Nina Antoinette Lucas 1971-2021

 Nina Antoinette Lucas, who died 30 August, 2021, was a scion of the Lucas baronets, born in 1971, daughter of Charles Evelyn Penn Lucas [born 27 June, 1943], and his wife the former Antoinette Maria von Westenholz [born 1947].

Deirdre Kathleen Woodall [née Child] 1934-2021

 Deirdre Kathleen Woodall, who died 2 September, 2021, aged 86, was a scion of the Child baronets.

She was born 13 September, 1934, daughter of Sir Coles John Child, 2nd Baronet [1906-71], and his wife the former Sheila Mathewson [who died 1 May, 1964]; and married 23 May, 1959, Antony Edward Woodall [1931-2018], son of Edward Corbet Woodall, OBE [1903-1972], and his wife the former Janet Inez Crawley [1906-64], a scion of the Crawley-Boevey baronets, by whom she had issue, three sons, James [born 1960], Andrew [born 1963], and Edward [born 1967].

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Fraser/Mountain marriage

 The marriage took place 17 September, 2021, at St Mary's Church, Old Alresford, near Winchester, Hampshire, between Charles Torquhil de Montalt Fraser [born 2 Oct, 1960], descended fromm the Viscounts Molesworth, son of the late Maj Michael Quintin Fraser, and Mrs Fraser, of Craigantaggart House, Dunkeld, Perthshire, and Nathalie Frances Mountain [born 6 July, 1970], scion of the Mountain baronets, daughter of Nicholas Brian Edward Mountain [born 15 Feb, 1936], of Lower Lanham, Old Alresford, Hampshire, by his wife the former Penelope Shearme.

Charles Fraser, High Sheriff of West Sussex 2006-07, married firstly, in 1988, as her second husband, the Hon Lucy Pearson [born 11 Apr, 1954], daughter of the 3rd Viscount Cowdray [1910-1995].

Nathalie Mountain is a granddaughter of Sir Brian Mountain, 2nd Baronet [1899-1977].

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Page/Percy marriage

 The marriage took place 17 September, 2021, at Chelsea Old Church, London, between Phineas Page [born 1983], son of David Page [born 1953], and _______, and Sabrina Catherine Percy [born 11 February, 1990], the model, scion of the Dukes of Northumberland, daughter of Richard John Percy [born 28 September, 1957], and his former wife the former Deborah Patricia Norman [born 1959].

Sabrina is a granddaughter of the late Gerald Percy [1928-2005], and his second wife, Jennifer Home-Rigg, who was later wife of the 6th Marquis of Bute [1933-93].

Henry Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland [1846-1918] > Lord William Percy [1882-1963] > Gerald Percy [1928-2005] > Richard Percy [b 1957] > Sabrina Percy [b 1990]

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Baroness Murton of Lindisfarne [died 2021]

 The Baroness Murton of Lindisfarne, who died 13 September, 2021, aged 95, was the widow of the Conservative life peer, the Baron Murton of Lindisfarne, OBE, TD, PC [1914-2009].

The former Pauline Teresa Keenan, daughter of Thomas Keenan, of Johannesburg, she married Lord Murton of Lindisfarne, as his second wife, in 1979.

Her husband was the former Lt-Col Henry Oscar Murton, only son of the late Henry Edgar Crossley Murton, of Hexham, Northumberland, was created a life peer in 1979 as Baron Murton of Lindisfarne, of Hexham, co Northumberland. Murton served as Conservative MP for Poole from 1964 to 1979, and was a government whip in the administration of Sir Edward Heath and later a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from 1973 to 1979, and was later a Deputy Speaker in the House of Lords. He was appointed as a Privy Counsellor in 1976, and died 5 July, 2009.

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Wood/Stampa Orwin engagement

  The engagement was announced 16 September, 2021, between Robert [Bertie] Wood [born 1991], eldest son of Giles Powlett Clairmont Wood [born 3 November, 1954], and his wife the former Frances Mary Catherine Stewart, & Katinka Stampa Orwin [born circa 1994], daughter of Major Jeremy Stampa Orwin [1967-2017], and his wife Countess [Alexandra] Dominie Stampa [born 1967].

Bertie Wood is descended from the William-Powlett family, who descended from the Earls of Portsmouth.

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Vere Nicoll/Harrison engagement

 The engagement was announced 16 September, 2021, between Frederick John Vere Nicoll [born 1993], son of Nigel Edward Vere Nicoll (b 3 Apr 1947), of Meon Stoke, Hampshire, by his former second wife the former Catharine Euphan Waterer, and Dr Elizabeth P [Beth] Harrison, daughter of Mr & Mrs Robert Harrison, of Crickhowell, Powys.

Freddie Vere Nicoll's paternal grandfather, Raymond Guy Vere Nicoll, MC [b 1915], married in 1939 (div 1952) Mary Elizabeth Madden (b 4 Aug 1920), a goddaughter of HM Queen Mary, 4th dau of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet, GCB, OM, GCVO; & is descended from a sister of the 6th & last Viscount Saye & Sele, &c.

Freddie's mother, Catharine, was married firstly, in 1977 [div 1983] to the Hon John Edward Malet Vaughan [born 3 Oct, 1952], a younger son of the 8th Earl of Lisburne [1918-2014].

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Elizabeth Gwendoline Dunbar-Nasmith, OBE [nee Bowlby] 1927-2021

 Elizabeth Gwendoline Dunbar-Nasmith, OBE, who died 8 September, 2021, aged 94, was a scion of the Bowlby landed gentry family, born in March, 1927, daughter of Henry Russell Bowlby [1890-1965], and his wife the former Hermione Hester Isobel Wisden [1898-1981], descended from the Cotton baronets.

She married 8 Apr, 1951, Rear-Admiral David Arthur Dunbar-Nasmith, CB, DSC [1921-97], scion of that landed family, son of Admiral Sir Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith, VC, KCB, KCMG [1883-1965], and his wife the former Beatrix Justina Dunbar-Dunbar-Rivers [1897-1962], by whom she had issue, two sons and two daughters, of which one son and one daughter predeceased her.

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[Mary] Virginia Seymour 1932-2021

 Virginia Seymour, who died 7 September, 2021, aged 89, was a scion of the Marquesses of Hertford, and a granddaughter of the 3rd Duke of Abercorn.

Mary Virginia Seymour was born 27 May, 1932, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Reginald Henry Seymour, KCVO [1878-1938], the courtier who served as Equerry to HM King George V, 1916-36, and to HM Queen Mary, 1936-38, by his second wife, the former Lady Katharine Hamilton, DCVO [1900-1985], Woman of the Bedchamber to HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, 1937-60, and Extra Woman of the Bedchamber from 1960 to 1985.

Virginia Seymour was a first cousin of the 8th Earl Spencer, father of Diana, Princess of Wales. Her elder half-brother Major Raymond Seymour, held the rare distinction of having served as page of honour to three monarchs: George V, Edward VIII and George VI. As such he was one of the train bearers to George VI at the 1937 Coronation. He was then attached to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Household from 1954 until her death in 2002.

Miss Seymour's funeral takes place at Chichester Cathedral, 1 Oct, 2021.

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Weir/Gyngell engagement

 The engagement was announced 15 September, 2021, between Oliver Michael Weir [born 1994], son of Andrew Bruce Weir, of Wimbledon, London, and his wife the former Verena Grace Russell [born 1962], and Amy Scarlett Gyngell [born 1994], daughter of Bruce D.A. Gyngell [born 1963], of Fetcham, Surrey, and his wife the former Sara J. Slatter [born 1963].

Oliver Weir is descended from the Law Lord the Baron Russell of Killowen [1832-1900], who was ancestor of the Russell baronets.

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Allhusen/Sutardja engagement

 The engagement was announced 8 September, 2021, between Matthew John Oliver Allhusen [born 28 November, 1991], scion of that landed gentry family, son of Christian Henry Allhusen [born 1956], of Bradenham, Norfolk, and his wife the former Penelope Amanda Rae [born 1959], and Auriel V.F. Sutardja, daughter of Mr and Mrs Hartanto Sutardja, of Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Jackson-Stops/Gredley-Nurse engagement

 The engagement was announced 14 September, 2021, between William Archie [Billy] Jackson-Stops [born 1989], scion of that landed gentry family, younger son of Timothy William Ashworth Jackson-Stops [born 1942], of Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, by his wife the former Jennifer Anne V. [Jenny] MacArthur, and Lily R. Gredley-Nurse [born 11 March, 1983], younger daughter of the late Mr Peter Kenneth Berkeley Nurse [1941-89] and Mrs Rowena Jane Gredley [nee Sutton], of Dullingham, Newmarket, Suffolk.

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The Duke of Roxburghe marries Annabel Green

  _. The marriage took place at the weekend, at Floors Castle, between the 11th Duke of Roxburghe [born 18 February, 1981], of Floors Castle, Kelso, elder son of the late 10th Duke of Roxburghe [1954-2019], and his first wife the former Lady Jane Meriel Grosvenor [born 8 Feb, 1953], and Miss Annabel Green [born 1989], daughter of the late Mr Ian Green and Mrs Patrick Quirk.

The South African born Duchess is now chatelaine of the magnificent Floors Castle, the largest inhabited castle in Scotland and family home of the Dukes of Roxburghe. The castle was built for the 1st Duke of Roxburghe in 1721.

The Duke was one of Britain's most eligible bachelors,  and served in the army with his childhood friend the Duke of Sussex. He inherited his father's title and £100m estate in 2019. The duke, when Marquis of Bowmont, was also once fined for riding the Tyne and Wear Metro without a £1 ticket, but chose to pay the £10 fine rather than end up on 'loser posters' put up around the city.

Charles Roxburghe attended Eton College before following in his father's footsteps by going to Sandhurst after which he served during the Iraq War. Rather than sitting around 'like a hawk' however, Charles runs his own chauffeur business, Capstar, which retrains wounded former servicemen and women, according to the Evening Standard. 

It is the second marriage for Charles Robert George Innes-Ker, 11th Duke of Roxburghe. He married firstly, 22 July, 2011, the Hon Charlotte Susanna Aitken [born 1982], daughter of the 3rd Baron Beaverbrook [born 29 Dec, 1951]. This childless marriage ended in divorce in 2013, and Charlotte is now wife of Francesco Bellasi.

In 2015 the Duke had a daughter, Eugenie, with fashion designer Morvarid Sahafi. 

The Duke of Roxburghe succeeded to the title on his father's death, 29 Aug, 2019. The 10th duke died from cancer aged 64. The Duke is also Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford, Earl of Roxburghe, Earl of Kelso, Earl Innes, Viscount Broxmouth, Lord Roxburghe, Lord Ker of Cessford and Cavertoun, Lord Ker of Cessford and Overton, and is the premier Baronet of Nova Scotia, and Chief of the Clan Innes. 

Charles Roxburghe's mother, Lady Jane, is a daughter of the 5th Duke of Westminster [1910-79], and is now the wife of Edward William Dawnay [born 10 Feb, 1950], scion of the Viscounts Downe. Lady Jane’s sister, Leonora, Countess of Lichfield, is the former wife of the late society photographer, Patrick Lichfield, and lady-in-waiting to the Princess Royal.

The Duke of Roxburghe has a brother, and current heir presumptive, Lord Edward Innes-Ker [born 2 Feb, 1984], known as Ted, and a sister Rosanagh [born 16 Jan, 1979], a bridesmaid at the wedding of HRH The Duke of York and Miss Sarah Ferguson, in 1986 [it was at a  Floors Castle house party where Prince Andrew is said to have proposed to Sarah]. Rosanagh is Viscountess Grimston, wife of the Earl of Verulam's son and heir, Viscount Grimston.

The Duke has two half-siblings, Lady Isabella Innes-Ker [born 7 Sept, 1994], and Lord George Innes-Ker [born 20 Nov, 1996], from his father's second marriage to Virginia Wynn-Williams.

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Marianne Adele Hermione Ford 1937-2021

Marianne Adele Hermione Ford died 3 May, 2021, aged 83. She was descended from the Dukes of Somerset.

She was born 11 November, 1937, the eldest child of Sir [Richard] Brinsley Ford, CBE [1908-99], and his wife the former Joan Mary Vyvyan, scion of the Vyvyan baronets.

She married 1966 [div 1973] Patrick Martin Laver [1932-2006], son of James Laver [1899-1975], and his wife the former Bridget Veronica Turley [1899-1971], by whom she had one daughter.

Edward St Maur, 12th Duke of Somerset [1804-85] > Lady Helen St Maur [d 1910] > Rosamund Ramsden [1872-1911] > Sir Brinsley Ford [1908-99] > Marianne Ford [1937-2021]

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Godman-Dorington/Marshall engagement

 The engagement was announced 14 September, 2021, between Hamish Godman-Dorington [born 1992], descended from the Forwood baronets, youngest son of William Godman-Dorington [born 1960], of Graffham, west Sussex, and his wife the former Amanda Elizabeth Forwood [born 30 Apr, 1963], Laura Marshall, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Ian Marshall, of Cladymilltown, Co Armagh.

Hamish Godman-Dorington is a grandson maternally of Sir Peter Noel Forwood, 4th [and last] Baronet [1925-2019].

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Fikry/Campbell engagement

 The engagement was announced 14 September, 2021, between  Alexander James E. Fikry [born 1988], elder son of Mr Karim [Kim] Fikry, of Bushley, Worcestershire, and his wife nee Jill Esdale, and Kate Emily Dennistoun Campbell [born 25 February, 1990], eldest daughter of Sir Roderick Duncan Hamilton Campbell of Barcladine, 9th Baronet [born 24 February, 1961], of Oban, Argyll, and his wife Lady Campbell [nee Jean Caroline Bicknell].

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Charlotte Johnson Wahl 1942-2021

 Charlotte Maria Offlow Johnson Wahl, who died in London, 13 September, 2021, aged 79, was mother of the Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

She was born in 1942 as  Charlotte Offlow Fawcett, daughter of Sir James Edmund Sandford Fawcett [1913-91], and his wife the former Frances Beatrice Lowe [1913-2001] . She married firstly in 1963 [divorced 1979], Stanley Patrick Johnson [born 18 Aug 1940], descended from the Royal House of Wurttemberg, and from George II, King of Gt Britain, son of [Osman] Wilfred Johnson [formerly Kemal] [1909-92], and his wife the former Irene Williams [1907-87]. She married 2ndly, in 1988, New York born Professor Anthony Nicholas Maria Wahl [1928-96].

Charlotte Johnson Wahl, an artist, leaves issue, three sons, the Rt Hon Boris Johnson [b 1964], Leo Johnson [born 1967], and Jo Johnson, the Baron Johnson of Marylebone [born 1971], and a daughter, the journalist and writer, Rachel Johnson [born 1965].

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Landman/Younger engagement

 The engagement was announced 8 September, 2021, between Samuel Rowland Landman [born circa 1992], eldest son of Rory Buchanan Landman [born cira 1961], of Chrishall, Cambridge, and his wife the former Anna-Louise Baynham [born 1963], and the Hon Alice Elizabeth Younger [born 25 February, 1992], younger daughter of the 5th Viscount Younger of Leckie [born 11 Nov, 1955], of Dorton, Buckinghamshire, and his wife the former Jennie Veronica Wootton [born 1956].

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Frederick Christopher Geoffrey Amery [born 2021]

 Rachel Amery [née Cooper], wife of Edward Mark Richard Amery [born 24 March, 1975], gave birth to a son, Frederick Christopher Geoffrey, 15 July, 2021, a brother for Charles Thomas David [who was born in 2017].

Edward Amery is descended from the Earls of Donoughmore:-

6th Earl of Donoughmore [1875-1948] > Hon David Hely-Hutchinson [1911-84] > Kathryn Hely-Hutchinson [born 1944] > Edward Amery [b 1975] > Frederick Amery [born 2021]

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Prior-Palmer/Tyler engagement

 The engagement was announced 9 September, 2021, between George Erroll Owen Prior-Palmer [born 1988], scion of that landed gentry family, son of Simon Erroll Prior-Palmer [born 5 February, 1951], of Appleshaw, Hampshire, and his wife the former Lady Julia Margaret Violet Lloyd George [born 19 May, 1958], scion of the Earls Lloyd George of Dwyfor, and Elizabeth Rose Tyler [born 1988], daughter of Richard M. Tyler, of Aylsham, Norfolk, and his wife the former Griselda Jane More [born 22 June, 1951].

George Prior-Palmer is a grandson maternally of the late 3rd Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor [1924-2010].

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His Honour Charles William Byers 1949-2021

His Honour Judge Charles William Byers, who died 31 August, 2021, was a son of the life peer, the Baron Byers, OBE, PC, DL [1915-84], the Liberal party politician as Frank Byers, and his wife the former Joan Elizabeth Oliver.

He married in 2002, Mary L.E. Ilett, by whom he had two sons, Jonathan and George.

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William Nicholas George Burt [born 2021]

 Virginia Burt [nee Naylor-Leyland, born 16 Apr 1983], wife of James Ivor Geoffrey Burt [born 1984], gave birth to a son, William Nicholas George, 26 August, 2021, a brother for Edward Charles Geoffrey [who was born 2018].

Virginia Burt is a daughter of Sir Vivyan Naylor-Leyland, 3rd Baronet [1924-87], and his third wife the former Jameina Flora Reid [born 1954].

James Burt is a son of Charles Ivor Angus Burt [born 1957], and his former wife the Hon Vanessa Mary Linda Russell [born 18 September, 1960], daughter of the 4th Baron Ampthill [1921-2011], and his first wife the former Susan Mary Sheila Winn [1923-2001], scion of the Barons St Oswald.

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The Hon Lady Mather 1925-2021

 The Hon Lady Mather, who died 30 August, 2021, aged 95, was the widow of Sir Carol Mather, MP [1919-2006], the right-wing Conservative MP for Esher, and was a scion of the Barons Cromwell.

She was born Philippa Selina Bewicke-Copley, 5 December, 1925, daughter of the 5th Baron Cromwell [1893-1966], sometime Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire, and his wife the former Freda Constance Cripps [1898-1979]; and married 13 January, 1951, [David] Carol MacDonell Mather [born 3 January, 1919], son of Loris Emerson Mather, CBE. Her husband was Tory MP for Esher, 1970-87, and was Vice-Chamberlain of the Household [a Govt Whip], 1981-83, and Comptroller of the Household [a senior Govt Whip] 1983-86. Carol Mather was knighted in 1987, and died 3 July, 2006.

Lady Mather leaves a son and two daughters, and was predeceased by a third daughter in 2018.

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James Middleton has married Alizée Thevenet in France

The marriage took place 11 September, 2021, at Bormes-les-Mimosas, Cote d'Azur, France, between James William Middleton [born 15 April, 1987], only son of Michael Francis Middleton [born 23 June, 1949], by his wife the former Carole Elizabeth Goldsmith [born 31 January, 1955], and Alizée Thevenet [born circa 1990], daughter of Jean-Gabriel Thevenet.

James is the brother of HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, GCVO, and descends from the Conyers baronets.

Sir Thomas Conyers, 9th Baronet [1731-1810] > Jane Conyers [1758-1813] > Jane Hardy [1795-1864] > Anthony Liddle [1817-57] > Jane Liddle [1839-81] > John Harrison [1874-1918] > Thomas Harrison [1904-76] > Dorothy Harrison [1935-2006] > Carole Goldsmith [b 1955] > James Middleton [b 1987]

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India Hicks has married David Flint Wood

 _. After a partnership of a quarter of a century and four children, India Hicks and David Flint Wood have married. David Flint Wood announced the news of his wedding to the late Lord Mountbatten's granddaughter on instagram.

The nuptials took place 10 September, 2021, at St Bartholomew's Church, Brightwell Baldwin, Oxfordshire, close to the home of India's mother, Lady Pamela Hicks.

Writer India Amanda Caroline Hicks [born 5 September, 1967], whose home is at Harbour Island, the Bahamas, is a granddaughter of the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, a cousin of the British Royal Family, and was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Lady Diana Spencer and the Prince of Wales in 1981.

India is the younger daughter of the late designer David Nightingale Hicks [1929-98], and his wife the Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Mountbatten [born 19 Apr, 1929], who was Earl Mountbatten's younger daughter.

David Flint Wood [born 3 March, 1961], is a son of Derek and Wendy Flint Wood, is a former Saatchi & Saatchi advertising executive. Flint Wood and India Hicks have four children, Felix, Amory, Conrad, and Domino. Some years ago the Flint Woods became the legal guardians of a Bahamian, Wesley.

India Hicks, a great-great-great granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

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