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Saturday, April 19, 2025

Sir Roger Joseph Clifford, 7th Baronet 1936-2025

Sir Roger Joseph Clifford, 7th Baronet, of Christchurch, New Zealand, died 31 March, 2025. He was 88.

He was born 5 June, 1936, son of Sir Roger Charles Joseph Gerrard Clifford, 6th Baronet (1910-1982), and his wife the former Henrietta Millicent Elizabeth Kiver (who died in 1971); and succeeded to the baronetcy (cr UK, 1887), upon his father's death, 5 July, 1982.

He married 12 April, 1968, Joanna Theresa Ward (born 20 January, 1940), daughter of Cyril James Ward (1913-1984), of Christchurch, New Zealand, by his wife the former Janet Graham Stevenson, by whom he had two daughters, Angela Mary Jane (born 24 Mar 1971), and Annabel Mary Louise (born 16 June, 1973).

The baronetcy now becomes extinct.

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David Michael Ralph Nevill 1941-2025

 David Michael Ralph Nevill, who died at Tunbridge Wells, on 20 March, 2025, aged 83, was a descendant of the noble house of Nevill, and heir presumptive to the earldom of Abergavenny, held by his cousin, the 6th Marquess of Abergavenny.

He was born 20 June, 1941, the elder son of Michael George Ralph Nevill (1917-1943), who was killed in action in North Africa, by his wife the former Maureen Ethné David Rhodes (1920-2002), daughter of Maj (Arthur) Tahu Gravenor Rhodes, MVO (c1894-1947) and his wife the former Hon Helen Cecil Olive Plunket (1895-1968),  daughter of the 5th Baron Plunket (1864-1920) and Lady Victoria Alexandrina Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (1873-1968), scion of the Marquesses of Dufferin & Ava.

Mr Nevill, of Birling Place, Kent, married 16 March, 1972, Katherine Mary Westenra, daughter of Rossmore Derrick Westenra, of Christchurch, New Zealand, by whom he had issue, a son, Guy Michael Rossmore Nevill (born 12 November, 1973), who is now heir pres to the Abergavenny earldom, and two daughters, Anna Louise (b 16 Feb, 1976), and Georgina Rose (b 16 May, 1981).

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Motion/Cottrell engagement

 The engagement was announced 19 April, 2025, between William Frederick M. Motion (born 1998), son of Andrew Barrie Motion, of Sandwich, Kent, and his wife the former Celestine Maria del Pilar Atkins, & Matilda Clarinda Cottrell (born 1998), daughter of Edward A.C. Cottrell (born 1959), of East Marden, West Sussex, and his wife the former Camilla J. Neal (born 1960).

William Motion is a brother of Davina Rose Cadogan, styled Viscountess Chelsea (born 1996), wife of George Cadogan, styled Viscount Chelsea, son and heir of the 9th Earl Cadogan.

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Moreton/Jodrell engagement

 The engagement was announced 19 April, 2025, between Jack E. Moreton, son of Mr & Mrs Nigel Moreton, of Lower Stonnall, Staffordshire, & Marina Louise Jodrell (born 13 April, 1997), daughter of Henry Francis Mostyn-Owen Jodrell (born 28 Apr, 1967), of Easton Grey, Wiltshire, and his wife the former Christina Roselle Phillips.

Marina is descended from the Mostyn-Owen landed family and the Ramsden and Boord baronets.

Sir John Ramsden, 4th Bt > Capt Henry James Ramsden > John Charles Francis Ramsden > Lt-Col Henry Ramsden-Jodrell > Susan Dorothy Mostyn-Owen-Jodrell > Henry Francis Mostyn-Owen-Jodrell > Henry Francis Mostyn-Owen-Jodrell > Marina Jodrell

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Friday, April 18, 2025

Hallaran/Norton engagement

The engagement was announced 18 April, 2025, between Charles Francis Hallaran (born 27 January, 1990), son of the late Michael William Hallaran (1938-2022), and his wife the former Olivia de Tessier (born circa 1950), now of Mere, Wilshire, & Lucinda Katherine Norton (born 1994), daughter of Richard W. Norton, of Rendcomb, Gloucestershire, and his wife the former Caroline Taylor.

Charles is descended from the Ballantine-Dykes landed gentry family, and from the Howard Earls of Carlisle (who themselves descend from the Howard Dukes of Norfolk)

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Charlotte Anne Gerard Sethi (née Buxton) 1955-2025

  Charlotte Anne Gerard Sethi, who died 18 March, 2025, aged 69, was a scion of the Buxton baronets.

She was born 25 September, 1955, the elder daughter of Lieutenant Commander Gerard St John Roden Buxton, RN (1927-2008), and his wife the former Judith Averil Campbell (1927-2021), a granddaughter of the 1st Baron Colgrain, JP (1866-1954). Charlotte was a sister of Sir Crispin Buxton, 8th Baronet.

She married in 1981, (Sardar) Mandhir Singh Sethi (who died a week after his wife), by whom she had issue, two daughters, Selina (born 1984), and Hermione (born 1988).

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Thursday, April 17, 2025

Victoria Alexandra Elise More Nisbett (born 2025)

 India More Nisbett (née Williamson), wife of Charles Nielson George More Nisbett (born 1984), scion of that Scottish landed gentry family, gave birth to a daughter, Victoria Alexandra Elise, 11 April, 2025, a sister for Elizabeth Sarah Rose, who was born 20 May, 2023.

India, from Houston, Texas, married circa 2021, Charles More Nisbett, younger son of (George) Alan More Nisbett (born 1940), of The Drum, Edinburgh, and his wife the former Patrea Evelyn MacDonald.

 Charles More Nisbett is a great-great grandson of Lady Agnes Dalrymple, daughter of the 9th Earl of Stair.

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Hanbury/Stopford Sackville engagement

 The engagement was announced 17 Apr, 2025, between George Snowden Hanbury (born 18 August, 1989), scion of the LG family of that name of Drumstinchall, Kirkcudbrightshire formerly of Poles, the only son of Nigel John Hanbury (born 4 March, 1957), of West Harting, Sussex, and his wife the former Daphne E. Boyle, and Ela Lucinda Stopford Sackville (born 8 April, 1995), scion of the Earls of Courtown, the eldest daughter of Charles Lionel Stopford Sackville (born 14 February, 1961), of Lowick, Northamptonshire, and his former wife the former Shona McKinney (born 6 April, 1960) (now Mrs Shona Wilkinson, of Battersea).

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Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Evander Canning Jin Zhou Kwan Loyd (born 2025)

 Stephanie Loyd (née Kwan), wife of James Canning (Jamie) Loyd (born 1 September, 1988), scion of the Loyd landed gentry family formerly of Monk's Orchard, gave birth to a son, Evander Canning Jin Zhou Kwan, 11 April, 2025.

Stephanie Rachael May Wah Loyd is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Steve Kwan of Whitebridge, New South Wales.

Jamie Loyd is the elder son of David William Arnold Loyd (born 4 January, 1949), of Mildenhall, Wiltshire, and his wife the former Anabel Laura Dorothy Morrison (born 31 Dec, 1955), scion of the Barons Margadale.

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Wade/Monteith engagement

 The engagement was announced 16 April, 2025, between Joshua B. Wade, son of Mr & Mrs Chris Wade, of Towersey, Oxfordshire, and Marina Catherine E. Monteith (born 1996), daughter of Desmond Monteith, of Oxhill, Warwickshire, and his wife the former Emma Jenefer Seyfried (born 1964), daughter of Capt John Beeton Seyfried, Royal Horse Guards (who died 28 March, 2008, aged 84), and his 2nd wife the former Anne Daphne Holbech, scion of that landed gentry family.

Marina Monteith is a niece of David John Seyfried Herbert, 19th Baron Herbert (born 2 March, 1952).

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The 4th Baron Forres 1946-2025

 Lord Forres the fourth Baron, died in Orange, New South Wales, 12 April, 2025. He was 78.

Alastair Stephen Grant Williamson was born 16 May, 1946, son of John, 3rd Baron Forres (1922-1978), and his first wife the former Gillian Ann MacLean Grant, 1st daughter of Maj John MacLean Grant, of The Cavalry Club, Piccadilly, London, and succeeded to the peerage (cr UK, 1922), and the family baronetcy (Cr UK, 1909), on his father's death, 22 September, 1978.

He took his seat as a Crossbencher in the House of Lords on his father's death in 1978, but lost his seat with the eviction of the hereditary peers in Blair's reform of the upper house in Nov 1999.

He married 2 May, 1969, Margaret Ann Mallam, daughter of George John Mallam, of Mullumbimby, New South Wales, Australia, by whom he had issue, two sons, the Hon George Archibald Mallam Williamson (born 16 Aug, 1972), and the Hon Guthrie John Williamson (born 14 Apr, 1975). The elder son succeeds as 5th Baron Forres.

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Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Sarah Tate (died 2025)

 Sarah Tate, died 6 April, 2025, aged 88. She was a daughter of Lieut-Col. Angus John Campbell Rose (1909-1981), of Comrie, Perthshire, by his first wife the former Alison Margaret Logan Beveridge (1908-60) ; and married 7 December, 1960, William Nicolas Tate (born 19 Nov, 1934), scion of the Tate Bts, second son of Sir Henry Tate, 4th Baronet (1902-1994), and his wife the former Lilian Nairne Gregson-Ellis (1901-1984), by whom she had issue, 4 children. She is survived by two, a son, Rupert (born 13 Nov, 1962), and a daughter, Georgina (born 8 March, 1969). She had a daughter, Melissa (1964-69), and a son who lived for 2 days in 1966.

Her husband predeceased her, 24 September, 2022.

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Jennifer Mary Stevenson-Hamilton (née Habershon) 1933-2025

 Jennifer Mary Stevenson-Hamilton (née Habershon), died 8 April, 2025. She was 91.

She was born 10 May, 1933, the second daughter of the Rev Francis Edward Habershon (1886-1968), and his wife the former Norah May Fairlie Dobbs (1900-1992), scion of that landed gentry family; and married 9 June, 1960, James Christopher Stevenson-Hamilton, 17th of Fairholm (born 21 May, 1933), head of that landed family, son of James Stevenson-Hamilton (1867-1957), by his wife the former Hilda Cholmondeley (1901-1979), scion of that landed family, by whom she had issue, three sons, James (born 26 Apr, 1962), Andrew (born 23 Feb, 1965), and John (born 31 May, 1969).

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Sir Andrew John Alexander Ogilvy-Wedderburn, 7th Baronet 1952-2025

 Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Andrew Ogilvy-Wedderburn, 7th Baronet, died 9 April, 2025. He was 72. 

Sir Andrew was a bobsledder. He competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics and the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Andrew John Alexander Ogilvy-Wedderburn was born 4 August, 1952, the only son of Sir John Peter Ogilvy-Wedderburn, 6th Baronet (1917-1977), and his wife the former Elizabeth Katharine Cox (who died 8 Nov, 2003); and succeeded to the baronetcy (cr UK, 1803), on his father's death, 13 August, 1977.

The baronet, and officer in the Black Watch, of Silvie, Alyth, Perthshire, married 1stly, 1984 (div) Gillian Meade Adderley, daughter of Richard Boyle Adderley; and married 2ndly, 8 March, 2014, Fiona Margaret Anne Beaton.

He is survived by his second wife, Fi, and issue from his first marriage, two sons, Peter (b 20 Apr, 1987), his twin, Geordie, and a daughter, Katherine (b 1985). He was predeceased by a son, Sam (1990-1992).

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Monday, April 14, 2025

Robert James Scott-Kerr 1933-2025

 Robert James Scott-Kerr, who died 4 April, 2025, was a scion of that landed gentry family.

He was born 9 December, 1933, son of William Francis Scott-Kerr (1896-1976), and his wife the former Annette Abrahams; and married in 1962, Ann Sagar, by whom he had issue, a son and a daughter.

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The Hon Esmond Vyvyan Harmsworth 1967-2025

 The Hon Esmond Vyvyan Harmsworth, one of North America's leading literary agents for business, entrepreneurship and management books, died 9 April, 2025, while on holiday in Mauritius. He was 57.

A half uncle of the 4th Viscount Rothermere, chairman of Daily Mail and General Trust plc, Esmond lived in Boston in the US, where he had a hugely successful business representing authors from across the publishing spectrum.

His clients included the New York Times bestseller and the number one Wall Street Journal business bestseller Breakthrough: Secrets of America's Fastest Growing Companies by Keith McFarland; Amanda Ripley's New York Times bestseller The Smartest Kids in the World – And How They Got That Way; and Michelle Hoover's acclaimed 2016 literary novel Bottomland.

He was born 18 June, 1967, son of the 2nd Viscount Rothermere (1898-1978), by his third wife Mrs Mary Ohrstrom (former wife of Richard Ohrstrom, of The Plains, Virginia, USA), and eldest daughter of Kenneth Murchison, of Dallas, Texas, USA.

Mr Harmsworth was a younger half-brother of the 3rd Viscount Rothermere (1925-1998), and a half-uncle of the present 4th Viscount (born 3 Dec, 1967).

He was named after his father and was a half-brother of Vere, the 3rd Viscount. He was educated at Eton and Brown University in America from where he graduated magna cum laude in history and history of art. 

From 1992 to 1995 he studied at Harvard Law School, graduating cum laude. He was a founding partner of the former Zachary Shuster Harmsworth Literary Agency which in 2016 merged with Kuhn Projects to form Aevitas Creative of which Esmond was president. Each year he sponsored the Esmond Harmsworth lecture at Oxford University's Rothermere American Institute.

With his husband Jerôme Buet, Esmond was the father of two children, Alfred and Liliane. 

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Ferdinando Edward Nicholas Fairfax (born 2025)

 Antigone Serena Cleopatra Fairfax (nee Quirini, born 24 April, 1987), wife of the Hon Edward Nicholas Thomas Fairfax [born 20 September, 1984], scion of the Lords Fairfax of Cameron, gave birth to a son, Ferdinando Edward Nicholas, 29 March, 2025, a brother for Olympia Jane Annabel, who was born 5 October, 2022.

Antigone is a daughter of Ms Jane Quirini, of Broadway, Worcestershire. The Hon Edward Fairfax is the eldest son and heir of the 14th Lord Fairfax of Cameron [born 4 January, 1956], of Bembridge, Isle of Wight, by his wife the former Annabel Ruth Morriss.

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Sunday, April 13, 2025

Son for Alexander Dru and his wife Lady Tatiana Mountbatten

 The Lady Tatiana Helen Georgia Dru (nee Mountbatten, born 16 April, 1990), wife of Alexander Bernard Molyneux Dru [born 25 August, 1991], gave birth to a son, Auberon James George (to be known as Albie), 14 March, 2025, a brother for  Elodie, who was born 20 September, 2023.

Lady Tatiana posted news of the birth on her Instagram page.

Lady Tatiana is a scion of the Marquesses of Milford Haven and descended from Queen Victoria, daughter of the 4th Marquess of Milford Haven [born 6 June, 1961], and his first wife the former Sarah Georgina Walker [born 1961, now Lady Spencer, of Alresford].

Alexander Dru is the son of Bernard Auberon Alexander Dru [born 29 December, 1951], of Bickham, Somerset, and his wife the former Catherine Margaret Norden [born 1960].

Royal Lineage of the baby :-

HM Queen Victoria > Princess Alice > Princess Victoria of Hesse  > George, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven > David, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven > George, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven > Lady Tatiana Mountbatten > Albie Dru

Dru descent from the Earls of Carnarvon:-

The 4th Earl of Carnarvon > Hon Aubrey Herbert > Gabriel Mary Hermione Herbert > Bernard Dru > Alick Dru > Albie Dru

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