Deane/Overton marriage

 The marriage took place in 2017, between the Hon Jonathan FitzMaurice Deane (born 7 June, 1986), son and heir of the 9th Baron Muskery (born 26 March, 1948), and Baroness Muskery (nee Rita Brink), & Kim Overton.

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Earl of Burford marries Sarah Davenport

 The marriage took place in 2017 between the Earl of Burford and Sarah Davenport.

Charles Francis Topham de Vere Beauclerk, styled Earl of Burford (born 22 February, 1965), married firstly, 29 Dec 1994 Louise Ann Beatrice Fiona Robey, 1st daughter of Col Malcolm Vernon Robey, and has issue, a son, the Hon James Malcolm Aubrey Edward de Vere Beauclerk, styled Lord Vere of Hanworth (who was born 2 August 1995). 

The Earl of Burford is the son and heir of the 14th Duke of St Albans (born 19 January, 1939), and his first wife the former Rosemary Frances Scoones.

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Ramsay/Park marriage

 The marriage took place in 2017 between Christopher Ramsay (born 18 Feb, 1984), scion of the Earls of Dalhousie, son of the Hon John Ramsay (born 9 Aug, 1952),and nhis wife the former Louisa Jane d'Abo (born 8 January, 1955), and Lauren Park.

Christopher Ramsay is a grandson paternally of the 16th Earl of Dalhousie, KT, GCVO (1914-1999).

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Rufus Peter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott [born 2017]

 Lady Charles Montagu Douglas Scott [nee (Frances) Flora Jane Summerfield, born 1986], wife of Lord Charles David Peter [Charlie] Montagu Douglas Scott [born 1987], scion of the Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry, gave birth to a son, Rufus Peter Francis, in 2017.

Lord Charlie Montagu Douglas Scott is the second son of the 10th Duke of Buccleuch, KT [born 14 February, 1954], and his wife the former Lady Elizabeth Marian Frances Kerr [born 8 June, 1954], scion of the Marquesses of Lothian. 

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Hamish Frederick Elphinstone (born 2017)

Rosie Elphinstone (nee Davies), wife of the Hon Fergus David Elphinstone (born 1985), scion of the Lords Elphinstone, gave birth to a son, Hamish Frederick, in 2017.

Fergus is the third son of the late 18th Lord Elphinstone (1953-1994), and his wife the former Willa Mary Gabriel Chetwode (born 25 May, 1954), scion of the Barons Chetwode.

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Primrose Ashley Gray Seth-Smith 1921-2017

_. Primrose Seth-Smith, who died at Leigh, Dorset, 30 December, 2017, was a scion of that landed gentry family.

She was born 19 January, 1921.

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Cleo Lascelles [born 2017]

_. Laura Lascelles [nee Bailey], wife of Thomas Robert Lascelles [born 7 September, 1982], scion of the Earls of Harewood, and descended from the Royal House of Windsor, gave birth to a daughter, Cleo, in 2017.

Thomas Lascelles is the only son of the Hon [Robert] Jeremy Hugh Lascelles [born 14 February, 1955], by his first wife, the former Julie Baylis [born 19 July, 1957], and is a grandson of the 7th Earl of Harewood, KBE [1923-2011], and a great-grandson of HRH The Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood [1897-1965], and a great-great-grandson of HM King George V [1865-1936].

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Dorrien Smith/Monson marriage

 The marriage took place in 2017 between Michael Horace Dorrien Smith (born 11 March, 1987), scion of that landed gentry family of Tresco Abbey, second son of Robert Arthur Dorrien Smith (born 15 May, 1951), and his former wife the former Lady Emma Windsor-Clive (born 13 February, 1954), scion of the Earls of Plymouth, & the Hon Isabella Monson (born 10 July, 1986), daughter of the 12th Baron Monson (born 19 October, 1955), and his first wife the former Hilary Martin.

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FitzGerald/Tellwright marriage

_. The marriage took place in 2017, between Mr Edward FitzGerald (b 1988), scion of the Dukes of Leinster and heir pres to his uncle, the 9th Duke of Leinster, only son of the late Capt Lord John FitzGerald (1952-2015), by his wife the former Barbara Zindel, & Laura Caroline [Flo] Tellwright [born 1987], yr dau of Mr (William) Kirkland Tellwright [born 1956], of Shropshire, by his wife the former Hon Caroline Fiona Fitzherbert (b 1956), second dau of the 14th Baron Stafford (1926-86).

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Earl Compton marries Emilia Hungerford

 The marriage took place in 2017 between Daniel Bingham Compton, styled Earl Compton [born 16 January, 1973], son and heir of the 7th Marquess of Northampton [born 2 Apr, 1946], of Castle Ashby and Compton Wynyates, by the first of his six wives, Baroness Henriette Luisa Maria Bentinck, and Emilia Jasmine G. Hungerford [born 1979], daughter of [John] Patrick Hungerford, by his wife the former Gabriele Bagusat.

It is Earl Compton's second marriage. He has two daughters, Lady Anastasia and Lady Theodora, from his first marriage in 2001, to [Elizabeth] Lucy Cardozo, daughter of Lieutenant-Col Benedict Cardozo.

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Cosmo Waymouth (born 2017)

 The Lady Eloise Anne Elizabeth Waymouth (nee Anson, born 1981), wife of the writer & actor Louis Alexander Philip Waymouth (b 1978), gave birth to a son, Cosmo, in 2017.

Louis is a son of Mr Nigel Waymouth by his late wife the former Lady Victoria Mary Verenia Braganza Yorke (1947-2004).

Lady Eloise is the younger daughter of the late Thomas Patrick John, 5th Earl of Lichfield (1939-2005) of Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire, by his wife the Lady Leonora Mary Grosvenor, daughter of the 5th Duke of Westminster. She is a descendant of the 14th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne, and a cousin of HM Queen Elizabeth II, and is a goddaughter of HRH The Princess Royal.

Louis Waymouth is a grandson maternally of Philip Grantham Yorke, 9th Earl of Hardwicke (1906-74). 

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Minnie Fiona Morley (born 2017)

 The Hon Natasha Fiona Morley (nee Allsopp, born 1986), wife of Capt William Frederick Duncan (Billy) Morley, The Blues & Royals (born 1984), gave birth to a daughter, Minnie Fiona, in 2017.

Capt Morley is a son of Mr Jonathan Derek Morley, by his wife the former Davina Mary Sheffield (b 1 March, 1951), scion of the Sheffield baronets.

The Hon Natasha Morley, a scion of the Barons Hindlip (Baron, UK, cr 1886), is the youngest daughter of the 6th Baron Hindlip & the late Baroness Hindlip.

Capt Billy Morley's mother is a former girlfriend of the Prince of Wales. His father is a brother of Miranda, Duchess of Beaufort. Natasha Morley is a sister of Kirstie Allsopp, the tv presenter, &c.

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Ivo Antony Vesey (born 2017)

 The Hon Cosima Frances Vesey (born 1988), partner of Andre Balazs, gave birth to a son, Ivo Antony Vesey, in 2017.

Cosima Vesey is the only daughter of the 7th Viscount de Vesci (born 8 Oct, 1955), & his wife the former Sita-Maria Arabella de Breffny, dau. of Brian de Breffny, of Castletown Cox, co. Kilkenny, by his wife the Maharaj Kumari Jotsna Devi, dau. of HH Maharajadhiraja Bahadur Sir Uday Chand Mahtab of Burdwan, KCIE. 

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Major-General Bernard Gordon-Lennox, CB, MBE 1932-2017

-. Major-General Bernard Gordon-Lennox, CB, MBE, late the Grenadier Guards, who died 27 December, 2017, aged 85, was a scion of the Dukes of Richmond & Gordon, descended from the Merrie Monarch King Charles II & Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth.

Bernard Charles Gordon-Lennox was born 19 Sept, 1932, elder son of Lt-Gen Sir George Charles Gordon-Lennox, KBE, CB, CVO, DSO (1908-88), by his wife the former Nancy Brenda Darell (who d 1993), daughter of Maj Sir Lionel Darell, 6th Bt, DSO; married, 20 Nov, 1958, Sally-Rose, the only daughter of John Weston Warner, of the Old Rectory, Stanton, Worcestershire, by whom he had issue, three sons, Edward, Angus & Charles.

Thanksgiving Service at the Guards Chapel, London, Friday 23 March, 2018.


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Francis Guy Percy Wyndham 1927-2017

_. Francis Wyndham, writer and journalist and scion of the Barons Leconfield, died 28 December, 2017, aged 93.

Francis Guy Percy Wyndham was born 2 July, 1924, the son of Lt-Col Guy Percy Wyndham, CB, MVO (1865-1941), by his second wife the former Violet Lutetia Leverson (1890-1979), daughter of Ernest David Leverson (1852-1921), and Ada Esther Moses (1862-1933), the novelist Ada Leverson. He was unm.

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Bronwen, Viscountess Astor 1930-2017

_. Bronwen, Viscountess Astor, who died 28 December, 2017, aged 87, was the fashion model _Bronwen Pugh_ and widow of the 3rd Viscount Astor.

She was born in 1930, as Janet Bronwen Alun Pugh, the youngest daughter of His Honour Sir (John) Alun Pugh (1894-1971), of the Old Rectory, Dunsfold, Surrey, by his wife the former Kathleen Mary Goodyear, and married, 14 Oct, 1960, as his third wife, William Waldorf Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor, of Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, who had been a figure in the Profumo Affair of 1963. Her husband died 8 March, 1966. The marriage produced two daughters, Janet, born in 1961, since September, Duchess of Richmond & Gordon, wife of the Duke of Richmond & Gordon, and a daughter, Pauline, born in 1964.

Lady Astor's step-son is the current 4th Viscount Astor.

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Sir Robert Bayley Emilius Laurie, 7th Baronet 1931-2017

_. Sir Robert Laurie, 7th Bt, died 27 Dec, 2017.

Ian Ronald Malcolm 1946-2917

_. Ian Malcolm, who died on Christmas Day 2017, aged 71, was a scion of the Malcolms of Poltalloch, the Scots landed family, asnd descended from the Dukes of Wellington.

Ian Ronald Malcolm was born 25 March, 1946, elder son of Colin Ronald Malcolm (1906-59), by his wife the former Ruth Margaret Poyer Lewis, daughter of Sir William Lewis, OBE, of that landed family.

Mr Malcolm's grandfather, Ronald Malcolm (1876-1949) was chairman of the royal bankers, Coutts & Co.

Mr Malcolm married in 1988, the Hon Annabel Mary Adelaide Norrie (b 1945), scion of the Barons Norrie, daughter of the 1st Baron Norrie, GCMG, GCVO, DB, DSO, MC (1893-1977). No children.

A Service of Thanksgiving takes place at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, Tuesday 23 January, 2018.

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Hon Hugh Toby Eady 1941-2017

_. The Hon Hugh Toby Eady, who died 24 December, 2017, aged 76, was a scion of the Barons Swinfen (Peerage of the UK, cr 1919).

He was born 28 February, 1941, the second son of the 2nd Baron Swinfen (1904-77), by his first wife the former Mary Aline Farmar (the writer Mary Wesley, CBE 1912-2002), daughter of Colonel Harold Farmar, CMG, DSO.

Mr Eady leaves a widow, Xinran.

Private funeral followed by a Memorial Service at the London Book Fair in the Spring of 2018.

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James Cecil Seager Warman (born 2017)

_. Susanna Maud Warman (born 25 March, 1981, nee Joicey-Cecil), scion of the Marquesses of Exeter, wife of Jake M.G.S. Warman, gave birth to a son, James Cecil Seager, 26 December, 2017.

Jake Warman is the son of Mr Alister S. Warman, of London, & Mrs Mary Anne Guthrie-Warman (nee Mary Anne Guthrie), of Vancouver, Canada.

Susanna Warman is the second daughter of James David Edward Joicey-Cecil (b 24 Sept, 1946), of Milton Abbas, Dorset, by his wife the former Jane Susanna Brydon Adeley.

Susanna Warman is a kinswoman of Her Majesty the Queen. Her grandfather, Edward Wilfred George Joicey-Cecil, married 1945, Rosemary Luisa Bowes Lyon (1915-89), a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, daughter of Capt the Hon Fergus Bowes Lyon (1889-1915), a brother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

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Inigo Norton Sebastian Mountbatten Hooper (born 2017)

_. The Lady Alexandra Victoria Edwina Diana Hooper (b 5 December, 1982) wife of Thomas Edward Huntly Hooper, and scion of the Earls Mountbatten of Burma, gave birth to a son, Inigo Norton Sebastian Mountbatten, 21 December, 2017.

Lady Alexandra is the elder but only surviving daughter of the 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma (b 1947) of Broadlands, Hampshire, by his wife the former Penelope Meredith Eastwood (b 1953).

Inigo is the first grandchild for Earl and Countess Mountbatten.

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh attended the wedding, 25 June, 2016, at Romsey Abbey, of Lady Alexandra and Mr Hooper.  The bride was given in marriage by the Prince of Wales due to the illness of the bride's father.

The Duke of Edinburgh stood as godfather to Lord Mountbatten, then Norton Knatchbull, at his christening 70 years ago.

Brodie heirs may lose inheritance

Van Straubenzee/Jenks engagement

__. The engagement was announced 22 December, 2017, between Charles Anthony van Straubenzee (born 1988), scion of that landed family, third son of Alexander Henry van Straubenzee (born 1951), of South Witham, Lincolnshire, by his wife the former Claire Sonia Fenwick (born 1954), & Daisy Philippa Jenks (born 1991), elder daughter of Philip Richard Jenks, of Churt, Surrey, by his wife the former Alexandra Ulrike Wilson Nicol, daughter of Alexander J.W. Nicol by his wife Christine von Canstein.


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Crofton/von Maltzahn engagement

_. The engagement was announced 22 December, 2017, between Henry Morgan Crofton (b 1979), son and heir of Sir Edward Crofton, 9th Baronet (b 26 Jul, 1945), of of Rake, Hampshire, by his wife the former Emma Victoria Mildred Dashwood, scion of the Dashwood baronets, and Baroness Sophie von Maltzahn, daughter of Baron & Baroness Imre von Maltzahn, of Shelswell Park, Oxfordshire.

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Duke of Northumberland killed in action

Foale/Clark engagement

__. The engagement was announced 21 December, 2017, between Archie Alexander Foale (b 17 Sept, 1984), eldest son of Dr Rodney Alan Foale, of London, by his former wife the former Lady Emma Cecile Gordon (b 26 May, 1953, now Lady Emma Dewe Mathews, of London) & Sarah Clark, only daughter of the late Roger Clark and of Mrs Clark, of Culverthorpe, Lincolnshire.

Archie Foale is a grandson, maternally, of the late 6th Marquess of Aberdeen & Temair.

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The 7th Baron Lyveden 1938-2017

___. The 7th Baron Lyveden died at his home in New Zealand, 18 December, 2017.

Jack Leslie Vernon was born 10 November, 1938; married 11 Nov, 1961,  Lynette June Lilley, daughter of William Herbert Lilley, of Auckland, New Zealand, by whom he had issue, a son and two daughters. The UK peerage now delvolves upon his only son, the Hon  Colin Ronald Vernon, who was born 3 Feb 1967.

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Dowager Baroness Rockley 1938-2017

_. The Dowager Baroness Rockley, who died 19 December, 2017, aged 79, was the widow of the 3rd Baron Rockey.

She was born Lady Sarah Primrose Beatrix Cadogan, 23 February, 1938, the eldest daughter of the 7th Earl Cadogan (1914-97), by his first wife the former Hon Primrose Lilian Yarde-Buller (d 1970), daughter of the 3rd Baron Churston.

She married 18 Nov, 1958, the then Hon James Hugh Cecil (b 5 Apr, 1934), son and heir of the 2nd Baron Rockley (1901-76, by his wife the former Anne Margaret Meade-Fetherstonhaugh (d. 1980), scion of the Earls of Clanwillian. Her husband succeeded as 3rd Baron Rockey, 6 Jan, 1976, and died 5 December, 2011.

Lady Rockley leaves a son, Anthony, the 4th Baron, and two daughters.

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Hon Matthew Henry Beaumont 1933-2017

__. The Hon Matthew Beaumont, who died 16 December, 2017, aged 84, was a scion of the Viscount Allendale, the fourth son of the 2nd Viscount Allendale, KG, CB, CBE, MC (1890-1956), of Bywell Hall, Northumberland, by his wife the former Violet Lucy Emily Seely, scion of the Seely baronets; married firstly 14 Apr, 1959 (div 1972), Anne Christine Margaret, elder daughter of Gerald Hamilton, married 2ndly, 1973, Belinda Jane Elizabeth Cuthbert, scion of that landed family, eldest daughter of Harold David Cuthbert, of Beaufront Castle, Hexham. From his first marriage he had a son, Justin, and a daughter, Charlotte, who pre-deceased him. His daughter was wife of Lord Cardross, son and heir of the 17th Earl of Buchan.

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Amelia Sophia Weatherall 1929-2017

_. Amelia Sophia (Sophy) Weatherall, who died 16 December, 2017, aged 87, was a scion of the Keswick landed family, and was a one-time mother-in-law of the MP Nicholas Soames, & was mother of Isobel, Countess of Strathmore & Kinghorne.

She was born 27 December, 1929, daughter of David Johnstone Keswick, CMG (1901-76), by his wife the former Nony Barbara Pease (1900-69), scion of that landed family; married 1955, Capt Anthony Anthony Edward Weatherall (1924-2013), of Cowhill, Dumfries, son of Lt-Col Nigel Weatherall by his wife the former Gladys Victoria Drabble, by whom he had issue, Catherine (who was the first wife of the Hon Sir Nicholas Soames, MP), Percy, Isobel (who was the first wife of the 18th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne), and Benjamin.

Thanksgiving Service at the Crichton Memorial Church, Dumfries, Wednesday 3 January, 2018.

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Maj Andrew Beatty Houstoun, OBE, MC, DL (died 2017)

_. Major Andrew Beatty Houstoun, OBE, MC, DL, died at Dundee, 16 December, 2017.

Maj Houstoun was a son of William McAulay Houstoun, of Sachel Court, Cranleigh, Surrey; married 14 Aug, 1953, Mary Elizabeth Spencer-Nairn (b 1931), only daughter of Sir Douglas Spencer-Nairn, 2nd Baronet, by whom he had issue, four sons, William, David, Alexander (Sandy), and Neil.

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Lady Patricia Mary Charlemont Kingsbury 1919-2017

_. The Lady Patricia Kingsbury, who died 16 December, 2017, aged 98, was a scion of the Earls of Ypres, and was a granddaughter of Sir John French, the 1st Earl of Ypres, the First World War military leader.

Lady Patricia Mary Charlemont French was born 6 July, 1919, the only daughter of the then John Richard Lowndes French (1881-1958), by his first wife the former Olivia Mary John (died 1934), a descendant of the Earls of Cavan.

Her grandfather, Field Marshal Sir John French was created a viscount in 1916, and an earl in 1922, in which year her father assumed the courtesy title of Viscount French. Three years later, in 1925, her father succeeded as 2nd Earl of Ypres.

Lady Patricia married 24 January, 1942, Henry Edmund Roland Kingsbury (1913-80), scion of that landed family, by whom she had issue, two sons, Philip & Gerald.

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Obituary: Hon Mrs Angela Campbell-Preston

Obituary: Sir Peter Watkin Williams

Kathryn Baroness Vestey (died 2017)

__. Kathryn Lady Vestey, who died 13 December, 2017, was the first wife of the 3rd Baron Vestey, KCVO, Master of the Horse to the Queen.

She was the former Kathryn Mary Eccles, daughter of John Eccles, of Moor Park, co Hertford, and married Lord Vestey, 11 Sept, 1970. They divorced in 1981.

Lady Vestey leaves two daughters, the Hon Saffron Idiens, and the Hon Flora Hall.

Funeral at Cheltenham Crematorium, Wednesday 27 December, 2017.

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Theodore Calcutta MacGregor Aird (born 2017)

Emily Kate Aird (née Pritchard-Gordon, b 1979), wife of Rory Aird, gave birth to a son, Theodore Calcutta MacGregor, 12 December, 2017, a brother for Humphrey, Lily and Gilo, and a half-brother for Jimmy.

Emily is the 2nd dau of Giles William Pritchard-Gordon (b 22 May 1947), of Slaugham Park, Sussex, by his wife the former Veronica Smyth, dau of Ronald Victor Smyth, of Epsom, Surrey; and granddaughter of William Herbert Alexander Pritchard-Gordon (d 1987). 








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Alexander James Macdonald-Buchanan 1931-2017

_. Alexander James Macdonald-Buchanan, who died 11 December, 2017, from Alzheimer's Disease, aged 86, was a grandson maternally of the 1st (and last) Baron Woolavington.

He was born in 1931, a son of Major Sir Reginald Narcissus Macdonald-Buchanan, KCVO, of Cottesbrooke Hall, Northampton, by his wife, Catherine, only child of Lord Woolavington; married 26 April, 1960, Elizabeth Vivian Smith (b 1939), scion of the Barons Bicester, a dau of Maj Hugh Adeane Vivian Smith, MBE, by his wife the former Lady Helen Primrose, daughter of the 6th Earl of Rosebery. Mr Macdonald-Buchanan leaves a widow and four sons, Hugh, James, Nicholas and Charles.

The funeral will take place at St Anne, Scottish Episcopalian Church, Strathpeffer, Ross-shire, Friday 5 January, 2018.

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Sir Hereward Wake, 14th Baronet, MC (1916-2017)

_. Sir Hereward Wake, 14th Baronet, MC, who died 11 December, 2017, aged 101, was the head of an ancient family, one of the few surviving families of the old pre-parliamentary Anglo-Norman baronage. His baronetcy, one of the oldest, was created by King James 1 in 1621.

He was born 7 Oct, 1916, the son of Sir Hereward Wake, 13th Bt, CB, CMG, DSO (1876-1963), by his wife the former Margaret Winifred (Daisy) Benson, and succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's death, 4 Aug, 1963.

He married 6 February, 1952, Julia Rosemary, younger daughter of Capt Geoffrey William Martin Lees, by whom he had issue, a son and three daughters.

Sir Hereward was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1955.

The baronetcy now passes to his only son, Hereward Charles Wake, born 22 Nov, 1952, who married in 1977, Lady Doune Mabell Ogilvy, the eldest daughter of the 13th Earl of Airlie, KT.

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Martha Grace Crofton-Atkins (born 2017)

_. Katherine Crofton-Atkins (nee Inglefield), wife of Charles Crofton-Atkins, scion of that landed family, gave birth to a daughter, Martha Grace, in Hong Kong, 5 December, 2017, a sister for Cleo.

 

 

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Arthur Nicholas Bond Chapman (born 2017)

_. Laetitia Clare Chapman (nee Musgrave, born 1980), wife of Oliver B. Chapman, gave birth to son, Arthur Nicholas Bond, 9 Dec, 2017, a brother for Wilf.

Oliver Chapman is a son of the late Mr Peter Chapman and Mrs Peter Chapman, of Somerton, Somerset, and Laetitia Chapman is a 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).

Mrs Chapman's sister, Arabella (b 1982), was briefly the teenage squeeze of HRH The Duke of Cambridge.


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Rowland Bruce Ranald Critchley (1961-2017)

_. Rowland Bruce Ranald Critchley, who died 9 December, 2017, aged 54, was a son-in-law of Sir Richard Storey, 2nd Baronet.

He was born 27 March, 1961, a son of Lt-Col Ian Ranald Critchley, by his wife the former Isabel Mary Hamilton {descended from Arbuthnott]; married 1988, Elisabeth Storey (b 1964), daughter of the Hon Sir Richard Storey, Bt, by whom he had issue, three children.

Funeral at St James' Church, Muthill, 19 December, 2017.

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Obituary: Lord Ingelwood

Jake Charles Winston Spencer-Churchill (born 2017)

__. Scarlett Spencer-Churchill (nee Strutt, born 1985), wife of Alexander David Spencer Churchill (born 1983), scion of the Dukes of Marlborough (Peerage of England cr 1702), gave birth to a son, Jake Charles Winston, 8 December, 2017.

Alexander Spencer-Churchill is the third son of the late Lord Charles George William Colin Spencer Churchill (1940-2016), of London, by his 2nd wife the former (Elizabeth) Jane Wyndham (b 1948), scion of the Barons Egremont & Leconfield.

Scarlett Spencer-Churchill is a scion of the Barons Belper (Peerage of the UK, cr 1856), daughter of Henry Clavering Tollemache Strutt (b 1953), of Stutton, Suffolk, and Mrs Athena Strutt, also of Stutton.
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Agnes James Morley (born 2017)

_. Olivia Morley {nee French}, wife of William Everard Hugh Morley (born 1980), gave birth to a daughter, Agnes James, 8 December, 2017.

William is the son of Geoffrey John Morley (b 1948), of Mount Ulston, Jedburgh, by his wife the former Christian Aline Arbuthnot (b 1950), scion of the Arbuthnot baronets. His maternal grandfather was Sir Hugh Arbuthnot, 7th Bt.

Olivia is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Richard French, of Le Malardier, Dordogne, France.

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Foale/Grimond engagement

The engagement was announced 8 December, 2017, between James Spencer (Jamie) Foale (born 1986), younger son of Dr Rodney Alan Foale (born 1946), of London, and his former wife Lady Emma Cecile Dewe Mathews (nee Gordon, born 26 May, 1953), scion of the Marquesses of Aberdeen & Temair, & Georgia Celia Grimond (born 1983), daughter of the Hon John Jasper Grimond (born 1946), of Oxfordshire, and his wife the former Roberta Katherine (Kate) Fleming (born 1946), scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Lt-Col Robert Peter Fleming (1907-1971), and his wife the actress Dame Celia Johnson, DBE (1908-1982).

Jamie Foale is a grandson of the late 6th Marquess of Aberdeen & Temair (1920-2002).

Georgia Grimond is a granddaughter of the life peer the Baron Grimond (1913-1993) who as Jo Grimond was Leader of the Liberal Party.

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Peter Tyndall Walwyn, MBE 1933-2017

_. Peter Walwyn, a racehorse trainer with a string of classic victories, died 7 December, 2017, following a stroke.

Peter Tyndall Walwyn was born 1 July, 1933, son of Charles "Taffy" Walwyn, MC, DSO, by his wife the former Gertrude Cowland; married 1960, Virginia Gaselee, daughter of Lt-Col Auriol Gaselee, by his wife the former Myra Randolph, by whom he had issue, a son, Edward, and a daughter, Kate.

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Camilla Marguerite Gray (died 2017)

_. Camilla Gray, who died 7 December, 2017, was the first wife of the late 6th Earl of Erne, KCVO (1937-2015), and was the mother of the 7th Earl.

She was the former Camilla Marguerite Roberts, eldest daughter of Wing Commander Owen George Endicott Roberts, RAF, and a granddaughter of Capt Marshall Owen Roberts, Scots Guards, and was descended from the Barons Dunleath and Dukes of Atholl, &c.

She married firstly, 5 Nov, 1958 (div 1980), the 6th Earl of Erne, by whom she had issue, four daughters and a son. The son, John, is the 7th Earl of Erne (b 19 June, 1971).

Camilla Countess of Erne's second marriage was to Tony Gray.

The funeral is at Barham Crematorium, Canterbury, Wednesday 20 December, 2017.

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Jean Frances Woodroffe, CVO 1923-2017

_. Mrs Jean Frances Woodroffe, CVO, who died 7 December, 2017, aged 94, was a Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen (when Princess Elizabeth, from 1945) and served as an Extra Woman of the Bedchamber to Her Majesty from 1954. Mrs Woodroffe was a cousin of the Queen by marriage and one of her oldest friends.

She was born 22 February, 1923, a scion of the Hambro banking dynasty, the fourth daughter of Angus Valdimar Hambro (1883-1957) by his second wife, the former Vanda Dorothy Julia Charlton, and married firstly, 19 Sept, 1942, Capt the Hon Vicary Gibbs, of the Grenadier Guards, eldest son of the 4th Baron Aldenham. Her first husband was killed in action at Nijmegan, 20 September, 1944, leaving her with an infant daughter, Jennifer Susan (who was a Lady in Waiting to the Queen Mother 1993-2002). The Hon Mrs Vicary Gibbs married secondly, 29 May, 1946, Rev. the Hon Andrew Elphinstone, a nephew of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, who died in 1975. From this marriage she had two children, a daughter Rosemary, born in 1947, for whom the then Princess Elizabeth stood sponsor, and a son James, later the 18th Lord Elphinstone (1953-1994); she married thirdly, in 1980, Lt-Col John William Richard Woodroffe, the widower of her elder sister, Patricia.

Elizabeth Longford in her biography Elizabeth R writes that in 1945 "Princess Elizabeth was given her own footman, and housemaid and second Lady in Waiting (the first was Lady Mary Strachey). The way in which the second appointment was made in March 1945 was characteristic of the Royal Family's touching almost blind trust in their own inner circle.

The Hon Mrs Vicary Gibbs was a pretty 21 year-old widow whose husband, a Grenadier officer, had been killed in Holland. Jean Hambro by birth she was later to become Princess Elizabeth's first cousin by marriage to Andrew Elphinstone. One day Jean Gibbs received a letter from Sir Arthur Penn, the Queen's private secretary, explaining that an additional lady was needed to serve the princess, a lady who could talk about the Grenadiers and Officers' Welfare. Mrs Gibbs had never set eyes on the King or Queen. Nor had Princess Elizabeth ever set eyes on her. Yet this extraordinary 'on trust' arrangement was to work perfectly, lasting from 1945 to 1954, and continuing thereafter on a part time basis."

Jean Elphinstone only gave up full-time work for the Queen when her husband, Andrew, a Church of England priest, took on a parish in Surrey and she went to assist him there.

Mrs Woodroffe is survived by her two daughters, Jenny and Rosie. Her son, Jamie, Lord Elphinstone, died 19 Dec, 1994, aged 41.

The funeral took place at Mere, 19 December, 2017, at noon, followed by a service of Thanksgiving at St Mary's Church, Worplesdon, 10 January, 2018, at which The Queen was represented by Mrs Peregrine Bertie.

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Obituary: Lt-Col Sir William Mount, Bt

Robert Maxtone-Graham (d 2017)

_. Robert Maxtone-Graham, who died circa 5 December, 2017, was a scion of Maxtone-Graham of Cultoquhey, a Scots landed family, the last surviving child of Anthony Maxtone Graham, 16th of Cultoquhey, and of Jan Struther.

Funeral at St Clement's Church, Sandwich, Monday 18 Dec, 2017.

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Pamela Lady Wedgwood (1928-2017)

_. Pamela Lady Wedgwood, who died 5 December, 2017, aged 89, was the widow of Sir John Wedgwood, 2nd Baronet (1907-89), & was Pamela Tudor-Craig, the medieval art historian.

She was born Pamela Wynn Reeves, 26 June, 1928; married firstly, in 1956, James Tudor-Craig, son of Sir Algernon Tudor-Craig; married secondly, in 1982, Sir John Wedgwood, Bt, who died 9 Dec, 1989.

A Memorial Service takes place at St Anne's Church, Lewes, Sussex, 24 March, 2018.

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Richard Godwin-Austen (d 2017)

_. Richard Godwin-Austen, who died 3 December, 2017, aged 82, was a scion of that landed gentry family.

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Sir John Cotterell, 6th Baronet 1935-2017

_. Sir John Cotterell, 6th Baronet, died 4 December, 2017. He was 82.

John Henry Geers Cotterell was born 8 May, 1935, son of Sir Richard Cotterell, 5th Bt, CBE (1907-78), by his first wife the former Lady Lettice Lygon, eldest daughter of the 7th Earl Beauchamp, KG; married 7 Oct, 1959, [Vanda] Alexandra Clare [deceased], only daughter of Maj Philip Bridgewater and a granddaughter maternally of the 4th Baron Vivian, DSO; succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's death, 1978.

Sir John leaves three sons, Henry, James and David, and a daughter, Camilla. The baronetcy devolves upon his elder son, Henry Richard Geers Cotterell, who was born 22 Aug 1961.

Funeral at Byford Church, Thursday 14 Dec, 2017.

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Campbell/Gray engagement

_. The engagement was announced 5 December, 2017, between James J.M. Campbell, only son of the late Mr & Mrs Neil Campbell, & Octavia L.H. Gray (born 1987), elder daughter of Sir William Gray, 3rd Baronet (b 26 Jul 1955), by his former wife the former Catherine Naylor.

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Marcus Hobbs (born 2017)

_. Emily Rose Hobbs (nee Arundell, born 1988), wife of Edward J.B. Hobbs, and scion of the Barons Talbot of Malahide, gave birth to a son, Marcus, 2 December, 2017.

Edward Hobbs is the elder son of Mr & Mrs John Hobbs, of Wandsworth, London, & Emily Hobbs is the second of the four daughters of the Hon Richard John Tennant Arundell (b 28 Mar, 1957), heir app to the peerage, of Wardour, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Jane Catherine Unwin.

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Lt-Cdr Sir Richard David Michael Richardson-Bunbury, 5th Bt 1927-2017

_. Lt-Cdr Sir Michael Richardson-Bunbury, 5th Baronet, died 1 December, 2017, aged 90.

Richard David Michael Richardson-Bunbury was born 27 Oct, 1927, son of Richard Richardson-Bunbury (1899-1951) by his wife the former Florence Margaret Gordon Thomson, and succeeded to the baronetcy (cr 1787) on the demise of his kinsman, Sir Mervyn, 21 Oct, 1953; married 15 July, 1961, Jane Louise, daughter of Colonel Alfred William Pulverman, by whom he had two sons, Roger and Thomas. The elder son died in 1995.



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Sitwell/Lopes marriage

__. The marriage took place 1 December, 2017, at Chelsea Register Office, between William Ronald Sacheverell Sitwell (born 2 Oct, 1969), scion of the Sitwell baronets, second son of the late Francis Trajan Sacheverell Sitwell (1935-2004), by his wife the former Susanna Carolyn Cross, scion of the Cross baronets, & the Hon Emily Jane Lopes (b 1987), daughter of the late 3rd Baron Roborough (1940-2015), by his 2nd wife (and first cousin once removed) Sarah Anne Pipon (b 1951).

It is William Sitwell's second marriage. In 1999 he married Laura Barbara McCorquodale (born 1972), scion of that landed family, dau of Capt Euan McCorquodale.

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Plumptre/Steidl engagement

_. The engagement was announced 1 December, 2017, between the Hon Edward Brook Plumptre (b 26 Apr, 1989), scion of the Barons FitzWalter, elder son of the 22nd Baron FitzWalter (b 18 Oct 1952), of Goodnestone Park, Canterbury, by his wife the former (Alison) Sally Quiney, & Tessa Claire Steidl (born 1990), daughter of Nicholas W. Steidl, of Wandsworth, London, by his wife the former Henrietta L. Vance.

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Ryder/Arnold engagement

_. The engagement was announced 1 December, 2017, between the Hon Henry Mansell Dudley Ryder (born 1985), scion of the Earls of Harrowby, third son of the 8th Earl of Harrowby, by his late wife the former Sarah Nichola Hobhouse Payne, & Emily M.M. Arnold, daughter of Sir Thomas Arnold, by his wife the former Elizabeth Nevile.

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Baring/Williscroft engagement

_. The engagement was announced 1 December, 2017, between Samuel Nigel Baring (born 1987), scion of the Barons Northbrook, elder son of Peter Baring (born 1939), of Ardington, Oxon, by his wife, the former Rose Adams, & Camilla A. Williscroft, daughter of Mr Richard Williscroft, of West Ashling, Chichester, by his former wife, the former Anthea Jarrett (now Mrs Anthea Pearce, of Winchester).

Mr Peter Baring is the heir pres to his cousin, the 6th Baron Northbrook.

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14th Lord Elibank 1923-2017

_. The Lord Elibank, who died 30 November, 2017, aged 93, was the 14th Lord in the peerage of Scotland (cr 1643), and the 14th baronet (Bt, Scotland, cr 1628).

Alan D'Ardis Erskine-Murray, was born 31 Dec, 1923, son of Maj Robert Alan Erskine-Murray, OBE (1874-1939), by his wife the former Eileen Mary MacManus, and succeeded to the peerage and baronetcy on the death of his cousin, 2 June, 1973; married 1 Sept, 1962, Valerie Sylvia Dennis [died 13 January, 1997], by whom he had issue, two sons, Robert and Timothy.

The elder son, the Hon Robert Francis Alan Erskine-Murray, Master of Elibank, born 10 Oct, 1964, succeeds as 15th Lord Elibank and 15th Baronet.

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Leonora Skye Amelia Willoughby (born 2017)

__. Isobel Grace Willoughby (nee Summers, born 1985), wife of the Hon Charles Edward Henry Willoughby (born 1986), scion of the Barons Middleton, gave birth to a daughter, Leonora Skye Amelia, 28 November, 2017.

The Hon Charles Willoughby is the second son of 13th Baron Middleton (born 1948), of North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Hon Lucy Sidney (born 1953), scion of the Viscounts De L'Isle.

Isobel is a daughter of the late Richard Summers and of Mrs Summers (nee Bedborough), of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

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Vaughan/Birrell engagement

_. The engagement was announced 30 November, 2017, between Capt Henry M.H. Vaughan, The Life Guards (born 1991), scion of that landed family, only son of Mr Thomas Vaughan, of Pencoyd, Herefordshire, by his wife the former Sarah Harding-Rolls (scion of Harding, of Birling Manor), & Miss Claudia E.A. Birrell, only daughter of Mr & Mrs Christopher Birrell, of Cucklington, Somerset.

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Blandford/Thorp engagement

__. The engagement was announced 30 November, 2017, between George Spencer-Churchill, styled Marquis of Blandford (born 28 July, 1992), son and heir of the 12th Duke of Marlborough (b 24 Nov, 1955), of Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, by his first wife the former Rebecca Mary Few Brown, & Camilla Elizabeth A. Thorp (born 1987), eldest daughter of Mr James N. Thorp, by his wife the former Philippa C. Thomas.

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Duff Gordon/Griffiths marriage

_. The marriage took place 25 November, 2017, at St Bride's Church, Fleet St, between Frederick Samuel Douglas Duff Gordon (b 1981), scion of the Duff Gordon baronets, son of Sir Andrew Duff Gordon, 8th Baronet (b 1933), by his second wife the former Eveline (Evie) Virginia Soames (b 1947), & Charlotte Victoria Griffiths (born 1984), Girl About Town editor, Mail on Sunday, only daughter of Nigel Griffiths, by his wife the former Fiona Malcolm.


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Prince Henry of Wales/Rachel Meghan Markle

__. The engagement was announced 27 November, 2017, between His Royal Highness Prince Henry Charles Albert David (Harry) of Wales (born 15 Sept, 1984), second son of HRH The Prince of Wales (born 14 Nov, 1948), by his first wife, the former Lady Diana Frances Spencer (1961-97), & Rachel Meghan Markle (born 4 Aug, 1981), daughter of Mr Thomas Wayne Markle, by his second former wife, the former Doria Loyce Ragland.

The couple, both descended from King Edward III, are to marry at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in May, 2018.

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Lady Louisa Spicer 1948-2017

_. The Lady Louisa Spicer, who died 26 November, 2017, aged 69, was a scion of the Earls Cathcart.

She was born Lady Louisa Cathcart, 27 Apr, 1948, the elder daughter of the 6th Earl Cathcart, CB, DSO, MC (1919-99), by his first wife, the former Rosemary Smyth-Osbourne (who d 1980); married 1stly, 1975, Norman Kirkpatrick Cosgrave (d 1991); married 2ndly, 2009, Julian Spicer.

Funeral at St Mary's Church, Pakenham, Suffolk, 8 Dec, 2017.

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Diana Mary Leslie-Melville (d 2017)

__. Diana Mary Leslie-Melville, who died 25 November, 2017, was the widow of the Hon George David Leslie-Melville (1924-97), scion of the Earls of Leven & Melville, and was descended from the Earls of Morton.

She was a daughter of Brigadier Sir Henry Houldsworth (1896-1963), scion of that landed family, by his wife Katharine Douglas, scion of the Earls of Morton, and married the Hon George Leslie-Melville in 1955, and had issue.

. A Service of Thanksgiving will be held at St Ternan's, Banchory on Monday 11 December, 2017.

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Spike Thomas Michael Overton (b 2017)

__. The infant son of Mr Thomas Paul Overton & Clementine Rhodes, descended from the Towneleys of Towneley Hall, Preston, was christened Spike Thomas Michael, at St Mark's Church, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, on Sunday 26 November, 2017.

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Great-granddaughter for Lady Pamela Hicks

_. Maddison May Olamide Modupe-Ojo (b 16 May, 1994), wife of Olaoluwa Olamide Modupe-Ojo, and descended from Queen Victoria, gave birth to a daughter, Daphne, in Manchester, 26 November, 2016.

 

Maddison is the daughter of Jeremy Alexander Rothwell Brudenell and his wife the former Edwina Victoria Louise Hicks (b 1961), elder daughter of the late David Nightingale Hicks by his wife the former Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Mountbatten (b 1929), younger daughter of the late 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma.

 

Maddison's husband is a musician under the name "Jazz Purple".

 

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Emily Flavia Lucy Scrope (born 2017)

Meriel Lavinia Margaret Scrope [nee Buxton, born 26 July, 1980], wife of Richard W. McC Scrope, scion of that ancient landed family & descended from the Earls of Mexborough, gave birth to a daughter, Emily Flavia Lucy, 16 November, 2017.

Richard Scrope is a son of Mr & Mrs Philip Scrope.

Meriel Scrope, a scion of the Buxton Baronets (Bt, cr 1840), is a daughter of James Anthony Fowell Buxton (b 14 Mar, 1948), by his wife the former Margaret Elizabeth Russell (b 11 Oct, 1945), scion of the Barons Ampthill (B, UK, cr 1881), &c.

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Birkbeck/Trenchard engagement

__. The engagement was announced 18 November, 2017, between Oliver Benjamin Birkbeck (born 1973), scion of the Birkbeck landed gentry family and descended from the Royal House, son of John Oliver Charles Birkbeck (b 1936) of Litcham Hall, Norfolk, by his wife the former Hermione Anne Dawes {descended from the Armytage Bts} & the Hon Laura Mary Trenchard (b 1987), scion of the Viscounts Trenchard, daughter of the 3rd Viscount Trenchard (born 1951) of Standon Lordship, Hertfordshire, by his wife the former Hon Fiona Elizabeth Morrison (b 1954), daughter of the 2nd Viscount Margadale.

Oliver Birkbeck is a direct descendant of King William IV and his mistress, Dorothea Jordan.

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Chastel de Boinville/Cookson engagement

__. engagement was announced 16 November, 2017, between Nicolai (Nico) Chastel de Boinville, jockey, scion of that landed family, of Walkern Hall, Stevenage, Herfordshire, son of Mr Simon Murdoch Chastel de Boinville, of Baughurst, Hampshire, and the late Mrs Shaunagh Chastel de Boinville (d 2016), & Serena Louise Cookson [born 1986], descended from the Barons Hemphill, daughter of Robert Edwin Cookson (descended from the Viscounts Falmouth), by his wife the former Hon Angela Mary Martyn Hemphill (b 1953), daughter of the 5th Baron Hemphill.

Eustace George Cameron Crawley 1930-2017

__. Eustace Crawley, who died 15 November, 2017, aged 87, was a scion of that landed family; born 1930, son of Leonard George Crawley, by his wife the former Elspeth Christina Fisher Cameron; married 1961, {Dorothy} Anne Bacon (dec,.) by whom he had issue, four daughters, Emma, Willa, Rebecca & Cara.

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Isabel Beth Hallinan (born 2017)

_. The Hon Elizabeth Laura Hallinan (nee Waldegrave) (born 1983), scion of the Earls Waldegrave, and wife of Philip Hallinan, gave birth to a daughter, Isabel Beth, 14 November, 2017.

Phil Hallinan is the son of Mr Rex Hallinan and Mrs Barbara Hallinan, of Queensland, Australia, & the Hon Elizabeth Hallinan is the second daughter of the Rt Hon Baron Waldegrave of North Hill (b 1946), life peer and former Conservative Government minister as William Waldegrave, of Chewton Mendip, Somerset,  by his wife the former (Linda Margaret) Caroline Burrows.

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Parker/Proby engagement

_. The engagement was announced 15 November, 2017, between Mr Christopher W.H. Parker, son of Mr & Mrs Michael Parker, of Jupes Hill, Dedham, Essex, & [Frances] Rose Gwyneth Proby [b 1986], scion of the Proby baronets, third daughter of Sir William Proby, 3rd Baronet [b 1949], of Elton Hall, Peterborough, by his wife the former Meredyth Anne Brentnall.

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Magnus/Hendry engagement

_. The engagement was announced 15 Nov, 2017, between Thomas Henry Philip Magnus (born 30 Sept, 1985), son and heir of Sir Laurence Magnus, 3rd Baronet (b 24 Sept, 1955), of Bungay, Suffolk, by his wife the former Jocelyn Mary Stanton, & Clementine A. Hendry, daughter of Mr & Mrs Michael Hendry, of Wimbledon, London.

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König/Fortescue engagement

__. The engagement was announced, 13 November, 2017, between Robert L.L. König, son of Dr Harold and Dr Andrée König, & the Lady Lucy Beatrice Fortescue (born 1983), scion of the Earls Fortescue, third daughter of the 8th Earl Fortescue (b 10 May, 1951), by his wife the former Julia Sowrey.

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Woodhouse/McCorquodale engagement

_. The engagement was announced 13 Nov, 2017, between Mr George Woodhouse,, younger son of Mr Philip J. Woodhouse and the late Mrs Sarah J. [Pudding] Woodhouse [nee George], & Celia Rose McCorquodale (born 1989), scion of that landed family, & niece of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, younger daughter of Mr Neil McCorquodale by his wife the former Lady [Elizabeth] Sarah Lavinia Spencer [b 1955], eldest daughter of the late 8th Earl Spencer.

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Baron Hutchinson of Lullington, QC 1915-2017

__. The Lord Hutchinson of Lullington, QC, who has died aged 102, was a life peer, leading criminal barrister, whose extraordinary career included the defence of Christine Keeler and the spy George Blake.

Jeremy Nicolas Hutchinson was born 28 March, 1915, the son of St John Hutchinson, QC, by his wife the former Mary Barnes.

Called to the Bar in 1939, at the Middle Temple; Bencher 1963; Recorder of Bath 1962-72, and a Recorder of the Crown Court 1972-76; late Chairman of the Trustees of the Tate Gallery; created Baron Hutchinson of Lullington (1978).

Married firstly, 1940 (div 1966) Dame Peggy Ashcroft, the actress, who died in 1991; married secondly, 1966, Mrs June Osborn, daughter of Capt Arthur Capel, scion of the extinct Barons Ribblesdale. He leaves issue from his first marriage.

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Lady Cynthia Rosalie Postan 1918-2017

_. The Lady Cynthia Postan, who died 12 November, 2017, aged 99, was a debutante & MI5 secretary who wrote official reports on jet engines before becoming an expert of plants and porcelain. She was a scion of the Earls of Albemarle.

She was born Lady Cynthia Rosalie Keppel, 25 June, 1918, the second daughter of the 9th Earl of Albemarle (1882-1979), by his first wife Lady Judith Sydney Myee Wynn-Carrington (d 1928), fourth daughter of the 1st and last Marquess of Lincolnshire, KG.

She married 8 Dec, 1944, Professor Michael Moissey Postan (who d 1981), by whom she had issue.

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Baron Imbert, CVO 1933-2017

__. The Lord Imbert, a life peer, died 13 November, 2017. He was 84.

As Sir Peter Imbert he was  Metropolitan Police Commissioner; cr a life peer in 1999,; CVO in 2008, &c.

He married in 1956, Iris Dove, who survives him with their three children.

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The 9th Baron Langford, OBE 1912-2017

_. The Lord Langford, 9th Baron, died 12 November, 2017. He was 105.

Geoffrey Alexander Rowley-Conwy was one of Wales's most colourful characters. He was an officer who staged a hair-raising 1,659-mile escape in a decrepit sailing boat across the Indian Ocean after the fall of Singapore.

He was born 8 March, 1912, the son of Capt Geoffrey Seymour Rowley-Conwy (1877- killed in action at Gallipoli, 1915), by his wife the former Bertha Gabrielle Cochran (d 1984), and was descended from the 1st Baron. He succeeded as 9th holder of the peerage on the death of a kinsman, 19 Aug, 1953.

Lord Langford married firstly, 1939 (div 1956), Ruth St John Murphy (who died in 1991); married 2ndly, in 1957,Grete von Freiesleben, who died in 1973; married thirdly, in 1975, the family nanny, Susan Winifred Denham.

By his second marriage Lord Langford had three sons, and he is succeeded by his third son, the Hon Owain Grenville Rowley-Conwy, who was born 27 December, 1958.

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Sir Richard Hardy, 5th Baronet 1945-2017

_. Sir Richard Hardy, 5th Baronet, died 10 November, 2017, aged 72.

Richard Charles Chandos Hardy was born 6 Feb, 1945, son of Sir Rupert Hardy, 4th Baronet (1902-97), by his wife the former Hon Diana Joan Allsopp, daughter of the 3rd Baron Hindlip; succeeded to the baronetcy (cr UK 1876), in 1997; married 1972, Venetia Wingfield Digby, scion of that landed family, who survives him, together with their four daughters, Arabella, Jacquetta, Georgina and Henrietta.

Funeral and Remembrance Service to be held at Sherborne Abbey, Wednesday 6 December, 2017.

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Hon Victoria-Louise Mitford (1962-2017)

_. The Hon Victoria-Louise Mitford, who died 10 November, 2017, aged 55, was a scion of the Barons Redesdale, and kin of the famous Mitford Sisters.

She was born 5 November, 1962, fourth of the six daughters of the the 5th Baron Redesdale (1932-91), by his wife the former Sarah Georgina Cranstoun Todd; married 1988 (div?) Patrick James Padgett, by ehom she had issue, one son, Harland (Harley) James Bertram Padgett, b 1994.

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Hugo Thomas Oliver Brougham (b 2017)

___.Charlotte Emily Brougham (b 1989), wife of Thomas Edward Alexander Brougham (b 1988), descended from the Vestey baronets, gave birth to a son, Hugo Thomas Oliver, 10 November, 2017.

Thomas Edward Alexander (b 1988) s of Nicholas Dominic Leonard BROUGHAM (b 1954), scion of the VESTEY Bts, and Susan Margaret Anne d of Thomas Frederick Vernon MASON. He m c2016 Charlotte Emily (b 1989 reg Q2 Herts) d of Andrew J S COX of Harpenden, Hertfordshire and his former w Jane V (b 1962 reg Q2 Middlesex, now Mrs Colston) d of Keith B LIDDELOW and Heather-Anne H PLANT (b c1937 reg Q1 Herts).

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Alison Beatrix Weatherby 1928-2017

__. Alison Beatrix Weatherby, who died 7 November, 2017, aged 88, was descended from the Earls Erne.

She was born Alison Beatrix Pease, in 1928, daughter of Philip Ivan Pease by his wife the former Doris Madeline Crichton; married 1954, Christopher Nicholas Weatherby, MC (1920-2004), by whom she had issue. Her daughter, Clare, is the wife of the 4th Baron Daresbury.

A Service of Thanksgiving takes place at St Mary's Church, Whaddon, 22 Nov, 2017.

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Abel Smith/Jones engagement

__. The engagement was announced 9 Nov, 2017, between Edward M.I. Abel Smith, scion of the Abel Smith landed family of Woodhall Park, younger son of Mr Ralp Mansel Abel Smith (b 11 Dec, 1946), of Woodhall Park, Hertfordshire, and Mrs Abel Smith, & Georgina H. Jones, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs Ivan Jones, of Willowbrook, Berkshire.

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Colonel Henry Michael Edward Cadogan, OBE (d 2017)

__. Colonel Henry Michael Edward Cadogan, OBE, who died 8 November, 2017, aged 82, was a grandson maternally of the 11th Earl of Cavan.

He was the son of Colonel Edward Henry Cadogan (1908-93) by his wife the former Lady Mary Veronica Lambart (1908-89), daughter of the 11th Earl; married 1966, Daphne Jane Richards Mason, by whom he had issue.

Funeral at St Cynfarch and St Mary, Llanfair D.C. at 11 a.m. on Monday 20th November, and a Service of Thanksgiving will be held at the Abbey Church, Beaulieu on Thursday 30th November, 2017.

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Alvin Viscountess Goschen (died 2017)

__. Alvin, Viscountess Goschen, died 8 November, 2017. She was the widow of the 3rd Viscount Goschen.

She was born Alvin Moyanna Lesley England, daughter of Harry England, of Durban, Natal, and married the 3rd Viscount Goschen, KBE, as his second wife, in 1955. He died 22 March, 1977.

Her son, Giles, is the 4th Viscount Goschen.

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Alicia Elizabeth Rose Cayzer (born 2017)

Anna Charlotte Cayzer [nee Coutts Donald, born 1981], wife of the Hon Avon Arthur Cayzer (b 13 Sept 1968), scion of the Barons Rotherwick [Baron, UK, cr 1939], gave birth to a daughter, Alicia Elizabeth Rose, 8 November, 2017, a sister for Arthur, who was born 31 August, 2015.

The Hon Avon Cayzer is the third son of the 2nd Baron Rotherwick [1912-96] by his wife the former Sarah Jane Slade [d 1978], scion of the Slade Baronets.

 

 Anna Cayzer is a daughter of William F.J. Coutts Donald, by his wife the former Priscilla Aldington.

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Maj Robert John Grantley Berkeley 1931-2017

___. Maj. Robert John Grantley Berkeley,head of that landed gentry family of Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire & Spetchley Park, Worcester, died 2 November, 2017. He was 86.

He was born 24 July, 1931, son of Capt Robert George Wilmot Berkeley (1898-1969), by his wife the Hon Myrtle Emmeline Theresa Dormer (1907-82), scion of the Barons Dormer; succeeded his father, 1969; was High Sheriff of Worcester (1967); married 25 January, 1967, Georgina Bridget Stirling Home Drummond Moray, scion of that landed family, by whom he had two sons, Charles and Henry.

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John Shaw of Tordarroch (d 2017)

__. John Shaw of Tordarroch, 22nd Chief of the Clan Shaw, died in Majorca, 22 October, 2017, aged 80. He leaves a widow, Silvia, and four children, Rebecca, Iain, Julia and Fiona.

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Davina Countess of Stair 1930-2017

__. Davina Countess of Stair, who died 1 November, 2017, aged 87, was a first cousin of Her Majesty The Queen.

She was born Davina Katherine Bowes Lyon, 2 May, 1930, the only daughter of the Hon Sir David Bowes Lyon, KCVO, (1902-1961), the sixth son of the 14th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne, KG, KT, GCVO.

Her father, on whose 28th birthday she was born, was perhaps the favourite sibling of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and the closest in age to Her Majesty.

Davina Bowes Lyon married 14 January, 1960, John Aymer Dalrymple, 13th Earl of Stair, KCVO (1906-96), son of the 12th Earl of Stair (1879-1961) by his wife the former Violet Evelyn Harford.

Lady Stair was widowed 26 Feb, 1996. She leaves three sons, the elder of whom is Jamie, 14th Earl of Stair.

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were represented by Davina's brother, Sir Simon Bowes Lyon, KCVO, at the funeral which took place at Inch Church, Castle Kennedy, Stranraer, 15 Nov, 2017.

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Wilfred Alexander Leofric Houssemayne du Boulay (b 2017)

_. The Lady Rose Margaret Houssemayne du Boulay (b 1982), scion of the Earls Alexander of Tunis, and wife of James Houssemayne du Boulay, of that landed family, gave birth to a son, Wilfred Alexander Leofric, 4 November, 2017.

Lady Rose Houssemayne du Boulay, is a goddaughter of the late Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and is the elder daughter of the 2nd Earl Alexander of Tunis (b 30 June, 1935), by his second wife, the former Hon Davina Mary Woodhouse, LVO, sometime Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Margaret.

James Houssemayne du Boulay is the son of Mr Robin Houssemayne du Boulay, by his former wife the former Tanya Theresa Judge (now Lady Lowson, wife since 1979 of Sir Ian Lowson, 2nd Baronet).

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Nancy Everil Vernon-Harcourt 1914c-2017

__. Nancy Vernon-Harcourt, who died at Petersfield, 25 October, 2017, aged 103, was the widow of Colonel William Ronald Denis Vernon-Harcourt, OBE, scion of the Barons Vernon.

She was the former Nancy Everil Leatham, scion of that landed family, the only child of Lieutenant-Col. Bertram Henry Leatham, DSO, late the Green Howards, and married, 29 May, 1937, Col William Vernon-Harcourt, by whom she had a son and a daughter.

A Thanksgiving Service takes place at All Saints, Denmead, 18 Dec, 2017.

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Thomson/Stirling Home Drummond Moray engagement

__. The engagement was announced 4 November, 2017, between Jamie Thomson, son of Lt-Col and Mrs Alexander Thomson, of Codford, Wiltshire, & Susannah Stirling Home Drummond Moray, scion of that landed family, daughter of John Robert Stirling Home Drummond Moray (b 14 Oct, 1943), of Kinross, Scotland, and Mrs Carole Stirling Home Drummond Moray, of London.

Susannah is a descendant of the Dukes of Buccleuch & Queensberry via her grandmother, the former Jeanetta Montagu Douglas Scott.

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Jack Rafferty Buchanan Baillie-Hamilton (b 2017)

__. Sasha Rachel Baillie-Hamilton (born 1976), wife of Capt Alexander Neil Buchanan Baillie-Hamilton (born 1963), scion of the Earls of Haddington, gave birth to a son, Jack Rafferty Buchanan, 3 Nov, 2017, a brother for Molly and Max.

Capt Alexander Neil Buchanan (b 1963) s of Capt John Neil BUCHANAN-BAILLIE-HAMILTON (1926-2009), scion of the earls of HADDINGTON, and his 1st w Hon Caroline Barbara Coupar BARRIE (1933-78) d of 1st & last Baron ABERTAY KBE JP DL (1875-1940, holding his peerage for less than 6 months) and Ethel (1897-1983) d of Sir James Thomson BROOM (1866-1931) and Jane Riddoch SPENCE (1861-1949). He m 2014 Sasha Rachel (b 1976) d of Nigel Michael Anthony BARTTELOT (b 1941), scion of the Bts of that name, and Serena Laetitia Henrietta d of Col Francis Wesley BRETT (1900-73) of Twyford, Berks.

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Lady Ursula Isabel d'Abo 1916-2017

_. The Lady Ursula d'Abo, who died 2 November, 2017, aged 100, was one of the last surviving aristocrats to participate at the Coronation of King George VI & Queen Elizabeth, in May, 1937.

As the 20 year-old Lady Ursula Manners she acted as one of Queen Elizabeth's trainbearers in Westminster Abbey, and later appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, on May 12 1937.

Ursula Isabel Manners was born 8 November, 1916, the elder daughter of the 9th Duke of Rutland (1886-1940), by his wife the former Kathleen Tennant.

She married firstly, 25 July, 1943 (div1947)Anthony Freire Marreco, RNVR, scion of that landed family, only son of the late Geoffrey Marreco. She resumed her maiden name, and married 2ndly, 22 Nov, 1951, Robert Erland Nicolai d'Abo, scion of that landed family, elder son of Gerard Louis d'Abo, by whom she had issue, two sons and a daughter.

Lady Ursula's brother, Lord Roger Manners, died in recent weeks.

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Colquhoun of Luss/Norris marriage

__. The marriage took place 29 July, 2017, at St Michael at the North Gate, Oxford, between Fergus Alexander Mears Colquhoun (b 1991), scion of the Colquhoun baronets, of Luss, son of Sir Malcolm Colquhoun of Luss, 9th Baronet (b 20 Dec, 1947), by his 2nd wife, the former Katharine Mears, & Miss Rachel N. Norris, daughter of Professor James & the Rev. Julie Norris, of Barrington, Cambridgeshire.

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Hon Simon Aubrey Robin Hood Hastings-Bass 1950-2017

__. Hon Simon Hastings-Bass, who died 6 October, 2017, aged 67, was a scion of the Earls of Huntingdon, the younger brother, and heir presumptive of the 16th Earl.

 

He was born 2 May, 1950. second son of Peter Robin Hood Hastings-Bass (1920-64) by his wife the former Priscilla Bullock, scion of the Bullock baronets and descended from the Earls of Derby.

 

His elder brother, William, succeeded to the Earldom (cr 1529) in 1990, and in 1992 Simon was raised to the rank of the younger son of an earl.

 

The heir presumptive to the peerage is now a younger brother, the Hon John Hastings-Bass, who was born 5 June, 1954.

 

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Sir Robert Bruce-Gardner, 3rd Baronet (1943-2017)

__. Sir Robert Bruce-Gardner, 3rd Baronet, has died at the age of 74.

Robert Henry Bruce-Gardner was born 10th June, 1943, only son of Sir Douglas Bruce-Gardner, 2nd Baronet, by his first wife the former Monica Flummerfelt Jefferson, dau of Prof Sir Geoffrey Jefferson, CBE, FRS; married 1979, Veronica Ann Hand-Oxborrow, daughter of the late Rev. W.E. Hand, by whom he had issue.

Sir Robert is succeeded in the baronetcy (cr UK 1945), by his son, Thomas Edmund Peter, born 28 January, 1982.

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Anthony Charles Gordon-Lennox 1969-2017

_. Anthony Charles Gordon-Lennox, who died 7 October, 2017, aged 48, was a scion of the Dukes of Richmond and Gordon, and a first cousin of the current duke.

He was born 29 April, 1969, the son of Lord Nicholas Gordon-Lennox, KCMG, KCVO (1931-2004), by his wife the former Mary Williamson, LVO (b 1934), sometime Lady-in-Waiting to HRH Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy, scion of the Williamson baronets. Mr Gordon-Lennox was unmarried.

HRH Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy was present & the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were represented by Mr James Lowther-Pinkerton, HRH's equerry, at Gordon Lennox's Thanksgiving service at Southwark Cathedral, 6 Dec, 2017.

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Orr-Ewing/Eadie engagement

__. The engagement was announced 31 October, 2017, between Edward A. Orr-Ewing (born 1990), scion of the Orr Ewing baronets, son of the Hon Malcolm Archie Orr-Ewing (b 1946), of Syresham, Northamptonshire, by his wife the former Clare Mary Flood, & Olivia Anne Eadie (born 1990), elder daughter of Colonel David Eadie, of Newton Toney, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Camilla F. Beale.

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Herbert Robin Cayzer (born 2017)

__. Allison Cayzer (nee Boynton), wife of the Hon Herbert Robin (Bertie) Cayzer (b 10 Jul 1989), scion of the Barons Rotherwick, gave birth to a son, Herbert Robin, in Boston, Mass., United States, 13 October, 2017.

The Hon Bertie Cayzer is the son and heir of (Herbert) Robin Cayzer, 3rd Baron Rotherwick (Peerage of the UK, cr 1939), of Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Oxfordshire, by his former wife the former Sara Jane McAlpine (scion of the McAlpine Bts).

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Maj. Nicholas Michael Lancelot Barne, CVO (d 2017)

_. Maj Nicholas Michael Lancelot Barne, CVO, who died 21 October, 2017, aged 73, was sometime private secretary to HRH The Duke of Gloucester, and a descendant of the Orr-Ewing baronets.

He married in 1974, the Hon Janet Elizabeth Maclean (b 1944), daughter of Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 11th Bt, The Baron Maclean, KT (life peerage ext 1990), sometime Lord Chamberlain to HM The Queen, by whom he had issue, two sons, Alasdair and Hamish.

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The 3rd (and last) Viscount Churchill, OBE 1934-2017

__. The 3rd Viscount Churchill, OBE, investment banker, died 18 October, 2017. He was 83.

Victor George Spencer was born posthumously, 31 July, 1934, son of the 1st Viscount Churchill, GCVO (1864-1934), sometime Lord Chamberlain to King Edward VII, by his second wife the former Christine McRae Sinclair (later Lady Oliphant); succeeded to the Viscouncty and Barony of Churchill on the death of his half-brother, the 2nd Viscount, 21 Dec, 1973; unmarried.

The viscountcy of Churchill (created in 1902) now becomes extinct. The 3rd Viscount is succeeded in the barony of Churchill (created in 1815) by his second cousin once removed, Richard Harry Ramsay Spencer, born 11 Oct, 1926, who becomes the 6th Baron Churchill.

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The Lady Jean Sybil Violet Fforde 1920-2017

_. The Lady Jean Fforde, who died 13 October, 2017, aged 96, was a scion of the Dukes of Montrose, born in 1920, as Lady Jean Sybil Violet Graham, dau of the 6th Duke of Montrose (1878-1954), by his wife the former Lady Mary Louise Douglas-Hamilton (1884-1957), scion of the Dukes of Hamilton; married 1947 (div 1957)Col John Patrick Ilbert Fforde, CBE (1910-93), by wehom she had issue, one son, Charles John Graham Fforde, born 1948.

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Laurence Alfred Douglas Hope Henderson (b 2017)

_. Cecily Henderson (nee Breese), wife of Alexander Storm David Hope Henderson (born 1982), scion of the Barons Faringdon, gave birth to a son, Laurence Alfred Douglas Hope, 13 Oct, 2017.

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Sturgis/Kent marriage

__. The marriage took place 22 Sept, 2017, between Toby Russell Sturgis (born 1947), son of Maj Peter Sturgis (1914-86) by his wife the former Rachel Sybil Borthwick (1914-98) scion of the baronets of that name, and Mrs Anna Christine Kent, of Dauntsey, co Wilts.




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Ponsonby/Sutton engagement

_. The engagement was announced 23 Oct, 2017, between Frederick Edward Ponsonby (born 1986), scion of the Ponsonby baronets, younger son of Sir Charles Ponsonby, 3rd Baronet (b 1951) of Woodstock, Oxfordshire, by his wife the former Mary Priscilla Bromey Davenport, scion of that landed family, & Joanna Kate Sutton (born 1987), daughter of Robert Hiles Sutton (b 1954), of Newton Valence, Hampshire, by his wife the former Carola Jane Dewey (b 1955), scion of the Dewey baronets.

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(John) Christopher Alastair Buchan-Hepburn 1963-2017

_. (John) Christopher Alastair Buchan-Hepburn, who died 11 October, 2017, aged 54, was a scion of the Buchan-Hepburn baronets and heir apparent to that baronetcy, born 9 March, 1963, son of Sir (John) Alastair Trant Kidd Buchan-Hepburn of Smeaton Hepburn, 7th Baronet (born 27 June, 1931), by his wife the former Georgina Elizabeth Turner; married 1990, Andrea, daughter of Kenneth Unwin, by whom he had issue. His elder son, (John) James Christopher Thomas Buchan-Hepburn, who was born 1 Dec, 1992, is now the heir to the baronetcy (cr UK 1815).

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Macraflane/Martin engagement

 The engagement was announced 6 October, 2017, between Cosmo Pascoe Thomas Macfarlane (born 1987), eldest son of Mr Thomas P. Macfarlane, of Combe, Somerset, and his wife the former Cathryn Harriet Windsor-Clive (born 8 November, 1958), scion of the Earls of Plymouth, & Lindsey R. Martin, daughter of Mr William Martin, of Pasadena, California, and Mrs Kelley Husby, of Houston, Texas. 

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Miss Mary Wellesley 1915-2017

__. Miss Mary Wellesley, who died 28 September, 2017, aged 102, was a scion of the Dukes of Wellington.

She was born posthumously, 8 January, 1915, second daughter of Capt Lord Richard Wellesley, of the Grenadier Guards (1879-1914), who was killed in action, 29 Oct, 1914, by his wife the former Louise Nesta Pamela FitzGerald (died 1946),, daughter of Sir Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Baronet, CVO, 20th Knight of Kerry. Her mother married secondly, in 1917, her first husband's brother, Major Lord George Wellesley (1889-1967).

Mary Wellesley was a granddaughter of the 4th Duke of Wellington, KG, GCVO (1849-1934). She was unmarried.

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Boscawen/Dyer engagement

__. The engagement was announced 6 October, 2017, between Veryan John Hugh Boscawen (born 1987), scion of the Viscounts Falmouth, elder son of Colonel Hugh Geoffrey Robert Boscawen (born 1954), by his wife the former Alexandra Mary-Monique Eden, & Tamara C. Dyer, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Leslie Dyer.

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Cotton/Bridges engagement

_. The engagement was announced 6 October, 2017, between Edward D. Cotton, elder son of Mr Neil Cotton, of Fernhurst, west Sussex, and Mrs Christine Cotton, of Poole, Dorset, & the Hon Camilla Frances Iona Bridges (born 1985), middle daughter of the 3rd Baron Bridges (born 25 Jul 1954), of Berwick St John, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Angela Margaret Collinson.

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Cleopatra Frederica Madeline von Westenholz (b 2017)

__. To Caroline Anna Christine Sieber and Frederick Patrick Piers von Westenholz, a daughter, Cleopatra Drederica Madeline, born 29 September, 2017, a sister for Electra, who was born 15 Dec, 2015.

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Burke/Kennedy engagement

__. The engagement was announced 5 Oct, 2017, between Daniel J. Burke, son of Marshall and Carol Burke, of Ohio, United States, and the Lady Alicia-Jane Lesley Kennedy (born 1981), daughter of the 8th Marquess of Ailsa (1956-2015), by his wife the former Dawn Leslie Anne Keen.



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Pamela Lady Blunden (d 2017)

__. Pamela Lady Blunden, who died 15 September, 2017, aged 94, was the widow of the 6th Baronet, of Castle Blunden, Kilkenny, Ireland, who died in 1985. She was the former Pamela Purser.

Funeral Service to be held at St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny on 29th September 2017.

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Thomas Patrick Milne Home (b 2017)

__. Katherine Elizabeth Jane Milne Home (nee Wright, b 1984), wife of Michael John Milne Home (b 1981), scion of that landed family, gave birth to a son, Thomas Patrick, 14 September, 2017.

Michael John (b 1981 reg Kirkcaldy ref 421/688) s of Patrick George A. MILNE HOME, scion of the Scots gentry family HOME-ROBERTSON (formerly Milne Home) of Wedderburn and Paxton, by his 1975 m (reg Huntly ref 317/46) to (Grace) Caroline (b 1951 reg Aberdeen Southern Districk ref 168/2 566) d of J A INGLEBY of Invermarkie, Glass, Huntly, Aberdeenshire.

He m c2015 Katherine Elizabeth Jane (b 1984) d of Malcolm WRIGHT and Sylvia Araby Jane (b 1954, d of Nicholas Cole McCLINTOCK CBE (1916-2001), scion of the Irish gentry family of that name and of the Scots ELPHINSTONE family, and Pamela Sylvia MANSEL (b 1926), scion of the Bts of that name).

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Hon Rose Wynsome Monckton 1937-2017

_. The Hon Rose Monckton, who died 23 September, 2017, aged 80, was a scion of the Viscounts Galway.

She was born Rose Wynsome Monckton, 11 March, 1937, daughter of the 11th Viscount (1900-80), by his wife, the former Kathleen Joyce Musgrave (1903-75), scion of the Musgrave baronets. Unmarried.

 Funeral Service to be held at St Peter & St Paul Church, Chiselborough, Somerset, Friday 13 Oct, 2017.

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Lady Paulina Mary Louise Hadley 1930-2017

__. The Lady Paulina Hadley, who died 25 September, 2017, aged 87, was a scion of the Earls of Cottenham.

She was born Lady Paulina Mary Louise Pepys, 14 June, 1930, second daughter of the 6th Earl of Cottenham (1903-43), by his wife the former Sybil Venetia Taylor (who was later Countess of Devon, wife of the 17th Earl); married 1973, Denis Bernard Hadley.

The funeral is at St Clement's Church, Powderham, Devon, Monday 30 October, 2017.

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Hon Catherine Frances Lilian Bream (d 2017)

__. The Hon Catherine Bream (nee Berry), who died 27 September, 2017, was a scion of the Viscounts Kemsley, daughter of the 2nd Viscount (1909-99) by his wife the former Lady Helen Candida Hay (1913-2011), scion of the Marquesses of Tweeddale.

She married in 1969, Richard Douglas Fowler Bream (b 1936), by whom she had issue.

 Funeral Service will be held at St Mary the Virgin, Osgathorpe on 16th October, 2017.

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Henry Wolfe Bullock-Webster (born 2017)

__. Lucinda Jane Bullock-Webster (nee Tar, born 1981), wife of Captain James Richard H.L. Bullock-Webster, Irish Guards,. (b 1981)— gave birth to a son, Henry Wolfe, 18 September, 2017, in London, a brother for Evelyn & Pandora.

Capt Bullock-Webster is the only son of Lieutenant Colonel Robin James Stirling Bullock-Webster (b 1944), of South Kensington, by his wife the former Maria Della Buenaño.

Lucinda Bullock-Webster is the younger daughter of Major (Leslie) Christopher Tar, of Compton, Devon, by his wife the former Jacqueline Westaway.

Capt Bullock-Webster's mother married 1stly 1971, the 6th Earl Cowley (1946-75), who collapsed and died suddenly whilst playing squash at the age of 29. Maria Countess Cowley married Lt-Col Robin Bullock-Webster in 1980. Capt B-W has 2 half-sisters, Lady Alexia Wellesley, b 1973, and Lady Caroline Wellesley b 1976 (posthumously).

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Eloise Alexandra Baring/Henry Windham Rowland Baring (born 2017)

__. Jennifer M. Baring (nee Wredberg), wife of Rowley (Dan) Mark Thomas Baring (b 1977), scion of the Earls of Cromer (cr 1901), gave birth to twins, a daughter, Eloise Alexandra, and a son, Henry Windham Rowland, 6 September, 2017.

Rowley Baring, sometime Page of Honour to HM Queen Elizabeth II, is the elder son of the Hon Vivian John Rowland Baring (b 1950), of Gloucestershire, by his wife (and cousin) the former Lavinia Gweneth Baring.

Jennifer Baring is the only daughter of Mr and Mrs Lars Wredberg, of Vienna, Austria.

Rowley Baring is a grandson of the late 3rd Earl of Cromer. His mother, Lavinia, was Lady-in-Waiting to Diana, Princess of Wales, 1981-92.

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Lord Roger David Manners 1925-2017

__. Lord Roger Manners, who has died aged 92, was a scion of the Dukes of Rutland, born 23 September, 1925, third son of the 9th Duke of Rutland (1886-1940).

His mother was the former Kathleen Tennant (who died in 1989), scion of the Barons Glenconner.

Lord Roger, who lived at Heddington, Wiltshire, married 8 March, 1965, Finola St Lawrence Daubeney, by whom he had two daughters, Moira, born in 1966, and Phoebe, who was born in 1968.

The funeral takes place 18 Oct, 2017, at Belvoir Castle, seat of his nephew, the 11th Duke of Rutland.

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Sonia Gabrielle Murphy [nee Bowes-Lyon] 1922-2017

_. Sonia Gabrielle Murphy [nee Bowes-Lyon], who died 30 September, 2017, was a scion of the Earls of Strathmore & Kinghorne. She was a first cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

She was born 1 October, 1922, daughter of Capt Hubert Ernest Bowes-Lyon [1883-1959], by his second wife the former Margaret Mary Nuttall [died 1966].

Her grandfather, the Hon Ernest Bowes-Lyon [1858-91], was a younger brother of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne [1855-1944], the Queen Mother's father.

She married 15 May, 1948, Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen Otteran Murphy, MBE.

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12th Viscount Galway 1922-2017

_. The 12th Viscount Galway died 30 September, 2017. He was 94.

George Rupert Monckton, later Monckton-Arundell, was born 13 Oct, 1922, son of Flight-Lt Philip Marmaduke Mockton, RCAF (1892-1965) by his wife the former Lavender O'Hara; succeeded to the viscountcy, in the peerage of Ireland, upon his cousin's death, 30 January, 1980.

He married 12 Oct, 1944, Fiona Margaret Taylor (who died in 2010), by whom he had issue, a son, and three daughters.

The peerages (the viscountcy and a barony), devolve upon his Lordship's only son, the Hon [John] Philip Monckton-Arundell, who was born 8 April, 1952.

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Lady Michael Fitzalan Howard c1919-2017

__. Lady Michael Fitzalan Howard, who died 23 September, 2017, aged 98, was the second wife, and widow of Major-Gen Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard, KCVO, CB, CBE, MC (1916-2007), scion of the Dukes of Norfolk.

She was Victoria Winifred (Vita) Russell, daughter of Colonel Reginald Russell, CVO, CBE, DSO, and married firstly, 1949, Maj Sir Mark Baring, KCVO (1916-88), scion of the Earls of Cromer, by whom she had 2 daughters; married 2ndly, 1997, Maj-Gen Lord Michael Fitzalan Howard, yr brother of the 17th Duke of Norfolk.

Her elder daughter, Lavinia, was Extra Lady-in-Waiting to Diana, Princess of Wales.

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Vesper Evelyn Tyler (born 2017)

_. The Hon Lucinda Jane Tyler (b 21 Apr, 1976), scion of the Barons Stamp, and wife of Michael Tyler, gave birth to a daughter, Vesper Evelyn, 14 September, 2017.

Michael Tyler is the son of Mr Terrence Tyler and the late Lyn Tyler, of Morpeth, Northumberland, & the Hon Lucinda Tyler is a daughter of the 4th Baron Stamp (b 18 Sept, 1935), by his second wife, the former Carol Anne Russell.

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Lyon-Smith/Tollemache engagement

__. The engagement was announced 27 September, 2017, between Mr W.H. (Harry) Lyon-Smith, son of the late Mr & Mrs David Lyon-Smith, of Gidleigh, Devon, & Juliet Elsie Tollemache (born 1974), scion of the Barons Tollemache, daughter of Mr Michael Humphrey Tollemache (b 1930), of Tollemache Hall, near Ipswich, by his wife the former Gay O'Grady Thompson.

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Pelham/Kermiche engagement

__. The engagement was announced 27 September, 2017, between the Hon William Charles John Walter Pelham (born 28 December, 1991), second son of the 8th Earl of Yarborough (born 5 Nov, 1963), by his wife the Countess of Yarborough (nee Anna-Karin Zecevic), of Brocklesby, Lincolnshire, & Anissa Kermiche, daughter of the late Mr Larbi Kermiche & Ms Hamida Trabelsi, of Paris, France.

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Veronica Countess of Lucan (died 2017)

__. Veronica Countess of Lucan, wife of the 7th Earl of Lucan, was found dead at her home in Belgravia, 26 September, 2017. She was 80.

Lady Lucan was born Veronica Mary Duncan, daughter of Major Charles Moorhouse Duncan, MC, and married, 28 Nov, 1963, Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, by whom she had issue, a son, and two daughters.

following the disappearance of his father (who if still living is wanted for questioning by the police in connection with the murder of his children's nanny, Sandra Rivett), Mr Justice Morritt, sitting in the Chancery Division of the High Court on 11 Dec 1992, gave the Trustees of the then Lord Bingham liberty to administer the 7th Earl of Lucan's estate under the presumption that he was dead; leave was also granted to have the 7th Earl of Lucan's death sworn in the Family Division of the High Court; following the custom of succession in undisputed Irish peerages, Lord Bingham assumed his father's title as 8th Earl of Lucan and on 8 Dec 1998 he applied to the Lord Chancellor for a writ of summons to the House of Lords as Baron Bingham (a United Kingdom peerage created in 1934 for his great-grandfather) but was refused; it remains open to him to apply to the Registrar of Peerages for inclusion on the Peerage Roll as Earl of Lucan.

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North David Monnington More Nisbett (born 2017)

__. Charlotte F.D. More Nisbett (nee Davison), wife of William D.H. (Billy) More Nisbett, scion of that landed family, gave birth to a son, North David Monnington, 18 September, 2017.

Billy More Nisbett, descended from the Earls of Stair, is the son of George Alan More Nisbett, of The Drum, Edinburgh, by his wife the former Patrea MacDonald.

Charlotte More Nisbett is a daughter of the late Mr David Davison and of Mrs Davison, of North Canterbury, New Zealand.

Billy's great-great-grandmother was Lady Agnes Dalrymple, dau of the 9th Earl of Stair.

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Lady Mary Rosemary Marie-Gabrielle Mansel Lewis (1930-2017)

_. The Lady Mary Mansel Lewis, who died 7 September, 2017, aged 87, was a scion of the Earls of Wharncliffe.

She was born Lady Mary Rosemary Marie-Gabrielle Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 11 June, 1930, fourth daughter of the 3rd Earl of Wharncliffe (1892-1953), by his wife the former Lady Maud Lilian Elfreda Mary Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (died 1979), daughter of the 7th Earl Fitzwilliam; married 15 Apr, 1953, Sir David Courtenay Mansel Lewis, KCVO (1927-2009) of Sradley Castle, Llanelli, by whom she had issue.

She was a sister of the late 4th Earl of Wharncliffe. Her husband was Lord Lieutenant of Dyfed 1979-2002. He died 17 Apr, 2009, aged 81.

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Ivo Wood (born 2017)

_. The Hon Henrietta Rose (Hatta) Wood (nee Byng, born 1977), wife of Charles Browne Martin Wood (b 1973), gave birth to a son, Ivo, 12 September, 2017, a brother for Jago (known as Compost) b 2012, and Margot (Maggot), who was born in 2015.

Charles (Charlie) Browne Martin WOOD (b 1973) s of Simon Richard Browne WOOD (b 1947, scion of the WOOLLCOMBE gentry family formerly of ASHBURY) and his former wife Clare Launa FITZALAN HOWARD (b 1949), scion of the Dukes of NORFOLK, the earls of ALBEMARLE and gentry family GREENWOOD of Swarcliffe Hall. He m 2011 Hon Henrietta (Hatta) Rose BYNG (b 1977) d of 11th Viscount TORRINGTON (b 1943) and Susan Honor d of Michael George Thomas WEBSTER, scion of the CONYNGHAM marquesses.

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