Lieutenant-Colonel Conway Seymour, LVO 1941-2019

_. Lieutenant-Colonel Conway John Edward Seymour, LVO, stalwart of the Grenadier Guards, sometime adjutant of the regiment, died 20 November, 2019. He was 78.

He was born 13 May, 1941, scion of the Marquesses of Hertford, son of Maj John Edward Seymour [1915-72], by his wife the former Elizabeth Norah Brand [1915-2002], scion of the Viscounts Hampden; married firstly 1969 [divorced 1979] Elizabeth Holdsworth Hunt [born 1947] daughter of Maj Francis Holdsworth Hunt [1914-2011], by his wife Elizabeth Weld Forester, scion of the Barons Forester; married 2ndly, 1981, Diana Elizabeth Gibb [b 1945], daughter of Michael Edward Gibb [1914-70], by his wife the former Ursula Mary Gibbs [1919-2000], scion of the Barons Aldenham & Hunsdon. He leaves a son and a daughter from his first marriage and a daughter from his second marriage.

The Funeral  Service takes place at St Thomas a Becket Church, Todenham, Gloucestershire, on 9 December, 2019.

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The Baron Feldman 1923-2019

_. The Lord Feldman, life peer, a plastics tycoon who became a leading figure in the Conservative party, died 19 November, 2019. He was 96.

Feldman was knighted in 1982 and created a life peer in 1996, as Baron Feldman, of Frognal.

Basil Samuel Feldman was born 23 September, 1923, son of Philip F. Feldman [1896-1989], by his wife the former Tilly Katz [1902-77]. His sister was the actress Fenella Fielding [1927-2018].

He married in 1952, Gita Beryl Julius [born 1929], daughter of Albert Abraham Julius [1900-65] by his wife the former Frances Singer [1902-97], by whom he had 2 sons and a daughter.

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Hon Mrs Richard Pleydell-Bouverie [died 2019]

_. The Hon Mrs Richard Pleydell-Bouverie, who died 22 November, 2019, aged 68, was the wife of the Hon Richard Oakley Pleydell-Bouverie [born 1947], scion of the Earls of Radnor.

She was born Victoria Waldron, a daughter of Frank Arthur Lovegrove Waldron, by his wife Tatiana [formerly Mrs Blackwall] and married in 1978, the Hon Richard Oakley Pleydell-Bouverie, a younger son of the 7th Earl of Radnor [1895-1968] by his wife the former Anne Isobel Graham Oakley [1908-98], by whom she had two sons and a daughter.

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Diana Younger 1932-2019

_. Diana Younger [nee Douglas-Hamilton], who died 21 November, 2019, aged 87, was a scion of the Dukes of Hamilton & Brandon, and a second cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.

She was born in 1932, daughter of Wing Commander Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, OBE, DFC, MP [1909-64], by his first wife the former Clodagh Pamela Bowes-Lyon [1908-2003], scion of the Earls of Strathmore & Kinghorne.

Her paternal grandfather was the 13th Duke of Hamilton & Brandon [1862-1940], and her great-grandfather (on her mother’s side) was the 13th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne [1824-1904], who was the paternal grandfather of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

She married in 1955 [divorced 1973] Gavin William Younger [1926-2003], kinsman of the Younger baronets, son of Lieut-Col Henry Johnston Younger [1899-1940], by whom she had issue, four sons and a daughter. 

The funeral takes place at the Borders Crematorium, 6 December, 2019.

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Sir Peter Molony, 4th Baronet 1937-2019

_. Sir Peter Molony, 4th Baronet, died 18 November, 2019. He was 82.

Peter John Molony was born 17 August, 1937, a son of Sir Joseph Molony, KCVO [1907-78], by his wife the former Carmen Mary Dent [1910-2003]; married 1964, Elizabeth Mary Chaytor, scion of the Chaytor baronets, daughter of Henry Chaytor [1908-97], by whom he had four sons [1 deceased] and a daughter.

He succeeded to the baronetcy in 2014 on the death of his cousin, the 3rd baronet.

Sir Peter is succeeded by his second surviving son, John Benjamin Molony, who was born in 1966.

The funeral will be held at St Mary Magdalene church, Great Elm, 29 November, 2019.

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Death of Lady Bengough, widow of courtier

_. Lady Bengough, who died 18 November, 2019, was the widow of Colonel Sir Piers Bengough, KCVO, OBE [1929-2005], a member of the Royal Household and sometime the Queen’s representative at Royal Ascot.

She was the former Bridget Adams, daughter of Dr Frank Adams, of the Isle of Wight, by his wife the former Amy Kathleen Nuttall, and married Piers Bengough in 1952. Her husband, a cavalry officer and amateur rider, served as Her Majesty’s representative at Royal Ascot for 15 years. She leaves two sons.

A service of Thanksgiving takes place at Hereford Cathedral, 6 December, 2019.

Juliet Ramsden dies aged 96

_.Juliet Ramsden, who died 21 Nov, 2019, aged 96, was the wife of the Rt Hon James Ramsden, PC, MP, a former Conservative MP for Harrogate, and a member of Sir Alec Douglas-Home’s cabinet.

Her husband was Tory MP for Harrogate 1954-74, was Secretary of State for War in the brief administration of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, 1963-64. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1963.

She was a daughter of Sir Charles Ponsonby, 1st Baronet [1879-1976], by his wife the former Hon Winifred Gibbs [1887-1984], scion of the Barons Hunsdon, and married James Ramsden in 1949. She is survived by Mr Ramsden and four of their five children.

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Rosemary Anne, Marchioness of Winchester (died 2019)

 Rosemary, Marchioness of Winchester, who died in South Africa, 25 February, 2019, was the widow of the 18th Marquess (1941-2016), the premier Marquess in the Peerage of England.

She was the former Rosemary Anne Hilton, daughter of Major Aubrey Hilton, of Harare, Zimbabwe, and married 25 Nov, 1967, Nigel George Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester (born 23 Dec, 1941), son of George Cecil Paulet (1905-1961), and his wife the former Hazel Margaret Wheeler.

She was the mother of two sons, Christopher and Richard, and a daughter, Susan. Her husband died at his home in South Africa, 8 Apr, 2016, and was succeeded in his peerages by the elder son, Christopher, styled Earl of Wiltshire.

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Vesterberg/Ogilvy engagement

_. The engagement was announced 13 November, 2019, between Mr Timothy Vesterberg [born 1 Aug, 1993], son of Mr & Mrs Patrik Vesterberg, of Stockholm, Sweden, & Miss Flora Alexandra Ogilvy [born 15 December, 1994], descended from the Royal House of Windsor, & scion of the Earls of Airlie, only daughter of James Robert Bruce Ogilvy [born 29 February, 1964], of Fawley, by his wife the former Julia Caroline Rawlinson [born 28 Oct, 1964].

Flora Ogilvy is a granddaughter of the late Rt Hon Sir Angus Ogilvy, KCVO, PC [1928-2004], by his wife HRH Princess Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel of Kent [born 25 Dec, 1936], daughter of HRH The late Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund, 1st Duke of Kent [1902-1942], by his wife HRH Princess Marina of Greece & Denmark [1906-68].

The bride-to-be is a great-great granddaughter of King George V and Queen Mary.

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The Lady Anne Mildred Ismay Mackenzie [nee FitzRoy] 1920-2019

_. The Lady Anne Mackenzie [nee Fitzroy], who died 4 November, 2019, aged 99, was a scion of the Dukes of Grafton.

She was born Lady Anne Mildred Ismay Fitzroy, 7 August, 1920, the only daughter of the 10th Duke of Grafton [1892-1970], a direct male line descendant of King Charles II. Her mother was the duke's first wife, the former Lady Doreen Maria Josepha Sydney Buxton [1897-1923], daughter of the 1st Earl Buxton; her elder brother was the 11th Duke of Grafton, KG [1919-2011].

Lady Anne married 19 Apr, 1947, Major Colin Dalziel Mackenzie, MBE, MC [born 23 March, 1919, died 1999], the eldest son of Lieut-Col Alexander Mackenzie, CVO, DSO, of Farr, co Inverness, by whom she had issue,


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Field Marshal The Baron Bramall, KG, GCB, OBE, MC, JP, DL 1923-2019

_. Field Marshal the Lord Bramall, KG, GCB, OBE, MC, JP, DL, died 12 November, 2019. He was 95.

Edwin Noel Westby Bramall was born 18 December, 1923, son of Major Edmund Haselby Bramall, late the Royal Artillery, of Sloane Sq, London SW3; educated at Eton; commissioned in the King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1943; served in the Second World War in NW Europe, 1944-45 [awarded the MC, 1945], occupation of Japan, 1946-47; Instructor, School of Infantry 1949-51; Instructor at the Army Staff College 1958-61; on the staff of Earl Mountbatten of Burma with responsibility for reorganization of the Ministry of Defence 1963-64; Commanding Officer 2nd Green Jackets, KRRC;, Malaysia 1965-66; GOC 1st Div BAOR, 1973; Lieutenant-General 1973; Commander British Forces in Hong Kong 1973-76; General 1976; Commander-in-Chief UK Land Forces 1976-78;  Vice Chief of the Defence Staff 1978-79; Chief of the General Staff 1979-82; Chief of the Defence Staff 1982-85; ADC [General] to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1979-82; Colonel Cmmandant 3rd Battalion Royal Green Jackets 1973-84; Colonel, 2nd Goorkhas from 1976; appointed Field Marshal 1982; Lord Lieutenant of Greater London, 1986; Trustee of the Imperial War Museum from 1983 [Chairman in 1989]; President of the MCC 1988-89; &c.

Bramall was appointed OBE in 1965; KCB, 1974; GCB 1979; KG 1990.

He was a created a life peer as Baron Bramall, of Bushfield in the County of Hampshire, 1987.

He married in 1949, Dorothy Avril Wentworth Vernon [died 22 July, 2015, aged 93], the only daughter of Brigadier-General Henry Albemarle Vernon, DSO, by whom he had issue.

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Hon Sir James Samuel Joseph, 3rd Baronet 1955-2019

 The Hon Sir James Joseph, 3rd Baronet, died 5 November, 2019. He was 64.

James Samuel Joseph was born 27 January, 1955, son of Sir Keith Joseph, 2nd Baronet, CH, MP, PC, Conservative MP for Leeds North 1956-87, a close adviser to Margaret Thatcher and senior member of the Thatcher administrations, created a life peer, in 1987, as Baron Joseph, of Portsoken in the City of London, by his wife the former Hellen Louise Guggenheimer [who died 21 Aug, 2003].

He succeeded to his father's baronetcy [cr UK, 1943], 10 December, 1994, and married in 1990, Sarah Jane Thwaites, by whom he had two sons, Sam and Thomas.

He is succeeded in the baronetcy by his elder son, Sam Nathan Joseph, who was born 7 August, 1991.

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The Baron Mawhinney, PC 1940-2019

_. The Lord Mawhinney, PC, life Baron, former Conservative government minister, died 9 November, 2019, aged 79.

Brian Stanley Mawhinney was the Conservative MP for Peterborough, 1979-1997; was a junior minister in the Northern Ireland Office, 1986; Minister of State for Northern Ireland, 1990; Minister of State, Department of Health 1992-94; cr PC, 1994; Secretary of State for Transport, 1994-; later Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio; resigned from the Commons in May, 2005; created a life peer as Baron Mawhinney, of Peterborough, 2005.

Lord Mawhinney served as Chairman of the Football League.

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Theodore Alexander Frederick Grimston [born 2019]

_. [Jocelyn] Octavia Grimston [nee Wayne, born 1987], wife of Alexander Rupert Ponsonby Grimston [born 1989], scion of the Barons Grimston of Westbury, gave birth to a son, Theodore Alexander Frederick, 16 October, 2019.

Alexander is  the 2nd son of Major the Hon [Gerald] Charles Walter Grimston [born 1953], late the Scots Guards, by his wife the former Katherine Evelyn Kettle.

Alexander Grimston is a nephew of the 3rd [unmarried] Baron. His father is heir presumptive to the peerage.

Octavia Grimston is a daughter of William S. Wayne, by his wife the former Gillian A. Blyth.

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Williams-Wynn/Clarkson Webb engagement

The engagement was announced 9 November, 2019, between Nicholas Watkin Williams-Wynn [born 1988], a son of Sir [David] Watkin Williams-Wynn, 11th Baronet [born 18 Feb, 1940], of St Asaph, by his second wife, Janie, Lady Williams-Wynn, of Ruthin, Denbighshire [nee (Victoria) Jane Dillon De Ath], & Georgina Claire Clarkson Webb [born 1987], daughter of [William] Simon Clarkson Webb [born 1958], of Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk, by his wife the former Anne L. Weston [born 1960].

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Martha Katherine Victoria Vaughan [born 2019]

_. Laura Jane Ulla Vaughan [nee Fairfax, born 1987], scion of the Lords Fairfax of Cameron, and wife of [Vaughan] William W. Vaughan [born 1987], gave birth to a daughter, Martha Katherine Victoria, 24 October, 2019.

William Vaughan is a son of Mr David Arthur John Vaughan, CBE QC [born 1938] and Mrs Vaughan.

Laura is a daughter of the Hon Hugh Nigel Thomas Fairfax [born 1958], by his wife the former Victoria Janet Neave, scion of the baronets of that name.

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Southesk/Ascoli engagement

_. The engagement was announced 8 November, 2019, between Charles Duff Carnegie, styled Earl of Southesk [born 1 July, 1989], eldest son and heir of the 4th Duke of Fife [born 3 March, 1961], of Kinnaird Castle, Angus, and of the Duchess of Fife [nee Caroline Anne Bunting, born 13 November, 1961], & Camille Ascoli [born Paris, 6 March, 1990], daughter of Roberto Ascoli [born 1961], by his wife the former Valerie Ledoux.

Lord Southesk is a gt-gt-gt grandson of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.

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Hon Marista Muriel Leishman (nee Reith) 1932-2019

The Hon Marista Muriel Leishman (nee Reith), who died 3 November, 2019, aged 87, was a scion of the Barons Reith.

She was born 10 April, 1932, daughter of the 1st Baron EReith, KT, GCVO, GBE, TD (1889-1971), and his wife the former Muriel Katharine Odhams (who died 6 Jul 1977); and married 3 December, 1960, the Rev (Robert) Murray Leishman (1931-2015), son of Robert H. Leishman, by whom she had issue, a son, Mark (born 4 March, 1962), and three daughters, Iona (b 17 Jul 1963), Martha (b 22 Mar 1965), and Kirsty (b 17 Jul 1969).

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The Baroness Vincent of Coleshill [died 2019]

_. The Baroness Vincent of Coleshill, who died 29 October, 2019, was the widow of Field Marshal the Baron Vincent of Coleshill, GBE, KCB, DSO [1931-2018].

Her husband was Chief of the Defence Staff, and created a life peer in 1996.

Lady Vincent was the former Jean Paterson Stewart, daughter of Kenneth Brown Stewart, and married Richard Frederick 'Dick' Vincent in 1955. She leaves issue.

The funeral takes place 19 November, 2019.

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Sophia Yuill [née Pauncefort-Duncombe] 1925-2019

_. Sophia Yuill, who died 3 November, 2019, aged 94, was a scion of the Pauncefort-Duncombe baronets, born 1 July, 1925, daughter of Sir Everard Philip Digby Pauncefort-Duncombe, 3rd Baronet [1885-1971], by his wife the former Evelyn Elvira Denny; she married 5 Oct, 1957, Archibald Evariste Yuill [died 31 Dec, 2009], by whom she had issue, a son, William George Henry Yuill [born 15 Sept, 1961].

A Thanksgiving service takes place at St Luke’s Chelsea on 22 November, 2019.

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Bridget Astor [nee Wreford] 1928-2019

_. Bridget Astor [nee Wreford], artist, who died 16 October, 2019, aged 91, was the widow of the Hon [Francis] David Langhorne Astor, CH [1912-2001], editor of the Observer newspaper 1948-75, scion of the Viscounts Astor.

She was born Bridget Wreford, in 1928, a daughter of Major Cyril Frederick Wreford [1899-1978], of Odicknoll, Edginswell, co Devon, by his 2nd wife the former Aphra Mary Esther Bush [1903-74]; she married 28 February, 1952, the Hon David Astor, second son of the 2nd Viscount Astor [1879-1952], by his wife the former Nancy Witcher Langhorne [aka Nancy, Viscountess Astor] [1879-1964].

Her husband died 7 December, 2001, aged 89.

She leaves issue, two sons Richard [born 1955] and Thomas [born 1962], and three daughters, Alice [born 1953], Lucy [1958] and Nancy [born 1960]. She was also step-mother of David Astor's daughter, Frances [born 1947], from his first marriage.

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Marx/Lievano engagement

_. The engagement was announced 6 November, 2019, between Julian James Locke Marx [born 1983], younger son of the late David George Locke Marx [1936-2010], by his wife the former Jill Morag Dickie, of Fulham, London, & Adriana Lievano, the only daughter of Señor Ricardo Lievano and Senora Gloria Menjura, of Bogota, Colombia.

Julian Marx's grandfather, Capt George Francis Locke Marx  [1890-1965] married Augusta Susan Fergusson [1904-2001], scion of the Fergusson baronets of Kilkerran, and a descendant of the 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, &c.

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Ernest Bailie Rohan Palmer (born 2019)

 Vanessa Kimberley Palmer (nee Webb), wife of the Hon Hugo Bailie Rohan Palmer (born 5 Dec, 1980), son and heir of the 5th Baron Palmer, gave birth to a son, Ernest Bailie Rohan, 6 November, 2019.

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Olga Mary Bland [nee Hohler] 1940-2019

_. Olga Mary Bland [nee Hohler], who died 29 October, 2019, aged 79, was a descendant of the Royal House of Hanover. She was a great-great granddaughter of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge.

She was born at Windsor, 11 October, 1940, daughter of Edward Christopher Hohler [1917-1997], scion of that landed gentry family, by his wife the former Mary Alice Olga Sofia Jane Lane [1919-2014].

Olga's grandfather, Robert Charlton Lane [1873-1943], married 1905, Olga Mary Adelaide FitzGeorge [1877-1928], daughter of Sir Adolphus Augustus Frederick FitzGeorge [1846-1922], son of Field Marshal HRH Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge [1819-1904], grandson of King George III, and a first cousin of Queen Victoria.

Prince George married, in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act 1772, the actress Sarah Louisa Fairbrother [1816-1890]. His wife took the name Mrs FitzGeorge, and their sons took the surname FitzGeorge.

Olga Hohler married 5 July, 1969, Godfrey Hamilton Bland [born 3 July, 1943], son of Capt James Franklin McMahon Bland [1905-84], by his wife the former Jess Buchan Brodie, by whom she had issue, two sons Richard [born 1972], and Alexander [born 1979], and a daughter, Caroline [born 1975].

The funeral takes place at St Nicholas' Church, Sandhurst, Kent, 25 November, 2019.

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Clementi/Stein engagement

_. The engagement was announced 6 November, 2019, between Tom C. Clementi, son of Sir David Cecil Clementi [born 1949], of Wimbledon, London, and Lady Clementi, & Alice M. Stein, daughter of Mr & Mrs Nigel Stein, of Waters Upton, Shropshire.

Tom Clementi's paternal grandfather, Air Vice Marshal Cresswell Montagu Clementi, CB, CBE [died 1981], married in 1940, Susan Pelham [born 1918], scion of the Earls of Chichester.

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Edward Thomas Philip Francklin [born 2019]

 _. Chloe Charlotte Francklin [nee Maier, born 1989], wife of Henry Alexander John Francklin [born 1988], gave birth to a son, Edward Thomas Philip, 29 October, 2019.

Henry is a son of William Alexander Mavourn Francklin, of Wicken House, co Northampton, by his wife the former Celinda Lucinda Palmer [born 1961]. scion of the Palmer baronets, daughter of Sir Geoffrey Palmer, 12th Baronet [born 1936], by his wife the former Clarissa Mary Villiers-Smith [born 1938].

Chloe Francklin is a daughter of Thomas Maier.

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David William James Price 1947-2019

_.David William James Price, who has died aged 72, born in 1947, son of Richard James Emlyn Price [1904-83], by his wife the former [Miriam Joan] Jane Dunsford [born 1923]; married 1971, Shervie Ann Lander Whitaker [born 28 March, 1950], scion of the Whitaker baronets, daughter of Sir James Whitaker, 3rd Baronet OBE [1925-1999], by his wife the former Mary Elisabeth Lander Johnson [1919-1998]; by whom he had issue a son, William, and a daughter, Hesther.

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Bolitho/Harbage engagement

_. The engagement was announced 5 November, 2019, between Capt Thomas Alverne Bolitho, of the Grenadier Guards [born 1991], scion of that landed family, elder son of Alverne Robert Bolitho [born 1961], of Petersfield, Hampshire, by his wife the former Annabel Louise Shaw-Baker [born 1962]; & Eleanor Charlotte Herschel Harbage [born 1991], daughter of William John Hirons Harbage, QC [born 1960], of Bulwick, co Northampton, by his wife the former Julia Mary Herschel Dunkerley [born 1960]/

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Colin Shane Anson 1931-2019

_. Colin Shane Anson, who died at Diss, Norfolk, 26 October, 2019, aged 88, was a scion of the Earls of Lichfield, a descendant of the 2nd Earl.

He was born 29 July, 1931, second son of Anthony John Anson [1904-1981], by his wife the former Rosalind Desiree Arbuthnot [1906-1985], scion of the Arbuthnot baronets; unmarried. He was a partner of Ahmet _____.

The cremation takes place at West Suffolk Crematorium, 12 November, 2019.

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April Sebag-Montefiore [nee Jaffé] 1927-2019

_. Phyllis April Sebag-Montefiore [nee Jaffé ], actress and novelist, died 28 October, 2019, aged 92.

She was born in 1927, of Russian/Lithuanian descent, the daughter of Dr Henry Norman Jaffe [1898-1969], by his wife the former Miriam Woolf [1896-1993]; married 1952, Dr Stephen Eric Sebag-Montefiore [1926-2014], socion of that landed family, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Eric Cecil Sebag-Montefiore [1899-1991], by his wife the former Audrey Mabel Rose Haldin [1899-1984], a granddaughter maternally of Sir Herbert Leon, 1st Baronet [1850-1926]. Mrs Sebag-Montefiore leaves four sons, including the writer Simon Sebag-Montefiore [born 1965], who married Santa Palmer-Tomkinson [born 1970], scion of that landed family.

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Alasdair Andrew Houstoun [born 2019]

 Lauren Winifred Houstoun [nee Mutch], wife of Andrew James Houstoun [born 28 Oct, 1990], and descended from the Spencer-Nairn baronets, gave birth to a son, Alasdair Andrew, 2 Nov, 2019.

Sir Douglas-Spencer-Nairn, 2nd Baronet > Elizabeth Spencer-Nairn > David Houstoun > Andrew Houstoun > Alasdair Houstoun

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Frank Thomas Robertson Giles 1919-2019

_. Frank Giles, journalist, former editor of the Sunday Times, died 30 October, 2019. He was 100.

He was born 31 July, 1919, son of Colonel Frank Lucas Netlam Giles, DSO, OBE [1879-1930], by his wife the former Elgiva Mary Ackland-Allen [1890-1970]; married 1946, the Lady Katharine Pamela [Kitty] Sackville [1926-2010], scion of the Earls De La Warr, a daughter of the 9th Earl De La Warr [1900-76], by his first wife the former Diana Helena Leigh [1896-1966], by whom he had a son, Sebastian, and two daughters, Belinda and the late Sarah [former wife of Rodolphe d'Erlanger].

The funeral takes place at St Michael’s and All Angels, Withyham, East Sussex, 15 November 2019.

Sir George Tapps Gervis Meyrick, 7th Baronet 1941-2019

_. Sir George Christopher Cadafael Tapps Gervis Meyrick, 7th Baronet, wealthy landowner, died 24 October, 2019.

He was born 10 March, 1941 the son of Sir George David Eliott Tapps Gervis Meyrick 6th Baronet [1915-1988], by his wife the former Ann Elizabeth Miller [1919-2007]; succeeded to the family baronetcy and the Hinton Admiral estate, near Christchurch, Hampshire, on his father's demise, 1988; married 1968, Jean Louise Montagu Douglas Scott [born 1943], scion of the Dukes of Buccleuch & Queensberry, and niece of HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester [1901-2004]; by whom he had 2 sons and one daughter. The son, George William Owen Tapps Gervis Meyrick [born 1970], who married the novelist Candida Clark, succeeds to the title.

A Service of Thanksgiving takes place at Christchurch Priory, Dorset, 14 November, 2019.

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Hon Alan Duncan Leslie-Melville 1928-2019

_. The Hon Alan Duncan Leslie-Melville, who died at Inverness, 26 October, 2019, aged 91, was a scion of the Earls of Leven & Melville; born in 1928, son of the 13th Earl of Leven & Melville, KT [1890-1947], by his wife the former Lady Rosamond Sylvia Diana Foljambe [1893-1974], scion of the Earls of Liverpool; married 1997, the former [Veronica] Sally Watts, daughter of Robert Watts by his wife the former Veronica Pick.

A Thanksgiving Service takes place at Cawdor Parish Church, 8 Nov, 2019.

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Fife/Dodson engagement

_.The engagement was announced 1 November, 2019, between Frederick James Aubone [Freddie] Fife [born 1990], son of James Alexander Fife, of Langton, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Isobel Catherine Meyrick [born 1959],  & Antonia F.E. Dodson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Gerald Dodson, of North Waltham, Hampshire.

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Naylor-Leyland/Cooper engagement

_.The engagement was announced 1 November, 2019, between Frederick George [Freddie] Naylor-Leyland [born 25 August, 1987], scion of the Naylor-Leyland baronets, younger son of David George Edward Naylor-Leyland [born 13 Oct, 1955], of Woodcote, Berkshire, by his wife the former Jane Lucinda Christian [born 29 Apr, 1955], & Sophie E. Cooper, only daughter of Mr and Mrs Anthony Cooper, of Bussage, Gloucestershire.

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