Isabel Marina Vesterberg (born 2026)

 Flora Vesterberg (nee Ogilvy), wife of Timothy Vesterberg, and a descendant of the Royal House of Windsor, gave birth to a daughter, Isabel Marina, 8 July, 2026.

Flora announced the good news on her Instagram page.

Flora, a great-great granddaughter of King George V and Queen Mary married Tim Vesterberg at the Chapel Royal St James's Palace, on 26 September, 2020.

Timothy Vesterberg [born 1 Aug, 1993], is a son of Mr & Mrs Patrik Vesterberg, of Stockholm, Sweden.

Flora Alexandra Vesterberg [born 15 December, 1994], is a scion of the Earls of Airlie, only daughter of James Robert Bruce Ogilvy [born 29 February, 1964], of Fawley, by his wife the former Julia Caroline Rawlinson [born 28 Oct, 1964].

Flora is a granddaughter of the late Rt Hon Sir Angus Ogilvy, KCVO, PC [1928-2004], by his wife HRH Princess Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel of Kent [born 25 Dec, 1936], daughter of HRH The late Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund, 1st Duke of Kent [1902-1942], by his wife HRH Princess Marina of Greece & Denmark [1906-68].

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Mark Henry Paveley Bicknell 1954-2026

Mark Henry Paveley Bicknell died 1 July, 2026, aged 72.

He was born in 1954, son of Augustus Francis M. Bicknell (1925-1985), and his wife the former Elisabeth de Rehbinder (1928-1997); and married in 1985, Clare Mosley (born 11 Aug, 1958), scion of the Mosley baronets, daughter of John Ronald Mosley (1926-2003), and his wife the former Primrose Antoinette Hadwen, by whom he had issue, a son, Augustus Ivo Guy (born 1990) and a daughter, Cecilia Elizabeth Rose (born 1994).

Sir Oswald Mosley, 5th Baronet > Maj Edward Mosley > John Ronald Mosley > Clare Mosley

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Andrew Michael John Wemyss 1925-2026

Andrew Michael John Wemyss, who died 30 June, 2026, aged 100, was a scion of the Wemyss landed gentry family, and a grandson maternally of the 6th Duke of Portland.

He was born 3 October, 1925, the second son of Michael John Erskine Wemyss of the that Ilk (1888-1982), of Wemyss Castle, Fife, and his wife the the Lady Alexandrina Violet Cavendish-Bentinck, CVO (1890-1994), daughter of the 6th Duke of Portland, KG, GCVO, GCStJ, TD, PC, DL (1857-1943).

He was a descendant of Augusta FitzClarence, an illegitimate daughter of King William IV. 

Andrew served as a page to the Duke of Portland at the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 12 May, 1937, and was a kinsman of Queen Elizabeth (1900-2002), whose mother was a Cavendish-Bentinck.

He married 8 February, 1967, Janet Alethea Scott (1933-2006), daughter of Maj John Swire Scott (1901-1972), and his wife the former Alethea Abel Smith (1902-1984), scion of that landed family, and also kin of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, by whom he had a son, William John (born 8 Oct, 1970), and a daughter, Isabella Alethea (born 22 Feb, 1968).

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Theodore Michael Heathcote Sedgwick (born 2026)

Lydia Harriet Sedgwick (nee Arkell, born 1992), wife of Edmund Heathcote Sedgwick [born 1991], birth to a son, Theodore Michael Heathcote, 1 July, 2026.

Edmund is the younger son of Mr Ivan Sedgwick, of Gressingham, Lancashire, and his wife the former Elizabeth Heathcote

Lydia, descended from the Boynton baronets, is the younger daughter of Mr Nicholas Arkell, of Brightwalton, Berkshire, and his wife the former Miranda Watson-Smyth.

Boynton descent:-

Sir Henry Boynton, 9th Baronet [1778-1854] >Rev Griffith Boynton [1815-98] > Eliza Boynton > Madeleine Pedder > Edward Watson-Smyth [1923-2004] > Miranda Watson-Smyth > Lydia Arkell [b 1992] > Theodore Sedgwick (b 2026)

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Helen Lalage (Gay) Talbot Rice (née Buchanan) 1934-2026

Helen Lalage (Gay) Talbot Rice (née Buchanan), died 5 July, 2026, aged 91.

She was born in 1934, daughter of Charles William Edmund Buchanan, of Fife, and his wife the former Margaret Amelia Sutherland; and married 23 February, 1957, Andrew Gurney Talbot Rice (1930-2018), scion of the Barons Dynevor, son of Mervyn Gurney Talbot Rice (1899-1979), and his wife the former Eleanor Butler Adair Williamson (who died 17 May, 1965), by whom she had issue, two sons, Richard and Jonathan, and two daughters, Julia and Catherine.

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Sheila Mary Sewell (née Collett) 1931-2026

Sheila Mary Sewell, who died 7 July, 2026, aged 94, was a scion of the Collett baronets.

She was born 26 November, 1931, the elder daughter of John Collison Collett (1903-1956), and his wife the former Ethel Ruth Glanvill (1904-1985), and was a granddaughter of Sir Charles Henry Collett, 1st Baronet (18654-1938), Lord Mayor of London 1933/34.

She married 20 Aug, 1955, John Donald Sewell (1928-2011), son of Thomas Jackson Elliot Sewell (1888-1972), and his wife the former Elisabeth Georgina Bower (1892-1945), by whom she had issue, three sons, David, Andrew and Michael, and a daughter, Jean.

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Kelway-Bamber/Bird engagement

The engagement was announced 11 July, 2026, between Capt Hamish Euan Kelway-Bamber (born 20 February, 1998), son of Maj Euan Glen Kelway-Bamber (born 8 May, 1958), of Penterry, Monmouthshire, and his wife the former Laura Isabel Hester Morgan-Grenville (born 1 January, 1961), scion of the Lords Kinloss, & Elisia Frances Bird (born Oct, 1997), elder daughter of Andrew C.S. Bird (born 1965), of Sotterley, Suffolk, and his wife the former, Helen M Grainger.

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Vinson Oliver Hemphill Van't Hoff (born 2026)

The Hon Marina Olivia Astrid van't Hoff (born 22 Oct, 1992, nee Martin-Hemphill), wife of Patrick van 't Hoff, and scion of the Barons Hemphill, gave birth to a son, Vinson Oliver Hemphill van't Hoff, in Amsterdam, 22 June, 2026.

Patrick is a son of Mr Jean-Philippe van 't Hoff, of The Hague, Netherlands.

Marina is the third daughter of the 6th Baron Hemphill (born 8 October, 1954), of London, and his wife the former Sarah Jane Frances Lumley (born 1956).

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Hunter/Fuller engagement

 The engagement was  announced 11 July, 2026, between Capt Matthew James Fuller (born 5 December, 1996), son of Wing Commander (Ret) John Hunter, of Brussels, and his wife Elizabeth, & the Hon Susan Mary Fuller (born 13 April, 1997), daughter of the life peer the Baron Fuller, OBE (born 6 June, 1968), of Brooke, Norfolk, and his wife the former Philippa Claire Speight (born 15 Oct, 1967), daughter of (Clifford) Derrick Speight (1926-2009), and his wife the former Elizabeth Ann Persse (1932-2019), scion of that Irish landed gentry family.

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Marion Judith Harvey-Evers (nee Ingram) 1937-2026

Marion Judith (Molly) Harvey-Evers, who died 3Juy, 2026, was a scion of the Ingram baronets.

She was born 18 February, 1937, the eldest daughter of Sir Herbert Ingram, 3rd Baronet (1912-1980), and his wife the former Jane Lindsay Palmer-Tomkinson (1913-1989), scion of the Tomkinson landed gentry family; and married 27 November, 1969, Graham Henry Harvey-Evers (1926-2006), by whom she had issue, Charles (born 3 July, 1970), and David (born 1971).

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Carrelet/Hadsley-Chaplin engagement

  The engagement was announced 10 July, 2026, between Pierre John Carrelet (born 10 June, 1997), son of Mr Manuel Carrelet, of Comporta, Portugal, and Mrs Peter Martin (nee Catherine George), of Hoe Benham, Berkshire, and Helena Rose Hadsley-Chaplin (born 1997), a daughter of Mark R. Hadsley-Chaplin (born 1961), of Mersea Island, Essex, and his then wife the former Lavinia Brodie Henderson (born 9 May, 1962, now Mrs James Gilbey, of London, wife of James Newman Gilbey, born 1956, scion of the Gilbey baronets).

Helena is descended from a brother of the 1st Baron Faringdon:-

George Henderson (1819-89) father of the 1st Baron Faringdon and Helena's ancestor, Brig Gen Sir Brodie Haldane Henderson, KCMG (1869-1936) > Neil Brodie Henderson (1904-82) > Ian Brodie Henderson (b 1930) > Lavinia Brodie Henderson (b 1962) > Helena Hadsley-Chaplin

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George Anthony Twentyman Turnbull 1938-2026

 George Anthony Twentyman Turnbull, who died 17 June, 2026, aged 87, was a nephew of the 1st Baron Grantchester.

He was born 26 June, 1938, the second son of Stuart John Twentyman Turnbull (who died in 1991), and his wife the former Hilda Jane Taylor (1908-1983), sister of the 1st Baron Grantchester (1893-1976); and married 14 June, 1962, Petronel Jonette Rene Dunn (1941-2020), scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Maj James William Thursby Dunn (1898-1969), and his wife the former Irene Henrietta Mond (1901-1972), niece of the 1st Baron Melchett (1868-1930), by whom he had issue, two sons, Robert and Timothy, and a daughter, Victoria.

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Welch/Hopkinson-Woolley engagement

 The engagement was announced 10 July, 2026, between Ben Welch, only son of Mrs Christine Welch, of Hayling Island, Hampshire, and Mariana Sophia (Molly) Hopkinson-Woolley (born 1999), elder daughter of Charles Bertram Hopkinson-Woolley (born 19 June, 1964), of Lewknor, Oxfordshire, and his wife the former Alexandra D. Molyneux.

Molly Hopkinson-Woolley is of Gaskell LG descent. Her father is a scion of the Twining tea-making family.

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Biddulph/Tawaststjerna

  The engagement was announced 10 July, 2026, between the Hon Robert Julian Maitland Biddulph (born 8 July, 1994), son and heir of the 5th Baron Biddulph (born 8 Apr, 1959), of Makerstoun, Roxburghshire, and  Sián Diana, Baroness Biddulph (nee Gibson-Watt, born 1962), daughter of the life peer the Baron Gibson-Watt, PC (1918-2002), & Maria Sophia Katarina Tawaststjerna (born 27 July, 2002), the only daughter of Ville Tawaststjerna (b 18 Oct, 1974), of Helsinki, Finland, and his wife the former Ewa Maria Karolina Sollamo (born 30 May, 1975).

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Elizabeth Jane Crichton-Stuart (died 2026)

Elizabeth Jane Douglas Crichton-Stuart (nee Whitson), died 4 July, 2026.

She was a daughter of Ernest James Whitson (c1886-1852), and married 3 October, 1964, Frederick John Patrick Crichton-Stuart (1940-2011) (HE Fra’ Fredrik, Knight & 56th Grand Prior in England of Sovereign Military Order of Malta), scion of the Marquesses of Bute, elder son of Lord Rhidian Crichton-Stuart (1917-1969), and his wife the former Selina van Wijk (1913-1985), and grandson of the 4th Marquess of Bute (1881-1947).

Elizabeth Crichton-Stuart leaves issue, two sons, Rhidian and Edward, and three daughters, Iona, Amanda and Alexandra.

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Hon John Reggie James Lindesay-Bethune, Master of Garnock (born 2026)

Bill and Violet Garnock.

Violet Diana Louise Lindesay-Bethune, styled Viscountess Garnock (born 18 August, 1993), wife of William James Lindesay-Bethune, styled Viscount Garnock [born 30 Dec, 1990], gave birth to a son, the Hon John Reggie James Lindesay-Bethune, Master of Garnock, 4 July, 2026.

Viscount Garnock is the son and heir of the 16th Earl of Lindsay [born 19 Nov 1955], of Lahill, Upper Largo, Fife, and his wife the Countess of Lindsay [nee Diana Mary Chamberlayne-Macdonald, born 12 September, 1961], scion of that landed gentry family.

Viscountess Garnock is the eldest daughter of the 11th Duke of Rutland [born 8 May, 1959], of Belvoir Castle, and the Duchess of Rutland [nee (Rachel) Emma Louise Watkins, born 2 September, 1963].

Bill Garnock is destined to become Earl of Lindsay [Peerage of Scotland, cr 1633], Viscount Garnock [Peerage of Scotland cr 1703], Lord Lindsay  of the Byres [ Scotland 1445], Lord Parbroath [cr 1633], and Lord Kilbirnie, Kingsburn and Drumry [Scot. 1703]

Violet Garnock has younger sisters, Lady Alice (born 1995), and Lady Eliza (born 1997), and two brothers, Charles, styled Marquis of Granby (born 1999), heir to the dukedom, and Lord Hugo Manners (born 2003).

Viscount Garnock's siblings are: a brother, the Hon David Lindesay-Bethune (born 12 May, 1993), and three sisters, Lady Frances Gabinsky (born 1986), Lady Alexandra Coleman (born 1988), and Lady Charlotte (born 12 May, 1993 twin with her brother David) now HRH The Duchess of Noto, wife of His Royal Highness Prince Jaime of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Noto [born at Madrid, 26 June, 1992], eldest son of HRH Prince Pedro Juan Maria Alejo Saturnino y todos los Santos, Duke of Calabria (born Madrid, 16 October, 1968), by his wife HRH The Duchess of Calabria [nee Sofia Landaluce y Melgarejo, born Madrid, 23 Nov, 1973]. 

Both Viscount Garnock and Viscountess Garnock have numerous ties of blood in that vast aristocratic web, and are descended in a direct legitimate line from the founder of the Royal House of Tudor King Henry VII. The couple also have a descent from The ‘Merrie Monarch’ King Charles II, via his illegitimate offspring. They are sixth cousins once removed, both are descended from Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford (1721-1803).

Violet's ancestor, the 8th Duke of Rutland, married Marion Margaret Violet Lindsay, scion of the Earls of Crawford & Balcarres, kinsmen of the Earls of Lindsay.

Lord Garnock's ancestor, the 13th Earl of Lindsay [1872-1943] married in 1900, US heiress Ethel Tucker [who died in 1942], daughter of William Austin Tucker [1850-1931], banker of New York and Boston.

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Kincaid of Kincaid/Wilson engagement

 The engagement was announced 8 July, 2026, between (John) Angus Inglis-Jones Kincaid of Kincaid, Younger (born 25 September, 1998), elder son of the late Maj. Giles Vivian Inglis-Jones (1967-2020), and his wife Madam Arabella Jane Kincaid of Kincaid (born 22 August, 1965), Chief of the Name and Arms of Kincaid, & Grace E. Wilson, daughter of Ross Wilson, BEM, DL (born 13December, 1957), of Coleraine, Co Londonderry, and his wife Elizabeth.

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The Baron Mackay of Clashfern, KT 1927-2026

 The Baron Mackay of Clashfern, KT, PC, who died 7 July, 2026, aged 99, was Lord Chancellor in the administrations of Margaret Thatcher and John Major.

James Peter Hymers Mackay was born 2 July, 1927, son of James Mackay and Janet Hymers.

Mackay was elected to the Faculty of Advocates in 1955. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1965. He was Sheriff Principal for Renfrew and Argyll from 1972 to 1974.  In 1973 he became Vice-Dean of the Faculty on Advocates and from 1976 until 1979 served as its Dean, the leader of the Scots bar.

In 1979, Mackay was appointed Lord Advocate, the senior law officer in Scotland, and was created a life peer as Baron Mackay of Clashfern, of Eddrachillis in the District of Sutherland, taking his territorial designation from his father's birthplace, a cottage beside Loch na Claise Fearna. He served as Lord High Chancellor from 1987 to 1997.

Mackay was appointed a Knight of the Thistle by Queen Elizabeth II on 27 November 1997.  In 2007, the Queen appointed him to the office of Lord Clerk Register, replacing David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss. He retired from this office in November 2022, and was succeeded by Lady Elish Angiolini. He became a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1984. In 1989, he was elected honorary fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

He married Elizabeth Gunn Hymers in 1958, by whom he had a son and two daughters.

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Christopher Patrick Cavendish Pelly 1939-2026

 Christopher Patrick Cavendish Pelly, who died 23 June, 2026, aged 86, was a scion of the Pelly baronets.

He was born 30 June, 1939, the elder son of Charles Nigel Cavendish Pelly, OBE (1908-1966), and his wife the former Betty Joan Cole (who died 29 Oct, 1995); and married 5 April, 1969, Brenda Amy Grosvenor Herd (1932-2012), daughter of Alfred Mutlow Grosvenor Herd (1901-1970),and his wife the former Heather Sybil Stewart (1900-1975), scion of the Marquesses of Bute, by whom he had issue, a son, Nigel, and a daughter, Amanda.

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The Baroness Weatherill 1928-2026

 The Baroness Weatherill, who died 2 July, 2026, aged 97, was the widow of the life peer the Baron Weatherill, KStJ, PC, DL (1920-2007), who as the Rt Hon Bernard Weatherill, was Speaker of the House of Commons, 1983-1992.

She was Daphne Iona Lyn Eatwell, born in 1928, daughter of Henry Thomas Eatwell (1901-1958), and his wife the former Edith Gertrude Jones (1898-1962), and married in 1949, the then (Bruce) Bernard Weatherill (born 25 November, 1920), son of Bernard Bruce Weatherill (1883-1962), and his wife the former Annie Gertrude Creak (1886-1966).

Her husband was elected the Member of Parliament on 15 October 1964 for Croydon North East as a Conservative. He became a party whip three years later, and deputy Chief Whip six years after that. He was re-elected seven times for the same seat until his retirement in 1992.

On his retirement as Speaker of the Commons Bernard Weatherill was raised to the peerage for life as Baron Weatherill, of North East Croydon in the London Borough of Croydon. He died 6 May, 2007.

Baroness Weatherill had issue , two sons, Bernard Richard (1951-2021), Henry Bruce (b 1953), and a daughter, Virginia (b 1955)

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The Baron Sanderson of Bowden 1933-2026

The Baron Sanderson of Bowden, who died 2 July, 2026, aged 93, was a Scottish Conservative Party politician and a life peer.

He was a member of the House of Lords from 1985 until his retirement in 2018.

Charles Russell Sanderson was born 30 April, 1933, son of Charles Plummer Sanderson, and his wife the former Martha Evelyn Gardiner.

He was Chairman of Clydesdale Bank PLC 1999-2003, Deputy Chairman 1996-99, and in 2003, he was appointed Vice Lord Lieutenant of the Borders Region (Roxburgh, Ettrick & Lauderdale).

 He was knighted in 1981, and was created a life peer in 1985 as Baron Sanderson of Bowden, of Melrose in the District of Ettrick and Lauderdale and spoke regularly in the House of Lords. Bowden in his title is taken from a village in the Roxburghshire area of the Scottish Borders.

From 1987 to 1990 Lord Sanderson was a Minister of State in the Scottish Office, responsible for housing, agriculture and fisheries. He also served as Chairman of the Conservative Party in Scotland in the early 1990s.

Lord Sanderson retired from the House of Lords on 29 March 2018.

He married in 1958, Frances Elizabeth Macaulay, by whom he had issue, two sons and two daughters.

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Elvidge/Power engagement

 The engagement was announced 4 July, 2026, between George Rufus Tristram Elvidge (born 5 October, 1996), son of Rusty G.C.F. Elvidge, of Painswick, Gloucestershire, and his wife the former Victoria T. Holland, & Emilia Mary Power (born 1998), daughter of Anthony George Bertram Power (born 23 Apri, 1968), of Belvedere Ostrense, Italy, and his wife the former Giuliana Erica Sharp.

Emilia Power descends from the Earls of Lichfield:-

Thomas Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield > Hon Sir George Augustus Anson > Claud Ronald Anson > Mary Anson > Margaret Dene > Anthony Power >Emilia Power

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Thomas Arthur Sampson (born 2026)

 Lily Annabel Mary Sampson (nee Bristow, born 1989), wife of Hamish A. Sampson, gave birth to a son, Thomas Arthur, 25 March, 2026, a brother for Wilbur Riley, who was born 21 Nov, 2021, and for Rowan Alexander, who was born born 12 July, 2023.

Hamish is a son of Mr and Mrs Nigel Sampson, of Thorpe Underwood, North Yorkshire.

Lily is a daughter of Mr Timothy Dominic Ian James Bristow [born 1 July, 1959], of the Isle of Wight, and his former wife the former Annabel J.D. Palmer [now Mrs Richard Fife, of Great Langton, North Yorkshire].

Lily Bristow's grandfather, James Percy Bristow married in 1958, the Hon Caroline Jean Lawson Johnston [born 25 Dec, 1935], daughter of the 2nd Baron Luke [1905-96].

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Chisenhale-Marsh/Armstrong engagement

The engagement was announced 4 July, 2026, between Hugo Max Chisenhale-Marsh (born 15 February, 1998), scion of that landed gentry family, son of Guy Hugo Atherton Chisenhale-Marsh (born 2 December, 1963), of Gaynes Park, Essex, and his wife the former Liselle Brockman, & Ella R.P. Armstrong, daughter of Mr and Mrs Dominic Armstrong of Great Shefford, Berkshire.

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Ramsay/Hooft Graafland engagement

 Te engagement was announced 4 July, 2026, between Nicholas George M. Ramsay (born 1992), scion of the Erals of Dalhousie, son of Patrick William Maule Ramsay (born 17 May, 1951), of Burmington Grange, and his wife the former Fiona Stoddart, & Jonkvrouwe Nina Grace Hooft Graafland (born 1991) , daughter of Jonkheer and Mrs Ferdinand Hooft Graafland (nee Maureen Walsh), of London.

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Trustram Eve/Kennedy engagement

The engagement was announced 4 July, 2026, between James Arthur Richard Trustram Eve (born 15 May, 1996), scion of the Barons Silsoe, younger son of Richard Malcolm Jannion Trustram Eve (born 9 March, 1963), of Wilbartson, Northamptonshire, and his wife the former Albinia Julia Diggle(born 8 July, 1964), of Inglefied and Wyvill descent, & Charlotte R. Kennedy, daughter of Mr Timothy and Dr Deborah Kennedy, of Kirk Ireton, Derbyshire.

Jamie Trustram Eve is a great-grandson of the 1st Baron Silsoe.

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Berwine Ruth Barrett-Lennard 1928-2026

 Berwine Ruth Berrett-Lennard (nee Cook), died 2 July, 2026, aged 97.

She was born 3 October, 1928, daughter of Dr Leigh Cook, of Claremont, Western Australia, and married in 1953, Irwin Prescott Barrett-Lennard (born 1929), scion of the Barrett-Lennard baronets, son of George Graham Barrett-Lennard (1887-1968), and his wife the former Maud Gladys Hastings Hester, by whom he had issue, three sons, Edward, Hugh and James, and a daughter, Ann.

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