Rafe Alexander Philip Shenkman (born 2026)

Kate Anne Shenkman [née Winser, born 1987], wife of Maximilian Ivan Michael Shenkman [born 1982], gave birth to a son, Rafe, Alexander Philip, 10 August, 2026, a brother for Minnie Merry Melissa, who was born 27 February, 2020, and for Kit Ivan, born in 2022.

Max Shenkman is a son of Ivan Alexander Shenkman, by his wife the former Susan Mary Watt [born 1952], a granddaughter maternally of the 1st Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax [1891-1964].

Kate Shenkman is a daughter of Nigel de Northop Winser by his wife the former Shane Wesley-Smith [born 1955], descended from the Barons Remnant.

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Giles Bryan Chichester 1946-2026

 Giles Bryan Chichester, who died 12 August, 2026, aged 80, was a scion of the Chichester baronets.

He was a Conservative Party politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South West England and Gibraltar from 1999 until he retired 2014. He was elected as Vice-President of the European Parliament on 6 July 2011.  

He was MEP for Devon and East Plymouth from 1994 to 1999 and represented South West England in the European Parliament from 1999 until 2014. On 23 July 2004 he was elected chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. He was a former chairman of the Carlton Club Political Committee and is chairman of his family business publishing maps.

He was born 29 July, 1946, the son of Sir Francis Charles Chichester, KBE (1901-1972), the pioneering aviator and solo sailor, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for becoming the first person to sail single-handed around the world by the clipper route and the fastest circumnavigator, in nine months and one day overall in 1966–67.

Giles's mother was the former Sheila Mary Craven, who died in 1989.

He married 8 September, 1979, Virginia Ansell (born 1946), daughter of Edwin Arthur Ansell (1905-1972), of Kidderminster, Worcestershire, by his wife the former Gladys Heather Pearce (1921-2016), by whom he had two sons, George (born 19 May, 1981), Charles (born 13 Dec, 1990), and a daughter, Jessica (born 15 February, 1984).

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Timothy John Peter Emerson 1942-2026

Timothy John Peter Emerson died 17 August, 2026. He was 84.

He was born in 1942, son of Colonel John Emerson, OBE, TD (1912-2003), of Yelverton, Devon, and his wife the former Rosemary Steeds White (1918-1992); and married at Tavistock, 9 June, 1984, Susanna Jane Rashleigh (born 19 April, 1955), eldest daughter of Sir Harry Evelyn Battie Rashleigh, 5th Baronet (1923-1984), and his wife the former Honora Elizabeth Sneyd (1931-1987), scion of that landed gentry family, by whom he had issue, a son, Thomas Alexander (born 2 September, 1987), and a daughter, Charlotte Jane (born 9 June, 1985).

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Jeremy John Chantler Bradbeer 1962-2026

Jeremy John Chantler Bradbeer, died 15 August, 2026. 

He was born in Northumberland in 1962, son of Sir (John) Derek Richardson Bradbeer, OBE, TD (1931-2016), and his wife the former Margaret Elizabeth Chantler (born 1938); and married 18 May, 1996, Serena Clare Elwes (born 13 August,1967), scion of that landed gentry family of Congham, daughter of Nigel Robert Elwes (1941-2021), and his wife the former Carolyn Peta McAlpine (born 1944), by whom he had a son, Charles Julian Chantler Bradbeer (born 2 Aug, 1997), and a daughter, Eliza Jennifer (born 29 May, 1999).

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Charles Justin Campbell (died 2026)

 Charles Justin Campbell died 16 August, 2026. He was descended from the Abercromby baronets.

His interesting death notice in the Daily Telegraph read: "Campbell: Charles Justin, died gratefully on 16th August with his two sons and a couple of diminutive witches by his bedside. Son of Sir Ralph and Joan, loving husband of more than 50 years to Ann Sophia. Born in Baghdad, 14 different schools, Bahamian policeman, art gallery owner, property guru, grass court legend and lover of bonfires. Adored by his whole family and many friends far and wide. Never better. Never better."

He was a son of Sir Ralph Abercromby Campbell, Kt (1906-1989), Chief Justice of the Bahamas, by his first wife the former Joan Childers Blake.

Charles was a great-great-grandson of Sir Robert Abercromby, 5th Baronet (1784-1855).

Sir Robert Abercromby, 5th Bt > David James Abercromby > Elsie Douglas Abercromby > Sir Ralph Abercromby Campbell  > Charles Campbell (d 2026)

He was married to Ann Sophia _____, by whom he had issue.

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Horatio Ewen Jack Bowyer [born 2026]

 Verena Elpseth Crawley Bowyer [born 1992, née Smith], wife of Robert J. Bowyer, and scion of the Woollcombe landed gentry family, gave birth to a son, Horatio Ewen Jack, 5 May, 2026, a brother for Angus Peregrine Oliver, who was born 16 May, 2022, and for Clementine Winifred Mary, born 12 September, 2024.

Robert Bowyer is a son of Mr & Mrs Jonathan Bowyer, of Coniston, Cumbria.

Verena Smith is the eldest daughter of Oliver Geoffrey Woollcombe Smith [born 12 August, 1947], of Healaugh, near Tadcaster, Yorkshire, scion of the Samuel Smith brewing family, by his wife the former Priscilla Mary Elspeth Crawley [born 1959].

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Pike/Brown engagement

  The engagement was announced 22 August, 2026, between Patrick Belisarius Robert Pike (born 1st January, 1996), second son of Robin Pike, of London, and his wife the former Hon Georgiana Mary Grimston (born 7 September, 1961), & Suzanne Brown, younger daughter of Nicholas  and Nancee Brown, of London.

Patrick Pike is a grandson maternally of the 2nd Baron Grimston of Westbury (1925-2003)/

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Frederick Sasha (Freddie) Manning (born 2026)

Flora Susan Andrena Manning (nee Spens, born 7 January, 1989), wife of James E. Manning, gave birth to a son, Frederick Sasha (Freddie), 13 August, 2026.

James Manning is a son of Mr Michael Manning and Mrs Angela Manning.

Flora is a daughter of the late Michael Patrick Spens of Wormiston (1939-2014), scion of that Scottish landed family, and his 2nd wife Dr Janet Margaret Mackenzie (born 1956).

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Dixon-Smith/Stewart engagement

The engagement was announced 22 August, 2026, between Harry Argentine A. Dixon-Smith (born 18 Apr, 1996), third son of the Hon Adam William George Dixon-Smith (born 1962), of Groton, Suffolk, and his wife the former Annabel Hogg, & Emily C. Stewart, only daughter of Mr and Mrs David Stewart of Blairdrummond, Stirlingshire.

Harry is a grandson of the life peer the Baron Dixon-Smith (born 30 September, 1934).

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Baroness Dixon-Smith (died 2026)

Baroness Dixon-Smith, who died 16 August, 2026, aged 89, was the wife of the life peer the Baron Dixon-Smith.

The former Georgina Janet Cook, daughter of George Cook, of Halstead, Essex, married in 1960, Robert William Dixon-Smith (born 30 September, 1934), who was later a Shadow Minister at the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Bill Dixon-Smith was Governor of the Writtle Agricultural College, from 1973 to 1985 chair. In 1993 and 1994, he was Chair of Anglia Polytechnic University governors, governor from 1973 to 2000 of what was originally Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology (now Anglia Ruskin University). He was elected to the Essex County Council in 1965, being vice chairman from 1983 to 1986, and chairman from 1986 to 1989 before losing his seat to Labour in 1993. He was briefly Shadow Minister for Environment. In 1994, he was made an Honorary Doctor at Anglia Ruskin University. He was raised to the peerage for life, 11 Oct, 1993, as Baron Dixon-Smith, of Bocking in the County of Essex.

Baroness Dixon-Smith leaves issue, a son, Adam, and a daughter, Sarah.

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Pike/Cave engagement

 The engagement was announced 22 August, 2026, between Jack Augustus Thomas Pike (born 18 February, 1994), eldest son of Robin Pike, of London, and his wife the former Hon Georgiana Mary Grimston (born 7 September, 1961), and Harriet Patricia Cave (born 9 September, 1995), the elder daughter of Nicholas Stephen Cave (born 22 April, 1961), of Ottery St Mary, Devon, and his wife the former Alexandra Frances Elizabeth Hicks (born 1961).

Jack Pike is a grandson maternally of the 2nd Baron Grimston of Westbury (1925-2003), and the bride-to-be is a great-granddaughter of Sir Charles Cave, 4th Baronet (1927-1997).

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Edward Thomas Raphael Newton (born 2026)

Alice Mary Ella Newton (born 22 February, 1996, nee Pickthorn), wife of Ben H. Newton, gave birth to a son, Edward Thomas Raphael, 10 August, 2026.

Ben is the eldest son of Mr Keith Newton and the late Mrs Leyanne Provera, of Sydney, Australia.

Alice Newton, a scion of the Pickthorn baronets, is the eldest daughter of Thomas David Alexander Pickthorn (born 16 July, 1967), of Cambridge, and his wife the former Nicola Sheerin.

Sir Kenneth Pickthorn, 1st Baronet (1892-1975) > Henry Pickthorn (b 1928) > Thomas Pickthorn (b 1967) > Alice Pickthorn (b 1996) > Edward Newton (b 2026)

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Roger Gambier Jenyns 1942-2026

 Roger Gambier Jenyns, who died 10 August, 2026, aged 84, was head of that landed gentry family, of Bottisham Hall, Cambridge.

He was born 16 February, 1942, elder son of Roger Soame Jenyns (1904-1976), Lord of the Manor of Bottisham, and his wife the former Anne Thomson Berridge (1906-1995), scion of that Irish landed gentry family; and married 1973, Jillian Maltby (born 1942), daughter of Colonel Edward Frank Maltby (1904-1981), of Potterspury, Northamptonshire, and his wife the former Hazel Doris Evans (1905-1990), by whom he had issue, a son [Roger] George E. Jenyns, who succeeds as head of the landed gentry family, and two daughters, Sarah and Frances.

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Thomas Richard Chadbon 1946-2026

 Thomas Richard Chadbon, the actor, died 18 July, 2026. He was 80.

Chadbon was a versatile character actor with a strong, resonant voice, familiar to viewers in dozens of classic television shows, including The Bill, Holby City, Taggart, Softly, Softly, Silent Witness, Father Brown, Heartbeat, Foyle’s War, and Midsomer Murders, &c.

He was born 27 February, 1946, the son of Thomas William Chadbon and his wife the former Josie Cook.

He married in 1966 (div 1970), as her first husband, the Hon Deborah Elspeth Leathers (born 23 Oct, 1947), the second daughter of the 2nd Viscount Leathers (1908-1996), and his wife the former Elspeth Graeme Stewart (who died in 1985), by whom he had issue, two sons, Dominic (born 8 Dec, 1966), and Nicholas (born 30 Sept, 1968).

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Sir William Otho Jaffray, 5th Baronet 1951-2026

Sir William Otho Jaffray, 5th Baronet, died 11 August, 2026. He was 74.

He was born 1 November, 1951, son of Colonel Sir William Jaffray, 4th Baronet (1895-1953), and his second wife the former Anne Paget (1919-2021), scion of that landed gentry family, and succeeded to the baronetcy [UK, 1892], on his father's death, 24 October, 1953.

The Jaffrays were originally from Stirling, Scotland. John Jaffray moved to Birmingham and was involved in almost every aspect of Birmingham life – the Liberal party, hospitals, institutes, libraries, the Birmingham Joint Stock Bank and the founding of the Birmingham Daily Post and the Birmingham Daily Mail. He was created a Baronet in 1892. Sir William’s father, Sir John’s grandson, had been an outstanding sportsman and a keen rider to hounds in North Warwickshire, despite having lost an arm in the First World War. He died in 1953, so William Jaffray succeeded shortly before his second birthday.

He was married three times: 1stly, 9 May, 1981 (div 1997), Cynthia Ross Corrington, daughter of John Corrington III, of Montreal; 2ndly, 2009 (div. 2018), Constance Haynes daughter of John Latshaw,  & Mrs Barbara Schreck; and thirdly, 20 May, 2026, at Chelsea Westminster Hospital, to Miss Gowri Siva.

Sir William has issue from his first marriage, three sons, Nicholas (born 18 October, 1982), who now succeeds as 6th baronet, Jack (born 3 Aug, 1987), and William (born 5 May, 1990), and a daughter, Alexandra (born 18 May, 1984).

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Sarah Louise Bradford Robinson ((née Myles) 1950-2026

Sarah Louise Bradford Robinson, who died 14 August, 2026, aged 76, was descended from the McClintock baronets.

She was born 11 June, 1950, daughter of Major Robert Bradford Myles (1916-1981), and his wife the former Mary Lyons McClintock (1912-2001), scion of the McClintock baronets; and married 1982, Michael James Corbett Robinson (born 1950), by whom she had issue, a son, Jonathon Myles (1986-2009), and a daughter, Cara (born 1984).

Her only son died in an accident at a Swiss ski resort in 2009.

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Peter Allfrey 1932-2026

 Peter Allfrey, who died 13 August, 2026, aged 93, was a scion of that landed gentry family of Wokefield Park.

He was born 24 September, 1932, the second son of Capt Basil Holmsdale Allfrey (1898-1981), and his 1st wife the former Adeline Elizabeth Daphne Fox (1906-2005), daughter of Sir Gilbert Wheaton Fox, 1st Baronet (1863-1925); and married 27 April 1962, Susannah Gabrielle Ormerod (born 16 November, 1942), daughter of Capt George Wareing Drewry Ormerod, RA (1910-1944), scion of that landed gentry family, and his wife the former Madeleine Gabriele de Pury (who married 2ndly, 17 Aug, 1946, as his 2nd wife, the 19th Earl of Caithness (1906-1965).

Peter Allfrey leaves issue, two sons, Richard (born 1963), and Alexander (born 1965), and a daughter, Candida (born 1970).

His widow is a half-sister of the 20th Earl of Caithness, PC.

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Treadwell/Wilson engagement

 The engagement was announced 18 August, 2026, between Edward James Christopher Treadwell )born 1 July, 1991), son of John Treadwell, of Putney, London, and his wife the former Anne Margaret Simonds (born 18 February, 1958), & Annie Florence Wilson (born 1995), daughter of Patrick Antony Joseph (Paddy) Wilson (born 1960), of Norwich, Norfolk, and his wife the former Sally Joanne Butt (born 1961).

Edward Treadwell is descended from the Mann baronets:-

Sir Edward Mann, 1st Baronet > Francis Thomas Mann > Margaret Enid Mann > Anne Margaret Simonds > Edward Treadwell

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Richard Gervase Falkiner 1936-2026

 Richard Gervase Falkiner, who died 21 July, 2026, aged 90, was a scion of the Falkiner baronets.

He was born 10 March, 1936, son of Major Gervase Leslie Falkiner (1909-1988), and his wife the former Rosemary Florence Emily Smith (1908-1990); and married  15 May, 1959, Gabrielle Mary Woodgate (born 1938), daughter of Frank Edward Woodgate (1906-1979), and his wife Eileen Mary Chapman (1910-1992), by whom he had issue, a son, Sebastian (born 3 Dec, 1963), and a daughter, Sophia (born 27 January, 1962).

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Barbara Winifred Gosling (nee Montgomerie) 1933-2026

Barbara Winifred Gosling, who died in April 2026, was a scion of the Earls of Eglinton & Winton.

She was born in 1933, the fourth daughter of John Eglinton Montgomerie (1899-1971), and his wife the former Irene Agnes Cameron (who. died 1959). 

She married 1954 (div. 1978), David Walter Gosling, by whom she had issue, two sons and a daughter.

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Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank name their daughter Adelaide

  Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank, and her husband Jack Christopher Stamp Brooksbank, have named their infant daughter, Adelaide Elizabeth Annina, who was born in Lisbon, Portugal, 3 August, 2026. 

Adelaide is the third child for the princess, 36, and husband Jack Brooksbank, 40, and a fifth grandchild for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson.

The infant is fifteenth in line of succession to the throne, and the first member of the royal family to have been born in Portugal.

Adelaide is an ancestral niece of King William IV’s Queen Consort - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, who was born August 13, 1792.

Adelaide was a middle name of Queen Victoria’s eldest daughter Victoria the Princess Royal, and the infant is a direct descendant of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (1833-97), who was the mother of Queen Mary (1867-1953), and grandmother of King George VI (1895-1952).

The infant’s middle name Elizabeth is in honour of Princess Eugenie’s beloved grandmother, the late Queen.

Annina is a feminine name of Italian origin. An adorable version of Anna, it comes from the Hebrew names Ann and Hannah, translating to “He (God) has favored me,” as well as “grace” or “gracious.” This can be a great choice to help you share your faith with your little one. If you’ve got a love for music, you can also find Annina as a character in the opera La traviata. Whether baby prefers to enjoy the show or be the one on stage, the name Annina is a choice that can sing volumes for them.

Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank married at St George's Chapel, Windsor, 12 October, 2018. 

The infant's father, Jack Christopher Stamp Brooksbank (born 3 May, 1986), is a scion of the Brooksbank baronets of Healaugh, Tadcaster, the elder son of the late Mr George Edward Hugh Brooksbank (1949-2021), by his wife the former Nicola J Newton (b 1953).

HRH Princess Eugenie Victoria Helena of York (b 23 March, 1990), is the younger daughter of  Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (born 19 February, 1960), by his former wife Sarah Margaret Ferguson [born 15 Oct, 1959], scion of the Ferguson landed gentry family, of Dummer, Hampshire.

Order of Succession to the Throne:

1.HRH The Prince of Wales

2. HRH Prince George of Wales

3. HRH Princess Charlotte of Wales

4. HRH Prince Louis of Wales

5. HRH The Duke of Sussex

6. Prince Archie of Sussex

7. Princess Lilibet of Sussex

8. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

9. HRH Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi

10. Sienna Mapelli Mozzi

11. Athena Mapelli Mozzi

12.. HRH Princess Eugenie Mrs Jack Brooksbank

13. August Brooksbank

14, Ernest Brooksbank

15. Adelaide Brooksbank

16. HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

17. James, Earl of Wessex

18. Lady Louise Windsor

19. HRH The Princess Royal

20. Peter Phillips

Lady Celeste Primrose engaged to Capt David Samuel G. Stevens

 The engagement has been announced between Capt (David) Samuel G. Stevens and the Lady Celeste Primrose. 

Sam Kwame and Lady Celeste.

Lady Celeste Margaret Louise Primrose (born 13 October, 2003), is a triplet daughter of the 8th Earl of Rosebery (born 20 November, 1967), of Dalmeny House, South Queensferry, by his former wife Caroline Daglish (now Caroline, Lady Dalmeny).

Lady Celeste is fourth of Lord Rosebery's five children, and a triplet with her sisters Lady Delphi Primrose and Lady Lavinia Primrose. She has an older sister, Lady Marina, and a younger brother, Albert, styled Lord Dalmeny, heir to the Rosebery peerages.

At thepeerage.com one of the triplets, Lavinia, is now shown as the Hon Ptolmey Fydor Rex (Tolly) Primrose, a male.

Sam Stevens (born 1997) is a son of the late Mr David G. Stevens and Mrs Zazi B. Stevens (nee Aikins, born London, 1961), of Chorleywood Hertfordshire.

Sam's parents married in Westminster in August, 1986. 

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Arto Piers Wyndham Egerton-Warburton (born 2026)

Philippa Egerton-Warburton (née Wyndham Jones), wife of Piers Egerton-Warburton (born 1992), scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a son, Arto Piers Wyndham, 3 August, 2026.

Piers is a son of Charles Piers Egerton-Warburton (born 9 Nov, 1961), and his first wife the former Fiona Clare Bonham Carter (born 1957), scion of that landed family.

Philippa Egerton-Warburton is a daughter of Mr and Mrs David Wyndham Jones.

Arto's descends from the Barons Dormer:-

14th Baron Dormer (1864-1922) > Hon Georgiana Dormer (1906-1955) > Maj Peter Egerton-Warburton (b 1933) > Charles Egerton-Warburton (b 1961) > Piers Egerton-Warburton (b 1992) > Arto Egerton-Warburton

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