Richard Patrick Maitland-Heriot 1957-2016

 Richard Patrick Maitland-Heriot, who died in a motorcycle accident, 10 November, 2016, aged 60, was a scion of the Earls of Lauderdale.

He was born 5 February, 1956, the elder son of Ralph Desmond Maitland-Heriot (born 18 February, 1930), and his wife the former Annesley Moira Atkinson. He married and divorced Angeles Fernandez Castro, by whom he had issue, twin daughters, Constanza and Cecilia, born 21 April, 1986.

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Isadora Audrey Nora Rhodes (born 2016)

_. Sarah Elizabeth Rhodes (nee Elson, born 1984), wife of Samuel Lawrence Dixon Rhodes (born 12 Jan 1984), gave birth to a daughter, Isadora Audrey Nora, at Harrogate, 18 November, 2016.

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Hon Mark William Vestey 1943-2016

_. The Hon Mark William Vestey, scion of the Barons Vestey {Baron, UK, cr 1922), died at his home in Gloucestershire, 5 November, 2016. He was 73.

He was born 16 Apr, 1943, second son of Capt the Hon William Vestey (1912-44), by his wife the former Helen Pamela Fullerton Melba Armstong (dxescended from Dame Nellie Melba); granted the rank and precedence of the son of a Baron by Royal Warrant in March, 1955 (his father, heir to the 2nd Baron, having been killed in action in WW2; married 1975, Rose Amelia Clifton (b 1952), scion of the Bruce Bts, by whom he had issue.

Mark Vestey was severely injured in a riding accident in 1984 and was wheel-chair bound thereafter.

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