Riega Garcia/Borg engagement

The engagement was announced 28 November, 2006, between Victor H. Riega Garcia, son of Señor & Señora Edgar Riega, of Piura, Peru, & Leonora Ishbel N. Borg (b. 1980), daughter of Dr Alan Charles Nelson Borg, CBE, of London, sometime Director General of the Imperial War Museum, by his wife the former Lady Caroline Sylvia Hill (b. 1938), sister of the late 8th Marquess of Downshire.

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Morse/Nuttall engagement

The engagement was announced 28 November, 2006, between Jon Paul Morse, son of Dr John Morse and Mrs Patricia Morse, of California, & Olympia Jubilee Nuttall (b. 1977), daughter of Sir Nicholas Keith Lillington Nuttall, 3rd Baronet (b. 1933), by his 3rd wife, the former Miranda Elizabeth Louise Quarry (b. 1948), dau of Richard St. John Quarry, and former wife of Peter Sellers, CBE (1925-80), the actor. Sir Nicholas and Miranda married in 1975 and divorced in 1983, and she is now the 2nd wife of the 2nd Earl of Stockton.


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Toby Patrick Linger

Tania C. Linger (nee von Struensee) wife of T. Justin Linger, gave birth to a son, Toby Patrick, 7 November, 2006. Justin is the younger son of Mr and Mrs Trevor Linger, of Corofin, County Clare, Eire, and Tania is the elder daughter of Christian von Struensee, of Lower Basildon, Berkshire, by his wife the former Carol Symmons.


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George Rupert James Hennessy

Deborah J. Hennessy (nee Wallace), wife of the Hon James Rupert Hennessy, (b. 9 Nov, 1968), gave birth to a son, George Rupert James, 19 November, 2006, at the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital.
James is the son and heir of the 3rd Baron Windlesham, CVO, PC and the late Baroness Windlesham (aka Prudence Glynn), of Burford, Oxfordshire, and Deborah is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Brian Wallace, of Sarsden, Oxfordshire.
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Constance Lilian Scrope

Marianne Scrope [nee McCausland] wife of Christopher Richard Adrian [Kester] Scrope, [b, 1970], gave birth to a daughter, Constance Lilian, 27 November, 2006, a sister for Thomas Marcus John, who was b. 30 June, 2004.
Kester Scrope is the son of Mr & Mrs John Scrope, of the ancient landed dynasty of that name, and Marianne is the daughter of the late Marcus McCausland and Mrs Peter Welsh. Kester's grandmother was Everilda Sykes, of the Sykes of Sledmere Baronets.
Marianne Scrope is a daughter of Capt. Marcus Edgcumbe McCausland (b. 1933; d. 1972), who was son of Lt-Col Conolly McCausland, MC, DL, JP, by his wife Lady Margaret Louisa Edgcumbe (b. 1912), daughter of the 6th Earl Mount Edgcumbe.
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Viscountess Davidson

The Viscountess Davidson, who died 26 November, 2006, was the 2nd wife of the 2nd Viscount Davidson (b. 22 Dec, 1928), sometime Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (Deputy Government Chief Whip) in the Lords, &c. She was the former Pamela Vergette, former wife of Mr - - - -Dobb, & married Lord Davidson in 1975. (His former wife became the 2nd wife of the 4th Viscount Colville of Culross). She was the mother of Sally and Cory Dobb, and grandmother of Jack, Piper and Zoë.
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Beatrice Merry Chetwode

Francesca M. Chetwode (nee Sainsbury), wife of James Nicholas Chetwode, [b. 1975], gave birth to a daughter, Beatrice Merry, 23 November, 2006, a sister for Freddie Nicholas, who was b. 31 July, 2004. Mr Chetwode is the fifth son of the Hon. Christopher Roger Chetwode, by his wife, the former Hon. Philippa Mary Imogen Brand, of Hampshire, & Mrs C is the elder daughter of Mr Peter Sainsbury, of Northleach, and Mrs Judy Sainsbury, of Duntisbourne Abbots. James Chetwode is a gt-grandson paternally of Field Marshal the 1st Baron Chetwode, and a grandson maternally of the 5th Viscount Hampden.
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Selby/Stevenson engagement

The engagement was announced 25 November, 2006, between Hugo C.H. Selby, son of David Frederick McLaren Selby, of Hampshire, by his wife the former Hon. Susan Lorna Pennock (b. 1948), and Victoria E. Stevenson, dau of Mr Rodney Stevenson and Mrs Elizabeth Clery, of Lincolnshire.
Hugo is a grandson maternally of the life peer, Baron Pennock (Extinct 1993)...
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White/Hume engagement

The engagement was announced 24 November, 2006, between Sir Nicholas Peter Archibald White, 6th Baronet (b. 1939), of Wateringbury, Kent, widower, son of the late Richard Taylor White, DSO, by his wife the former Gabrielle Ursula Style, scion of the Style Baronets, & Mrs Elaine Hume, of Haxted, Kent.
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Elphinstone/Hall engagement

The engagement was announced 27 November, 2006, between Alexander Mountstuart Elphinstone, 19th Lord Elphinstone (cr. 1509 (Scots) UK Baron 1885) (b. 15 Apr 1980), of Tyninghame, East Lothian, eldest son of the late 18th Lord Elphinstone (1953-94), by his wife the former Willa Mary Gabriel Chetwode, scion of the Barons Chetwode, & Nicola J. Hall, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs Michael Hall, of Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.Lord Elphinstone is a great-grandson of the 16th Lord Elphinstone, KT (1869-1955), who married in 1910, Lady Mary Frances Bowes Lyon, DCVO, who d. 1961, elder sister of HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
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Heriot Maitland/Godden engagement

The engagement was announced in November, 2006, between Charles P. Heriot Maitland (b. 1980), scion of the Earls of Lauderdale, son of Patrick Richard Heriot Maitland (b. 1947), of Fossoway, Kinross, by his wife the former Marilyn Lois Grant, and Alexandra M. Godden, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Nicholas Godden, of St Mabyn, North Cornwall.
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Dowager Viscountess Devonport

The Dowager Viscountess Devonport, of Peasmarsh, Rye, East Sussex, widow of the 2nd Viscount Devonport (1890-1973), died 21 November, 2006. She was the former Sheila Isabel Hope-Murray, daughter of Colonel Charles Hope-Murray, of Morishill, Beith, Ayrshire, and married Gerald Chester Kearley, 2nd Viscount Devonport in 1938. she leaves a son, Terence, 3rd viscount, and a daughter, the Hon Marilyn, b. 1939. Funeral Thursday 30 November, 2006, at Church of St. Peter & Paul, Peasmarsh, near Rye, East Sussex.
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Walker-Okeover/Swabey engagement

The engagement was announced in Nov, 2006, between Sir Andrew Peter Monro Walker-Okeover, 5th Baronet (b. 22 May 1978), eldest son of the late Sir Peter Walker-Okeover, 4th Baronet (1947-2003), of Ashbourne, Derbyshire by his wife catherine Mary Maule Ramsay (now Mrs Andrew Lukas, of Wyck Rissington, Gloucestershire), scion of the Earls of Dalhousie, & Philippa L.M. Swabey, younger daughter of Lt Col (Ret'd) and Mrs Charles Swabey, of Tuscany, Italy.
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+ Edward John Branson

Edward John Branson, who died 14 November, 2006, aged 56, was the husband (?)/partner of Teona Smith-Dorrien-Smith (b. 1946), scion of that LG family, of Tresco Abbey. He is survived by her and by their son, Oscar.
Teona is a daughter of Lt-Cdr Thomas Mervyn Smith-Dorrien-Smith, RN (1913-73), by his 1st wife HSH Princess Tamara Imeretinski (b. 1926), &c.

Isabella Grace Smith-Bingham

A. Cassia Smith-Bingham (nee Murray Threipland), wife of Hugo C. Smith-Bingham, scion of the LG family of that name, gave birth to a daughter, Isabella Grace, 17 November, 2006.
Hugo is the youngest son of Mr Charles Smith-Bingham (b. 1931) (of Smith-Bingham of Mickleton Manor) and Mrs Jennifer Smith-Bingham & Cassia is the daughter of Mr Stuart Wyndham (Tertius) Murray Threipland and Mrs Belinda Mary (Min) Murray Threipland, (b. 1942). Cassia is a granddaughter maternally of the late Maj. Anthony Dermot Melloney Musker, by his wife, the Hon. Mary Angela FitzRoy, (b. 1919), daughter of the 2nd Viscount Daventry, descended from Charles FitzRoy, 3rd Baron Southampton, and from Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, grandson of King Charles II by Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, &c.

Isla Cunliffe-Lister

1. Olivia C. Cunliffe-Lister (nee Bolton) wife of the Hon. Simon Charles Cunliffe-Lister (b. 1977), of Burton Agnes, East Yorkshire, gave birth to a daughter, Isla, circa Sept 2006. Simon is the 2nd son of the 3rd Earl of Swinton (b. 1939), by his 1st wife the former Hon Elizabeth Susan Whitelaw (b. 1944), daughter of the 1st Viscount Whitelaw, KT, CH, MC (1918-99).
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Julian John William Salmond

Julian John William Salmond, scion of that LG family, died 16 November, 2006. He was the elder son of Marshal of the RAF Sir John Maitland Salmond, GCB, CMG, CVO, DSO, of Lewes, Sussex, and married 22 Aug 1950, Bridget Louise Wright, 2nd dau of Fitzherbert Wright, of the LG family of Wright of Yeldersley, by his wife the Hon Doreen Julia Wingfield, only daughter of the 8th Viscount Powerscourt, by whom he had issue, Alicia, Georgiana, Venetia and David. His wife's sister, Susan, was wife of (i) Ronald Ferguson and (ii) Hector Barrantes, and was mother of Sarah Margaret Ferguson, who, in 1986, became the bride of HRH The Duke of York, &c.


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Arthur George Stobart Evans-Freke

Marina Alexandra Evans-Freke (nee Whetherly) (b. 1976), wife since 2003 of Dominic Ralfe Cecil Evans-Freke, (b. 1969), gave birth to a son, Arthur George Stobart, 7 November, 2006, a brother for Benedict Robin Harrington,who was b. 20 October, 2004. Dominic is the only son of the Hon Michael Peter Evans-Freke, (b. 1942), of Chilcompton, Somerset, and the Hon Mrs Michael Evans-Freke, (nee Gurney), of Lower Farm, Bishopstone, Wiltshire; & Marina is the only daughter of the late Mr Robin Christopher Whetherly, [1947-99], late the Royal Horse Guards, and of Mrs Sally Ann Whetherly, [nee Price], of Evershot, Dorset. Dominic's father is the eldest son and heir of the 11th Baron Carbery, and he is therefore in direct line to inherit the peerage (of Ireland).The bride is also of noble stock. Her late father was the second son of Lt-Col. Wiliam Erskine Stobart Whetherly, who m. 1938, the Hon. Rosemary Gertrude Alexandra Lever, second daughter of the 2nd Viscount Leverhulme.
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Mathilda Lucy Lawson-Johnston

Annabel Lawson Johnston [nee Muir], wife of Percy Lawson Johnston, scion of the Barons Luke, gave birth to a daughter, Mathilda Lucy, 27 October, 2006, a sister for Oscar (b. ?) and for Scarlett Florence, who was b. 11 November, 2002.
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Scott/Palmer-Tomkinson engagement

The engagement was announced 21 November, 2006, between Dan I. Scott, younger son of Mr & Mrs Andrew Scott, of Shelley, Suffolk, and Katherine L. Palmer-Tomkinson, scion of that LG family (and descended from the Palmer Baronets and the Smiths of Midhurst, from whom descends HM The Queen), daughter of Christopher David Palmer-Tomkinson (b. 1942), and Mrs Palmer-Tomkinson, of Little Bentley, Essex....
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Sophie Alexandra de Guchteneire

Alexandra Christian de Guchteneire (nee Turton), scion of the LG family of that name, & wife of Mr Bram de Guchteneire, gave birth to a daughter, Sophie Alexandra, at home in the Netherlands, 17 November, 2006. Bram is the only son of Meneer and Mevrouw ED de Guchteneire, of Maastricht, & Alexandra is the younger daughter of the Hon. Gerald Christopher Turton (b. 1937), and Mrs Turton, of Upsall Castle, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, and granddaughter paternally of the late Baron Tranmire, MC, PC (1903-94).

Emily Baring

Katie Baring (nee Bowen), wife of Ned Baring (b. 1975), scion of the Barons Ashburton, gave birth to a daughter, Emily, 7 November, 2006, a sister for Isabella, who was b. 28 March, 2004.
Ned Baring is the second son of Guy Esmond Baring, (b. 1945), and the late Mrs Raina Baring, (nee Campbell), who died in 1979.
Ned's paternal grandfather was Lt-Col Esmond Charles Baring, OBE (1914-63), by his wife Zalia (d. 1986), daughter of Sir Harold Edward Snagge, KBE, and descended from the Barons Avebury.
Ned's great-grandfather, Lt-Col the Hon. Guy Victor Baring, Coldstream Guards, MP (1873-1916), m. Olive Alethea Smith, of the Barons Bicester, and a kinswoman of Queen Elizabeth, consort of King George VI.
Ned Baring's great-great-grandfather was the 4th Baron Ashburton (1835-89).
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Major-General Sir John Acland, KCB, CBE

Major-General Sir John Acland, KCB, CBE, Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Devon 1994-99; farmer, soldier, died 17 November, 2006. He was aged 77. Sir John was Equerry to Field Marshal HRH The Duke of Gloucester, 1957-59. He was b. 1928, a scion of the Acland Baronets (cr 1890). His younger brother is Sir Antony Acland, KG, GCMG, GCVO.
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Lady Martell

Lady Martell, who died 19 October, 2006, was the 1st wife of Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh Colenso Martell, KBE (1966), CBE (1957), CB (1963), Chief of Allied Staff NATO Forces in the Mediterranean, 1965-67.She was born in 1920 as Marguerite Isabelle White, daughter of Sir Dymoke White, 2nd Baronet (cr. 1922), and married Sir Hugh Martell as his 1st wife in 1941. They divorced in 1983. She leaves issue.

Jurat the Hon John Coutanche

Jurat the Hon John Alexander Gore Coutanche, Lieutenant Commander RNR; Lieutenant Bailiff and Jurat of the Royal Court, Jersey, died at Jersey, 19 October, 2006.He was a son of the life peer Baron Coutanche, who died in 1973. He was born in 1925, married 1stly, 1949, Jean Veronica (d. 1977), dau of Alexander Thomson Dawson, of Jersey; married 2ndly, 1978, Gilliam Margaret, daughter of Brigadier John Douglas Fellowes Fisher, CBE, of Jersey, and had issue from his 1st union.
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Wigram/Heron engagement

The engagement was announced 11 November, 2006, between Thomas Peter James Wigram (b. 1978), scion of the Wigram Baronets (cr. 1805), son of James Somerset Wigram (b. 1950), of Bovey Tracey, Devon, by his wife Susan Jane, & Rebecca C. Heron, daughter of Mr & Mrs Peter Heron, of Lympstone, Devon.
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Hon. Edward Frederic Northcote

The Hon. Edward Frederic Northcote, TD, who died at Trinity Hospice, 12 November, 2006, was a younger son of the 3rd Earl of Iddesleigh (1901-70) by his wife the former Elizabeth Lowndes; and yr brother of the 4th Earl (1932-2004). He was born in 1934; educated at Downside & Trinity College, Oxford (MA); Major, Intelligence Corps (T & AVR); Cyprus 1957; Association of Inst of Cost & Works Accountants; a Principal Officer, HM Treasury, 1969-71; married 1963 (div 1980), Vivien Sheena, daughter of Colonel Robert John Augustine Hornby, OBE (descended from the Bruce Baronets, cr. 1628); by whom he had issue. Requiem mass at Our Lady of Pity & St. Simon's Stock, Putney, 24 November, 2006.
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Diana Elizabeth de Landry

Diana Elizabeth de Landry (née Vernon), who died 13 November, 2006, aged 84, was a scion of the Vernon Baronets (cr. 1914). She was a former section officer WAAF; born in 1922, daughter of Sir (William) Norman Vernon, 3rd Baronet (d. 1967), by his wife Janet; married 1stly, 1943 (div. 1949), Bohuslav F. Kovarik, DFM (d. 1969), of the Czechoslovakian Air Force; married 2ndly, 1951, Joseph Olivier Hamelin de Grondines de Landry. Funeral Mass at Arundel Cathedral, 1 December, 2006.
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Bellhouse/Couper engagement

The engagement was announced in November, 2006, between Maximilian A.H. Bellhouse, eldest son of Mr Edward Bellhouse, of Buckland and Mrs Spencer Power, of Notting Hill, and (Caroline) Doune Couper (b. 1979), only daughter of the late Sir (Robert) Nicholas Oliver Couper, 6th Baronet (1945-2002), by his 1st wife the former Kirsten Henrietta MacKean (descended from the Earls of Donoughmore).
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Honor Catherine Woodbine Parish

Zoë Parish (nee Clarke) wife of Matthew Woodbine Parish, of the LG family of that name, gave birth to a daughter, Honor Catherine Woodbine, 8 November, 2006, a sister for Ollie (b. ?), and for Jasper Henry Woodbine, who was b. 4 April, 2003.
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Hon. Mrs William Iliffe

The Hon. Mrs William Iliffe, who died 8 November, 2006, aged 95, was the widow of the Hon William Henry Richard Iliffe (1911-59), a son of the 1st Baron Iliffe. She was the former Christine Marie Baker, daughter of Alfred Eaton Baker, MD, of Hastings, Sussex, and married William Iliffe in 1940. He died in 1959. She is survived by 2 sons, (i) Robert Peter Richard, 3rd Baron Iliffe (b. 22 Nov 1944), and the Hon John David Iliffe (b. 1947)Service of Thanksgiving, Saturday 9 December, 2006, at St. Mary's Church, Aldworth, Berkshire.
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Barclay/Colman engagement

• The engagement was announced in November, 2006, between Piers D. Barclay, younger son of the late Mrs Angela Barclay, of London, and Rose C.M. Troughton (b. 1979), elder daughter of Peter Troughton, of Upper Wanborough, Swindon, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Sarah Rose Colman (b. 1953), sometime Lady-in-Waiting to HRH The Duchess of Kent.
  The bride-to-be is a granddaughter maternally of Sir Timothy Colman, KG, by his wife the former Lady Mary Cecilia Bowes Lyon (b. 1932) sometime Lady-in-Waiting to HRH Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy. Lady Mary Colman is a sister of the late 17th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne, and a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Thomas Bradburne

Gaye (Gee) Bradburne (b. 1965), wife of Mark S.G. Bradburne, gave birth to a son, Thomas, 9 November, 2006. Mark is the son of Mr and Mrs John Bradburne, of Cupar, Fife, and Gee is the only daughter of Mr Roderick Charles (Roddy) Armytage (b. 1934), of the Armytage Baronets (created in 1738), of Middleham, and the late Mrs Sue Armytage.


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Lord Hamilton of Dalzell's brother weds

The marriage took place 27 October, 2006, at the Parish Church of Santa Maria Magdalena, Seville between the Hon. John Duff Hamilton (b. 1971), third (twin) son of the late 4th Baron Hamilton of Dalzell (1938-2006), by his wife the former (Ann Anastasia) Corinna Helena Dixon, & Senorita Marta Enrile, younger daughter of Señor Don Juan Enrile Villagrán and Señora Doña Begoña Medina Atienza.
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Darsin/Champion de Crespigny engagement

The engagement was announced in Nov, 2006, between Sandro Darsin, son of Señor Nicolas Darsin and Señora Anna Maria Palazzollo Darsin, of Buenos Aires, and Emma R. Champion de Crespigny, scion of that LG family, daughter of Dr Anthony Champion de Crespigny, of Bath, and Mrs Anthony Haines, of London.
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Baird-Smith/Adeane engagement

The engagement was announced in November, 2006, between Max J. Baird-Smith, elder son of Mr Robin Baird-Smith and the late Sarah Baird-Smith, of Belsize Park, London, and Dorelia D. Adeane, scion of that LG family, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Adeane, of Ramsholt, Suffolk.
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White/Agar engagement

The engagement was announced in November, 2006, between Jonathan C. White, son of Mr and Mrs Patrick White, of Sevenoaks, Kent, and Lady Marisa Charlotte Agar (b. 1979), 2nd daughter of Tthe 6th Earl of Normanton (b. 21 Aug 1945), of Ringwood, Hampshire, by his former wife, the fomer Victoria Susan Beard (now Mrs Timothy Chadwick, of Fulham, London).
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Grace Alice Rose Chichester-Clark

Joanna S.P. Chichester-Clark (nee Newman) wife of Mark J. Chichester-Clark, gave birth to a daughter, Grace Alice Rose, 2 November, 2006, a sister for Sam Barley Shane, who was b. 8 June, 2005.
Mark is a son of Sir Robin Chichester-Clark, Kt, (b. 1928) of London, and his first wife, the former Jane Helen Goddard (now Mrs Jane Falloon, of Great Milton), daughter of Air Marshal Sir Victor Goddard, KCB, and Joanna is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Hans Newman, of Wimbledon.
Mark Chichester-Clark is a nephew of the Baron Moyola (who as James Chichester-Clark was Prime Minister of Northern Ireland 1969-71), and is a grandson paternally of Capt James Lenox-Conyngham Chichester-Clark, DSO & Bar (of an Irish landed family), by his wife Marion Caroline Dehra, daughter of Robert Peel Dawson Spencer Chichester (1873-1921), of Moyola Park, (a grandson of the 4th Marquess of Donegall, 1799-1889).
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Edward Barlow

Veronica Mary Barlow b. 1970 (nee Buxton), wife of Mr (Andrew) Michael Kemp Barlow (b. Dec. 1966), yr son of Sir John Kemp Barlow, 3rd Baronet, by his wife the former Susan Horsbrugh-Porter (of the Horsbrugh-Porter Bts), gave birth to a son, Edward, 2 November, 2006, a brother for Cordelia (b. ?) and Lucia, who was b. 23 July, 2003.
Mrs Barlow is a daughter of Andrew Robert Fowell Buxton (of the Buxton Baronets), by his wife Lady Jane Margery Grant of Rothiemurchus, and is a granddaughter of the Countess of Dysart (a peeress in her own right).
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William Edward Douglas Noel

William Edward Douglas Noel, who died 3 November, 2006, aged 53, was a scion of the Earls of Gainsborough; b. 1953, son of Douglas Robert George Noel (b. 1924), by his wife Eleanor Susan Jane; married 1stly, 1975 (div 1982, annulled 1984) his kinswoman Victoria Mary Younghusband; married 2ndly, 1993, Mrs Juliet Catherine Hayward, dau of Colonel Arthur Harold Newmarch Reade, LVO; and leaves issue from 1st marriage, Arthur (b. 1977) and Teresa (b. 1976); & step-daughters Kate and Vicky. Funeral at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Ipsden, 16 November, 2006.
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John Edmund Julian Byng

Annabel Byng (nee Hardman), b. 1971, wife of Thomas Francis Edmund Wentworth Byng (b. 1970), gave birth to a son, John Edmund Julian, 26 October, 2006, a brother for Rose Florence Eve, who was b. 31 December, 2004.
Tom Byng is a son of Mr Julian Michael Edmund Byng, (b. 1928), & Mrs Byng (nee Wellesley-Wesley). His father was born Julian Michael Edmund Lafone, son of Michael Wm. M. Lafone, who m. 1928, Lady (Florence) Elizabeth Alice Byng, daughter of the 6th Earl of Strafford, of Wrotham Park, Hertfordshire. Julian Lafone assumed the surname of Byng in lieu of his patronymic, by deed poll, (enrolled at the College of Arms) 1952.
Annabel Byng is a daughter of Blaise Noel Anthony Hardman by his wife Caroline Marion Cameron (b. 1943), daughter of the late Colonel Sir Donald Cameron of Lochiel, KT, CVO, TD, Chief of the Clan Cameron, by his wife, Margaret Doris Gathorne-Hardy (scion of the Earls of Cranbrook).
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George Ronald Capel-Cure

George Ronald Capel-Cure, of Blake Hall, Ongar, Essex, who died 28 Oct, 2006, aged 70, was a scion of the LG family of that name, the son of George) Nigel Capel Cure, TD, JP, DL, (b. 28 Sept, 1908; died 8 August, 2004) ( descended from Thomas Cure, of Southwark, Surrey, saddler to King Edward VI, Queen Mary I, and Queen Elizabeth I, who was granted arms in 1588), by his wife Nancy Elizabeth Barry (1910-2006), scion of the Barry Baronets (cr. 1899); he was twice married, 1stly, 1968, to Caroline (d. 1986), daughter of Giles Yarnton Mills, by whom he had 3 sons, William, Hugo & Edward; married 2ndly, Isabella (?) .He was the father-in-law of Rachel, stepfather of Louisa. Grandfather of Milo and Felix. Funeral private. Service of Thanksgiving, Chelmsford Cathedral Thursday, 25 January 2007...
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Blandford baby

(Charles) James Spencer-Churchill, styled Marquess of Blandford (b. 24 Nov, 1955), son & heir of the 11th Duke of Marlborough (b. 13 Apr 1926), of Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, by his 1st wife, Susan Mary Hornby (b. 19 Oct 1929; d. 27 Jan 2005). and his 2nd wife, the former Edla Griffiths, dau of Mr Alun Griffiths and his wife, Pauline, are expecting their first child together in the spring of 2007. (Lady Blandford is four months pregnant, according to the Daily Mail) .
Lord Blandford has a son from a former marriage, George John G. Spencer-Churchill, styled Earl of Sunderland, b. Oxford, 28 July, 1992.
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Seymour/Lafayeedney marriage

The marriage took place, 27 August, 2006, at Lagrasse, France, between Sebastian Edward Seymour, styled Lord Seymour (b. 3 Feb, 1982), elder son and heir of the 19th Duke of Somerset, and the Duchess of Somerset, & Miss Arlette Marie Leotine Lafayeedney, daughter of Mr Daniel Lafayeedney and Mrs Regine Lafayeedney.
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Manners/McMyn engagement

The engagement was announced 6 November, 2006, between the Hon. John Hugh Robert (Willie) Manners (b. 5 May 1956), son & heir of the 5th Baron Manners (b. 13 Feb, 1923), and of Baroness Manners, of Avon, Hampshire, & Juliet E.A. McMyn, daughter of Mr and Mrs David McMyn, of Hawkspur Green, Essex.


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Wakeman/Cunliffe-Lister engagement

The engagement was announced 4 November, 2006, between Edward A. Wakeman, son of the late Dr. E. Maurice Wakeman, of Guildford, Connecticut, and of Leirion of Baja, Mexico, & Constance Alexandra Elise Cunliffe-Lister (b. 1979), scion of the Earls of Swinton, only daughter of (Julian) Michael Cunliffe-Lister (b. 1949), of Caldecott, Rutland, by his former wife the former Penelope Susan Pinner (Mrs Penelope Cunliffe-Lister, of Eastbourne, East Sussex).
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Sinclair/Marjoribanks engagement

The engagement was announced 3 November 2006, between Mark R. Sinclair, son of Mrs Anne Sinclair, of Houston, Renfrewshire, & Faith V. Marjoribanks, daughter of Andrew George Marjoribanks of that Ilk (b. 16 Oct, 1941), Chief of the Name and Arms of Marjoribanks, by his wife Fiona, of Inverclyde. --

Banks/Gascoigne engagement

The engagement was announced 4 November, 2006, between Richard George Fothergill Banks (b. 1977), grandson maternally of the 10th Viscount Boyne, son of David George Fothergill Banks, by his former wife, the former Hon Caroline Veronica Hamilton-Russell (b. 1957) (now the Hon Mrs Cotterell, of Worcestershire), & Fenn J. Gascoigne, granddaughter maternally of the 4th Viscount Esher, daughter of Anthony Grey Gascoigne (descended from the Wigan Baronets), by his former wife, the Hon Olivia Clare Teresa Brett (b. 1947).
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Lady Morrison-Low

Lady Morrison-Low, who died 1 November, 2006, was the wife of Sir James Richard Morrison-Low, 3rd Baronet, a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Fife.She was the former Anne Rawson Gordon, daughter of Air Commodore Robert Gordon, CB, CBE, DSO, and married Sir James in 1953. She is survived by her husband and a son, Richard, and daughters Alison, Jean and Susan.
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Zara Frances Elaine Petty-Fitzmaurice

Lady William Petty-Fitzmaurice (nee Sansum), wife since 2004 of Lord William Nicholas Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice (b. 1973), of Bowood, Wiltshire, scion of the Marquesses of Lansdowne, gave birth to a daughter, Zara Frances Elaine, 1 November, 2006.
Lord William is the second son of the 9th Marquess of Lansdowne by his first wife Lady Frances Helen Mary Eliot, & Lady William is the former Rebecca Sansum, of Chippenham, Wiltshire.
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Oliver Michael Bloch

The Lady Camilla Bloch, (nee Bingham), wife since 1998, of Michael Gordon Bloch, QC, gave birth to a third son, Oliver Michael, 23 October, 2006, a brother for Cameron Charles, who was b. 28 Feb, 2002, and for Angus John Patrick, who was b. 31 July, 2003, and a half-brother for Susy and Claudia Bloch.
Lady Camilla, (b. 1970), is the younger daughter of the 7th Earl of Lucan, and of Veronica Countess of Lucan. Her father, missing since the murder of his children's nanny, in November, 1974, was "pressumed deceased" in Chambers, on 11 December, 1992. Then, in 1999, Camilla's brother, George, Lord Bingham, applied for a writ of summons to take his seat in the House of Lords as 8th Earl of Lucan but his application was not authorised by the Lord Chancellor.
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Jacob Dylan (Jakie) Dent-Brocklehurst

Lilli Dent Brocklehurst [nee Maltese] wife of Henry Dent Brocklehurst, gave birth to a third son, Jacob Dylan (Jakie), at Maui, Hawaii, 26 October, 2006, a brother for Mark, who was b. 27 Apr, 2001, and for Lucas, who was b. 10 Feb, 2004.
[For some Dent Brocklehurst ancestors see Burke's Peerage, Earls of Harewood; and Debrett [prior to 1938] Harewood Colls].
Henry Dent Brocklehurst is a son of the late Geoffrey Mark Dent Brocklehurst, of Sudeley Castle, by his wife (Mary) Elizabeth, dau of Dr Henry Chipps, of Lexington, Kentucky, USA (she later married the 4th Baron Ashcombe).
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Dobbs/von Twickel engagement

The engagement was announced in November, 2006, between Nicholas A.M. Dobbs, youngest son of the late Sir Richard Dobbs KCVO (1919-2004), HM Lieutenant for County Antrim, 1959-75, and of Lady Dobbs (nee Carola Day Clarkson), of Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, and Frein Matilda V.L.A.Z. von Twickel, younger daughter of the late Freiherr Alexander von Twickel and of Freifrau Alexander von Twickel, of Tidmington, Warwickshire.

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Barnett/Houssemayne Du Boulay engagement

The engagement was announced 31 October, 2006, between Mr Andrew Barnett, yr son of Mr & Mrs Michael Barnett, of Drumdeinies, by Nairn, & Emma Houssemayne du Boulay, scion of the LG family of Houssemayne du Boulay formerly of Donhead Hall, daughter of the late Iain Du Boulay, and Mrs Clare Du Boulay, of Auchtermuchty, Fife.
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Lindsay/Galbraith engagement

The engagement was announced 26 October, 2006, between Dougal J. Lindsay, elder son of Mr & Mrs John Lindsay, of St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, & Mary Ida Galloway Galbraith (b. 1973), scion of the Barons Strathclyde (cr. 1955), daughter of the late Hon. David Muir Galloway Galbraith (1928-2006), by his former the former Marion Bingham (now Mrs Rory MacDonald, of Spean Bridge, Inverness-shire).
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Jack Cameron Corbett

Anna Corbett (nee Smedley). wife of the Hon. Jason William Polson Cameron Corbett (b. 21 April, 1972), son and heir of the 4th Baron Rowallan and Mrs Adam Smith, gave birth to a son, Jack Cameron Corbett, 29 October, 2006, a brother for Alexander William Cameron, who was b. 3 February, 2004.
Mrs Corbett is the daughter of Mr Chris Smedley and Mrs Graham Stevens.
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Birley/Ferry marriage

The marriage took place 26 October, 2006, at Richmond Register Office, Surrey, between Robin Birley, scion of that BLG family, son of Marcus Lecky Oswald Hornby Birley (b. 1930), by his former wife, the former Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart, daughter of the 8th Marquess of Londonderry (now Lady Annabel Goldsmith), & Mrs Lucy Margaret Mary Ferry, former wife of the pop star Bryan Ferry, and only daughter of Mr Patrick Helmore and Mrs Mary Helmore.
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