Grace Iola Lawson Johnston

Christabel Lawson Johnston (b. 1981, nee Brudenell-Bruce), wife of Edward P. Lawson Johnston (b. 1979), gave birth to a daughter, Grace Iola, 5 June, 2006.
Edward Lawson Johnston is a scion of the Barons Luke (created 1929), twin son of the Hon. Philip Richard Lawson Johnston (b. 1950), by his wife the former Saskia Moyne Andrews, & Mrs Lawson Johnston is the formefr Christabel Marie-Jeanne Brudenell-Bruce, scion of the Marquesses of Ailesbury, daughter of Andrew Robert Joel Brudenell-Bruce (b. 1951), by his wife, the former Sophie Inch.
Edward Lawson Johnston is a grandson of the late 2nd Baron Luke, KCVO.

Source: Daily Telegraph 30 June 2006

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Mac Pilkington

Candida S. Pilkington (nee Thring) wife of David Christopher Pilkington [b. 1963], gave birth to a son, Mac, 30 May, 2006, a brother for Sky Davina, who was b. 29 May, 2004.
David Pilkington is the second son of Sir Antony Richard Pilkington, Kt [of the family of Pilkington of Windle Hall], by his wife, the former Alice Kirsty Dundas, & Candida is the younger daughter of Mr & Mrs Jeremy Thring, of Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts.
David Pilkington is a grandson maternally of Sir Thomas Calderwood Dundas, of Arniston, 7th and last Baronet.

Source: Daily Telegraph 28 June, 2006

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Nina Rose Greenall

Laura Greenall, wife of the Hon. John Edward ( Johnny) Greenall, yr son of the 3rd Baron Daresbury, gave birth to a daughter, Nina Rose, 21 June, 2006, at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, a sister for unknown boy Greenall, b. 18 June, 2001, and for Martha Anne, who was b. 10 February, 2004.Laura Greenall is the only daughter of the late Nicholas [Nico] Collin, of Whytherstone House, Pockley, York, by his 2nd wife the former Lady Clarissa Duncombe (b. 1938), only daughter of the 3rd and last Earl of Feversham(1906-63), by his wife the former Lady Anne Dorothy Wood, daughter of the 1st Earl of Halifax. Johnny Greenall's first wife, Gabrielle, stood sponsor at the christening of Princess Eugenie of York in 1990.

Source: Daily Telegraph 28 June 2006

Joynson-Hicks/Muir engagement

The engagement was announced 29 June 2006 between the Hon Paul William Joynson-Hicks (b. 1971), son and heir of the 4th Viscount Brentford (b. 1933) of Spring Hill, Broad Oak, Nr Heathfield, East Sussex, and Viscountess Brentford, & Catharine E. Muir, daughter Mr Richard Muir, of Lower Molo, Kenya, and Mrs Peter Michelmore, of Abu Dhabi and London.

Source: The Times 29 June 2006

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Edwards/Spiegelberg engagement

The engagement was announced 29 June 2006 between Nicholas J.H. Edwards, son of Mr & Mrs Francois Edwards, of Micheldever, Hampshire, and Diana M.F. Spiegelberg, daughter of Mr A. William A. Spiegelberg, of Tarporley, Cheshire, by his wife (from 1973) the former Mary Rose Birch, scion of the BLG family of Birch formerly of Clare Park, who married firstly, 1961, the Hon Hugh Henry Montagu Stanley (who d. 1971), scion of the Earls of Derby.Diana Spiegelberg is a half-sister of the 18th Earl of Derby.

Source: Daily Telegraph 29 June 2006

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Baron Rawlinson of Ewell, PC, QC

The Baron Rawlinson of Ewell, PC, QC, who died 28 June, 2006, aged 87, was, as Peter Rawlinson, Conservative MP for Epsom, 1955-74 & for Epsom and Ewell, 1974-78, and was Solicitor General, 1962-64, Attorney-General, 1970-74. He was b. 26 June, 1919, son of Lt-Col Arthur Richard Rawlinson, OBE (d. 1984), of Ferring, Sussex, descended from the Grayson Baronets; married (1) 1940 (div 1954) (marriage later annulled by Sacred Rota, Rome), Haidee, daughter of Gerald Kavanagh; (2) 1954, his kinswoman Elaine Angela Dominguez, also descended from the Grayson Barts, daughter of Vincent Luis Dominguez, of Rhode Island, USA, & had issue from both unions. His grandson, Luke Irwin married Alice Elliot, niece of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall.

Source: Daily Telegraph 29 June, 2006

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2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, CB, OBE, MC (1915-2006)

Major-General the 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, CB, OBE, MC, died at his home, 22 June, 2006. He was 90. Gilbert Walter Riversdale Monckton was b. 3 Nov, 1915, son of the 1st Viscount (aka Sir Walter Monckton, GCVO, KCMG, MC, PC, QC) sometime Attorney-General to the Duchy of Cornwall, a great friend and adviser to Edward VIII (afterwards Duke of Windsor), Tory MP, and Minister of Defence and Paymaster General in the 1950s; by his 1st wife Mary Adelaide Somes Colyer-Ferguson, of the Colyer-Ferguson Baronets. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge; Career:- Major-Gen (retired), late the 12th Royal Lancers, formerly 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards; Colonel 9/12th Royal Lancers 1967-73; Hon Colonel, Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry 1974-79; Deputy Chairman, Gulf Gaurantee Bank; Director of Public Relations, War Office, 1960-65, and Chief of Staff, HQ BAOR, 1965-67; President, Kent Association of Boys' Clubs, 1965-78; President, Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies since 1965; Deputy Lieutenant for Kent; Bailiff Grand Cross of Obedience Sovereign Military Order of Malta and KStJ (Chairman of the Council of the Order of St John for Kent 1969-75); Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold II; Cdr Order of the Crown of Belgium; Bailiff Grand Cross of Justice Constantinian Order of St George; OBE (Mil) 1956; CB (Mil) 1966; succeeded to the viscountcy (created in 1957) on the demise of his father, 1965; married 1950, Marianna Laetitia, daughter of Cdr Robert Tatton Bower, RN, descended from the Baron Strickland (ext.)., by whom he had issue, sons, Christopher, Timothy, Jonathan and Anthony, and daughter Rosamond, wife of the Hon Dominic Lawson (son of the life peer Baron Lawson of Blaby). Rosamond Monckton was a great friend of Diana, Princess of Wales. The peerage now devolves upon his eldest son, the Hon Christopher Walter Monckton, b. 14 Feb, 1952. The funeral is at All Saints Church, Brenchley, 30 June, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 26 June 2006

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Baron Bruce-Lockhart

The life peerage awarded to Sir Alexander John Bruce-Lockhart, OBE (1995) has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron BRUCE-LOCKHART, of The Weald in the County of Kent. (Source: Daily Telegraph 13 June 2006). He was b. 4 May 1942, son of John McGregor Bruce-Lockhart, CMG (1951), CB (1966), OBE (1944), who was with MI6 (b. 9 May 1914; d. 1995 Source Daily Telegraph 10 May 1995), by his wife, whom he married in 1939, Margaret Evelyn Hone, and was educated at Dragon School, Oxford; Sedbergh School, Yorks. Career: - sometime Leader of Kent County Council; President of Maidstone Conservative Assoc, 1993-98, &c. He married in 1966, Tess Pressland, by whom he has 2 sons 1 daughter. Lord Bruce-Lockhart's paternal grandfather was J.H. Bruce-Lockhart, sometime Headmaster of Sedbergh School. JH Bruce-Lockhart was a brother of Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce-Lockhart,KCMG (1943), author, broadcaster, journalist & diplomat, b. 2 Sept 1887; died at Hove, Sussex, 27 Feb 1973, aged 82 (Source Yorkshire Post 28 Feb 1973), author of Memoirs of a British Agent, married (i) 1913 (div 1938), Jean Haslewood Turner, daughter of Leonard Turner, of Kinellan, Brisbane, Australia; married (ii) 1948, Frances Mary, daughter of Major-General E.A. Beck. Lord Bruce-Lockhart's great-grandfather was R. Bruce-Lockhart, of Eagle House, Sandhurst, Berks, by his wife Florence Stuart Macgregor.
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Baron Taylor of Holbeach

The life barony recently awarded to John Derek Taylor, CBE (1992) has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron TAYLOR of HOLBEACH, of South Holland in the County of Lincolnshire. (Source: Daily Telegraph 2 June 2006). He was b. 12 Nov 1943, son of Percy Otto Taylor byhis wife Ethel Brocklehurst, and was educated at Holbeach Primary School, St Felix School, Felixstowe; Bedford School. Career: lately Deputy Chairman, Conservative Party and Chairman, National Conservative Convention, &c. He married 1968, Julia Aileen Cunnington, daughter of Leslie Cunnington, of Bedford, by his wife Evelyn. 2 sons.

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Baron Burnett

The life peerage awarded to John Patrick Aubone Burnett has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron BURNETT, of Whitchurch in the County of Devon. (Source: Daily Telegraph 2 June 2006). He was born 19 Sept 1945, son of Lt-Col Aubone Burnett, OBE, by his wife the former Joan Bolt, and educated at Ampleforth College. Career: served in the Royal Marines 1964-70; admitted a solicitor, 1975; Partner, the Senior Partner, Burd Pearse, Okehampton, 1976-97; Member of the Law Society Revenue Law Committee, 1984-96; sometime Liberal Dem MP for Devon West and Torridge; farmer from 1976; married 1971, Elizabeth Sherwood de la Mare, daughter of Sir Arthur James de la Mare, KCMG, KCVO, British Ambassador to Thailand, 1970-73 (b. Jersey, Channel Islands, 15 Feb, 1914; d. Jersey, 15 Dec 1994: Source. D.Telegraph 19 Dec 1994), by his wife Katherine Elizabeth. Sir Arthur's father was Walter de la Mare, of Jersey...

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Baroness Kingsmill

The life barony awarded to Denise Patricia Byrne Kingsmill, CBE (2000), has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baroness KINGSMILL, of Holland Park in the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. (Source: Daily Telegraph 3 June 2006). She was sometime a Deputy Chairman, Competition (formerly Monopolies and Mergers) Commission from 1997; b. 24 Apr 1947, daughter of Patrick Henry Byrne, by his wife Hester Jean, and was educated at Girton College, Cambridge. Married 1970 (div 2002) David Gordon Kingsmill. Appointed CBE 2000.


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Baron Teverson

The life peerage awarded to Mr Robin Teverson has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron TEVERSON, of Tregony in the County of Cornwall. (Source: Daily Telegraph 3 June 2006). He was b. 31 Mar 1952, son of Dr Crofton Teverson, and educated at Exeter Univ.
Career: Member of the European Parl (Lib Dem) for Cornwall and West Plymouth, 1994-99; latterly, Chairman, Finance South West Ltd from 1999. Married 1975, Rosemary Anne Young, by whom he has 2 daughters.

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Baron Trimble, PC

The life peerage awarded to the Rt Hon (William) David Trimble, PC, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron TRIMBLE, of Lisnagarvey in the County of Antrim (Source: Daily Telegraph 6 June 2006). He was b. 15 Oct 1944, son of William Trimble, by his wife Ivy, and was educated at Bangor Grammar School, and Queen's Univ, Belfast. Career: Ulster Unionist MP for Upper Bann, and sometime Leader, Ulster Unionist Party; married 1978, Daphne Orr, by whom he has 2 sons and 2 daughters. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1998.

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Baroness Verma

The life peerage awarded to Mrs Sandip Verma has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baroness VERMA, of Leicester in the County of Leicestershire.

Source: Daily Telegraph 6 June 2006

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Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

The life peerage awarded to Ms Margaret Beryl Jones has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baroness JONES of WHITCHURCH, of Whitchurch in the County of South Glamorgan.

(Source: Daily Telegraph 7 June, 2006)

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Baroness Ford

The life peerage awarded to Mrs Margaret Anne Ford has been gazetted in the name style and title of Baroness FORD, of Cunninghame in North Ayrshire. (Daily Telegraph 7 June, 2006). She was b. 16 Dec 1957, daughter of Edward Garland, by his wife Susan, and educated at Glasgow Univ. Career: sometime Chief Executive Officer, Good Practice Ltd; Chairman, English Partnerships. Married (i) Mr (Unknown Forename) Ford; married (ii) David Arthur Bolger.

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Baron Leach of Fairford

The life peerage awarded to Charles Guy Rodney Leach has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron LEACH of FAIRFORD, of Fairford in the County of Gloucestershire. (Source: Daily Telegraph 8 June, 2006). He was b. 1 June 1934, son of Charles Harold Leach and Nora Eunice Ashworth, and educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford. Career: Director, Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd from 1984; Deputy Chairman, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc from 1997; married (i) 1963, Felicity Ballantyne (div 1989) by whom he had 2 sons and 3 daughters; married (ii) 1993, Mrs Jessica Violet Douglas-Home, painter, freelance theatre, set and costume designer (she was b. 7 Feb 1944) daughter of John Gwynne by his wife Patricia Morrison-Bell (of the Morrison-Bell Baronets) and married (i) 1966, Charles Cospatrick Douglas-Home (b. 1 Sept, 1937; d. 29 Oct 1995. Source: The Times 30 Oct 1985) sometime editor of The Times, scion of the Earls of Home, by whom she had 2 sons.

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Baron Sheikh

The life peerage awarded to Mr Mohamed Iltaf Sheikh has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron SHEIKH, of Cornhill in the City of London.

(Source: Daily Telegraph 8 June 2006).

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Baron Morrow

The life peerage awarded to Mr Maurice George Morrow has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron MORROW, of Clogher Valley in the County of Tyrone.

(Source: Daily Telegraph 9 June 2006)

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Baron Morris of Handsworth

The life peerage awarded to Sir William Manuel Morris has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron MORRIS of HANDSWORTH, of Handsworth in the County of West Midlands.

(Source: Daily Telegraph 9 June 2006)

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Baron Marland

The life peerage awarded to Jonathan Peter Marland has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron MARLAND, of Odstock in the County of Wiltshire.

(Daily Telegraph 10 June 2006)

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Baron Patel of Bradford

The life peerage awarded to Professor Kamlesh Kumar Patel has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron PATEL of BRADFORD, of Bradford in the County of West Yorkshire.

(Source: Daily Telegraph 10 June 2006)

Baron James of Blackheath

The life peerage awarded to Mr David Noel James has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron JAMES of BLACKHEATH, of Wildbrooks in the County of West Sussex.

(Source: Daily Telegraph 13 June 2006)

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Baron Bradley

The life peerage awarded to Keith John Charles Bradley, PC (2001), has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron BRADLEY, of Withington in the County of Greater Manchester. (Source: Daily Telegraph 14 June 2006). He was b. 17 May 1950, and educated at Manchester Polytechnic. Career: sometime Labour MP for Manchester Withington. Sworn of the Privy Council in 2001. He was Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip) 1998-2001; Minister of State, Home Office, 2001-02; &c.

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Baron Browne of Belmont

The life peerage awarded to Mr Wallace Hamilton Browne has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron BROWNE of BELMONT, of Belmont in the County of Antrim. (Source: Daily Telegraph 14 June, 2006)

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Baroness Butler-Sloss, DBE

The life peerage awarded to Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss DBE (1979), PC (1988) has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baroness BUTLER-SLOSS, of Marsh Green in the County of Devon. (Daily Telegraph 15 June 2006). She was born Ann Elizabeth Oldfield Havers, 10 Aug 1933, daughter of Sir Cecil Havers, QC by his wife Enid Snelling, and a sister of Sir Michael Havers, The Baron Havers, sometime Lord High Chancellor of Gt Britain. Dame Elizabeth was President of the Family Division from 1999; married 1958, Joseph William Alexander Butler-Sloss (b. 16 Nov 1926) Chairman, 1992 Delimitation Commission, Botswana, 1992-93, son of Francis Alexander Sloss by his wife Alice Mary Frances Violet Patchell. Baroness Butler-Sloss's husband was a Barrister, a Recorder 1972-84, a Judge of the High Court of Kenya 1984-90; Hon Editor, The Irish Genealogist, 1993-2001, &c.

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Baron Low of Dalston

The life peerage awarded to Mr Colin MacKenzie Low, CBE (2000), has been gazetted in the name style and title of Baron LOW of DALSTON, of Dalston in the London Borough of Hackney. (Source: Daily Telegraph 16 June 2006)

He was Chairman of the Royal National Institute of the Blind from 2000. Born 23 Aug 1942, son of Arthur Eric Low and his wife Catherine Cameron. Married 1969, Jill Irene Coton, 1 son 1 daughter. Educated at Worcester College for the Blind; Queen's College Oxford. E-mail colin.low@rnib.org.uk

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Baroness Paisley of St. George's

The life peerage awarded to Mrs Eileen Emily Paisley has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baroness PAISLEY of ST GEORGE'S, of St George's in the County of Antrim. (Source: Daily Telegraph 16 June 2006)

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Baron Boyd of Duncansby, QC

The life peerage awarded to Mr Colin David Boyd, QC (1995), PC (2000), has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron BOYD of DUNCANSBY, of Duncansby in Caithness. (Source: Daily Telegraph 17 June, 2006). He was appointed Lord Advocate, Scottish Executive in 2000; b. 7 June 1953, son of Dr David Hugh Aird Boyd by his wife Mrs Betty Meldrum Boyd; married 1979, Fiona Margaret MacLeod; 2 sons 1 dau. Educated at Wick High School; George Watson's College, Edinburgh; Called to the Scottish Bar 1983; Solocitor-General for Scotland, 1997-99, &c.

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Baroness Meacher

The life peerage awarded to Ms Molly Christine Meacher has been gazetted in the name style and title of Baroness MEACHER, of Spitalfields in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets (Source: Daily Telegraph 20 June 2006). She married in 1991, Peter Richard Grenville Layard (b. 15 Mar 1934) created a life Baron in 2000, as Baron LAYARD, of Highgate in the London Borough of Haringey. He was Prof of Economics, London School of Economics, 1980-99, son of Dr John Layard, by his wife, Doris.

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Baron Bilimoria

The life peerage awarded to Mr Karan Faridoon Bilimoria has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron BILIMORIA, of Chelsea in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

(Source: Daily Telegraph 20 June 2006)

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Baron Dear

The life peerage awarded to Sir Geoffrey James Dear, Knt (1997), QPM (1982), has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron DEAR, of Willersey in the County of Gloucestershire (Source: Daily Telegraph 20 June 2006). Sir Geoffrey was Vice Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire, 1998-2001; HM Inspector of Constabulary, 1990-77; b. 20 Sept 1937, son of Cecil William Dear by his wife Violet Mildred Mackney; married firstly, 1958, Judith Anne Stocker (d. 1996) 1 son, 2 daughters; married secondly, 1998, Alison Jean Martin Jones. Residing in 2003 at The Old Rectory, Willersey, Gloucestershire.

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Baron Rowe-Beddoe

The life barony awarded to Sir David Sydney Rowe-Beddoe, Knt (2000) has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron ROWE-BEDDOE, of Kilgetty in the County of Dyfed. (Daily Telegraph 20 June, 2006). He was Chairman of Wales Millennium Centre from 2001; b. 19 Dec 1937, son of Sydney Rowe-Beddoe by his wife Dolan Evans, and was educ at Cathedral School, Llandaff; Stowe School; married (i) 1964, Malinda Collison (div 1982) 3 daughters; married (ii) 1984, Madeleine Harrison.

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The Baron Crisp

The life barony awarded to Sir Edmund Nigel Ramsay Crisp has been gazetted in the name style and title of Baron CRISP, of Eaglescliffe in the County of Durham. (Source: Daily Telegraph 3 May 2006)
He was b. 14 Jan 1952, son of Edmund Theodore Crisp by his wide Dorothy Shephard Ramsay, and was educated at Uppingham School, and St John's College, Cambridge; career:- Permanent Secretary, Department of Health, and National Health Service Chief Executive from 2000. Married 1976, Sian Elaine Jenkins, 1 son, 1 daughter.

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Frankopan/Oppenheim engagement

PRINCE NICHOLAS DE FRANKOPAN AND MISS N. OPPENHEIM

The engagement is announced between Prince Nicholas, second son of Prince and Princess Louis Doimi de Frankopan, of Kensington, London, and Natasha, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Nicholas Oppenheim, of Kensington, London.

Source: The Times

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Brocket/Warren marriage

The marriage took place 24 June 2006, in France, between Charles Ronald George Nall-Cain, 3rd Baron Brocket (b. 12 Feb 1952), son of the Hon. Ronald Charles Manus Nall-Cain (1928-61), of Brocket Hall, by his wife Elizabeth Mary (now Mrs Colin John Richard Trotter, of Tetsworth, Oxfordshire); & Harriet V. Warren, daughter of Mr James Warren, of Port-Vendres, France, and Mrs Neville Hughes, of Overton, Hampshire.
Lord Brocket (who succeeded his grandfather in the peerage in 1967) married 1stly, in the United States, Sept 1982 (div 1994) Isabell Maria Lorenzo, only dau. of Gustavo Lorenzo, of Whaleneck Drive, Merrick, Long Island, New York, USA, by whom he has issue, 2 sons and 1 daughter.

Source: Daily Mail 23 June 2006

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Prince Friedrich Karl Viktor Stephan Christian of Prussia

Prince Friedrich Karl Viktor Stephan Christian of Prussia, b. at Klein-Glienicke, 13 March, 1919, son of Prince Joachim Viktor Wilhelm Leopold Friedrich Sigismund of Prussia (1891-1927), by his wife Princess Maria Luise of Schaumburg-Lippe (1897-1938); married (i) at Nikolskoe, Berlin-Wannsee, 13 Dec 1961, Lady Hermione Mary Morton (b. Johannesburg, 2 Mar 1925; d. as the result of a riding accident at Moray, Scotland, 2 Sept 1969), former wife of Commander John Oliver Roberts, RN, and only daughter of Archibald John Morton Stuart, 19th Earl of Moray; married (ii) at Rottach-Egern, Bavaria, 11 Feb 1974 (div. 1978), Adelheid (b. Soest, 16 Sept 1943), dau of Florens von Bockum-Dolffs, by his wife Ursula von Krause. No issue by either union; died at Mallorca, Spain, 19 June 2006, aged 87.

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Palmer Gilhooly/Mitford engagement

The engagement was announced 22 June 2006, between Dr Ralph Palmer Gilhooly, son of Professor Geoff Palmer, OBE, & Mrs Angela Gilhooly, of Edinburgh, & the Hon. Georgina Clementine Mitford (b. 1968), 6th daughter of the 5th Baron Redesdale (1932-91), by his wife Sarah Georgina, Baroness Redesdale, of London, daughter of Brig. Alston Cranstoun Todd, OBE.

Source: The Times 22 June 2006

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Aitken/Proby engagement

The engagement was announced 21 June 2006, between the Hon. (Alexander) Rory Aitken (b. 1978), 2nd son of the 3rd Baron Beaverbrook (b. 1951), of Denchworth Manor, Oxfordshire, by his wife the former Susan Angela More O'Ferrall (b. 1948), daughter of the late Francis Ambrose More O'Ferrall (d. 1976), by his wife Angela Mary Mather Jackson (b. 1925), of the Jackson Baronets (cr. 1869), & Alexandra Meredyth Anne Proby (b. 1980), scion of the Proby Baronets (cr. 1952), eldest daughter of Sir William Henry Proby, 3rd Baronet (b. 1949), by his wife the former Meredyth Anne Brentnall.

Source: Daily Telegraph 21 June 2006


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Ethel, Lady Sykes

Ethel, Lady Sykes, who died 18 June, 2006, aged 94, at Ludlow, was the 3rd wife and widow of Sir Francis Godfrey Sykes, 9th Baronet. She was Ethel, daughter of Lt-Col. John Sinclair Liddell, and married (i) Brian G. Macartney-Filgate, & (ii) Commander W. Graeme Ogden, DSC, RNVR, and (iii) 1985, Sir Francis Sykes, Bt, who d. in 1990. She was the Mother of Antonia Lanza D'Ajeta and Alex Macartney-Filgate, and was grandmother of Erica. Memorial Service at St Laurence's Church, Ludlow, 27 June, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 22 Jun 2006

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Isabel, Lady Napier

Isabel, Lady Napier, who died 20 June, 2006, aged 99, was the widow of Sir Joseph William Lennox Napier, 4th Baronet, who died in 1986.She was the former Isabel Muriel Surtees, dau of Maj. Henry Siward Balliol Surtees, JP, DL, of Redworth Hall, County Durham, and married in 1931. She was the mother of Sir Robert (Robin) Surtees Napier, 5th Bt (who d. 1994), and of John Lennox Napier (b. 1934), and grandmother of Sir Charles Joseph Napier, 6th Bt. Requiem Mass at Holy Redeemer, Cheyne Road, Chelsea, 30 June, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 22 June 2006

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Oskar Robert George Leighton

Emma Blanche Leighton (nee Lacon) b. 1973, wife of Benjamin J.F. Leighton, gave birth to a son, Oskar Robert George, 17 June, 2006, at Dubai. Ben Leighton is the only son of Mr and Mrs Robert Leighton, of Great Wolford, Warwickshire, and Emma is the younger daughter of Mr George Julius Lacon (b.1938), of Diptford, Devon, scion of the Lacon Baronets, and Mrs Lacon.

Source: Daily Telegraph 22 June 2006

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Hector Frederick Harper

The Hon. Emily Moyra Harper (nee Cavendish) b. 1980, wife of Dr. Benjamin C.T. Harper, gave birth to a son, Hector Frederick, at St Thomas's Hospital, 16 June, 2006. Dr Harper is the son of Dr. Peter Harper, of London, and the late Mrs Peter Harper, of Knightsbridge, London, & Emily is the younger daughter of the life peer Baron Cavendish of Furness (b. 1941), of Holker Hall, Cumbria, scion of the Dukes of Devonshire, by his wife, the former Grania Mary Caulfeild (scion of the Viscounts Charlemont).

Source: Daily Telegraph 22 June 2006

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Lady Winefride Alice Freeman (1914-2006)

The Lady Winefride Alice Freeman (nee Fitzalan-Howard), who died at St. Teresa's Residential Care Home, Kensington, 27 May, 2006, aged 91, was the last surviving child of the 12th Duke of Norfolk, KG, PC, CVO (d. 1917), by his 2nd wife, Gwendolen Mary, Lady Herries of Terregles (d. 1945). She was b. 31 Oct 1914; married 7 May, 1943, Lt-Col John Edward Broke Freeman (d. 1986), son of Sir Philip Horace Freeman, KCVO, KBE, by whom she had one son, Charles, and 2 daughters, Mary & Virginia. Career:- JP for Suffolk; President Suffolk Red Cross, 1972-84. She lived in Aldingbourne, West Sussex. The funeral took place at the Cathedral church of St Philip Neri, Arundel, 9 June, 2006, followed by burial at Arundel.

Source: The Times, 31 May 2006

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Charles Noel Janson, DL (1917-2006)

Charles Noel Janson, DL, late the Welsh Guards, b. 25 December, 1917, eldest son of Charles Wilfrid Janson, of 16 Wilton Crescent, London SW1; married 5 January, 1946, Elizabeth Millicent, (24th) Countess of Sutherland (in her own right) (b. 30 Mar 1921); father of 3 sons, (i) Alistair Charles St Clair SUTHERLAND, styled Lord Strathnaver (b. 7 Jan 1947), (ii) the Hon Martin Dearman Sutherland Janson (twin with Alistair b. 1947), and (iii) the Hon Matthew (who d. 1961), and a daughter (i), the Lady Annabel (b. 1952); died at his home 15 June, 2006.

Source: The Times
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Son for Lord and Lady Wrottesley

Baroness Wrottesley, wife of the 6th Baron, gave birth to a son, 19 June, 2006, at Zurich, a brother for the Hon Victor Wrottesley, who was b. at Zurich, 28 January, 2004.
Lord and Lady Wrottesley married on 14 July, 2001, in the Chapel of Regina Pacis, St Moritz. The peer, b. 10 Aug 1968, as Clifton Hugh Lancelot De Verdon Wrottesley, is sixth holder of the barony, (created 1838), and the baronetcy created in 1642. He is son of the late Hon Richard Wrottesley and of Mrs Jonathan Seddon-Brown.
Lady W is the former Sascha Schwarzenbach, daughter of Mr & Mrs Urs Schwarzenbach.

Source: Daily Telegraph 21 June 2006


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Lady Darwin

Lady Darwin, who died at home, 12 June, 2006, was the 2nd wife and widow of Sir Robert Vere "Robin" Darwin, Knt (1964), CBE (1954) (b. 7 May 1910– d. 30 January 1974), who was a British artist and Principal of the Royal College of Art.Her husband was the son of the golf writer Bernard Darwin (scion of that BLG family) and his wife the engraver Elinor Monsell. Robin's sister was the potter Ursula Mommens. Robin Darwin was a great-grandson of the naturalist Charles Darwin.She was the former Ginette Hewitt, daughter of F.W. Hewitt by his wife Adriana Hugh-Smith.Lady Darwin leaves a son Michael and a daughter Angela.A Service of Thanksgiving takes place at St John the Baptist Church, Pewsey, 20 June 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 16 June 2006

Lady Darwin

Lady Darwin, who died at home, 12 June, 2006, was the 2nd wife and widow of Sir Robert Vere "Robin" Darwin, Knt (1964), CBE (1954) (b. 7 May 1910– d. 30 January 1974), who was a British artist and Principal of the Royal College of Art.Her husband was the son of the golf writer Bernard Darwin (scion of that BLG family) and his wife the engraver Elinor Monsell. Robin's sister was the potter Ursula Mommens. Robin Darwin was a great-grandson of the naturalist Charles Darwin.She was the former Ginette Hewitt, daughter of F.W. Hewitt by his wife Adriana Hugh-Smith.Lady Darwin leaves a son Michael and a daughter Angela.A Service of Thanksgiving takes place at St John the Baptist Church, Pewsey, 20 June 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 16 June 2006

Nina Emerald Loudon

Catherine Loudon, wife of (Jonkheer) Anthony James Hugo Loudon (b. 1966), gave birth to a daughter, Nina Emerald, 31 May, 2006, a sister for James Tichborne, who was b. 20 February, 2004. Anthony Loudon is the son of Jonkheer John Loudon, by his wife, the former Anne Denise Doughty-Tichborne (b. 1938), eldest daughter of Sir Anthony Joseph Henry Doughty-Tichborne, 14th Baronet, by his wife Antonia, twin daughter of Sir Harold Edward Snagge, KBE.

Source: Daily Telegraph 17 June 2006


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Parker Bowles/Argiro engagement

The engagement was announced 19 June 2006, between Luke Derek Ian Parker Bowles (b. 1978), scion of the Earls of Macclesfield, son of Simon Humphrey Parker Bowles (b. 1941), of Kensington, London, by his wife Carolyn, daughter of Sir (William) Ian Potter, of Del Rio, Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, Australia, & Deniela Argiro, daughter of Mr & Mrs Mario Argiro, of Florida, United States.
Luke Parker Bowles is a nephew of Andrew Parker Bowles, first husband of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall.


Source: Daily Telegraph 19 June 2006
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Romilly Scarlett Campbell-Gray

Sophie Canmpbell-Gray [nee Alun-Jones], wife of James Campbell-Gray, gave birth to a daughter, Romilly Scarlett, 9 June, 2006, a sister for Constance, who was b. 6 Oct, 2001, and for Lysander Douglas Troy, who was b. 4 April, 2003.

James Douglas Campbell-Gray, [b. 1966], is son of the late Hon Cailain Campbell-Gray, and a nephew of the 22nd Lord Gray. Sophie Campbell-Gray is the youngest daughter of Sir (John) Derek Alun-Jones, Knt (1987) (b. 6 June, 1933), of Effingham, Surrey, by his wife the former Gillian Palmer.

Source: The Times

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2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet

The 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, art collector, Director (formerly Chairman) The Thomson Corporation; died 12 June 2006. He was 82. Kenneth Roy Thomson was born at Toronto, 1 September, 1923, son of the 1st Baron, GBE, founder of Thomson Newspapers, by his wife, Edna Annis (died 1951) daughter of John Irvine, of Drayton, Ontario. Succeeded to the peerage (created in 1964) on teh demise of his father, 1976. Married 1956, Nora Marilyn, daughter of A.V. Lavis, by whom he had 2 sons and 1 daughter. He is succeeded in the peerage by his elder son, the Hon. David Kenneth Roy Thomson, b. 12 June, 1957.

Source: The Times 13 June 2006


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Summer Skye Carly Hardy

Larissa Anne Hardy (nee Heber Percy) b. 1968, wife of Justin Hardy, and daughter of Alan Cyril Heber Percy (scion of the Dukes of Northumberland), & half-sister of the Marquess of Blandford, heir to the Duke of Marlborough, gave birth to a daughter, Summer Skye Carly, 31 May, 2006, a sister for Sam, Ludo, and for Nicolai (Nico) William Justin, who was b. 15 May, 2003.

Source: The Times

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Alice Rose Norrie

Louisa Stewart Norrie (nee Orr), wife of Andrew Guy Norrie, (b. 1970), gave birth to a daughter, Alice Rose, 8 June, 2006. Andrew is the elder son of the Hon Guy Bainbridge Norrie, (b. 1940), of Broughton, Hampshire, half-brother of the 2nd Baron Norrie, by his wife, the former Sarah Georgina Fielding, (b. 1947), of the Earls of Denbigh, and Louisa is the elder daughter of Mr and Mrs David Orr, of Chilfrome, Dorset.

Source: Daily Telegraph 13 June 2006

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Mchedliani/MacLaren of MacLaren engagement

The engagement was announced in June, 2006, between Ilia Mchedliani, elder son of the late Mr Georgi Mchedliani and of Mrs Mchedliani, of Mestia, Svaneti, Georgia, and Iona M. MacLaren of MacLaren, elder daughter of The MacLaren of MacLaren and Madam MacLaren of MacLaren, of Balquhidder, Perthshire. The marriage will take place in Georgia.

Source: The Times

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Major Sir Peter Cecil Clarke, KCVO (1927-2006)

Major Sir Peter Cecil Clarke, KCVO (1992), CVO (1969), LVO (1964); Chief Clerk, Duchy of Lancaster, 1969-92; Extra Equerry to HRH Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy; died 6 June, 2006. He was 78.
He was born 9 Aug 1927, the son of Capt. Edward Denman Clarke, CBE, MC (d. 1966), of Binsted, Isle of Wight, by his wife Maureen Cowie Leitch; and was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Career:-->3rd King's Own Hussars and 14th/20th King's Hussars, 1945-64; Adjutant, 3rd The King's Own Hussars, GSO2 2 Infantry Division, 1959; Seconded as Assistant Private Secretary to HRH Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, 1961-64; Comptroller, 1964-68; Comptroller to HRH Princess Alexandra, 1964-69; Member, Court of Assts, Corp. of Sons of the Clergy, 1987-98; JP for Hampshire, 1971-81.
He married in 1950, Rosemary Virginia Margaret Harmsworth, daughter of T.C. Durham, Appomattox, Virginia, United States, by whom he had one son, Charles, and 2 daughtes, Virginia and Georgina.
The funeral service will take place at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, King's Somborne, Hampshire on Friday 16 June, 2006.A memorial service will be held later in the year.

Source: Daily Telegraph 12 June 2006
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Matilda Jessica Helen Macdonald-Buchanan

Emma L. Macdonald-Buchanan (nee Wakefield) wife of Hugh James Macdonald-Buchanan (b. 1961), gave birth to a daughter, Matilda Jessica Helen, 18 May, 2006, a sister for Hector Hugh John, who was b. 2 September, 2004. Hugh Macdonald-Buchanan is the eldest son of Mr [Alexander] James Macdonald-Buchanan, [b. 1931], of Hawkslaw, Coldstream, and Mrs Elizabeth Vivian Macdonald-Buchanan, [nee Smith], of Inveran, Ross-shire, & Emma is the only daughter of Mr and Mrs John Wakefield, of Northwood, Middlesex, and Kuwait. Hugh Macdonald-Buchanan is a maternal grandson of Maj Sir Reginald Narcissus Macdonald-Buchanan, KCVO, by his wife, the Hon. Catherine Buchanan, daughter of the 1st Baron Woolavington. Hugh's mother is a Smith descendant of the Barons Bicester. His maternal grandfather was Maj the Hon Hugh Adeane Vivian Smith, who married Lady Helen Primrose, daughter of the 6th Earl of Rosebery.

Source: Daily Telegraph 12 June 2006

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Lethbridge/Barkas marriage

The marriage took place, 3 June, 2006, at Fringford Church, between John Francis Buckler Noel Lethbridge (b. 10 March, 1977), son and heir of Sir Thomas Periam Hector Noel Lethbridge, 7th Baronet, of Newmarket, Suffolk, & Susan Lady Lethbridge, of Milverton, Somerset, & Nicola Elizabeth Barkas, 1st daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs Anthony Barkas, of Hardwick, Oxfordshire.

Source: Daily Telegraph 5 June 2006

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Behan/Townsend marriage

The marriage took place, 3 June, 2006, at St James's Church, Newbottle, Northamptonshire, between Philip T. Behan, son of Mr & Mrs Thomas Behan, of Dublin, & Margaret Ann Townsend (b. 1978), youngest daughter of John Richard Townsend, of Newbottle, Northamptonshire, by his wife, the former Lady Juliet Margaret Smith (b. 1941), daughter of the 2nd Earl of Birkenhead.

Source: Daily Telegraph 5 June 2006

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Major Bruce Middleton Hope Shand, MC (1917-2006)

Major Bruce Shand, MC, father of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, died at his home in Dorset, 11 June, 2006. He was aged 89. Maj. Shand was Vice Lord-Lieutenant for the County of East Sussex, 1974-92.Bruce Middleton Hope Shand was born 22 January, 1917, the son of Philip Morton Shand (1888-1960), by his wife the former Edith Marguerite Harrington (1893-1981); and was educated at Rugby and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.Career: --> commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 12th Royal Lancers, 1937, Major 1942; MC and Bar, 1942; wounded and prisoner of war, 1942; retuired from the Army in 1947; Exon, Queen's Body Guard nof the Yeomen of the Guard, 1971, Ensign 1978-85, Adutant and Clerk of the Cheque, 1985-87; Joint or acting Master, Southdown Fox Hounds, 1956-75; Deputy Lieutenant for Sussex, 1962, &c.Publications: "Previous Engagements" (1991).Maj. Shand married 2 January, 1946, the Hon. Rosalind Maud Cubitt (b. 11 Aug 1921; d. 14 July 1994), daughter of the 3rd Baron Ashcombe (1899-1962), by his wife the former Sonia Rosemary Keppel (1900-86), scion of the Earls of Albemarle, by whom he had issue, a son, Mark Roland, b. 28 June, 1951, and 2 daughters, Camilla Rosemary, b. 17 July 1947, and Sonia Annabel, b. 2 Feb, 1949

.Source: BBC News

Sir Peter Henry Berry Otway Smithers

Sir Peter Henry Berry Otway Smithers, Knt (1970), VRD with clasp; who died at Vico Morcote, Switzerland, 8 June, 2006, aged 92, was Conservative MP for Winchester 1950-64; PPS to th Minister of State for the Colonies, 1952-56, and to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1956-59; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office, 1962-64; Secretary-General, Council of Europe, 1964-69, &c. Husband of the late Dojean, father of Amelia and Sarah and stepfather of Denny. Funeral at Lugano Cemetery on Monday 12th June, 2006. Memorial Service to be announced.

Source: The Times

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Albert Servatius

Albert (Bertie) Servatius, who died suddenly at Cairo, Egypt, 30 May, 2006, was the husband of the former Hon. Prunella Jane Alice Hawke (b. 1951), daughter of the 9th Baron Hawke (who d. 1985). He is survived by his wife and sons, Timothy, b. 1979, and Julian, b. 1982.
Funeral being arranged in The Hague, The Netherlands on Saturday 10 June, 2006.

Source: The Times

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Lady Part

Lady Part, who died at her home, 2 June, 2006, aged 93, was the widow of Sir Antony Alexander Part, GCB (1974), KCB (1966), CB (1959), MBE (1943), sometime Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Buildings and Works, the Board of Trade, Department of Trade & Industry, and the Department of Industry,&c. She was Isabella (Ella) Bennett, and married Antony Part in 1940.

Lady Lincoln

Lady Lincoln, who died 6 June, 2006, at Pinford End, Nursing Home, was the widow of Sir Anthony Handley Lincoln, KCMG (1965), CMG (1958), CVO (1957), sometime British Ambassador to Venezuela. She was Lisette Marion, daughter of A.E. Summers, of Buenos Aires, and married Anthony Lincoln in 1948. Funeral service West Suffolk Crematorium, Bury St Edmunds Monday 19 June, 2006.

Source: The Times

Anthea, Baroness Simon of Wythenshawe 1922-2006

 Anthea, Baroness Simon of Wythenshawe, who died 4 June, 2006, aged 83, was the widow of the 2nd Baron Simon of Wythenshawe.

Anthea Daphne May was born 19 October, 1922, daughter of Sidney George William May (1886-1977), of Milford-on-Seam Hampshire, and his wife the former Doris Tucker (1892-1967); and married 18 July, 1951, the then Hon Roger Simon (born 16 October, 1913), son and heir of the 1st Baron Simon of Wythenshawe (1879-1960), and his wife the former Shena Dorothy Potter (died 17 July, 1972).

Her husband succeeded his father, 3 October, 1960, as 2nd Baron Simon of Wythenshawe (Peerage of the UK, cr 1947), and died 14 October, 2001.

Lady Simon leaves a son, Matthew, 3rd Baron Simon of Wythenshawe (born 10 April, 1955), and a daughter, the Hon Margaret Simon (born 31 March, 1953).

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Curtis Green/Denison-Pender engagement

The engagement was announced 10 June, 2006, between Michael C. Curtis Green, son of the late Mr Bill Green and of Mrs Chris Green, of Badingham, Suffolk, and the Hon Mary Anne Louise Denison-Pender (b. 1965), daughter of the 3rd Baron Pender and Baroness Pender.

Source: The Times

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Hon. Eleanor Grace Ponsonby

Emily Ponsonby (nee Mott), styled Viscountess Duncannon, wife of Frederick Arthur William Ponsonby, styled Viscount Duncannon (b. 9 August, 1974), son and heir of the 12th Earl of Bessborough, gave birth to a daughter, the Hon. Eleanor Grace Ponsonby, 8 May, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 10 June 2006

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John Alan St. John Brodrick (1924-2006)

John Alan St. John Brodrick, who died 4 June, 2006, aged 81, was a grandson maternally of the 20th Baron Hastings {Baron in the peerage of England, created in 1290}. He was b. 1924, son of Alan Houghton Brodrick by his wife the former Hon. Hester Winifred Astley (b. 1899, d.?) daughter of the 20th Baron Hastings (1857-1904) by his wife the Hon Elizabeth Evelyn Harbord (d. 1957), daughter of the 5th Baron Suffield.
Funeral at Mortlake Crematorium, London, on Friday 16 June, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 09 Jun 2006
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Montgomery Michael Caradoc Heseltine Butler

The Hon. Annabel Butler [nee Heseltine], wife of Peter Butler, and daughter of the Baron and Baroness Heseltine, gave birth to a son, Montgomery Michael Caradoc Heseltine, 1 March, 2006, a brother for twins Mungo and Isabella, b. 22 Aug 2002, and for Rafferty, who was b. 23 Dec, 2003.

Source: The Times

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Sir Charles John Markham, 3rd Baronet

Sir Charles John Markham, 3rd Baronet, died at his home in Nairobi, Kenya, 5 June, 2006. He was aged 81. He was born 2 July, 1924, the son of Sir Charles Markham, 2nd Baronet, by his wife Gwladys, daughter of the Hon. Rupert Beckett, scion of the Barons Grimthorpe. He was educated at Eton. Career:-->served in the Second World War as a Lieutenant in the 11th Hussars (and was mentioned in despatches); Vice-Chairman, Nairobi Co. Council, 1953-55; Member of the Legislative Council, Kenya 1955-60; President, Royal Agricultural Society, Kenya, 1958; KStJ 1973; succeeded to the baronetcy (created in 1911) on the demise of his father, 1952. He married in 1949, Valerie (died 1998), the only daughter of Lt.-Col. E. Barry-Johnston, of Makuyu, Kenya, by whom he had 2 sons and 1 daughter. The baronetcy now devolves upon his elder son, Arthur David Markham, b. 6 Dec, 1950.

Source: Daily Telegraph 9 June, 2006

Cécile Henriette Howard

Cécile Henriette Howard (née Geoffroy-Dechaume), who died 29 May, 2006, at Jerome Cottage, Marlow Common, Buckinghamshire, was the widow of the diplomat, the Hon. Edmund Bernard Carlo Howard, CMG, MVO (1909-2005), fourth son of the 1st Baron Howard of Penrith, GCB, GCMG, CVO (himself a scion of the Dukes of Norfolk). She was the former Cécile Henriette Geoffroy-Dechaume, daughter of Charles Geoffroy-Dechaume, of Valmondois, France, and married Edmund Howard in 1936. She leaves issue. The Funeral Mass is on Wednesday 14 June, 2006, at St Peter's RC Church in Marlow.

Source: The Times

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Major Oscar Richard Herschel Chichester

Major Oscar Richard Herschel Chichester, late the Rifle Brigade, who died at his home at Colyton, Devon, 28 May, 2006, aged 90, was a scion of the Marquesses of Donegall.He was b. 1915, a son of Shane Randolph Chichester, OBE (1883-1969), by his wife Madeline Herschel (d. 1977), daughter of Henry Arthur Whately; educated at Wellington College, Trinity College, Cambridge (BA); career:-- Major, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own); ADC to the High Commissioner for Palestine 1946-48; served in Palestine 1936 (awarded medal), 1939-45 War (received African Star); married 1951, Margaret Edmondson Farr, daughter of Charles Edgar Farr, JP, of Weston Bury, Weston, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, by whom he had issue.The funeral takes place on Friday June 16, at St Andrew's Church, Colyton, Devon.

Source: Daily Telegraph 8 June, 2006

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Cissie Baroness Kershaw

Cissie Baroness Kershaw, who died at Newquay, Cornwall, 15 May, 2006, aged 99, was widow of the 2nd Baron Kershaw (1904-61). She was the former Cissie Burness Smythe, daughter of Charles E. Smythe, of Frien Barnet, and married the then Sub-Lieutenant Herbert Kershaw, RN, in 1933. Her father-in-law, Fred Kershaw, was appointed to Clement Attlee's administration in 1947 as a Lord-in-Waiting to the King, and was ennobled as Baron Kershaw, of Prestwich, Co. Palatine of Lancaster, 1947. He died in Feb, 1961, and was succeeded by his eldest son Herbert, as 2nd Baron, who died 5 months later, and was succeeded by his next brother, Edward Aubrey Kershaw, who died in the following year, when the peerage passed to Edward's son, Edward John, the 4th Baron, b. 1936. Baroness Kershaw's funeral took place at the Penmount Crematorium, Truro, 30 May 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 19 May 2006

Aoife Maya Theadora Guinness

Mira M. Guinness (nee Maini), wife of the Hon. Rory Michael Benjamin Guinness (b. 12 Dec, 1974) younger son of the late 3rd Earl of Iveagh and of Miranda Countess of Iveagh, gave birth to a daughter, Aoife Maya Theadora, 8 May, 2006.
Mrs Guinness is the younger daughter of Dr and Mrs Tidu Maini.

Source: Daily Telegraph 8 June, 2006

Rycroft/Astor engagement

The engagement was announced 8 June, 2006, between Alexander Theophilus (Theo) Rycroft (b. 1975), scion of the Rycroft Baronets (cr. 1784), son of Dr Henry David (Harry) Rycroft, MB, BS (b. 1943), by his 1st wife Dr Nicole Rycroft (nee Kenig), and the Hon. Flora Katherine Astor (b. 1976), only daughter of the 4th Viscount Astor and Viscountess Astor.

Source: The Times 8 June 2006

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Lady Lara Spencer

The Countess Spencer (b.1967, nee Hutton) second wife of the 9th Earl Spencer (b. 1964), gave birth to a daughter, Lady Lara Spencer, in April, 2006, a sister for the Hon Edmund Charles Spencer, who was b. London, Monday 6 October, 2003, and a half-sister for Lady Kitty Spencer (b. 1990), Lady Eliza Spencer (b. 1992), Lady Katya Spencer (twin with Eliza, b. 1992), Louis, Viscount Althorp (b. 1994), George Rupert Freud (b. 3 October, 1995), and for Jonah Henry Freud, (b. 1 Apr, 1997).

Source: The Observer 4 June, 2006
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Paul Bathurst Norman

Paul Bathurst Norman, sometime of Brundon Hall, Sudbury, Suffolk, who died 4 June, 2006, aged 69, was a grandson maternally of the Hon Sir William Gervase Beckett, 1st Baronet (who was a brother of the 2nd Baron Grimthorpe). He was b. 1937, the son of Harry Bathurst Norman, GM, MD (who d. 1966), by his wife the former Ann Prunella Beckett (1907-2001); married 1960, Susan Mary, daughter of Charles Orbell, of The Hermitage, Clare Suffolk, by whom he had issue. The funeral Service is at Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford, 12 June, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 07 June 2006

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Scott Plummer/Keswick engagement

The engagement was announced in June, 2006, between Charles H. Scott Plummer (b. 18 Aug 1971), scion of the BLG family of Scott-Plummer, of Sunderland Hall, Selkirk, elder son of Mr (Patrick) Joseph (Joe) Scott Plummer (b. 24 Aug 1943), of Mainhouse, Kelso, and his 1st wife the former Elizabeth-Anne Way, now Mrs Robert Stewart, of Hilton of Gask, and Poppy Teresa Keswick (b. 1978), elder daughter of Mr Simon Lindley Keswick, of Rockcliffe, Stow on the Wold, descended from the extinct Barons Lindley, by his wife the former Emma Bridget Chetwode (b. 1950), scion of the Barons Chetwode. Poppy Keswick is a granddaguhter paternally of Sir William Keswick, and a granddaughter maternally of Maj. George David Chetwode, MBE (b. 1914), who married 1946, Lady Willa Elliot, daughter of the 5th Earl of Minto.

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Joyce Marian Worsley

Joyce Marian Worsley, who died 1 June, 2006, aged 90, was the widow of Capt. Edward Marcus Worsley (1891-1971), of Cawton Hall, Cawton, York, an uncle of HRH The Duchess of Kent. She was the former Joyce Marian Beer, daughter of Stanley Graham Beer, of Northernhay, Bickley, Kent, and married a son of the 3rd Baronet in 1941. She is the mother of Susan Oliver, Thomas Edward, Angela Strickland-Skailes and Diana Rosalind, and grandmother of Robin, Lucinda, Nicholas and Charlie. The funeral service is at Stonegrave Minster on Monday 12 June, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 06 Jun 2006

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Edna Maud Fremantle

Edna Maud Fremantle, who died 27 May, 2006, aged 93, was widow of (i) Capt. James Richard Lyddon, RAC, (who d. 1940) and (ii) Commander Edmund Seymour Denis Fremantle, DSC, RN,(1904-80), scion of the Barons Cottesloe, whom she married in 1946. She was Edna Maud, dau of Albert John Tweed Cusselle, of Dartford, Kent. The funeral takes place 12 June, 2006, at Weymouth.
Source: Daily Telegraph 03 Jun 2006
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Millicent Jessie Eleanor Bagot, CBE

Milicent Jessie Eleanor Bagot, CBE, scion of the Barons Bagot, died 26 May, 2006, at the Jubilee Nursing Home, Godalming, aged 99. She was born in 1907, daughter of Cecil Villiers Bagot (1865-1940), by his wife the former Ethel Garratt (d. 1944); she was educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (MA); career: attached to the Ministry of Defence, MBE (Civil) 1949, CBE (Civil) 1967. She never married.

Source: The Times

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Millicent Jessie Eleanor Bagot, CBE

Milicent Jessie Eleanor Bagot, CBE, scion of the Barons Bagot, died 26 May, 2006, at the Jubilee Nursing Home, Godalming, aged 99. She was born in 1907, daughter of Cecil Villiers Bagot (1865-1940), by his wife the former Ethel Garratt (d. 1944); she was educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (MA); career: attached to the Ministry of Defence, MBE (Civil) 1949, CBE (Civil) 1967. She never married.

Source: The Times

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Strang Steel/Macdonald of Macdonald engagement

The engagement was announced 1 June, 2006, between Peter Brodie Strang Steel (b. 1977), scion of the Steel Baronets (cr. 1938), 3rd son of Colin Brodie Strang Steel (b. 1945), of Threepwood, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, by his wife the former April Eileen Studd, & the Hon. Meriel Iona Macdonald (b. 1978), 3rd daughter of the 8th Baron Macdonald (b. 28 Nov, 1947), of Kinloch Lodge, Isle of Skye, by his wife the former Claire Catlow. Peter Strang Steel is a grandson paternally of Sir (Fiennes) William Strang Steel, 2nd Baronet.

Source: Daily Telegraph 1 June, 2006

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Rosebery heir christened

The Earl and Countess of Wessex were present when the infant son of Lord and Lady Dalmeny was christened Caspian Albert Harry, on Saturday 27 May, 2006, by Father John McInnes, BD, in the private Chapel of Rosebery House, Midlothian. The godparents are the Earl of Hopetoun, Viscount Strathallan, Mr Angus Macpherson, Mr James Miller, the Countess of Wessex, the Marchioness of Lothian, Mrs Caspar Hobbs and Miss Gabrielle Sacconaghi.

Source: Daily Telegraph 30 May 2006

Cecil/Stephens marriage

The marriage took place, 20 May, 2006, at the Church of All Saints, Baschurch, between Henry Edward Amherst Cecil (b. 1976), son of the Hon. Anthony Henry Amherst Cecil (b. 1947), of Compton Abbas, Dorset, by his second wife, the former Jane Elizabeth Holbrook, & Clare D. Stephens, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs Nicholas Stephens, of Montford Bridge, Shropshire. Henry Cecil is a grandson of the 3rd Baron Amherst of Hackney.

Source: Daily Telegraph 29 May, 2006

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