The engagement was announced 22 August, 2026, between Patrick Belisarius Robert Pike (born 1st January, 1996), second son of Robin Pike, of London, and his wife the former Hon Georgiana Mary Grimston (born 7 September, 1961), & Suzanne Brown, younger daughter of Nicholas and Nancee Brown, of London.
Patrick Pike is a grandson maternally of the 2nd Baron Grimston of Westbury (1925-2003)/
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Flora Susan Andrena Manning (nee Spens, born 7 January, 1989), wife of James E. Manning, gave birth to a son, Frederick Sasha (Freddie), 13 August, 2026.
James Manning is a son of Mr Michael Manning and Mrs Angela Manning.
Flora is a daughter of the late Michael Patrick Spens of Wormiston (1939-2014), scion of that Scottish landed family, and his 2nd wife Dr Janet Margaret Mackenzie (born 1956).
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The engagement was announced 22 August, 2026, between Harry Argentine A. Dixon-Smith (born 18 Apr, 1996), third son of the Hon Adam William George Dixon-Smith (born 1962), of Groton, Suffolk, and his wife the former Annabel Hogg, & Emily C. Stewart, only daughter of Mr and Mrs David Stewart of Blairdrummond, Stirlingshire.
Harry is a grandson of the life peer the Baron Dixon-Smith (born 30 September, 1934).
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Baroness Dixon-Smith, who died 16 August, 2026, aged 89, was the wife of the life peer the Baron Dixon-Smith.
The former Georgina Janet Cook, daughter of George Cook, of Halstead, Essex, married in 1960, Robert William Dixon-Smith (born 30 September, 1934), who was later a Shadow Minister at the Department for Communities and Local Government.
Bill Dixon-Smith was Governor of the Writtle Agricultural College, from 1973 to 1985 chair. In 1993 and 1994, he was Chair of Anglia Polytechnic University governors, governor from 1973 to 2000 of what was originally Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology (now Anglia Ruskin University). He was elected to the Essex County Council in 1965, being vice chairman from 1983 to 1986, and chairman from 1986 to 1989 before losing his seat to Labour in 1993. He was briefly Shadow Minister for Environment. In 1994, he was made an Honorary Doctor at Anglia Ruskin University. He was raised to the peerage for life, 11 Oct, 1993, as Baron Dixon-Smith, of Bocking in the County of Essex.
Baroness Dixon-Smith leaves issue, a son, Adam, and a daughter, Sarah.
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The engagement was announced 22 August, 2026, between Jack Augustus Thomas Pike (born 18 February, 1994), eldest son of Robin Pike, of London, and his wife the former Hon Georgiana Mary Grimston (born 7 September, 1961), and Harriet Patricia Cave (born 9 September, 1995), the elder daughter of Nicholas Stephen Cave (born 22 April, 1961), of Ottery St Mary, Devon, and his wife the former Alexandra Frances Elizabeth Hicks (born 1961).
Jack Pike is a grandson maternally of the 2nd Baron Grimston of Westbury (1925-2003), and the bride-to-be is a great-granddaughter of Sir Charles Cave, 4th Baronet (1927-1997).
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Alice Mary Ella Newton (born 22 February, 1996, nee Pickthorn), wife of Ben H. Newton, gave birth to a son, Edward Thomas Raphael, 10 August, 2026.
Ben is the eldest son of Mr Keith Newton and the late Mrs Leyanne Provera, of Sydney, Australia.
Alice Newton, a scion of the Pickthorn baronets, is the eldest daughter of Thomas David Alexander Pickthorn (born 16 July, 1967), of Cambridge, and his wife the former Nicola Sheerin.
Sir Kenneth Pickthorn, 1st Baronet (1892-1975) > Henry Pickthorn (b 1928) > Thomas Pickthorn (b 1967) > Alice Pickthorn (b 1996) > Edward Newton (b 2026)
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Roger Gambier Jenyns, who died 10 August, 2026, aged 84, was head of that landed gentry family, of Bottisham Hall, Cambridge.
He was born 16 February, 1942, elder son of Roger Soame Jenyns (1904-1976), Lord of the Manor of Bottisham, and his wife the former Anne Thomson Berridge (1906-1995), scion of that Irish landed gentry family; and married 1973, Jillian Maltby (born 1942), daughter of Colonel Edward Frank Maltby (1904-1981), of Potterspury, Northamptonshire, and his wife the former Hazel Doris Evans (1905-1990), by whom he had issue, a son [Roger] George E. Jenyns, who succeeds as head of the landed gentry family, and two daughters, Sarah and Frances.
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Thomas Richard Chadbon, the actor, died 18 July, 2026. He was 80.
Chadbon was a versatile character actor with a strong, resonant voice, familiar to viewers in dozens of classic television shows, including The Bill, Holby City, Taggart, Softly, Softly, Silent Witness, Father Brown, Heartbeat, Foyle’s War, and Midsomer Murders, &c.
He was born 27 February, 1946, the son of Thomas William Chadbon and his wife the former Josie Cook.
He married in 1966 (div 1970), as her first husband, the Hon Deborah Elspeth Leathers (born 23 Oct, 1947), the second daughter of the 2nd Viscount Leathers (1908-1996), and his wife the former Elspeth Graeme Stewart (who died in 1985), by whom he had issue, two sons, Dominic (born 8 Dec, 1966), and Nicholas (born 30 Sept, 1968).
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Sir William Otho Jaffray, 5th Baronet, died 11 August, 2026. He was 74.
He was born 1 November, 1951, son of Colonel Sir William Jaffray, 4th Baronet (1895-1953), and his second wife the former Anne Paget (1919-2021), scion of that landed gentry family, and succeeded to the baronetcy [UK, 1892], on his father's death, 24 October, 1953.
The Jaffrays were originally from Stirling, Scotland. John Jaffray moved to Birmingham and was involved in almost every aspect of Birmingham life – the Liberal party, hospitals, institutes, libraries, the Birmingham Joint Stock Bank and the founding of the Birmingham Daily Post and the Birmingham Daily Mail. He was created a Baronet in 1892. Sir William’s father, Sir John’s grandson, had been an outstanding sportsman and a keen rider to hounds in North Warwickshire, despite having lost an arm in the First World War. He died in 1953, so William Jaffray succeeded shortly before his second birthday.
He was married three times: 1stly, 9 May, 1981 (div 1997), Cynthia Ross Corrington, daughter of John Corrington III, of Montreal; 2ndly, 2009 (div. 2018), Constance Haynes daughter of John Latshaw, & Mrs Barbara Schreck; and thirdly, 20 May, 2026, at Chelsea Westminster Hospital, to Miss Gowri Siva.
Sir William has issue from his first marriage, three sons, Nicholas (born 18 October, 1982), who now succeeds as 6th baronet, Jack (born 3 Aug, 1987), and William (born 5 May, 1990), and a daughter, Alexandra (born 18 May, 1984).
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Sarah Louise Bradford Robinson, who died 14 August, 2026, aged 76, was descended from the McClintock baronets.
She was born 11 June, 1950, daughter of Major Robert Bradford Myles (1916-1981), and his wife the former Mary Lyons McClintock (1912-2001), scion of the McClintock baronets; and married 1982, Michael James Corbett Robinson (born 1950), by whom she had issue, a son, Jonathon Myles (1986-2009), and a daughter, Cara (born 1984).
Her only son died in an accident at a Swiss ski resort in 2009.
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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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The engagement was announced 18 August, 2026, between Edward James Christopher Treadwell )born 1 July, 1991), son of John Treadwell, of Putney, London, and his wife the former Anne Margaret Simonds (born 18 February, 1958), & Annie Florence Wilson (born 1995), daughter of Patrick Antony Joseph (Paddy) Wilson (born 1960), of Norwich, Norfolk, and his wife the former Sally Joanne Butt (born 1961).
Edward Treadwell is descended from the Mann baronets:-
Sir Edward Mann, 1st Baronet > Francis Thomas Mann > Margaret Enid Mann > Anne Margaret Simonds > Edward Treadwell
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Richard Gervase Falkiner, who died 21 July, 2026, aged 90, was a scion of the Falkiner baronets.
He was born 10 March, 1936, son of Major Gervase Leslie Falkiner (1909-1988), and his wife the former Rosemary Florence Emily Smith (1908-1990); and married 15 May, 1959, Gabrielle Mary Woodgate (born 1938), daughter of Frank Edward Woodgate (1906-1979), and his wife Eileen Mary Chapman (1910-1992), by whom he had issue, a son, Sebastian (born 3 Dec, 1963), and a daughter, Sophia (born 27 January, 1962).
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Barbara Winifred Gosling, who died in April 2026, was a scion of the Earls of Eglinton & Winton.
She was born in 1933, the fourth daughter of John Eglinton Montgomerie (1899-1971), and his wife the former Irene Agnes Cameron (who. died 1959).
She married 1954 (div. 1978), David Walter Gosling, by whom she had issue, two sons and a daughter.
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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
The engagement has been announced between Capt (David) Samuel G. Stevens and the Lady Celeste Primrose.
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| Sam Kwame and Lady Celeste. |
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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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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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, 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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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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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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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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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 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, 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, 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, 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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