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Monday, October 28, 2024

Allen/Dean marriage

 The marriage has taken place, in October, 2024, between (Edward) Thomas Stafford Allen (born 1989), son of Patrick John Stafford Allen (born 1954), of Langham, Norfolk, and his wife the former Edwina Carolyn Rose Deakin (born 1956), and Laura Rose Dean (born 1990), daughter of James Fitzroy Dean (born 4 August, 1954), of Mere, Lincolnshire, and his former wife Charlotte Janet Rose Unwin (born 1963) (now Mrs David Barrie, of Binley, Hampshire).

The bride's descent from the Dukes of Beaufort:-

Henry, 5th Duke of Beaufort (1744-1803) > Field Marshal the 1st Baron Raglan (1788-1855) > 2nd Baron Raglan (1817-84) > 3rd Baron Raglan (1857-1921) > Hon Nigel Somerset (1893-1990) > Susan Somerset (1923-96) > James Fitzroy Dean (b 1954) > Laura Rose Dean

Thomas Allen's Beaufort descent:-

Henry 5th Duke of Beaufort (1744-1803) > Henry, 6th Duke of Beaufort (1766-1835) > Lady Charlotte Somerset (1795-1865) > Hon Frances Calthorpe (1828-99) > Granville Feilden (1863-1939) > Dorothy Feilden (1899-1947) > Blanche Rippingall (b 1923) > Patrick John Stafford Allen, BEM (b 1954) > Edward Thomas Stafford Allen (born 1989)

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John Andrew Bruce Savile, styled Viscount Pollington 1959-2024

 John Andrew Bruce Savile, styled Viscount Pollington, who died 23 October, 2024, aged 64, was the  elder son of the 8th Earl of Mexborough, and heir to North Yorkshire estates extending to 20,000 acres.

Viscount Pollington’s life has been marked by tragedy, having lost his mother and sister to drug addiction.

He was born 30 November, 1959, the first child of the 8th Earl of Mexborough (born 16 May, 1931), and his first wife, the former Lady Elisabeth Hariot Grimston (1939-1987), daughter of the 6th Earl of Verulam, DL (1912-1973). The Mexborough country estate is at Arden Hall, Hawnby, near York.

The Savile family has lived in Yorkshire since the middle ages. A branch of the family, later to become Earls of Mexborough in 1766, came to live at Methley, near Wakefield in the 15th century and this estate remains a core part of the portfolio to this day. Methley Hall was constructed in 1588 by the family and subsequently remodeled several times. It was requisitioned by the army during both the first and second world wars, during which time it also became subject to significant mining subsidence and extensive dry rot. The Hall was demolished in the late 1950s and the family moved to Arden Hall in the North York Moors near Hawnby and Helmsley, which had been purchased in 1897 by the 6th Earl of Mexborough.

Young Johnny was followed by a sister, Lady Alethea Savile (born 3 June, 1963), and both children had an unconventional upbringing. They moved to London with their erratic mother, Elisabeth, who sometimes had breakfast brought to her at 4am. ‘It was a tricky childhood,’ recalled a contemporary. ‘Johnny was always snivelling.’

In adulthood, Lady Alethea believed herself trapped in a love triangle involving her one-time fiance, James Gilbey, and Gilbey’s closest female friend, Diana, Princess of Wales, whom Gilbey nicknamed ‘Squidgy’. Alethea was shattered by the socalled ‘Squidgy Tapes’ — recordings released of intimate conversations between Gilbey and the Princess of Wales, in which Gilbey said to Diana: ‘Oh Squidgy, I love you.’ On 16 September, 1994, Viscount Pollington found Lady Alethea Savile dead in her Chelsea flat, dosed with heroin, cocaine and antidepressants. The inquest heard how, instead of reporting her death, he attempted to hunt down those he believed had sold her the drugs, became involved in ‘a scuffle’ in a house in Barnes, South-West London, then went to a pub where he downed ‘three or four doubles’. In 1995, Pollington was arrested for threatening customers of the Grove Tavern in Knightsbridge. In January, 1996, the 36 year-old Pollington walked from the Old Bailey dock declaring: ``I have been a bloody idiot.'' Still grieving over his sister Lady Alethea Savile's death, Pollington had developed a drink problem which led to aggression and mood swings, the court heard. The judge, Recorder Heather Hallett, was told armed police had arrested and handcuffed Pollington at his home in Knightsbridge, London, after he had threatened customers at his local hotel. He was released on bail but became aggressive with two staff at a Chelsea off-licence a month later after one refused to serve him because he was drunk. They retreated into a back room, locked the door, and called police. In court Lord Pollington admitted possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear and affray. His counsel, Mr David Etherington, said his client had found his sister dead from a mixture of heroin, cocaine, and anti-depressants the previous September. Lady Alethea was once engaged to the Princess of Wales' friend Mr James Gilbey. ``He (Pollington) had been her carer. He adored her,'' Mr Etherington said. ``They had a very close relationship. He thought he was uniquely equipped to help her. ``He suffers a mixture of anger, grief, and guilt because he feels he was unable to stop her death. It is thought her death led to a drink problem, which led to these events.'' Judge Hallett said she had thought of imprisonment when first she read the case papers. She warned Pollington that if he repeated his drunken behaviour ``no court would give you another chance''. She gave him two years' probation, provided he continued medical treatment for his problems, and ordered he perform 100 hours' community service.

Johnny Pollington's parents divorced in 1972, and his mother died from addiction in 1987. The Earl of Mexborough married secondly, 5 June, 1972, Catherine Joyce Vivian (former wife of the Hon Nicholas Crespigny Laurence Vivian, 6th Baron Vivian), youngest daughter of James Kenneth Hope CBE, of West Park, Lanchester, Co. Durham, by whom he had further issue, a son the Hon James Hugh Hope John Savile (born 21 Aug 1976), and a daughter Lady Lucinda Sarah Catherine Savile (born 3 Apr, 1973), who married 28 Oct, 2006, Edward G T J Ankarcrona, 2nd son of Jan Gustaf Theodor Stensson Ankarcrona (born 18 Apr 1940) by his former wife Ebba Margaretha Antoine von Eckermann (who married, as his 2nd wife, Count Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi (born 1951).

Johnny Pollington found happiness and on 11 June, 2019, aged 58, he married Mrs Norma Isolde Findlay (born 1963), a divorcee, daughter of John Phoenix, by his wife Elizabeth.

Viscountess Pollington is a former counsellor and a polygraph examiner working for one of the UK’s leading lie detection services.

Johnny Pollington was childless. His younger half-brother, the Hon James Savile is now heir to the family peerages, the Earldom of Mexborough (created 1766, in the Peerage of Ireland), the Viscountcy of Pollington (also in the Peerage of Ireland, 1766), and the Barony of Pollington (in the Peerage of Ireland, created 1753).It remains to be seen whether James will assume the courtesy title of Viscount Pollington.

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Saturday, October 26, 2024

Susan Penelope Fulford-Dobson (nee Stapleton) 1937-2024

Susan Penelope Fulford-Dobson, who died 10 October, 2024, aged 87, was a scion of the Stapleton baronets.

She was born 1 June, 1937, daughter of Sir Miles Talbot Stapleton, 9th Baronet (1893-4 Apr 1977), and his second wife the former Miriam Edna Ludford (1899-1977); and married 29 February, 1964, Roger Fulford-Dobson (1933-1986), son of Cyril Fulford Dobson, OBE (1900-1972), and his wife the former Betty Bertha Hudson (1906-1982), by whom she had two sons, Giles (1965-2017), and Jasper (born 1970), and a daughter, Emma (born 1967).

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Ralph Blackett Beaumont Warren (born 2024)

 Lucinda Eleanor Christine Warren (nee Beaumont, born 1991), wife of Michael Warren, and scion of the Viscounts Allendale, gave birth to a son, Ralph Blackett Beaumont, 21 October, 2024, at Maternité Sainte-Félicité, Paris, a brother for Agatha Jane Violet, also born in Paris, 8 March, 2022.

Lucinda is a daughter of Andrew John Blackett Beaumont (born 27 March, 1956), and his late wife Jane Margaret Weedon (1964-2020).

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Octavia Norma Kiloran Eliot (born 2024)

Davina Constance Eliot (nee Pearce, born 7 October, 1992), wife of Ralph Morrell Arthur Eliot [born 1992],  gave birth to a daughter, Octavia Norma Kiloran, 15 October, 2024.

Ralph Eliot is a son of Lieutenant-Colonel Mark Ralph Michael Eliot [born 1951], of Bath, Somerset, and his wife the former Hon Annabel Tracy Russell [born 29 December, 1959], scion of the Barons Russell of Liverpool.

Davina Eliot is the younger daughter of Gareth David Pearce, of Lacock, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Virginia Louise Miller.

2nd Baron Russell of Liverpool > Hon Langley Russell > Hon Annabel Russell > Ralph Eliot > Octavia Eliot

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Eden/Strachan engagement

 The engagement was announced 26 October, 2024, between Oliver Henry Vane Eden (born 1990), scion of the Barons Auckland, the only surviving son of Henry Vane Eden (born 11 March, 1958), of Cromlix, Dunblane, Perthshire, and his wife the former Alicia Claire Needham (born 13 April, 1959), scion of the Earls of Kilmorey, and Tara Lucy Catharine Strachan (born 25 May, 1990), daughter of Mark Douglas Strachan (born 1958), of Sherborne, co Dorset, and his wife the former Catharine D. Cooper.

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Rosemary Martha Ann Rhys 1932-2024

 Rosemary Martha Ann Rhys died 10 October, 2024, aged 92. 

She was born in 1932 daughter of the Rev Canon Robert Victor Sellers (1894-1973)m by his wife the former Irene Oesterley (1894-1987); and married 30 September, 1961, Llewelyn Arthur Rhys (1935-2005), scion of the Barons Dynevor, son of the Hon David Reginald Rhys (1907-1991), and his wife the Lady Anne Maud Wellesley, Duquesa de Ciudad Rodrigo (1910-1998), daughter of the 5th Duke of Wellington (1876-1941), by whom she had issue, two sons, Robert (born 26 July, 1963), and Julian (born 16 Sept, 1966), and a daughter, Fiona (born 28 June, 1962).

Her elder son is heir presumptive to the barony of Dynevor.

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Courage/Cox engagement

 The engagement was announced 26 October, 2024, between Edward Francis Courage (born December, 1992), scion of that landed gentry brewing dynasty, only son of Christopher John Courage (born 30 July, 1962), of Weacombe, Somerset, and his wife the former Alexandra Louise Haynes (born 17 March, 1966), descended from the Barons Vaux of Harrowden, & Natasha Mary Cox (born 1 January, 1995), daughter of Ronald N. Cox, of Vernham Dean, Hampshire, and his wife the former Quenelda Marjory Gibbs (born 1 July, 1960), scion of the Barons Wraxall.

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McWilliam/Whitbread engagement

The engagement was announced 26 October, 2024, between James A. McWilliam, son of Mr and Mrs Andrew McWilliam of West Wickham, Cambridgeshire, and Emily Victoria Whitbread (born 1992), scion of that landed gentry brewing dynasty, elder daughter of Charles Edward Samuel Whitbread (born 3 January, 1963), of Southill, Bedfordshire, and his wife the former Jane Elizabeth Evans (born 1960).

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Straker/Habsburg-Lothringen engagement

The engagement was announced 26 October, 2024, between John Constable (Jack) Straker (born 23 October, 1990), scion of that landed gentry family, elder son of the late James Andrew John Straker (1959-2022), and his wife the former Rodrica Consuelo Chichester-Constable (born 31 March, 1963), of Hexham, scion of that landed gentry family, of Burton Constable, & Anna-Carolina, Archduchess of Austria (born 11 June, 1996), eldest daughter of  Eduard Karl Joseph Michael Marcus Antonius Koloman Volkhold Maria, Archduke of Austria ( born 12 January, 1967), and his wife the former Marie Theresa von Gudenus (born 11 February, 1967).

Jack Straker is heir to the Burton Constable Hall estate, a large Elizabethan country house, with 18th- and 19th-century interiors and a fine 18th-century cabinet of curiosities. The hall, a Grade I listed building, is set in a park designed by Capability Brown with an area of 300 acres. It is located 3 miles south-east of the village of Skirlaugh in the East Riding of Yorkshire, approximately 9 miles north-east of the city of Hull, and has been the home of the Constable family for over 400 years. The hall and park are owned by the Burton Constable Foundation, a registered charity.

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Friday, October 25, 2024

Celia Elinor Vadyn Child Villiers (née Green) 1936-2024

Celia Elinor Vadyn Child Villiers, died 21 October, 2024, aged 88.

She was born 7 February, 1936,  a daughter of Cyril Hall Green, and his wife the former Elinor Joyce Blake, scion of the Blake baronets; and married  2 June, 1958, (Edward) John Mansel Hugh Frampton Child Villiers (1935-2022), scion of the Earls of Jersey, son of the Hon Edward Mansel Child Villiers (1913-1980), and his first wife Mary Barbara Frampton (1914-1991), by whom she had two sons, Alexander (born 24 Aug, 1961), and the late Roderick (1963-2014).

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Thursday, October 24, 2024

Lucas Timothy Robert Heneage (born 2024)

Dr Victoria K.J. Heneage (nee Stone), wife of William Peter Heneage [born 17 February, 1986], descended from the Barons Petre and Raglan, and the Earls of Morton, gave birth to a son, Lucas Timothy Robert, 15 October, 2024.

William is a son of Robert John Heneage [born 25 June, 1956], of North Carlton, Lincolnshire, by his wife the former Mary-Ann Louise Milne.

Dr Victoria Heneage is a daughter of Dr and Mrs Timothy Stone, of Saffron Walden, Essex.

The 3rd Baron Raglan > Hon Ethel Somerset > Jean Douglas > Robert Heneage > William Heneage > Lucas Heneage

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Fortescue/Gordon Lennox engagement

The engagement was announced 24 October, 2024, between Hugh Augustus Francis Fortescue (born 9 November, 1995), scion of the Earls Fortescue, second son of John Andrew Francis Fortescue (born 27 March, 1955), and his wife the former Phoebe Anne Cecilia Burridge (born 25 July, 1959), & Emily Charlotte Gordon Lennox (born 1995), scion of the Dukes of Richmond & Gordon, daughter of Angus Charles Gordon Lennox (born 1964), and his former wife Camilla Douglas Pilkington (born 8 May, 1966, now Mrs George Ponsonby), daughter of Ian Alan Douglas Pilkington (born 1938), and his wife the former Penelope Butler-Henderson (born 19 Nov, 1940), scion of the Barons Faringdon.

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Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Lady Prior-Palmer 1934-2024

 A memorial service is to take place next week for Lady Prior-Palmer, who died in June, aged 90.

She was the third wife and widow of Brigadier Sir Otho Prior-Palmer, DSO (1897-1986), scion of that landed gentry family, who was a Conservative MP representing Worthing in Sussex from 1945 to 1964.

She was Elizabeth Mary Adams Henderson, born 20 April, 1934, daughter of Harold Henderson, and married Sir Otho in 1964. He was knighted for political service in 1959, and died in 1986.

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Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Lord Hanningfield 1940-2024

Lord Hanningfield, who has died aged 84, was an Essex pig farmer who, as leader of his county council for a decade, became one of the most influential figures in English local government, and later a Conservative front-bencher in the Lords. (Daily Telegraph obituary)

His career crashed in 2011 when he was jailed for nine months for overclaiming £13,379 in parliamentary allowances. He had claimed between 2006 and 2009 for nights when he had not stayed in London, others when the Lords had not been sitting, and one when he had been on a flight to India.

While Hanningfield also spent lavishly on county business – running up £286,000 on his council credit card in five years – a police investigation found no evidence there of fraud.

His misdeeds came to light in the wake of The Daily Telegraph’s exposure in 2009 of MPs’ abuse of parliamentary expenses. Indeed, he was tried alongside three Labour MPs: David Chaytor, Jim Devine and Eliot Morley.

Eventually found to have overclaimed £30,254, Hanningfield told the court he had regarded the sums as a “living-out-of-London allowance” rather than overnight subsistence. “No one ever told me those forms were so important. I’m horrified to be here now because of them.”

He insisted he had “done the same as 600 other peers” and had been singled out (Lord Taylor of Warwick, a fellow Tory, was the only other peer imprisoned over expenses). He claimed that Bob Russell, Lib Dem MP for Colchester, had reported him after they argued over the future of a local school.

The irony was that Hanningfield lived a simple life. At the time of his disgrace he was living in a bungalow on a small agricultural pension, selling land behind it to pay his legal bills. He paid his research assistant out of his own pocket, had never got round to claiming his local government pension, and had a cigar tin full of receipts for which he had not sought reimbursement.

Despite this apparent unworldliness, he had worked his way up over four decades to become an effective and respected leader of his council. Months before he was charged with fraud, he had concluded an outsourcing deal with IBM projected to save the council £240 million per year.

...In 1998 he became leader of the council, and William Hague had him made a life peer; Hanningfield served in turn as a whip and a spokesman on education and transport. In 2005 a parliamentary question from him revealed that Tony Blair had spent £1,800 of public money over eight years on cosmetics and make-up artists.

Under Hanningfield’s leadership Essex drove down costs and stayed financially sound despite the global financial crisis that broke in 2007. Colleagues and staff knew he was conducting council business in style, but he retained their confidence until his parliamentary expenses were revealed.

In February 2010 he was charged on six counts of false accounting. David Cameron withdrew the Conservative whip from him and he stood down as council leader. His successor, Peter Martin, praised his stewardship but took steps to tighten the council’s “governance framework”. Hanningfield resigned his seat just before his trial.

He was released with a tag in September 2011, having served nine weeks of his sentence. Days later, Essex police arrested him again over his council expenses, holding him for eight hours. No charges were brought, and Hanningfield won £3,500 damages for wrongful arrest.

Suspended by the Lords until April 2012, he spoke in October 2013 for the first time since his imprisonment, criticising train services in Essex but welcoming plans for a new station outside Chelmsford. After media reports that he had been claiming his £300-a-day attendance allowance but staying less than 40 minutes, he was suspended in May 2014 for a further year.

Hanningfield was leader of the Association of County Councils from 1995 to 1997; chairman of the Council of Local Education Authorities from 1990 to 1992; deputy chairman of the Local Government Association from 1997 to 2001; a vice-president of the EU’s Committee of the Regions; and a member of the court of Essex University. He was appointed deputy lieutenant for Essex in 1991.

Paul White never married. He told his trial he “wouldn’t survive” without Jefferson, his Bernese mountain dog.

Paul Edward Winston White, Lord Hanningfield, born September 16 1940, died October 20 2024

Serena, Baroness Remnant 1932-2024

 Serena, Lady Remnant, who died 16 October, 2024, aged 92, was widow of the 3rd Baron Remnant, CVO (1930-2022).

The former Serena Jane Loehnis, she was born 23 May, 1932, the only daughter of Commander Sir Clive Loehnis, KCMG, RN (1902-1992), of Eaton Place, SW1, by his wife the former Rosemary Beryl Ryder (1909-2006),  only daughter of Maj Hon Nathaniel Dudley Ryder (by his wife Beryl Angas, dau. of Charles Angas, of Linsay Park, Angaston, South Australia), 4th son of Henry Dudley [Ryder], 4th Earl of Harrowby, &c.

She married 24 June, 1953, the then Hon James Wogan Remnant (born 23 Oct, 1930), son and heir of the 2nd Baron Remnant, MBE (1895-1967), by his wife the former Norah Susan Wogan-Browne (who died 1990). Her husband succeeded his father, 4 June, 1967, as 3rd Baron Remnant, and died 4 March, 2022, aged 91.

Lady Remnant leaves issue, three sons and a daughter. The eldest son, Philip (born 20 Dec, 1954), is the fourth Baron Remnant.

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Saturday, October 19, 2024

Lady Amabel Kerr has married Bartholomew Martelli

The marriage has taken place, 19 October, 2024, between Bartholomew Michael Augustus Martelli (born 1989), third son of Amyas Michael George Martelli, of Netherbury, Dorset, and his wife the former Gabrielle Mary Frances Weld (born 6 Oct, 1950), scion of that landed gentry family, and the Lady Amabel Mary Antonella Kerr (born 5 January, 1995), elder daughter of the 14th Marquess of Lothian (born 7 Nov, 1957), of Ferniehurst Castle, Jedburgh, & Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire, and the Marchioness of Lothian (the former Marie-Claire Black).

Batholomew Martelli is descended from the 13th Lord Lovat, the 3rd Earl of Verulam, and the 12th Duke of Somerset. 

The father of the bride the former Lord Ralph Kerr succeeded his brother 1 Oct, 2024, as the 14th Marquess of Lothian.

The Countess of St Andrews and her daughters Lady Marina Charlotte Windsor and Lady Amelia Windsor were present at the marriage.

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Pittard/Hawker engagement

The engagement was announced 19 October, 2024, between Samuel Luke (Sam) Pittard (born 1988), younger son of Mr and Mrs Paul Pittard, of Oborne, Dorset, & Constance Rose Knollys Hawker (born 1990), daughter of the late Richard Charles (Dickon) Hawker (who died 1992), and his wife the former Louisa Ella Delamotte Wood (born 22 July, 1959), now of Salway Ash, Dorset.

Connie Hawker is a descendant of the Wallop Earls of Portsmouth.

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Sienna Rose Eliza Harris (born 2024)

  The Hon Sophie Caroline Harris (née Remnant, born 19 Jan, 1986), wife of Benjamin Loudon Harris (born 1986), and scion of the Barons Remnant, gave birth to a daughter, Sienna Rose Eliza, 27 September, 2024, a sister for Archie James Robert, who was born 20 December, 2022.

Sophie is a daughter of the 4th Baron Remnant (born 20 Dec, 1954), and his wife the former Caroline Elizabeth Clare Cavendish (b 16 June, 1956), scion of the Dukes of Devonshire.

Benjamin is a son of Colin Robert Harris (b 1953), of Frant, East Sussex, and his wife the former Elizabeth Catherine Vose (b 1951).

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Lord Benyon appointed Lord Chamberlain

 Lord Benyon, aristocrat, life peer, and landowner, has been appointed to succeed Lord Parker of Minsmere as Lord Chamberlain from 31 October, 2024.

The Lord Chamberlain of the Household is the most senior officer of the Royal Household of the United Kingdom, supervising the departments which support and provide advice to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom while also acting as the main channel of communication between the Sovereign and the House of Lords. The office organises all ceremonial activity such as garden parties, state visits, royal weddings, and the State Opening of Parliament. They also oversee the Royal Mews and Royal Travel, as well as the ceremony around the awarding of honours.

Lord Benyon, a life peer since 2021, was the Conservative politician Richard Benyon (born 21 Oct, 1960), the former MP for Newbury, 2005-2019 and was a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. 

Benyon's peerage was gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Benyon, of Englefield in the Royal County of Berkshire. He sat in the House of Lords as a Conbservative peer unil 10 Sept, 2024, when he switched affiliation and became a Crossbench peer.

Richard Henry Ronald Benyon is a scion of the Shelley baronets, son of the late Sir William Benyon [1930-2014], a great grandson of Sir John Shelley, 9th Baronet. He is a nephew of the late Admiral Sir David John Hallifax, KCB, KCVO, KBE (1927 – 1992) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle from 1988 until 1992. 

Lord Benyon is also a descendant of the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury KG GCVO PC FRS DL (1830-1903), the Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister three times for a total of over thirteen years.

Benyon married firstly, in 1988 (divorced), Emma Helen Villiers (born 16 Oct 1963), scion of the Earls of Clarendon. She later married, as his second wife, in 2013, the 5th Baron Grimthorpe (b 20 Nov, 1954), son of one of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Ladies of the Bedchamber.

Benyon married 2ndly, in 2004, Zoe Lavinia Beatrice Robinson, daughter of Alastair Robinson (born 1937), and his wife the former Lavinia Napier, descended from the Culme-Seymour baronets.

Lord Benyon has issue from both marriages: three sons from his first wife, the Hon Henry Charles W. Benyon (born 1990), the Hon Thomas Anthony E. Benyon (born 1992), the Hon Frederick Richard Benyon (born 1994), and 2 sons from his second marriage, the Hon Louis David Benyon (born 2005), and the Hon Jimmy Benyon (born 2007).

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Highley/Krzentowski engagement

 The engagement was announced 19 October, 2024, between Henry William Charles Highley (born 1985), second son of John Flinders Highley (born 1948), of Copgrove, North Yorkshire and his wife the former Harriet Louisa Aykroyd (born 15 Oct, 1951), scion of the Aykroyd baronets, and Clara Krzentowski, daughter of Mr and Mrs Didier Krzentowski, of Paris.

Sir William Aykroyd, 1st Baronet (1865-1947) > Colonel Harold Aykroyd (1896-1974) > Harriet Aykroyd (b 1951) > Henry Highley (b 1985)

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Baillie/Stockdale engagement

 Th engagement was announced 19 October, 2024, between James M.A. Baillie, scion of the Baillie landed gentry family of Dochfour, son of the late Maj. Hubert Albert Gucewicz Baillie (1945-2018), Grenadier Guards, of Netherton, Somerset, and his wife the former Sarah Willway (born 1957), & Charlotte M. Stockdale, daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Miles Stockdale, MBE, and Mrs Stockdale, of Pimperne, Dorset.

James Baillie is descended from the Merrie Monarch King Charles II and his mistress Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth.

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