Fordham/Manners engagement

Lady Alice and Patrick.

 The engagement was announced 9 November, 2026, between Patrick Hugo John [Patch] Fordham (born 30 April, 1993), son of Rupert Patrick Fordham (born 20 August, 1960), scion of that landed gentry family, of Culmington, Shropshire, by his wife the former Georgina Lucy Bevan (born 8 January, 1963), scion of that landed gentry family, & the Lady Alice Louisa Lily Manners (born 27 April, 1995), middle daughter of the 11th Duke of Rutland (born 8 May, 1959), of Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, and the Duchess of Rutland (nee [Rachel] Emma Louise Watkins, born 2 September, 1963).

Lady Alice will be the second of the Rutland's five children to marry. In 2025 Alice's elder sister, Lady Violet, married the then Viscount Garnock, who succeeded as 17th Earl of Lindsay a few weeks ago.

Patrick Fordham is equally well connected. Scion of numerous landed gentry families - the Fordhams of Odsey, Hertfordshire, the Timpsons of Appleton Manor, and the Bevans of Trent Park, to name a few. 

His family tree reveals his descents from the Fane Barons Clinton, and the Earls of Westmorland.

Patrick is a cousin of Francesca Bevan, Duchess of Norfolk (born 1963), wife of the 18th Duke of Norfolk, GCVO (born 1956), Earl Marshal and Premier Duke in the Peerage of England. Another cousin is Veronica, Countess Peel, former wife of Earl Peel, a former Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth II.

Patrick has siblings: brothers William Herbert Fordham (born 1995), Henry Rupert L. Fordham (born 1997), and a sister, Molly Carol A. Fordham (born in 2000).

William Fordham announced his engagement 29 Aug, 2025, to Antonia Sophie Brockman.

Lady Alice's siblings are sisters Violet, the Countess of Lindsay (born 1993), Lady Eliza Manners (born 1997), and brothers, Charles, styled Marquess of Granby (born 1999), and Lord Hugo Manners (born 2003).

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's rumoured new girlfriend: Background

It is reported that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is dating again.

The 70 year-old woman at the centre of the rumours is Elizabeth Alison (Aliba) Bellingham, a British socialite and keen horsewoman known in Norfolk circles. She is a member of the north Norfolk social group known as the "Turnip Toffs" and the sister of Conservative life peer Lord Bellingham.

Interestingly, she is also believed to have a royal connection; her godmother was Frances Shand Kydd,  mother of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Aliba is understood to have known Andrew since childhood.

Four years older than Andrew - born 15 September, 1956 - she is the only daughter of Capt (Arthur) Henry Bellingham (1926-59), and his wife June Marion Cloudesley Smith (1926-2022), who married 2ndly, 29 March, 1962, Colonel Ian Bruce Baillie (1928-78), Life Guards, Silver Stick in Waiting, and Lieutenant-Colonel of the Household Cavalry, and a cousin of Lord Burton.

Her father was killed in an accident on military manoeuvres, 3 June, 1959, aged  33.

Aliba is Lord Bellingham's only sibling. She spent her early years at Congham Lodge, close to Sandringham House in the village of Hillington.

Aliba married in 1989 (div 1999), Richard Charles Rowley (born 14 August, 1959), son of Sir Charles Robert Rowley, 7th & 8th Baronet (1926-2008), and his wife the former Astrid Massey, daughter of Sir Arthur Massey, CBE (1894-1980), Hon Physician to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II.

Aliba's ex husband succeeded his father, 11 May, 2008, as Sir Richard Rowley, Bt.

Aliba Bellingham said the pair 'get on well' as she addressed ongoing speculation that she is dating the disgraced former Duke

t's been nine months since Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor moved to Sandringham following his eviction from Royal Lodge.

Aliba has been seen visiting Andrew's Norfolk home, Marsh Farm. But on Saturday, she denied she was romantically involved with the former Prince. 

Andrew's rumoured new girlfriend: 'We get on well'. Her family is not without its own historic notoriety. Her ancestor John Bellingham murdered the prime minister Spencer Perceval in the House of Commons.

She told the Mail on Sunday: "We hang out from time to time and talk about horses and dogs – that's what we have in common. We get on well. He loves his horses.

"I'm not the sort of person to dwell on things in another person's past. I think Andrew has found Norfolk to be a very welcoming area and that he'll enjoy living here."

The Mail on Sunday refers to Andrew as 'the former Duke' - and although he has been removed from the Roll of the House of Lords the former prince remains Baron Killyleagh, Earl of Inverness, and Duke of York. The removal of peerages requires at Act of Parliament.

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Younger/Bourne engagement

The engagement was announced 7 November, 2026, between Geordie Charles Kenneth Younger (born 19 December, 1997), scion of the Viscounts Younger of Leckie, son of the Hon Charles Gerald Alexander Younger (born 4 October, 1959), of Gifford, East Lothian, and his wife the former Sally Elizabeth Fergusson (born 1962), and Emily Clare Bourne (born 1998), daughter of His Honour Judge Ian Maclean Bourne, KC (born 1954), of Battersea, London, and his wife the former Lucy Pollock (born 1960).

Geordie Younger is a grandson of the late 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, KT, KCVO, FRSE, PC (1931-2003).

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Hill/Grimston engagement

 The engagement was announced 7 November, 2026, between Capt. Anthony Thomas Rowley Hill (born 1995), son of Mr Oliver Hill, of Netherton, Northumberland, and Mrs Lindsay Hill, of East Layton, North Yorkshire, and the Hon Philippa Margaret Grimston (born 7 October, 1995), younger daughter of the 3rd Baron Grimston of Westbury (born 30 April, 1951), and his wife the former Emily Margaret Shirley (born 3 November, 1957), scion of the Earls Ferrers.

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Fitzherbert/Murphy

The engagement was announced 7 November, 2026, between Frederick David Fitzherbert (born 23 March, 1995), son and heirof Sir Richard Ranulph Fitzherbert, 9th Baronet (born 2 November, 1963), of Tissington, Derbyshire, and his former wife Caroline Louise Shuter (born 1965, now Mrs Charles Hurt, of Downton on the Rock, Shropshire), & Chloe L. Murphy, daughter of Mr & Mrs Neil Murphy, of London.

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Crawford/Titley engagement

 The engagement was announced 7 November, 2026, between Henry James Cameron Crawford (born 10 August, 1995), only son of (Timothy) James Crawford (born 1962), of Lilling, North Yorkshire, and his wife the former Charlotte Geraldine Louise Baker (born 1962), & Molly Charlotte Babington Titley (born 1996), elder daughter of Philip John Wolseley Titley (born 16 January, 1968), of London, descended from the Hungerford landed gentry family, and his wife, the former Kate Mary Babington Aspinall (born 1966).

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Turner/de Haan engagement

 The engagement was announced 7 November, 2026, between Hugo Charles P. Turner (born 1998), twin son of Nicholas Turner, of Christow, Devon, and his wife nee ___ Parsons, & Frances Catherine de Haan (born 1988), twin daughter (with a sister Hannah), of Archer de Haan (born 10 June, 1950), of Bromfield, Shropshire, and Mrs Vivien de Haan [nee Whittall, born 1961], of Bromfield, Shropshire

Frances de Haan is a great-granddaughter of the 2nd Earl of Plymouth:-

Ivor Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of Plymouth [1889-1943] > Lady Gillian Windsor-Clive [died 1961] > Archer de Haan [b 1950] > Frances de Haan [b 1988] 

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Onieva/Stopford Sackville engagement

The engagement was announced 7 November, 2026, between Alvaro G. Onieva, son of Jose G. Onieva and Mariana Olaso, of Madrid, and Islay Diana Stopford Sackville (born 28 November, 1998), scion of the Earls of Courtown, daughter of Charles Lionel Stopford Sackville (born 14 February, 1961), of Lowick, Northamptonshire, and his former wife the former Shona McKinney (born 6 Apr, 1960 - now Mrs Shona Wilkinson, of Battersea, London).

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Lady Alleyne (died 2026)

 Lady Alleyne, who died 15 October, 2026, aged 86, was the wife of the Rev Sir John Olpherts Campbell Alleyne, 5th Baronet.

She was born Honor Emily Margaret Irwin, daughter of Albert William Irwin, of Linkview Park, Upper Malone, Belfast.

She married 28 September, 1968, Rev John Olpherts Campbell Alleyne (born 18 January, 1928), sometime Chaplain of Clare College, Cambridge, and vicar of Speke, Lancashire, son of Capt Sir John Meynell Alleyne, 4th Baronet, DSO, DSC (1889-1983), and his wife the former Alice Violet Campbell (who died 1985).

Her husband succeeded to the baronetcy upon the death of his father, 17 December, 1983.

The baronetcy, of Four Hills in Barbados, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. The Alleyne family (like the Clement family, Codrington family, Drax family, and Terrill family) were amongst the 17th century colonisers of Barbados, but their Baronetage was created only on 6 April 1769 for John Alleyne who was a Barbadian politician and Speaker of the House of Assembly of Barbados from 1767 to 1797 except for a short period during 1771 and 1772.

Lady Alleyne is survived by her husband, and a son, Richard Meynell Alleyne (born 23 June, 1972), and a daughter, Clare (born 26 Oct, 1969).

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Don/Smith engagement

 The engagement was announced 6 November, 2026, between Henry John D. Don (born 3 May, 1997), the middle son of Alexander John Wilmot Douglas Don (born 25 July, 1964), of Oswestry, Shropshire, of the family of Gardyne Castle, Forfar, and his wife the former Sarah Loveys Jervoise, scion of that landed gentry family, and Lucy Olivia H. Smith, (born 1995), eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Michael Smith, of Havant, Hampshire.

Henry Don is a great- grandson of Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 4th Baronet (1882-1970).

Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, Bt > Mary Eardley-Wilmot > Alexander Don > Henry Don.

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Jack Robin Worsley (born 2026)

 Eliza Worsley (née Lorimer), wife of Hugo Justin Pitfield Worsley (born 5 Aug, 1992), scion of the Worsley baronets, gave birth to a son, Jack Robin, 27 October, 2026, a brother for Paloma Leo Lorimer Worsley, born 25 January, 2025. 

Hugo Worsley is the third son of Jonathan Hugh Worsley (born 3 October, 1960), and his wife the former Laura Weldon Pitfield (born 1957), and is a grandson of the late John Arthington Worsley (1928-2022), and his wife the Hon Carolyn Mary Wynyard Hardinge (1932-2007), daughter of the 4th Viscount Hardinge (1905-79).

The infant is a great-great nephew of HRH the late Duchess of Kent, GCVO.

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Blount/Beaty engagement

 The engagement was announced 5 November, 2026, between Guy Henry Blount (born 11 November, 1995), the eldest son of Oliver Charles Blount (born 11 October, 1959), of Advent, Cornwall, and his wife the former Vivien Ann Barton (born 1962), & Sophie Jane Beaty (born 1995), daughter of Stuart James Beaty (born 1966), of West Farndon, Northamptonshire, and his wife the former Annabelle Jane Joice (born 1967).

Guy is descended from the Barons Cobbold:-

The 1st Baron Cobbold, KG (1904-1987) > Hon Susan Cobbold (1933-2021) > Oliver Blount (b 1959) > Guy Blount (b 1995)

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Claudia Eva Maxtone Graham (c1934-2026)

 Claudia Eva Maxtone Graham died 22 October, 2026.

She was born c 1934, as Claudia Eva Tannert, daughter of Frederick Tannert, of Pinner, Middlesex, and was twice married - firstly, in 1956, to John Caulfeild Page-Phillips (1930-1992), scion of that landed gentry family, son of the Rev Canon Thomas Western Page-Phillips (1900-1961), and his wife the former Kathleen Montgomerie Caulfeild (1901-1964), scion of the Viscounts Charlemont.

She married 2ndly, 1962, Robert Mungo Maxtone Graham (born 6 May, 1931), son of Anthony James Oliphant Maxtone Graham, 16th of Coltoquhey (1900-1971), and his wife the former Joyce Anstruther (1901-1953), scion of the Anstruther baronets and a granddaughter maternally of the 4th Baron Sudeley (1840-1922).

Her second husband died in 2017.

She leaves issue, a daughter, Livia, from her first marriage, and a daughter, Ysenda, from her second marriage.

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Lennox Lyla Zelenka Martin (born 2026)

Ella Clementine Zelenka Martin (born April, 1994, nee Corke), wife of Harry R. Zelenka Martin, gave birth to a daughter, Lennox Lyla, 25 October, 2026.

Harry is a son of Charles Martin, of Barnes, and his wife Sarah.

Ella is the third daughter of Jaimie Coltart Corke (born 1956), of Donhead St Mary, Dorset, and his wife the former Elizabeth Anne Errington (born 22 October, 1958), scion of the Errington baronets.

Ella is a great-granddaughter of Sir Eric Errington, 1st Baronet (1900-1973).

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McNeilly/Buxton engagement

 The engagement was announced 4 November, 2026, between James Daniel McNeilly(born 1997), son of Dr Robert Andrew McNeilly (born 1961), of Winchelsea, and his wife the former Heidi Louise Nixon (born 1968), & Emma Margaret D'Arcy Buxton (born 14 April, 1998), scion of the Buxton baronets, second daughter of Robin Anthony Buxton (born 21 February, 1963), of Horsey, Norfolk, and his wife the former Suzanna Patricia D'Arcy McCarthy.

Emma Buxton is descended from the Lords Herries of Terregles:-

The 10th Lord Herries of Terregles (1804-76) > Hon Bernard Constable-Maxwell (1848-1938) > Mary Philomena Constable-Maxwell (1893-1953) > John Joseph Buxton (1927-2014) > Robin Buxton (b 1963) > Emma Buxton (b 1998)

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Christopher James Hodson 1963-2026

 Christopher James Hodson died 25 August, 2026. He was 62.

He was born 26 November, 1963, son of Anthony Edward Hodson (born 1937), and his wife the former Margaret-Anne Incledon (born 16 February, 1941), a descendant of the Barons Decies.

3rd Baron Decies (1811-1893) > Hon William Horsley-Beresford (1878-1949) > Hazel Horsley-Beresford (1920-2005) > Margaret-Anne Incledon (b 1941) > Christopher Hodson (1963-2026)

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Caroline Elizabeth Shelton-Agar (nee Pennant-Rea)

 Caroline Elizabeth Shelton Agar (nee Pennant-Rea), died 28 October, 2026.

She was the former Caroline Elizabeth Pennant-Rea.

She married 1969, Nigel Shelton Agar (born 27 July, 1932), scion of that landed gentry family, of Melmerby Hall, second son of George Shelton Agar (1888-c1956), by his wife the former Phyllis Whitworth, by whom she had issue, a son, Jonathan and a daughter, Lucinda.

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