Latest news of births, marriages and deaths in the Peerage,Baronetage and landed gentry families.
Dorothea Margaret Ann Brand [nee Hill] died 17 September, 2021. She was 80.
She was a daughter of John William Hill, of Norris Hill, East Preston, Sussex, and married 9 October, 1965, Andrew Charles Ninian Brand [born 7 November, 1937], son of Charles Gordon Brand [died 1966], and his wife the former Joan Russell [1908-97], descended from the Baron Russell of Killowen, by whom she had issue, a son, Charles Matthew John [born 25 Aug, 1966].
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Claudia Vaughan [nee Birrell], wife of Capt Henry M.H. Vaughan, The Life Guards (born 1991), scion of that landed family, gave birth to a son, Hubert George Baynham [Bertie], 15 September, 2021.
Henry Vaughan is the only son of Mr Thomas Francis Vaughan [born 1948], of Pencoyd, Herefordshire, by his wife the former Sarah Jean Harding-Rolls (scion of Harding, of Birling Manor).
Claudia Emma A. Vaughan [born 1991], is the only daughter of Mr Christopher R.S. Birrell [born 1954], of Cucklington, Somerset, and his wife the former Emma G.A. Breton [born 1956].
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Alice Mary Wells, who died 25 September, 2021, aged 83, was a scion of the Trappes-Lomax landed gentry family, and descended from the Fitzherberts [Barons Stafford].
She was born 27 March, 1938, younger daughter of Brigadier Basil Charles Trappes-Lomax [1896-1963], and his wife the former Diana Mary Silvertop [who died in 1995]; and married 17 January, 1959, John Edward Benedict Wells, by whom she had issue, two sons and a daughter.
8th Baron Stafford [1804-49] > Emily Stafford-Jerningham [1835-81] > Hon Alice Fitzherbert [1877-1955] >Basil Trappes-Lomax [see above]
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Megan Dent [nee Kearney], wife of ]Aidan] Michael Congreve Dent [born 1989], gave birth to a son, Rory Thomas Emmett, 14 September, 2021, a brother for Edward Ambrose Congreve, who was born in 2019.
Megan Dent is a daughter of Thomas E. Kearney Jr, of Scotts Valley, California.
Michael Dent is a son of Andrew Congreve Dent [born 1955], and his wife the former Lady Rosanagh Elizabeth Angela Mary Taylour [born 20 January, 1961], daughter of the late 6th Marquess of Headfort [1932-2005].
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Lady Mary Furze [nee Charteris, born 1987], wife of Robertson David F. (Robbie) Furze (b 1978), gave birth to a daughter, Wilde Jessie, 21 May, 2021.
Robbie Furze is a son of Mr David R. Furze, by his wife the former Pamela A.L. Hardman.
Lady Mary Furze is a daughter of the 13th Earl of Wemyss & (8th Earl of) March, of Stanway House, Gloucestershire, by his former wife the former Catherine Ingrid Guinness, scion of the Barons Moyne.
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Morgan Portman (née Snyder) wife of the Hon Justin Trevor Berkeley Portman [born 1969], scion of the Viscounts Portman, gave birth to a daughter, Star Charlotte Berkeley, 25 September, 2021, a sister for Leo James Berkeley, who was born 24 July, 2019, and a half-sister for Lucas Alexander Berkeley [born 22 Nov, 2001], Neva [born 24 March, 2006], and for Viktor [born 13 September, 2007].
The Hon Justin Portman is a younger son of the 9th Viscount Portman [1934-99] by his second wife, the former Penelope Anne Hassard; he married firstly, 2002 [div 2010] Natalia Vodianova, the supermodel, by whom he had 2 sons and a daughter; married secondly, in June, 2019, the American actress Morgan Snyder.
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Desmond Morrogh Bernard died 21 September, 2021. He was 82.
He was born 18 June, 1939, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph George Morrogh Bernard [1898-1994], by his wife the former Nancy Mary Charlton, who descended from the Stapleton-Bretherton landed family.
Educated at Ampleforth, he was an officer in the 16th/5th Lancers, and was employed on The Economist and the Rand Daily Mail.
He married 13 January, 1967, Jenefer de Waller, daughter of Rowen de Waller, of Branford, Norfolk, by whom he had issue, two daughters, Camilla and Helen.
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The Lady Mary Anne Denham [nee Stuart], who died 25 September, 2021, aged 95, was a scion of the Earls of Moray.
She was born 23 June, 1926, the eldest daughter of Francis Stuart, 18th Earl of Moray [1892-1943], and his wife the former Barbara Murray [who died 1996], daughter of John Archibald Murray, of Fifth Avenue, New York. Her two younger sisters were Lady Sarah, who married the 4th Baron Hillingdon, and Lady Arabella, wife of Mark Boxer, the cartoonist.
She married firstly, 20 Sept, 1945 [div 1960], Leonard Harold Robert Byng [1920-74]; and married secondly, 24 March, 1961, Colonel John Bovil Denham [who died 1990], son of Sir Edward Denham, GCMG, KBE.
Lady Mary leaves two sons and three daughters from her first marriage, and a son and daughter from her second marriage.
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Edwina Chantal Elizabeth Hay [nee Langley, born 1985], wife of James Malcolm Douglas Hay [born 30 May, 1985], scion of the Marquesses of Tweeddale, gave birth to a son, Gilbert Christopher Malcolm, 9 September, 2021.
James Hay is the eldest son of Malcolm Charles Hay of Seaton [born 4 March, 1956], of Edinglassie, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, by his wife the former Deborah Louise Rouse.
Edwina Hay is a daughter of Christopher J.M. Langley, of Alderton, Woodbridge, Suffolk, by his wife the former Diana Constance Mary Crewdson [born 11 June, 1959].
James Hay is descended from George Hay, 7th Marquis of Tweeddale [1753-1804].
Edwina Langley is a great-granddaughter of the 3rd Baron Grimthorpe [1891-1963].
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Dawn Hooper [née Remnant], who died 2 September, 2021, aged 93, was a scion of the Barons Remnant.
She was born 1 December, 1927, a daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon Peter Farquharson Remnant, MP [1897-1968], and his wife the former Elizabeth Tanner [1902-65]; and married 13 January, 1951, Anthony Stewart Hooper [1917-2004], son of Squadron Leader Clifford Alban Hooper [1891-1958], and his wife the former Janet Ashley Hall, by whom she had three daughters, Susan, Mary and Carol-Ann.
1st Baron Remnant [1862-1933] > Hon Peter Remnant [1897-1968] > Dawn Remnant [1927-2021]
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Jane Holland [née Hart Dyke], who died 13 September, 2021, aged 85, was a scion of the Hart Dyke baronets.
She was born 6 May, 1936, daughter of Commander the Rev Eric Hart Dyke, RN [1906-71], and his wife the former Mary Alexander [1914-2010], a descendant maternally of the Shaw-Stewart baronets.
She married 3 Oct, 1959, David Charles Holland [born 1932], son of Richard Leslie Holland [1904-88], and his wife the former Jean Elizabeth MacNabb [1908-94], scion of the Clan MacNabb, by whom she had issue, son, Charles, and daughters, Caroline and Clare.
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Sophie Heather Evelyn Richards [nee Williams, born 1986], wife of James Charles [Jamie] Richards [born 1981], gave birth to a daughter, India Rose, 23 September, 2021.
Jamie Richards is a son of Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Charles Richards, CVO [born 1953], Equerry to HM the Queen and Deputy Master of the Royal Household since 1999, and his wife the former Serena Anne Spencer [born 1952].
7th Viscount Chetwynd [1823-1911] > Hon Richard Chetwynd [1859-1908] > Mary Chetwynd [1890-1936] > Eleanor Otter [1926-2016] > Anthony Richards [b 1953] > Jamie Richards [b 1981]
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Victoria Mary Linley Allison [née Messel], who died 19 September, 2021, aged 83, was a scion of the Messel landed gentry family, and a first cousin of the 1st Earl of Snowdon, GCVO.
She was born 10 July, 1938, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Linley Francis Messel [1899-1971], head of the landed gentry family, of Nyman, Sussex, and his wife the former Agatha Anne Alexander; and married 16 October, 1963, Timothy James Allison [born 1948], son of G.M. Allison, by whom she had issue, son, Charles [born 1966], and a daughter, Katharine [born 1968].
Victoria Allison's aunt, Anne Messel [1902-92], married, as her first husband, 22 July, 1925 [div], Ronald Owen Lloyd Armstrong Jones [1899-1966], and was mother of Princess Margaret's husband, Antony Armstrong Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, and Viscount Linley, of Nymans [1930-2017] .
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The engagement was announced 25 September, 2021, between Humphrey George Bourchier Wrey [born 1991], scion of the Wrey baronets, younger son of Sir [George Richard] Bourchier Wrey, 15th Baronet [born 2 Oct, 1948], of Tawstock, Devon, and his wife the former Lady Caroline Janet Lindesay-Bethune [born 7 July, 1957], scion of the Earls of Lindsay, & Allisha Azlan, daughter of Mr and Mrs Azlan, of Selangor, Malaysia.
15th Earl of Lindsay [1926-89] > Lady Caroline Lindesay-Bethune [b 1957] > Humphrey Wrey [b 1991]
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The engagement was announced 25 September, 2021, between John Lindsay Alexander Baldwin [born 1989], eldest son of Christopher William Kennard Baldwin, of Goudhurst, Kent, and his wife the former Emma Margaret Crossman [born 13 Oct, 1959], and Ebba Jacobsson, daughter of Fredrik Jacobsson, of Malmö, Sweden, and Ms Madeleine Lilliehöök, of Falkenberg, Sweden.
John Baldwin is descended from Field Marshal the 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis:-
1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, KG, OM [1891-1969] > Lady Rose Alexander [1932-2017] > Emma Crossman [see above]
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The engagement was announced 27 September, 2021, between Alexander James Cooksley [born 1992], elder son of Steven Cooksley, of Coulsdon, Surrey, and his wife the former Gillian Taylor, & Mary Rose Avril Ropner [born 1991], scion of the Ropner baronets, eldest daughter of Charles Guy Corban Ropner [born 2 February, 1959], of Bedale, North Yorkshire, and his wife the former Emma Andrews.
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The 2nd Earl of Gowrie, PC, FRSL, died 24 September, 2021. He was 81.
Lord Gowrie was a Conservative Party politician for some years, including a period in the British Cabinet, and was later Chairman of Sotheby's and of the Arts Council of England. He also published poetry. The earl was the Chief of the Clan Ruthven.
Alexander Patrick Greysteil Hore-Ruthven was born 26 November, 1939, son of Maj the Hon Alexander Hardinge Patrick Hore-Ruthven [1913-42], and his wife the former Pamela Margaret Fletcher [died 2006]. His mother was an Extra Woman of the Bedchamber to the Queen [later Queen Mother] 1948-51.
He succeeded to the Gowrie peerages upon his grandfather's death, 2 May, 1955, having been known as Viscount Ruthven of Canberra for the previous decade. In 1956 he further succeeded his great-uncle (his grandfather's elder brother) as the 3rd Baron Ruthven of Gowrie.
His grandfather, Alexander Hore-Ruthven [1872-1955], who was Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of Australia 1936-44, was raised to the peerage in 1935, as Baron Gowrie, of Canberra, Australia, and Dirleton, East Lothian, and further created Earl of Gowrie and Viscount Ruthven of Canberra, in 1945.
Lord Gowrie was appointed a Conservative Whip in the House of Lords by Edward Heath, in 1971, and he represented the British Government on the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations. He joined the Conservative front bench under Edward Heath in 1972 as a Lord-in-waiting, a post he held until 1974. He later served under Margaret Thatcher as Minister of State for Employment between 1979 and 1981, and as Minister of State for Northern Ireland between 1981 and 1983 at the Northern Ireland Office (NIO).
In 1983 Gowrie was sworn of the Privy Council and entered the Cabinet as Minister for the Arts, with additional responsibility for personnel and management of the Civil Service. During his time as arts minister, he introduced a scheme which allowed donations of art to public galleries and museums to be offset against death duties. He was also Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1984, and held his ministerial posts until 1985. Margaret Thatcher offered him a promotion to the post of Secretary of State for Education and Science but instead he resigned from the Cabinet in 1985, stating that it was impossible for him to live in London on the £33,000 salary provided for the post, a claim that caused some agitation, as it was three times the average London wage of the time.
He married firstly, 1 November, 1962 [div 1974], Alexandra Bingley, daughter of Lt-Col Robert Albert Glanville Bingley, CVO, DSO [1902-76], and his wife the former Mary Olivia Lenox-Conyngham, scion of that landed family; and married 2ndly, 2 November, 1974, Adelheid Gräfin von der Schulenburg, daughter of Fritz Dietlof Graf von der Schulenburg.
The Earl of Gowrie leaves a son from his first marriage, Patrick Leo Brer Hore-Ruthven, styled Viscount Ruthven of Canberra [born 4 February, 1964], who now inherits the earldom and subsidiary peerages.
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_.The marriage has taken place between His Royal Highness Prince Jaime of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Noto [born at Madrid, 26 June, 1992], eldest son of HRH Prince Pedro Juan Maria Alejo Saturnino y todos los Santos, Duke of Calabria (born Madrid, 16 October, 1968), by his wife HRH The Duchess of Calabria [nee Sofia Landaluce y Melgarejo, born Madrid, 23 Nov, 1973], & the Lady Charlotte Diana Lindesay-Bethune [born 12 May, 1993], scion of the Earls of Lindsay, third and youngest daughter of James Randolph Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay [born 19 November, 1955], by his wife the former Diana Mary Chamberlayne-Macdonald [born 12 September, 1961], scion of that landed gentry family.
(* from Wikipedia: Pedro is currently one of two claimants to the headship of the House of the Two Sicilies, since the death of his father on 5 October 2015. The other claimant is Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro. Pedro is claimant to the Sovereignty of the Constantinian Order, Grand Master of the Order of Saint Januarius, President of the Council of the four Spanish Military Orders of Santiago, Calatrava, Alcántara and Montesa, and Grand Commander of the Military Order of Alcántara.He also bears the official dignity of Grandee of Spain as the son of an Infante of Spain.Mark Roper, who died 20 September, 2021, aged 86, was the owner of the magnificent Forde Abbey, a former Cistercian monastery in Dorset.
Mark Roper inherited the house and estate in the 1970s, and with his wife Lisa took on the responsibility, modernising the house, developing a fruit farm on the estate, establishing the acclaimed herd of Forde Abbey Devon Cattle and turning Forde Abbey into a successful tourist attraction.
He was born 27 June, 1935, son of Geoffrey Desmond Roper [1901-82], of Forde Abbey, and his wife the former Diana Charlotte King [1898-1988].
He married 30 September, 1967, Elizabeth Dorothy [Lisa] Bagot [born 1947], descended from the Barons Bagot, daughter of Oliver Robin Bagot [1914-2000], and his wife the former Annette Dorothy Stephens [who died 2003], by whom he had three daughters, [Katherine] Alice [born 1 Aug, 1968], Victoria Jane [b 9 Feb, 1970], and Lucinda [born 1972].
In 2009, another generation became stewards of Forde Abbey with Mark and Lisa’s eldest daughter Alice, her husband Julian and their three children taking their turn to maintain this beautiful building and the surrounding garden and farmland.
The funeral takes place at St Mary's, Thorncombe, 1 October, 2021.
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The engagement was announced 24 September, 2021, between Nicholas Ewing Grimshaw [born 1988], son of the late Colonel Ewing Grimshaw [who died 1996], and his wife the former Rachel Kinnaird [now Mrs Rachel Cheney, of Ramsbury, co Wilts, wife of Maj Peter Edward Cheney, MBE], & Florence Helena A. Mercer [born 1987], youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs Martin Mercer, of Charlbury, Oxfordshire.
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The engagement was announced 24 September, 2021, between Charles Philip Huxley [born 1987], son of Mr Philip Huxley, of Brineton, Shropshire, and his wife the former Rachael Edwards, and Tabitha Ann Woodd [born 1991], scion of that landed gentry family, younger daughter of Major David John Basil Woodd [born 1950], of Little Coxwell, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, and his wife the former Frances Jane Berners [Fra] Allsopp [born 26 May, 1955], scion of the Barons Hindlip.
Henry Allsopp, 1st Baron Hindlip [1811-87] > Hon Ranulph Allsopp [1848-1911] > Samuel Allsopp [1899-1975] > Michael Allsopp [1930-2017] > Fra Allsopp [b 1955] > Tabitha Woodd
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Rebecca Laxton [nee Crofton-Atkins], scion of that landed gentry damily, wife of James R. Laxton, gave birth to a son, Alfred Winslow [Alfie], 7 September, 2021, at the Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles.
James Laxton is a son of Mr Peter Laxton and Mrs Agnes Rodgers, of San Francisco, California, United States.
Rebecca M.C. Laxton is the youngest daughter of Peter Randell Crofton-Atkins [born 1937], of Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Susan Mary Winslow-Taylor.
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Amanda Holden, who died 7 September, 2021, aged 73, was a British pianist, librettist, translator, editor and academic teacher. She is known for translating opera librettos to more contemporary English for the English National Opera, and for writing new librettos, especially in collaboration with Brett Dean. She contributed to encyclopedias such as the New Penguin Opera Guide.
She was born Amanda Warren, 19 January, 1948, daughter of Sir Harold Brian Seymour Warren [1914-96], a medical officer in the Grenadier Guards, and his wife Dame Alice Josephine Mary Taylor Barnes, DBE [1912-99], the obstetrician and gynaecologist.
Amanda Warren married 1 May, 1971 [divorced 1988], as his first wife, Anthony Ivan Holden [born 22 May, 1947], the biographer, journalist and broadcaster, scion of the Holden baronets, second son of John Holden [1918-85], by his wife Margaret Lois Sharpe [d 1985], and a grandson of Sir George Holden, 2nd Baronet [1890-1937].
Amanda Holden leaves three sons.
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The marriage took place in September, 2021, at Morston Church, Norfolk, between Richard Thomas Hollingsworth [born 1991], son of [John] Christopher Hollingsworth [born 1955], of Wickhambrook, Suffolk, by his former wife the former Paula Margaret Wood [born 1958, now Mrs Mark Slater, of Coton, Cambridge], & Miss Storm Isobel Athill [born 1990], daughter of William Robert Charles Athill [born 1958], of Morston, Norfolk, and Lady Elizabeth [Liza] Campbell [born 24 September, 1959], of London, daughter of the late 6th Earl Cawdor, Thane of Cawdor [1932-1993].
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Annabel Jean Findlay, who has died suddenly, aged 56, was a scion of the Findlay landed gentry family.
She was born in 1965, a daughter of James Steuart Findlay [1925-2005], of Newliston, West Lothian, and his wife the former Marjorie Macleod; she married in August, 2002, Charles Angus Millar [born 15 June, 1963], son of Angus George Millar [who died 1996], and his wife the former Julia Mary Cathcart [1936-2000].
Her husband descends from the Earls Cathcart:-
2nd Earl Cathcart [1783-1859] > Hon Augustus Cathcart [1830-1914] > Frederick Cathcart [1873-1943] > Alan Cathcart [1908-67] > Julia Cathcart [see above]
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The engagement was announced 23 September, 2021, between the Hon George Patrick Roualeyn Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce [born 19 March, 1990], younger son of the 9th Baron Thurlow [born 13 April, 1952], of Mapledurham, Oxfordshire, and his wife the former Bridget Anne Julia Cheape, and Henrietta Perpetua Agnes [Hetty] Scrope [born 1991], scion of the ancient House of Scrope of Danby, youngest daughter of Maj. Peter Geoffrey Scrope [born 3 January, 1955], of Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, and his wife the former Penelope Eldrydd Davies [born 31 March, 1955], scion of the Barons Davies.
John Savile, 6th Earl of Mexborough [1868-1945] > Lady Beatrice Savile [1910-73] > Peter Scrope [b 1955] > Hetty Scrope [b 1991]
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The engagement was announced 23 September, 2021, between Capt Michael Paterson Houstoun [born 1990], eldest son of Alexander Michael Houstoun [born 27 July, 1958], of Kinnettles, Angus, and his wife the former Margaret Susan Kerr, and Tessa Victoria Pereira [born 1992], daughter of Paulo A.G.C. Pereira, of Kensington, London, and his wife the former Caroline V. Brooks.
Capt Houstoun is descended from the Spencer-Nairn baronets:-
Sir Douglas Spencer-Nairn, 2nd Baronet [1906-70] > Mary Spencer-Nairn [b 1931] > Alexander Houstoun [b 1958 - see above]
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Hannah Gillian Campbell Adamson [born 1988, nee de Haan], wife of James William Campbell Adamson (b 1989), scion of ther Adamson landed family, of Strathcaro, gave birth to a daughter, India Vivien, 19 September, 2021.
James Campbell Adamson is a son of Hugh A. Campbell Adamson [born 1954], of Stracathro, Angus, by his wife the former Hon Alison Mary Elliott (b 1957), daughter of the life peer Baron Elliott of Morpeth.
Hannah Campbell Adamson is a twin daughter of Archer de Haan [born 10 June, 1950], and Mrs Vivien de Haan [nee Whittall, born 1961], of Bromfield, Shropshire.
The infant descends from the Earls of Plymouth:-
Ivor Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of Plymouth [1889-1943] > Lady Gillian Windsor-Clive [died 1961] > Archer de Haan [b 1950] > Hannah de Haan [b 1988] > India Campbell Adamson [b 2021]
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_. The marriage has taken place between Sam Peter Cooper [born 1978], only son of Michael Cooper and the late Maria J.L. Cordell-Lavarack [nee Boyd], & the Lady India Harriet Windsor-Clive [born 3 September, 1988], only daughter of the 4th Earl of Plymouth [born 19 November, 1951], and the Countess of Plymouth [nee Caroline Anne Nettlefold, born 28 Feb, 1954], scion of the Nettlefold landed gentry family, and a descendant maternally of the Curzon Viscounts Scarsdale.
Sam Cooper is the former husband of the singer songwriter Lily Allen [born 2 May, 1985], by whom he has two daughters, Ethel Mary [born 2011], and Marnie Rose [born 2013].
Sam's mother, known as Mia, was the first wife of the Irish-born record producer Denny Cordell [1943-1995]. They assumed the surname Cordell-Lavarack. Denny Cordell-Lavarack was producer for the Moody Blues, Procol Harum, The Cranberries &c. Sam had an elder half-brother, the musician Tarka Cordell [1966-2008].
Denny Cordell second wife from 1978 to 1994 was Theodora Elizabeth Brinckman [born 1943], daughter of Sir Roderick Brinckman, 5th Bt [1902-85], by whom he had a son, Milo [b 10 Nov, 1978], a producer, and a daughter, Emerald [b 19 Feb 1981]
He had a third union, a relationship, with Marina Guinness [born 16 Aug, 1957], scion of the Barons Moyne, daughter of the Hon Desmond Guinness and Princess Marie Gabrielle von Urach, by whom he had a son, Finbar Cordell.
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Sir Robert Shean McConnell, 4th Baronet, has died at the age of 90.
Sir Robert, a former Lambeth Liberal Democrat councillor, who did not use his title, was the fourth holder of the baronecy, having succeeded his father, Sir Robert, 3rd Baronet, in 1987.
He was born 23 November, 1930, the eldest son of Sir Robert Melville Terence McConnell, 3rd Bt [1902-87], and his wife the former Rosamond Mary Elizabeth Reade.
A chartered surveyor, he was elected a Lib Dem councillor for Lambeth in 1996.
He was unmarried, and is succeeded in the baronetcy, created in 1900, by his nephew, Major Terence Reade McConnell, who was born 16 November, 1959.
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The Baroness Ramsbotham, who died 20 September, 2021, aged 83, was the wife of General the Baron Ramsbotham, GCB, GBE [born 6 Nov, 1934], a retired British Army officer, who later served as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons. He was awarded a life peerage in 2005, and now sits on the cross benches of the House of Lords.
She was the former Susan Caroline Dickinson, scion of the Dickinson landed family, of Stocksfield, daughter of Robert Joicey Dickinson [1901-81], and his wife the former Alice Penelope Barnett [1907-1985], descended from the Monck baronets; and married in 1958, the then David John Ramsbotham, son of the Rt Rev John Alexander Ramsbotham [1906-89], late Bishop of Wakefield, and his wife the former Eirian Morgan Owen [who died in 1988], by whom she had issue, 2 sons.
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Lisa Julia Llewellen Palmer [nee Nicholls], who died 16 September, 2021, aged 57, was the wife of Charles Anthony Llewellen Palmer [born 1967], scion of that landed gentry family, of Great Somerford, Wilts. Mrs Llewellem Palmer, who died suddenly, leaves issue, sons Timothy Michael [b 2000], Alastair George [b 2001], and William Owen [b 2003], and a daughter, Martha.
Her husband is the son of Lt-Col Charles Timothy Llewellen Palmer, MC [1917-78], a grandson of the 1st and last Marquess of Lincolnshire, and his wife the former Cynthia Lindsay Graham Menzies [died 2018], a descendant of the Earls of Jersey.
6th Earl of Jersey > Lady Julia Child-Villiers [1842-1921] > Cecilia Wombwell [1864-1948] > William Graham Menzies [1903-45] > Cynthia Graham Menzies [as above]
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The engagement was announced 22 September, 2021, between Charles Alastair Roderick Macleod [born 31 January, 1992], eldest son of Alastair Roderick Donald Macleod [born 19 Oct, 1960], of Moray, and his late wife the former Anna Mary Caroline Brett [who died in 2003, aged 38], and Georgina Power, daughter of David Power and Ms Julia Power, of Gloucestershire.
Charles Macleod descends fromn the Persse landed gentry family:-
Brigadier Sydney Persse [1897-1945] > Caroline Persse [b 1937] > Alastair Macleod [b 1960] > Charles Macleod [b 1992]
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Commander Peter Poland, RN, who died at Cape Town, 30 August, 2021, aged 98, was a scion of that landed gentry family.
He was born 24 July, 1923, son of Commander Kenneth Gordon Plowden, RN [1896-1973], and his wife the former Hester Mary Beatrice Chichele-Plowden [1902-1993], scion of the Fitzherbert Barons Stafford, and niece of Pamela Chichele-Plowden [1874-1971], who turned down a marriage proposal from Sir Winston Churchill, and married the 2nd Earl of Lytton [1876-1947].
He married firstly, 28 July, 1944, June Mary Bowlby [1925-69], scion of that landed family, daughter of Henry Russell Bowlby [1890-1965], and his wife the former Hermione Hester Isabel Wisden [1898-1981]; and married 2ndly, 1969, Lorette Durr [who died in 2014].
Cdr Poland's Daily Telegraph obit: in May 1941, 17-year-old Midshipman Poland was navigator’s tanky (assistant) to Commander Frank Lloyd, Master of the Fleet, in the Home Fleet flagship, the battleship King George V. Intelligence was received from the naval attaché in Stockholm that the German battleship Bismarck had been sighted off the coast of Sweden..... Gifted with extraordinary powers of observation and memory – aided by his letters home to his mother, his midshipman’s journal, and the navigational notebook which he kept during the action – Poland left a unique memoir of the hunt for and sinking of Bismarck......
Cdr Poland leaves issue, a son, Peter and a daughter, Jill.
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Magdalene Jardine Dunlop, who died 27 August, 2021, aged 84, was a scion of the Browne-Clayton landed gentry family.
She was born 16 June, 1937, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel William Patrick Browne-Clayton [1906-71], head of the landed family, and his wife the former Janet Maitland Bruce Jardine [1909-2002], scion of that Scottish landed gentry family; and married 19 September, 1959, Arian William Hugh Dunlop, son of the Rev Canon Douglas Lyall Chandler Dunlop, of Co Galway, Ireland, by whom she had two sons, Julian [born 1961], and Dominic [born 1969], and a daughter, Lindsay [born 1963].
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Daphne Elizabeth Beatrice Thorneycroft [nee Poland], who died 16 September, 2021, aged 88, was a scion of the Poland landed gentry family, of Bramshott.
She was born 8 September, 1933, daughter of Commander Kenneth Gordon Poland [1896-1970], head of the landed family, and his wife the former Hester Mary Beatrice Chichele-Plowden [1902-93], scion of the Barons Stafford.
Daphne Poland married 1960, Edward Kendall Thorneycroft, MBE, DL [1927-2000], by whom she had a son, Tom [born 22 Apr, 1962], and a daughter, Mary Louise [born 18 Mar 1961].
Basil Fitzherbert [1836-1919] [father of the 12th and 13th Barons Stafford] > Beatrice Fitzherbert [1862-1949] > Hester Chichele-Plowden [as above]
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Marcus Mervyn Cooke died 16 September, 2021, aged 78.
He was born 28 March, 1944, a younger son of [John] Sholto Fitzpatrick Cooke [1906-75], sometime head of that Irish landed gentry family, and his wife the former Phoebe Maxwell Hamilton [who was later wife of the 4th Baron Hillingdon [1922-78].
He married 4 December, 1973, as her second husband, Phyllida Rosemary Carnegie [born 4 June, 1942], the adopted daughter of the 11th Earl of Northesk [1901-63], and the Countess of Northesk [nee Elizabeth Vlasto], by whom he had issue, two sons, Sebastian, and Adam [deceased].
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Christopher John Spence died 13 September, 2021, aged 84.
He was born in 1937, son of Brigadier Ian Fleming Morris Spence, OBE, MC, TD [who died in 1966], and his wife the former Ruth Peacock. He married firsly, 29 September, 1960, as her first husband, Merle Aurelia Ropner [born 12 Oct, 1939], scion of the Ropner baronets, daughter of Sir Leonard Ropner, 1st Baronet [1895-1977], and his wife the former Esme Robertson [died 1996]; and married 2ndly, 1970, Susan Morley, daughter of Brigadier Michael Frederick Morley, MBE [1911-90], and his wife the former Primrose Elizabeth Gordon [1912-1997]. His second wife is a sister of Miranda, Duchess of Beaufort.
He leaves issue from his first marriage, a daughter, Miranda Jane [born 6 Jan, 1963], and was predeceased by a son, Jeremy [1964-82].
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The marriage took place 18 September, 2021, at St Lawrence Church, Hungerford, between Capt Edward John FitzWalter Comyn [born 1989], descended from the Barons FitzWalter, younger son of Timoty John Comyn [born 1951], of Westcot, co Oxford, by his wife the former Jane Fairrie Drinkwater [born 1954], & the Hon Lara Fiona Brita Bampfylde [born 14 May, 1990], daughter of the 7th Baron Poltimore [born 8 June, 1957], of Hungerford, Berkshire, by his wife the former Sally Anne Miles [born 1957].
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Charlotte Emily Brougham (born 1989, nee Cox), wife of Thomas Edward Alexander Brougham (b 1988), descended from the Vestey baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Jemima Matilda Jane, 21 July, 2021, a sister for Hugo Thomas Oliver, who was born 10 November, 2017.
Thomas Brougham is a son of Nicholas Dominic Leonard Brougham (born13 Apr, 1954), and his wife the former Susan Margaret Anne Mason.
Charlotte Brougham is a daughter of Andrew J.S. Cox, of Harpenden, Hertfordshire, and his former wife Jane Liddelow [born 1962].
William Vestey, 1st Baron Vestey [1859-1940] > Hon Leonard Vestey [1888-1954] > Elizabeth Vestey [1923-2017] > Nicholas Brougham [b 1954] > Thomas Brougham [b 1988] > Jemima Brougham [b 2021]
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_. Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi [born 8 Aug, 1988], wife of Mr Edoardo Alessandro M. Mapelli Mozzi [born London 1 November, 1983], gave birth to a daughter, 18 September, 2021, at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. The infant, born at 23:42 weighed in at 6lb 2oz.
The latest addition to the Royal House of Windsor is 11th in line of succession to the throne.
Edo Mapelli Mozzi is the son of Count Alessandro [Alex] Mapelli Mozzi [born 1951], by his former wife the former Nicola Diana Burrows [born Feb 1956] [now Mrs Nikki Williams-Ellis, MBE].
Princess Beatrice is the elder daughter of HRH The Prince Andrew, Duke of York [born 19 February, 1960], by his former wife the former Sarah Margaret Ferguson [born 15 October, 1959].
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh joined the Duke of York at the scaled down Covid-secure wedding of their granddaughter and Edo Mapelli Mozzi at the Chapel Royal in Windsor Great Park, in July, 2020. Around twenty guests attended the wedding.
Edoardo's maternal grandmother, the former Susan Arnot Heath, married firstly, Robert David Burrows [Edo's grandfather], and married secondly, Lieutenant-Col Greville Wyndham Tufnell, CVO [born 1932], of the Grenadier Guards, who has close associations with the Royal Household.
Count Edoardo Alessandro M Mapelli Mozzi (known as Edo) was born in Westminster, 1st November, 1983, son of Count Alessandro (Alex) Mapelli Mozzi, and his former wife the former Nicola Diana [Nikki] Burrows. He has an elder sister Natalia Alice, born in 1981, wife of Mr Tod Yeomans.
His father, who was born in 1951, is a British Olympian, an Alpine skier, took part in several events at the 1972 Olympic Games.
Edo's grandfather was Count Gian Paolo Mapelli Mozzi (1922-80), Italian aristocrat, who married Gigliola Stoppani. Count Gian Paolo was a son of Count Luigi Mapelli Mozzi (1894-1948), who married Nobile Maria Mercedes Baroli.
Count Luigi was a son of Count Paolo Mapelli Mozzi (1854-1921), who married Enrichetta Tarsis dei Conti di Castel d'Agogna (1866-1941). Count Paolo was the son of Count Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi (1815-79) who married Nobile Ippolita Giulino dei Conti di Vialba.
The Mapelli Mozzi name came about from the marriage of Count Alessandro's father, Nobile Gerolamo Mapelli (1785-1842) with Angela Mozzi.
Edo's mother married as her second husband Christopher M.H. Shale, a British businessman and Conservative politician, friend of former prime minister David Cameron. Mr Shale died from natural causes at Glastonbury, in June, 2011. Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie and their parents the Duke and Duchess of York attended Mr Shale's funeral. Mrs Shale married thirdly, the sculptor David Williams-Ellis, a great nephew of Clough Williams-Ellis, the architect.
Mrs Williams-Ellis was awarded the MBE in David Cameron's resignation honours.
Edo has a half-brother, Albemarle Christopher M.H. Shale, ten years his junior.
The Mapelli Mozzi family have several connections to the British aristocracy. Edward Ankarcrona, son of Countess Margaretha Mapelli Mozzi [previous wife of Edo's father], married 28 Oct, 2006, Lady Lucinda Sarah Catherine Savile [born 3 Apr, 1973], a daughter of the Earl and Countess of Mexborough.
Although he enjoys the title of "Count" he is a British subject and technically cannot use a foreign title in this country. Foreign styles and titles were confined to those who received a Royal Warrant from King George V in 1932.
Edo has a son, Christopher Woolf "Wolfie", born in 2016, from a previous relationship.
The royal baby is the 12th great-grandchild for Her Majesty the Queen:-
1. Savannah Anne Kathleen Phillips, born 29 December, 2010
2. Isla Elizabeth Phillips, born 29 March, 2012
3. Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge, born 22 July, 2013
4. Mia Grace Tindall, born 17 January, 2014
5. Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge, born 2 May, 2015
6. Prince Louis Arthur Charles of Cambridge, born 23 April, 2018
7. Lena Elizabeth Tindall, born 18 June, 2018
8. Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, born 6 May, 2019
9. August Philip Hawke Brooksbank, born 9 February, 2021
10. Lucas Philip Tindall, born 21 March, 2021
11. Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, born 4 June, 2021
12. Baby Mapelli Mozzi, born 18 September, 2021
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Zuleika Florence Rosa Gerrish [nee Parkin, born 1988], wife of Oliver Charles Bostock Gerrish [born 1981], gave birth to a son, Bartholomew Godfrey Somerville, 15 September, 2021, a brother for Emerald Cicely Lefebure, who was born 18 May, 2019.
Zuleika Gerrish is a daughter of Michael Robert Parkin [1932-2014], and his wife the former Diana Mary Frances Head [born 22 June, 1954], scion of the Head baronets, daughter of Sir Francis David Somerville Head, 5th Baronet [1916-2005], and his wife the former Susan Patricia Ramsay [born 21 Oct, 1926], scion of the Ramsay of Balmain baronets.
Oliver Gerrish is a son of Nicholas George Gerrish, of Bonsall, Derbyshire, and his wife the former Olivia Bostock [born 1953].
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The engagement was announced 20 September, 2021, between Edmund Henry Jenner [born 30 September, 1984], son of Miles Anthony Jenner [born 1952], and his wife the former Sally Abbott, and Princess Beatrice Victoria von Preussen [born 10 February, 1981], descended from the Royal House of Prussia, daughter of Prince Frederick Nicholas von Preussen [born 3 May, 1946], and his wife the Hon Victoria Lucinda Mancroft [born 7 March, 1952], daughter of the 2nd Baron Mancroft [1914-87], and his wife the former Diana Elizabeth Lloyd [who died 1999].
Princess Beatrice's sister, Princess Florence von Preussen [born 28 July, 1983], is wife of the Hon James Tollemache [born 28 Aug, 1980], the second son of the 5th Baron Tollemache [born 13 Dec, 1939]. Another sister, Princess Augusta [born 15 Dec 1986], is wife of Caspar Helmore [born 1987]. A brother, Prince Frederick, known as Fritzi [born 11 June, 1990], announced his engagement last year to Mathilda Johnson [born 1989].
Edmund Jenner is a member of a Sussex brewing family.
Queen Victoria [1819-1901] > Victoria, Princess Royal [1840-1901] > Wilhelm II, German Emperor [1859-1941] > Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Germany [1882-1951] > Prince Friedrich of Prussia [1911-66] > Prince Frederick von Preussen [b 1946] > Princess Beatrice von Preussen [b 1981].
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Nina Antoinette Lucas, who died 30 August, 2021, was a scion of the Lucas baronets, born in 1971, daughter of Charles Evelyn Penn Lucas [born 27 June, 1943], and his wife the former Antoinette Maria von Westenholz [born 1947].
Deirdre Kathleen Woodall, who died 2 September, 2021, aged 86, was a scion of the Child baronets.
She was born 13 September, 1934, daughter of Sir Coles John Child, 2nd Baronet [1906-71], and his wife the former Sheila Mathewson [who died 1 May, 1964]; and married 23 May, 1959, Antony Edward Woodall [1931-2018], son of Edward Corbet Woodall, OBE [1903-1972], and his wife the former Janet Inez Crawley [1906-64], a scion of the Crawley-Boevey baronets, by whom she had issue, three sons, James [born 1960], Andrew [born 1963], and Edward [born 1967].
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The marriage took place 17 September, 2021, at St Mary's Church, Old Alresford, near Winchester, Hampshire, between Charles Torquhil de Montalt Fraser [born 2 Oct, 1960], descended fromm the Viscounts Molesworth, son of the late Maj Michael Quintin Fraser, and Mrs Fraser, of Craigantaggart House, Dunkeld, Perthshire, and Nathalie Frances Mountain [born 6 July, 1970], scion of the Mountain baronets, daughter of Nicholas Brian Edward Mountain [born 15 Feb, 1936], of Lower Lanham, Old Alresford, Hampshire, by his wife the former Penelope Shearme.
Charles Fraser, High Sheriff of West Sussex 2006-07, married firstly, in 1988, as her second husband, the Hon Lucy Pearson [born 11 Apr, 1954], daughter of the 3rd Viscount Cowdray [1910-1995].
Nathalie Mountain is a granddaughter of Sir Brian Mountain, 2nd Baronet [1899-1977].
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The marriage took place 17 September, 2021, at Chelsea Old Church, London, between Phineas Page [born 1983], son of David Page [born 1953], and _______, and Sabrina Catherine Percy [born 11 February, 1990], the model, scion of the Dukes of Northumberland, daughter of Richard John Percy [born 28 September, 1957], and his former wife the former Deborah Patricia Norman [born 1959].
Sabrina is a granddaughter of the late Gerald Percy [1928-2005], and his second wife, Jennifer Home-Rigg, who was later wife of the 6th Marquis of Bute [1933-93].
Henry Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland [1846-1918] > Lord William Percy [1882-1963] > Gerald Percy [1928-2005] > Richard Percy [b 1957] > Sabrina Percy [b 1990]
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The Baroness Murton of Lindisfarne, who died 13 September, 2021, aged 95, was the widow of the Conservative life peer, the Baron Murton of Lindisfarne, OBE, TD, PC [1914-2009].
The former Pauline Teresa Keenan, daughter of Thomas Keenan, of Johannesburg, she married Lord Murton of Lindisfarne, as his second wife, in 1979.
Her husband was the former Lt-Col Henry Oscar Murton, only son of the late Henry Edgar Crossley Murton, of Hexham, Northumberland, was created a life peer in 1979 as Baron Murton of Lindisfarne, of Hexham, co Northumberland. Murton served as Conservative MP for Poole from 1964 to 1979, and was a government whip in the administration of Sir Edward Heath and later a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from 1973 to 1979, and was later a Deputy Speaker in the House of Lords. He was appointed as a Privy Counsellor in 1976, and died 5 July, 2009.
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The engagement was announced 16 September, 2021, between Robert [Bertie] Wood [born 1991], eldest son of Giles Powlett Clairmont Wood [born 3 November, 1954], and his wife the former Frances Mary Catherine Stewart, & Katinka Stampa Orwin [born circa 1994], daughter of Major Jeremy Stampa Orwin [1967-2017], and his wife Countess [Alexandra] Dominie Stampa [born 1967].
Bertie Wood is descended from the William-Powlett family, who descended from the Earls of Portsmouth.
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The engagement was announced 16 September, 2021, between Frederick John Vere Nicoll [born 1993], son of Nigel Edward Vere Nicoll (b 3 Apr 1947), of Meon Stoke, Hampshire, by his former second wife the former Catharine Euphan Waterer, and Dr Elizabeth P [Beth] Harrison, daughter of Mr & Mrs Robert Harrison, of Crickhowell, Powys.
Freddie Vere Nicoll's paternal grandfather, Raymond Guy Vere Nicoll, MC [b 1915], married in 1939 (div 1952) Mary Elizabeth Madden (b 4 Aug 1920), a goddaughter of HM Queen Mary, 4th dau of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet, GCB, OM, GCVO; & is descended from a sister of the 6th & last Viscount Saye & Sele, &c.
Freddie's mother, Catharine, was married firstly, in 1977 [div 1983] to the Hon John Edward Malet Vaughan [born 3 Oct, 1952], a younger son of the 8th Earl of Lisburne [1918-2014].
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Elizabeth Gwendoline Dunbar-Nasmith, OBE, who died 8 September, 2021, aged 94, was a scion of the Bowlby landed gentry family, born in March, 1927, daughter of Henry Russell Bowlby [1890-1965], and his wife the former Hermione Hester Isobel Wisden [1898-1981], descended from the Cotton baronets.
She married 8 Apr, 1951, Rear-Admiral David Arthur Dunbar-Nasmith, CB, DSC [1921-97], scion of that landed family, son of Admiral Sir Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith, VC, KCB, KCMG [1883-1965], and his wife the former Beatrix Justina Dunbar-Dunbar-Rivers [1897-1962], by whom she had issue, two sons and two daughters, of which one son and one daughter predeceased her.
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Virginia Seymour, who died 7 September, 2021, aged 89, was a scion of the Marquesses of Hertford, and a granddaughter of the 3rd Duke of Abercorn.
Mary Virginia Seymour was born 27 May, 1932, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Reginald Henry Seymour, KCVO [1878-1938], the courtier who served as Equerry to HM King George V, 1916-36, and to HM Queen Mary, 1936-38, by his second wife, the former Lady Katharine Hamilton, DCVO [1900-1985], Woman of the Bedchamber to HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, 1937-60, and Extra Woman of the Bedchamber from 1960 to 1985.
Virginia Seymour was a first cousin of the 8th Earl Spencer, father of Diana, Princess of Wales. Her elder half-brother Major Raymond Seymour, held the rare distinction of having served as page of honour to three monarchs: George V, Edward VIII and George VI. As such he was one of the train bearers to George VI at the 1937 Coronation. He was then attached to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Household from 1954 until her death in 2002.
Miss Seymour's funeral takes place at Chichester Cathedral, 1 Oct, 2021.
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The engagement was announced 15 September, 2021, between Oliver Michael Weir [born 1994], son of Andrew Bruce Weir, of Wimbledon, London, and his wife the former Verena Grace Russell [born 1962], and Amy Scarlett Gyngell [born 1994], daughter of Bruce D.A. Gyngell [born 1963], of Fetcham, Surrey, and his wife the former Sara J. Slatter [born 1963].
Oliver Weir is descended from the Law Lord the Baron Russell of Killowen [1832-1900], who was ancestor of the Russell baronets.
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The engagement was announced 8 September, 2021, between Matthew John Oliver Allhusen [born 28 November, 1991], scion of that landed gentry family, son of Christian Henry Allhusen [born 1956], of Bradenham, Norfolk, and his wife the former Penelope Amanda Rae [born 1959], and Auriel V.F. Sutardja, daughter of Mr and Mrs Hartanto Sutardja, of Jakarta, Indonesia.
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The engagement was announced 14 September, 2021, between William Archie [Billy] Jackson-Stops [born 1989], scion of that landed gentry family, younger son of Timothy William Ashworth Jackson-Stops [born 1942], of Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, by his wife the former Jennifer Anne V. [Jenny] MacArthur, and Lily R. Gredley-Nurse [born 11 March, 1983], younger daughter of the late Mr Peter Kenneth Berkeley Nurse [1941-89] and Mrs Rowena Jane Gredley [nee Sutton], of Dullingham, Newmarket, Suffolk.
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_. The marriage took place at the weekend, at Floors Castle, between the 11th Duke of Roxburghe [born 18 February, 1981], of Floors Castle, Kelso, elder son of the late 10th Duke of Roxburghe [1954-2019], and his first wife the former Lady Jane Meriel Grosvenor [born 8 Feb, 1953], and Miss Annabel Green [born 1989], daughter of the late Mr Ian Green and Mrs Patrick Quirk.
The South African born Duchess is now chatelaine of the magnificent Floors Castle, the largest inhabited castle in Scotland and family home of the Dukes of Roxburghe. The castle was built for the 1st Duke of Roxburghe in 1721.
The Duke was one of Britain's most eligible bachelors, and served in the army with his childhood friend the Duke of Sussex. He inherited his father's title and £100m estate in 2019. The duke, when Marquis of Bowmont, was also once fined for riding the Tyne and Wear Metro without a £1 ticket, but chose to pay the £10 fine rather than end up on 'loser posters' put up around the city.
Charles Roxburghe attended Eton College before following in his father's footsteps by going to Sandhurst after which he served during the Iraq War. Rather than sitting around 'like a hawk' however, Charles runs his own chauffeur business, Capstar, which retrains wounded former servicemen and women, according to the Evening Standard.
It is the second marriage for Charles Robert George Innes-Ker, 11th Duke of Roxburghe. He married firstly, 22 July, 2011, the Hon Charlotte Susanna Aitken [born 1982], daughter of the 3rd Baron Beaverbrook [born 29 Dec, 1951]. This childless marriage ended in divorce in 2013, and Charlotte is now wife of Francesco Bellasi.
In 2015 the Duke had a daughter, Eugenie, with fashion designer Morvarid Sahafi.
The Duke of Roxburghe succeeded to the title on his father's death, 29 Aug, 2019. The 10th duke died from cancer aged 64. The Duke is also Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford, Earl of Roxburghe, Earl of Kelso, Earl Innes, Viscount Broxmouth, Lord Roxburghe, Lord Ker of Cessford and Cavertoun, Lord Ker of Cessford and Overton, and is the premier Baronet of Nova Scotia, and Chief of the Clan Innes.
Charles Roxburghe's mother, Lady Jane, is a daughter of the 5th Duke of Westminster [1910-79], and is now the wife of Edward William Dawnay [born 10 Feb, 1950], scion of the Viscounts Downe. Lady Jane’s sister, Leonora, Countess of Lichfield, is the former wife of the late society photographer, Patrick Lichfield, and lady-in-waiting to the Princess Royal.
The Duke of Roxburghe has a brother, and current heir presumptive, Lord Edward Innes-Ker [born 2 Feb, 1984], known as Ted, and a sister Rosanagh [born 16 Jan, 1979], a bridesmaid at the wedding of HRH The Duke of York and Miss Sarah Ferguson, in 1986 [it was at a Floors Castle house party where Prince Andrew is said to have proposed to Sarah]. Rosanagh is Viscountess Grimston, wife of the Earl of Verulam's son and heir, Viscount Grimston.
The Duke has two half-siblings, Lady Isabella Innes-Ker [born 7 Sept, 1994], and Lord George Innes-Ker [born 20 Nov, 1996], from his father's second marriage to Virginia Wynn-Williams.
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Marianne Adele Hermione Ford died 3 May, 2021, aged 83. She was descended from the Dukes of Somerset.
She was born 11 November, 1937, the eldest child of Sir [Richard] Brinsley Ford, CBE [1908-99], and his wife the former Joan Mary Vyvyan, scion of the Vyvyan baronets.
She married 1966 [div 1973] Patrick Martin Laver [1932-2006], son of James Laver [1899-1975], and his wife the former Bridget Veronica Turley [1899-1971], by whom she had one daughter.
Edward St Maur, 12th Duke of Somerset [1804-85] > Lady Helen St Maur [d 1910] > Rosamund Ramsden [1872-1911] > Sir Brinsley Ford [1908-99] > Marianne Ford [1937-2021]
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The engagement was announced 14 September, 2021, between Hamish Godman-Dorington [born 1992], descended from the Forwood baronets, youngest son of William Godman-Dorington [born 1960], of Graffham, west Sussex, and his wife the former Amanda Elizabeth Forwood [born 30 Apr, 1963], Laura Marshall, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Ian Marshall, of Cladymilltown, Co Armagh.
Hamish Godman-Dorington is a grandson maternally of Sir Peter Noel Forwood, 4th [and last] Baronet [1925-2019].
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The engagement was announced 14 September, 2021, between Alexander James E. Fikry [born 1988], elder son of Mr Karim [Kim] Fikry, of Bushley, Worcestershire, and his wife nee Jill Esdale, and Kate Emily Dennistoun Campbell [born 25 February, 1990], eldest daughter of Sir Roderick Duncan Hamilton Campbell of Barcladine, 9th Baronet [born 24 February, 1961], of Oban, Argyll, and his wife Lady Campbell [nee Jean Caroline Bicknell].
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Charlotte Maria Offlow Johnson Wahl, who died in London, 13 September, 2021, aged 79, was mother of the Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
She was born in 1942 as Charlotte Offlow Fawcett, daughter of Sir James Edmund Sandford Fawcett [1913-91], and his wife the former Frances Beatrice Lowe [1913-2001] . She married firstly in 1963 [divorced 1979], Stanley Patrick Johnson [born 18 Aug 1940], descended from the Royal House of Wurttemberg, and from George II, King of Gt Britain, son of [Osman] Wilfred Johnson [formerly Kemal] [1909-92], and his wife the former Irene Williams [1907-87]. She married 2ndly, in 1988, New York born Professor Anthony Nicholas Maria Wahl [1928-96].
Charlotte Johnson Wahl, an artist, leaves issue, three sons, the Rt Hon Boris Johnson [b 1964], Leo Johnson [born 1967], and Jo Johnson, the Baron Johnson of Marylebone [born 1971], and a daughter, the journalist and writer, Rachel Johnson [born 1965].
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The engagement was announced 8 September, 2021, between Samuel Rowland Landman [born circa 1992], eldest son of Rory Buchanan Landman [born cira 1961], of Chrishall, Cambridge, and his wife the former Anna-Louise Baynham [born 1963], and the Hon Alice Elizabeth Younger [born 25 February, 1992], younger daughter of the 5th Viscount Younger of Leckie [born 11 Nov, 1955], of Dorton, Buckinghamshire, and his wife the former Jennie Veronica Wootton [born 1956].
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Rachel Amery [née Cooper], wife of Edward Mark Richard Amery [born 24 March, 1975], gave birth to a son, Frederick Christopher Geoffrey, 15 July, 2021, a brother for Charles Thomas David [who was born in 2017].
Edward Amery is descended from the Earls of Donoughmore:-
6th Earl of Donoughmore [1875-1948] > Hon David Hely-Hutchinson [1911-84] > Kathryn Hely-Hutchinson [born 1944] > Edward Amery [b 1975] > Frederick Amery [born 2021]
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The engagement was announced 9 September, 2021, between George Erroll Owen Prior-Palmer [born 1988], scion of that landed gentry family, son of Simon Erroll Prior-Palmer [born 5 February, 1951], of Appleshaw, Hampshire, and his wife the former Lady Julia Margaret Violet Lloyd George [born 19 May, 1958], scion of the Earls Lloyd George of Dwyfor, and Elizabeth Rose Tyler [born 1988], daughter of Richard M. Tyler, of Aylsham, Norfolk, and his wife the former Griselda Jane More [born 22 June, 1951].
George Prior-Palmer is a grandson maternally of the late 3rd Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor [1924-2010].
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His Honour Judge Charles William Byers, who died 31 August, 2021, was a son of the life peer, the Baron Byers, OBE, PC, DL [1915-84], the Liberal party politician as Frank Byers, and his wife the former Joan Elizabeth Oliver.
He married in 2002, Mary L.E. Ilett, by whom he had two sons, Jonathan and George.
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Virginia Burt [nee Naylor-Leyland, born 16 Apr 1983], wife of James Ivor Geoffrey Burt [born 1984], gave birth to a son, William Nicholas George, 26 August, 2021, a brother for Edward Charles Geoffrey [who was born 2018].
Virginia Burt is a daughter of Sir Vivyan Naylor-Leyland, 3rd Baronet [1924-87], and his third wife the former Jameina Flora Reid [born 1954].
James Burt is a son of Charles Ivor Angus Burt [born 1957], and his former wife the Hon Vanessa Mary Linda Russell [born 18 September, 1960], daughter of the 4th Baron Ampthill [1921-2011], and his first wife the former Susan Mary Sheila Winn [1923-2001], scion of the Barons St Oswald.
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The Hon Lady Mather, who died 30 August, 2021, aged 95, was the widow of Sir Carol Mather, MP [1919-2006], the right-wing Conservative MP for Esher, and was a scion of the Barons Cromwell.
She was born Philippa Selina Bewicke-Copley, 5 December, 1925, daughter of the 5th Baron Cromwell [1893-1966], sometime Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire, and his wife the former Freda Constance Cripps [1898-1979]; and married 13 January, 1951, [David] Carol MacDonell Mather [born 3 January, 1919], son of Loris Emerson Mather, CBE. Her husband was Tory MP for Esher, 1970-87, and was Vice-Chamberlain of the Household [a Govt Whip], 1981-83, and Comptroller of the Household [a senior Govt Whip] 1983-86. Carol Mather was knighted in 1987, and died 3 July, 2006.
Lady Mather leaves a son and two daughters, and was predeceased by a third daughter in 2018.
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The marriage took place 11 September, 2021, at Bormes-les-Mimosas, Cote d'Azur, France, between James William Middleton [born 15 April, 1987], only son of Michael Francis Middleton [born 23 June, 1949], by his wife the former Carole Elizabeth Goldsmith [born 31 January, 1955], and Alizée Thevenet [born circa 1990], daughter of Jean-Gabriel Louis Thevenet [1959-2021].
James is the brother of HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, GCVO, and descends from the Conyers baronets.
Sir Thomas Conyers, 9th Baronet [1731-1810] > Jane Conyers [1758-1813] > Jane Hardy [1795-1864] > Anthony Liddle [1817-57] > Jane Liddle [1839-81] > John Harrison [1874-1918] > Thomas Harrison [1904-76] > Dorothy Harrison [1935-2006] > Carole Goldsmith [b 1955] > James Middleton [b 1987]
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_. After a partnership of a quarter of a century and four children, India Hicks and David Flint Wood have married. David Flint Wood announced the news of his wedding to the late Lord Mountbatten's granddaughter on instagram.
The nuptials took place 10 September, 2021, at St Bartholomew's Church, Brightwell Baldwin, Oxfordshire, close to the home of India's mother, Lady Pamela Hicks.
Writer India Amanda Caroline Hicks [born 5 September, 1967], whose home is at Harbour Island, the Bahamas, is a granddaughter of the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, a cousin of the British Royal Family, and was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Lady Diana Spencer and the Prince of Wales in 1981.
India is the younger daughter of the late designer David Nightingale Hicks [1929-98], and his wife the Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Mountbatten [born 19 Apr, 1929], who was Earl Mountbatten's younger daughter.
David Flint Wood [born 3 March, 1961], is a son of Derek and Wendy Flint Wood, is a former Saatchi & Saatchi advertising executive. Flint Wood and India Hicks have four children, Felix, Amory, Conrad, and Domino. Some years ago the Flint Woods became the legal guardians of a Bahamian, Wesley.
India Hicks, a great-great-great granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
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Sarah Greenwell, who died 4 September, 2021, aged 87, was a granddaughter of the Law Lord the Baron Carson of Duncairn.
She was the former Sarah Greenwell, daughter of Capt the Hon Walter Seymour Carson, RN [1890-1946], and his wife the former Violet Taswell Richardson [1893-1968], and married 22 July, 1955, as his second wife, Basil Evelyn Greenwell [1915-1990], scion of the Greenwell baronets, by whom she had issue, two sons, Simon and Giles, and two daughters, Joanna and Virginia.
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The engagement was announced 11 September, 2021, between Henry Michael G. Dinkel [born 1988], elder son of Mr Philip C. Dinkel, of Rencomb, Gloucestershire, by his wife the former Lucia Stevens, and Theresa Maria Constable-Maxwell [born 10 July, 1995], scion of the Lords Herries of Terregles, younger daughter of Thomas Bernard Constable-Maxwell [born 1 December, 1966], and his wife the former Alice Ellinor Mary Cotterell [born 23 May, 1966], scion of the Cotterell baronets.
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Sir Antony Acland, KG, GCMG, GCVO, died 8 September, 2021. He was 91.
Sir Antony was a diplomat and former Provost of Eton College, and a Knight of the Garter.
He was born Antony Arthur Acland, 12 March, 1930, scion of the Acland baronets, son of Brigadier Peter Bevil Edward Acland [1902-93], sometime High Sheriff of Devon and vice-Lord Lieutenant of the county, by his wife the former Bridget Susan Barnett [died 1996].
After studying at the Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, Acland was posted to Dubai and then Kuwait, then back to the Foreign Office as Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary (Selwyn Lloyd, then the Earl of Home) 1959–62. He then served at the UK Mission to the UN, first in New York 1962–66, then at Geneva 1966–68. Back at the FCO he was head of the Arabian department 1970–72.
Acland was Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary (Sir Alec Douglas-Home, then James Callaghan) 1972–75. He was Ambassador to Luxembourg 1975–77 and to Spain 1977–79. He was Deputy Under-Secretary at the FCO 1979–82, a post which then entailed chairing the Joint Intelligence Committee. In 1982 he was promoted to Permanent Under-Secretary and head of the Diplomatic Service. Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands in April 1982 and Acland came into collision with the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, over the diplomatic response.
Acland was Ambassador to the United States at Washington, D.C., 1986–91, then retired from the Diplomatic Service and was Provost of Eton College 1991–2000.
Acland was a member of the Founding Council of the Rothermere American Institute at Oxford, helping to raise funds for the Institute's building and library.
He married firstly, 6 Nov, 1956, Clare Anne Verdon [who died 1984], daughter of Francis Reynolds Verdon, of Sidbury, Devon; married 2ndly, in 1987, Mrs Jennifer McGougan, daughter of Colonel Richard Charles Dyke.
He was appointed CMG in 1976, advanced to KCMG in 1982, and and further advanced to GCMG in 1986. He was appointed KCVO in 1976, and advanced to GCVO in 1991. Sir Antony was appointed a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter in 2001.
Sir Antony's death leaves four vacancies among the Knights Companion of the Order of the Garter, following the deaths of Lord Carrington, Field Marshal Lord Bramall, and Lord Ashburton.
Sir Antony leaves two sons, Simon and Nicholas, and a daughter, Katherine, from his first marriage.
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Rosamund Anne, Lady Gladstone, who died 1 September, 2021, aged 81, was the widow of Sir William Gladstone, 7th Baronet [1925-2018].
She was the former Rosamund Anne Hambro, born 27 September, 1939, a sion of the eponymous banking family, daughter of Maj Robert Alexander Hambro [1910-43], and his wife the former Barbara Jessia Hardy ['Baba'] Beaton [1912-73], and was a niee of Sir Cecil Beaton [1904-80], the photographer.
She married 10 September, 1962, [Erskine] William Gladstone [born 29 Oct, 1925], son of Charles Andrew Gladstone [1888-1968] and his wife Isla Margaret Erskine Crum [died 1987]. Her husband succeeded his uncle, Sir Albert Gladstone, 6th Bt, 2 March, 1967, and died 29 March, 2018.
Lady Gladstone leaves two sons, Charles and Robert and a daughter, Victoria. The elder son is Sir Charles Gladstone, 8th Bt [born 11 Apr 1964].
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The Hon Gaia Inigo Young, who died suddenly, 21 July, 2021, aged 25, was a daughter of the life peer, the Baron Young of Dartington [1915-2002], and his third wife the former Dorit Uhlemann.
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The engagement was announced 4 September, 2021, between Harry S.H. Hill, elder son of Mr Simon Hill, of Clapham, London, and Mrs Mark Lawson-Statham, of Burcot, Oxfordshire, & Edwina Lavender [Teddy] Wolstenholme [born 1991], younger daughter of [Anthony] Richard Ashmore Wolstenholme [born 1956], of Thompson, Norfolk, and his wife the former Katharine Juliet Garnier [born 16 Oct, 1958].
Some of Teddy Wolstenholme's aristoratic ancestry:-
The 8th Baron Walsingham [1884-1965] > Hon Lavender de Grey [1923-2010] > Katharine Garnier [b 1958] > Edwina Wolstenholme [b 1991].
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Roderick Francis [Roddy] Loder-Symonds died 25 August, 2021, aged 82. He was a scion of that landed gentry family.
He was born in 1938, a son of Brigadier Robert Guy Loder-Symonds, DSO, MC [1913-45], and his wife the former Merlin Audey Allen [1915-88]; married 1967, Caroline Anne Beebee [born 1940], scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Commander Meyrick Frederick Legge Beebee, RN [1910-88], and his wife the former Jean Mary Joy Walker, by whom he had two sons, Robert and James, and a daughter, Sacha.
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The engagement was announced 4 September, 2021, between Alexander William John Taylor [born 1990], son of [Alexander] Julian Taylor and his wife the Hon Catherine Victoria Elliott [born 1962], and Sophie A.H. Dobson, daughter of the late Roger Dobson and Mrs Kate Dobson, of Upper Farringdon, Hampshire.
Alexander Taylor is a grandson maternally of the late life peer the Baron Elliott of Morpeth [1920-2011], who as Robert Elliott was Conservative MP for Newcastle upon Tyne, and sometime deputy speaker of the House of Lords, &c.
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Louisa Judith Mulvaney [nee Whitworth, born 1984], wife of the Rev Jamie E.J. Mulvaney, gave birth to a son, Rupert Bode Peveril, 25 August, 2021.
The Rev Jamie Mulvaney is the youngest son of Mr & Mrs Bruce Mulvaney, of Canterbury, Australia.
Louisa Mulvaney is a daughter of the Rev Canon Patrick John Whitworth, descended from the Marquesses of Bristol, by his wife the former Olivia Helen Judith Colman [born 7 Aug 1956], scion of the Colman baronets. Louisa is a granddaughter maternally of Sir Michael Jeremiah Colman, 3rd Baronet [b 7 July, 1928]. Her great-grandfather, Aymer William Whitworth, married Alice Ruth Patience Hervey, scion of the Marquesses of Bristol.
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The engagement was announced 4 September, 2021, between James Robert Floyd [born 1981], scion of the Floyd baronets, son of Robert Charles Floyd [born 6 January, 1949], of Great Chalfield, Wiltshire, and his wife the former Patricia Jan Vigors [born 1949], & Emma P. Wills, daughter of Mr & Mrs James Wills, of Groton, Suffolk.
Sir Henry Floyd, 4th Baronet [1855-1915] > Charles Floyd [1905-71] > Robert Floyd [b 1949] > James Floyd [b 1981]
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Patricia 'Patsy' Gethin, who died 6 August, 2021, was the wife of Alexander Willoughby [Alec] Gethin, scion of the Gethin baronets, descended from Sir Richard Gethin, 3rd Bt.
She was the former Patricia Sweeney, daughter of Alfred Sweeney, of Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, and married 11 June, 1964, Alexander Willoughby Gethin [born 26 March, 1935], son of Capt Richard Gethin [1886-1976], and his wife Mary Hunter Bond [died 1972], by whom she had issue, three daughters, twins, Alexandra and Frances [born 14 Mar 1965], and Elizabeth [born 17 Apr 1970].
Jill Annette Davidge [nee Wiltshire], who died 18 August, 2021, aged 85, was the widow of Christopher Guy Vere Davidge, descendant of many aristocratic families.
Jill Wiltshire married firstly, 1973, David Levanthal. She married 2ndly, in 1993, as his second wife, Christopher Guy Vere Davidge [born 5 Nov, 1929], son of Cecil Vere Davidge [1901-81], and his wife the former Ursula Catherine Smyth [1898-1948]. Her husband died 22 Nov, 2014.
Sir George Gunning, 5th Baronet [1828-1903] > Emma Gunning [d 1933] > Ursula Smyth [1898-1948] > Christopher Davidge [1929-2014]
The funeral Service takes place at Little Houghton Church, on Tuesday 7 September, 2021.
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The engagement was announced 1 September, 2021, between Otto Livingstone Saumarez Smith [born 1987], son of Sir Charles Robert Saumarez Smith, CBE [born 28 May, 1954], of Stepney, London, and his wife the former Romilly Le Quesne Savage [born 1954], & Clemency Columba Alice Gibbs [born 1992], scion of the Barons Aldenham & Hunsdon, daughter of Patrick Michael Evan Gibbs [born 24 April, 1962], of Camden, London, and his wife the former Catherine Barroll [born 1963].
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Wendy, Lady Williams, who died 16 August, 2021, aged 92, was the widow of Sir Robin Williams, 2nd Baronet.
She was Wendy Adele Marguerite Alexander, daughter of Felix Joseph Alexander, of Hong Kong and London, and married, 19 February, 1955, Sir Robin Philip Williams [born 27 May, 1928], son of Sir Herbert Geraint Williams, 1st Baronet [1884-1954], and his wife the former Dorothy Frances Jones [who died 1957], by whom she had two sons, Sir Anthony Williams, 3rd Bt [born 22 Dec, 1958], and Stephen Williams [born 1 May, 1962].
Her husband died in 2013.
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Robin Harvey Combe, who died 28 August, 2021, aged 87, was a scion of that landed family and a grandson of the 4th Earl of Leicester, of Holkham Hall.
Mr Combe, a JP for Norfolk, lived sometime at the Manor House, Burnham Thorpe, King's Lynn, Norfolk, and latterly at the Bayfield Hall estate, near Holt, Norfolk.
He was born 2 January, 1934, son of Capt Simon Harvey Combe, MC [1903-65] and his wife the former Lady Silvia Beatrice Coke [1909-2005], daughter of the 4th Earl of Leicester [1880-1949], and his wife the former Marion Gertrude Trefusis [1882-1955], scion of the Barons Clinton.
He married 21 January, 1960, Olga Wise, daughter of R.J. Wise, by whom he had issue, two sons, Roger and Simon, and two daughters, Carey and Silvia.
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The engagement was announced 2 September, 2021, between Jocky L. McLean, son of Señor and Señora Leonardo McLean, of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Hebe Florence Trotter [born 1994], elder daughter of James William Dale Trotter [born 18 January, 1964], of Staindrop, County Durham, and his wife the former Nicola Mahaffy.
Hebe Trotter is descended from the Holcroft baronets:-
Sir Reginald Holcroft, 2nd Baronet [1899-1978] > Mary Holcroft [b 1939] > James Trotter [b 1964] > Hebe Trotter [b 1994]
Fiona McLeod [Fi] Brookes [née Innes] died 25 August, 2021, aged 82.
She was born 6 August, 1939, daughter of Neil McLeod Innes of Thursater [1903-89], by his wife the former Nancy Audrey Stephens [died 1987]; and married 1stly, 20 February, 1960, Simon Noel Chick [1932-1982], son of William Noel Chick [1905-88], of Wynford Eagle, Dorset, by his wife the former Joan Legge [1901-83]; married 2ndly, 1986, Barry Gray Brookes [who died 1995].
She leaves gthree daughters from her first marriage, Theresa, Philippa and Sarah.
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Stella Towler, who died 21 March, 2021, was a scion of the Prideaux-Brune landed family, and was descended from the St Aubyn baronets [now the Barons St Levan].
She was born 'Stella Prideaux-Brune' at Battle, Sussex, in 1931. Mother's maiden name St Aubyn.
She was a daughter of Hildegarde Ada St Aubyn [b 14 July, 1894-died Apr 1979]. Burke's Peerage doesn't show a marriage for Hildegarde, but her death was registered, in Oxford in 1979, as 'Hildegarde Ada Brune'.
She married in 1964, Eric William Towler, by whom she had issue.
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Julia Mary Albu, who died 3 August, 2021, aged 84, was a scion of the Albu baronets.
She was born 13 June, 1937, daughter of Sir George Albu, 2nd Baronet [1905-63], and his wife the former Kathleen Betty Dicey [died 1956]; and married 7 February, 1957 [div 1978], the Hon Michael John Harbottle Grimston [1932-97], a younger son of the 1st Baron Grimston of Westbury [1897-1979], and his wife the former Sybil Rose Neumann [died 1977], by whom she had issue, two sons, Simon [b 1960], and Giles [b 1961], and two daughters, Katharine [b 1962], and Sybella [b 1966].
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Richard Gordon Fallowfield, died 26 August, 2021, aged 86.
He was born in 1935, son of Capt Walter Herman Gordon Fallowfield [who died 1954], by his wife the former Elizabeth Burnett Baker [1902-56], and married 21 September, 1963, Elfrida Charlotte Eden [born 17 June, 1940], scion of the Eden baronets, daughter of Sir Timothy Eden, 6th & 8th Baronet [1893-1963], and his wife the former Edith Mary Prendergast [died 1990], by whom he had two sons, Timothy [born 1965], and Nicholas [born 1967], and a daughter, Laura [born 1974].
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Elisabeth, Countess of Caledon, who died 9 August, 2021, aged 93, was the third wife and widow of Major the 6th Earl of Caledon [1920-1980].
She was the former [Marie] Elisabeth Burton Allen, daughter of Maj Richard Burton Allen, of Ballachulish, Argyll, and married firstly, 20 July, 1955 [div 1964], Maj the Hon Iain Maxwell Erskine [1926-95], the Grenadier Guards [later 2nd Baron Erskine of Rerrick], son of the 1st Baron [1893-1980]. She married 2ndly, 4 Aug, 1964, as his 3rd wife, Maj Denis James Alexander [born 10 Nov, 1920], of the Irish Guards, son of Lt-Col the Hon Herbrand Alexander [1888-1965], and his wife the former Millicent Meredyth. Her second husband succeeded his uncle, 10 July, 1968, as 6th Earl of Caledon, and he died 20 May, 1980, aged 59.
Lady Caledon left no issue.
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Colonel the Hon Alastair James Calthrop Campbell, who died 24 August, 2021, aged 69, was a younger son of the late Baron Campbell of Croy, PC [1921-2005], who, as Gordon Campbell, was Conservative MP for Moray and Nairn and Secretary of State for Scotland in Edward Heath's government.
He served in the Queen's Own Highlanders and the Royal Company of Archers.
He was born 6 January, 1952, son of the then Gordon Thomas Calthrop Campbell, and his wife the former Nicola Elizabeth Gina Madan.
He married 18 Sept, 1993, Primrose Felicia Palmer [born 18 February, 1960], daughter of William Henry Tugwell Palmer and his wife the former Horatia Mary Felicia Lamb [born 21 Oct 1933], a granddaughter maternally of the 5th Earl of Longford [1864-1915].
Col. Palmer leaves two sons, Ferdinand and Edward, and three daughters, Leonora, Hermione and Venetia.
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The engagement was announced 1 September, 2021, between James Peter G. Kelway-Bamber [born 1992], only son of Martin Charles Kelway-Bamber [born 31 March, 1955] and his wife the former Philippa N. Kininmonth [born 1958], & Tara Victoria Guinness [born 29 November, 1991], scion of the Barons Moyne, elder daughter of the Hon Valentine Guy Bryan Guinness [born 9 March, 1959], the musician, and his former wife Lulu Guinness, OBE [nee Lucinda Jane Rivett-Carnac, born 29 May, 1960, scion of the Rivett-Carnac baronets], the handbag and accessories designer.
James Kelway-Bamber is descended from the Dukes of Devonshire and Leeds, Marquesses of Northampton, Earls of Durham, &c.
4th Duke of Devonshire [1720-64] > George 1st Earl of Burlington [1754-1834] > Hon Henry Cavendish [1789-1873] > William Cavendish [1817-81] > Henry Cavendish [1854-1928] > Evelyn Cavendish [b 1892] > Anne Stirling [b 1929] > Martin Kelway-Bamber [b 1955] > James Kelway-Bamber [b 1992]
Tara Guinness, a scion of the brewing dynasty, is a granddaughter of the 3rd Baron Moyne.
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