Derek Edward Glenister 1939-2026

Derek Edward Glenister died 3 May, 2026, aged 87.

He was born in 1939, son of Sydney William Glenister (1912-1989) and his wife Ada Florence Benge (1911-1994); and married 31 August, 1964, Clothilde Muriel Frances (Chloe) Nightingale (born 7 September, 1939), second daughter of Sir Charles Athelstan Nightingale, 16th Baronet (1902-1977),  and his wife the former Evelyn Nadine Frances Diggens (1908-1995), by whom he had issue, two daughters, Frances (born 23 May, 1966), and Clare (born 4 March, 1968)

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Martin Wreford Woodnutt 1946-2026

 Martin Wreford Woodnutt, died 26 April, 2026, aged 79.

He was born in 1946, son of Harold Frederick Martin (Mark) Woodnutt, MP (1918-1974), Conservative MP for the Isle of Wight, and his wife Gwynneth Alice Lovely (1925-1986); and married in 1975, Susannah Harrison (1946-2019), daughter of William Herbert Harrison (1909-1975), and his wife Elcha Cecilia Hore-Ruthven (1912-1996), scion of the Lords Ruthven of Freeland (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1651), by whom he had issue, a son, Piers (born 1977), in remainder to the Lordship of Freeland, and a daughter, Emily (born 1979), also in remainder to the Scottish peerage.

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Pugh/Fairbairn engagement

 The engagement was announced 9 May, 2026, between Matthew George Pugh (born 1996), son of the late Charles A. Pugh, of Taplow, Buckinghamshire, and his wife the former Allison J. Francombe (born 1965), and Madeleine Louise Fairbairn (born 24 January, 1998), scion of the Fairbairn baronets, eldest daughter of the late James Andrew Fairbairn (1967-2020), of Lurgashall, West Sussex, and his wife the former Samantha Jane Hardwicke.

Madeleine Fairbairn is a great-granddaughter of Sir William Fairbairn, 5th Baronet (1902-1972).

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Armstrong-Wilson/Vestey engagement

 The engagement was announced 9 May, 2026, between Thomas William Armstrong-Wilson (born July, 1987), son of Robert Paul Fitzroy Armstrong-Wilson (born Aug, 1959), of Langholm, Dumfriesshire, and his wife the former Shona Gillian Gray (born 1963), & Rose Elizabeth Jean Vestey (born 5 February, 1996), second daughter of Robin John Henry Vestey (born 14 April, 1968), of Little Thurlow, Suffolk, scion of the Vestey baronets, and Mrs Victoria Eileen Herbert Vestey (nee Waddell), of Newmarket, Suffolk.

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Clementine Alice Grietje Baroness Sweerts De Landas Wyborgh (born 2026)

Baroness Emily Anne Sweerts De Landas Wyborgh (born 1989, nee Jack), wife of Baron Arthur Sweerts De Landas Wyborgh, gave birth to a second daughter, Baroness Clementine Alice Grietje, 5 May, 2026, a sister for Tiggy, who was born in 2025.

Emily is the Hon Emily Jack, daughter of the life peer the Baron Jack of Courance, KBE, DL (born 7 July, 1963), who as Alister Jack, MP, served as Secretary of State for Scotland 2019-2024, and of Baroness Jack of Courance (nee Ann Hodgson).

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Patrick Gault De Courcy-Ireland, CVO 1933-2026

Patrick Gault De Courcy-Ireland, CVO, who died 2 May, 2026, aged 92, was a scion of that landed gentry family.

He was late of HM Diplomatic Service (retired), sometime director of marketing and consultant to the Rezayat Group (formerly the Alireza Group of Companies).

He was born 19 August, 1933, son of Lawrence Kilmain De Courcy-Ireland (1897-1968), and his wife Elizabeth Pentland Gault (1901-1977); and married 1stly, 1957, Margaret Gallop; & married 2ndly, 2018, Marie-Antoinette Engelhard, and leaves issue from his first marriage, a son, Jonathan, and three daughters, Kiki, Joanna and Gail.

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Teague/Hulton-Harrop engagement

The engagement was announced 8 May, 2026, between Alexander George Teague (born 1999), only son of Richard John Teague (born June, 1966), of Haywards Heath, Sussex, and his wife Natalie Helen Sutton (born November, 1966), & Sophie Louise Hulton-Harrop (born 1999), the only daughter of David Michael de Lacy Hulton-Harrop (born 24 March, 1962), of Battlefield, Shropshire, head of that landed gentry family, and his wife Julia M. Warren.

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Wills/Roberts engagement

 The engagement was announced 8 May, 2026, between Edward Henry Arnold Wills (born 15 June, 1994), scion of the Wills baronets, son of Richard Arnold Wills (born 5 March, 1962), of Middleton, Hampshire, and his wife the former Netta Morris, & Avril Helen S. Roberts (born 1997), daughter of Charles Roberts, of Stretham, Cambridge, and Mrs Roberts (nee McBryde).

Edward Wills is a cousin of the King via his Bowes Lyon ancestry:-

The 14th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne

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Lady Mary Bowes Lyon

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Hon Jean Constance Elphinstone

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Andrew Wills

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Richard Wills

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Edward Wills

Count Richard Beaumont Melchior Gurowski 1939-2026

 Count Richard Beaumont Melchior Gurowski died 1 May, 2026, aged 86.

He was born in Salisbury in 1939, a son of Capt Count Richard Dudley Melchior Gurowski (1910-1940), and his wife Angela Mary Haig-Thomas, a granddaughter of the 4th Earl of Normanton; and he married 2 September, 1964, Rosanna FitzGerald (1945-2021), daughter of Maj Sir George Peter Maurice FitzGerald, 5th Baronet (1917-2001), and his wife Angela Dora Mitchell (1917-2009), by whom he had issue, two daughters, Iona (born 22 July, 1967), and Anya (born 9 July, 1970).

Richard Gurowski was a descendant of the Merrie Monarch, King Charles II.

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Stanley/Jooris engagement

The engagement was announced 7 May, 2026, between Edward John Robin Stanley, styled Lord Stanley (born 21 April, 1998), elder son and heir of the 19th Earl of Derby, DL (born 10 Oct, 1962), of Knowsley Hall, Prescot, Merseyside, and the Countess of Derby (nee the Hon Caroline Neville, born 28 Dec, 1963, scion of the Barons Braybrooke), and Jonkvrouw Victoria Jooris (born 1999), only daughter of Dominique, Baron Jooris (born 1969), of Brussels, Belgium, and Mrs Sophie Tornel (born 1972), of Brussels, Belgium.

Lord Stanley was a Page of Honour to HM Queen Elizabeth II.

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Cozens/Molson engagement

The engagement was announced 7 May, 2026, between George Euan D. Cozens (born February 1999), son of Charles Edmund Gillery Cozens (born March, 1960), of Horley Manor, Banbury, Oxfordshire, and his former wife Mrs Emma Jane D. Cozens (nee Smith) of Honington, Warwickshire, and Louisa R. Molson (born 1996), daughter of Robert Ian Molson, of Kingham, Oxfordshire, and Mrs Verena Molson (nee Cayzer, born 8 February, 1961), of Chelsea, London, scion of the Barons Rotherwick.

Louisa Molson is a great-granddaughter of the 1st Baron Rotherwick.

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Cazalet/Hanes engagement

 The engagement was announce 6 May, 2026, between Charles Nelson (Charlie) Cazalet (born 1987), son of (Charles) Julian Cazalet (born November, 1947), of Holland Park, London, and his wife the former Jennifer C (Jenny) Little, &  Marie Hanes, daughter of Mr and Mrs Patrick Hanes, of Timisoara, Romania.

The Cazalet family were Huguenots who originated from Sumène in the Cevennes region of southern France. Charlie is a descendant of Estienne Cazalet (1659-1721) who migrated to settle among the Huguenot community of Spitalfields in London; a distant cousin also descended from Estienne was Peter Cazalet, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother’s racehorse trainer and P G Wodehouse’s son-in-law.

William Cazalet 1749-95 

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Peter Reade Cazalet 1781-1839

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Peter Grenville Cazalet 1813-1862

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Grenville William Cazalet 1860-1947

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Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Grenville Lyon Cazalet KBE CB DSO DSC 1899-1982 = Beatrice Elise Winterbotham 1908-1997

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Charles Julian Cazalet 1947- 

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Charlie Cazalet 1987-

Isabel Margaret Bickmore (nee Fitzalan Howard) 1951-2026

 Isabel Margaret Bickmore, who died 26 April, 2026, aged 75, was a scion of the Dukes of Norfolk.

She was born Isabel Margaret Fitzalan Howard, 30 January, 1951, daughter of Major-General Lord Michael Fitzalan Howard, GCVO, CB, CBE, MC (1916-2007), and his second wife Jane Margaret Newman (who died 25 December, 1995).     She married in 1975, Peter Christopher Bickmore (born 1943), son of Lt-Col Lawrence Bickmore, OBE, and his wife Anne Drummond (1911-1985), scion of the Viscounts Strathallan, and a granddaughter maternally of the 4th Marquess of Ormonde.

She was a niece of the late 17th Duke of Norfolk, KG, GCVO, CB, MC (1915-2002), and a first cousin of the 18th Duke of Norfolk, GCVO (born 1956).

She leaves two sons, Andrew and Rupert, and a daughter Fiona.

Nicholas Timothy Houssemayne Du Boulay 1948-2026

Nicholas Timothy Houssemayne du Boulay, who died 23 Apri, 2026, aged 77, was a scion of that landed gentry family.

He was born 12 July, 1948, fourth son of Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Hardinge Houssemayne du Boulay, MC (1912-1984), of The Gordon Highlanders, and his wife the former Eleanor Jean Drysdale Henderson (who died 29 December, 2005).

He was educated at Harrow and was a teacher, a Housemaster at Strathallan School, Perthshire.

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Jemima Khan to marry Cameron O'Reilly

 The Daily Mail reports that Jemima Khan (nee Goldsmith) is to marry Cameron O'Reilly, a multi-millionaire Irish-Australian financier.

Jemima Marcelle Goldsmith was born 30 January, 1974, daughter of the late Sir James Goldsmith (1933-1997), and his wife Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart (1934-2025), daughter of the 8th Marquess of Londonderry (1902-1955.

Jemima married firstly, in London, 20 June, 1995 (following a ceremony in Paris, 16 May), Imran Khan (born 25 November, 1952), a Pakistani former cricketer, philanthropist, and politician who served as the 19th prime minister of Pakistan from August 2018 until April 2022, by whom she has two sons, Sulaiman (born 17 Nov, 1996), and Kasim (born 10 April, 1999). 

The Khans were divorced in 2004.

(Anthony) Cameron O'Reilly (born 28 April, 1964), is a Dublin-born businessman with Irish and Australian citizenship, the son of an Irish father, media magnate Tony O'Reilly and an Australian mother, Susan Cameron. Having managed one of Australia's largest press groups, he is currently managing director of Landis+Gyr, formerly the Bayard Group, which includes the world's largest electricity metering supplier, and has revenues of over US$1.2 billion.

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Third baby for Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank

HRH Princess Eugenie is pregnant with her third child. The Princess and her husband Jack Brooksbank are “very pleased” to be expecting a baby due this summer, Buckingham Palace said. The couple already have two sons, August, five, and Ernest, two. The baby will be the third child for the princess, 36, and husband Jack Brooksbank, 40, and a fifth grandchild for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson. 

The baby will be fifteenth in line of succession to the throne, pushing Eugenie's uncle the Duke of Edinburgh into sixteenth place.

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

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 the former Prince Andrew (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. Mr 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. The Brooksbank Baby

16. HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

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Dorothy Sarah Cooper (nee Delmar-Morgan) 1956-2026

Dorothy Sarah Cooper, who died 4 April, 2026, aged 69, was a scion of the Delmar-Morgan landed gentry family.

She was born 14 May, 1956, daughter of Curtis Delmar-Morgan (1908-1987), and his wife Susan Henrietta Hargreaves Brown (1914-2007), scion of the Brown, later Pigott-Brown baronets; and married in 1979, Peter S. Cooper, by whom she had issue, a son, Robert (born 1989), and a daughter, Elizabeth (born 1987).

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Annette Rosemary Macarthur-Onslow 1933-2026

Annette Rosemary Macarthur-Onslow, who died at Camden, Sydney, New South Wales, 25 April, 2026, aged 93, was a scion of the Earls of Onslow.

She was born 21 March, 1933, the eldest daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Macarthur-Onslow, DSO (1909-1980), and his wife Winifred Hall Owen (who died in 1987).

She became a recognised writer, illustrator and artist who was best known for the story of Uhu - a small tawny owl - for which she was awarded the 1970 Childrens Book of the Year Award.

She was unmarried.

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Harrington/Pearson engagement

The engagement was announced 2 May, 2026, between Nicholas Richard John Harrington (born 1997), daughter of David William Ronald Harrington (born 1960), if Weeley, Essex, and his wife Isabella Anne Palmer (born 27 August, 1962), scion of the Palmer baronets, & Dulcie Rose Pearson (born 1996), daughter of John M. Pearson, of Tunbridge Wells, and his former wife Janet Sylvia Davey (born 1955, now Mrs David Austin, of St Just-in-Roseland, Cornwall).

Nicholas Harrington is a grandson of Sir Geoffrey Christopher John Palmer, 12th Baronet (born 30 June, 1936).

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John Malcolm Agnew Wallace 1928-2026

 John Malcolm Agnew Wallace, of Lochryan House, Stranraer, died 26 April, 2926. He was 98.

He was born in 1928, son of Major John Alexander Agnew Wallace, MC, of Lochryan House, and married 26 February, 1955, Louise Arden Haworth-Booth (1933-2021), scion of that landed gentry family, a daughter (twin) of Michael Haworth-Booth (1896-1986), head of that landed family, and his wife the former Mabel Arden Bagot (1896-1965), scion of the Barons Bagot, by whom he had issue, a son, John Benjamin Agnew Wallace (born 24 May, 1958), and two daughters, Nicola (b 22 July, 1956), and Jonica (b 10 June, 1963).

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(Sara) Norina Marie Bowlby (nee Stewart Clark) 1932-2026

 (Sara) Norina Marie Bowlby (nee Stewart Clark) who died 29 April, 2026, aged 94, was a scion of the Stewart Clark baronets.

She was born 25 April, 1932, daughter of Sir Stewart Stewart-Clark, 2nd Baronet (1904-1971), and his wife Jane Pamela Clarke (died 1993): and married 23 September, 1961, Colonel Thomas Patrick Salvin Bowlby (1931-2020), scion of that landed gentry family, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Edward Salvin Bowlby, MC (1904-1983), and his wife Joan Catherine Trotter (1903-1958), scion of the Trotters of Mortonhall, and a granddaughter of the 15th Earl of Eglinton (1848-1919),  by whom she had issue, two sons, Anthony and Michael, and a daughter, Karina-Jane.

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Lane Fox/St John engagement

 The engagement was announced 2 May, 2026, between Lt Harry Patrick Lane Fox (born 1998),  scion of that landed gentry family, of Bramham Park, fourth son of Capt (George Charles) Nicholas Lane Fox (born 25 December, 1963), of Bramham Park, Wetherby, and his wife the Hon Rachel  Monica Baring (born 29 June, 1967), eldest daughter of the 2nd Baron Howick of Glendale (born 30 Dec, 1937), &  Dr Lily Joy E. St. John (born 1998), daughter of John St. John, of Hildenborough, Kent, and his wife the former Melanie Mary Ramsay, daughter of Major Neil Ramsay, of St Anns, Alyth, Perthshire.

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Hugh Robert Myddelton 1938-2026

 Hugh Robert Myddelton, who died 13 April, 2026, aged 87, was a scion of that landed gentry family, of Chirk Castle.

He was born 17 October, 1938, the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel Ririd Myddelton, LVO, DL (1902-1988), of Chirk Castle, Denbighshire, and his wife the Lady Mary Margaret Elizabeth Petty-Fitzmaurice (1910-2003), sister of the 8th Marquess of Lansdowne (1912-1999).

He was twice married, firstly, 27 July, 1967 (div), the Hon Sarah Cecily Allsopp (1944-2009), daughter of the 5th Baron Hindlip (1912-1993), and his wife Cecily Valentine Jane Borwick (1910-2000), and married 2ndly, in 1994, Mrs Gaia Servadio Mostyn-Owen, former wife of William Mostyn-Owen (1929-2011), and daughter of Luxardo Servadio (1938-2021), and his wife Bianca Prinzi.

In 2001 he is reported to have assmed the surname of Myddelton Biddulph in lieu of his patronymic.

Gaia Myddelton, a writer, was sometime mother-in-law of the Rt Hon Boris Johnson, PC, Prime Minister, 2019-2022, who married her daughter Allegra Mostyn-Owen.

Hugh Myddelton leaves issue from his first marriage,  a son, Alexander (born 7 March, 1969), and a daughter, Claerwen (born 1972).

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Paul Everard Justus Focke, KC 1937-2026

His Honour Judge Paul Everard Justus Focke, KC, died 22 April, 2026, aged 88.

He was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn , 1964 (Bencher 1992); appointed QC (1982), and was a Circuit Judge from 1997. Also Called to the Bar, NSW and to the New Zealand, 1982; QC, NSW, 1984, &c.

He was born 14 May, 1937, son of Frederick Justus Focke (1898-1959), and his wife Muriel Fisher (1904-1995); and married in 1973, the Lady Tana Marie Alexander (born 2 May, 1945), daughter of the late 6th Earl of Caledon (1920-1980), and his first wife Ghislaine Dresselhuys (1922-2000), by whom he had two daughters, Diana (born 1974), and Victoria (born 1976).

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