Lucy Annora Murphy, CVO ( née Gosling) 1938-2025

 Lucy Annora Murphy, CVO, who died 13 March, 2025, aged 87, was sometime information officer to the household of the late Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother at Clarence House.

She was a scion of the Russell Barons Ampthill, who descend from the Dukes of Bedford.

She was born 4 March, 1938, the second daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel William Douglas Gosling, MBE, DL, TD (1904-1994), and his wife the former Rosemary Russell (1907-1986), scion of the Barons Ampthill.

She married in 1981 (Donald) Royston (Roy) Murphy, a Metropolitan police officer, who predeceased her.

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Richard William Alan Reardon Smith 1946-2025

 Richard William Alan Reardon Smith, who died 4 March, 2025, aged 78, was a scion of the baronets of that name.

He was born 8 December, 1946, the second son of Alan John Reardon Smith (1914-1970), and his wife the former Winifred Maud Williams (died 2025), and was a grandson of Sir Willie Reardon Smith, 2nd Baronet (1887-1950), shipowner, & High Sheriff of Glamorgan.

He married 1stly, in 1970 (div. 1990), Suzanne Ward Jones, daughter of Jonathan Preece Jones, of Coychurch, Glamorgan; married 2ndly, 1990, (Nicola) Jane Yapp, daughter of Christopher Denis Yapp, of St Mellons, Galmorgan.

He leaves issue from both marriages, from his 1st union he leaves a son, Dylan (born 1972), and a daughter, Zahra (born 1973), and from his second marriage, a son, Samuel (born 1990)

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Jennifer Isobel Chevallier Guild (nee Gooch) 1942-2025

 Jennifer Isobel Chevallier Guild (nee Gooch), who died 14 March, 2024, aged 82, was a scion of the Gooch baronets.

She was born 7 May, 1942, the second daughter of Colonel Brian Sherlock Gooch, DSO, TD (1904-1968), and his wife the former Monica Mary Heywood (1909-1975), scion of that landed gentry family, and was a granddaughter of Sir Thomas Vere Sherock Gooch, 10th Baronet (1881-1946).

Her brother Arthur (born 1 June, 1937), succeeded as 14th baronet, 9 Apr, 2008.

She married 18 December, 1965, Lieutenant-Commander John Marjoribanks Chevallier Guild (1933-2020), scion of that landed gentry family, son of Cyril Harrower Guild (1906-1978), and his wife the former Perronelle Mary Chevallier (1902-2004), of that landed family, by whom she had two sons, John (b 2 May, 1967), and Henry (b 20 Dec, 1968).

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Clare Rosemary Hohler (née Spencer Bernard) 1938-2025

 Clare Rosemary Hohler, died 22 March, 2025, aged 86. She was a descendant of the Dukes of Marlborough.

She was born Clare Rosemary Spencer Bernard, 1 November, 1938, the second daughter of John Gray Churchill Spencer Bernard (1907-1977), descended from the 3rd Duke of Marlborough, of Winchenden House, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, and his wife the former Elsie Phyllis Corley (1907-2001); and married 10 August, 1963, (Rio Tyrell) Arthur Hohler (born 15 February, 1934), head of that landed gentry family of Long Crendon, the elder son of Henry Arthur Frederick Hohler, CMG (1911-2001), of Long Crendon Manor, Aylesbury, and his 1st wife the former Mona Valentine Pirie (1909-1944), scion of that landed gentry family.

Mrs Hohler was also a Charles II descendant, having Beauclerk ancestry.

She leaves a son, Rupert (born 15 Nov, 1972), and three daughters, Harriet (b 1 Feb, 1967), Camilla (b 9 Nov, 1968), and Amanda (b 19 Nov, 1970)

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Sir Julian Roger Seymour, CBE 1945-2025

 Sir Julian Seymour, CBE, who died 23 March, 2025, aged 80, organised a rudderless Margaret Thatcher after her ejection from Downing Street, running her private office from 1991 until he retired in 2001; a director of her Foundation from 1992 to 2011, he was later her trustee and executor. He was a scion of the Marquesses of Hertford.

He was born 19 March, 1945, the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel Evelyn Roger Seymour (1908-87), and his wife the former Rosemary Evelyn Flower; and married in 1984, Diana Elizabeth Griffith, by whom he had a son, Archie (born  1989), and a daughter, Rose (born 1987). 

He was descended from the 1st Marquess of Hertford.

He was appointed CBE in 2001, and knighted in 2014.

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Sandford/Middleton-Frith engagement

 The engagement was announced 26 March, 2025, between Fergus Ruscombe Sandford (born 4 July, 1995), scion of that landed gentry family, son of Philip Roland Thomas Sandford (born 1961), of Strangford, County Down, and his wife the former Anna Rosamund Tindall (born 1962), & Harriet Hester K. Middleton-Frith (born 2004), daughter of Captain George R.G. Middleton, by his wife the former Susan F.C. Frith (born cira 1955).

The Sandfords descend from the Earls of Dalhousie:-

The 8th Earl of Dalhousie (1730-87) > Lt-Gen Hon John Ramsay (1775-1842) > Gen Sir Henry Ramsay (1816-93) > Mary Louisa Ramsay (1852-1918) > Mary Ellen Birney (1875-1972) > Joan Davies (1913-1993) > Susan Rosamund Streatfeild (b 1941) > Anna Rosamund Tindall (b 1962) > Fergus Sandford (b 1995)

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The Baroness Howarth of Breckland, OBE 1940-2025

The Baroness Howarth of Breckland, OBE, who died 23 March, 2025, aged 84, was a crossbench member of the House of Lords, a life peer.

Valerie Georgina Howarth was born 5 September, 1940. 

She was appointed OBE in 1999 for her services to Childline, and raised to the peerage for life in 2001, as Baroness Howarth of Breckland, of Parsons Cross in the County of South Yorkshire,

She was one of the board members of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.

Baroness Howarth became the Chair of Cafcass (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service) in 2008. 

She was the former Chief Executive of ChildLine and also worked for many years at Chief Officer and Assistant Chief Officer level in social services departments. She served on the board of the Food Standards Agency, was a trustee for a number of Children's charities, and was a patron of the National Youth Advocacy Scheme.

She was vice-chair of the National Care Standards Commission and was secretary to the All Parliamentary Children's Group.

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Robert Stuart Innes-Smith 1928-2025

 Robert Stuart Innes-Smith, of that landed gentry family, died 20 January, 2025. He was 96.

He was born in 1928, son of Capt Stuart William Innes-Smith, MM, RAF (1897-1953), and his wife the former Florence Constance Green (1899-1977);  and married 1954, Elizabeth Greta (Betsy) Lamb (1927-2009), daughter of Bertram John Lamb (1887-1938), of Chestfield Manor, Whitstable, Kent, and his wife the former Greta Reeves (1905-1984), by whom he had issue, a son, James Stuart Tenison Innes-Smith (b 4 Oct, 1966), and two daughters, Victoria (b 1957), and Augusta (b 1961). 

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Nicola Penn Coverdale (nee Symons) 1942-2025

Nicola Penn Coverdale (nee Symons), who died 16 March, 2025, aged 82, was a descendant of the Earls of Mar.

She was born 4 April, 1942, the eldest daughter of Peter Nicholas Symons (1917-1951), and his wife the former Suzanne Penzer Haynes (1919-2004); and married 14 September, 1963, John Philip A. Coverdale (1934-2018), son of Philip Frederick Coverdale (1906-1999), and his wife the former Elizabeth Mary Murray-Davey (1907-1996), and had issue, two sons, Peter (b 1970), Philip (b 1978), and two daughters, Anna (b 1966), and Sarah (b 1968).

John Erskine, Earl of Mar (1772-1828) > Lady Frances Erskine (d 1842) > Lady Eliza Erskine Goodeve (1834-1917) > Beatrice Cole (1863-1936) > Mary Ferguson (1888-1970) > Peter Symons (1917-51) > Nicola Symons (1942-2025)

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Hopkinson/Goëss-Saurau engagement

 The engagement was announced 24 March, 2025, between between Rory Douglas Rooke Hopkinson (born 1995), son of Charles J.D. Rooke Hopkinson, of Bigsweir, Gloucestershire, and his wife, the former Caroline M. Francis, and Franziska Susanna M. (Pumbaa) Goëss -Saurau (born 10 May, 1997), daughter of Count (Johann) Konrad Zeno Julian Goëss-Saurau (born 9 January, 1952), of Frohnleiten, Austria, and his 2nd wife, Countess Susi-Goëss-Saurau (nee Williams),  of Bassett Down, Wiltshire.

Countess Susan Jane Goëss-Saurau (nee Williams), is the daughter of Michael Williams, of Fairfield House, Pedmore, Worcestershire, and she married 1stly, 1986 (div) Peter Christopher Edward Farquhar (born 3 Aug, 1959), scion of the Farquhar baronets. She married 2ndly, 1996, Johann Konrad Zeno Julian, Graf von Goess-Saurau.

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Slade/Henniker engagement

 The engagement was announced 22 March, 2025, between Peter L. Slade and Rosanna Josephine Major Henniker (born 1989), scion of the Barons Henniker, daughter of Christopher Anthony Major Henniker (born 20 October, 1952), of Chiswick, London, and his wife the former Bernadette Ball.

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Ronald James Bremner Hoare 1939-2025

 Ronald James Bremner Hoare has died aged 85.

He was born in 1939 a son of Wilfred James Hoare (who died in 2003), of Orwell House, Milnathort, Kinross, by his wife the former Grace Margaret Bremner (who died 2009); & married 11 September, 1971, Elizabeth Albinia Bacon (born 15 January, 1944), daughter of Sir Edmund Castell Bacon, Bt, KG, KBE, TD (1903-1982), and his wife the former Priscilla Dora Ponsonby (1913-2000), scion of the Ponsonby Barons De Mauley, by whom he had issue, a son, Jocelyn Charles Stewart Hoare (born 1974), and a daughter, Nicola Clare (born 1977).

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Poppy Jane Charlesworth (born 14/03/2025)

 Charlotte Mary Charlesworth [nee Cubitt, born 28 January, 1991], wife of Edward Charlesworth, and scion of the Cubitt landed gentry family, gave birth to a daughter, Poppy Jane, 14 March, 2025, a sister for Harry George, who was born 23 April, 2021, and for Flora Lucy, born 29 September, 2022.

Edward Charlesworth is a son of Mr & Mrs Rodney Charlesworth, of St Albans, Hertfordshire, and Charlotte Charlesworth is a daughter of Major-Gen Sir William George Cubitt, KCVO, CBE, DL [born 1959], of Honing, Norfolk, and his wife the former Lucy Jane Pym [born 24 Sept, 1961], scion of that landed gentry family.

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Rory Charles Andrew Henniker-Major (born 2025)

 Sophie L. Henniker-Major [nee Short], wife of George Richard Henniker-Major [born 1985], scion of the Barons Henniker, gave birth to a son, Rory Charles Andrew, 15 March, 2025, a brother for Eliza Beatrice Mary, who was born 18 September, 2019, and for Arthur Henry Rupert, who was born 23 November, 2021.

George is a son of John Alexander Henniker-Major [born 1952], of Great Easton, Leicestershire, by his wife the former Mary Mathiesen.

Sophie Henniker-Major is the elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Andrew Short, of Woking.

7th Baron Henniker > Hon Richard Henniker-Major > John Henniker-Major > George Henniker-Major > Rory Henniker-Major [b 2025]

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Duncan Cameron Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy 1932-2025

 Duncan Cameron Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy, who died 8 March, 2025, aged 92, was a scion of the baronets of that name, and was for many years heir presumptive to the title.

His home was the Malt House, Charlecote, Warwickshire, near the family seat at Charlecote Park.

He was born 18 September, 1932, son of Capt Ewen Aymer Robert Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy (1899-1969), and his wife the former Margaret Westall King (1902-1994), daughter of Sir John Westall King, 2nd Baronet (1863-1940); and was a grandson paternally of Sir Henry William Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy, 3rd Baronet (1870-1944).

Duncan was heir presumptive to the baronetcy (cr 1836) of his cousin, Sir Edmund, 6th Baronet, from 1974 until the birth of Edmund's son and heir in 1995.

He married 26 September, 1964, Janet Barclay Niven, (died 11 January, 2017), daughter of Patrick Angus Barclay Niven, of Malt Cottage, Charlecote, by whom he had issue, a son, Spencer Angus James (born 9 May, 1966), and a daughter, Anna Margaret Barclay (born 1 Feb, 1969).

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Sir Torquil Norman, CBE 1933-2025

 Sir Torquil Norman, CBE, died 19 March, 2025, aged 91. He was a scion of the Norman baronets.

He was a businessman, aircraft enthusiast and arts philanthropist.

He was born 11 April, 1933, the third son of Air Commodore Sir (Henry) Nigel St Valery Norman, 2nd Baronet, CBE (1897-1943), and his wife the former Patricia Moyra Annesley (1904-1986). His mother married 2ndly, 6 Oct, 1944, Sir Walter Perkins, MP (1903-1988), Conservative MP for Stroud.

He married 8 July, 1961, the Lady Elizabeth Anne Montagu (born 8 February, 1937), second daughter of the 10th Earl of Sandwich (Victor Montagu, MP who disclaimed his peerages for life) (b 1906- d 1995), and his wife the former Maud Rosemary Peto (1916-1998), scion of the Peto baronets, by whom he had three sons, the Rt Hon (Alexander) Jesse Norman, MP (born 23 June, 1962), Casey William (b 1 Oct, 1963), Casper Joe (b 11 Aug, 1967), and two daughters, Lucy Patricia (b 28 Feb, 1965), and Amy Jean Mary (b 13 Oct, 1969).

Norman was appointed CBE in 2002, and knighted in 2007.

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Lady Jane Annabelle Howard 1947-2025

 Lady Jane Annabelle Howard, who died 1 March, 2025, aged 78, was a scion of the Earls of Carlisle.

She was born 28 February, 1947, the elder daughter of the 12th Earl of Carlisle (1923-1994), of Naworth Castle. Cumbria, and his wife the former Hon Ela Hilda Aline Beaumont (1925-2002), daughter of the 2nd Viscount Allendale, KG, CB, OBE, MC, DL, JP (1890-1956).

She married 1stly, 8 June, 1968 (div. 1977), as his 1st wife, John David Vaughan Seth-Smith (born 7 Oct, 1946, died 1 July, 2020), scion of that landed family, son of Lt-Cdr David Keith Seth-Smith (1914-1976), by his wife the former Pamela Hilda Stokes (1918-2009); ; she married 2ndly, 1983 (div. 1999), Rodney Spencer Ledward (1938-died 25 Oct, 2000).

Lady Jane, who resumed her maiden name, leaves issue from both marriages.

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