Helen Rose Sanford de Sales La Terrière 1947-2026

Helen Rose Sanford de Sales La Terrière (nee Hodgson), who died 4 March, 2026, aged 78, was the second wife and widow of Ian Cameron de Sales La Terrière (1930-2025), head of that landed gentry family, of Dunalastair.

(Helen) Rose Sanford Hodgson was born in 1947, daughter of Lieutenant-Commander Archibald Richard Sanford Hodgson, RN (1908-1990), scion of that landed gentry family, and his wife the former Helen Mary Ursula Pomeroy (1909-2000), scion of the Viscounts Harberton; and married in 1979, as his second wife, Ian Cameron de Sales La Terrière, son of Major James Fenwick de Sales La Terrière (1901-1969), and his wife the former Frances Natalie Barker-Hahlo (1899-1979), widow of the 5th Baron Ashtown, by whom she had issue, three sons, Rory (born and died 1980), Hugh William (born 1982), and Robert Duncan (born 1984).

She was widowed 13 March, 2025.

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Peter Maurice Afia 1938-2026

Peter Maurice Afia died 1 March, 2026, aged 87. 

He was born in London in 1938, son of Haim Victor Afia (1908-1992), and his wife the former Rose Lydia Cowan (1910-2011), & he married 15 December, 1985, as her second husband, Mrs, & Meriel Rose Kenyon-Slaney, CVO (nee Buxton), born 16 April, 1940, scion of the Buxton baronets, daughter of Capt Joseph Gurney Fowell Buxton (1913-1943), and his wife the former Elizabeth Barbour; who married 1stly, Robert Ivan Kenyon-Slaney (1926-1984), scion of the Barons Kenyon, son of Maj Robert Orlando Rodolph Kenyon-Slaney (1892-1965), and his 1st wife Lady Mary Cecilia Rhodesia Hamilton (1896-1984), daughter of the 3rd Duke of Abercorn, KG (1869-1953).

Meriel Afia was an Extra Lady-in-Waiting to HRH Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy, and she died 8 October, 2025, aged 85.

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Son for Chelsy Davy and Sam Cutmore-Scott

   Chelsy Yvonne Cutmore-Scott (nee Davy, born 13 Oct, 1985), wife of Old Etonian Samuel Mark [Sam] Cutmore-Scott [born 1984], has given birth to a third child, a son, Finn, in March, 2026, a brother for Leo, born in January, 2022, and for Chloe, born circa Sept, 2024.

Sam is the son of Robert Mark C. Cutmore-Scott (born 1951), and his wife the former Joanne Joy Cutmore (born 1951).

Chelsy Davy, former girlfriend of the Duke of Sussex, is a daughter of Charles Davy [born 1952], and his wife the former Beverley Donald.

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Hon Susan Baring (née Renwick) 1930-2026

The Hon Susan Mary Baring, who died 10 March, 2026, aged 95, was a scion of the Barons Renwick.

She was born 5 June, 1930, eldest child of the then Robert Burnham Renwick (born 4 Oct, 1904), and his wife the former Dorothy Mary Parkes (1908-2001).

Her father was controller of Communications Air Ministry and Communication Equipment Ministry of Aircraft Production. He succeeded his father as a baronet in 1932. He was member of the Aircraft Supply Council between 1942 and 1945, and was appointed KBE in 1944.He was raised to the peerage in 1964, as a hereditary peer, taking the title Baron Renwick, of Coombe, co. Surrey.  He was among the last of the hereditary peers to be so created. He died 30 August, 1973.

Susan Renwick married firstly, 25 November, 1955 (div.1984), the then Hon John Francis Harcourt Baring (born 2 November, 1928), son and heir of the 6th Baron Ashburton, KG, KCVO (1898-1991), and his wife the former Hon Doris Mary Thérèse Harcourt (1900-1981), scion of the Viscounts Harcourt. Her first husband succeeded his father, 12 June, 1991, as the 7th Baron Ashburton. He was appointed KCVO in 1990, and created a Knight of the Garter in 1994. He died 6 October, 2020.

Susan Baring married 2ndly, 26 June, 1997, André Walter George Newburg (1928-2018), & retained the surname of Baring after her 2nd marriage.

She leaves issue from her first marriage, two sons, Mark, 8th Baron Ashburton (born 17 Aug, 1958), and the Hon Alexander Baring (born 15 Feb, 1964), and two daughters, the Hon Lucinda (born 20 Oct, 1956), who married a scion of the Earl of Lisburne, and the Hon Rose Baring (born 7 Dec, 1961).

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Earl of Devon engaged to Mrs Jemima Hannon

 The engagement was announced 17 March, 2026, between Charles Peregrine Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon (born 14 August, 1975), of Powderham Castle, Devon, the only son of th late 18th Earl of Devon, DL (1942-2015), and his wife the former Diana Frances Watherston, & Mrs Jemima Alice Charlotte Hannon (nee Ensor, born August, 1982), of Elmwood House, Redenham, Andover, Hampshire, daughter of Peter Richard Ensor (born 1948), and his wife the former Hon Sarah Campbell (born 1950), daughter of the late life peer, Alan Robertson Campbell, the Baron Campbell of Alloway, ERD, QC (1917-2013), and his first wife Diana Watson-Smyth.

It will be Lord Devon's second marriage. In April, 2004, he married Allison Joy Langer (the actress A.J. Langer), daughter of Gary Langer, of Los Angeles, California, United States, by whom he has a son and heir, Jack Haydon Langer Courtenay, styled Lord Courtenay (born 16 August, 2009), and a daughter Lady Joscelyn Skye Courtenay (born 31 January, 2007).

Mrs Jemima Hannon, the equestrian, is the former wife of Richard Hannon, the racehorse trainer, whom she married 4 September, 2010, son of Richard Michael Hannon (born 1945), the racehorse trainer, of Everleigh, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Josephine McCarthy, by whom she has two children, Eliza Scarlet Hannon (born 2012), and Jack Richard H. Hannon (born 2014).  

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Spicer/Hanbury engagement

 The engagement was announced 14 March, 2026, between Robin Peter Garrard Spicer (born 22 October, 1991), youngest son of Mark Holgate Spicer, of West Haddon, Northamptonshire, by his wife the former Ann Marguerite Aitchison (born 17 August, 1955), scion of the Aitchison baronets, and Elizabeth Evelyn Huger (Lilly) Hanbury (born Dec, 1990), scion of that landed gentry family of that name of Drumstinchall, Kirkcudbrightshire formerly of Poles, the eldest daughter of Nigel John Hanbury (born 4 March, 1957), of West Harting, Sussex, and his wife the former Daphne E. Boyle.

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Lady Drinkwater c1934-2026

 Lady Drinkwater, who died 10 March, 2026, aged 92, was the widow of James Boscawen and Sir John Drinkwater, OBE, QC.

She was born Deirdre Elsie Elizabeth Curtis-Bennett, circa 1934, scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Frederick Henry (Derek) Curtis-Bennett, QC (1904-1956), head of that family, and his 1st wife the former Margaret Duncan Mackintosh; & married 1stly, 24 February, 1955, James Townshend Boscawen (1932-1992), scion of the Viscounts Falmouth, son of Major John Percival Townshend Boscawen (1906-1972), and his wife Lady Mary Helen Alma Graham (1909-1999), daughter of the 6th Duke of Montrose (1878-1954); married 2ndly, 1998, Sir John Muir Drinkwater., OBE, QC (born 16 March, 1925, and died 13 August, 2019).

She leaves issue from her first marriage, Caroline (born 2 Nov, 1959), and Diana (born 14 July, 1962).

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Philippa Mary Tweedie (née Andrews) 1947-2026

 Philippa Mary Tweedie died 8 March, 2026. 

She was born Philippa Mary Andrews, in 1947, daughter of Major Michael David C. Andrews (1918-1992), of Shepton Mallet, Somerset, and his wife the former Gertrude S.M. Andrews; and married 25 April, 1974, Major Gavin Hugo Tweedie (born 1944), son of Major Hugo Douglas Tweedie (1910-1945), and his wife the former Moyra Eileen Montagu Douglas Scott (1919-2011), scion of the Dukes of Buccleuch & Queensberry, by whom she had two sons, Esmond Michael Xan (born 7 June, 1976), and Alexander David (1978-2003).

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Angela Mary Cairncross 1944-2026

 Angela Mary Cairncross died 24 February, 2026, aged 81.

She was born 27 June, 1944, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel John Colmslie Cairncross (1900-1976), of the Foreign Office, who served in Lima and Bogota, later of Fareham, Hampshire, and his wife the former Phyllis Grace Hickey (1904-1973).

Do not confuse her father with the Cambridge spy of the same name.

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Roger Earle Welby-Everard 1942-2026

 Roger Earle Welby-Everard, who died 7 March, 2026, aged 83, was a scion of the Welby baronets.

He was born 11 June, 1942, the second son of Capt. Philip Herbert Earle Welby-Everard (1902-1985), and his wife the former Lilla Anne Marie Castell Spence (who died 13 Dec, 1999); and married 2 April, 1966, Isabel Anne Bucknall (born 1946), second daughter of Maj. Henry Lloyd Fielding Bucknall (1904-1970), of Newton Abbot, Devon, and his wife the former Barbara Helen Shorrock (1908-1994), descended from the Wake baronets, by whom he had issue, two sons, Julian (born 1 July, 1967), and Patrick (born 16 Dec, 1969), and a daughter, Anna (born 1974).

He was a descendant of Sir Glynne Welby-Gregory, 3rd Baronet (1806-1875)

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Williams/Daniels engagement

 The engagement was announced 11 March, 2026, between Dr Adair George Wilmot Williams (born 1983), son of Raymond A.E.W. Williams (born 1949), of Herrington, Dorset, and his wife the former Pollyann S. Ruther, & Bryony Sheila A. Daniels (born 1982), eldest daughter of Major David J.M. Daniels, of Pentlow, Essex, and his wife the former Pauline A. Creasey. 

Bryony Daniels is a friend of the Prince and Princess of Wales.

Dr Adair Williams descends paternally from the Viscounts Guillamore, the Earls of Uxbridge, the Barons Addington, and the Archdale landed gentry family, &c.

Dr Williams is a nephew of the Duchess of Sutherland (nee Victoria Williams).

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Bridget Eleanor Ailsie Sackville-West (née Cunliffe) 1927-2026

 Bridget Eleanor Ailsie Sackville-West (née Cunliffe) who died 4 March, 2026, aged 98, was a scion of the Cunliffe baronets and mother of the 7th Baron Sackville.

She was born 2 October, 1927, the eldest daughter of Capt Robert Lionel Brooke Cunliffe (1895-1990), and his wife the former Barbara Eleanor Cooper (1900-1970); and married 29 June, 1957, Hugh Rosslyn Inigo Sackville-West (born 1 February, 1919), scion of the Barons Sackville, son of the Hon Bertrand George Sackville-West (1872-1959), and his wife the former Eva Adela Mabel Inigo Jones (died 28 Feb, 1936). Her husband died 10 February, 2001.

She leaves issue, two sons, Robert, 7th Baron Sackville (born 10 July, 1958), who succeeded to the Sackville peerage, in 2004, and the Hon William Sackville-West (born 9 Jan, 1967), and by three daughters, the Hon Mary (born 10 Sept, 1960), the Hon Elizabeth (born 8 July, 1962), and the Hon Jane (b 16 Apr, 1964).

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Orlando Nicholas Spry Grant-Dalton (born 2026)

 Rosanna Sarah Grant-Dalton (nee Coats, born 1990), scion of the barons Glentanar, wife of  Samuel Duncan Spry Grant-Dalton [born 1985], scion of that landed gentry family, of Brodsworth Hall, gave birth to a son, Orlando Nicholas Spry, 10 February, 2026.

Samuel is a son of Kevin Duncan Spry Grant-Dalton [born 23 December, 1952], of Fulham, and his wife the former Amanda Charlton de Smitt [born 1955].

Rosanna Sarah Coats is a daughter of Nicholas James [Nico] Coats [born 19 Apr, 1952], of Fulham, and his wife the former Belinda S. McKechnie [born 1957].

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