Isla Beatrice Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce (b 2016)

_. The Hon Joanna Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce (b 1985), wife of the Hon Nicholas Edward Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce (born 16 Feb, 1986), gave birth to a daughter, Isla Beatrice, 14 October, 2016.

Nicholas is the son and heir of the 9th Baron Thurlow (b 13 Apr, 1952), (Peerage of GB, cr 1792), of Mapledurham, Oxfordshire, by his wife the former Bridget Anne Julia Cheape.

Joanna, a scion of the Earls of Lauderdale (Earl, Scotland, 1624) middle daughter of Patrick Richard Heriot Maitland (born 1947), of Fossway, Kinross, by his wife the former Marilyn Lois Grant.

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Rose Elizabeth Mary Crisp (b 2016)

_. The Lady Hermione Mary Annabel Crisp (b 1982, nee Shirley), scion of the Earls Ferrers, and wife of Edward J. Crisp, of Kirby Cane Hall, co Norfolk, gave birth to a daughter, Rose Elizabeth Mary, 9 October, 2016.

Edward Crisp is a son of the late Maj Simon Crisp and the late Mrs Christine Grote Crisp, & Lady Hermione  is the only daughter of the 14th Earl Ferrers (b 29 Dec 1952), of Ditchingham Hall, Norfolk, and the Countess Ferrers (nee Susannah Mary Sheepshanks, scion of that landed family).

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Greenall/Corbin engagement

The engagement was announced 26 October, 2016, between Dr the Hon Toby Peter Greenall (b 1988), scion of the Barons Daresbury, third son of the 4th Baron Daresbury (b 18 Jul 1953), of Malpas, Cheshire, by his wife the former Clare Alison Weatherby (descended from the extinct Earls of Clonmell), & Mr George J.R. Corbin, son of Colonel and Mrs David Corbin, of Zeals, Wiltshire.

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Ralph Akintola Wolfe Badenoch (born 2016)

Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke (Kemi) Badenoch ( nee Adegoke, born 2 January, 1980), wife of Hamish Badenoch, gave birth to a son, Ralph Akintola Wolfe, 10 October, 2016.

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Sir Allan Lindsay Morris, 11th Baronet 1961-2016

 Sir Allan Morris, 11th Baronet died at his home in Georgetown, Ontario, 16 October, 2016. He was 54.

Allan Lindsay Morris was born 27 November, 1961, son of Sir Robert Byng Morris, 10th Baronet [1913-1999], and his wife the former Christina Kathleen Field, and succeeded to the baronetcy [UK, cr 1806] on his father's death, 21 January, 1999.

Sir Allan married in 1986, Cheronne Denise Whitford [born 1962], daughter of Dale C. Whitford, of Par, Cornwall, and his wife the former Sheila M. German, by whom he had issue, two sons, Sennen and Chace, and a daughter, Chelsea.

The baronetcy is now inherited by the elder son, Sennen John Morris, who was born 5 June, 1995.

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Macmillan of Ovenden/Boyd engagement

_. The engagement was announced circa 16 Oct, 2016, between Daniel Maurice Alan Macmillan, styled Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden [b 9 Oct, 1974] son and heir of the 2nd Earl of Stockton [b 10 Oct, 1943] by his former wife the former Hélène Birgitte Hamilton [d 2015], & Miss Daisy Boyd.

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Obituary: Charles Younger

Obituary: Sir John Arbuthnot, Bt (1992)

Obituary: Patrick Cobbold

Obituary: P.L. Travers