Latest news of births, marriages and deaths in the Peerage,Baronetage and landed gentry families.
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Lady Michael Fitzalan Howard c1919-2017
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)
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.
Lyon-Smith/Tollemache engagement
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Pelham/Kermiche engagement
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Veronica Countess of Lucan (died 2017)
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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Tuesday, September 26, 2017
North David Monnington More Nisbett (born 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)
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)
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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Maya Romey Alexandra Wilson (born 2017)
Saturday, September 23, 2017
Cunning/Durlacher engagement
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Buxton/Babington engagement
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Arabella Olive Ponsonby (born 2017)
Arthur Ponsonby is the son and heir of Sir Charles Ashley Ponsonby, 3rd Baronet (b 10 June, 1951), of Woodstock, co Oxford, by his wife the former ,Mary Priscilla Bromley Davenport.
Joanna Ponsonby is a daughter of Mr Thomas Hunt, of Lowdham, co Nottingham, & Mrs Alan Stokoe, of Hexham, Northumberland.
Hon Stella Beatrice Grace Wallop (born 2017)
Viscount Lymington is the only son and heir of the 10th Earl of Portsmouth (b 25 July, 1954), of Farleigh Wallop, Hampshire, by his first wife, the former Candida Frances Juliet McWilliam (now Mrs Candida Dinshaw, of Edinburgh).
Flora Lymington is the second daughter of Mr George Pownall, of London, by his wife the former Elfreda Wadsworth.
Friday, September 22, 2017
Mountain/Pratt engagement
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Thursday, September 21, 2017
Harry Byatt: son of one of Diana's Ladies in Waiting dies at 19
Harry was the son of Duncan Ian Arthur Campbell Byatt (b 1962), by his wife the former Alexandra Mary Loyd (b 1961), a friend of Diana, Princess of Wales, and one of her ladies in waiting. Harry's maternal grandfather, Sir Julian Loyd, KCVO, of that landed family, was land agent to Her Majesty the Queen at Sandringham, 1964-91.
Alexandra Byatt was an extra Lady in Waiting 1986-91, then Lady-in-Waiting 1991-97.
There will be a memorial service in Scotland on Friday 6 Oct, 2017, at Leargnahension Church, Carse, and a service of thanksgiving in London at St Luke's Church, Ramsden Rd, SW12, on Wednesday 8 November, 2017.
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The 4th Baron Cochrane of Cults 1926-2017
Ralph Henry Vere Cochrane was born 20 Sept, 1926, a younger son of the 2nd Baron Cochrane of Cults (1883-1968), by his wife the former Hon Elin Douglas-Pennant (d 1934), fifth daughter of the 2nd Baron Penrhyn; married 18 Dec, 1956, Janet Mary Watson Cheyne, daughter of William Hunter Watson Cheyne, by whom he had issue, two sons.
He succeeded to the barony (cr 1919), on the demise of his elder brother, the 3rd peer, 15 June, 1990.
Lord Cochrane of Cults is survived by his wife, two sons, Thomas and Michael, and two grandchildren, Katherine and Edward.
The peerage now devolves upon his elder son, Thomas, who was born 7 Sept, 1957.
The funeral is at Cults Kirk, Pitlessie, 5 Oct, 2017.
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Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Florence Lucy Heathcoat Amory (born 2017)
Simon is the elder son of Charles William Heathcoat Amory (b 1945), of South Molton, Devon, and Mrs Harmony Joanna Heathcoat Amory (nee Lyell), of Wylye, Wiltshire, and Lucy Heathcoat Amory is the elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Reid, of Harpenden, Hertfordshire.
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Monday, September 18, 2017
Rufus Hugh Grenville Cazalet (born 2017)
Peter Cazalet is a son of Peter Charles Grenville Cazalet [b 1959], by his wife the former Victoria Jane Perry.
Rowena is a daughter of Dr & Mrs Barry Jones, of Lower Swell, Somerset.
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Redmayne/Fane engagement
Tom Redmayne is a younger brother of the Oscar winning actor Eddie Redmayne.
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Saturday, September 16, 2017
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Sir Christopher Royden, 5th Baronet 1937-2017
Christopher John Royden was born 26 February, 1937, and succeeded his father, Sir John Ledward Royden, in 1976. Married in 1961, Diana Bridget, the only daughter of Lt-Colonel Joseph Henry Goodhart, MC, by whom he had issue, two sons and a daughter. The baronetcy now passes to his elder son, John Michael Joseph, who was born 17 March, 1965.
A service of thanksgiving takes place at St Mary's Church, Bibury, Gloucestershire, 29 September, 2017.
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Wednesday, September 13, 2017
McColl/Callander engagement
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MacColl/Jeffreys engagement
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Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Montagu-Pollock/Matheson engagement
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Jonkheer Anthony James Hugo Loudon 1966-2017
He was born 10 June, 1966, son of Jonkheer John Louson by his wife the former Anne Denise Doughty-Tichborne (b 3 March, 1938), daughter of the 14th baronet; married Catherine Blair, by whom he had issue, three children, Ella, Jamie and Nina.
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Sunday, September 10, 2017
Cobb/Ferguson marriage
Saturday, September 09, 2017
Hon Alexander David James Mackay (b 2017)
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Friday, September 08, 2017
Alexander Mungo Warrender (born 2017)
Jack Warrender is a son of Hon Jonathan James WARRENDER (b 1954, s of 2nd Baron BRUNTISFIELD (1921-2007)) and Fiona Mary LAING (b 1954), scion of the STAIR earls, etc.
Laura Warrender is a dau of Hon Charles Walter Edward Ralph BUCHAN (b 1951, s of 3rd Baron TWEEDSMUIR (1916-2008)) and Fiona Jane (b 1953 reg Q4 Staffordshire) d of Capt Edmund Paul CARLISLE (b 1922 reg Q3 Cheshire) of Pentyrwrlodd and Rosemary Elizabeth Annabel THURSBY-PELHAM (1923-2013), scion of that gentry family formerly of Danyrallt.
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Hon William Fox Ramsay (born 2017)
_. Kaitlin Marie, Lady Ramsay, wife of Simon David Ramsay, syled Lord Ramsay (born 1981), scion of the Earls of Dalhousie, gave birth to a son, the Hon William Fox Ramsay, 25 August, 2017.
Lord Ramsay is the son and heir of the 17th Earl of DALHOUSIE (b 1948) and Marilyn Davina (b 1950) d of Maj Sir David Henry BUTTER KCVO MC (1920-2010), sometime head of that gentry family of Pitlochry, and Myra Alice CVO (b 1925) dau of Sir Harold Augustus WERNHER (1893-1973) GCVO 3rd & last Bt and Lady (Anastasia Michailovna) Zia CBE (1892-1977) dau of the Grand Duke Michael Michailovitch of Russia (1861-1929).
Lady Ramsay is a daughter of Mr and Mrs John J. Kubinsky, Sr, of Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Tuesday, September 05, 2017
Sir Anthony Evans, 2nd Baronet 1922-2017
Anthony Adney Evans was born 5 Aug, 1922, succeeded his father, Sir Walter Harry Evans, in 1954; educ at Shrewsbury & Merton College, Oxford; married 1stly, 1948 (Div 1957), Rita Beatrice, dau of Alfred David Kettle, of Souldern, Oxon, and 2ndly, 1958, Sylvia Jean, and he leaves issue from his first marriage.
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Monday, September 04, 2017
10th Duke of Richmond & Gordon 1929-2017
The Duke, a direct descendant of King Charles II and Louise de Kerouaille, was Duke of Richmond, Duke of Lennox, Duc de Aubigny (in France), Duke of Gordon, Earl of March, Darnley and Kinrara, Baron Settrington & Lord Torbolton.
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox was born 19 Sept, 1929, son of the 9th Duke of Richmond & Gordon (1904-89), by his wife the former Elizabeth Grace Hudson (died 1992); succeeded to the family honours on the death of his father, 2 Nov, 1989; served as Lord Lieutenant for West Sussex until his resignation in 1994; married 26 May, 1951, Susan Monica, daughter of Colonel Cecil Grenville-Grey, CBE (& descended from the Morrison-Bell baronets), by whom he had issue, and adopted daughters.
The Duke is succeeded by his only son, Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, styled Earl of March & Kinrara, who was born 8 January, 1955. The 11th Duke is married to the Hon Janet Elizabeth Astor, daughter of the 3rd Viscount Astor.
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Saturday, September 02, 2017
Kina Maria, Baroness Avebury 1934-2017
Kina-Maria, Baroness Avebury, who died 1 September, 2017, aged 82, was the first and former wife of the late 4th Baron Avebury (1928-2016).
She was born Kina Maria O'Kelly de Gallagh, 2 September, 1934, the only daughter of Count Joseph Henry O'Kelly de Gallagh KM, of 41 Roland Gardens, London, and married 2 September, 1953 (div. 1983), Eric Reginald Lubbock (born 29 September, 1928), scion of the Barons Avebury, son of the Hon Maurice Fox Pitt Lubbock (1900-1957), and his wife (and second cousin) the former Hon Mary Katherine Adelaide Stanley (1906-1981), 1st daughter of the 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley (1875-1931).
Her husband was victor in the famous Orpington by-election, and served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Orpington from 1962 to 1970. He then served in the House of Lords, having succeeded his cousin the 3rd Baron Avebury, 21 June, 1971. In 1999, when most hereditary peers were removed from the House of Lords, he was elected by his fellow Liberal Democrats to remain. When he died, 14 February, 2016, he was the longest serving Liberal Democrat peer.
Lady Avebury leaves issue, two sons, and a daughter. The elder son, Lyulph Ambrose Jonathan Lubbock is the 5th Baron Avebury (born 15 June, 1954).
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Friday, September 01, 2017
The Baroness O'Neill 1940-2017
She was born Georgina Mary Montagu Douglas Scott, 28 Nov, 1940, elder daughter of Lord George Montagu Douglas Scott, by his wife the artist Molly Bishop, and was a granddaughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, and a niece of HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, &c.
She married 10 June, 1963, Raymond Arthur Clanaboy O'Neill, 4th Baron O'Neill, KCVO, who was born 1st September, 1933, and survives her together with their three sons.
The funeral service will ne held at Drummaul Parish Church, Randalstown, on Wednesday 13 September, 2017.
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Cheesbrough/Cumming-Bruce engagement
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