Baroness Hill-Norton

The Baroness Hill-Norton, who died at Lordington Park, 28 September, 2006, aged 89, was the widow of Admiral of the Fleet Baron Hill-Norton, GCB (1915-2004).
She was the former Margaret Eileen Linstow, daughter of Carl Adolph Linstow, and married the then Peter Hill-Norton in 1936. He died 16 May, 2004. She was the mother of a daughter, Carla, and a son, Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Nicholas Hill-Norton, KCB
Funeral at St Mary's Church, Newton Valence, Hampshire, 9 October, 2006.
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Dowager Countess of Lytton

The Dowager Countess of Lytton, who died at Wellcross Grange Nursing Home, near Horsham, 24 September, 2006, aged 90, was the widow of the 4th Earl of Lytton (1900-85).
She was the former Clarissa Mary Palmer, daughter of Brigadier-General Cyril Eustace Palmer, CB, CMG, DSO, and a descendant of the Blakiston Baronets, and married Lord Lytton in 1946. She leaves issue including the 5th Earl (b. 7 June, 1950).
Funeral Mass and interment, 13 October, 2006, at Friary Church of SS Francis and Anthony, Haslett Avenue, Crawley, West Sussex.
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Christian Lady Innes, widow of 16th Baronet

Christian Lady Innes, who died at her home, 24 September, 2006, aged 82, was the 2nd wife and widow of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Berowald Innes of Balvenie, 16th Baronet, OBE.
She was the former Elizabeth Christian Watson, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Henry Watson, DSO, and married Sir Berowald in 1961. He died in 1988.
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June, Lady Horlick 1926-2006

June Lady Horlick, who died 24 September, 2006, at Henley-on-Thames, was the widow of Sir John James Macdonald Horlick, 5th Baronet (1922-95).She was born in 1926 as June Cory-Wright, daughter of Douglas Cory-Wright, CBE (1901-87), a scion fo the Cory-Wright Baronets (cr. 1903), by his wife Margaret Levy, and married Sir John in 1948. She leaves a son, Sir James, 6th Baronet, and daughters, Harriet and Araminta. A Thanksgiving Service will be held at St Nicholas Church Remenham Henley-on- Thames on Friday 6 October, 2006.


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Baroness Oranmore & Browne

Baroness Oranmore & Browne, who died 24 September, 2006, at the age of 87, was the 3rd wife and widow of the 4th Baron Oranmore & Browne (b. 21 Oct 1901; d. 7 Aug 2002).
She was the 1930s film actress Sally Gray, who was born Constance Vera Stevens, at Holloway, north London 14 February, 1919.
She married Dominick Geoffrey Edward Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore & Browne, in 1951, and settled at Castle Mac Garrett, Co Mayo, and afterwards in the 1960s, they settled in a flat in Eaton Place, London. When Lord Oranmore and Browne died, aged 100, in 2002, days after he and his wife had attended at a party in the Ritz, he had been the longest serving peer in the Lords (where he had never spoken) until ejected by Tony Blair's reforms.

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John Bellenden Bulteel

John Bellenden Bulteel, scion of that BLG family died 21 September, 2006, husband of Elizabeth, father of David, Anthony, Sally and Christopher and grandfather of 11. Funeral to be held at Holy Trinity Church, Nailsea, North Somerset on Friday 29 September. Kinsman of Princes Wm & Harry of Wales (who are of Bulteel descent) &c.
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Meyrick/Clark marriage

A service of blessing took place 21 September, 2006, at Llangwyfan (Church in the Sea), Anglesey, between between George William Owen Tapps Gervis Meyrick (b. 1970), son & heir of Sir George Christopher Cadfael Tapps Gervis Meyrick, 7th Baronet (b. 10 Mar 1941), by his wife the former Jean Louise Montagu Douglas Scott (b. 1943), scion of the Dukes of Buccleuch & Queensberry, & Candida Clark, daughter of Mr Alan Sharpe and Mrs Cassandra Clark.

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Butter/Szeluk marriage

The marriage took place on Friday 1 September, 2006, at Dunkeld Cathedral, between Mr Charles Harold Alexander Butter (b. 10 Apr 1960), only son of Sir David Henry Butter, KCVO, MC, JP (b. 18 March, 1920), of the landed family Butter of Pitlochry, and Lady Butter, CVO (nee Myra Alice Wernher), of Pitlochry, Perthshire, and Miss Agnieszka D. Szeluk. The Marquess of Milford Haven was best man. The honeymoon was spent abroad.
Charles Butter is a brother of the Countess of Dalhousie, and a first cousin of the Duchesses of Abercorn & Westminster, and is a grandson maternally of Major-General Sir Harold Augustus Wernher, 3rd Bt, GCVO, by his wife Lady Zia Wernher, daughter of HIH Grand Duke Michael of Russia and his morganatic wife Countess de Torby, &c.

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Jamie Kidd

Catherine B. Kidd (nee Kemeny), wife of Jack Edward Kidd (b. 1973), gave birth to her sixth child, a daughter, Jamie, in 2006. The baby is her fourth with husband Jack Kidd (she has two older children, Ashley, 18, and Autumn, 14, from a previous marriage).The other Kidd offspring are Jaden Rachel K Kidd, a daughter, b. 2002; John Aitken C. Kidd (known as Jack), b. 2003; & Jackson, b. Oct. 2004. Jack Kidd is brother of the super-model Jodie Kidd, and of the Countess of Mornington. Jack's grandmother, the Hon. Janet Aitken (dau of the 1st Baron Beaverbrook), was the wife, between 1927 and 1934, of Ian Douglas Campbell, later 11th Duke of Argyll. Before settling on Jack's grandfather, Maj. Thomas Kidd, Janet's second husband was the Hon. William Montagu, son of the 9th Earl of Sandwich.

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Elizabeth Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes

Lady Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 2nd wife, since 2005, of Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet, OBE (b. 7 March, 1944), gave birth to a daughter, Elizabeth, sometime in 2006, circa Apr 2006.
Sir Ranulph is the posthumous son of the late Lt-Col Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, DSO, 2nd Bt, (who died of wounds in 1943), and the late Lady Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (d. 1995), and Lady Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes is the former Louise Millington.
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Pite/Sandys engagement

The engagement was announced in September, 2006, between David W. Pite, son of Mr and Mrs John James Pite, and Lucy Diana Sandys (b. 1971), daughter of the late Hon Julian George Winston Sandys, QC and of Elisabeth Sandys (nee Martin).

Miss Sandys is a granddaughter paternally of the late life peer Baron Duncan-Sandys (ext. 1987), by his wife the former Diana Spencer-Churchill, daughter of the Rt Hon Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, &c



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Windsor/Frankopan engagement

The engagement was announced 26 September, 2006, between the Lord Nicholas Charles Edward Jonathan Windsor (b. 1970), yr son of T.R.H. The Duke and Duchess of Kent, & Paola, daughter of Don Louis and Donna Ingrid Doimi de Frankopan, of London.

http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page5509.asp

Sir Iain Mark Tennant, KT

Sir Iain Mark Tennant, KT, Lord Lieutenant of Morayshire, 1963-94; Crown Estate Commissioner, 1970-90; Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly, Church of Scotland, 1988-89, died at his home, 25 September, 2006. He was 87.Iain Tennant was b. 11 March, 1919, scion of the Barons Glenconner, son of Group Capt John Edward Tennant, DSO, MC, RAF (1890-1941) ,of Innes, Elgin, and Mrs Georgina Tennant (nee Kirkpatrick), and was educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge.Career;-.> Scots Guards 1939-46; Caledonian Cinemas, 1947; Chairman, Grampian Television Ltd, 1968-89; Director, Times Publishing Co Ltd, 1962-66; Director, Clydesdale Bank, Ltd 1968-89; The Seagram Co. Ltd, Montreal, 1978-81; Moray Enterprise Trust Ltd 1986-94; Chairman, The Glenlivet Distillers Ltd 1964-84; Seagram Distillers, 1979-84; Mdember, Newspaper Panel, Monopolies and Mergers Commission, 1981-86; Chairman, Board of Governors, Gordonstoun School, 1954-71; Lieutenant, Queen's Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers) 1981-2002; Knight of the Thistle, 1986, &c.He married in 1946, Lady Margaret Helen Isla Marion Ogilvy, 2nd daughter of the 12th Earl of Airlie, KT, GCVO, MC, by whom he had 2 sons, Mark & Christopher and 1 daughter, Emma.Funeral at the Chapel Gordonstoun School on 14 October, 2006. --

Fleming/Guess engagement

The engagement was announced 22 September, 2006, between Thomas Mungo Fleming (b. 1971) scion of that BLG family, of Nettlebed, Oxon, son of Valentine Patrick Fleming (b. 1 Aug 1935), of Chiddingstone Hoath, Kent, by his wife the former Elizabeth Helen Gibbs (b. 1938), scion of the Barons Aldenham & Hunsdon, & Nicola Miranda Guess, yr daughter of Mr Richard Guess, of London SW1, and Mrs Tim Fox, of Loxwood, West Sussex.
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Molly Lettice Fortescue Duckworth-Chad

The Lady Laura Duckworth-Chad (nee Fortescue Gore b. 1975), wife of Major James Anthony L'Etang Duckworth-Chad, Coldstream Guards, (b. 1972) former Equerry to Queen Elizabeth II, gave birth to a daughter, Molly Lettice Fortescue, 21 September, 2006. James is the elder son of Anthony Duckworth-Chad, of Pynkney Hall, Norfolk, High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1992, by his wife Elizabeth Sarah Wake-Walker (a granddaughter of the 7th Earl Spencer), & Lady Laura is the elder daughter of the 9th Earl of Arran, of Castle Hill, Devon, by his wife the Countess of Arran (the former Eleanor van Cutsem). Major James Duckworth-Chad is a second cousin of the Princes William and Harry.
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10th Earl of Mayo 1929-2006

The Earl of Mayo, who died at his home in France, 22 September, 2006, aged 77, was the 10th holder of the earldom (Peerage of Ireland, 1785).
Terence Patrick Bourke was born 26 August, 1929, son of the Hon Bryan Longley Bourke (d. 1961, 3rd son of the 8th Earl) by his wife Violet, and was educated at St Aubyns, Rottingdean; Royal Naval College Dartmouth.
Career:-> Lieutenant RN 1952; Fleet Air Arm 1952; served in the Suez Campaign 1956; Solo Aerobatic Displays Farnborough 1957; invalided 1959; Member, Gosport Borough Council, 1961-64; President, Gosport Chamber of Trade, 1962; Gov. Gosport Secondary Schools, 1963-64; Managing Director, Irish Marble Ltd, Galway 1965-82; succeeded to the earldom and Barony of Naas (1766) and Viscountcy of Mayo (1781), on the death of his uncle, 1962.
Married 1stly 1952 (div 1987, & she d. 1992), Margaret Jane Robinson Harrison, by whom he had three sons, Charles, Patrick & Harry; married 2ndly, 1987, Sally Anne, daughter of F.G. Matthews, by whom he had one son, Jem.
The peerages now devolve upon his eldest son, Charles Diarmuidh John Bourke, styled Lord Naas, b. 11 June, 1953.
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Lawson Johnston/Engelen engagement

The engagement was announced 23 September, 2006, between Daniel George Lawson Johnston (b. 1978) scion of the Barons Luke (cr. 1929), son of the late Hon. (George) Andrew Lawson Johnston, by his wife the former Sylvia Hayes (descended from the Shelley Baronets, cr. 1611), of Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, & Georgina I. Engelen, daughter of Mr & Mrs Paul Engelen, of Surrey.
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Patricia Elizabeth Nutting

Patricia Elizabeth (Patsy) Nutting, who died 15th September, 2006, aged 101, was the 2nd wife & widow of Capt Arthur Ronald Stansmore Nutting, OBE, MC (1888-1964), 3rd son of Sir John Gardiner Nutting, 1st Baronet (cr. 1902). She was the mother of 2 sons. She was the former Patsy Jameson, daughter of Henry R. Jameson, of Drumleck, Howth, co. Dublin, and married in 1932

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3rd Lord May 1931-2006

The 3rd Baron May (Peerage of the UK, 1935), died 22 September, 2006. He was aged 74.
Michael St John May was born 26 September, 1931, son of the 2nd Baron, by his wife Roberta, daughter of George Ricardo Thoms, and was educated at Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire, & Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Career:-> 2nd Lieutenant Royal Signals 1950; succeeded to the peerage on the demise of his father, 1950.
Married firstly, 1958 (div. 1963) Dorothea Catherine Ann, daughter of Charles McCarthy, of Boston, United States; married secondly, 1963, Jillian Mary, daughter of Albert Edward Shipton, of Beggars Barn, Shutford, Oxfordshire.
He is survived by his 2nd wife, and a son and a daughter from the 2nd marriage. The peerage now devolves upon his only son, the Hon. Jasper Bertram St John May, b. 24 Oct, 1965.



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Frederick Robin James Bland

Eleanor Mary Bland (b. 1971, nee Townsend), wife of Richard James Christopher Bland, b. 1972 gave birth to a son, Frederick Robin James, 15 September, 2006.
Eleanor is the beldest daughter of John Richard Townsend and his wife the Lady Juliet Margaret Townsend LVO (nee Smith, sister of the late 3rd Earl of Birkenhead), Lady in Waiting to HRH The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, 1965-71, and Extra Lady in Waiting, 1971-2002.
Richard is the elder son of Godfrey Hamilton Bland and of his wife, née Olga Mary Hohler [herself the daughter of Edward Hohler and of his wife, née Jane Lane (herself the daughter of Robert Charlton Lane and of his wife, née Olga Fitzgeorge [whose father was a morganatic son of Prince George of Great Britain, Ireland and Hannover, Duke of Cambridge &c.

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Fogle/Hunt marriage

The marriage took place recently,in Portugal, in 2006, between Ben M. Fogle (b. 1973), TV personality, who recently rowed the Atlantic with James Cracknell, son of Dr Bruce Fogle, by his wife, the actress Julia Foster (b. 2 Aug 1943), and Marina C.E. Hunt, eldest daughter of Dr the Hon Jonathan Philip Henderson Hunt, MA, BM, BCh (b. 1947), by his wife, Monika, daughter of Dr Herbert Kuhlmann, of Schloss Urstein, Salzburg, Austria. Marina is a granddaughter paternally of the late life peer Baron Hunt of Fawley (d. 1987)

Preston/Houghton marriage

The marriage took place 25 August, 2006, between Samuel Dylan Murray Preston (b. 16 Jan 1982), descended from the Earls Grey, son of Anthony Grey Murray Preston, by his wife the former Miranda Hynes, & Chantelle Houghton (b. Feb 1983), daughter of Alan Houghton, of Wickford, Essex, by his former wife Vivian.

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Grossart/Temple-Morris nuptials

The marriage took place, 16 September, 2006, at the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft, Palace of Westminster, between Mr Duncan H. Grossart, younger son of Mr and Mrs Douglas Grossart, and the Hon Suzanna Temple-Morris, elder daughter of the Baron Temple-Morris (life peer) and Baroness Temple-Morris.


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Ewan William Christopher Forbes-Leith

Marina Forbes-Leith (nee Burges-Lumsden) wife since 22 May, 1999, of John Charles Forbes-Leith, (b. 1969), second son of Sir Andrew George Forbes-Leith of Fyvie, 3rd Baronet, gave birth to a son, Ewan William Christopher, 15 September, 2006, a brother for Sacha & Imogen.


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Otto Charles Michael von Westenholz

Mellissa (Milly) von Westenholz (nee Sanders), wife of Mark Henry Cosimo von Westenholz (b. 1973), gave birth to a son, Otto Charles Michael, 19 September, 2006. Mark is the second son of the late Mr Charles von Westenholz, of Widford, Hertfordshire, by his wife, the former Lady Mary Marianella Anne Kerr (b. 1944), and Melissa is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael Sanders, of Chawton, Hampshire.
Mark von Westenholz is a maternal grandson of the late 12th Marquess of Lothian, KCVO (1922-2004).

Pfrideaux-Brune/Collins engagement

The engagement was announced in September, 2006, between William A. Prideaux-Brune, scion of that BLG family of Prideaux Place, Cornwall, younger son of Mr Peter Prideaux-Brune, and the late Mrs Vivien Prideaux-Brune, of Prideaux Place, Padstow, Cornwall, and Laura A. Collins, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Nigel Collins, of Fulbourn, Cambridge.


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Lady Mariegold Magdalene Jamieson

The Lady Mariegold Magdalene Jamieson, who died 18 September, 2006, aged 87, was a sister of the late 17th Duke of Norfolk, KG, GCVO, CB, CBE, MC.
She was born in 1919, daughter of Bernard Edward, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop, MBE (1885-1972), by his wife, Mona (in her own right) Baroness Beaumont (who d. 1971). In 1975 her brother succeeded his cousin as Premier Duke and Earl in the Peerage of England, and hereditary Earl Marshal. He died in 2002.
She married 1957, Gerald James Auldjo Jamieson (who died in 1992), son of the late Sir Archibald Auldjo Jamieson, KBE, MC, and had issue, two sons, Simon (b. 1959), and James (b. 1963).
Funeral Mass at St. Mary's, Cadogan Street, SW3, 27 September, 2006, followed by burial at Bintree Norfolk.

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Lane Fox/Carter engagement

The engagement was announced in September, 2006, between Captain Edward Lane Fox, The Blues & Royals, scion of that BLG family, of Bramham Park, Boston Spa, Yorks, yr son of George Lane Fox (b. 1931), of Bramham Park, and the late (Helen) Victoria Lane Fox (nee Duff), & Sonia Carter, daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Carter, of Gainford, Co Durham.
Edward's paternal grandmother was the Hon Marcia Agnes Mary Lane Fox (b. 4 Sept, 1904-d. at Leeds, West Yorkshire, 9 January, 1980), eldest of the four daughters of the first Baron Bingley (1870-1947); she married 3 Oct, 1929, Lt-Col Francis Gordon Ward-Jackson,Vice-Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, 1968-74 (b. 14 Oct, 1899, d. 1989, aged 89) (who assumed the surname of Lane-Fox in lieu of Jackson by deed poll in 1937).


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Johnson/Hamilton engagement

A Service of Blessing took place, 16 September, 2006, at All Saints', Dulverton, following the marriage between Dominic R.A. Johnson, son of the late Patrick Johnson and Madame Ivan Brumpt, & the Hon. Alice Rose Alethea Hamilton (b. 1974) youngest daughter of the Baron Hamilton of Epsom (b. 1941), a life peer, by his wife, the former Anne Catharine Napier.
Alice Hamilton is a granddaughter paternally of the late 3rd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, GCVO (1911-90), a Lord in Waiting to the Queen.

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Russell/Ward engagement

The engagement was announced 18 September, 2006, between the Hon. Adam Mark Haslingden Russell (b. 1957), scion of the Barons Russell of Liverpool (cr. 1919), son of the Hon. Langley Gordon Haslingden Russell (d. 1975), by his wife the former Kiloran Margaret Howard (b. 1926), of Blandford, Dorset, scion of the Barons Strathcona & Mount Royal (and granddaughter maternally of the 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG), & Ali R. Ward, daughter of the late Mr Barry Ward and Mrs Ward, of Ruddington, Nottinghamshire.

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Hornby/Skipwith engagement

The engagement was announced 15 September, 2006, between Simon J. Hornby, younger son of Mr & Mrs John Hornby, of Menston, West Yorkshire, & Georgina Marie-Louise Selina Skipwith (b. 1979), scion of the Skipwith Baronets (cr 1622), daughter of Charles Fulwar Skipwith (b. 1946) of Frontenac, France, by his wife the former Lucy Othon.


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Geddes/Wetherill engagement

The engagement was announced 13 September, 2006, between Leo Patrick T.C. Geddes (b. 1981), scion of the Barons Geddes (cr 1942), son of His Honour Andrew Campbell Geddes (Judge Geddes) (b. 1943), by his 2nd wife the former Bridget Caroline Helen Warren-Swettenham, & Georgina P.T. Wetherill, daughter of Mr & Mrs Martin Wetherill.
Leo is a grandson of Colonel the Hon Alexander Campbell Geddes, OBE, MC, TD (1910-72), by his 1st wife, Margaret Kathleen Addis, and is a great-nephew of the Hon Margaret Campbell Geddes (HRH The Princess of Hesse and the Rhine), &c.



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Valerie Middleton (nee Glassborow) 1924-2006

Prince William's girlfriend Kate Middleton is grieving following the death of her grandmother.
Valerie Middleton, who was circa 82, died suddenly at Andover, Hampshire, 13 September, 2006.
At the age of 22 the then Valerie Glassborow married pilot instructor Peter Middleton, son of a Leeds solicitor, at Adel Church, Leeds, West Yorkshire, 7 December, 1946. Their son, Michael, Kate's father, was born at Chapel Allerton, Leeds, in 1949.
It's a double blow for Kate who has lost both grandmothers in a matter of weeks. Her maternal grandmother, Dorothy Goldsmith, 71, died from lung cancer, 21 July, and Kate read a poem at the funeral.
Mrs Middleton's funeral takes place at Thatcham, Berkshire, close to the home of Kate's parents, 22 September, 2006.

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Dorothy Goldsmith (1935-2006)

PRINCE William’s girlfriend Kate Middleton is grieving following the death of her grandmother.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006360108,,00.html

Dorothy Goldsmith, 71, lost her four-month battle with lung cancer. Kate, 24, who has been dating Wills for nearly five years, had visited her several times over the past few weeks.A pal last night said: “Kate and her grandmother shared many happy times, especially after Dorothy’s husband Ron died three years ago.” Dorothy died 21 July, 2006, and Kate was brave enough to read a poem at her funeral last week. The pal added: “Kate is still tearful.”

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Hope Amy Lucinda Glyn

Christine Glyn, (nee Agnew), wife of the 7th Baron Wolverton's cousin, Caspar Hilary Gordon Glyn, (b.1969), gave birth to a daughter, Hope Amy Lucinda, 15 September 2006, a sister for Oscar Robert Beaujolais, who was b. 1 October, 2001, for Montfort "Monty" James Jack, b. 2 April, 2003.....
Source: Daily Telegraph 19 Sep 2006
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Lord Cranworth marries Mrs Cameron Noble

The marriage took place 9 September, 2006, at St Botolph's Church, Culpho, between Philip Bertram Gurdon, 3rd Baron Cranworth (b. 24 May 1940), widower, & Mrs Cameron Vail Noble, of Easton, Maryland, United States.
Lord Cranworth's late wife was the former Frances Henrietta Montagu Douglas Scott, scion of the Dukes of Buccleuch & Queensberry, and a niece of HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester.

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Rufus Thompson

Sophia Judith Thompson (nee Burrell, b. 1974), wife of Peter J.A. Thopmspon, gave birth to a son, Rufus, at The Portland Hospital, London, 8 September, 2006, a brother for Kitson Mark Timothy, who was b. at The Portland Hospital, London, 24 February, 2005. Mr Peter J.A. Thompson, is the younger son of Mr Colin Thompson, of Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, and Mrs Timothy Walker, of Kellaways, Wiltshire, and Sophia Thompson is the daughter of Mr Mark William Burrell (b. 1937), scion of the Burrell Baronets, of Bakers House, Shipley, West Sussex, by his wife Margot. Peter Thompson is a brother of Lady Ivar Mountbatten, wife of Lord Ivar Mountbatten, brother of the Marquess of Milford Haven. Sophia is a granddaughter paternally of the late Sir Walter Burrell, 8th Baronet, by his wife, the former Hon. Anne Judith Denman. Sophia's brother, Anthony Merrik Burrell, is the husband of the Duke of Argyll's sister, Lady Louise Campbell.

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Fergusson/King engagement

The engagement was announced in September, 2006, between Ewen Alexander Nicholas Fergusson (b. 1965), son of Sir Ewen Alastair John Fergusson, GCMG (b. 28 Oct 1932), sometime of HM Diplomatic Service and King of Arms of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael & St George, by his wife the former Sara Carolyn Gordon-Lennox (b. 1933), scion of the Dukes of Richmond & Gordon, & Louise Mary King, daughter of Mr & Mrs Richard King.


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Geddes/Walker engagement

The engagement was announced in September, 2006, between Dominic Oliver Campbell Geddes (b. 1978), scion of the Barons Geddes (cr 1942), son of His Honour Andrew Campbell Geddes (Judge Geddes) (b. 1943), by his 1st wife the former Jacqueline Tan-Bunzel, & Dr. Pamela M. Walker, daughter of Mr & Mrs Donald Walker.
Dominic is a grandson of Colonel the Hon Alexander Campbell Geddes, OBE, MC, TD (1910-72), by his 1st wife, Margaret Kathleen Addis, and is a great-nephew of the Hon Margaret Campbell Geddes (HRH The Princess of Hesse and the Rhine), &c.


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Professor Sir Norman Blacklock, KCVO, OBE, FRCS

Professor Sir Norman Blacklock, KCVO (1993), CVO (1989), OBE (1974), FRCS, Professor and Head of Department of Urological Surgery, Victoria University of Manchester, at Withington Hospital, 1978-91, since when Professor Emeritus; an Extra Gentleman Usher to the Queen since 1993; Medical Adviser to Her Majesty the Queen on overseas visits, 1976-93, died suddenly, 7 September, 2006. He was 78. Norman James Blacklock was born 5 Feb, 1928...


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Josephine Crawley-Boevey

Josephine (known as Bay) Crawley-Boevey, who died 11 September, 2006, aged 88, was the wife of the Rev. Robert Arthur Crawley-Boevey (b. 1912), scion of the Crawley-Boevey Baronets (cr. 1784).She was Josephine, daughter of Joseph Howard, of Evenlode House, Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Gloucestershire, and married the clergyman in 1947. She is survived by her husband and 3 children, David, Juliet and Peter and her eight grandchildren. Funeral Service at West Wiltshire Crematorium on Thursday 21 September, 2006.
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Sir John Johnston, GCVO, MC

Sir John Johnston, GCVO, MC, Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's Office, 1981-87 (Assistant Comptroller, 1964-81); Extra Equerry to Queen Elizabeth II from 1965, died 10 September, 2006. He was aged 84.John Frederick Dame Johnston was born 24 August, 1922, and was educated at Ampleforth. Career:-->served in the Grenadier Guards, 1941-64; joined the Royal Household in 1964; President, King George V Fund for Actors and Actresses; President, Hearing Dogs for Deaf People.He lived in a "Grace and Favour" home in Windsor Great Park.MC (1945); MVO (1971); CVO (1977); KCVO (1981); GCVO (1987).He married in 1949, the Hon Elizabeth Rosemary Hardinge (1927-1995), daughter of the 2nd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, PC, GCB, GCVO, MC, by whom he had one son and one daughter.

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Lady Lloyd of Kilgerran

The Lady Lloyd of Kilgerran, widow of the life peer Lord Lloyd of Kilgerran, QC, died 11 September, 2006, aged 99. She was Phyllis Mary Shepherd, daughter of Ronald Shepherd, JP, of Chilworth, Hampshire, and married the future peer in 1940. Her husband died in 1991. She leaves 2 daughters.
Funeral Service at Randalls Park Crematorium, Leatherhead, Friday 22 September, 2006.

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Rafe Ivo Jay Buxton

Julia Buxton (nee Jay), wife of Henry Gurney Buxton (b. 1966), scion of the Buxton Baronets (created in 1840), gave birth to a son, Rafe Ivo Jay, 4 September, 2006, at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington. Henry is the younger son of Robert Hugh Buxton (b. 1933), of Sunningdale, Berkshire, and his first wife Mrs Helen Loveday Buxton (nee Piesse), of Holland Park, London, and Julia is the younger daughter of the late Mr Ian Jay and of Mrs Ian Jay, of Chelsea, London.
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Ella Palmer

Kate Palmer (nee de Lotbinière), wife of Drew H. Palmer, gave birth to a daughter, Ella, 2 September, 2006. Drew is the elder son of Mr & Mrs Jeremy Palmer, of Axminster, Devon, and Kate is the former C.M. (Kate) Joly de Lotbinière , daughter of the late Henry de Lotbinière and of Mrs Anita de Lotbinière, of Highbury, London. Kate's father was Henry Joly de Lotbinière (1945-2002), a barrister, who was the only child of Seymour de Lotbinière, CVO, of Brandon Hall, Brandon, Suffolk, by his wife, Mona Lewis. Kate is of French-Canadian ancestry, descended from the last Marquis de Lotbinière . Her gt-grandfather was Brig-General Henri Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, DSO, [1868-1960], who married Mildred Louisa Grenfell.

Bliss/Wigan engagement

The engagement was announced 8 September, 2006, between Jeremy L.G. Bliss, son of Mr & Mrs Gordon Bliss, & Leila Willow Wigan (b. 1974), daughter of Christopher Wigan (b. 1947, descended from the Barons Faringdon), by his 1st wife the former Hon. Caroline Kinnaird (b. 1949) (now the Hon Mrs Caroline Best), daughter of the 13th Lord Kinnaird.


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Sir Stephen Loftus Egerton, KCMG

Sir Stephen Loftus Egerton, KCMG (1988), late of HM Diplomatic service, died 7 September, 2006. He was a great-grandson of Wm. Egerton, younger brother of Sir John Grey-Egerton, 8th Bt, and the Rev Sir Philip Grey-Egerton, 9th Baronet; married 1958, Caroline Cary-Elwes, scion of that BLG family, by whom he had issue.


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Baker-Cresswell/Drury betrothal

The engagement was announced 8 September, 2006, between Gilfrid John Baker-Cresswell (b. 12 Dec, 1939), scion of the BLG family of that name, & Mrs Gillian M.E. Drury.
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Hon. Sonia Archer

The Hon. Sonia Gina Ogilvie Archer (nee Birdwood), who died in Devon, 2 September, 2006, was a sister of the 3rd Baron Birdwood. She was born in 1933; married 1956, Geoffrey Thynne Valentine Archer, by whom she had issue.
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Sonia Lady Colwyn

Sonia Baroness Colwyn, who died 4 September, 2006, was the 1st wife of the 3rd Baron Colwyn (b. 1 Jan 1942). She was Sonia Jane, dau of P.H.G. Morgan, and married the peer as his 1st wife in 1964 (div 1977). She is survived by a son and daughter.

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Barbara Cecilia Thesiger

Barbara Thesiger, who died at Auckland, New Zealand, 27 August, 2006, was the widow of Cedric Paul Thesiger (1915-87), scion of the Viscounts Chelmsford. She was Barbara Cecilia Jarrett, daughter of Maj. Hubert Cecil Delacour Jarratt, and married Cedric Thesiger in 1942. She leaves 3 sons, Peter (in Canada), Richard (at Panmure, Auckland, NZ), and John (at Birkenhead, Auckland, NZ).

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7th Viscount St. Vincent (1905-2006)

The Viscount St. Vincent, who died at his home in Jersey, Channel Islands, 4 September, 2006, was aged 101.Ronald George James Jervis, 7th Viscount (Peerage of the United Kingdom, created 1801) was born 3 May, 1905, son of the 6th Viscount (1859-1940) by his wife, the former Marion Annie Brown (d. 1911), and was educated at Sherborne.Career: - - - > served in the Second World War as acting Lieutenant-Commander, RNVR; Justice of the Peace for Somerset, 1950-55, &c.He succeeded to the peerage on the demise of his father in 1940. His ancestor, Admiral Sir John Jervis, First Lord of the Admiralty 1801-04, was the celebrated naval commander who obtained a splendid victory over the Spanish Fleet at Cape St. Vincent.He married in 1945, Constance Phillida Anne, daughter of Lt-Col. Robert Hector Logan, OBE, by whom he had issue, the Hon. Edward Robert James, b. 12 May, 1951, and the Hon. (Ronald Nigel) John, b. 1954. The title devolves upon his elder son.

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Trotter/Mackay engagement

The engagement was announced in September, 2006, between Andrew D. Trotter, youngest son of Mr Douglas Trotter, of Eaglesfield, Cumbria, and Mrs Margaret Trotter, of Ullock, Cumbria, and the Hon. Asia Brooke Mackay (b. 1980), daughter of the Baron Tanlaw (life peer, b. 1934) of Tanlawhill, Dumfriesshire, and Baroness Tanlaw (nee Rina Siew Yong, of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) . Lord Tanlaw is the yst son of the 2nd Earl of Inchcape.


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Cropper/Grimston marriage

The marriage took place 2 September, 2006, at the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Finmere, Oxfordshire, between Thomas P. (Tom) Cropper, elder son of Mr and Mrs Philip Cropper, of Dunchurch, Warwickshire, and Lucy Katherine Elgiva Grimston (b. 1982), scion of the Barons Grimston of Westbury, only daughter of the Hon. (Gerald) Charles Walter Grimston (b. 1953), of Finmere, Oxfordshire, by his wife, the former Katherine Evelyn Kettle.
The bride is a granddaughter of the late 2nd Baron Grimston of Westbury (1925-2003).


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Clarkin/Vestey marriage

The marriage took place, 2 September, 2006, at the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Withington, between John-Paul Clarkin, elder son of the late Mr Paul Clarkin and of Mrs Clarkin, of Cambridge, New Zealand, and Carina Patricia Vestey (b. 1982), scion of the Barons Vestey, younger daughter of the Hon. Mark William Vestey (b. 1943), of Foxcote Manor, Andoversford, Gloucestershire, by his wife the former Rose Amelia Clifton (b. 1952), descended from the Bruce Baronets (created 1804).
The bride is a niece of the 3rd Baron Vestey, Master of the Horse to HM The Queen.

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Flora Ella Smyth-Osbourne

Annabel Smyth-Osbourne (nee Bond), wife of Michael Smyth-Osbourne, of the landed family of that name, gave birth to a daughter, Flora Ella, 26 July, 2006, a sister for Toby, Emily & Lara. The latter was b. 8 April, 2003,.Michael Smyth-Osbourne is a grandson maternally of Sir (Geoffrey) William Pennington-Ramsden, 7th Baronet, by his wife, the former Veronica Prudence Betty Morley, & is a kinsman of the Duchess of Beaufort, second wife of the 11th Duke.

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Mary Edith Burrard Simmons

Mary Edith Burrard Simmons, who died 26 August, 2006, aged 83, was a scion of the Dashwood Baronets (cr. 1684). She was b. 1923, daughter of Capt. Sidney Lewes Dashwood, MBE (1882-1966),by his wife Joan, daughter of Sir Sidney Gerald Burrard, 7th Baronet, KCSI; married 1946, John Harry Walrond Simmons, MBE, who d. 1994, by whom she had issue. The funeral takes place 7 Sept 2006, at Wolvercote Cemetary Chapel.
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Earle/Kos engagement

The engagement was announced 1 September, 2006, between Robert George Bligh Earle [b. 24 Jan 1970], son and heir of Sir [Hardman] George Algernon Earle, 6th Baronet [b. 1932], of Neopardy, Devon, by his wife the former Diana St George [scion of the St George Baronets, & Nico G. Kos, daughter of Mr Miklos Kos, of Johannesburg, & Mrs Germaine McCormack-Kos, of Eze-sur-Mer, France.
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Norrie/Helme engagement

The engagement was announced 31 August, 2006, between James Adam George Norrie [b. 1973], scion of the Barons Norrie [cr. 1957], son of the Hon. Guy Bainbridge Norrie [b. 1940], of Broughton, Hants, by his wife Sarah [scion of the Earls of Denbigh], & Lucy G. Helme, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Anthony Helme, of Widdington, Essex.

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Bridget Almina Suzanne Heaton-Armstrong

Bridget Almina Suzanne Heaton-Armstrong, MBE, died 26 Aug, 2006, at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. I do not have Bridget's pedigree, but the Heaton-Armstrongs were Lords of the Manor of Roscrea, in King's County, Ireland. William Charles Heaton-Armstrong, b. 1 Sept. 1853, was nineteen generations in descent *per distaff* from King Edward I, and 14 generations in descent from James II, King of Scots; he m. at Veldes, Austria, 7 Sept. 1885, Baroness Bertha Maximiliana, only surviving daughter of the fourth Baron Zois-Edelstein, of Schloss Egg, Carnolia, Austria, and had issue [i] William Duncan Francis, b. at Veldes, 29 Sept.1886; & [ii] John Dunamace, b. in Middlesex, 21 Feb. 1888.

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John Pine-Coffin, OBE, DL

Lt-Col. John Pine-Coffin, OBE, DL late the Parachute Regiment, scion of the BLG family of that name, died shortly before 26 August, 2006. He was 85. The funeral took place at Alwington, 1 Sept, 2006.
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Robinson/Aykroyd engagement

The engagement was announced 25 August, 2006, between Thomas M. Robinson, son of Mr & Mrs Keith Robinson, of Marton-cum-Grafton, North Yorkshire, and Gemma Jane Aykroyd (b. 1976), elder daughter of Sir James Alexander Frederic Aykroyd, 3rd Baronet (b. 1943), and Lady Aykroyd, of Birstwith Hall, Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
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2nd Baron Strathcarron

The 2nd Baron Strathcarron, partner, Strathcarron & Co; Director, Kirchhoff (London) Ltd; Seabourne World Express Group, plc; Kent Internatinal Aiprort plc, died suddenly, 31 August, 2006. He was aged 82. David William Anthony Blyth Macpherson was born 23 January, 1924, son of the 1st Baron by his wife Jill (died 1956), daughter of Sir George Rhodes, 1st Baronet, and was educated at Eton and Jesus College, Cambridge. Career: -> served in the RAFVR during WW2; Motoring Correspondent of The Field, 1954-2002; Member of the British Parliamentary Delegation to Austria, 1964; President, Institute of Freight Forwarders, 1974-75; President, Guild of Motoring Writers from 1971; President, Guild of Experienced Motorists, 1980-86; President, National Breakdown Recovery Club, 1982-96; Pres, Driving Instructors' Association, 1982-2002; President, Vehicle Builders' and Repairers' Association from 1983: &c. He published "Motoring for Pleasure" (1963). He succeeded to the peerage (created in 1936) onthe death of his father, 1937. He married firstly, 1947, Valerie Cole (marriage annulled on his petition, 1947), secondly, 1948, Mrs Diana Hawtrey Curle (died 1973), daughter of Commander R.H. Deane, by whom he had 2 sons; thirdly, 1974, Mrs Eve Samuel, who died in 1999; fourthly, 1999, Diana, widow of Hugo Nicholson. The peerage devolves upon his elder son, the Ho Ian David Patrick Macpherson, born 31 March, 1949. Funeral Service at Mortlake Crematorium on Friday 8 September 2006 .
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Baron Monro of Langholm

The Baron Monro of Langholm, life peer, former Conservative Government Minister, died 30 August, 2006, after a short illness. He was aged 83.Hector Seymour Peter Monro was born 4 October, 1922, son of Capt Alastair Monro,of Langholm, and Mrs Monro, and was educated at Canford and King's College, Cambridge.Served in the RAF 1941-46; Member of the Queen's Body Guard for Scotland, Royal Company of Archers; Member of Dumfries Cunty Council, 1952-67; Chairman, Dumfriesshire Unionist Association, 1958-63; Conservative MP for Dumfries, 1964-97; Scottish Conservative Whip, 1967-70; a Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury, 1970-71; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office, 1971-74; Opposition Spokesman on Scottish Affairs, 1974-75; Opposition Spokesman on Sport, 1974-79; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (with special responsibility for sport), DoE, 1979-81; Scottish Office, 1991-95; created a life peer in 1997 as Baron Monro of Langholm, of Westerkirk in Dumfries and Galloway.He married 1stly, 1949, Elizabeth Anne Welch (d. 1994), of Longstone Hall, Derbyshire; 2ndly, 1994, Mrs Doris Kaestner, of Baltimore, USA. He leaves 2 sons from his first marriage.Service at Langholm Parish Church on Monday 4 September .
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Amelie Flora Roscoe

Belinda (Bindy) Roscoe (nee Nutting, b. 1975), wife of William J.F. Roscoe, and scion of the Nutting Baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Amelie Flora, 24 August, 2006.
William is the son of the late Mr John Roscoe and of Mrs Gerard Kenny, of Hartfield, East Sussex, and Belinda is the eldest daughter of Mr David Anthony Nutting (b. 1944), of Terling, Essex, by his wife, the former Tessa Anne Mordaunt.

Belinda is a granddaughter paternally of the Rt Hon Sir Anthony Nutting, 3rd Baronet (by his wife Gillian Strutt, of the Barons Rayleigh); and is a granddaughter maternally of Lt-Col Sir Nigel Mordaunt, 13th Baronet.

Benjamin William Llewellyn Tapps Gervis Meyrick

Alexandra Meyrick (nee Watson) wife since 2000 of Charles Valentine Llewlyn Tapps Gervis Meyrick, [b. 1972], gave birth to a son, Benjamin Willian Llewellyn, 26 July, 2006, a brother for Oliver and Isabella.

Charles is the younger son of Sir George Tapps Gervis Meyrick, 7th Baronet, by his wife the former Jean Louise Montagu Douglas Scott [scion of the Dukes of Buccleuch & Quueensberry], and Alexandra is the daughter of Major and Mrs David Watson.
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Sebastian Antony Robert Kerr

Antonia Kerr (nee Chambers, b. 1974), wife of Richard J. Kerr, gave birth to a son, Sebastian Antony Robert, 24 August, 2006.

Antonia is a daughter of Antony Craven Chambers, late the Grenadier Guards, by his wife the former Rosemary Isabel Constable-Maxwell (b. 1941) (sister of Anne Duchess of Norfolk) and scion of the Lords Herries of Terregles (cr. 1490, Scotland)


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