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Friday, November 01, 2024

Ewen Alan Macpherson of Attadale (died 2024)

 Ewen Alan Macpherson of Attadale, who died 25 October, 2024, at Lochcarron, was laird of the 32,000-acre Attadale estate in the North West Highlands of Scotland, which stretches from the south shore of Loch Carron to Loch Monar, 15 miles away to the east.

The Attadale estate was historically part of the Clan Matheson lands that extended west to the Kyle peninsula. Most of the estate consists of bare hillside with around 200 acres of flat ground covering the floor of the Attadale glen. Attadale House was built in 1755 by Donald Matheson whose father, John, was the factor for the Seaforth estates in Kintail, Lochalsh and Lochcarron. The love stone above the middle first floor window shows their initials DM and E MK and a heart. The estate was bought in 1952 by Mr Macpherson's father, Ian, whose family had left the island of Skye in the early years of the 19th century. 

Mr Macpherson was predeceased by his wife, the former Nicolette Van der Bijl (who died 17 October, 2018). 

Ewen's branch of the Macpherson clan came from Sleat and Orbost in Skye. Great great grandfather Dr Hugh Macpherson acquired the island of Eigg in the nineteenth century. He was Vice Principal of King’s College, Aberdeen.

Ewen Macpherson's wife Nicolette, always Nicky, was born in South Africa, a van der Bijl, whose family moved to the Cape from near Rotterdam in the mid-seventeenth century and become anglicised when the British defeated the Dutch in 1805. Nicky trained as a painter in London and was greatly influenced by childhood memories of gardens such as Kirstenbosch and Vergelegen at the Cape.

Ewen Macpherson is survived by a son, Nicholas and a daughter Joanna, and predeceased by a daughter Sophie. The daughter Joanna featured in a BBC One documentary 'Lady Lairds' in 2016. Joanna left her marketing job in London to take over the running of Attadale Estate from her father Ewen. 

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Gabrielle Genista Fraser (nee Holt-Wilson) 1933-2024

 Gabriella Genista 'Gay' Fraser, died 19 October, 2024, aged 91.

She was born in 1933, daughter of Brigadier-General Sir Eric Edward Boketon Holt-Wilson, CMG, DSO (1875 – 1950) , the Army officer who left the army to join the nascent British Security Service (MI5), which developed in time to deal with espionage during World War I. He became the Service's deputy to Sir Vernon Kell, serving through to the beginning of World War II. Her mother was the former Audrey Stirling (1910-1994).

Gay Fraser was a great-granddaughter of Edward Greene (1815-1891), a brewer and Conservative MP who founded Greene King brewery, and was father of Sir Edward Greene, 1st Baronet (1842-1920).

Gay married in 1963, Colin G. Fraser, by whom she had issue, a son Andrew, and a daughter, Fiona.

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John Ernest Pretyman 1929-2024

 John Ernest Pretyman, who died 28 October, 2024, aged 95, was a scion of that landed gentry family and a grandson of the 4th Earl of Normanton.

He was born 28 September, 1929, son of Lt-Cdr Herbert Ernest Pretyman, RN (1900-1987), and his wife Lady Mary Karen Agar (1901-1975), daughter of the 4th Earl of Normanton (1865-1933.

His father was a first cousin of the late Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901-2004).

John Pretyman was a grandson of the Rt Hon Ernest George Pretyman, MP, PC (1859-1931), who served as Member of Parliament for Woodbridge, Suffolk from 1895 to 1906 and for Chelmsford from 1908 to 1923. He defeated the Liberal MP Robert Lacey Everett in 1895 and lost his seat to Everett in 1906. He was Civil Lord of the Admiralty from 1900 to 1903, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty from 1903 to 1906, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade from 1915 to 1916 and Civil Lord of the Admiralty again from 1916 to 1919. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1917.

John's paternal grandmother was Lady Beatrice Bridgeman (1870-1952), daughter of the 4th Earl of Bradford (1845-1915). Lady Beatrice's younger sister, Lady Margaret (1872-1954), was wife of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry (1864-1935), parents of Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott, who married King George V's third son.

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David Edward Wyndham Tennant 1930-2024

David Edward Wyndham Tennant, who died 19 October, 2024, aged 94, was a scion of the Barons Glenconner and a son of the actress Hermione Baddeley.

He was born 10 May, 1930, the son of the Hon David Francis Tennant (1902-68), and his first wife the former Hermione Youlanda Ruby Clinton-Baddeley (1906-86). His mother was the great English actress Hermione Baddeley, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Room at the Top (1959) and a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore in 1963. She portrayed Mrs Cratchit in the 1951 film Scrooge and Ellen the maid in the 1964 Disney film Mary Poppins. She voiced Madame Adelaide Bonfamille in the 1970 Disney animated film, The Aristocats.

David Tennant's aunt was Angela Baddeley, CBE (1904-76),  the stage and television actress, best-remembered for her role as household cook Mrs. Bridges in the period drama Upstairs, Downstairs.

David Tennant was a grandson paternally of the 1st Baron Glenconner (1859-1920).

The Old Etonian was a member of the London Stock Exchange. He married firstly, 3 Dec, 1964 (div 1973), Margaret Rachel Scott (born 23 Nov, 1943), scion of the Earls of Eldon, daughter of the Hon Sir Ernest Stowell Scott, KCMG, MVO (1872-1953), diplomat, by his wife the former Winifred Kathleen Brodrick, by whom he had issue; he married 2ndly, in 2004, as her 3rd husband, Frances Jane Fairey (1937-2017), daughter of Sir Charles Richard Fairey, MBE (1887-1956), the aircraft manufacturer, by his wife the former Esther Sarah Whitmey (1906-78).

David Tennant leaves issue from his first marriage, two sons, Aubone (born 7 May, 1969), and Ivan (born 1970), and a daughter, Laura (born 9 Feb, 1967).

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Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Callander/Simpson engagement

 The engagement was announced 30 October, 2024, between Edward Miles Callander (born December, 1992), youngest son of John Callander, of Fulham, London, by his wife the former (Alice) Camilla Twiston Davies (born 1960), scion of that landed gentry family, & Matilda Kate G. Simpson (born 1993), eldest daughter of Richard G. Simpson (born 1958), of Over Norton, Oxfordshire, and his wife the former Joanna Laidlaw (born 1959), daughter of Sir Christopher Laidlaw (1922-2010).

Edward Callander is descended from the 1st Baron Jolliffe:-

1st Baron Jolliffe (1800-76) > Hon William Jolliffe (1841-1912) > Julia Jolliffe (d 1917) > Violet Shuttleworth (1910-77) > Sara Coryton (b 1934) > Camilla Twiston-Davies (b 1960) > Edward Callander (b 1992)

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William Piers Tyser St Aubyn (born 2024)

The Hon Mrs Felix St Aubyn, wife of the Hon Felix John St Aubyn [born 16 January, 1992], gave birth to a son, William Piers Tyser, 21 October, 2024.

The Hon Felix St Aubyn is the second son of the 5th Baron St Levan [born 6 June, 1950], of St Michael's Mount, Penzance, Cornwall, by his wife the former Mary Caroline Bennett.

Mrs St Aubyn is the former Miss Alice C. Tyser, only daughter of Mr Jonathan Tyser, of Normandy, France, and Mrs Clare Peech, of Hayhill, Zimbabwe.

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Camilla Rose Balfour (nee Webster) 1952-2024

 Camilla Rose Balfour (nee Webster), who died 22 October, 2024, at the Borders General Hospital, was the wife of Robert Roxburgh Balfour, scion of that landed gentry family, and a descendant of the 3rd Marquess Conyngham.

She was born in Windsor, circa Oct, 1952, daughter of Michael George Thomas Webster (1920-2012), and his wife the former Isabel Margaret Dent (1916-2002), scion of that landed family.

Her father was a great-grandson of the 3rd Marquess Conyngham (1825-1882).

3rd Marquess Conyngham > Lady Constance Conyngham > Constance Combe > Michael Webster > Camilla Webster

She had two sisters who both married into the peerage. Susan Honour Webster is the wife of the 11th Viscount Torrington, and Isabel Jane Webster, who is the wife of Desmond Shane Spencer Chichester, scion of the Marquesses of Donegall.

She married 31 January, 1973, Robert Roxburgh Balfour (born 29 June, 1947), scion of that landed family, son of Alexander Norman Balfour (1909-1996), of Dawyck, and his wife the former Elizabeth Eugenie Cowell, by whom she had three children, a son Rupert (born 23 Apr, 1976), and two daughters, Camilla Louise (born 11 May, 1979), and Lara Selina (born 1 June, 1983).

Her husband is a cousin of Neil Roxburgh Balfour (born 12 Aug 1944), who married 23 Sept, 1969 (div 1978), HRH Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia (born 7 Apr, 1936).

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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

John Robert Brayton Bouchier 1931-2024

 John Robert Brayton Bouchier died 23 October, 2023, aged 93.

He was born in 1931, son of Colonel Clare Brayton Bouchier, MC (1898-1972), of the Royal Munster Fusiliers, and his wife the former Muriel Beatrice Case (1905-1994), daughter of Robert Reginald Case.

He married in 1962, Elisabeth J. Alexander (born 1938), daughter of Robert Alexander and his wife the former Margaret Spring, by whom he had issue, two sons, Rupert (born 1962), and Alexander Henry (born 1968), who married in 1995, Katheryn Sophia Montgomerie of Southannan (born 1970), of the Scottish landed gentry family of that name.

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Thompson/Lewis engagement

 The engagement was announced 29 October, 2024, between Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan 'Jonny' Thompson (born 1984), Equerry to the King, son of Mr & Mrs Alan Thompson, of Morpeth, Northumberland, and Olivia Rose Lewis (born 1991), a PR executive, daughter of Mr Simon David Lewis, OBE (born 8 May, 1959), of Primrose Hill, London, and his wife the former Claire E.A. Pendry (born 1959).

Thompson, "Super" Equerry to the King, is an officer from the 5th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland was front and center for many milestones of the first year of the King's reign, from joining the King and Queen on their first state visit abroad to playing a prominent role during the coronation last year at Westminster Abbey, where he watched over Prince George and His Majesty's other three Pages of Honor as they carried his ceremonial robes.

Thompson is divorced from his first wife Caroline, whom he married in 2010. He has a son.

Olivia's father Simon Lewis is the former chief executive of the Association for Financial Markets in Europe. He was formerly Director of Communications for the former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown. He previously held this position for the Queen, Vodafone, and Centrica. He attended Whitefield School before studying PPE at Brasenose College, Oxford. Lewis was appointed an OBE in the 2014 New Year Honours List for public service and services to international education through the Fulbright Commission. 

Olivia's uncle is the former Daily Telegraph editor-in-chief, Sir Will Lewis (born 2 Apr 1969).

Olivia Lewis has a brother, Thomas Paul Lewis (born 1982), also a PR executive.

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Aldridge/Roblin engagement

 The engagement was announced 29 October, 2024, between Samuel Peter J. (Sam) Aldridge (born 1992), son of Richard D.C. Aldridge, of Hampshire, and his wife the former Christina M. Dimmock (born 1963), & Jemima Eleanor D. Roblin (born 1996), daughter of David John Henry Roblin (born February, 1967), of West Sussex, and his wife the former Alice Eleanor Pigott Sclater (born 22 Oct, 1965).

Sam Aldridge is descended from the Earls of Denbigh, and the Elwes landed gentry family. His maternal grandfather, Peter Dimmock, CVO (1921-2015), was a BBC producer, who married Mary Freya (Polly) Elwes (1928-87), the BBC TV announcer.

The 8th Earl of Denbigh (1823-92) > Lady Winefride Feilding (1869-1959) > Sir Richard Elwes (1901-68) > Polly Elwes (1928-87) > Christina Dimmock (b 1963) > Sam Aldridge (b 1992_

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The Sclater family, afterwards Sclater-Booth, are kin of the Barons Basing (cr 1887).

Jemima Roblin descends from the Hunter Blair baronets:-

Sir David Hunter Blair, 3rd Bt (1778-1857) > Jane Hunter Blair (d 1915) > Capt Guy Sclater (1868-1914) > Cdr Claude Sclater (b 1910) > Lt-Cdr Edward Sclater (b 1936) > Alice Sclater (b 1965) > Jemima Roblin (b 1996)

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Willis/Young engagement

 The engagement was announced 29 October, 2024, between Alastair Hamilton D'Anyers Willis (born 1989), scion of that landed gentry family & descended from the Feilden baronets, son of Patrick John D'Anyers Willis (born 24 Apr 1954), of Swallowcliffe, Wiltshire, and his wife the former Caroline R. Lyell (born 1953), scion of that landed gentry family, and Lucy Irene Young, daughter of Mr & Mrs C.P. Young, of Yeovil, Somerset.

Alastair's aunt, Harmony Joanna Lyell (born 1956), was the wife of the late Charles Heathcoat-Amory (1945-2016), scion of the baronets of that name.

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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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van den Broek/Hadsley-Chaplin engagement

 The engagement was announced 25 October, 2024, between Naboth van den Broek, son of Mr and Mrs Gerard van den Broek-van-Drongelen, of Saint-Cyr-de-Favieres, France, and Katrina E. Hadsley-Chaplin, a scion of the Henderson Barons Faringdon, daughter of Mark R. Hadsley-Chaplin (born 1961), of Mersea Island, Essex, and his wife the former Lavinia Brodie Henderson (born 9 May, 1962, now Mrs James Gilbey, of London, wife of James Newman Gilbey, born 1956, scion of the Gilbey baronets).

Katrina is descended from a brother of the 1st Baron Faringdon:-

George Henderson (1819-89) father of the 1st Baron Faringdon and Katrina's ancestor, Brig Gen Sir Brodie Haldane Henderson, KCMG (1869-1936) > Neil Brodie Henderson (1904-82) > Ian Brodie Henderson (b 1930) > Lavinia Brodie Henderson (b 1962) > Katrina Hadsley-Chaplin 

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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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