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Friday, May 23, 2025

Malise, Lady Forbes Adam 1933-2025

 (Mildred) Malise Hare, Lady Forbes Adam, who died 20 May, 2025, aged 91, was the widow of Sir Nigel Forbes Adam, 5th Baronet.

She was born Mildred Malise Hare Armitage, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, daughter of Colonel George Armitage, TD, of Newburgh House, Coxwold, North Yorkshire, and his wife the former Mildred Hare, and married 1stly, 10 September, 1955 (div) William Guy David Ropner (1924-2015), scion of the Ropner baronets, son of Sir William Guy Ropner (1896-1971), and his wife the former Margarita Gray (d 1973), scion of the Gray baronets; married 2ndly, 1987, Nigel Colin Forbes Adam (born 7 Dec, 1930), son of Colin Gurdon Forbes Adam (1889-1982), and his wife the former Hon Irene Constance Lawley (1889-1976), daughter of the 3rd Baron Wenlock (1849-1912). Her second husband succeeded to the family baronetcy, 22 March 2019, and he died 8 January, 2022.

Lady Forbes Adam leaves issue, four children, three sons, Guy, Roderick and Peter, and a daughter, Lucy.

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The 5th Baron Phillimore 1944-2025

 Lord Phillimore, the 5th Baron, died at his home in Dorset, 14 May, 2025, aged 80.

Francis Stephen Phillimore was born 24 November, 1944, son and heir of the 4th Baron Phillimore (1911-1994), and his wife the former Anne Elizabeth Smith-Dorrien-Smith, scion of that landed family, 1st daughter of Maj Arthur Algernon Smith-Dorrien-Smith DSO, of Tresco Abbey, Isles of Scilly, by his wife Eleanor Salvin Bowlby, scion of that landed gentry family, 3rd daughter by his second wife of Edward Salvin Bowlby, of Gilston Park, co. Hertford.

He married 27 March, 1971, Nathalie Berthe Louisa Pequin, daughter of Michael Anthony Pequin, of Paris, France, by whom he had issue, two sons, Tristan and Julian and a daughter, Arabella. The elder son, the Hon Tristan Anthony Stephen Phillimore (born 18 Aug, 1977), succeeds as 6th Baron Phillimore, of Shiplake in the County of Oxford (United Kingdom, let. pat. 2 Jul 1918), and 7th Baronet, styled "of The Coppice" (United Kingdom, let. pat. 28 Dec 1881).

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Nancy Lucinda Amelia Soames (born 2025)

 The Hon (Alexandra) Constance Harriet Soames (nee Foster, born 1990), wife of the Hon [Arthur] Harry David Soames [born 1985], scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a daughter, Nancy Lucinda Amelia, 11 April, 2025, a sister for Alfred Toby Anthony, who was born 31 May, 2023.

Constance is the eldest daughter of Toby James Foster, of Stopham, West Sussex, and his wife the former Arabella Charlotte Lucinda Laing [born 9 March, 1960], descended from the Pennington-Ramsden baronets.

Harry Soames is a son of the Baron Soames of Fletching (life peer) [born 12 Feb, 1949], of London, and his first wife the former Catherine Nony Weatherall [Mrs Catherine Soames, of London, born 1956].

The infant is a great-great granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965).

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Thursday, May 22, 2025

Simon Hogarth Sladen 1943-2025

Simon Hogarth Sladen, who died 6 May, 2025, aged 81, was a descendant of the Orr Ewing baronets, and father of the Duchess of Grafton.

He was born in August, 1943, son of Edward Carew Sladen (1914-1944), descended from the Orr Ewing baronets and his wife the former Susan Margaret Milvain (1918-2005); and married Jill Christina Delaney (1942-2012), by whom he had issue, three daughters, (1) Rachael Caroline S. Sladen (born 1974), (2) Fleur Ruth D. Sladen (born 1976), and (3) Olivia Margaret M. Sladen (born 1978), who married 2010, the 12th Duke of Grafton (born 1978).

Simon Sladen was a grandson of Brigadier General Gerald Carew Sladen, CB, CMG, DSO, MC (1881-1930), of Fintry, Rongai, Kenya, and his second wife the former Mabel Ursula Orr Ewing (1887-1963), scion of the Orr Ewing baronets. Mabel was a granddaughter maternally of the 3rd Viscount Sidmouth (1824-1913_.

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Matilda Carolyn Swire (born 2025)

Poppy Swire (born 1988, nee Cotterell), wife of Samuel Compton Swire [born 1980], scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a daughter, Matilda Carolyn, 13 May, 2025, a sister for Gabriel Henry Adrian, born 10 March, 2023.

Poppy is a scion of the Cotterell baronets, daughter of Sir Henry Richard Geers Cotterell, 7th Baronet [born 22 Aug, 1961], of Garnons, Herefordshire, by his 1st late wife the former Carolyn Suzanne Beckwith-Smith [1955-99], scion of the Beckwith-Smith landed gentry family, sometime extra Lady-in-Waiting to Sarah, Duchess of York.

Samuel Swire is a son of the late Sir Adrian Christopher Swire [1932-2018], by his wife the former Lady Judith Compton [born 26 September, 1943], of Sparsholt, co Oxford, scion of the Marquesses of Northampton, & Poppy A. Cotterell [born 1988], 

Samuel Swire is a grandson maternally of the 6th Marquess of Northampton [1885-1978].

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Susan Patricia Galbraith (died 2025)

The Hon Mrs Norman Galbraith, who died 16 May, 2025, aged 95, was the widow of the Hon Norman Dunlop Galloway Galbraith (1925-2013), scion of the Barons Strathclyde.

She was the former Susan Patricia Kent, 1st daughter of Cdr Jan Herbert Farquharson Kent, RN, of Jersey, Channel Islands, and married Norman Galbraith in 1950. Her husband was the fourth son of Thomas Dunlop Galbraith, 1st Baron Strathclyde (1891-1985), by his wife the former Ida Jean Galloway (died 1985). Her husband died 24 June, 2013.

She leaves issue, a son, Norman (b 1955), and two daughters, Patricia (b 1951), and Diana (b 1954).

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Susan, Lady Anstruther 1930-2025

 Susan, Lady Anstruther, who died 9 May, 2025, aged 94, was the widow of Sir Ian Anstruther of that Ilk, 8th/13th Baronet.

She was born in 1930, the former Susan Margaret Walker Paten, daughter of Henry St John Brading Paten (1901-1969), and his wife the former Margaret Helen Whittome (1902-1995); and married 1stly, 1954, John Maley Walker; she married 2ndly, 15 November, 1963, as his second wife, Ian Fife Campbell Anstruther (born 11 May, 1922), son of Douglas Tollemache Anstruther (1893-1956), and his wife Enid Campbell (1892-1964), scion of the Dukes of Argyll. Her husband succeeded to two  baronetcies (of Wrae, NS 1694, & of Anstruther, Nova Scotia, 1700), 19 May, 2002, on the death of his kinsman Maj Sir Ralph Anstruther, Bt, GCVO (1921-2002), sometime assistant private secretary and Equerry to HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Sir Ian died 29 July, 2007.

Lady Anstruther had issue, two a sons, Sir Sebastian, the 9th/14th Baronet (born 13 Sept, 1962), who was born whilst his father was married to his first wife, but legitimated on marriage and under Scottish law was enabled to inherit the Scottish baronetcies, and Tobias (b 1968), and by 4 daughters, Lucy (b & d 1964), Rachel (b 1965), Harriet (b 1968), and Eleanor (b 1971).

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Francisco de Paula Enrique de Borbón y Escasany, 5th Duke of Seville 1943-2025

 Francisco de Paula Enrique de Borbón y Escasany, 5th Duke of Seville, Grandee of Spain, died 20 May 2025,  aged 81. He was a scion of the Royal House of Borbon, a kinsman of the Spanish royal family. He was a businessman and was involved in banking, real estate, and other commercial ventures.

Francisco de Borbón y Escasany has died at his home in Madrid at the age of 81. The Duke of Seville was part of the Marbella of the eighties.

He was born at Madrid 16 Nov 1943, and married 1stly, 7 Jul 1973 (div 1989) Beatrix Gfn von Hardenberg (1947-2020); married 2ndly, 19 Oct 1991 (div 1994) Isabel Eugenie Karanitsch (born 23 Nov, 1959); and married 3rdly, 2 September, 2000 Maria de los Angeles Vargas-Zuñiga y de Juanes (born 1954).

The Duke survived his younger brother, Alfonso, by ten days. The Duke of Seville was a cousin of King Emeritus Juan Carlos, and he died at his home in Madrid. The news was announced by his son-in-law, Julián Porras Figueroa, in a message broadcast through his social networks where he gave details about the place where the funeral will be held.

"It is with immense sorrow that I inform you that tonight my father-in-law, Francisco de Borbón y Escasany, died in Madrid. Thank God we were able to be with him until the last moment. Tomorrow from 12:00 we will be at the San Isidro Funeral Home and at 6:30 p.m. a mass will be celebrated for his soul. The burial will be on Thursday at 12:00 in the cemetery of the Sacramental de San Justo," wrote Julián Porras.

The Duke of Seville had issue from his first marriage, Olivia de Borbón (born 1974), Cristina de Borbón (1975-2020), and Francisco de Borbón, now Duke of Seville (born 21 January, 1979).

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Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Paul Hosegood Kirton (d 2025)

 Paul Hosegood Kirton died 7 May, 2025, aged 88.

He was a son of Robert James Kirton, CBE (1901-1988), and his wife the former Isabel Susan Hosegood (1907-2002); and married firstly, 29 March, 1969, as her 1st husband, Catriona Jane Spencer-Nairn (born 21 February, 1945), scion of the baronets of that name, daughter of (Michael) Alastair Spencer-Nairn (1909-2002), and his wife the former Ursula Helen Devitt (1912-2011); and married 2ndly, in 1995, Margaret Mathe. He leaves issue from his first marriage, a son, Ian (b 1970), and three daughters, Clare (b 1972), and twins, Lena & Mary (b 1974).

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Michael Bonhote Rodney Foster 1940-2025

 Michael Bonhote Rodney Foster, died 10 May, 2025, aged 85.

He was born in 1940, son of Colonel Rodney Charles Foster (1910-1996), and his wife the former Florence Eugenie Bonhote (who died in 1998); and married in 1971, Annabel Mary Buxton (born 23 May, 1948), scion of the Buxton baronets, third daughter of John Edward Buxton (1900-1981), and his wife the former Norah Frances O'Bryen Hoare (1907-1995), scion of the Hoare baronets, by whom he had issue, a son, James (born 1982), and two daughters, Lucy (born 1974), and Harriet (born 1976).

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Professor Charles Vevers Phythian-Adams 1937-2025

Professor Charles Vevers Phythian-Adams, who died 13 May, 2025, aged 87, was head of that landed gentry family.

He was Emeritus Professor, Department of English Local History (now the Centre for Regional and Local History), University of Leicester.

He was born 28 July, 1937, son of the Rev William John Telia Phythian-Adams, DSO, MC (1888-1967), of Guildford, Surrey, and his wife the former Adela Noel Evelyn Robinson (1901-1983); and married 1st,  20 April, 1965 (div), Moira Joscelyn Groves, daughter of Maj. Harold Owen Groves, RA, of Sawley, Yorkshire, by his wife the former Maureen Agnes Cannon, by whom he had two daughters, Miranda Emma (born 10 June, 1966), and Julia Mary (born 15 Oct, 1967).

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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

A ducal discovery

 Sharon Burgess-Close, a 66 year-old musician and dancer, living in Geelong, Australia, had the surprise of her life went she appeared on an Australian TV show 'The Secret DNA of Us', a programme that features participants who give DNA samples to discover family relationships. 

One hundred applicants were chosen from the Geelong area to participate and among several people highlighted in the episode was Sharon Burgess-Close, who had grown up never knowing who her father was.

Born in the UK in January, 1959, Sharon learned early on about her mother Linda's colourful life.

In the early 1960s Linda (whose birth name was Dina) was a dancer at the famous Murray's Cabaret, in London's Soho, and is reported to have shared a flat with Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies, who were known for their central role in the Profumo Affair, the political scandal of  1963 centred around John Profumo, MP, Minister without Portfolio, a leading member of the Macmillan government. 

Sharon's mother died in 2024 without ever revealing the identity of Sharon's father. So when she saw the advertisement on social media seeking participants for the SBS show she thought at last she might finally discover the identity of her father. Was he perhaps one of the high society aristocrats, or famous actors who frequented the Murray's Cabaret club?

A hundred Geelong folk gathered together and gave DNA samples and then it was a waiting game while their DNA was analysed. Some eight weeks later, Sharon received a call asking if she could make herself available for two days of filming. So, it was with some trepidation that Sharon met the production team at the Federal Mills to learn what they had discovered. Firstly, producers handed Sharon a photograph and told her 'This is your grandmother.' She was an American heiress, Clothilde Quigley, who came to the UK to make an aristocratic marriage.  While still processing this information, Sharon was handing a newspaper clipping that revealed her father's name, - William James Cavendish-Bentinck, a scion of the now extinct Dukes of Portland. Sadly, this newspaper article also revealed her father had died 4 September,1966, at the age of 42, without any legitimate offspring. If he had lived to survive his father he would have become 10th Duke of Portland.

William Cavendish-Bentinck, the thrice married descendant of the Dukes of Portland, was born 6 July, 1925, the only son of the diplomat Victor Cavendish-Bentinck (1897-1990), Assistant Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office 1944;  Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Poland 1945-47, and his first wife, Clothilde Quigley, from whom he was divorced in 1948. In 1977 Victor's elder brother, Ferdinand, succeeded a cousin as 8th Duke of Portland, and upon the 8th duke's death without a male heir, 13 Sept, 1980, Victor succeeded as 9th (and last) Duke.

Sharon burst into tears, overwhelmed by emotion. In a few short moments she had found her family and lost them all at once. There were more surprises in store as Sharon was told that Queen Elizabeth II's grandmother was related to her father, and her maiden name was also Cavendish-Bentinck, and King George VI and the Queen Mother were also her father's godparents. Burke's Peerage does not show that William was a godson of either King George or Queen Elizabeth, and such details are usually recorded. Victor however was a close friend of his royal cousin, Queen Elizabeth. On Victor's death, 30 July, 1990, the Dukedom of Portland became extinct, but the Earldom of that name passed to a distant kinsman, Henry Bentinck. 

Finding out about her father and his mother and her royal connections (she is a fifth cousin of King Charles III), has given Sharon answers to who she is. She said she always felt like something was missing and she had no identity.

Victor, the .9th Duke was also father of a daughter, Lady Mary Jane Cavendish-Bentinck (born 16 December, 1929, who died 1 March, 2010), who married twice,  and was mother of two sons, Sharon's cousins, William and David Georgiades. Whether she reaches out to meet them or not, Sharon is not sure. She doesn't want to upset anyone, but would love to meet someone who knew her father, who could tell her more about him, what he was really like?

For now, Sharon will simply continue on with life as she knew it, performing with her husband Paul in their two-piece band PASH. The experience has been a positive one for Sharon. There is now closure of sorts. 

See the Geelong episode of The Secret DNA of Us on SBS on demand. The show continues region by region on Thursdays at 7:30pm."

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Clodagh Grotrian 1928-2025

Clodagh Grotrian died 15 May, 2025, aged 97. She was the widow of John Grotrian, scion of the baronets of that name. She was born in 1928, daughter of Major Richard Shaw De Courcy Bennett, of Camberley, Surrey, and married 25 April, 1953, John Stephen Martin Grotrian (1925-2000), by whom she had issue a son, Jeremy (born 1959), and two daughters, Amanda (b 1955), and Emma (b 1963).

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Maria, Lady Musgrave, widow of Sir Richard Musgrave, Bt

 Maria, Lady Musgrave, Greek-born widow of Sir Richard Musgrave, 7th Baronet, has died.

She was the former Maria Cambanis, daughter of Colonel Mario Cambanis, of Athens, and married 5 February, 1958, Capt Sir Richard James Musgrave, 7th Baronet (born 10 February, 1922), son of Sir Christopher Norman Musgrave, 6th Baronet, OBE (1892-1956), & his wife the former Kathleen Chapman (who died 2 May, 1967). Her husband succeeded to the baronetcy, of Tourin, Waterford (cr 1782), 12 May, 1956, and died 2 Dec, 2000.

She was the mother of two sons and four daughters, including Sir Christopher, the 8th Baronet.

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James Alexander Innes 1939-2025

James Alexander Innes, who died 5 April, 2025, aged 86, was a scion of the baronets of the Innes baronets.

He was born 27 February, 1939, fourth son of Lieutenant-Colonel Berowald Alfred Innes (1904-1981), The Black Watch, by his wife the former Betty Ida Sandeman (1906-1997), scion of that landed gentry family; and married 18 Oct, 1969, Frances Leggat (born 1942), daughter of Hugh Leggat, of Pirnie House, Kelso, Roxburghshire, by whom he had issue, a son, Rory (born 1977), and a daughter, Melissa (born 1972).

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Saturday, May 17, 2025

Ramsay/Fresson engagement

The engagement was announced 17 May, 2025, between Ruaridh Shaw-Mackenzie Ramsay (born 29 March, 1996), third son of William Alan Grant Ramsay of Bowland (born April, 1958), of Cambridgeshire, and his first wife the former Rebecca Shaw (born 19 Oct, 1961, now Baroness Fraser of Corriegarth), & Elinor Violet Fresson (born 6 December, 1997), daughter of Michael John Fresson (born Nov 1945), of Hampshire, descended from the Holdich landed gentry family, and his wife the former Serena Louise Franklin (born Sept, 1960).

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Lyra Julia Carrow (born 2025)

 Dorothea Elizabeth Carrow (née Pease, born 1992, scion of the Pease baronets), wife of Hugh David Carrow (born 1991), gave birth to a daughter, Lyra Julia, 13 May, 2025.

Dorothea is the eldest daughter of David Berkeley Pease (born 27 April, 1958), and his wife the former Mariana Steuart Fothringham (born 1966), scion of that landed gentry family, and a descendant of King William IV and Mrs Jordan.

Hugh Carrow is the son of Colonel Richard John Carrow (born 1955), and his wife the former Harriet Annabelle Leeds (born 13 March, 1962), daughter of Sir George Graham Mortimer Leeds, 7th Baronet (1927-1983).

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Rev William Beadon Norman 1926-2025

The Rev William Beadon Norman, who died 10 May, 2025, aged 99, was head of that landed gentry family, of Bromley Common.

The barrister, later clergyman, served in the RAC and the 9th Lancers, was ordained a deacon in 1952, and a priest in 1953; was born 14 February, 1926, the elder son and heir of Brigadier-General Charles Wake Norman, CBE, DL (1891-1974), of West Farleigh Hall, Maidstone, Kent, by his wife the former Nora Beadon (1902-1990); and married 8 October, 1952, Beryl Welch (born 1926), daughter of John George Embleton Welch, of Wolverhampton, and later of Chambersburg, Pa, United States, by his wife the former Elizabeth Cowan, by whom he had three sons, Stephen (b 1954), James (b 1959), and Paul (b 1961, deceased), and four daughters, Henrietta (deceased) and Julia (twins b 1956), Sarah (twin with Paul) & Charity.

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Jaffray/van den Ende engagement

The engagement was announced 17 May, 2025, between Nicholas Gordon Alexander Jaffray (18 Oct, 1982), eldest son and heir of Sir William Otho Jaffray, 5th Baronet (born 1 November, 1951), of Chelsea, London, and of his 1st wife, Cynthia, Lady Jaffray (nee Corrington), of Chelsea, & Pearl Joy Van Den Ende (born circa 1983), only daughter of Anthony Van Den Ende, of Stratford-upon-Avon, and Mrs Jane Hall Wallace.

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Funeral of the Dowager Countess of Strathmore & Kinghorne

 From the Court Circular 16 May 2025:

The King was represented by the Earl of Airlie, KT at a Service of Thanksgiving for the Dowager Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne which took place at St Fergus Kirk, Glamis, Angus, this afternoon.

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh were represented by the Earl of Dalhousie.

The Princess Royal was represented by Mrs David Bowes-Lyon.

Surely, some mistake? The late Earl of Airlie was a Knight of the Thistle. He died 26 June, 2023. The current Earl, present at Lady Strathmore's funeral, has not received the Thistle, and has not been bestowed with any other order of chivalry. Perhaps to make amends His Majesty might now despatch the Thistle to Lord Airlie? 

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Tenwick/Bromley-Martin engagement

 The engagement was announced 17 May, 2025, between Harry James Tenwick (born 1994), son of Colin J. Tenwick, of Chelsea, and his wife the former Jill Shearer, & Olivia Felicity Bromley-Martin (born 10 July, 1994), scion of that landed gentry family, second daughter of Michael Granville Bromley-Martin, KC (born 1955), of West Wittering, by his wife the former Anna Frances Birley (born 1 March, 1961).

Friday, May 16, 2025

Anthony Frederick Fitzroy Lort-Phillips 1944-2025

Anthony Frederick Fitzroy Lort-Phillips, who died 5 May, 2025, was a scion of that landed gentry family, formerly of Down Grange. He was 80.

He was born 14 October, 1944, the third son of Capt Raymond Lort-Phillips (1903-1980), Scots Guards, and his wife the former Violet Susan May St Aubyn (1909-2009), scion of the Barons St Levan; and was thrice married, firstly, in 1971, Saranne Frances, Baroness Calthorpe (who died 1984), former wife of the 10th Baron Calthorpe (1927-1997), and daughter of James Harold Alexander, of Elton Park, Dublin; and married 2ndly, 1995 (div 1999), Melanie Susan Clara Dargie; married 3rdly, 2002, Marie-Françoise le Vève, Leon le Vève, of Le Mans, France.

From his second marriage he had a daughter, Michaela Susan Alexandra (born 4 June, 1991).

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Crawford/Verney engagement

 The engagement was announced 16 May, 2025, between Andrew G. Crawford, son of Mr & Mrs Victor Crawford, of Macclesfield, Cheshire, & Elizabeth Mary (Ella) Verney (born 30 April, 1985), only daughter of Sir Edmund Ralph Verney, 6th Baronet (born 28 June, 1950), of Middle Claydon, Buckinghamshire, and his wife the former Daphne Primrose Fausset-Farquhar (born 1945).

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Michael John Tankerville Chamberlayne 1945-2025

Michael John Tankerville Chamberlayne, died 11 May, 2025, aged 99. He was a scion of that landed gentry family, born 1945, son of Commander Tankerville Seymour Roca Chamberlayne, RN, and his second wife the former Reine Francesca Gray; & married 1979, Mary L. Scott, by whom he had issue, two sons, Thomas Simon (born 1979), and Harry Alexander (born 1984).

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Andrew William Neilson Gemmill (died 2025)

 Andrew William Neilson Gemmill, died 9 May, 2025. 

He married in 1965, Diana Burton-Chadwick (1938-2024), daughter of Sir Robert Peter Burton-Chadwick, 2nd Baronet (1911-1983), and his 1st wife the former Rosalind Mary Stott (who died in 2009), by whom he had issue, two sons, Tristan (b 1967), and Giles (b 1968), and a daughter, Lucinda (b 1972).

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The Earl of Ancram to marry Giulietta Bateman

The engagement was announced 16 May, 2025, between John Walter Donald Peter (Johnnie) Kerr, styled Earl of Ancram (born 8 August, 1988), eldest son and heir of the 14th Marquess of Lothian (born 7 November, 1957), of Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire, and the Marchioness of Lothian ( nee Marie-Clare Black, 2nd daughter of (Michael) Donald Gordon Black MC, of Cupar, co. Fife), & Giulietta Francesca Cordelia Gale Bateman (born 23 June, 1995), a producer and production manager, the eldest daughter of Philip Christiaan Bateman (born 5 January, 1945), of Cape Town, South Africa, and his wife the former Caroline Gale.

Lord Ancram, whose father succeeded to the family honours 1 Oct 2024, on the demise of his elder brother, is heir to a string of peerages:- Marquess of Lothian (Scotland, let. pat. 23 Jun 1701), Earl of Lothian (Scotland, let. pat. 31 Oct 1631), Earl of Ancram (Scotland, let. pat. 24 Jun 1633), Viscount of Briene (Scotland, let. pat. 23 Jun 1701), Lord Jedburgh (Scotland, let. pat. 2 Feb 1621/22), Lord Newbottle (Scotland, let. pat. 31 Oct 1631), Lord Kerr of Nisbet, Longnewtoun and Dolphinstoun, (Scotland, let. pat. 24 Jun 1633), Lord Ker of Newbottle, Oxnam, Jedburgh, Dolphinstoun and Nisbet (Scotland, let. pat. 23 Jun 1701), Baron Ker, of Kershaugh in the County of Roxburgh (United Kingdom, let. pat. 17 Jul 1821), 

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Thursday, May 15, 2025

Rafe Alexander Robert Wolrige Gordon (born 2025)

 Harriet Sophie A. Wolrige Gordon (nee McMillan, born 1992), wife of Henry Conolly Robert [Harry] Wolrige Gordon of Esslemont, yr, [born 10 May, 1990], gave birth to a son, Rafe Alexander Robert, 10 May, 2025, a brother for Serena Alice Henrietta, who was born 6 September, 2022.

Harriet is a daughter of Cedric Vincent Bayley McMillan (born 1961), of Cranford Farm, Braishfield, Hampshire, and his wife the former Anne Nuttall.

Harry Wolrige Gordon, scion of that Scots landed gentry family, is the elder son of Charles Iain Robert Wolrige Gordon, 11th of Esslemont and 22nd of Hallhead [born 19 June, 1961], of Ellon, Aberdeenshire, by his wife the former Angela Clare Frisby [born 17 Aug, 1963], descended from the Marquesses of Bristol.

Harry Wolrige Gordon is a kinsman of HM The King in his descent from the Abel Smith family. His grandfather, Robert Wolrige Gordon, 10th of Esslemont and 21st of Hallhead [1928-95], married Rosemary Jane Abel Smith [born 1 March, 1936], scion of that landed family, daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir Conolly Abel Smith, GCVO [1899-1985], by his wife the former Lady Mary Elizabeth Carnegie [1899-1996], daughter of the 10th Earl of Southesk [1854-1941].

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