/Munro engagement

2011-12-22T07:02:00.000Z

_.The engagement was announced 22 Dec, 2011, between William J.B. Paton, son of Mr & Mrs David Paton, of Grandhome, Aberdeenshire, & Fiona Mary Munro [b 1976], daughter of Christopher I.C. Munro by his wife the former Hon Diana Mary Colville [b 1947], sometime Lady-in-Waiting to HRH The Duchess of Gloucester, daughter of the 2nd Baron Clydesmuir, KT, CB, MBE, TD, &c.

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Osborne/Woodhouse engagement

2011-12-21T06:14:00.000Z

_.The engagement was announced 20 Dec, 2011, between George Dominic Peter Osborne [b 1977], [adopted] son of James Francis Osborne [b 1946], scion of the Osborne Baronets, and Mrs Osborne, & the Hon Constance Margaret Davina Woodhouse [b 1982], daughter of Prof the 6th Baron Woodhouse [b 1946], by his wife the former Hon Anna Margaret Philipps, dau of the 3rd Baron Milford, &c.

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Robert Mchael Oliver Blackwell

2011-12-21T06:08:00.001Z

BLACKWELL._On 14th December 2011, to Lucy Sonia Elizabeth (Heathcoat Amory b 1977, scion of the BARONETS of that name) and Will, a son, Robert (Bobby) Michael Oliver. Lucy is a dau of Michael Fitzgerald Heathcoat Amory [b 1941] by his 2nd wife the former [Sarah] Arabella Marjorie von Hofmannshal [descended from the 6th Marquess of Anglesey, &c].

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Death of Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, 92

2011-12-20T06:04:00.000Z

_.Henry Herbert Kitchener, 3rd & last Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, died 16 December, 2011, at the age of 92. He was born 24 Feb 1919, elder son of Capt Henry Franklin Chevallier Kitchener, RN, styled Viscount Broome [1878-1928] by his wife the former Adela Mary Evelyn Monins, and succeeded to the peerages on the demise of his grandfather, 27 March, 1937. Unmarried. Downton Abbey writer Lord Fellowes of West Stafford [lifer] is married to Emma Kitchener, LVO, the late peer's niece.

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Arthur John Hope Thomas Savile

2011-12-15T06:14:00.000Z

_. Victoria Sian Savile [nee Forman Hardy] wife of the Hon James Hugh Hope John Savile (b. 21 Aug 1976), gave birth to a son, Arthur John Hope Thomas, 1 December, 2011. James is a son of the 8th Earl of Mexborough (b 6 May 1931), by his 2nd wife Mrs Catherine Joyce Vivian (former wife of Nicholas Crespigny Laurence [Vivian], 6th Baron Vivian), yst. dau. of James Kenneth Hope CBE, of West Park, Lanchester, Co. Durham,& Victoria Savile (b 1979), is a dau of Mr & Mrs Nicholas Forman Hardy, of Car Colston, Nottinghamshire.

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+ Frances Mary Colquhoun (1925-2011)

2011-12-14T12:08:00.000Z

__Frances Mary Colquhoun, who died in Norfolk, 10 Dec, 2011, was a scion of the Colquhoun Baronets of Luss [cr GB 1786]. She was born in 1925, a daughter of Sir Ian Colquhoun of Luss, 7th Baronet, by his wife the former Geraldine Tennant, scion of the Barons Glenconner. She was unm. Her sister Fiona married 1937, the 8th Earl of Arran; and her niece Iona Colquhoun married 1964, the 12th Duke of Argyll, &c.

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Arthur John Sowerby Wallop

2011-12-13T06:19:00.001Z

_.Victoria Wallop (nee Sowerby), wife of Harry Robert Newton Wallop, [b. 1974] gave birth to a son, Arthur John Sowerby, 5 Dec, 2011, a brother for Alexander Benedict Sowerby Wallop, who was b. 3 December, 2002,and for Felix Coulson Sowerby, who was b 2 June, 2005, and for Cecilia (Celia) Georgina Sowerby, who was b 9 January, 2008.Harry is the son of the Hon Nicholas and Mrs Wallop, of Kensington, London, & is a grandson of the 9th Earl of Portsmouth. Mrs Wallop is the daughter of Mr & Mrs John Sowerby, of Windermere, Cumbria.

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Birth of Otto Scott, a Palmer-Tomkinson descendant

2011-12-13T06:12:00.001Z

_.Katherine Lindsay Scott [nee Palmer-Tomkinson, b 1979] wife of Dan Scott, gave birth to a son, Otto Walter, 2 Dec, 2011. Katherine is a daughter of Christopher David Palmer-Tomkinson [b 1942] by his wife the former Virginia Franklin, and is descended from the Palmer Baronets & the Smith landed family of Midhurst, from whom descends HM The Queen, &c. Katherine Scott is a 1st cousin of the ubiquitous Santa and Tara Palmer-Tomkinson.

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Death of Lord Suffield, the 11th Baron, aged 89

2011-12-12T06:29:00.000Z

_The 11th Baron Suffield, MC, died 8 December, 2011. He was aged 89. Anthony Philip Harbord-Hamond was born 19 Jun 1922, son of the 10th peer [1865-1951] by his wife the former Nina Crawfuird Hutchinson, and succeeded to the peerage & baronetcy on his father's demise, 2 Feb 1951; married 1952, Elizabeth Eve Edgedale [who d 7 Feb 1995] by whom he had issue, 3 sons and 1 daughter. The peerage [GB 1786] and Baronetcy [GB 1745/6] now devolve upon his Lordship's eldest son, Charles, born 3 Dec 1953.

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Giulietta Ines Susanna Aitken

2011-12-12T06:08:00.001Z

_.Inés Aitken [nee Nieto Gómez-Valencia] wife of the Hon Maxwell Francis Aitken (b 17 March, 1977), gave birth to a daughter, Giulietta Ines Susanna, 1 December, 2011, in Madrid. Max Aitken is the elder son of the 3rd Baron Beaverbrook (b 29 Dec 1951), of Fawley, Hampshire, abd Baroness Beaverbrook, & Inés is the eldest daughter of Señor and Señora Don José Ventura Nieto Valencia, of Madrid, Spain.

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Lord Stafford's heir weds Pippa Middleton's former flatmate

2011-12-11T12:03:00.001Z

_.The marriage took place at Melton, Suffolk, 10 Dec, 2011, of the Hon Benjamin John Basil Fitzherbert (b 8 Nov 1983), son & heir of the 9th Baron Stafford (b 13 Mar 1954), of Swynnerton, Staffs, by his wife the former Katherine Mary Codrington, & Georgina Hewlett (b 1984), dau of the Hon Thomas Anthony Hewlett (b 1952) of Woodbridge, Suffolk, by his wife the former Jane Elizabeth Dawson. The bride, a former flatmate of Miss Philippa Middleton, sister of the Duchess of Cambridge, is a granddaughter of the late life peer the Baron Hewlett, who expired in 1979.

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Death of John Chichester-Constable, of Burton Constable Hall

2011-12-10T08:27:00.001Z

_.John Raleigh Chichester-Constable, of Burton Constable Hall, East Yorkshire, died 7 December, 2011. His family have been seated at Burton Constable for 700 years. He was born in 1927 a son of Raleigh Charles Joseph Chichester-Constable [1890-1963], by his 1st wife Gladys [d. 1964].He married Laurel Gay Sawbridge [1935-89] by whom he had one daughter, Rodrica [b 1964], wife of James Straker, scion of that landed family, of Stagshaw, Northumberland, &c.

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Death of Lord Rockley, 77

2011-12-07T06:33:00.001Z

_.James Hugh Cecil, 3rd Baron Rockley, died 5th December, 2011. He was 77. He was born 5 Apr, 1934, son of the 2nd Baron [1901-76] by his wife the former Anne Margaret Meade-Fetherstonhaugh, scion of the Earls of Clanwilliam; he succeeded to the peerage [UK 1934] on his father's death, 6 January, 1976; married 18 Nov, 1958, Lady Sarah Primrose Beatrix Cadogan [b 1938], dau of the 7th Earl Cadogan, by whom he had issue. The peerage devolves upon the peer's only son, the Hon Anthony Robert Cecil, b 29 Jul 1961. The funeral will be at St Aldhelm's with the immediate family only and a memorial will be held in the new year.

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2011-12-07T04:59:00.001Z

_.The engagement was announced 7 December, 2011, between Sir James Lockett Charles Agnew-Somerville, 3rd Baronet [b 26 May 1970] son of the late Sir Quentin Agnew- Somerville, 2nd Bt, by his wife the former Hon April Drummond, a dau & co-heir of the 15th Baron Strange; and Lady Lucy Katharine Fortescue Gore [b 26 Oct 1976], daughter of the 9th Earl of Arran, by his wife the former Eleanor van Cutsem.

Sir Lockett Agnew-Somerville is a brother of the actress Geraldine Somerville.

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Death of Lady kadoorie, widow of life peer Lord Kadoorie, CBE

2011-12-06T05:07:00.001Z

_.Muriel, The Baroness Kadoorie [nee Gubbay], widow of one of the world's wealthiest men, died in Hong Kong on Monday, 5th December 2011, aged 96. Deeply missed by.— her children, the Hon Rita and the Hon Sir Michael, her grandchildren, Andrew, Deborah, Natalie, Bettina and Philip, and great-grandchildren, Milo, Misha and Esme. The Funeral will be private - no flowers by request. A Memorial Service will be held and details will be announced later. She was the widow of life peer Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie, CBE [1899-1993], &c

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Martha Beresford-Peirse

2011-12-06T04:56:00.001Z

_.Joanna M. Beresford-Peirse (née Tamlyn), wife of Henry Njers De la
Poer Beresford-Peirse, (b. 25 Mar 1969), scion of the Beresford-
Peirse Baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Martha, 4 December, 2011,
a sister for Harry, who was b 23 February, 2007, & for Alfred,
who was b 22 October, 2008. Henry is the son and heir of Sir Henry Grant
De La Poer Beresford-Peirse, 6th Baonet (b. 1933), and Lady Beresford-Peirse,
of Bedale and London, & Joanna is the youngest daughter of Mr Johnson Tamlyn,
of Suffolk, and Mrs Susannah Graham-Campbell, of London.
Joanna's step-father (Susannah's 2nd husband) is (Robert) Dugald
Graham-Campbell (b 1944) of the LG family of Graham-Campbell of
Shirvan. His first wife was Hon Sarah Grenville (dau Baron Peyton of
Yeovil - LP ext 2006). Susannah is the dau of Sir (Thomas) Leslie
Rowan KCB CVO (d 1972) & Catherine Patricia dau of Brig. R H A D Love.

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Philip Louis Victor Mallet, CMG [1926-2011]

2011-12-05T05:14:00.000Z

_.Philip Louis Victor Mallet, CMG, who died 1 December, 2011, aged 85, was born in 1926 a son of Sir Victor Alexander Louis Mallet, GCMG [1893-1969] by his wife the former Christina Andreae, & was a grandson of Sir Bernard Mallet, KCB [1859-1932] by his wife the former Hon Marie Constance Adeane [ d 1934] scion of that landed family and descended from the Yorke Earls of Hardwicke; married 1953, Mary Moyle Grenfell Borlase, by whom he had issue. James, Stephen and Victor. Funeral Service to be held at St John the Baptist Church, Wittersham on Friday 9th December 2011 at 12 noon.

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Phipps/Coad engagement

2011-12-05T04:57:00.001Z

_.The engagement was announced 5 Dec, 2011, between Jake Shimi Alan Phipps [b 1975], scion of the Marquesses of Normanby,, son of.— Major General Jeremy Julian Joseph Phipps [b 1942] and Mrs Phipps, of Bonchester Bridge, Harwick, and Melanie D. Coad, third daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Coad, of Thorpe, Barnard Castle.

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Parker Bowles/Arnold marriage

2011-12-02T06:44:00.000Z

_.The marriage took place 10 Sept 2011, at St Margaret's Church, Lothbury, London, between Mr Sam William Francis Parker Bowles [b 1981], scion of the Earls of Macclesfield, son of Simon Humphrey Parker Bowles [b 1941] by his wife the former Carolyn Potter, and Miss Louisa M. Arnold.

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Connell/Weld Forester nuptials

2011-12-02T06:31:00.001Z

_.The marriage took place on Saturday, Oct 15, 2011, at the Church of St John the Baptist, Willey, between Mr Nicholas T.C. Connell, son of Dr and Mrs Peter Connell, and the Hon Alexandra (Sasha) Weld Forester, youngest daughter of the late Lord Forester and of Catherine, Lady Forester.

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Birth of the Mitchell twins ....

2011-12-02T05:09:00.000Z

_.Audrey Mary Wiggin (b. 1974 née Wiggin), scion of the Wiggin Baronets (created 1892), & wife of Major Miles R.C. Mitchell, The Royal Dragoon Guards, gave birth to identical twin sons, Philip [Pip] Winston James & Barnaby Robert Kirkland, 16 Nov 2011, brothers for Alfred [b 30 Apr 2008]and for Myrtle. Maj Mitchell is a son of the late Henry Mitchell and Mrs Mitchell, of Blackheath, London, & Audrey is a daughter of Sir Alfred William (Jerry) Wiggin, Knt, TD (b. 1937), of Great Malvern, Worcestershire, by his 1st wife Rosemary Janet Orr.

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Death of Harry Seymour, kinsman of the Marquess of Hertford

2011-12-01T06:07:00.001Z

_.Harry William Seymour [b 1974], scion of the Marquesses of Hertford, died 23rd November 2011. He was a son of Julian Conway Seymour [b 1934] by his 2nd wife, the former Lavinia Margaret Lawrence, scion of the Lawrence Baronets. Thanksgiving Service St Mary's Church, East Knoyle 2 p.m. Thursday 8th December 2011.

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Lord Hindlip's heir to wed Lord Chadlington's daughter...

2011-12-01T04:59:00.001Z

.The engagement was announced 1 Dec, 2011, between the Hon Henry William Allsopp [b 8 Jun 1973], only son of the 6th Baron Hindlip [b 5 Aug 1940] and Baroness Hindlip [scion of the Barons McGowan], and the Hon Naomi Gummer [b 10 Jan 1984] eldest daughter of Peter Selwyn Gummer, Baron Chadlington [Life Peer] b 24 Aug 1942, and Baroness Chadlington.

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Colville/Winkler betrothal

2011-11-30T06:16:00.001Z

_.The engagement was announced 30 Nov, 2011, between the Hon Edmund Carleton Colville [b 14 Jul 1978] son of the late 4th Viscount Colville of Culross, QC, by his 2nd wife, the former Margaret Birgitta Norton, & Isabelle C. Winkler, dau of Dr & Mrs Joachim Winkler, of Zurich.

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Harris/de Chair nuptials

2011-11-30T05:16:00.000Z

The marriage took place on Nov 16, 2011, in Dorchester, between Major John Harris and Mrs Patricia (Squish) de Chair.

Marquess of Linlithgow's daughter to wed

2011-11-30T05:12:00.001Z

_.The engagement was announced 30 Nov 2011 between Michael van den Berg, son of Mr and Mrs Barrie van den Berg, of Truro, Cornwall, and the Lady Louisa Vivienne Hope [b 16 Apr 1981] , daughter of the 4th Marquess of Linlithgow, of West Lothian, and of the late Peta, Marchioness of Linlithgow.

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Death of Lord Mottistone, CBE, 90

2011-11-29T06:11:00.000Z

_.The Baron Mottistone, CBE, who died 24 November, 2011, aged 90, was the 4th Baron in the Peerage of the UK [Cr 1933]. David Peter Seely was born 16 Dec 1920, a son of the 1st Baron Mottistone [1868-1947] by his 2nd wife the Hon Evelyn Murray, dau of the 1st Viscount Elibank, and succeeded to the peerage on the demise of his half-brother, 4 Dec, 1966. He married in 1944, Anthea Christine McMullan [d. 22 Nov 2010], by whom he had issue, 2 sons, and three daughters. the peerage now devolves upon His Lordship's elder son, the Hon Peter John Philip Seely, b 29 Oct, 1949.

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Death of Sheridan Ulric Thynne, 72, kinsman of the Marquess of Bath

2011-11-29T05:44:00.001Z

_.Sheridan Ulric Thynne, who died in Egypt, 19 November, 2011, was a scion of the Marquesses of Bath. Mr Thynne was 72. He was born in 1939 a son of Lt-Col Oliver St Maur Thynne [1901-78] by his wife Mary. He married in 1964, Eve Clare Cardew, by whom he had one son and three daughters.

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Duff Gordon/Shand engagement

2011-11-23T06:35:00.000Z

_.The engagement was announced 22 Nov, 2011, between Thomas Francis Cornewall Duff Gordon [b 1979] son of Sir Andrew Cosmo Lewis Duff Gordon, 8th Baronet [b. 17 Oct 1933], by his 2nd wife, Eveline Virginia Soames, & Katharine E.C. Shand, dau of Mr & Mrs Roderick Shand.

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India Louisa Carolyn Harding-Newman

2011-11-23T06:28:00.000Z

_.Georgina S.C. Harding-Newman, wife of Rupert Alexander Harding-Newman (b. 1976), gave birth to a daughter, India Louisa Carolyn, 26 Oct 2011, a sister for Emilia.

Rupert is the son of Major (Rupert) Edward Harding-Newman, late 4th/7th Dragoon Guards, of Arabella, Easter Ross, Scotland, by his wife the former Susan Katharine Maud Carnegie (b. 1946), scion of the Earls of Southesk (now Dukes of Fife), and Georgina is a daughter of the late Lieutenant Colonel Julian Pope and of Mrs Julian Pope, of Upton Grove, Tetbury, Gloucestershire.

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Death of Countess of Dudley, former Rank starlet Maureen Swanson

2011-11-23T06:09:00.000Z

_The Countess of Dudley, wife of William Humble David Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley, has died in her sleep after a long illness. She was the comely Rank starlet Maureen Swanson prior to her aristocratic marriage.

Lady Dudley is survived by the earl, 91, and by a son, Leander, and five daughters, Susanna, Melissa, Victoria, Amelia and Emma.

A Requiem Mass is to take place at Chris Church, Eldon Rd, Kensington W8, November 25, 2011.

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Emily McCorquodale, cousin of Royal princes, set to marry

2011-11-23T06:00:00.001Z

_.The engagement was announced 23 November, 2011, between James T.R. Hutt, son of Mr & Mrs Christopher Hutt, of Fen Ditton, Cambridge, & Emily Jane McCorquodale [b. 2 Jul 1983] descended from the Earls Spencer & a first cousin of Princes William & Harry, dau of Neil Edmund McCorquodale [b 1951] (descended from the Earls of Westmorland), by his wife the former Lady [Elizabeth] Sarah Lavinia Spencer [b 19 Mar 1955], dau of the late 8th Earl Spencer by his first wife the former Hon Frances Roche, scion of the Barons Fermoy, &c.

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Askew/Tkachuk betrothal

2011-11-22T07:31:00.000Z

__.The engagement was announced 22 November, 2011 between Jack Askew [b 1984] eldest son of Mr Henry John Askew [b 1940], of Ladykirk, Berwickshire descended from the Dukes of Sutherland, and Mrs Rosemary Askew, of Chelsea, & Sofie Tkachuk, dau of Mr & Mrs Bordan Tkachuk, of Nettleden, Herts.

Jack's paternal grandmother is the former Lady Susan Egerton, sister of the 6th Duke of Sutherland. It was Jack's younger brother George who was possibly the poshest Big Brother contestant. The lad walked I believe.

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Beatrix Grace Heathcoat-Amory

2011-11-21T06:17:00.001Z

_Annabel Heathcoat-Amory (nee Seaman), wife of John (Jack) Heathcoat-Amory (b 1980), scion of the Heathcoat-Amory Baronets (cr 1874), gave birth to a daughter, Beatrix Grace, 12 November, 2011, a sister for Wilfred Rocky Otto, who was b 23 July, 2010.

Jack H-A is the elder and only surviving son of David Philip Heathcoat-Amory ,MP (b 1945), of Pilton, Somerset, and Mrs Heathcoat-Amory, & Annabel is the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Colin Seaman, of Dartmouth, Devon.

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Jesse William Heriot-Maitland

2011-11-19T07:34:00.001Z

_.Alexandra M. Heriot Maitland (nee Godden) wife of Charles P. Heriot Maitland (b. 1980), scion of the Earls of Lauderdale, gave birth to a son, Jesse William, 14 Nov, 2011, a brother for Alfie Charles, who was b 19 June, 2010.

Charlie Heriot Maitland is a son of Patrick Richard Heriot Maitland (b. 1947), of Fossoway, Kinross, by his wife the former Marilyn Lois Grant, and Alexandra Heriot Maitland is the younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Nicholas Godden, of St Mabyn, North Cornwall.
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Birth of Lady Violet Egerton

2011-11-16T05:52:00.001Z

_.The Marchioness of Stafford (nee Barbara R. Schneider), wife of James Granville Egerton, styled Marquis of Stafford (b. 1975), gave birth to a third daughter, Lady Violet Mary Egerton, 11 November, 2011, a sister for Lady Isabelle Victoria Egerton, b 10 December, 2007, and Lady Louisa Anna Egerton, who was b 7 January, 2010.

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Margaret Myfanwy Astor

2011-11-15T06:49:00.000Z

_.Catrin L. Astor (nee Harrison), wife since 2008 of Tobias M. De C. Astor (b 1980) scion of the Viscounts Astor, gave birth to a daughter, Margaret Myfanwy, 6 Nov, 2011, a sister for Violet Gwyneth, who was b 31 December, 2009. Tobias is a son of James Colonsay Langhorne Astor (b 1945) and Mrs Astor , of Notting Hill, London, and Catrin is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Stephen W. Harrison, of the Mayals, Swansea.
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Death of Lord Moray

2011-10-21T13:29:00.001+01:00

_The 20th Earl of Moray died 23 September, 2011.

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Death of Sir Lancelot Errington

2011-10-21T13:25:00.000+01:00

From the Times 20 October 2011:

ERRINGTON
Sir Lancelot, on 18th October 2011, aged 94. Funeral in Appin to be
announced later.

Sir Lancelot ERRINGTON OF BEESLACK KCB (1917-2011) head of that Scots
gentry family of Beeslack (a cadet branch of the ERRINGTONS of
Chadwell Hall) son of Maj Lancelot ERRINGTON (1889-1965) and Elizabeth
Hall (d 1967, dau & h of Maj Charles Henry SANFORD of Beeslack,
Midlothian and Elizabeth Hall, daughter and heiress of Sir John COWAN
1st and last Bt, of Beeslack, Midlothian). He m 1939 Katharine Reine,
dau of Thomas Cropper MACAULAY MC of Kingsmill, Painswick, Glos. They
had 3 sons and 2 daus, the eldest son, Thomas Lancelot Macaulay (b 23
May 1943 and m with issue incl a son and heir), succeeds him as head
of the family.