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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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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Capt Freddie Coreth has married Francesca Fitzherbert

 The marriage took place 15 August, 2026, between Capt Frederick Guy (Freddie) Coreth (born 23 April, 1998), younger son of Major Mark Rudolph Coreth (born 1958), of Tisbury, Wiltshire, late The Blues & Royals, the sculptor, and his wife the former Seonaid Mary Goodbody (born 1961), scion of that landed gentry family; and Francesca Norah FitzHerbert (born 21 April, 1998), daughter of Sir Richard Ranulph FitzHerbert, 9th Baronet (born 2 November, 1963), of Tissington, Derbyshire, and his former wife the former Caroline Louise Shuter (born 1965, now Mrs Charles Hurt, of Wistanstow, Shropshire).

Freddie Coreth is a grandson paternally of Count Maurice Botho Rudolf Maria Coreth zu Coredo und Starkenberg (1929-1997), and his wife the former Jenny Mary Gloria Elwes (1930-2014), scion of that landed gentry family, of Roxby.

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Sir John Robert Chartres Seale, 6th Baronet 1954-2026

 Sir John Robert Chartres Seale, 6th Baronet, died 29 July, 2026. He was 71.

He was born 17 August, 1954, son of Sir John Henry Seale, 5th Baronet (1921-2017), and his wife the former Ray Josephine Chartres (1925-2009); and succeeded to the baronetcy (cr UK, 1838), on his father's death, 26 January, 2017.

He married 8 September, 1996, Michelle Taylor, daughter of Kevan Taylor, of Mattishall, Norfolk, by whom he had issue, twin sons, Christopher and Joshua. The elder son, Christopher Charles Seale (born 16 March, 2002), succeeds as 7th baronet.

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Sir Alexander McGrigor, Bt, engaged to Laura Godfrey-Faussett

Laura Godfrey-Faussett.

  The engagement was announced 15 August, 2026, between Sir Alexander James Edward Lyon McGrigor, 7th Baronet (born 5 August, 1998), son of the late Sir James Angus Rhoderick Neil McGrigor, 6th Baronet (1949-2025), and Lady McGrigor, of Dalmally, Argyll,  (nee Emma Mary Louise Fellowes, scion of that landed gentry family), & Laura Christian Elizabeth Godfrey-Faussett (born 3 January, 1997), elder daughter of Christopher Bryan Godfrey-Faussett (born 26 August, 1963), of Midlem, Selkirkshire, and his wife the Lady Diana Evelyn Bowes Lyon (born 29 December, 1966).

Laura Godfrey-Faussett is a granddaughter of the late 17th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne (1928-1987), and a second cousin once removed of His Majesty King Charles III.

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The Countess of Northesk 1942-2026

Jill Gomez.

The Countess of Northesk, wife of the 15th Earl, died 11 August, 2026. She was 83.

She was Jill Gomez, the opera singer, a soprano who went 'topless for Tippett' and played the scandalous Duchess of Argyll. 

She was thought to be the first opera star to go topless on the stage of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, or at least the first to do so in front of a paying audience. 

Jill Gomez was born in New Amsterdam, British Guiana, 21 September, 1942. She was the elder of two daughters of Albert Gomez, a sugar technologist and “Spanish version of Clark Gable”, and his wife Denise, née Denham (born 1917), a gifted actress and musician who had left her native Cheshire during the Second World War to join the imperial censorship operation, checking mail from troops stationed in the Caribbean.

Jill Gomez married in 2010, her long-time partner Patrick Carnegy, the 15th Earl of Northesk (born 23 September, 1940), a music and theatre critic and the author of Wagner and the Art of Theatre (2006).

 Lord Northesk, who succeeded to the peerage, 28 March, 2010, is the son of the Rev. Canon Patrick Charles Alexander Carnegy (1893-1969), and his wife the former Joyce Eleanor Townsley (who died 1995).

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Eyston/Jack engagement

 The engagement was announced 15 August, 2026, between Thomas More Eyston (born 5 September, 1999), scion of that landed gentry family, son of Edward Thomas Ivor Eyston (born 1 April, 1969), of East Hendred, Oxfordshire, and his wife the former Alexandra Louise Grounds, & Tandia L. Jack, eldest daughter of Guy Jack (born 1967), of Nairobi, and Mrs Jack.

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Matilda Skye Elizabeth Greenly (born 2026)

  Sarah Elizabeth Greenly [née Hatchard, born 1988], wife of Sam James Howorth Greenly [born 1988], scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a daughter, Matilda Skye Elizabeth, 16 April, 2026, a sister for Rafe Merlin Howorth, born 22 March, 2021, and for Max Otis Howorth, born 10 October, 2022. 

Sam Greenly is a son of Richard Anthony Howorth Greenly [born 1948], by his wife the former Belinda Audrey Lockett.

Sarah Greenly is a daughter of John Rayner Hatchard [born 1953] and his wife the former Diana McGill [born 1954].

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John Flinders Highley 1948-2026

 John Flinders Highley died 4 August, 2026.

He was born in 1948, son of Samuel Miller Highley (1906-1981), and his wife the former Dora Sophia Beatrice Flinders (1913-1981), and married 17 September, 1977, Harriet Louisa Aykroyd (born 15 October, 1951), scion of the Aykroyd baronets, daughter of Colonel Harold Hammond Aykroyd, OBE, MC, TD (1896-1974), and his second wife the former Kathleen Ellen Tyrrell-Gray (1914-2005), by whom he had two sons, Samuel (born 1981), and Henry (born 1985).

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Mark Norman Kemp-Gee 1945-2026

 Mark Norman Kemp-Gee, died 9 August, 2026. He was 80.

He was born in 1945, son of Bernard Maurice Kemp-Gee (1912-1993), and his wife the former Ann Mackilligin; and married 26 July, 1980, the Hon Lucy Lyttelton (born 10 June, 1954), third daughter of the 10th Viscount Cobham, KG GCMG GCVO TD PC (1909-1977), and his wife the former Elizabeth Alison Makeig-Jones (1915-1986), by whom he had three sons, Henry, Robert and John.

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Gervase Michael Buxton 1939-2026

Gervase Michael Buxton, who died 10 August, 2026, aged 87, was a scion of the Buxton baronets.

He was born 2 January, 1939, the eldest son of Michael Auriol Buxton (1914-1990), and his wife Elizabeth Edith Millicent Elwes (1916-2003), scion of that landed gentry family; & married 2 March, 1965, Susan Margaret McKenzie, daughter of (Kenneth) Malcolm McKenzie, of Hans Place, London,  by whom he had two sons, Matthew (born 28 Sept, 1967), and Jocelyn (born 1972), and two daughters, Lucy (born 23 Aug, 1966), and Caragh (born 1969).

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The Baron Snape 1942-2026

 The Baron Snape, a Labour life peer, died 12 August, 2026. He was 84.

Peter Charles Snape was born 12 February, 1942. He served as Labour MP for West Bromwich East Feb 1974-2001

Snape was the chairman of his hometown football club, Stockport County, as well as being a major shareholder in the club at the time of his chairmanship. He became vice-chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Speedway Racing in July 2015.

In 2004 he was raised to the peerage for life as Baron Snape, of Wednesbury in the County of West Midlands on 9 June 2004.

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Faber/Ramirez engagement

 The engagement was announced 14 August, 2026, between Henry Mark Tufnell Faber (born 20 March, 1992), son of David James Christian Faber (born 7 July, 1961), and his first wife the former Sally Elizabeth Gilbert (born 1963), & Carolina R. Ramirez, daughter of Mr & Mrs Samuel Ramirez, of Sutton Place, New York, United States.

Henry Faber is a grandson of Julian Tufnell Faber (1917-2002), and his wife the Lady Anne Caroline Macmillan (1923-2016), daughter of (Maurice) Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC, FRS (1894-1986), Prime Minister 1957-63, & his wife the Lady Dorothy Evelyn Cavendish, GBE (1900-1966), daughter of the 9th Duke of Devonshire, KG, GCMG, GCVO, TD, PC, JP, FRS (1868-1938).

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Carole Jennifer Andrée Forbes 1948-2026

 Carole Jennifer Andrée Forbes died 5 August 2026. She was the first wife of the 23rd Lord Forbes.

She born in 1948, and was a daughter of Norman Stanley Whitehead, of Aberdeen. She married firstly, 30 January, 1969 (div. 1982), the then Hon Malcolm Neil Forbes, Master of Forbes (born 6 May, 1946), son and heir of the 22nd Lord Forbes (1918-2013), and his wife the Hon Rosemary Katherine Hamilton-Russell (1921-2019), daughter of the 9th Viscount Boyne (1864-1942). Her first husband succeeded his father, 5 March, 2013, as 23rd Lord Forbes.

She married 2ndly, 2006, Dennis William Harding. She leaves issue, a daughter the Hon Joanna Carole Forbes (born 23 April, 1972), and was predeceased by her only son, the Hon Neil Malcolm Ross Forbes, Master of Forbes (born 10 March, 1970, died 2017).

Her grandson, Geordie Andrew Malcolm Forbes, Master of Forbes (born 28 November, 2010), is heir to his grandfather.

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Harry Arthur Cecil Russell 1931-2026

 Harry Arthur Cecil Russell, who died at Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, 7 August, 2026, aged 94, was a scion of the Russell baronets [cr 1812].

He was born 31 August, 1931, the younger son of Evelyn Aylmer Cecil Russell (1891-1963), and his 2nd wife the former Irene Brodrick.

He married in 1959, Marjorie Ailsa Sutton [1929-2015], daughter of Arthur Sutton, of Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, by whom he had issue, a son Ewen (born 1967), and two daughters, Sarah (born 1962), Virginia Kate Cecil (born 1961).

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Diane Maxwell (died 2026)

Diane Maxwell died 29 July, 2026, aged 89.

She was born 28 August 1936, daughter of William Lister Hartley (1904-1969), and his wife the former Lucila Ethel D'Alkaine (1903-1976), and married 1stly, 4 April, 1956, (John Michael) Anthony Hanbury-Williams (1933-1997), head of that landed gentry family, son of Sir John Hanbury-Williams, Kt, CVO (1892-1965), and his wife Princess Zenaida Cantacuzene (1908-1980), and married 2ndly, Timothy Maxwell.

She had children from her first marriage, three sons, Nicholas (born 1 Jan, 1957), Charles (born 18 Nov, 1958) and Michael (born 28 June, 1961, died 8 May, 2026), and a daughter, Victoria (born 27 Oct, 1967).

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Lodwick/Riddell engagement

 The engagement was announced 11 August, 2026, between George Rupert Maguire Lodwick (born 1994), son of Jeremy Goulding Lodwick (born 1961), of Ashley Manor, near Tetbury, Gloucestershire, and his wife the former ____Weerner, and Henrietta Mary Riddell (born 1994), scion of that landed gentry family of Felton and Swinburne, daughter of Simon Francis Riddell (born 1961), of Cheeseburn Grange, Northumberland, and his wife the former Joanna Lucy Horlock (born 1962).

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Margaret Joan Vereker 1929-2026

 Margaret Joan Vereker, who died 23 July, 2026, aged 96, was a scion of the Viscounts Gort.

She was born 9 December, 1929, the elder daughter of Maurice Charles Prendergast Vereker (1884-1963), and his wife the former Winifred Joan Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (1897-1982), scion of the Barons Saye & Sele. She was Unmarried.

She was a great-granddaughter of the 4th Viscount Gort (1819-1900), and a great-great-granddaughter of the 10th Baron Saye & Sele (1799-1887).

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