Rose Elizabeth Beatrix Guinness

 _.Nancy Guinness (b 1979, nee Cadogan) scion of the Earls Cadogan, wife of Edward Benjamin Newton Guinness, scion of the Guinness Baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Rose Elizabeth Beatrix, 20 Nov, 2012, a sister for Arthur and Rocky. Edward Guinness is the elder son of Mr Timothy Whitmore Newton Guinness (b 1947), of Ellisfield, Hampshire, by his wife the former Beverley Anne Mills, and Nancy is a daughter of Gerald Cadogan (b. 1942), of Culworth, Northamptonshire, scion of the Earls Cadogan, and Mrs Cadogan.

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 _.Nancy Guinness (b 1979, nee Cadogan) scion of the Earls Cadogan, wife of Edward Benjamin Newton Guinness, scion of the Guinness Baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Rose Elizabeth Beatrix, 20 Nov, 2012, a sister for Arthur and Rocky. Edward Guinness is the elder son of Mr Timothy Whitmore Newton Guinness (b 1947), of Ellisfield, Hampshire, by his wife the former Beverley Anne Mills, and Nancy is a daughter of Gerald Cadogan (b. 1942), of Culworth, Northamptonshire, scion of the Earls Cadogan, and Mrs Cadogan.

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Rocknroll (formerly Abel Smith)/Winslet marriage

_The marriage took place in December, 2012, between Mr Ned Rocknroll (formerly Edward Lyulph Abel Smith) (b 24 June, 1978), scion of the Abel Smith family of Woodhall, son of Robert Ralph Abel Smith (b 14 Jul 1947), by his former wife the former Linette J Branson (sister of Sir Richard Branson), and Kate Elizabeth Winslet (b 5 Oct, 1975), the actress Kate Winslet, daughter of Roger John Winslet, by his wife Sally Anne Winslet.

'Ned Rocknroll' is a great-grandson of Lt-Col Wilfrid Abel Smith who married the Hon Violet Elizabeth Katharine Somerset, daughter of the 2nd Baron Raglan, and descended from the Dukes of Beaufort, &c.


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Ashton/ Hendy engagement

._The engagement was announced 29 Dec, 2012, between the Hon John Edward (Jack) Ashton (b 8 January, 1966), younger son of the late Thomas John Ashton, 3rd Baron Ashton of Hyde (1926-2008), by his wife the former Pauline Trewlove Brackenbury, & Catherine J. Hendy, daughter of Mr Graham Hendy and Mrs Sandra Brown.

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Baron Rees-Mogg 1928-2012

_.The Baron Rees-Mogg, editor of The Times 1967-81, and a life peer since 1988, died in December, 2012. William Rees-Mogg was 84. Born 14 July, 1928, son of Edmund Fletcher Rees-Mogg, of Cholwell House, Somerset; married 1962, Gillian Shakespeare Morris, by whom he had a issue, 2 sons, Thomas and Jacob, and three daughters, Emma, Charlotte and Annunziata.

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Sally Mary Stoddart 1934-2012

_.Sally Mary Stoddart (nee Aykroyd), of Whixley, North Yorkshire, who died 17 December, 2012, aged 78, was a scion of the Aykroyd Baronets, of Lightcliffe (Bt, cr UK, 1920). She was b 3 Aug 1934, daughter of Lt-Col Harold Hammond Aykroyd, OBE, MC, TD (1896-1974) by is 1st wife the former Nina Marguerite Hulse; married 9 Jul 1960, Christopher Boyd Stoddart, son of Frank Boyd Stoddart, of Funtington House, near Chichester, Sussex, by whom she had issue. Her husband died in 1984.

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Swinburn/Ferguson marriage

_.The marriage took place at Dummer, Hampshire, 20 December, 2012, between Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Hull Swinburn, KCB (b 30 Oct 1937), of Stone, Exford, Somerset, widower of the former Jane Brodie (who d 2001), son of the late Maj-Gen Henry Robinson Swinburn, CB, OBE, MC, by his wife the former Naomi Hull, & Susan Rosemary Ferguson (nee Deptford, b 1946), widow of Maj. Ronald Ivor Ferguson (1931-2003), and dau of the late Frederick William Deptford, by his wife the former Phyllis Maud Easy.

Susan's late husband, scion of the Fergusons of Dummer, landed family, and descended from the Dukes of Buccleuch, was father of Sarah Duchess of York.

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Sir (William) Marcus John Worsley, 5th Baronet (1925-2012)

_.Sir (William) Marcus John Worsley, 5th Baronet, died at his home Hovingham Hall, North Yorkshire, 18 Dec, 2012, aged 87. Sir Marcus served as Conservative MP for Keighley, 1959-64, and for Chelsea, 1966-74, was PPS to the Minister of Health 1960-61, to the Minister without Portfolio, 1962-64, and to the Lord President of the Council, 1970-72.

Sir Marcus, whose baronetcy of the UK was cr in 1838, served as Lord Lieutenant for North Yorkshire, 1987-99, and was High Sheriff of North Yorks in 1982.

He was born 6 Apr, 1925, eldest son of Sir William Arthington Worsley, 4th Baronet (1890-1973), by his wife the former Joyce Morgan Brunner, dau of Sir John Brunner, 2nd Barronet (cr UK, 1895), and was a brother of Katharine Worsley, who married at York Minister in 1961, HRH The Duke of Kent, a first cousin of HM The Queen.

Worsley succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's demise in Dec, 1973, and he ran the Hovingham estate until handing it over to his son in 1987. He married 10 Dec, 1955, the Hon Bridget Assheton (who d 2004), daughter of the 1st Baron Clitheroe, PC (Peerage of the UK, cr 1955), by whom he had issue, three sons, William, Giles and Peter, and one daughter Sarah. He was predeceased by his youngest son.

The baronetcy passes to his eldest son, William Ralph, who was born 12 Sept, 1956.

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Hon Elodie Stapleton-Cotton

_.The Viscountess Combermere (nee Caroline Sarah Irby, b 1977), wife of Thomas Robert Wellington Stapleton-Cotton, 6th Viscount Combermere (b 30 Aug 1969) (Peerage of the UK, cr 1827), gave birth to a daughter, the Hon Elodie Stapleton-Cotton, 15 December, 2012, a sister for Laszlo Michael Wellington, who was b 20 Aug 2010.

Lady Combermere is a scion of the Barons Boston, dau of Charles Irby (b 1945)


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Lady Marye Violet Isolde Rous 1930-2012

_.The Lady Marye Violet Isolde Rous, who has died at her home in London, aged 82, was a scion of the Earls Stradbroke (Peerage of the UK, cr 1821), daughter of John Anthony Alexander Rous, 4th Earl of Stradbroke (1903-83), by his wife the former Barbara Grosvenor, scion of the Dukes of Westminster (Peerage of UK, cr 1874). She was unm.

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John Heyworth 1925-2012

_.John Heyworth, who died 24 November, 2012, aged 87, was seated at Bradwell Grove, the Strawberry Hill Gothic manor house in Gloucestershire, & was a grandson maternally of Dudley Marjoribanks, 3rd Baron Tweedmouth (1874-1935). He was born 21 Aug 1925, son of Lt-Col Reginald Heyworth, 1st Dragoon Guards, by his wife the former Hon Moyra Marjoribanks, a daughter of the 3rd Baron Tweedmouth.

Heyworth founded the Cotswold Wildlife Park in 1970.

He married Susan, daughter of Sir John Burder, by whom he had one son and three daughters.

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Meade/Marsham engagement

_.The engagement was announced 13 Dec, 2012, between James Richard Meade (b 1981), elder son of Richard John Hassan Meade, OBE (b 4 Dec 1936), the equestrian, of West Littleton, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Angela Dorothy Farquhar (b 11 Jan, 1948), scion of the Farquhar Baronets (Bt, cr GB, 1796); & the Lady Laura Clare Marsham (b 1984), only daughter of Mchael Henry Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney (b 28 Mar, 1948) (Earl, cr UK, 1801), of Gayton, Norfolk, by his wife the former Catriona Stewart (b 1954), descended from the Barons Cochrane of Cults, &c.

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Rupert Woollcombe-Adams 1944-2012

_.Rupert Woollcombe-Adams, who died 7 December, 2012, was a scion of the Woollcombe landed family, of Hemerdon House, Plympton, Devon. He was born in 1944, son of Peter Woollcombe-Adams, by his wife the former Brenda Hall; & married in 1980, Beate Hahn, by whom he had issuem 2 sons, Thomas & Martin.

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Frank Ernest Berendt, 88, son-in-law of earl

_.Mr Frank Ernest Berendt died 7 December, 2012. Mr Berendt, who was 88, was a son of Siegfried Berendt, of London, and married 20 December, 1949, the Lady Frances Virginia Susan Ryder (b 20 Jun 1926), daughter of Dudley (Ryder) 6th Earl of Harrowby (1892-1987) (Earl, UK, cr. 1809), by his wife the former Lady Helena Blanche Coventry (d 1974),  dau of George William (Coventry) styled Viscount Deerhurst, scion of the Earls of Coventry (Earl, Peerage of England, cr 1697). He leaves a widow and issue.

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The Baroness Hayhoe 1927-2012

_.The Baroness Hayhoe, who died 24 November, 2012, aged 85, was the wife of Bernard John Hayhoe, life peer as Baron Hayhoe, who served as Conservative MP for the Hounslow, Brentford and Isleworth constituency.

She was the former Anne Gascoigne Thornton, born in 1927, daughter of Bernard W. Thornton by his wife the former Hilda Scott, and married Barney Hayhoe in 1962.

Her husband was Tory MP for Heston and Isleworth, 1970-74, and for Hounslow, Brentford & Isleworth, 1974-92, and was a Minister of State in the Thatcher administration, 1981-85, and created a life peer on leaving the Commons, 21 Aug, 1992.

Virginia Mary Charteris 1922-2012

_.Virginia Mary Charteris, who died at her home, 8 December, 2012, aged 90, was a scion of the Adam Baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1917). She was born 9 Apr, 1922, daughter of Colin Gurdon Forbes Adam, CSI (1889-1982), sometime Chairman of Yorkshire Conservative Post Newspapers Ltd, by his wife the former Hon Constance Irene Lawley, dau of the 3rd Baron Wenlock, , PC, GCSI, GCIE, KCB, &c. She married 24 Apr, 1948, Capt Hugo Francis Guy Charteris, MC, Scots Guards (1922-70), scion of the Earls of Wemyss & March (Earl, Scot. 1633 & 1697), by whom she had issue.

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Sir Colin Anson St Clair-Ford, 8th Baronet 1939-2012

_.Sir Colin Anson St Clair-Ford, 8th Baronet (Bt, cr GB, 1793), died at his home, 3 December, 2012, aged 73. He was born 19 April, 1939, a son of Lieutenant Commander Drummond St Clair-Ford, RN (1907-43), a brother of the 6th Bart, by his wife the former Norah Elizabeth Maberley. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his cousin, Sir James, the 7th Baronet, 3 Aug, 2009. He married in 1964, Gillian Mary, dau of Rear-Admiral Peter Skelton, CB, by whom he had issue, 2 daughters, Kate (b 1967) and Fiona (b 1969). He is succeeded in the baronetcy by his  younger brother, Robin Sam, who was born 6 Jun 1941.

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Maundrell/Cameron engagement

_.The engagement was announced 10 December, 2012, between Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Thomas Maundrell, MVO (b 1967), of the Grenadier Guards, lately Equerry to the Duke of Edinburgh, son of Mr Derek J. Maundrell (b 1936), of Wantage, Oxfordshire, and Mrs Philippa M. Munsey (nee Pert) b 1944, of Oxford, & Lucy Margot Therese Cameron (b 1980), daughter of Donald Angus Cameron of Lochiel (b 1946), Chief of the Clan Cameron, of Achnacarry, Spean Bridge, Inverness-shire, by his wife the former Lady Cecil Nennella Therese Kerr (b 1948), daughter of the late 12th Marquess of Lothian.

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Sir Timothy Roy Henry Kimber, 4th Baronet 1936-2012

_.Sir Timothy Roy Henry Kimber, 4th Baronet (Bt, UK, 1904), of Newton Hall, near Carnforth, Lancashire, died 4 December, 2012. He was 76. He was b 3 Jun 1936, a son of Sir Charles Dixon Kimber, 3rd Baronet (1912-2008), by his 1st wife the former Ursula Bird (who d 1981). Succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's death, 10 Apr, 2008; married 1stly, 1960 (div 1974) Antonia Kathleen Brenda, dau of Sir Francis Williams, 8th Baronet, QC (Bt, 1798), by whom he had issue; married 2ndly, 1979, the former Susan Brooks. The baronetcy passes to his eldest son, Rupert Edward Watkin Kimber, who was b 20 June, 1962.

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Sir Christopher Collett, GBE 1931-2012

_Sir Christopher Collett, GBE, who died 2 December, 2012, aged 81, was Lord Mayor of the City of London, 1988-89 (GBE, 1988), and a scion of the Collett Baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1934).

Sir Christopher was born 10 June, 1931, second son of Sir Charles Collett, who served as Lord Mayor of London, 1933-34, and was created a baronet at the end of his term of office, by his wife the former Ruth Mildred Hatch.

He married in 1959, Christine Anne Griffiths, by whom he had issue.

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Patricia Katharine Countess of Dundee 1910-2012

_.Patricia Katharine Countess of Dundee, who died 3 December, 2012, at Birkhill by Cupar, Fife, was aged 102. Lady Dundee was a great-aunt of Sarah Duchess of York.

She was born Patricia Katharine Montagu Douglas Scott, 9 Oct, 1910, a scion of the Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry, the second daughter of Lord Herbert Montagu Douglas Scott (1872-1944), by his wife the former Marie Josephine Edwards (d 1965). Her elder sister Marian Louisa married (1) Col Andrew Ferguson, and was the grandmother of Sarah Duchess of York.

She married (1) 8 Jul 1931, Lt-Col Walter Douglas Faulkner, MC, who was killed in action in May, 1940; married (2) 9 Sept 1940, Lt-Col David Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, DSO, Scots Guards, scion of the arls of Dundee. He died of wounds in 1944. She married (3) 30 Oct 1946, her brother-in-law, Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn (later Scrymgeour of Dundee), de jure, later de facto 11th Earl of Dundee, PC (1902-1983).

She had issue from her three marriages, a son David James Faulkner, b 1932 (dec.), from her first union, 2 daughters from the second marriage, Janet Mary (now Mrs Fox-Pitt), b 1941, and Elizabeth, Baroness Teynham b. 1943, wife of the 20th Baron Teynham (and mother of 10); and 1 son from the third marriage, Alexander Henry Scrymgeour of Dundee, 12th Earl of Dundee, who was b 5 Jun 1949.

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Sackville/Akroyd engagement

_.The engagement was announced 6 Dec, 2012, between the Hon Edward Geoffrey Richard Sackville (b 6 Dec, 1980), second son of William Herbrand (Sackville) 11th Earl De La Warr (b 10 Apr, 1948), of Buckhurst Park, Sussex, by his wife the former Anne Leveson; & Sophia Georgina M. Akroyd (b 1984), daughter of the late Mr Mark T.S. Akroyd, by his wife the former Camilla E.L. Milton, now Mrs Christian Dangerfield, of Pencombe, Herefordshire.

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Sir Geoffrey Adam Shakerley, 6th Baronet 1932-2012

_.Sir Geoffrey Adam Shakerley, 6th Baronet, who died suddenly, 3 December, 2012, aged 79, was a society photographer who married a cousin of the Queen.

He was born 9 Dec, 1932, son of Maj Sir Cyril Shakerley, 5th Baronet (1897-1970), by his wife the former Elizabeth Averil Eardley-Wilmot, scion of the Eardley-Wilmot Baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1821); succeeded to the baronetcy (cr UK, 1838), on his father's demise, 1970.

He married 1stly, 3 Jul 1962, the actress Virginia Maskell (who d. 25 Jan 1968); married 2ndly, 1972, Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Anson (b 7 Jun 1941), the party planner, scion of the Earls of Lichfield (Peerage of the UK, cr 1831), sister of the late 5th Earl of Lichfield (1939-2005), daughter of Lt-Col Viscount Anson (1913-58), by his 1st wife, Anne Ferelith Fenella Bowes Lyon (1917-80), scion of the Earls of Strathmore & Kinghorne ,later wife of Prince Georg of Denmark, and a niece of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, &c. He and Lady Elizabeth were divorced in 2009, after many years apart, and he married 3rdly, 2010, Virginia  (nee Hobson) former wife of_____.

Sir Geoffrey leaves 2 sons, Nicholas and Peter, from his first marriage, and a daughter, Fiona, from his 2nd marriage. The elder son, Nicholas Simon Adam, born 20 Dec, 1963, inherits the baronetcy.

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Michael Charles Brand 1925-2012

_.Michael Charles Brand, who died 30 Nov, 2012, at the age of 87, was a scion of the Viscounts Hampden (Peerage UK, cr 1884), and was a grandson maternally of the 5th Earl of Rosslyn (Peerage of the UK, cr 1801). He was born in 1925 a son of Lieut.-Col. John Charles Brand, DSO, MC (1885-1929), by his wife the former Lady Rosabelle Millicent St Clair-Erskine (d 1956); married in 1953, the Hon Laura Caroline Beatrice Smith (b 1931), a daughter of the 3rd Viscount Hambleden (Peerage of the UK, cr 1891), by whom he had issue.

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Przewozniak / St John engagement

_.The engagement was announced 4 December, 2012, between Alexander A.B. Przewozniak, son of Mr & Mrs Janusz Przewozniak, of Hampstead, London, & Melissa Lucy Amanda St John (b 1986), daughter of Mr Robert William St John, of Clapham, London, by his wife the former Hon Vanessa Margureite Palmer (b 1954), daughter of Raymond Cecil Palmer, 3rd Baron Palmer, OBE (Peerage of the UK, 1933; Bt UK, 1916).

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Baby for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

 _.The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a baby in the summer of 2013. The royal baby will be born third in line and in direct succession to the throne after the Prince of Wales and Duke of Cambridge.

He or she will one day be head of the armed forces, supreme governor of the Church of England and subsequently head of state of 16 countries.


Under the terms of the letters patent laid down by King George V in 1917 only the eldest son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales is born a prince with the HRH handle.

A son would be born HRH Prince (Christian name) of Cambridge.

If the baby is girl then under the 1917 ruling she will be born Lady (Christian name) Windsor but it is expected that Her Majesty the Queen will make an announcement next year regarding the titles to be borne by the children of the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge. A princess (and future Queen) would be known as HRH Princess _______of Cambridge.



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Hon Nicholas Assheton 1934-2012

_.The Hon Nicholas Assheton, who died 27 Nov, 2012, as the result of a fall, was a scion of the Barons Clitheroe (Peerage of the UK, cr 1955). He was born 23 May, 1934, a younger son of the 1st Baron Clitheroe (1901-84), by his wife the former Hon Sylvia Benita Frances Hotham (d 1991), scion of the Barons Hotham (Peerage of Ireland, cr 1797). Nicholas Assheton married in 1960, Jacqueline Harris, a daughter of Air Marshal Sir Arthur (Bomber) Harris, 1st Baronet,by whom he had issue. Career:-> sometime a member of the London Stock Exchange and a deputy chairman of Coutts, Treasurer and Exta Equerry to HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1998-2002, &c.

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Rufus Gilman: grandson for the Duke & Duchess of Gloucester

The Lady Rose Victoria Birgitte Louise Gilman (b. 1 Mar 1980), daughter of Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, and wife of George Gilman, gave birth to a son, Rufus, in late Oct/Nov 2012, a brother for Lyla, who was born in July, 2010.

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Maj Thomas Edward St Aubyn, CVO, DL 1923-2012

_.Maj. Thomas Edward St Aubyn, CVO, DL, who died 29 November, 2012, aged 89, was a scion of the Barons St Levan (Baron, UK, cr 1887).

He was born 13 June, 1923, a son of Capt the Hon Lionel Michael St Aubyn, MVO (1878-1965), sometime Equerry to HRH The Duchess of Albany, by his wife the former Lady Mary Theresa Parker (1881-1932), daughter of the 3rd Earl of Morley (1843-1905).

He married 21 Nov, 1954, Henrietta Mary, daughter of Sir Henry Gray Studholme, 1st Baronet, CVO, MP, by whom he had issue.

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Sir Hugh Reid, 3rd (and last) Baronet 1933-2012

_.Sir Hugh Reid, 3rd (and last) Baronet, died in County Galway, 20 November, 2012. He was 78. He was born 27 Nov, 1933, at Locharron, Ross-shire, the son of Sir Douglas Neilson Reid, 2nd Baronet, by his wife the former Margaret Brighton Young Maxtone, and succeeded his father in the baronetcy (cr 1922) in 1971. He was unmarried and the title now becomes extinct. Sir Hugh is survived by his sister, Joan Quinn, who is the mother of 3 sons and four daughters. Sir Hugh was buried in the old churchyard at Locharron. -=-

Habershon / Clifford engagement

_.The engagement was announced in Nov 2012 between Mr James W. Habershon, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Richard Habershon of Castle Cary, Som. and the Hon Georgina Apollonia Clifford (b 20 June, 1983) only daughter of Thomas Hugh Clifford, 14th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (Peerage of England, cr 1672) of Ugbrooke Park, Chudleigh, South Devon, by his former wife the former Muriel Suzanne Austin.

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5th Baron Denman, CBE, MC 1916-2012

_.Charles Spencer Denman, 5th Baron Denman, CBE, MC, died 21 November, 2012, aged 96. He was b 7 Jul 1916, son of Sir Richard Denman, 1st Baronet (a descendant of the 1st Baron), by his 1st wife the former Helen Christian Sutherland; succeeded his father in the baronetcy (cr UK, 1945), 22 Dec, 1957, and his cousin in the peerage (cr UK, 1834), 21 Mar 1971; married in 1943, Sheila Ann Stewart (d 1987), by whom he had issue, three sons and one daughter. MC (1942), CBE (1976). He is succeeded in the peerage and baronetcy by his eldest son, the Hon Richard Thomas Stewart Denman, who was b 4 Oct 1946.

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Sir William James Denby Roberts, 3rd Baronet 1936-2012

Sir William James Denby Roberts, 3rd Baronet, who died 23 November, 2012, aged 76, was formerly of Combwell Prioty, Kent, and Strathallan Castle, Perthshire. He was born in 1936, son of Sir James Denby Roberts, 2nd Bt, OBE, whom he succeeded in 1973. The baronetcy was created in 1909 (UK).

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Sonia Isabel Jane Hunter of Hunterston, widow of clan chief

_.Sonia Isabel Jane Hunter of Hunterston, who died in Paris, 20 November, 2012, aged 82, was the widow of Neil Aylmer Hunter, 29th of Hunterston (1926-1994). She was the former Sonia Furlong and married in 1952. Her husband, born Neil Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick, scion of that Scottish landed family, succeeded as head of the family on the death of his aunt, Eleanora, the 28th of Hunterston (nee Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick), who died in 1984. 

Sonia's husband assumed the surname of Hunter of Hunterston and was recognised in the surname and arms of Hunter of Hunterston by Lord Lyon King of Arms in 1969.

She leaves six sons, Charles, Robert, Nigel, John, Angus and Richard and one daughter, Pauline, Madam Pauline Hunter of Hunterston of that Ilk, 30th Laird, who was recognised as Chief of the Clan Hunter and 30th Laird in 1995.

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Lady Serena Jane Kettlewell 1940-2012

_.The Lady Serena Jane Kettlewell (nee Dundas), who died 22 November, 2012, aged 72, was a scion of the Marquesses of Zetland (Marquess cr UK, 1892). She was born 10 Sept, 1940, daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Zetland (1908-89), of Aske, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former (Katherine Mary) Penelope Pike (1914-2003), and was a granddaughter of the 2nd Marquess,KG (1876-1961), sometime Secretary of State for Burma and for India, and Lord Lieutenant for the North Riding of Yorkshire.

She married 15 Aug, 1964, Capt Nigel Ion Charles Kettlewell, RN, son of Cdr Charles Kettlewell, RNR, by whom she had issue, a son, Robert, and two daughters, Melissa and Charlotte.

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Chapman/Musgrave engagement

_.The engagement was announced 27 Nov, 2012, between Mr Oliver B. Chapman, son of the late Mr Peter Chapman and Mrs Peter Chapman, of Somerton, Somerset, and Miss Laetitia Clare Musgrave (b 1980), daughter of Maj Nicholas Musgrave (b 1948), of Stroud, Gloucestershire, lately executive manager of the Cirencester Polo Club, by his wife the former Clare E. Nesbitt (b 1956).

The bride to be has a sister, Arabella (b 1982), briefly the teenage squeeze of Prince William, and a brother, Rory (b 1991).

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Anne Voss-Bark (1928-2012)

_.Anne Voss Bark (nee Bennett), actress and proprietor of the Arundell Arms, Devon, who died 18 November, 2012, aged 84, was a scion of the Bennett Baronets (Bt, UK, 1929), a daughter of Sir (Charles) Wilfrid Bennett, 2nd Baronet. She was born 7 Oct 1928; married 1stly, 1961, Gerald Norman Fox-Edwards; 2ndly, 1974, Conrad Lyddon Voss-Bark; and leaves issue from her first union, Adam (b 1962), and Jane (b 1964).

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Rugge-Price/Pope engagement

_.The engagement was announced 21 Nov, 2012, between (Robert) Jake Rugge-Price (b 1982), scion of the Rugge-Price Baronets (Bart cr UK, 1804), son of (Anthony) Jeremy Rugge-Price (b 1940), of Orford, Suffolk, by his 3rd wife, Mrs Carolyn Rugge-Price (nee Beaumont), of London, & Louisa A.S. Pope, yst daughter of the late Lieutenant-Col. Julian Pope, and Mrs Julian Pope, of Upton Grange, Tetbury, Gloucestershire.

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Camilla Belle Pollen

_.Jennifer L. Pollen (nee Kyte), wife of William Richard Hungerford Pollen (b. 28 June 1976), scion of the Pollen Baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Camilla Belle, 15th Nov, 2012, a sister for Zach.

William Pollen is the eldest son of Sir Richard John Hungerford Pollen, 8th Baronet (b. 3 Nov 1946), of Bramshott Chase, Hampshire, and Lady Pollen, and Jennifer Pollen is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Vance Kyte, of Hale, Cheshire.

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Frederick Henry Campbell Ferrier

_.Henrietta M Ferrier (née Burnell-Nugent) wife of Nicholas O.C. Ferrier, gave birh to a son, Frederick Henry Campbell, 19 Oct, 2012, a brother for William and Hugh. Nicholas Ferrier is the son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Ferrier, & Henrietta is a dau of Vice-Admiral Sir James Michael Burnell-Nugent (b 19 Nov 1949), sometime Second Sea Lord and C-in-C Home Command and Flag Aide-de-Camp to The Queen, of Sheepham, Devon, by his wife the former Henrietta Mary Woods. Henrietta is a granddaughter maternally of the Rt Rev Robin Woods, KCMG, KCVO (1914-97), sometime Dean of Windsor and Domestic Chaplain to HM The Queen, and later Bishop of Worcester, by his wife the former Henrietta ("Etta") Marian Wilson (d 8 Feb 2005, aged 88). 

Crichton-Stuart/Menkynova engagement

_.The engagement was announced 15 November, 2012, between Frederick James (Freddie) Crichton-Stuart (b 1981), scion of the Marquesses of Bute (Marquess, GB, 1796), son of (Patrick) James Crichton-Stuart (b 1954), of London, by his 1st wife, the former Amanda Mary Howell Williams (now Mrs Charles Vere Nicoll), of St Barthelemy, French West Indies, & Lenka Menkynova, yst dau of Mr & Mrs Stanislav Menkyna, of Modra, Slovakia.

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The 13th Earl Ferrers (1929-2012)

_.The Earl Ferrers, a former Conservative government minister, died 13 November, 2012. He was 83. 
Robert Washington Shirley was born 8 June, 1929, son of the 12th Earl, by his wife the former Hermione Morley. 

Lord Ferrers was the 13th Earl (Peerage of GB, cr 1711); Viscount Tamworth (Peerage of GB, cr 1711), and was one of the senior most baronet's (Bart, England, 1611). 

Hw was a Lord in Waiting (Government Whip) in the administrations of Harold Macmillan and Sir Alec Douglas-Home, 1962-4; 1974-74; Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Foods 1974; Joint Deputy Leader of the Opposition, House of Lords 1976-79; High Steward, Norwich Cathedral, since 1979; Minister of State, Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Food 1979-83; Deputy Leader, House of Lords 1979-83 and 1988-97; Privy Councillor 1982; Deputy Lieutenant, Norfolk 1983; Minister of State, Home Office 1988-94, Department of Trade and Industry 1994-95 and Department of the Environment 1995-97; Sub-Warden, Winchester College, since 1998; elected to the House of Lords 1999; Grand Prior of England, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem/ 

He succeeded to the family honours on his father's death, 11 Oct, 1954; married 1951, Annabel Mary Carr, by whom he had issue, 2 sons and three daughters. The peerages and baronetcy devolve upon his Lordship's elder son, Robert William Saswalo Shirley, styled Viscount Tamworth, who was b 29 Dec, 1952.

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Weymouth/McQuiston engagement

_.The engagement has been announced in Nov 2012 between Ceawlin Thynn, styled Viscount Weymouth (b 6 June, 1974), son and heir of the 6th Marquess of Bath (b 6 May, 1932), of Longleat, by his wife, the former Anna Gyarmathy (b 27 Sept, 1943), & Emma Clare A. McQuiston (b 1986), daughter of Oladipo (Ladi) Jadesimi & Mrs Suzanna McQuiston (nee________).

The bride-to-be is a half-sister of Iain McQuiston, husband of Lord Weymouth's aunt, Lady Silvy Cerne Thynne.


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Eira Maud Evans-Bevan

_.Elizabeth Evans-Bevan (nee Saevareide), wife of Huw Evan Evans-Bevan (b 1971), scion of the Evans-Bevan Baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Eira Maud, 27 Oct, 2012, a sister for Magnus Evan, who was b 31 Oct, 2010. Huw is the yst son of Sir Martyn Evan Evans-Bevan, 2nd Baronet (b 1 Apr 1932), of Brecknock, by his wife the former Jennifer Jane Marion Stevens, & Elizabeth is a dau of Mr & Mrs Erling Saevareide, of Herøy, Norway. 

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Hon (Mildred Sophia) Noreen Drexel (1922-2012)

_.The Hon (Mildred Sophia) Noreen Drexel (nee Stonor), who died at Newport, Rhode Island, 6 November, 2012, aged 90, was the second daughter of Ralph Francis Julian Stonor, 5th Baron Camoys (Peerage of England, cr 1383), of Stonor Park, by his wife the former Mildred Sherman (d 1961); she was born 26 Oct, 1922, and married in 1941, John R. Drexel III, of New York City and Philadelphia, by whom she leaves issue.

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Hilton-Johnson/Guest marriage

_.The marriage has taken place in Normandy, France, of Mr Oliver Rupert Hilton-Johnson (b 1981), son of Mr Christopher Hilton-Johnson (b 1946), of Cottisford, Oxfordshire, and the late Mrs Hilton-Johnson (nee Lockheed), & the Hon Ilona Charlotte Guest (b 24 Feb 1985), scion of the Viscounts Wimborne (Visc. UK, cr 1918), daughter of the late 3rd Viscount Wimborne (1939-93), by his second wife, the former Venetia Margaret Quarry.

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Bishop Justin Welby's descent from royal bastard

__.Bishop Justin Welby, the Old Etonian Bishop of Durham, who is expected to be named as Archbishop of Canterbury, has a distinguished lineage which includes Marshal of the RAF Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, who was chief of the Air Staff though most of the Second World War, and he counts the Stuart kings among his ancestors.

Welby (b 6 Jan 1956), is eleven generations in descent from the Merrie Monarch King Charles II and his French mistress Louise Renee de Penancoet de Keroualle, via their son Charles Lennox, who was created Duke of Richmond. HRH The Duchess of Cornwall is also a Lennox descendant and thus a kinswoman of the primate-to-be.

The bishop's royal genes have been passed down from Welby's mother, Jane, Lady Williams of Elvel. Another collateral is the 18th century statesman Charles James Fox.

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The 3rd Baron Fisher (1921-2012)

_.The 3rd Baron Fisher, DSC died 31 October, 2012. He was 91. John Vavassour Fisher was born 24 July, 1921, son of the 2nd Baron by his wife the former Jane Morgan (who d 28 Jan 1955). Succeeded to the peerage (Baron UK, cr 1909), on his father's demise, 11 May, 1955. Married twice, firstly, 1949 (div 1969), Elizabeth Anne Penelope Holt; married 2ndly, 1970, the Hon Rosamund Anne Fairburn (nee Clifford), dau of the 12th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh. He is succeeded by the eldest son of his 1st marriage, the Hon Patrtick Vavassur Fisher (b 14 June, 1953).

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Tabitha Mary Autumn Bagge

_.Charlotte C.A. Bagge (nee Stride), wife of Alfred James John Bagge (b 1 July 1980), scion of the Bagge baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Tabitha Mary Autumn, 30 October, 2012. Alfred Bagge is the elder son of Sir Jeremy Bagge, 7th Baronet (b 21 June 1945) and Lady Bagge (descended from the Smith Barts, cr 1947), of Stradsett, Norfolk, and Charlotte is the elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley Stride, of Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire. 

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van Straubenzee/Percy engagement

_.The engagement has been announced between Mr Thomas Alexander van Straubenzee (b 1982  ), scion of that landed family, eldest son of Mr Alexander Henry van Straubenzee (b 1951), of Tanyard House, South Witham, Lincolnshire, by his wife the former Claire Sonia Fenwick (b 1954), and the Lady Melissa Jane Percy (b 20 May, 1987), daughter of Ralph George Algernon (Percy) 12th Duke of Northumberland (b 16 Nov 1956), of Alnwick Castle, by his wife the former Isobel Jane Percy (b 1959).

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Ossie Charles Bonas

_.The Lady Kate Eleanor Bonas (nee Fortescue, b 1979), daughter of the 8th Earl Fortescue, and wife of Olivier Henry Bonas (b 1971), gave birth to a son, Ossie Charles, 31 October, 2012.

Olivier Bonas is a descendant of the Barons Camoys, and is a son of Benjamin Reginald Francis Stonor Bonas (b 1940), by his former wife the former Jacqueline de Brabant.

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Violet Loveday Elizabeth Paravicini

._Katharine Paravicini (nee Acland), wife of Jack V.R. Paravicini (b 1981), gave birth to a daughter, Violet Loveday Elizabeth, 22 October, 2012, Jack Paravicini is a son of John C.R. (Jonny) Paravicini (b 1952), of Ibworth, Hampshire, by his wife the former ____Phillimore, and Katharine is a daughter of Mr Peter Acland, of Virginia, USA, and Mrs Amanda Acland, of Gittisham, Devon. 

Jack Paravcini is a grandson of Colonel Vincent Paravicini by his wife the former Jacqueline Christine Swinnerton Dyer (b posthumously 1918), scion of the Swinnerton Dyer Baronets (cr 1678). 

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Elizabeth Eleanor Celeste Rollo

_.Sophie Rollo {nee de Castella} wife of the Hon. Jamie Rollo, Master of Rollo (b. 1972), son and heir of the Lord Rollo, gave birth to a daughter, Elizabeth Eleanor Celeste (Lizzie), 27 October, 2012, a sister for  Kate, who was b 15 Apr, 2003, and for Charlie, who was b 1 May, 2005, and Rose who was b 8 March, 2007.

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Wilbur Michael John Baillie

_.Katie Baillie (nee Wright), wife of James Evan Baillie (b 3 Dec, 1975), scion of the Barons Burton (Peerage of the UK, cr 1897), gave birth to a son, Wilbur Michael John, 15 October, 2012.

James Baillie is the son of the Hon Evan Michael Ronald Baillie (b 1949), son and heir of the 3rd Baron Burton (b 1924).

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Leyla Atalanta Ward (b 2013)

_.Laura Juliet Ward (nee Sevier, b 1979), wife of the Hon Leander Grenville Ward (b 30 Oct, 1971), scion of the Earls of Dudley (Peerage of the UK, cr 1860), gave birth to a daughter, Leyla Atalanta, in Oct 2012. Laura is the only daughter of the late Roy J.R. Sevier, by his former wife Patricia Margaret Sanderson (who married 2ndly, 1993, Sir Peter Walker-Okeover, 4th Baronet 1947-2003). Leander Ward is the only surv. son of the 4th Earl of Dudley by his second wife the Rank starlet Maureen Swanson. -=-

Jane Walker-Okeover (1942-2012) sometime Extra Woman of the Bedchamber to the Queen Mother

_.Miss Jane Katherine Walker-Okeover, LVO, DL, who died 28 October, 2012, aged 69, was a scion of the Walker-Okeover Baronets (cr Baronet, UK, 1886), daughter of Sir Ian Peter Andrew Monro Walker-Okeover, 3rd Baronet, DSO, by his wife the former Dorothy Elizabeth Heber Percy (descended from the Dukes of Northumberland). She was born 2 Nov, 1942 and served as an Extra Woman of the Bedchamber to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother for 16 years.

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Wigram/Harding marriage

_.The marriage took place 6 October, 2012, at Poulton, Gloucestershire, between the Hon Harry Richard Clive Wigram (b 20 May, 1977), scion of the Barons Wigram (cr Baron UK, 1935), son of Maj the Hon Andrew Francis Clive Wigram, MVO (b 18 Mar 1949), heir to the peerage, sometime Equerry to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, by his wife Gabrielle Diana Moore, & Nicola J. Harding, daughter of Mr & Mrs Richard Harding.

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Sir Richard David Christopher Brooke, 11th Baronet (1938-2012)

_.Sir Richard David Christopher Brooke, 11th Baronet (Baronetcy E, cr 1662, of Norton Priory, co Chester), died 24 October, 2012. He was 74.

He was born 23 Oct, 1938, son of Sir Richard Neville Brooke, 10th Baronet (1915-1997), by his wife the former Lady Mabel Kathleen Jocelyn (d 27 Jun 1985), daughter of the 8th Earl of Roden, and succeded to the baronetcy on his father's death, 1997; married 1stly, 1963 (div 1976), Carola Marion Erskine Hill, and 2ndly, in 1979, Lucinda (nee Voelcker), and is succeeded in the baronetcy by the elder son (of the 1st marriage), Richard Christopher, who was b 10 July, 1966.

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Hay/Whitbread engagement

_.The engagement was announced 27 October, 2012, between Robert Alexander Hay (b 1976), scion of the Marquesses of Tweeddale (Peerage of Scotland, cr  1694), only son of Alexander Douglas Hay (b 1948), of Duns Castle, Berwickshire, by his wife the former Aline Mary Macdougall, & Sophia Juliet Whitbread (b 1982), scion of that landed (brewing) dynasty, yst daughter of Mr William Whitbread, of Dennington, Suffolk, by his wife the former ________Hall.

Marsham/Beaumont engagement

_.The engagement was announced in October, 2012, between the Hon Michael Julian Marsham (b 3 Mar 1979), second son of Julian Charles Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney (b 28 Mar 1948), of Gayton Hall, Norfolk, by his wife the former Catriona Anne Stewart (descended from the Barons Cochrane of Cults), & the Hon Lucy Harriet Beaumont (b 30 Apr 1981), eldest daughter of Wentworth Peter Ismay Beaumont, 4th Viscount Allendale (b 13 Nov 1948), of Bywell Castle, Northumberland, by his wife the former Theresa More O'Ferrall (descended from the Jackson Baronets), &c.

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Princess Madeleine of Sweden to marry Chris O'Neill

_.The engagement was announced in October 2012 between Christopher Paul O'Neill (b London, 27 June, 1974), son of the late Paul O'Neill (d 2004), by his wife the former Eva Maria Walter, & HRH The Princess Madeleine Therese Amelie Josephine of Sweden, Duchess of Halsingland & Gastrikland (b 10 June 1982), younger daughter of His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (b 13 Apr 1946) and Queen Silvia of Sweden (b 23 Dec, 1943).

Chris O'Neill is a half brother of Tatjana Schoeller, wife of (John) Henry Erland d'Abo (b 7 Oct 1953), scion of the landed family of that name, and a grandson maternally of John Henry Montagu (Manners) 9th Duke of Rutland.

The bride-to-be is a great granddaughter of Princess Margaret of Connaught, and a great-great granddaughter of HRH The Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught & Strathearn (Peerage of the UK, cr 1874; extinct 1943), third son of HM Queen Victoria, &c.

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Lady Hanbury Tenison (1931-2012)

_. Lady Hanbury Tenison, of Clytha Park, Gwent, who died 22 Oct, 2012, aged 81, was the wife of a former Lord Lieutenant for the couty of Gwent, and was a scion of the Lords Saltoun (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1445).

Lady Hanbury Tenison was the wife of Sir Richard Hanbury Tenison, KCVO (b 3 January, 1925), of Clytha Park, Gwent, Lord Lieutenant of Gwent, 1979-2001.

She was born Euphan Mary Wardlaw Ramsay in 1931, daughter of Maj Arthur Balcarres Wardlaw Ramsay (d 1956), descended from the Barons Magheramorne, by his wife the former Hon Mary Alexandra Fraser (1892-1969), daughter of the 18th Lord Saltoun, &c. She married Richard Hanbury Tenison in 1955, and leaves issue.

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Morshead/Nicolson engagement

_.The engagement was announced 25 Oct, 2012, between Charles Christopher Thomas Morshead (b 1981), elder son of Mr Samuel R. Morshead, of St Fillans, Perthshire and Mrs Annabelle Carol Elizabeth Morshead (nee Bates, b 25 Dec 1955), of Langley-on-Tyne, Northumberland, descended from the Musgrave baronets, and Miss Louise Alexandra Patricia Nicolson (b. 1984), scion of the Lords Saltoun (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1445), elder daughter of Capt Mark Malise Nicolson, of Cairbulg Castle, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, by his wife the Hon Katharine Ingrid Mary Isabel FRASER, Mistress of Saltoun (b 11 Oct, 1957).

The bride-to-be is a granddaughter of the Lady Saltoun (a peeress in her own right), and the late Capt Alexander Arthur Alfonso David Maule Ramsay of Mar, and a great-granddaughter of HRH Princess Patricia of Connaught (afterwards Lady Patricia Ramsay), and a great-great granddaughter of HRH The Duke of Connaught, son of HM Queen Victoria, &c.

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Lord Teviot's heir weds

_.The marriage took place in Breconshire, 13 Oct, 2012, between the Hon Charles Robert Kerr (b 19 Sept, 1971), only son and heir of the 2nd Baron Teviot (b 16 Dec 1934), by his wife the former Patricia Mary Harris, and Fiona C. Parry-Jones, daughter of Mr David Parry-Jones and the late Sheila Parry-Jones.

It is Mr Kerr's second marriage. He married firstly in 2000, Yamalette Molina Guillen, by whom he has a daughter, Arianna Sophia Kerr (b 2003).

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Heather Lady Malcolm

_.(Gillian) Heather Lady Malcolm, who died 15 Oct, 2012, was the widow, by only a few weeks, of Colonel Sir James William Thomas Alexander Malcolm, 12th Baronet (Baronetcy, Nova Scotia, cr 1665).

Her husband died 4 September, 2012. He was 82.

The former Gillian Heather Humpherus, she wed Sir James in 1955. Her son, Maj. Alexander James Elton Malcolm, Welsh Guards (b 30 Aug 1956), succeeded as thirteenth baronet.

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Eileen Marjorie Clare Smith (1932-2012)

.Eileen Marjorie Clare Smith (nee Prince-Smith), who died 17 Oct, 2012, aged 80, was a scion of the Prince-Smith Baronets (cr UK, 1911), a daughter of the 3rd Bart. She married in 1959, Stephen Hattersley Smith, and was mother of a son and 2 daughters.

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Son and heir for the Earl and Countess of Pembroke

_.The Countess of Pembroke (nee Victoria Bullough), wife of William Alexander Sidney [Herbert], 18th Earl of Pembroke & Montgomery (b 18 May 1978), of Wilton, Wilts, gave birth to a son and heir, Reginald Henry Michael (Herbert), styled Lord Herbert, at Salisbury, 21 Oct, 2012, a brother for Lady Alexandra Herbert.

Lord Pembroke is the only son of the late 17th Earl of Pembroke & Montgomery (1939-2003), by his 1st wife the former Claire Rose Pelly, scion of the Pelly Barts.

The Countess of Pembroke is the youngest daughter Michael Bullough of Culcreuch, of Huntingtower, co. Perth, by his wife Sandra Lee-Graham.

Lord Pembroke's mother married 2ndly, 1984 as his second wife Stuart Wyndham Murray Threipland, of Trafalgar House, Salisbury, co. Wiltshire). Claire is the only dau. of Douglas Gurney Pelly, of Swaynes Hall, Saffron Walden, co. Essex, by his wife Monica Tate, only dau. of Lt Col Arthur Wignall Tate DSO, of Lenwade House, Great Witchingham, co. Norfolk.

Lord Pembroke is 18th Earl of Pembroke (England, let. pat.11 Aug 1551); 15th Earl of Montgomery (England, let. pat. 4 May 1605); 18th Baron Herbert of Cardiff, of Cardiff in the County of Glamorgan (England, let. pat.10 Aug 1551), 15th Baron Herbert of Shurland, of Shurland in the Isle of Sheppey. (England, let. pat. 4 May 1605) 7th Baron Herbert of Lea (United Kingdom, let. pat. 15 Jan 1861).

The Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery is a sister of John Bullough of Culcreuch, Yr, who married 1998, Lady Georgiana Dorothea Mary Murray (b. 10 Mar 1967), dau of the 8th and 7th Earl of Mansfield, DL.


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Leschallas/Rowan engagement

_.The engagement was announced in Oct 2012, between Alexander Charles Pigé Leschallas (b 1978), a kinsman of HM The Queen via his Bowes Lyon descent, son of James Pigé Leschallas, of Cranmore, Somerset, descended from the Earls of Romney, by his wife the former Rosemary Elizabeth Elphinstone (b 1947), scion of the Lords Elphinstone, & Sarah Rowan, daughter of the late Mr Hugh Rowan and Mrs Lynne Rowan, of Cowden, Kent. 

Lord Hacking's son engaged

_.The engagement was announced in October, 2012, between the Hon Alexander Roland Harry Hacking (b 20 Jan 1984), son of the 3rd Baron Hacking (b 17 Apr 1938), of Kennington, London, by his 2nd wife the former Tessa Margaret Hunt, & Jennifer S. Walsh, only daughter of Mr & Mrs Robert Walsh, of Towersey, Oxfordshire.

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Rosemary Scott-Moncrieff (1928-2012)

_. (Dora) Rosemary Scott-Moncrieff, who died 8 October, 2012, was the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel William Scott-Moncrieff, head of that landed family, formerly of Fossway. She was the former Dora Rosemary Knollys, and was born in London in 1928, daughter Harold Lucian Knollys, of Abbeylands, Weybridge, Surrey, and married Lt-Col. Scott-Moncrieff, 22 March, 1950. She had issue, two daughters, Jean Claire (b 1952), and Lucy Ann (b 1954).

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George Francis Lane Fox (1931-2012)

_. Maj. George Francis Lane Fox, head of the landed family, of Bramham Park, Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, died at his home, 9 October, 2012. He was 81.

He was born 15 May, 1931, eldest son of Lt-Col Francis Gordon Ward-Jackson (1899-1989), by his wife, the Hon Marcia Agnes Mary Lane Fox (1904-80), eldest of the four daughters of the 1st (and last) Baron Bingley, who had no sons. In 1937, Lt-Col Ward Jackson assumed the surname of Lane Fox in lieu of Jackson.

George Lane Fox was educated at Eton & RMC; career:- landowner, served as Major in the Royal Horse Guards, &c.

He married 10 Aug 1962, (Helen) Victoria, only daughter of Maj Charles Edward Rodney Duff, 8th Royal Irish Hussars, by whom he had issue, three sons, George, James and Edward. Mrs Lane Fox died 30 Nov, 1997.

He succeeded as head of the Lane Fox family by his eldest son, Capt George Charles Nicholas Lane Fox, who was born 25 Dec, 1963.

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Burbridge-King/Hamilton-Baillie engagement

_.The engagement was announced in Oct 2012 between Dr Tom H. Burbridge-King, eldest son of Mr John Burbridge-King, of Oakley, Hampshire, and Mrs Barry Unwin, of Betchworth, Surrey, & Dr Daisy Ernestine Hamilton-Baillie (b 1982), scion of the Earls of Haddington (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1619), second daughter of Thomas Richard Hamilton-Baillie (b 1948), of Sanford in the Vale, Oxfordshire, by his wife the former Mafrina von Senger und Etterlin.

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Sir Andrew Colin Hugh Smith (1931-2012)

_.Sir Andrew Colin Hugh Smith, chairman of the London Stock Exchange, 1988-94, died 3 October, 2012. He was 81. He was born 6 Sept 1931, son of Lt-Cdr Colin Hugh Smith by his wife the former Elizabeth Dulcie Hotham, scion of the Barons Hotham; married 1964, Venetia, dau of Lt-Col Peter Flower, by whom he had issue, 2 sons. His yr brother, Col Henry Owen Hugh Smith, was CO The Blues & Royals and served as equerry to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.

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Dowager Countess of Denbigh dies aged 75

_.The Dowager Countess of Denbigh died 30 September, 2012. The widow of the 11th earl was aged 75.

She was born Caroline Judith Vivienne (Judy) Cooke, daughter of Lt-Col. Geoffrey Cooke, of Little Orchard, Sunningdale, co Berkshire, and married 2 Sept, 1965, William Rudolph Michael Feilding, 11th Earl of Denbigh (1943-95) (Peerage of England, cr 1622), and 10th Earl of Desmond (Peerage of Ireland, also cr 1622), who died 23 Mar, 1995.

Lady Denbigh leaves one son, Alexander, 12th Earl of Denbigh, and 2 daughters, Lady Samantha Hurley and Lady Louisa Barton.

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Group Capt Peter Townsend (died 1995)

The Lady Kinloss (1922-2012)

_.The Lady Kinloss, 12th in line (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1601/2), died in hospital, 30 September, 2012, aged 90. Lady Kinloss, Beatrice Mary Freeman-Grenville, lived at Sheriff Hutton, near York.

She was born 18 Aug 1922, daughter of Rev. Hon Luis Grenville, Master of Kinloss (1889-Aug 1944), by his wife the former Katherine Jackman; succeeded to the peerage, 17 Oct, 1944, on the demise of her grandmother, Mary Temple Nugent-Brydges-Grenville, later Morgan, later Morgan-Grenville, suo jure Lady Kinloss.

She married in 1950, Greville Stewart Parker Freeman, later Freeman-Grenville (d 2005), by whom she had issue, one son Bevil, styled Master of Kinloss (1953-2012), and 2 daughters, Teresa and Hester.

The peerage now devolves upon her Ladyship's elder daughter, Teresa Mary Nugent Grenville Freeman-Grenville, Mistress of Kinloss, who was b. 20 July, 1957. She is unm.

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Kit Edward Duckworth-Chad

__.Lucy Rose Duckworth-Chad (b 1979, nee Greenwell), wife of William George Christopher Duckworth-Chad (b 1975), a second cousin of the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry, gave birth to a son, Kit Edward, 29 September, 2012.

William Duckworth-Chad is the son of Anthony Duckworth-Chad (b 1942), of Pynkney, Norfolk, by his wife, the former Elizabeth Sarah Wake-Walker (b 1944), scion of the Walker Baronets (cr UK 1856), & Lucy is a daughter of Sir Edward Greenwell, 4th Baronet (b 1948) and the late Lady Greenwell, of Gedgrave, Suffolk. 

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Campbell/Crewe-Read engagement

_.The engagement was announced 4 October, 2012, between Harry N.E. Campbell, son of Mr Gerald Campbell, of Tenterden, Kent, & Mrs Dorian Campbell, of Northiam, East Sussex, & Chloe Crewe-Read (b 1985), scion of the landed family of Crewe-Read, of Llandinam, daughter of Christopher Thomas Malcolm Crewe-Read (b 19 Mar 1951),of Adlestrop, Glos (a grandson maternally of the 1st Baron Robins), by his former wife Belinda Bennett (now Mrs Belinda Hadden, of London) dau of Sir Reginald Bennett, VRD, &c.

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Voss/Fellowes engagement

_.The engagement was announced 4 Oct 2012 between Mr Mario Voss, son of Dr and Frau Heinz-Werner Voss, of Northdorn, Germany, & Zillah Elizabeth Fellowes (b 1985), scion of the landed family of Fellowes of Shotesham Park, daughter of David William Lyon Fellowes (b 4 Oct 1949), of Little Somborne, Hampshire, by his wife the former Venetia A. Moorhead (b 1953).

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Rous/Hill engagement

_.The engagement was announced 2 October, 2012, between James Anthony Edward Rous (b 1972), scion of the Earls of Stradbroke (Peerage of the UK, cr 1821; Baronetcy cr 1660), son of the late Lt-Gen Hon Sir William Rous, KCB, by his wife the Hon Lady Rous (the former Judith Rosemary Persse), & Charlotte Patricia P. Hill (b 1985), daughter of Mr Matthew O.F. Hill by his former wife the former Penelope M.G. Duckham (b 1953).

James Rous is a nephew of the 6th Earl of Stradbroke.

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Aumonier/Bethell engagement

_.The engagement was announced 2 October, 2012, between James Stacy Aumonier (b 1978), son of Mr  Philip Aumonier, of Warham, West Sussex, & Mrs Aumonier (nee Wallace) & Lucinda Emma Bethell (b 1979), a scion of the Barons Westbury (Peerage of the UK, cr 1861), daughter of the Hon James David William Bethell (b 1952), racehorse trainer, of Coverham, North Yorkshire, by his 1st wife, Emma Hermione Nicolson (see Lordship of Saltoun) (now Mrs Nicholas Higgin, of Malpas, Cheshire).

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Scott/Wood engagement

_.The engagement was announced 2 Oct, 2012, between Rupert Scott, son of Mr & Mrs David Scott, and Leonora Sarah Clare Wood (b 1982), scion of the Earls of Halifax (Peerage of the UK, cr 1944), only child of the Hon Edward Orlando Charles Wood (b 1951), by his former wife, Joanna Harriet Pinches (now Mrs Charles Hansard).

Leonora Wood is a granddaughter paternally of the Hon Richard Frederick Wood, sometime Conservative MP for Bridlington and a Government minister (a yr son of the 1st Earl of Halifax), created a life peer in 1979 as Baron Holderness.

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Frances Amanda Raven Hoskyns-Abrahall

_.Lucy Hoskyns-Abrahall (née Pease), wife of Bennet Mansel Leigh Hoskyns-Abrahall (b. 1971), scion of the Hoskyns Baronets [created in 1676], gave birth to a daughter, Frances Amanda Raven (Frankie), 17 Aug 2012, a sister for Connie May, who was b 8 June, 2008, and Benedict Simon Jackson, b 28 June, 2009. 

Bennet is the eldest son of [John] Benedict Leigh Hoskyns-Abrahall [b. 1939], of Earby Hall, Richmond, North Yorkshire, by his late wife Mary Delamain, daughter of Lt-Col. Mansel Jackson, DSO & Bar, MC, and Lucy, youngest daughter of Mr Simon Pease, of Underley Grange, Kirkby Lonsdale, and Mrs Amanda Dixon, of Scotland House, Ingoldsby. 

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Benjamin John Hanbury (1934-2012)

_.Benjamin John Hanbury, who died 27 September, 2012, was a scion of the landed family, of Hanbury of Hitcham & Melgate; born 19 Jan 1934, and educated at Eton and Oxford, son of Christopher Lionel Hanbury, MBE, DL, by his wife the former Lettice Charrington, scion of that landed family; married  8 May, 1962, Verena Elizabeth Anne, dau of Capt Anthony Martin Kimmins, OBE, RN (1901-64), of the family of Kimmins of Marks Barn, by his wife the former Elizabeth Hodges. He leaves issue, four sons, James, Timothy, Simon and Marcus, and one daughter, Lucinda.
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Peters/Cazenove engagement

_.The engagement was announced 2 Oct 2012 between Andrew C. Peters, son of the late Mr Colin Peters and Mrs Robert Hanbury, of Wester Bayelaw, Balerno, and Edwina Caroline de Lèrison Cazenove (b 1984), scion of that landed family (the eponymous stockbroking dynasty), daughter of Mr Bernard Michael de Lèrison Cazenove (b 14 June, 1947), of Ellisfield, Hampshire, by his wife the former Caroline June Moore.

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Tewa Lascelles, cousin of the Queen weds (?)

_.According to some sources the marriage took place in 2012 between Tewa Ziyan Robert George Lascelles (b 8 June, 1985), descended from the Royal House of Windsor and 51st in line to the Throne, son of the Hon James Edward Lascelles (b 5 Oct, 1953), by his second wife the former Lori (Shadow) Susan Lee (b 29 Aug, 1954, d), & Cynthia Ramirez, dau of _______.

Tewa Lascelles is a grandson of the late 7th Earl of Harewood, KBE (1923-2011), and a great-grandson of HRH The Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood (1897-1965), only daughter of HM King George V, &c.

Has Her Majesty's permission to the nuptials (as required under the terms of the Royal Marriages Act, 1772) been published in the London Gazette?


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Heathcoat Amory/Kelaart marriage

_.HRH The Duchess of Cambridge attended the marriage which took place at Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, 29 September, 2012, between Patrick Thomas Heathcoat Amory (b 1979), third son of Sir Ian Heathcoat Amory, 6th Baronet (cr UK, 1874), of Tiverton, Devon, by his wife the former Frances Louise Pomeroy, scion of the Viscounts Harberton, & Thierry Kelaart, daughter of the late Paul N.D.S. Kelaart (b 1934 - d) and Mrs Paul Kelaart, of Nettlebed, Oxon (nee Anne Hedges, b 1945, High Sheriff of Oxfordshire, 2004). The bride was given in marriage by Mr Michael Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge's father.

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Her Highness Princess Ragnhild, Mrs Lorentzen (1930-2012)

_.Her Highness Princess Ragnhild, Mrs Lorentzen, who died at her home in Rio de Janeiro, 16 September, 2012, was a daughter of Olav V, King of Norway, and a sister of King Harald.

She was born Princess Ragnhild Alexandra of Norway, at Oslo, 9 June 1930, the first child of the then Crown Prince Olav and his wife Princess Martha of Sweden. The Princess was a great-grandaughter of Britain's King Edward VII, and a great-great granddaughter of Queen Victoria.

She married 15 May, 1953, Erling Sven Lorentzen (b Oslo, 28 Jan, 1923), and had three children. She is survived by her husband.

The Norwegian royal family attended the princess's funeral in the chapel of the Royal Palace, Oslo, 28 Sept, 2012.

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John Ernest Harley Collins, MBE, DSC* 1923-2012

_John Ernest Harley Collins, MBE, DSC*, soldier and banker, born Durban, South Africa, 24 April, 1923, son of George William Collins, of Taynton, Gloucestershire; married, firstly, 20 Nov 1946, the Hon Gillian Mary Randal Smith (1924-1981), daughter of the 2nd Baron Bicester (Peerage of the UK, cr 1938), by his wife the former Hon Dorothea James (see Baron Northbourne);  1 son, John (b 1951) and one daughter, Sarah (b 1948); married 2ndly, 1986, Jennifer Cubitt; died Oxford, 4 September, 2012.

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Constance Apple Macdonald-Buchanan

_.Poppy Augusta Macdonald-Buchanan (nee Fraser, born 1979), scion of the Lords Lovat (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1458/64, and Peerage of the UK, cr 1837), & wife of (Charles) Alexander Macdonald-Buchanan (born 1970, descended from the Barons Woolavington, ext/ and Barons Bicester), gave birth to a daughter, Constance Apple, 31 August, 2012.

Poppy Macdonald-Buchanan is a daughter of the late Hon Hugh Alastair Joseph Fraser, by his wife the former Drusilla Montgomerie, and is a granddaughter of the late 15th Lord Lovat, DSO, MC, TD, &c.

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Ian Lawrie Mackeson-Sandbach 1933-2012

Ian Lawrie Mackeson-Sandbach, of that landed family, who was b 14 June, 1933, died 26 September, 2012; Lt Welsh Gds emergency reserve 1952-57; md France Fenwick Ltd1969-75, dir Demerara Co Ltd 1969-76, chief exec Ernest Notcutt Group Ltd 1976-82; chm Crown Estate Paving Cmmn 1983-2004(cmmr 1974); Provincial Grand Master N Wales 1990-2004;Liveryman Worshipful Co of Grocers, &c. 

He was son of Graham Lawrie Mackeson-Sandbach by his wife Geraldine (nee Sandbach), who was descended from the 2nd Baron Penhryn. 

He married in 1967, Annie M.A.E. Van Lanschot, by whom he had four daughters, Antoinette, Sara, Louise and Megan. 

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Albert Oliver Vernon-Harcourt

Joanna N. Vernon-Harcourt (nee Hall), wife of the Hon Oliver Vernon-Harcourt, 3rd son of Lord and Lady Vernon, gave birth to a son, Albert Oliver, 15th September, 2012, a brother for Poppy & Edward.

Mrs Vernon-Harcourt is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Kenneth Hall of Crewkerne, Somerset.

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Heathcoat Amory/Jackson-Stops engagement

_.The engagement was announnced 27 September, 2012, between Toby Derick Heathcoat Amory (b 1985), scion of the Heathcoat Amory Baronets (cr UK, 1874), second son of Capt Charles William Heathcoat Amory (b 1945), Langford Budville. Somerset, by his 1st wife, the former Harmony Joanna Lyell (Mrs Harmony Heathcoat Amory, of Wyle, Wilts), & Rosanna Amy (Rosie) Jackson-Stops (b 1985), daughter of Mr Quentin Ashworth Jackson-Stops (b 1952), of Wood Burcote, Northamptonshire, by his wife the former, ____Stroyan.

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Hon Nicholas Charles Frederick Hotham 1947-2012

_.The Hon Nicholas Charles Frederick Hotham, scion of the Barons Hotham (Peerage of Ireland cr 1797, Baronetcy, cr 1622), died 21 September, 2012. He was 65.

He was born 3 June 1947, a younger son of the late 7th Baron Hotham, CBE (1899-1967), of Dalton Hall, Dalton Holme, Beverley, East Yorkshire, by his wife the former Lady Letitia Sibell Winifred Cecil (d 1992), daughter of the 5th Marquess of Exeter.

He married in 1973, Jane Brydon, by whom he had issue. He leaves a widow and a son, David Charles (b 1976), and a daughter, Catherine Frances (b 1978).

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Sir John Christopher Smith-Dodsworth, 8th Baronet 1935-2012

_.Sir John Christopher Smith-Dodsworth, 8th Baronet (Baronetcy GB, cr 1784), formerly of Thornton Watlass Hall, Ripon, and Coromandel, New Zealand, died 21 September, 2012, aged 77.

He was born 4 March, 1935, son of Sir Claude Matthew Smith-Dodsworth (1888-1940), by his wife the former Cyrilla Marie Louise Taylor.

He was educated at Ampleforth; succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's death, 18 May, 1940; was thrice married, firstly, in 1961 (div 1971), to Margaret Anne Jones; 2ndly, in 1972, to Margaret Theresa Grey, who died in 1990, and thirdly in 1991, to Lolita Pulante.

Sir John leaves a son and a daughter from his first marriage, a son from the second, and a son and a daughter from the third. The baronetcy devolves upon his eldest son, David John Smith-Dodsworth, who was born 23 Oct, 1963.

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Dowager Duchess of Northumberland 1922-2012

_.The Dowager Duchess of Northumberland, widow of the 10th Duke of Northumberland, KG (1914-88), died 19 September, 2012, aged 90. She was born Lady Elizabeth Diana Montagu Douglas Scott, 20 January, 1922, the elder daughter of the 8th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, KT, GCVO (1894-1973), by his wife the former Vreda Esther Mary (Molly) Lascelles (1900-93), scion of the Earls of Harewood; and married 12 June, 1946, Hugh Algernon Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland, of Alnwick Castle, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland 1956-88, Lord Steward of the Household, 1973-88, KG (1959), who died 11 Oct, 1988. The duchess was the mother of three sons and four daughters, and was predeceased by one son, the 11th Duke (1953-95), and by one daughter, Lady Louise Percy, who died in infancy in 1962. She is survived by 2 sons, the 12th Duke and Lord James Percy, and by 3 daughters, Caroline Countess de Cabarrus, Lady Victoria Fellowes, and Lady Julia Craig Harvey.

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Death of John Peter Houison Craufurd of Craufurdland, aged 82

_. John Peter Houison Craufurd of Craufurdland, 27th laird of Craufurdland Castle, Kilmarnock, co Ayr, died 17 September, 2012, aged 82. He was a son of John Houison Craufurd of Craufurdland and Braehead by his wife the former Irene Marlow; he married in 1965, the Hon Caroline Helene Berry (b 1942), third daughter of the newspaper proprietor, the 2nd Viscount Kemsley (1909-99), by whom he had issue, 2 sons, (John) Alexander(b 1966) and Simon Douglas (b 1972), and one daughter, Teresa Eleanor (b 1967). The elder son, Alexander, succeeds as head of the family. He is married with 2 daughters.

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Rose Virginie Finovola Duff Gordon

_. Zoë F Duff Gordon (nee Cordy-Simpson) wife of William Andrew Lewis Duff Gordon (b 1977), 
scion of the Duff Gordon Baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Rose Virginie Finovola, 13 September 2012.

William Duff Gordon is the elder son of Sir Andrew Cosmo Lewis Duff Gordon, 8th Baronet (b 17 Oct 1933) of New Radnor, Powys, by his 2nd wife the former Eveline Virginia Soames, and Zoë is the only daughter of Lieutenant General Sir Roderick Alexander Cordy-Simpson, KBE (b 29 Feb 1944), of Bishopstrow, Wiltshire, sometime Lieutenant , HM Tower of London, by his wife the former Virginia Rosemary Lewis. 

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Nicole, Duchess of Bedford (1920-2012)

_Nicole Duchess of Bedford, sometime chatelaine of Woburn Abbey, the third wife and widow of the 13th Duke of Bedford, died in Monaco, 7 September, 2012. She was 92.

She was born Nicole Marie Charlotte Pierrette Jeanne Schneider, at Paris, 29 June, 1920, daughter of Paul Scneider by his wife Marguerite Durand; married firstly, circa 1938, Henri Milinaire, by whom she had four children; married 2ndly, 1960, as his third wife, the 13th Duke of Bedford (1917-2002), of Woburn Abbey. Her husband died at Santa Fe, New Mexico, 25 Oct, 2002. She is survived by 2 sons and 1 daughter.

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Cressida Helena Christine Orde-Powlett

_.Katie J. Orde-Powlett (née Gribble), wife since May 2008, of Capt the Hon Thomas Orde-Powlett, MC, Irish Guards, (b 16 July 1979), scion of the Barons Bolton, gave birth to a daughter, Cressida Helena Christine, 6 September, 2012, a sister for Hector & Flora.

Capt Orde-Powlett is the eldest son & heir of the 8th Baron Bolton (b 14 Feb 1954), of Bolton Hall, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Philippa Tapply, & Katie is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Gribble, of Beddingham, Sussex.

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Simon Pleydell-Bouverie (1928-2012)

_.Simon Pleydell-Bouverie, who died 3 September, 2012, aged 84, was a scion of the Earls of Radnor. He was born 24 Apr, 1928, son of the Hon Bartholemew Pleydell-Bouverie, by his wife the former Lady Doreen Clare Hely-Hutchinson, scion of the Earls of Donoughmore; married 1961, Vivien Eleanor Keane, dau of Sir Richard Michael Keane, 6th Baronet, by whom he had issue, one son and three daughters.

Simon Pleydell-Bouverie was a grandson paternally of the 6th Earl of Radnor and a grandson maternally of the 6th Earl of Donoughmore.

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Malet / Nightingale engagement

_.The engagement was announced 8 September, 2012 between Charles Neville Wyndham Malet (b 1976), scion of the Malet Baronets (cr Baronet, GB 1791), son of the late Greville John Wyndham Malet, OBE, by his wife the former Hon (Margaret) Cherry Wigram (b 1942), of Coln St Aldwyns, Gloucestershire, scion of the Barons Wigram (Baron UK, 1935), & Rosemary V.C. Nightingale, third daughter of Mr & Mrs Peter Nightingale, of Sevenhampton, Gloucestershire, & Vipingo, Kenya.

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Lawrence / Pleydell-Bouverie engagement

_.The engagement was announced 8 September, 2012 between Mr Timothy Lawrence and Camilla Pleydell-Bouverie (b 1981), scion of the Earls of Radnor (Earl, GB, 1765), daughter of Robin Pleydell-Bouverie (b. 1937), by his wife the former Felicity Ruth Downer.

The bride-to-be is a granddaughter of the Hon Edward Pleydell-Bouverie, MVO, RN (1899-1951), by his wife the former (Alice) Pearl Crake (who was widow of the 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, &c).

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William van Cutsem to marry

_.The engagement was announced 8 September, 2012, between William Henry van Cutsem (b 1979), fourth son of Hugh Bernard Edward van Cutsem (b 1941), of Hilborough, Norfolk, descended from the Marquesses of Northampton, by his wife the former Emilie Quarles van Ufford (b 1946), and Rosanna Ruck Keene (b 1983), daughter of David Kenneth Lancelot Ruck Keene (b 1948), of Troy, Oxfordshire, scion of that landed family, of Waterstock, formerly of Swyncombe House, and Mrs Ruck Keene (nee Wild).

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India Jemima Alice Legge

_. Tara Siobhan Legge (nee ffrench-Mullen, b 6 May, 1970), wife of Alex B. Legge, gave birth to a daughter, India Jemima Alice, 25 Aug 2012.

Alex Legge is the only son of Mr and Mrs Colin Legge, of Bullocks Horn, Malmesbury, and Tara is the younger daughter of the late Mr Timothy Fitzgerald ffrench-Mullen (d 1982), by his wife the former Penelope Margaret Cecil Cave-Brown-Cave (b 1931), scion of the Cave-Brown-Cave Baronets (E, 1641). 

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Colonel Sir James Malcolm, 12th Baronet (1930-2012)

_.Colonel Sir James William Thomas Alexander Malcolm, 12th Baronet (Baronetcy, Nova Scotia, cr 1665), died 4 September, 2012. He was 82.

Sir James was Colonel, Welsh Guards, and Appeals Director, British Heart Foundation, 1976-89.

He was b 15 May, 1930, son of Arthur William Alexander Malcolm, CVO (1903-89) by his wife the former Hester Mary Mann, and succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his cousin, Sir David, in 1995.

He married in 1955, Gillian Heather Humpherus, by whom he had issue. His son, Maj. Alexander James Elton Malcolm, Welsh Guards (b 30 Aug 1956), succeeds as thirteenth baronet.

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Letanka / Grimston engagement

_.The engagement was announced 6 Sept, 2012, between Peter Edward Letanka (b 1974), son of Dr Stanley Edward Letanka, of Chiddingly, East Sussex, by his wife the former Lady Christina Gathorne-Hardy (b 1940), & the Lady Flora Grimston (b 28 Sept, 1981), daughter of the 7th Earl of Verulam (b 1951), of Gorhambury, Hertfordshire, by his wife the former Dione Angela Smith, scion of the Smith landed family, and kinswoman of HM The Queen, &c.

Peter Letanka is a grandson maternally of the 4th Earl of Cranbrook.

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Isabella Anna Tryon

_.Nina Tryon (née Farnell-Watson), wife of the Hon Edward Henry Tryon (b 1979), gave birth to a daughter, Isabella Anna, in London, 24 August, 2012, a sister for Mila Dale, who was b 14 March, 2011, in London. Edward is the younger.— son of The 3rd Baron Tryon and the late Baroness Tryon, of Comrie, Perthshire, and Nina is a daughter of Peter and Bunny Farnell- Watson, of Richmond, Surrey. 

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The (4th) Baron Trevethin & (2nd) Baron Oaksey, OBE (1929-2012)

_.John Geoffrey Tristram Lawrence, 4th Baron Trevethin (Peerage of the UK, cr 1921) & 2nd Baron Oaksey (Peerage of the UK, cr 1947), died 5 September, 2012, aged 83.

'John Oaksey', jockey, journalist, broadcaster and author was founded of the Injured Jockeys Fund.

He was born 21 March, 1929, son of Geoffrey Lawrence, judge, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, who was created the 1st Baron Oaksey in 1947 and who succeeded as 3rd Baron Trevethin on the death of his elder brother in 1959. John succeeded to both baronies on his father's demise, 28 Aug, 1971.

He was twice married, firstly in 1959 (divorced 1987), Victoria Mary Dennistoun; and secondly, in 1988, to Mrs Rachel Crocker (nee Hunter).

The peerages now devolve upon his son from his first marriage, the Hon Patrick John Tristram Lawrence, who was b 29 June, 1960.

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Emilia Anna Margaret Berridge

Lucy J. Berridge (née Cary-Elwes), wife of Ross A. Berridge, and scion of the LG family of Elwes, of Roxby, gave birth to a daughter, Emilia Anna Margaret, 21 August, 2012, a sister for Alexander & Cassia. 

Ross is a son of Dr and Mrs Neil Berridge, of Melrose, the Borders, and Lucy is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Cary-Elwes, of Dulwich, London.

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