Saturday, July 31, 2021

Sophie Bartholomew engaged to Thomas Quested

 The engagement was announced 31 July, 2021, between Thomas Richard Andrew Quested [born 1991], son of [Richard] Andrew Quested [born 1958], of Itchingfield, and Mrs Sarah Quested [nee O'Connor], of Slinfold, and Sophie Virginia Bartholomew [born 1990], daughter of William Wadworth Bartholomew [born 14 Aug, 1956], of Shalbourne, and his wife the former Carolyn Judith W. Pride [born 1961].

Sophie Bartholomew is a descendant of the Viscounts Long:-

Richard Long, 3rd Viscount Long [1892-1967] > Hon Noreen Long [1921-2004] >William Bartholomew [b 1956] > Sophie Bartholomew [b 1990]

Sophie Bartholemew's mother, the former Carolyn Pride, was a school friend of Diana, Princess of Wales, and flatmate of the then Lady Diana Spencer at the time of her engagement to the Prince of Wales. Diana attended the Bartholomew's wedding in 1982, and stood as godmother to Carolyn's son, Jack, born in 1989. 

Carolyn Bartholomew is one of the godparents of the Duke of Sussex, and she and Mr Bartholomew attended Harry's wedding to Meghan Markle in 2018. During a 2017 auction "intimate letters" that Diana sent to Mrs Bartholomew fetched more than £93,000.

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