Lakin/Pike engagement

 The engagement was announced 26 March, 2026, between Hugo Alexander Lakin (born 1995), scion of the Lakin baronets, son of Michael Simon Lakin (born 26 January, 1955), of Iping, West Sussex, and his wife the former Amanda Shaw, and Katherine Louise (Katie) Pike (born 1995), daughter of Matthew William Joseph Pike (born 10 Oct, 1964), of Milland West Sussex, by his wife the former Sarah Louise Rance.

Hugo Lakin is a great-grandson of the 2nd Viscount Cowdray (1882-1933), and a descendant of Sir Michael Lakin, 1st Bt (1846-1931).

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Rhind-Tutt/Letts engagement

The engagement was announced 25 March, 2026, between George Frederick Rhind-Tutt (born 1998), son of the late Philip A. Rhind-Tutt (b 1953, d.?), and his wife Linda J. Bromwich (born 1961), & Eveleen Iona T. Letts (born 1998), daughter of Quentin Richard Stephen Letts (born 6 February, 1963), of How Caple, Herefordshire, and his wife the former Lois Henrietta Rathbone (born 1965).

Eveleen Letts is descended from the Stephen family, and from a sister of the 1st and last Baron Mount Stephen, GCVO (1829-1921), the first Canadian to be elevated to the peerage.

William Stephen (1801-1891) = Elspeth Smith > George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen (1829-1921)

William and Elspeth were also parents of Eleanora Simpson Stephen (1835-1916), who married James Cantlie (1836-1924), and were parents of Mary Stuart Cantlie (1868-1916), who married Prof John George Adami (1862-1926), and were parents of Colonel George Donald Stephen Adami (1900-49), who married Ione Katrine Johnstone, and were parents of Jocelyn Elizabeth Adami (b 1934), who married Richard Francis Bonner Letts (1928-2010), and were parents of Quentin Letts (above).

George Rhind-Tutt is a cousin of the English actor Julian Rhind-Tutt (b 20 July, 1967)

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Sir Hildebrand Harold Harmsworth, 3rd Baronet 1931-2026

 Sir Hildebrand Harold Harmsworth, 3rd Baronet, died 6 March, 2026. He was 94.

He was born 5 June, 1931, son of Sir Hildebrand Alfred Beresford Harmsworth, 2nd Bt (1901-1977), and his wife the former Elen Billenstein (who died 29 December, 2005); and succeeded to the baronetcy (created in 1922), on the death of his father, 15 November, 1977.

He was a great-nephew of the 1st Viscounts Northcliffe and Rothermere.

He married 10 August, 1960, Gillian Andrea Lewis (b circa 1939, died 8 August, 2005), by whom he had issue, a son and two daughters. The son, (Hildebrand Esmond) Miles Harmsworth (born 1 September, 1964), succeeds as 3rd baronet.

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Fane/Humphrey engagement

 The engagement was announced 25 March, 2026, between Andrew William Mildmay Fane, OBE (born 9 August, 1949), of Woodbridge, Suffolk, scion of the Earls of Westmorland, the elder son of Major Robert William Augustus Fane (1913-1989), and his wife the former Elinor Valerie Borthwick (1915-2008), scion of the Borthwick baronets, & Mrs Valerie Mae Humphrey (born 1960), of Los Angeles, Hampshire and London. 

Andrew Fane married firstly, 1989, Dame Clare Lucy Marx, DBE, DL, FRCS (born 15 March, 1954, died 27 November, 2022), sometime President of the Royal College of Surgeons.

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Sir Richard Caesar Hawkins, 9th Baronet 1958-2026

 Sir Richard Caesar Hawkins, 9th Baronet, died in South Africa, 23 February, 2026. He was 67.

He was born 29 December, 1958, a younger son of Sir Humphrey Villiers Caesar Hawkins, 7th Baronet (1923-1993), and his wife the former Anita Funkey, and was a younger brother of Sir Howard Caesar Hawkins, 8th Baronet (1956-1999), and he succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his brother, 2 April, 1999.

He married in 1992, Ernestine Ehrensperger, daughter of Johannes Ehrensperger, by whom he had a son, Jonathan Caesar, born 23 June, 1992.

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Hon Louis Francis Edward Seymour (born 2026)

Poppy Alexandra Seymour, styled Baroness Seymour (born 7 September, 1990), wife of Sebastian Edward Seymour, styled Baron Seymour (born 3 February, 1982), gave birth to a son and heir, the Hon Louis Francis Edward Seymour, 14 January, 2026.

Lord Seymour is the son and heir of the 19th Duke of Somerset (born 30 December, 1952), and the Duchess of Somerset (nee Judith-Rose Hull, born 1952).

Lady Seymour is a daughter of John A. Wilcox, of West London, and his wife the former Gillian J. Saggers (born 1 March, 1954).

The infant is in direct line of succession to the Dukedom of Somerset.

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Peter Ringrose Latham 1949-2026

 Peter Ringrose Latham, died 10 March, 2026, aged 76.

He was born 6 May, 1949, scion of that landed gentry family of Oak Knoll, the second son of Brigadier Henry Beveridge Latham (1892-1977), and his wife the former Evelyn Helen Anne Arbuthnot (1912-1986), who was a scion of the Arbuthnot and Anstruther baronets. 

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Veronica Rosetta de Courcy Parsons 1923-2026

Veronica Rosetta de Courcy Parsons (nee Glover), died 11 March, 2026. She was 103.

She was born in Bermuda, 25 January, 1923, daughter of Major-General Sir Guy de Courcy Glover, CB, DSO, MC (1887-1967), descended from the Barons Kingsale, and his wife the former Vera Phoebe Salter (1891-1983); and married 16 April, 1945, (Arthur) Christopher Parsons (born 2 June, 1919), scion of the Earls of Rosse, 1st son of Arthur David Clere Parsons (1881-1955), and his wife the former Doris Cookson (1885-1970), scion of that landed gentry family, by whom she had a son, Sir John Christopher Parsons, KCVO (born 21 May, 1946), sometime Deputy Keeper of the Privy Purse and Deputy Treasurer to HM Queen Elizabeth II, and two daughters, Rosemary Anne (born 12 May, 1948), and Daphne Phoebe (born 21 May, 1951).

Her husband died 24 October, 1999.

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Anita Lorna, Baroness Burgh 1937-2026

 Anita Lorna, Baroness Burgh, who died 14 March, 2026, aged 88, was the first wife of the late 7th Baron Burgh.

She was born in 1937, as Anita Lorna Eldridge, daughter of Frederick Clements Eldridge (1900-1973), of Gillingham, Kent, by his wife the former Alice Louisa Milner, and married 29 August, 1957 (div 1982), as his first wife the then Hon Alexander Peter Willoughby Leith (born 20 March, 1935), son and heir of the 6th Baron Burgh (1906-1959), and his 1st wife the former Elizabeth Rose Vincent (who died 1981).

Her husband succeeded his father, 26 May, 1959, as 7th (or ninth) Baron Burgh, a peerage created by Writ of Summons, 1 Sept, 1487, or sitting in Parliament, 2 Dec, 1529. He died 14 July, 2001.

Baroness Burgh, a novelist, was divorced from Lord Burgh in 1982. She leaves issue, two sons, Gregory, 8th Baron Burgh (born 16 March, 1958), and the Hon Patrick Leith (born 16 Apr, 1964), and a daughter, the Hon Rebecca Leith (born 17 Dec, 1959).

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Oates/Tollemache engagement

The engagement was announced 21 March, 2026, between Alistair T. Oates, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Mark Oates, of Whittlebury, Northamptonshire, and Romilly Imogen Tess Tollemache (born 1991), scion of the Barons Tollemache, the only daughter of Murray Edwin Bentley Tollemache (born 1960), of Bentworth, Hampshire, and his wife the former Alison Jane Yorke Bluck (born 1960). 

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Tollemache/Ralph engagement

 The engagement was announced 21 March, 2026, between Lyonel Duncan Murray Tollemache (born 1996), scion of the Barons Tollemache, younger son of Murray Edwin Bentley Tollemache (born 1960), of Bentworth, Hampshire, and his wife the former Alison Jane Yorke Bluck (born 1960), and Emma Katherine Ralph (born 1997), youngest daughter of Charles P. Ralph, of Horsley, Gloucestershire, & his wife the former Belinda Thomas.

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Hector Emmanuel Rocco di Torrepadula (born 202)

Florence Maud Rocco di Torrepadula (born 1990, nee Wolstenholme), wife of Don Pietro Emanuele Rocco di Torrepadula, gave birth to a son, Hector Emmanuel, 8 December, 2025.

Don Pietro os the son of Don Cristoforo Rocco di Torrepadula [born 1951], and the late Mrs Corinne Rocco di Torrepadula [1960-2002] [nee Chambon] of Kensington, London.

Florence is the elder daughter of [Anthony] Richard Ashmore Wolstenholme [born 1956], of Thompson, Norfolk, & his wife the former Katharine Juliet Garnier [born 16 Oct, 1958], descended from the Barons Walsingham.

Florence Wolstenholme is a granddaughter maternally of Colonel William d'Arcy Garnier [1918-1989], descended from the Keppel Earls of Albemarle, and his wife the former Hon Lavender Hyacith de Grey [1923-2010], daughter of the 8th Baron Walsingham, DSO, OBE [1884-1965].

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Cowan/Chalmers engagement

 The engagement was announced 21 March, 2026, between Capt. Fergus Edward Napoleon Cowan (born 8 February, 1996), The Royal Regiment of Scotland, elder son of Major-General James Michael Cowan, CBE, DSO (born 1964), and his wife the Dr the Hon Mary Louise Manningham-Buller (born 8 March, 1970), & Isabel Anne Chalmers (born 1998), younger daughter of Andrew Fyfe Chalmers (born 1964) and Dr Joanna Louise Chalmers (born 1967, nee Gill).

Capt Fergus Cowan is a grandson maternally of the 2nd Viscount Dilhorne (1932-2022).

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Peake/Greeno engagement

 The engagement was announced 21 March, 2026, between George Sampson Peake (born 5 March, 1997), scion of that landed gentry family, son of Andrew Charles Peake (born 1956), of Tackley, Oxfordshire, and his wife the former Suzette Ray Mitchell (born 1961), & Isabella Maria Greeno (born 4 April, 1997), daughter of Edward Patrick (Teddy) Greeno (born 1958), of Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, and his wife the former Fleur van Roosmalen.

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Poppy Ottilie Lake (born 2026)

  Emily Lake (née Peck), wife of Edouard Lake, a descendant of the Barons Milford, gave birth to a daughter, Poppy Ottilie, 4 March, 2026, a sister for Isabella Carolyn, who was born 27 February, 2023.

Eduard is the younger son of David Anthony Lake (born 20 Jan, 1953), of Chelsea, London, and Mrs Lake. Emily is a daughter of Mr Graham Peck and the late Mrs Peck, of Little Witcombe, Gloucestershire.

The 1st Baron Milford > Maj Hon James Philipps > Penelope Doune Philipps > David Lake > Edouard Lake > Poppy Lake

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Hugh David Roderick Home Drummond Moray (born 2026)

 Annabel Flora Stirling Home Drummond Moray (née Edwards), born 1993), wife of Capt James Oliver Stirling Home Drummond-Moray [born 1992], Scots Guards, scion of that landed family, of Abercairny, gave birth to a  son, Hugh David Roderick, 11 March, 2026, a brother for Heidi Katherine, who was born 6 January, 2024.

James is a son of Capt David Maurice Stirling-Home-Drummond-Moray [born 6 March, 1945], late the Scots Guards, of Crieff, Perthshire, and his wife the former Iona Barber.

Annabel is a daughter of Nicholas Edwards, of Hawkhurst, Kent, and his wife [nee Macleod].Capt Jams Drummond-Moray is a descendant of the Dukes of Buccleuch & Queensberry:-

6th Duke of Buccleuch [1831-1914] > Lord George Montagu Douglas Scott [1866-1947] > Jeanetta Montagu Douglas Scott [1906-97] > David Stirling Home Drummond Moray [b 1945] > James Stirling Home Drummond Moray [b 1992] > Hugh Stirling Home Drummond Moray (b 2026)

Otto Wolfgang Husmann (born 2026)

Eliza Flora Husmann (nee Cooke-Yarborough), wife of Hans Husmann, gave birth to a son, Otto Wolfgang, in New York, 12 March, 2026.

Hans is the only son of Mr and Mrs Uwe W Husmann of Hansestadt Stralsund, Western Pomerania, Germany.

Eliza (born 1993), is the elder daughter of Sir Anthony Edmund Cooke-Yarborough, 13th Baronet (born 6 August, 1956), of Barford St Michael, Oxfordshire, and his wife the former Joanna Susan Northrop (born 1957).

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Janeway/Stewart engagement

The engagement was announced 20 March, 2026, between Charles Hall Janeway (born April, 1989), son of Dr and Mrs William Janeway, of New York, NY, USA, & Georgina Elizabeth Stewart (born 1987), descened from the Lighton baronets, daughter of the late Alexander Christie Stewart (1955-2004), and his wife the former Katherine Lake Domville (born 1959), scion of that Irish landed gentry family.

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Baroness Maclennan of Rogart 1935-2026

 Baroness Maclennan of Rogart, who died 22 February, 2026, aged 90, was the widow of the life peer the Baron Maclennan of Rogart, PC.

 She was the former Helen Cutter, daughter of Justice Richard Ammi Cutter of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Her first marriage was to Paul Horning Noyes, by whom she had a son, and she married secondly as a widow in 1968, the then Robert Maclennan, MP (born 26 June, 1936), who was the last leader of the Social Democratic Party, serving during the negotiations that led to its merger with the Liberal Party in 1988. He then became joint interim leader of the new party, known as the Social and Liberal Democrats (SLD) and later as the Liberal Democrats. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1966 to 2001, when he was elevated to the House of Lords as Baron Maclennan of Rogart, of Rogart in Sutherland. Her husband predeceased her 18 January, 2020.

Lady Maclennan leaves a son from her first marriage, Nicholas, and a son and daughter, Adam and Ruth Maclennan, from the second marriage.

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Delilah Rose Wentworth Bell (born 2026)

Cialann Bell (nee McKeating), wife of Alexander Luke Wentworth Bell [born 1990], gave birth to a daughter, Delilah Rose Wentworth, 6 February, 2026.

Cialann is the youngest daughter of Mr  Mrs Kevin McKeating, of Donnybrook, Dublin.

Alexander Bell is a son of Michael Leopold Wentworth Bell [born 1960], of Newmarket Suffolk, and Mrs Georgina Patricia Bell [nee Lillingston, born 25 March, 1965], of Kennett, Suffolk, a member of the Inge-Innes-Lillingston landed gentry family. 

The infant is a great-grandchild of Alan Lillingston [1935-2014], and his wife Lady Vivienne Margaret Nevill [1941-2018], daughter of the 5th Marquess of Abergavenny, KG [1914-2000].

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Cecily Honor Constance Caldin (born 2026)

 Isobel Camilla Honoria Caldin (nee Harrison-Allen, born 23 May, 1990), wife of Alexander Robert Giles Caldin (born circa 1984), gave birth to a daughter, Cecily Honor Constance, 26 January, 2026, a sister for Rowland James Ludo, who was born 24 July, 2024.

Alexander Caldin is a son of (Peter) Giles Caldin, of Salford, Oxfordshire, and his wife the former Rachel M. Roberts.

Isobel Caldin is a scion of the Harrison-Allen landed gentry family, daughter of Hugh David Rowland Harrison-Allen (born 1950), and his wife the former Amanda Jane Ommanney (born 26 Feb, 1953), scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Major Peter Richard Ommanney (1911-1995), and his wife the former Joan Isobel Paterson (1920-2005).

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Baroness Fritchie, DBE 1942-2026

 Baroness Fritchie, DBE, a Crossbench life peer, died 12 March, 2026, aged 83.

Irene Tordoff (Rennie) Fritchie (nee Fennell) wasw born 29 April, 1942. She was appointed DBE in 1996, and in 2005 was raised to the peerage for life as Baroness Fritchie, of Gloucester in the County of Gloucestershire. She sat as Crossbench and retired from the Upper House, 1 July, 2024.

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Margaret Griswold Herbert (née Lewis) (died 2026)

  Margaret Griswold Herbert (née Lewis) died 16 March, 2026, aged 87.

She was a daughter of the Hon Geoffrey Whitney Lewis (1910-1992), a US diplomat, of Maine, United States, and his wife the former Elizabeth Merrill Locke (1914-2009); and married 1960 (div. 1988), as his first wife, Robin Arthur Elidyr Herbert, CBE (1934-2024), scion of that landed gentry family, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Arthur Herbert, GCIE (1895-1943), and his wife Lady Mary Theresa Fox-Strangways (1903-1948), Woman of the Bedchamber to HRH The Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) 1944-1948, daughter of the 6th Earl of Ilchester, GBE (1874-1959), by whom she had two sons, Ben and Richard, and two daughters, Elizabeth and Susannah.

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Hector Per Wynter Legh-Grant (born 2026)

Katherine Anna (Kate) Legh (born 1991), and Douglas Grant, have announced the birth of their second son, Hector Per Wynter, 2 March, 2026, a brother for Ivo David Kelso, who was born 19 January, 2024.

Douglas C.I. Grant, is a son of Sir John Douglas Kelso Grant, KCMG [born 17 Oct, 1954], of Buckhorn Weston, Dorset, and Lady Grant.

Kate Legh, a scion of the Barons Newton, daughter of the Hon David Piers Carlis Legh [born 21 November, 1951], of Cubley, Derbyshire, by his wife the Rev Jane Mary Bee.

Kate Legh is a granddaughter of late 4th Baron Newton [1915-1992].

Douglas Grant's father is a retired British diplomat whose last diplomatic post was Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union between 2003 and 2007.

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Helen Rose Sanford de Sales La Terrière 1947-2026

Helen Rose Sanford de Sales La Terrière (nee Hodgson), who died 4 March, 2026, aged 78, was the second wife and widow of Ian Cameron de Sales La Terrière (1930-2025), head of that landed gentry family, of Dunalastair.

(Helen) Rose Sanford Hodgson was born in 1947, daughter of Lieutenant-Commander Archibald Richard Sanford Hodgson, RN (1908-1990), scion of that landed gentry family, and his wife the former Helen Mary Ursula Pomeroy (1909-2000), scion of the Viscounts Harberton; and married in 1979, as his second wife, Ian Cameron de Sales La Terrière, son of Major James Fenwick de Sales La Terrière (1901-1969), and his wife the former Frances Natalie Barker-Hahlo (1899-1979), widow of the 5th Baron Ashtown, by whom she had issue, three sons, Rory (born and died 1980), Hugh William (born 1982), and Robert Duncan (born 1984).

She was widowed 13 March, 2025.

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Peter Maurice Afia 1938-2026

Peter Maurice Afia died 1 March, 2026, aged 87. 

He was born in London in 1938, son of Haim Victor Afia (1908-1992), and his wife the former Rose Lydia Cowan (1910-2011), & he married 15 December, 1985, as her second husband, Mrs, & Meriel Rose Kenyon-Slaney, CVO (nee Buxton), born 16 April, 1940, scion of the Buxton baronets, daughter of Capt Joseph Gurney Fowell Buxton (1913-1943), and his wife the former Elizabeth Barbour; who married 1stly, Robert Ivan Kenyon-Slaney (1926-1984), scion of the Barons Kenyon, son of Maj Robert Orlando Rodolph Kenyon-Slaney (1892-1965), and his 1st wife Lady Mary Cecilia Rhodesia Hamilton (1896-1984), daughter of the 3rd Duke of Abercorn, KG (1869-1953).

Meriel Afia was an Extra Lady-in-Waiting to HRH Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy, and she died 8 October, 2025, aged 85.

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