Sunday, October 31, 2021

Stormont/Clune marriage

The marriage took place in October, 2021, between William Philip David Mungo Murray, styled Viscount Stormont [born 1 November, 1988], son and heir of the Earl of Mansfield & Mansfield [born 17 Oct, 1956], of Scone Palace, Perthshire, and his wife the former Sophia Mary Veronica Ashbrooke [born 22 Jan, 1959], & Charlotte Nevling Clune, daughter of Mr Jonathan E. Clune [born 17 Dec, 1952], of West Hartford, Connecticut, United States, and his wife the former Sarah Potter [born 17 Aug, 1950].

The bride is destined to become chatelaine of Scone Palace. There can be few places of interest in Scotland as historically potent as Scone Palace. When you visit the Palace you are walking in the footsteps of Scotland’s ancient founding fathers, both pagan and Christian. It was an important religious gathering place of the Picts, it was the site of an early Christian church and it housed the Stone of Destiny. 

Robert the Bruce was crowned at Scone in 1306, and the last coronation was of Charles II when he accepted the Scottish crown in 1651.

The place of coronation was called Caislean Credi, 'Hill of Credulity', which survives as the present Moot Hill.

Viscount Stormont's father is the 9th Earl of Mansfield, Alexander David Mungo Murray, who succeeded his father in 2015. He is married to Sophia, daughter of Biden Ashbrooke and Veronica Ashbrooke, nee Stourton. Lord Mansfield is also 14th Viscount Stormont and Lord Scone, 12th Lord Balvaird and Hereditary Keeper of Bruce’s Castle of Lochmaben.

In the 9th century, Kenneth MacAlpin established himself as the first true King of Scots. According to legend, he is said to have invited the Pictish King Drostan with all his nobles to banquet with him at Scone. While they were seated, and perhaps taking advantage of their gluttony of both drink and food, the Scots drew out the bolts supporting the boards, whereupon the Picts fell into the hollows below their benches. While caught in some strange contraption up to their knees, they were all slaughtered.

The last coronation in Scotland took place at Scone in 1651 when King Charles II was crowned King of Scots upon the Moot Hill. The Earls following the 3rd Earl all suffered imprisonment, mainly in consequence of their support of the Jacobite cause.

The 4th Viscount Stormont was briefly imprisoned for his part in a fatal duel. The 5th Viscount opposed the Treaty of Union and entertained James Stuart, the Old Pretender, at Scone Palace during the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion, for which he was imprisoned.

The 6th Viscount suffered the same fate when his sisters received the Young Pretender, Bonnie Prince Charlie, at Scone during the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion.

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Saturday, October 30, 2021

Theodore Albert Edward Coke [born 2021]

 The Hon Mrs Rupert Coke, wife of the Hon Rupert Henry John Coke [born 1975], scion of the Earls of Leicester, gave birth to a son, Theodore Albert Edward, 7 October, 2021.

Mrs Coke is the former Rahil Sanatinia. Rupert Coke is the second son of the late 7th Earl of Leicester, CBE [1936-2015], of Holkham Hall, Norfolk, and his 1st wife the former Valeria Potter.

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Friday, October 29, 2021

Tullia Teodora Bliss Massimo Di Roccasecca [born 2021]

 Princess Alexandra Bliss Massimo Di Roccasecca [nee Owens, born 1979], wife of Prince Valerio Camillo Francesco Marcantonio Ascanio Carlo Filippo Ottavio Massimo Di Roccasecca [born 1973], scion of the princely house of Massimo, gave birth to a daughter, Tullia Teodora Bliss, 15 October, 2021, a sister for Lelio, who was born 3 November, 2016.

New York born Princess Alexandra is a daughter of Ronald Alexander Owens.

Prince Valerio is a son of Prince Stefano Shaun Francesco Filippo Gabriel Charles James Massimo Di Roccasecca Dei Volsci [born London, 1955], head of the family, and his first wife, the former Atalanta Edith Foxwell [born 17 February, 1956], daughter of Major Ivan Cottam Foxwell [1914-2002], and his wife Lady Edith Sybil Lambart [1918-1996], scion of the Earls of Cavan.

Prince Stefano Massimo Di Roccasecca is a son of the British film star Dawn Addams [1930-1985], wife from 1954 to 1971 of Don Vittorio Emanuele Massimo.

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[Nicholas] Patrick Reyntiens 1925-2021

[Nicholas] Patrick Reyntiens, described in his Daily Telegraph obituary as the 'genius of 20th century stained glass', died 25 October, 2021. He was 95.

He was born in  London in December, 1925, of Belgian extraction, son of Nicholas Serge Reyntiens, OBE [1879-1950], of Odiham, Hampshire, and his wife the former Isabel Macrae-Gilstrap [1891-1975], scion of that Scottish landed gentry family; married 9 September, 1953, Anne Mary Bruce [1927-2006], scion of the Bruce baronets, by whom he had two sons, Dominick and John, and two daughters, Edith and Lucy.

Patrick Reyntiens, genius of 20th-century stained glass who with John Piper created jewel-like windows for Liverpool and Coventry cathedrals. 

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Robin Spencer Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy 1937-2021

 Robin Spencer Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy, who died 17 October, 2021, aged 84, was a scion of the baronets of that name.

He was born 19 April, 1937, the second son of Capt Ewen Aymer Robert Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy [1899-1969], and his wife the former Margaret Westall King [who died 1994], scion of the King baronets, and was a grandson of Sir Henry William Cameron-Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy, 3rd Baronet [1870-1944].

He was unmarried.

The funeral takes place at Worthing Crematorium, 5 November, 2021.

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Lady Hornby 1934-2021

 Lady Hornby, who died 23 October, 2021, aged 87, was the widow of Sir Simon Hornby [1934-2010], sometime chairman of WH Smith, the Design Council, and the Royal Horticultural Society.

She was born [Ann] Sheran Cazalet, in London in the Spring of 1934, the daughter of Peter Victor Ferdinand Cazalet, DL, JP [1907-73], the racehorse trainer, descended from the Heron-Maxwell baronets, of Fairlawne, Kent, by his wife Leonora Rowley [1905-44], the step-daughter [and adopted daughter], of Sir P.G. Wodehouse [1881-1975], the author, daughter of Leonard Rowley, of Dee Bank, Cheshire, and his wife, Ethel May Newton [1885-1984], who married in 1914, as her third husband, P.G. Wodehouse.

Sheran Cazalet married in 1968, Simon Michael Hornby [born 29 Dec, 1934], son of Michael Charles St John Hornby [1899-1987], of Pusey House, co Oxford, by his wife the former Nicolette Joan Ward [1907-88], scion of the Earls of Dudley. Simon Hornby, who was knighted in 1988, became the last family member to chair W.H. Smith, an appointment he held for 12 years from 1982. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Noel Coward were present at their wedding which took place at Fairlawne, the Cazalet mansion near Tonbridge, in Kent.

Sheran's father trained many of the Queen Mother's horses from 1950, included over 250 winners, and Cazalet also trained the Queen Mother's Devon Loch, who fell on the run-in to the finish line at the 1956 Grand National when 50 yards clear of E.S.B. 

The Hornbys lived at Pusey House following her father-in-law's death, and later they bought an old rectory nearby. In 1992 she and her husband moved to the Ham at Wantage, Oxfordshire, where they created a new garden in 50 acres. Lady Hornby was widowed on 18 July, 2010. She leaves no issue.

Her brother, Edward, later became the High Court judge Sir Edward Cazalet, and she had half-brothers, Victor and Anthony Cazalet.

 A Cremation Service will be held on 26 November, 2021, at South Oxfordshire Crematorium, Garford, Abingdon.

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Thursday, October 28, 2021

Luca Edward Apsley Barton [born 2021]

Elizabeth Helen Clementine [Lizzie] Barton [née Fane, born 31 July, 1985], wife of Alexander Michael [Alex] Barton [born 1983], and scion of the Earls of Westmorland, gave birth to a son, Luca Edward Apsley, 15 September, 2021, a brother for Leo [born 2017], and for Max [born 2019].

Alex Barton is the son of Robert Barton, of Boat of Garton, Inverness-shire,a nd Mrs Barton.

Lizzie Barton is a daughter of Edward Hugh Reynardson Fane [born 11 June, 1957], of Burghclere, Hampshire, and his wife the former Susan Serena [Suki] Mitchell.

The 13th Earl of Westmorland [1859-1922] > Hon Mountjoy Fane [1900-63] > Antony Fane [b 1927] > Edward Fane [b 1957] > Lizzie Fane [b 1985] > Luca Barton [b 2021]

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Mary Anne Murphy [née Riddell] 1942-2021

Mary Anne Murphy, who died 22 October, 2021, aged 79, was a scion of the Riddell landed gentry family, of Felton and Swinburne; born in 1942, daughter of John Cuthbert Widdrington Riddell, OBE [1910-1994], head of that family, and his wife the former Maureen Helen Taaffe [1910-1992], of that Irish landed family; married in 1970, Captain Richard Patrick Murphy [born 1941], son of Major-General Richard Murphy, CB, CBE [1896-1971], and his wife the former Florence Helen Tyndall [1910-1997], by whom she had four sons, Dick, John, Hugh and Charlie, and a daughter, Alice.

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Neville Manwaring Wells 1925-2021

 Neville Manwaring Wells died 19 October, 2021. He was born in 1925, son of Major Stanley Walter Wells, MBE [1887-1975], and his wife the former Violet Manwaring [1888-1972]; and married 19 May, 1951, Margaret Mary Alexander [1929-2011], scion of the Alexander baronets, daughter of Capt Sir Frank Samuel Alexander, 1st Baronet [1881-1959], and his wife the former Elsa Mary Collett [1894-1959], daughter of Sir Charles Henry Collett, 1st Baronet [1864-1938], and his wife the former Lilian Louisa Tonn [1876-1935], and had two sons, Michael [born 1956], and Martin [born 1959], and a daughter, Frances [born 1954].

The funeral service will be held at St Peter's Church, Limpsfield, 25 November, 2021.

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Hon David Peter Dudley Stapleton-Cotton 1932-2021

 The Hon David Peter Dudley Stapleton-Cotton, who died 24 October, 2021, aged 89, was a scion of the Viscounts Combermere.

He was born 6 March, 1932, second son of the 4th Viscount Combermere [1887-1969], and his wife the former Constance Marie Katherine Williams-Drummond [1893-1968], scion of the baronets of that name; married 9 February, 1955, Susan Nomakepu Albu [1932-2011], daughter of Sir George Albu, 2nd Baronet [1905-63], and his wife the former Kathleen Betty Dicey [d 19 Feb, 1956], by whom he had issue, Simon [born 1959], and Toby [born 1966], and two daughters, Nicola [born 1957], and Polly [born 1961].

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Annette Christine Oakes [ née Swire] 1936-2021

 Annette Christine Oakes, who has died aged 86, was a scion of the Swire landed gentry family; born in 1936, daughter of Colonel Cyril George William Swire [1891-1950], and his wife the former Doris Ivy Warner [1904-80]; and married 20 September, 1961, Major John Waddington Oakes [1932-2021], scion of that landed gentry family, son of Montague Waddington Oakes [1889-1944] and his wife the former Cynthia Maud Lacy [1903-71], scion of the Lacy baronets.

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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Benyon/Eden engagement

 The engagement was announced 27 October, 2021, between the Hon Thomas Anthony Benyon [born 1992], scion of the Benyon landed gentry family, son of the life peer the Baron Benyon [born 21 October, 1960], of Englefield, Berkshire, and his first wife the former Emma Helen Villiers [now the Baroness Grimthorpe, born 16 October, 1963], of Newmarket, scion of the Earls of Clarendon, & Roseanna Alicia Eden [born 1992], elder daughter of Henry Vane Eden [born 11 March, 1958], of Cromlix, Dunblane, Perthshire, scion of the Barons Auckland, and his wife the former Alicia Claire Needham [born 13 Apr, 1959], scion of the Earls of Kilmorey.

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Hon Christopher John Stewart Denman 1955-2021

 The Hon Christopher John Stewart Denman, who died 18 October, 2021, aged 66, was a scion of the Barons Denman, third son of the late 5th Baron Denman [1916-2012], and his wife the former Sheila Anne Stewart [1915-87], scion of the Earls of Galloway.

He was born 5 September, 1955. He married in 1984, Jennifer Bridget [Jenny] Allen, daughter of Rupert Allen, by whom he had issue, three sons, Nicholas [born 1988], Charles [born 1990], and Thomas [born 1993].

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Monday, October 25, 2021

Hon Henry Channon 1970-2021

 The Hon Henry Channon, who has died aged 51, was son of the late life peer, the Baron Kelvedon [1935-2007], the former Conservative government minister Paul Channon, and was a grandson of the diarist and MP Sir Henry 'Chips' Channon [1897-1958], and his wife the Lady Honor Dorothy Mary Guinness [1909-76], daughter of the 2nd Earl of Iveagh [1874-1967].

The Lord Kelvedon, who died 27 January, 2007, at the age of 71, as Paul Channon, Conservative MP for Southend West, 1959-1997; and successively Secretary of State for Trade & Industry 1986-87, and Secretary of State for Transport 1987-89, in the Administration of Margaret Thatcher.

Henry Channon's mother was Ingrid Olivia Georgia Wyndham [1931-2009], scion of the Barons Leconfield, and former wife of Jonathan Guinness, later 3rd Baron Moyne [b 16 March, 1930].

The Hon Henry Channon married firstly, 12 Oct, 1996, Henrietta Towill, daughter of David Towill and his wife the former Lena Berni, of the family who founded Berni Inns, daughter of Aldo Berni. He married 2ndly, in 2009, Katherine Agneta Agnew [born 21 Aug, 1971], scion of the Agnew baronets, second daughter of Jonathan Geoffrey William Agnew [born 20 July, 1941], and his wife the Hon Agneta Joanna Middleton Campbell [1944-2002], daughter of the life peer the Baron Campbell of Eskan [1912-94]. He leaves two sons from his first marriage, Henry [born 2000] and Arthur [born 2001], and a son and a daughter from his second marriage, Edward [born 2009] and Marina [born 2011].

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Sunday, October 24, 2021

Emilia Maria Murray (born 2021

 Lady David Murray (nee Genevieve Maria Palmer, born 15 July, 1991), wife of Lord David Nicholas George Murray (born 1986), scion of the Dukes of Atholl, gave birth to a daughter, Emilia Maria, 23 October, 2021.

Lord David Murray is the second son of the 12th Duke of Atholl (born 6 Apr, 1960), and his first wife the former Lynne Elizabeth Andrew.

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Saturday, October 23, 2021

Alexander Sebastian Lindsay 1940-2021

 Alexander Sebastian [Sandie] Lindsay, who died 12 October, 2021, aged 81, was a scion of the Barons Lindsay of Birker, and was heir presumptive to his cousin, the 3rd Baron.

He was born 27 May, 1940, son of the Hon Thomas Martin Lindsay [1915-95], and his first wife the former Denise Theresa Marguerite Mary Vaughan [1912-2004]; married 1962, [Deirdre] Ann Dickson, daughter of Leonard William Dickson, by whom he had two sons and a daughter.


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Kelly/Wright engagement

 The engagement was announced 23 October, 2021, between Archibald Clive Kelly [born 3 January, 1992], eldest son of Major James Richard Kelly, of Oathlaw, co Angus, and his former wife Susannah Maria Scott [born 2 Oct, 1963], now of Empshott, Hampshire, scion of the Scott baronets, & Katherine Elizabeth Wright, only daughter of Mr & Mrs Thomas Wright, of Hook Norton, Oxfordshire.

Richard Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough [1813-84] > Hon Osbert Lumley [1862-1923] > Lady Lillian Lumley [1900-82] > Anne Austin [1929-2005] > Susannah Scott [b 1963] > Archibald Kelly [b 1992]

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The Baroness Maclean 1923-2021

 The Baroness Maclean, who died 17 October, 2021, aged 98, was the widow of the Baron Maclean, KT, GCVO, KBE, PC [1916-1990], sometime Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth II.

She was born Joan Elizabeth Mann, 30 May, 1923, daughter of Francis Thomas Mann [1888-1964], and his wife the former Enid Agnes Tilney [who died 1976], and married 7 June, 1941, the then Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean [born 5 May, 1916], son of Maj Hector Fitzroy Maclean [1873-1932], Scots Guards, and his wife the former Winifred Joan Wilding [1875-1941].

Her husband, who succeeded his grandfather as 11th Baronet in 1936, was 27th Chief of the Clan Maclean of Duart, was Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire, 1954-75, Chief Scout of the Scout Association 1959-71, and Lord Chamberlain to the Queen 1971-84. He was created a life peer, in 1971, as Baron Maclean, of Duart and Morven in the County of Argyll, KBE [1967], Knight of the Thistle [1969], GCVO [1971], and sworn of the Privy Council. Lord Maclean died at his home at Hampton Court Palace, 8 Feb, 1990.

Lady Maclean lived in a 'Grace and Favour' apartment in Hampton Court Palace. She leaves a son, the Hon Sir Lachlan Maclean, 12th Baronet [born 25 Aug 1942], and a daughter, the Hon Janet Barne [born 27 Dec, 1944]

Lady Maclean's funeral takes place at The Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace, 8 November, 2021.

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Hon Sybil Dinah Hives [born 2021]

 The Baroness Hives, wife of the 3rd Baron Hives, [Matthew Peter Hives], gave birth to a daughter, the Hon Sybil Dinah, 12 October, 2021, a sister for the Hon Florence Harriet Hives, who was born 13 July, 2020.

Matthew Peter Hives was born 25 May, 1971, son of the Hon Peter Anthony Hives [1921-74], by his wife the former Dinah Wilson-North, and is a grandson of the 1st Baron Hives, CH, MBE [1886-1965].

Matthew Hives succeeded his uncle, 8 Oct, 1997, as 3rd Baron Hives. He married in 2017, Dr Davina Meredith, youngest daughter of Mr David Meredith, of Shinrone, Co Offaly and Mrs Sandra Meredith, of Birr, Co Offaly.

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Friday, October 22, 2021

Elizabeth Cicely Stewart-Liberty [nee Stuart] [died 2021]

 Elizabeth Cicely [Liz] Stewart-Liberty [nee Stuart], who died 18 October, 2021, aged 91, was the widow of Arthur Stewart-Liberty, MC, TD [1916-90], of that landed gentry family, of The Lee.

She was born circa 1931, daughter of Hamish Hay Stuart, of The Kyles of Bute, Argyll, and married, as his second wife, Arthur Ivor Stewart-Liberty.

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[Rachel] Mary Seymour [nee Hambro] 1925-2021

 [Rachel] Mary Seymour, who died 14 October, 2021, aged 96, was a scion of the Hambro landed gentry family, and descended from the Marquesses of Hertford.

Rachel Mary Hambro was born 18 September, 1925, daughter of Capt Angus Valdemar Hambro, MP [1883-1957], and his second wife the former Vanda Dorothy Julia Charlton [she died 1981].

Her father was Conservative MP for N Dorset between 1937 and 1945, and High Sheriff of Dorset in 1934, and a director of the family bank.

She married 28 April, 1945, a distant cousin Major William Napier Seymour [1914-2011], late the Scots Guards, scion of the Marquesses of Hertford, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hugh Napier Seymour [1874-1933] and his wife the former Mary Adelaide Philips [1884-1977], by whom she had three daughters, Carolyn, Sarah and Arabella.

Francis, 1st Marquess of Hertford [1718-94] > Lord George Seymour [1763-1848] > Isabella Seymour [1801-56] > Lady Florentia Liddell [1828-1909] > Elizabeth Hughes > Vanda Charlton [d 1981] > Rachel Hambro [1925-2021]

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James Robert Hunt-Grubbe [born 2021]

 Katina Hunt-Grubbe [nee Kralevska], wife of Henry Walter W. Hunt-Grubbe [born 1980], scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a son, James Robert, 16 October, 2021.

Katina is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Vlasto Kralevski of Skopje, Macedonia.

Henry Hunt-Grubbe is the elder son of Robert Henry Hunt-Grubbe [born 1938], of Eastwell, Potterne, and his wife the former Julia Susan Anderson [born 1946].

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Thursday, October 21, 2021

Mollie Isla Diana Quinn [born 2021]

Olivia Clare Lucy Quinn [née Reeves, born 1989]. wife of Jonathan Patrick [Jonnie] Quinn [born 1989], gave birth to a daughter, Mollie Isla Diana, 7 October, 2021.

Olivia Quinn is a daughter of [Frederick] John Reeves [born 1947], of Devon, and his wife the former Diana Grace Angela Cavendish [born 30 January, 1954], scion of the Dukes of Devonshire.

Jonnie Quinn is a son of Peter N. Quinn, of Berkshire, and his wife the former Jean M. Leiper.

William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire [1720-64] > George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington [1754-1834] > Hon Henry Cavendish [1789-1873] > Francis Cavendish [1820-93] > Reginald Cavendish [1857-1941] > Godfrey Cavendish [1884-1914] > Godfrey Cavendish [1912-58] > Diana Cavendish [b 1954] > Olivia Reeves [b 1989] > Mollie Quinn [b 2021]

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Lady Margaret Dorothea Stirling-Aird [nee Boyle] 1920-2021

 The Lady Margaret Stirling-Aird, who died at Dunblane, 17 October, 2021, aged 100, was a scion of the Earls of Glasgow.

She was born Lady Margaret Dorothea Boyle, 20 November, 1920, third daughter of the 8th Earl of Glasgow [1874-1963], and his wife the former Hyacythe Mar Bell [died 1977].

She married firstly, 3 February, 1944 [div 1963], Capt Oliver Payan Dawnay, CVO [1920-88], courtier, scion of the Viscounts Downe, Private Secretary and Equerry to HM Queen Elizabeth [later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother] 1950-56, and Extra Equerry to HM, 1956-62.

The collapse of Lady Margaret's marriage to Capt Dawnay caused something of a scandal in palace circles in 1963 when divorce resulted in ostracism from the Royal Family. Oliver Dawnay had fallen in love with the Hon Iris Peake, LVO, who had been Princess Margaret's lady-in-waiting for a decade. When the Dawnay's marriage was dissolved he married Iris Peake in December, 1963. Both left royal service thereafter. Iris Peake had worked for MI6 at the close of the Second World War, where she was a contemporary of the notorious double agent George Blake.

Lady Margaret married for the second time in 1973, as his second wife, Peter Douglas Miller Stirling-Aird [1915-2004], of Kippendavie Lodge, Dunblane, son of Kenneth Aird. Stirling-Aird died 10 July, 2004.

Lady Margaret leaves issue from her first marriage, two sons, Charles Dawnay [born 1946], and Ivo Dawnay [born 1952, a godson of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother], and a daughter, Caroline [born in 1950]. 

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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Donald John Sword 1928-2021

Donald John Sword, who died 14 October, 2021, aged 93, was a scion of the Dennistoun Sword landed gentry family; born in 1928, son of Ronald Stevenson Sword [1897-1973], and his wife the former Enid Mary Weare [1899-1980]; and married in 1952, Beatrice Marion Boyle [born 1930], daughter of the Rev Noel Stuart Stirling Boyle [1888-1988], and his wife the former Beatrice Evelyn Norris [1893-1976], by whom he had a son and three daughters.

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Erskine/Miles engagement

 The engagement was announced 20 October, 2021, between Geordie James Donald Erskine [born 1990], second son of Major James Malcolm Kenneth Erskine [born 22 November, 1957], of Duncrievie, Perthshire, and his wife the former Jennifer MacLellan, and Tess P.H. Miles, only daughter of Mr J.D. Miles, of Tredington, Warwickshire, and Mrs K.V. Miles, of London.

Geordie Erskine is descended paternally from the Lords Cardross [Earls of Buchan], and from the Seymour Marquesses of Hertford, and thus from the Dukes of Somerset.

Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford [1812-84] > Lady Horatia Seymour [1842-1922] > Sir Arthur Erskine [1881-1963] > Donald Erskine [1925-2017] > James Erskine [b 1957] > Geordie Erskine [b 1990]

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Lorenzo Giulio Oreste Scaretti 1937-2021

  Lorenzo Giulio Oreste Scaretti, who died in Rome, 20 September, 2021, aged 84, was born in 1937, a son of Enrico Scaretti and his wife the former Marjorie Rose Jebb [1903-82], a descendant of the Viscounts Melville.

Lorenzo Scaretti married in 1977, Susanna Polednikova, who died in 1991.

The 2nd Viscount Melville [1771-1851] > Rev Hon Charles Dundas [1806-83] > Hon Alice Dundas [1847-1924] > Sidney Gladwyn Jebb [1871-1950] > Marjorie Jebb [1903-1982] > Lorenzo Scaretti [1937-2021]

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Geraldine Elizabeth Rusbridger [died 2021]

 Geraldine Elizabeth [Dinny] Rusbridger [nee Johnston], died 14 October, 2021, aged 79.

She was a daughter of Robert Johnston, of Kilchrenan, Argyll, and married 16 August, 1969, Peter Henry James Rusbridger [born 20 Sept, 1941], son of the Rev Henry John Allen Rusbridger [1904-85], and his wife the former Frances Elizabeth Shelley [1914-1996], scion of the Shelley baronets.

She leaves issue, a son Charles [born 1971], and daughter, Lucy [born 1973].

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Cosmo Alec Stevenson [born 2021]

 The Hon Meg Clemency Stevenson [nee Ryder, born 1983], wife of the Hon Charles Dennistoun Stevenson [born 1980], gave birth to a son, Cosmo Alec, 5 September, 2021. a brother for Nell [born 2015], and for Polly [born 2016].

The Hon Charles Stevenson is a son of the life peer the Baron Stevenson of Coddenham [born 19 July, 1945], and his wife the former Charlotte Vanneck [born 1947].

The Hon Meg Stevenson is a daughter of the life peer the Baron Ryder of Wensum, OBE, PC [born 4 February, 1949], and his wife the former Caroline Stephens, descended from the Viscounts Torrington.

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Oscar George Colburn [born 2021]

 The Hon Harriet Emily Colburn [born 1990], wife of Henry Colburn, gave birth to a son, Oscar George, 28 September, 2021.

Harriet [nee Ashton], is the eldest daughter of the 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde (born 18 July, 1958) of Broadwell Hill, Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Gloucestershire, by his wife the former Emma Louise Allinson.

Lord Ashton of Hyde is the fourth holder of the peerage created in 1911. The 1st Baron, as Thomas Gair Ashton, was Liberal MP for Hyde in Cheshire and later for Luton. He was a kinsman of the Luptons, from whom descends HRH The Duchess of Cambridge.

Henry Colburn is a son of Mr & Mrs Anthony Colburn, of Northleach, Gloucestershire.

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Monday, October 18, 2021

Victoria Mary Rose Whitworth [nee Buxton] 1937-2021

 Victoria Mary Rose Whitworth, who has died aged 84, was a scion of the Buxton baronets.

She was born Victoria Mary Rose Buxton, 16 January, 1937, eldest daughter of Major Robert James Buxton [1908-68], and his wife the former Lilla Mary Alyson Pumphrey [1914-79], scion of that landed gentry family; she married 1stly, 26 April, 1958, Maj David James Faulkner [1932-93], a great-grandson of the 6th Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, son of Lieutenant-Col Walter Douglas Faulkner, MC [1898-1940], and his wife the former Patricia Katherine Montagu Douglas Scott [1910-2012]; she married 2ndly, in 1999, Major-General Reginald Henry Whitworth [1916-2004], son of Aymer William Whitworth [1877-1976], and his wife the former Alice Lucy Patience Hervey [1887-1993], scion of the Marquesses of Bristol.

She leaves issue from her first marriage, four sons, John, Thomas, Matthew and Robert, and a daughter, Katherine.

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Oliver/Roe engagement

The engagement was announced 16 October, 2021, between George Anthony Andrew Oliver [born 1989], youngest son of Stewart Oliver, of Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk, and his wife the former Caroline Muriel Mary Birtwistle [born 24 July, 1955], and Emily Louisa Roe [born 1991], second daughter of John P.W. Roe [born 1958], of Brancaster, Norfolk, and Mrs Lucy Amanda Roe [born 1963, nee Burrowes], of Stamford, Lincolnshire, scion of the Burrowes landed gentry family.

George Oliver is a descendant of the Barons Trimlestown.

Charles Aloysius Barnewall, 19th Baron Trimlestown [1899-1990] > Hon Diana Barnewall [b 1929] > Caroline Birtwistle [b 1955] > George Oliver [b 1989]

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Susan Elizabeth Blackett 1944-2021

 Susan Blackett [nee Badger], who died 25 August, 2021, aged 77, was the widow of John Blackett, scion of the Blackett baronets.

She was the former Susan Elizabeth Badger, born 4 May, 1944, daughter of Michael William Badger and his wife the former Eleyn Elizabeth Hoskins, and married in 1977, as his second wife, John Beauchamp Blackett [born 6 May, 1939], scion of the Blackett baronets, son of Maj. Christopher William Stewart Burdett Blackett [1908-58], and his wife the former Kathleen Charlotte Williams-Wynn [1910-91].

Her husband died 5 June, 2019. Mrs Blackett leaves a daughter, Flora [born 1978].

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Olivia Eliza Gomme [born 2021]

 Daisy Alexandra Ruth Gomme [née Lawson, born 1983], wife of Peter Jeffrey Gomme, and scion of the Lawson baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Olivia Eliza, 29 September, 2021, a sister for George David Digby [born 2016], and for Hugo James Digby [born 2018].

Daisy Gomme is a daughter of Dr Simon Digby Lawson [1945-2015], and his wife the former Georgina Mary Sarll, and a granddaughter of Sir Digby Lawson, 2nd Baronet [1880-1959].

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Brian Charles Sweeny 1940-2021

 Brian Charles Sweeny, who has died aged 81, was a son of the socialite Margaret, Duchess of Argyll.

He was born at the Dorchester Hotel, 5 April, 1940, son of the American businessman Charles Francis Sweeny [1909-93], and his wife the former [Ethel] Margaret Whigham [1912-93], daughter of George Hay Whigham [1878-1960], of Upper Grosvenor St, W1, and his wife the former Helen Marion Mann Hannay [who died 1954].

A sister, Frances Helen Sweeny [born 1937], married 15 May, 1958, as his second wife, the 10th Duke of Rutland, CBE [1919-99], of Belvoir Castle.

Brian Sweeny's parents divorced in 1947, and his mother married 2ndly, 22 March, 1951 [divorced 1963], as his third wife, the 11th Duke of Argyll [1903-1973].

He married in 1978, Judith M. Dubelaar, by whom he had issue, a son Charles Cornelius [born 1981], and a daughter, Stephanie Frances [born 11 Nov, 1983].

The funeral services will be held at the Farm Street Church in Mayfair, 9 November, 2021. 

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General Colin Powell: his aristocratic ancestry revealed

 General Colin Luther Powell, who died 18 October, 2021, aged 84, served as 65th US Secretary of State in the presidency of George W. Bush. The Gulf War commander who once patrolled the old Cold War border of East Germany with Elvis Presley, was descended from the Coote baronets, and could claim a kinship with Diana, Princess of Wales.

Colin Powell [born 5 April 1937], was descended from General Sir Eyre Coote, Governor of Jamaica 1806-1808, who had children by a black slave girl.

Both General Powell and Diana, Princess of Wales were descended from Sir Charles Coote, of Castle Cuffe, Queen's County, Ireland, created a baronet by King James I in 1621. Sir Charles was killed in a skirmish in 1642.

Powell was a fourth couisn, albeit several times removed, of the late Diana. Tenuous? Maybe. But if Sir Charles Coote had never lived then neither would Powell or the late princess.

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James Tress Barry 1967-2021

 James Tress Barry, who died 10 October, 2021, aged 54, was a scion of the Barry baronets.

He was born 8 June, 1967, elder son of Richard John Barry [born 14 November, 1938], and his wife the former Jillian Frances Novis [born circa 1945]; and married 1stly 1998, Lisa, daughter of Denis Chapman, of Scalby, North Yorkshire, by whom he had a son and a daughter; married 2ndly, 2003, Lisa T. Helme.

A service of Thanksgiving takes place at St Mary's, Fairford, Gloucestershire, 18 Nov, 2021.

Jacob, 6th Earl of Radnor [1868-1930] > Lady Margaret Pleydell-Bouverie [1903-2002] > Richard Barry [b 1938] > James Barry [1967-2021]

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Guinevere Else Williamson [née Spencer] 1920-2021

Guinevere Else Williamson, who died 13 October, 2021, aged 100, was a scion of the Barons Churchill [cadets of the Duke of Marlborough].

Guinevere Else Spencer was born 6 November, 1920, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Almeric Spencer , OBE [1892-1984], and his wife the former Elsie Winifred Macan [1889-1969]; and was a great-great granddaughter of the 1st Baron Churchill [1779-1845].

She married 6 October, 1945 [div 1975], Major Charles Arthur Wellesley Williamson, MC [1914-1997], son of the Rev Charles Arthur Williamson, by whom she had four sons, Richard, Michael, Francis and Patrick, and a daughter, Sarah.

George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough [d 1817] > Francis Spencer, 1st Baron Churchill [1779-1845] > Sir Augustus Spencer [1807-93] > Augustus Spencer [1851-1912] > Edward Spencer [1892-1984] > Guinevere Spencer [1920-2021]

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Sinclair/Watson engagement

 The engagement was announced 16 October, 2021, between Henry William A. Sinclair [born 1994], son of Matthew J. Sinclair, of Northamptonshire, and his wife the former Amanda Evans, & Tara Cadogan Watson [born 1993], scion of the Barons Manton, daughter of the Hon Thomas Philip Watson [born 7 May, 1958], of North Yorkhire, and his 1st wife the former Venetia Margaret Cadogan Spicer [who died 22 Aug 2010].

Tara Watson is a granddaughter of the 3rd Baron Manton [1924-2003].

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Saturday, October 16, 2021

Saoirse Cara Waldegrave [born 2021]

The Hon Harriet Horatia Waldegrave, scion of the Earls Waldegrave, and her husband David Ring have had a daughter, Saoirse Cara, born 29 September, 2021.

Harriet Waldegrave (born 1988), is a daughter of the Baron Waldegrave of North Hill, PC (life peer - born 15 Aug 1946), of Chewton Mendip, Somerset, by his wife the former Caroline Linda Margaret Burrows (born 14 Aug 1952). Her father, Lord Waldegrave of North Hill, as William Waldegrave MP, was a Cabinet minister in the Thatcher and Major administrations between 1990 and 1997.

Harriet Waldegrave is a granddaughter of the 12th Earl Waldegrave, KG, GCVO (1905-95).

David W.R. Ring is a son of Mr and Mrs Dave Ring, of Dublin.

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Henry Alexander van Straubenzee [born 2021]

 _. Daisy Philippa van Straubenzee [nee Jenks, born 1991], wife of Charles Anthony van Straubenzee [born 1988], scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a son, Henry Alexander, 10 October, 2021, a brother for Clover Kitty, who was born 26 February, 2020.

Charlie van Straubenzee is a son of Alexander Henry van Straubenzee [born 1951], by his wife the former Claire Sonia Fenwick [born 1954], scion of that landed gentry family, and a descendant of the 6th Duke of Manchester [1799-1855].

Daisy van Straubenzee is a daughter of Philip Richard Jenks [born 1963], by his wife the former Alexandra Ulrike Wilson-Nicol [born 1963], daughter of Alexander James Wilson-Nicol [born 1933], by his wife the former Christiane F. von Canstein.

The infant is named Henry in honour of father Charlie's later brother, Henry, who died tragically in December, 2002, aged 18.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended the wedding of Charlie van Straubenzee and Daisy Jenks in 2018.

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Friday, October 15, 2021

Sir Gerrard Charles Peat, KCVO 1920-2021

 Sir Gerrard Peat, KCVO, who has died aged 101, was a partner in KPMG Peat Marwick (formerly Peat Marwick Mitchell), & Co., Chartered accountants, 1956-87, Auditor to the Queen's Privy Purse, 1980-88 [Assistant Auditor, 1969-80].

Gerrard Charles Peat was born 14 June, 1920, son of Charles Urie Peat, MC, MP [1892-1979], of Wycliffe Hall, and the former Ruth Pulley, and was educated at Sedbergh. He was a grandson of Sir William Barclay Peat, CVO [1852-1936], who was descended from the Barclays banking dynasty.

Career: FCA [1961], served in WW2 in the RAF and ATA [pilot] 1940-45; and Underwriting Member of Lloyd's from 1973; Member of the Corporation of the City of London, 1973-78, &c.

Gerrard Peat was appointed KCVO in 1988.

He married in 1949, Margaret Josephine Collingwood, by whom he had issue, one son, Sir Michael Peat, GCVO [born 16 Nov, 1949], sometime Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to HM The Queen, and principal private secretary to HRH The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.

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James Stephen [Jim] Woodhouse 1933-2021

 James Stephen Woodhouse, who died 11 September, 2021, aged 88, was headmaster of Rugby School, who at 34 was the youngest to hold the post since Thomas Arnold.

He was born 21 May, 1933, son of the Rt Rev James Walker Woodhouse, Bishop of Thetford [1884-1955] and his wife the former Kathleen Mry Harnett [1896-1958], and married in 1957, Sarah Maud Blount [born 1935], daughter of Maj Hubert Blount, MC [1910-79], of Cley Old Hall, Holt, Norfolk, and his wife the former Marion Emily Barclay [1906-90], scion of the Barclays of Higham, landed gentry, by whom he had issue, three sons, John, Michael and William, and a daughter, Hannah.

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Wallace/Ellis engagement

 The engagement was announced 15 October, 2021, between Alexander Ian Agnew Wallace [born 1992], eldest son of [John] Benjamin Agnew Wallace [born 24 May, 1958], of Congham, Norfolk, and his wife the former Katherine Victoria Harriet Baillie [born 5 November, 1962], and Rachael Sophie L. Ellis [born 1991], daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Alan Ellis, of Penton Mewsey, Hampshire, and his wife the former Emma L. Pilkington.

Alexander Wallace descends paternally from the Haworth-Booth landed gentry family, the Barons Bagot and the Earls of Jersey, and descends maternally from the Barons Burton.

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Thursday, October 14, 2021

Thomas Crosbie Dawson 1956-2021

 Thomas Crosbie Dawson, who died 8 October, 2021, aged 65, was a scion of the Dawson landed gentry family.

He was born 20 September, 1956, son of Major Robert Clarkson Crosbie Dawson [1916-96], and his wife the former Gillian Sutton [1921-87], scion of the Sutton baronets, and married in 1984, the Hon Katherine Jane Joicey [born 20 Apr, 1959], daughter of the 4th Baron Joicey [1925-1993], and his wife the former Elisabeth Marion Leslie-Melville [1928-2003], scion of the Earls of Leven & Melville, by whom he had issue, a son Robert [born 1992], and two daughters, Lucy [born 1987], and Helen [born 1989].

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Barnes/Bence-Trower engagement

 The engagement was announced 14 October, 2021, between Joshua Edward Vignoles Barnes [born 1992], elder son of Jeremy Edward Barnes, of Bristol, and his wife the former Camilla Imogen Vignoles, and Olivia Rose Bence-Trower [born 21 January, 1992], scion of that landed family, daughter of Nicholas Alexander Bence-Trower, of London, and his wife the former Nicola Sophie Bell.

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Lt-Col Henry George Dormer 1924-2021

 Lieutenant-Colonel Henry George Dormer, late the Royal Artillery, died 9 October, 2021. He was 97.

He was born in 1924, a son of Henry James Dormer [1890-1967], of Sudbury, Suffolk, and his wife the former Annie Hume [1890-1970]; and married 24 August, 1957, Susan Louise Everard [born 9 November, 1935], daughter of Sir Nugent Henry Everard, 3rd Baronet [1905-84], and his wife the former Frances Audrey Jesson [1905-75], by whom he had issue, two daughters, Sara and Charlotte.

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Hon Victoria Marion Ann Tower [nee Lever] 1945-2021

 The Hon Victoria Marion Ann [known as Plum] Tower, who died 4 October, 2021, aged 76, was an Extra Lady in Waiting to HRH The Princess Royal, and a scion of the extinct Viscounts Leverhulme.

She was born the Hon Victoria Marion Ann Lever, 23 September, 1945, second of the three daughters of the 3rd [and last] Viscount Leverhulme, KG [1915-2000], and his wife the former Margaret Ann Moon [died 1973].

Victoria Lever  inherited a share in the vast estate of her father, which consists of a series of family trusts created from the Lever family's Port Sunlight fortune. The assets at stake are composed of a 10,000-acre estate in the Wirral and a large area of land in Scotland, as well as property in London. 

She married 1stly, 27 September, 1966 [div 1973], John Richard Walter Reginald Carew Pole, [later Sir John Carew Pole, 13th Baronet, born 2 Dec, 1938], son of Sir John Gawen Carew Pole, 12th Bt [1902-93], and his wife the former Cynthia Mary Burns [died 1977]; married 2ndly, 3 Oct, 1975, [Robert] Gordon Lennox O'Reilly Apsion [1943-2013]; and married 3rdly, in 1990, Brigadier Peter Tower.

She was appointed an Extra Lady in Waiting to HRH The Princess Royal in 1974.

She leaves three children from her second marriage, two sons, Philip and Robert, and a daughter, Victoria.

The funeral takes place at All Saints' Church, Thornton Hough, the Wirral, 1 Nov, 2021.

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Theodore David Richard Skinner [born 2021]

Francesca Katherine Charteris Skinner [born 1987], wife of Miles David R Skinner (born 1986), gave birth to a son, Theodore David Richard, 5 Oct, 2021.

Francesca is a daughter of Richard William Lewis Groves, of Fontmell Parva, Dorset, by his wife the former Helen Mary Keppel Charteris (b 1956), scion of the Earls of Wemyss & March, dau of David Nigel Charteris (1920-2007), by his first wife the former Eupehmia Mary Inglis (1924-69), dau of Major-General Sir (John) Drummond Inglis, KBE, CB, MC (1895-1985), &c.

Miles Skinner is a son of the late David J Skinner by his wife the former Dominique G.R. Bates (b 1959), of Haslemere, Surrey.  

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Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Baroness Lee of Trafford [died 2021]

 Baroness Lee of Trafford, who died 1 October, 2021, aged 82, was the wife of life peer, the Baron Lee of Trafford [born 21 June, 1942].

She was the former Anne Monique Bakirgian, and married the then John Robert Louis Lee in 1975, son of Basil Lee [1911-83], and the former Miriam Farber [1911-81]. Her husband was Conservative MP for Nelson and Colne 1979-83, and for Pendle 1983-92, and was created a life peer in 2006 after joining the Liberal Democrats.

She is survived by her husband and two daughters, Deborah and Elspeth.

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Hugo Anthony Meynell 1936-2021

 Hugo Anthony Meynell, who died 1 October, 2021, aged 85, was a scion of the Meynells of Langley, born 23 March, 1936, the posthumous son of Capt Godfrey Meynell, VC, MC [1904-1935], and his wife the former Sophia Patricia Lowis [1905-91], and married in 1962, Anne Kirtland, by whom he had issue.

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Ann Watson [née Forbes-Robertson] 1929-2021

 Ann Watson [née Forbes-Robertson], who died 10 August, 2021, aged 92, was a scion of the Forbes-Robertson landed gentry family.

Born in 1929, she was a daughter of Colonel James Forbes-Robertson, VC, DSO, MC [1884-1955], and his wife, the former Hilda Forster [1893-1976], scion of the Forster baronets, daughter of Sir Ralph Collingwood Forster, 1st [and last] Baronet [1850-1930].

She married in 1951, Capt John Douglas Watson, MBE [deceased], son of Lieutenant-Colonel D.P. Watson, DSO, of Weymouth, Co Dorset, by whom she had a son, James [born 1955, deceased], and a daughter, Sally [born 1952].

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Monday, October 11, 2021

Nolan/von Matuschka engagement

 The engagement was announced 9 October, 2021, between Felix Wei An Nolan [born 1992], younger son of the Hon Michael Alfred Anthony Nolan [born 17 June, 1953], of Brook Green, London, and his wife the former Adeline Mei Choo Oh, and Gräfin Amelie von Matuschka [born 1994], daughter of Karl-Joseph Graf von Matuschka [born 1960], of Moone, Ireland, and his wife the former Jennifer Clare Young [born 1963].

Felix Nolan is a grandson of the life peer the Baron Nolan [1928-2007], and his wife the former Margaret Noyes [who died 2019], descended from the Mayne landed family, the Welds of Chideock, and the Barons Clifford of Chudleigh.

The 'royal' German ancestry of the bride-to-be:-

Friedrich Karl II Clodwig Konstantin Adolf Fst zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst [1846-1924] >Friedrich Karl III Ludwig Philipp Ernst Franz Joseph Fst zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst [1908-82]  >Amélie zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst [1936-85] >Karl-Joseph von Matuschka [b 1960] >Amelie Grafin von Matuschka [b 1994]


Fursdon/Waite engagement

The engagement was announced 11 October, 2021, between Charles McCreath Fursdon [born 19 Dec, 1986], scion of that landed family, youngest son of [Edward] David Fursdon [born 1952], of Cadbury, Devon, and his wife the former Catriona Margaret McCreath [born 1955], & Laura J. Waite, daughter of Mr & Mrs Peter Waite, of Plaistow, West Sussex.

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Alwyne, Lady Gillett 1931-2021

 Alwyne, Lady Gillett, who died 21 August, 2021, in Zurich, was the second wife, and widow, of Sir Robin Gillett, 2nd Baronet, a former Lord Mayor of London.

She was the former Alwyne Winifred Hay, daughter of James McDonald Hay, and married 1stly, 1954, John Lant. Her second husband, from 1963, was Judge Albert Edward Cox [1916-1992]; and married 3rdly, 8 July, 2000, Sir Robin Danvers Penrose Gillett, 2nd Baronet, GBE [born 9 Nov, 1925], son of Sir Sydney Harold Gillett, 1st Bt [1890-1976], and his wife the former Audrey Isabel Mark-Wardlaw [who d 1962].

Sir Robin was Lord Mayor of London 1976-77, and died 21 Apr, 2009.

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Saturday, October 09, 2021

Ottilie Flower Vandezee Stratton [born 2021]

 Victoria Stratton [née Harker], wife of Jack Richard Michael Stratton [born 1988], descended from the Boughey baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Ottilie Flower Vandezee, 8 October, 2021.

Jack is a son of the later Peter William Stratton [1947-2017], and his wife the former Caroline Claire Sparkes [now Mrs Claire Stratton, of Stour Row, Dorset].

Victoria is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Jamie Harker, of Whitchurch, Hampshire.

Sir John Boughey, 2nd Bt > George Boughey > Rev Anchitel Boughey > Katharine Boughey > Pamela Druce > Peter Stratton > Jack Stratton > Ottilie Stratton

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Brooke/Close engagement

 The engagement was announced 9 October, 2021, between George Francis Geoffrey Brooke [born 10 September, 1991], son and heir of Sir Francis George Windham Brooke, 4th Baronet [born 15 October, 1963], of Glenbevan, Croom, County Limerick, and his wife the Hon Lady Brooke [nee the Hon Katharine Elizabeth Hussey, born 1 Feb, 1964], and Emily Anne K. Close [born 1990], the only daughter of Thomas D. Close, of Horsham, West Sussex, and his wife the former Sarah Pool.

George Brooke is a grandson maternally of Lady Susan Hussey, GCVO [nee Waldegrave] [born 1 May, 1939] Woman of the Bedchamber to Her Majesty The Queen.

12th Earl Waldegrave, KG [1905-95] > Lady Susan Waldegrave [b 1939] > Hon Katharine Hussey [b 1964] > George Brooke [b 1991]

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Cohen/Gamon engagement

 The engagement was announced 9 October, 2021, between Rupert Lionel Cohen [born 1986], younger son of Sir Jonathan Lionel Cohen, QC [born 8 May, 1951], of London, and his wife the former Bryony Frances Carfrae, and Emma Florence Gamon [born 1991], younger daughter of Charles W.T. Gamon [born 1956], of Leigh, Kent, and his wife the former Michele S. Arthur.

Lionel Leonard Cohen, Baron Cohen, PC [1888-1973] [Law Lord] > Hon Leonard Cohen [1922-2007] > Sir Jonathan Cohen [b 1951] > Rupert Cohen [b 1986]

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Amelia FitzGerald [born 2021]

 _. Laura Caroline [Flo] FitzGerald [nee Tellwright, born 1987], wife of Edward FitzGerald [born 1988], scion of the Dukes of Leinster, gave birth to a daughter, Amelia, 2October, 2021, at Bury St Edmunds, a sister for Eve, who was born 24 March, 2020.

Edward FitzGerald is heir presumptive to his uncle the 9th Duke of Leinster [born 7 Apr, 1948], and is the only son of the late Capt Lord John FitzGerald (1952-2015), by his wife the former Barbara Zindel.

Flo FitzGerald is the younger dau of Mr (William) Kirkland Tellwright [born 1956], of Shropshire, by his wife the former Hon Caroline Fiona Fitzherbert (b 1956), second daughter of the 14th Baron Stafford (1926-86).

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Tiggy Rose Hanbury [born 2021]

 Victoria [Tori] Hanbury [nee Bigge, born 1989], wife of George Christopher Osgood Hanbury [born 6 Nov, 1987], scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a daughter, Tiggy Rose, 30 September, 2021, a sister for Ned, who was born 2 January, 2018, and for Rhoda Willow, to be known as Willow, who was born 18 March, 2020.

George Hanbury is a son of Maj Christopher Osgood Philip Hanbury (b 1944), of Shefford Woodlands, Berkshire, by his wife the former Bridget Anne Birch, & Victoria is a daughter of Peter William Bigge [born 1956], of Whorlton, co Durham, by his wife the former Michele Louise Kitson [born 1960].

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Friday, October 08, 2021

Julian John Evelyn Shuckburgh 1940-2021

 Julian John Evelyn Shuckburgh, who died 23 September, 2021, aged 81, was a publisher and Bach scholar, and a grandson maternally of the 3rd Viscount Esher [1881-1963].

He was born 30 July, 1940, son of Sir [Charles Arthur] Evelyn Shuckburgh, GCMG, CB [1909-1994], and his wife the former Hon Nancy Gladys Brett [1918-99]; and married firstly, in 1963 [div 1970], Faith Beatrice Wright, daughter of Sir Paul Herve Giraud Wright, KCMG OBE [1915-2005] and his wife the former Beatrice Frederika Rathbone, MBE [1910-2003]. He married secondly, in 1975,  Sarah Elizabeth Willcocks, daughter of Sir David Valentine Willcocks, CBE, MC [1919-2015] and his wife the former Rachel Gordon Blyth.

He leaves a son, Benjamin and a daughter, Matilda, from his first marriage, and a son, Alexander, and two daughters, Amy and Hannah, from his second marriage.

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Tara Louise Winifred Elliot [nee Weldon] 1943-2021

 Tara Elliot, who died 5 October, 2021, aged 78, was a scion of the Weldon baronets.

She was born Tara Louise Winifred Weldon, 27 September, 1943, daughter of Sir Thomas Brian Weldon, 8th Baronet [1905-79], and his wife the former Marie Isobel French [died 25 Feb, 2015], scion of the Barons De Freyne.

She married 20 January, 1967, Alan Christopher Elliot, by whom she had issue, a son, Dominic [born 1975], and three daughters, Sacha [born 1968], Larissa [born 1970], and Natalya [born 1978].

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Thursday, October 07, 2021

Major Michael Giles Neish Walker, CBE 1933-2021

 Maj. Michael Giles Neish Walker, CBE, died 29 September, 2021, aged 88.

He was born 28 August, 1933, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Giles Newsom Walker [1905-89], and his wife the former Mildred Brenda Nairn [1906-83], daughter of Sir Michael Nairn, 2nd Baronet [1874-1952], and his wife the former Mildred Margaret Neish [died 16 Oct, 1953]; and married 27 January, 1960, Margaret Ruby Hills [born 25 Sept, 1934], daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel John David Hills [1895-1975], and his wife the former Lady Rosemary Ethel Baring [1908-2004], daughter of the 2nd Earl of Cromer [1877-1953], and his wife the former Lady Ruby Florence Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound [1886-1961], scion of the Earls of Minto.

He leaves three children, two sons, Simon and Geordie, and a daughter, Nicola.

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Lady Iona Murray marries Capt Barnaby Spink

The marriage took place 18 September, 2021, at Scone Palace, between Capt Barnaby Frederick J Spink (born 1992), son of [Andrew David] Jonathan Spink [born Oct 1960], of Kimbolton, and his wife the former Kathryn Anne Armstrong [born 1963], & the Lady Iona Margaret Sophia Murray (born 13 March, 1992), daughter of the 8th (and ninth) Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield (born 17 October, 1956) of Scone Palace, Perthshire, and the Countess of Mansfield (nee Sophia Mary Veronica Ashbrooke (born 22 January, 1959).

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Owen/Cazalet engagement

 The engagement was announced 7 Oct, 2021, between John W. Owen, youngest son of Mr & Mrs John Owen, of Acton Pigott, Shropshire, and Fleur Lucy Cazalet [born 1989], daughter of Mr & Mrs Julian Cazalet, of Holland Park, London.

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Toom/Daniell engagement

The engagement was announced 7 Oct, 2021, between Eerik T. Toom, elder son of Mr and Mrs Taavi Toom, of Vormsi, Estonia, and Georgina Lucy [Georgie] Daniell [born 1993], scion of that Irish landed gentry family, daughter of Anthony Hamilton Daniell [born 1954], of Shaftesbury, Dorset, by his wife the former Sarah Hunter Jones.

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Edward Geoffrey Clifton-Brown 1928-2021

Edward Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, who died 30 September, 2021, aged 93, was a scion of the Brown baronets.

He was born 22 July, 1928, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Benedict Clifton-Brown [1899-1983], and his wife the former Robina Margaret Hill Sutton [1898-1978]; and married 1stly, 17 Oct, 1953 [div 1958] Jillian Mary Walkinshaw [1932-2009], descended from the Barons Basing, daughter of David Walkinshaw [1900-1967], and his wife the former Barbara Betty Coode Coode-Adams [1906-95], scion of that landed gentry family; married 2ndly, 17 Sept, 1960, Sarah Simonetta Francis, daughter of Roger Herbert Francis.

He leaves a son, James and a daughter, Margaret, from his first marriage, and two daughters from his second marriage, Louise and Sarah.

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Dora Johnstone 1927-2021

Dora Johnstone, of Cornaa Mill, Maughold, Isle of Man, who has died, was the widow of Fitzroy Johnstone [1922-79], scion of the Johnstone baronets, and descended from the Dukes of Beaufort.

She was the former Dora Lofthouse, daughter of Alexander Lofthouse [1898-1959], and his wife the former Alice Barlow; and married in 1956, Major Fitzroy Montague Veitch Johnstone [born 29 May, 1922], son of Major Fitzroy Augustus Beauclerk Johnstone [1878-1931], and his wife the former Alida Helen Veitch [who d 25 Aug 1968], by whom she had a son, [Fitzroy] Jonathan [born 1957], and two daughters, Judith [born 1959], and Jennifer [born 1962].

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Hon Sophie Elizabeth Ankaret Sabbage [née Edwards] 1966-2021

 The Hon Sophie Elizabeth Ankaret Sabbage [née Edwards], who died 1 October, 2021, aged 55, was a daughter of the life peer the Baron Crickhowell [1934-2018], who, as Nicholas Edwards, was Conservative MP for Pembroke, and Secretary of State for Wales in the Thatcher administraion.

She was born in 1966, daughter of the then Roger Nicholas Edwards, and his wife the former Ankaret Healing, and married in 2008, John Sabbage, son of Henry Sabbage, by whom she had a daughter, Gabriella.

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Sir Mervyn Tregonwell Medlycott, 9th Baronet 1947-2021

 Sir Mervyn Medlycott, 9th [and last] Baronet, died 22 June, 2021. He was 74.

Mervyn Tregonwell Medlycott was born 20 February, 1947, son of Thomas Anthony Hutchings Medlycott [1909-70], and his wife the former Cecilia Mary Eden [died 2002].

Mervyn Medlycott, who was unmarried, succeeded to the baronetcy [created in 1808], on the demise of his uncle, Sir James Medlycott, 8th Baronet, in 1986.

On his death, at the Manor House, Sandford Orcas, Dorset, the baronetcy became extinct.

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Sir Dennis Walters, MBE, 1928-2021

 Sir Dennis Walters, MBE, who died 1 October, 2021, aged 92, was a former Conservative MP for Westbury.

Dennis Murray Walters was born 28 November, 1928, son of Douglas Walters, and his wife the former Clara Pomello. He was Conservative MP for Westbury, 1964-92, appointed MBE in 1960, and knighted in 1988.

He was thrice wed: firstly in 1955 [div 1969] to Vanora McIndoe, daughter of Sir Archibald McIndoe, CBE, FRCS [1900-60]; married 2ndly, in 1970 [div 1979], as her second husband, Celia Mary Sandys [born 18 May, 1943], daughter of the life peer the Baron Duncan-Sandys, CH, PC [1908-87], and his first wife, the former Diana Spencer-Churchill [1909-63], scion of the Dukes of Marlborough, daughter of the Rt Hon Sir Winston Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, &c [1874-1965]; married 3rdly, in 1981 [div 2004], Bridgett Shearer.

Sir Dennis leaves issue, a son and a daughter from his first marriage, and a son by his second wife, and a son and a daughter by his third wife.

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Effie Margo Tyrwhitt-Drake born 2021

Emily Alexandra M. Tyrwhitt-Drake [nee Moore, born 1988], wife of Jack Montague F. Tyrwhitt-Drake [born 1988], scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a daughter, Effie Margo, 30 September, 2021, a sister for Tiggy, who was born 22 June, 2020.

Jack is the youngest son of William Thomas Perceval Tyrwhitt-Drake [born 10 Sept, 1942], of East Meon, Hampshire, head of that landed gentry family, by his wife the former Philippa J.M. Bibby [born 1957].

Emily is the eldest daughter of Dr Simon P.G. Moore, of Chiswick, London, and Dr Anna C. Moore [nee Thompson].

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Sir Andrew Ronald Emilius Laurie, 8th Baronet 1944-2021

 Sir Andrew Laurie, 8th Baronet, died 3 September, 2021. He was 76.

Andrew Ronald Emilius Laurie was born 20 October, 1944, son of Ronald Edward Laurie [1911-52], and his wife the former Rosemary Lilian Fullerton [died 1995], and succeeded to the baronetcy, created in 1834, on the death of his kinsman, 27 December, 2017.

He married 11 Apr, 1970, Sarah Anne Patterson, daughter of C.D. Patterson, by whom he had issue, two sons, John and Michael.

He is succeeded in the baronetcy by his elder son, John Christopher Emilius Laurie, who was born 12 June, 1971.

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Alwyne Arthur Compton Farquharson of Invercauld, MC 1919-2021

 Capt Alwyne Farquharson of Invercauld, MC, 16th Chief of the Name and Arms of Farquharson, died 6 October, 2021. He was 102.

Alwyne Farquharson held the rare distinction of having been landlord to the Queen [who, for some years, leased grouse moors close to Balmoral from the Farquharson estate].

Captain in the Royal Scots Greys he was awarded the MC in 1945.

He was born Alwyne Arthur Compton, 1 May, 1919, scion of the Marquesses of Northampton, elder son of Maj Edward Robert Francis Compton [1891-1977], of Newby Hall, near Ripon, and Torloisk, Aros, Isle of Mull, and his 1st wife Sylvia Farquharson [1899-1950], of that Scots landed gentry family.

In 1949 he assumed the surname of Farquharson and was recognised as such by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. He was Scotland's longest serving clan chief who served as the head of Clan Farquharson for more than seven decades.

He married firstly, 3 Feb, 1949, as her third husband, Mrs Frances Strickland Lovell Gordon [died 1991], whose 1st husband was Hon James Henry Bertie Rodney [1893-1933], and 2nd husband was Charles Gordon. She was a daughter of Robert Pollard Oldham, of Seattle, United States.

He married 2ndly, 1993, Mrs Patricia Gabrielle Estelle Parry de Winton, widow of Nicholas John Denny Parry de Winton, scion of that landed gentry family, and daughter of Henry Simms Norman Simms-Adams.

Alwyne Farquharson leaves no issue from either marriage and is survived by Madame Patricia Farquharson. 

On his 102nd birthday in May he handed over the chieftainship of the Clan Farquharson to his great-nephew, Philip Compton, who assumed the surname of Farquharson of Invercauld.

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Tuesday, October 05, 2021

The Countess of Crawford & Balcarres has died aged 96

 The Countess of Crawford & Balcarres, who died 2 October, 2021, aged 96, was the wife of the 29th Earl of Crawford [and 12th Earl] of Balcarres, KT, GCVO, PC, DL [born 5 March, 1927].

Her husband is 29th Earl of Crawford (Scotland, let. pat. 21 Apr 1398), 12th Earl of Balcarres (Scotland, let. pat. 9 Jan 1650/51), 37th Lord Lindsay of Crawford (Scotland, let. pat. bef. 1143), 13th Lord Lindsay of Balcarres (Scotland, let. pat. 27 Jun 1633), 12th Lord Balniel (Scotland, let. pat. 9 Jan 1650/51), 5th Baron Wigan, of Haigh Hall in the County of Lancaster, (United Kingdom, let. pat. 5 Jul 1826), Baron Balniel, of Pitcorthie in the County of Fife (United Kingdom Life Peerage, let. pat. 24 Jan 1975), and Head of the House of Lindsay, Premier Earl of Scotland on Union Roll.

The earl was created, 24 Jan 1975, Baron Balniel, of Pitcorthie in the County of Fife (Life Peer).

Lord Crawford and Balcarres was Lieut, Grenadier Guards 1945-49; Deputy Lieutenant of Fifeshire 1953; Member of Parliament (Conservative) for Hertford 1955-74 and for Welwyn and Hatfield 1974; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Financial Secretary of the Treasury 1955-57 and to Minister for Housing and Local Government 1957-60; Minister of State, Ministry of Defence 1970-72 and Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1972-74; Privy Councillor 1972; First Crown Estate Commissioner 1980-85; Lord Chamberlain to HM The Queen Mother 1992-2002; Knight of the Thistle 1996; GCVO 2002.

She was the former Ruth Beatrice Meyer-Bechtler, daughter of Leo Meyer-Bechtler, of Zurich, and married the then Robert Lindsay, styled Lord Balniel, 27 December, 1949, son of the 28th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres [1900-75], and his wife the former Mary Katherine Cavendish [died 1994], scion of the Dukes of Devonshire, by whom she had issue, two sons, Anthony, styled Lord Balniel [born 24 Nov, 1958], and the Hon Alexander Lindsay [born 18 Mar 1961], and two daughters, Lady Bettina Drummond-Hay [born 26 June, 1950], and Lady Iona Mackworth-Young [born 10 Aug, 1957].

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Sunday, October 03, 2021

Hon Patricia Anne Kidston [nee Manners] 1927-2021

 The Hon Patricia Anne Kidston, who died 11 September, 2021, aged 94, was a scion of the Barons Manners. She was a great-granddaughter of the statesman, the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury.

She was born Patricia Anne Manners, 13 May, 1927, daughter of the 4th Baron Manners [1897-1972], and his wife the former Mary Edith Gascoyne-Ceil [1900-94], scion of the Marquesses of Salisbury.

She married 6 April, 1946, John Bonham Kidston [1922-1968], scion of that landed gentry family, son of George Jardine Kidston [1873-1954], and his wife the former Lilian Frances Bonham [1883-1953], scion of the Bonham baronets, by whom she had two sons, Francis [born 12 May 1947], and Jonathan [1949-2012], and a daughter, Virginia [1953-2005].

Robert, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury [1830-1903] > Lord Rupert Gascoyne-Cecil [1863-1936] > Mary Gascoyne-Cecil [1900-94, see above]

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Saturday, October 02, 2021

Frederick Charles Theodore [Freddy] Markham 1949-2021

 Frederick Charles Theodore [Freddy] Markham, who died 27 September, 2021, aged 72, was a scion of that landed gentry family, son of Canon Gervase Markham, MBE [1910-2007], and his wife the former Barbara Mary Dalzell Banks [1916-92]; he married in 1976, Suzanna Pauline Steel, daughter of Ian Steel, of Kirkwood, Lockerbie, Dumfries.

Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford [1812-84] > Lady Constance Seymour [1852-1915] > Winifred Barne [1881-1967] > Rev Gervase Markham [1910-2007 - see above]

Burial and thanksgiving at the Church of St. Laurence, Morland, on 12 October, 2021.  

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Lady Leng [nee Pearson] 1930-2021

 Lady Leng, who died 8 September, 2021, aged 90, was a second cousin of the Queen.

The former Virginia Rosemary Pearson was born in 1930, daughter of Major Archibald David Barclay Pearson [1899-1982], scion of that landed gentry family, and his wife the former Hilda Constance Helen Blackburn [1902-86]; and married in 1951 [div 1981] General Sir Peter Leng, KCB, MBE, MC [1925-2009], by whom she had three sons and two daughters.

Claude, 13th Earl of Strathmore [1824-1904] > Lady Constance Bowes Lyon [1865-1951] > Hilda Blackburn [1902-86] > Virginia Pearson [1930-2021]

A Memorial Service is to take place at St John The Baptist Church, Stockton, Wilts, 22 October 2021.

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Anthony Gerard Astley Birtwistle 1928-2021

 Anthony Gerard Astley Birtwistle died 26 September, 2021, aged 93. He was born in 1928, son of James Astley Birtwistle [1889-1975], and his wife the former Muriel Mary Marwood [1892-1988]; married 30 Oct, 1954, the Hon Diana Barnewall [born 13 Oct, 1929], daughter of the 19th Baron Trimlestown [1899-1990], and his wife the former Muriel Schneider [1894-1937], by whom he had issue, four daughters, Caroline [b 1955], Emma [b 1957], Lucinda [b 1960], and Sophia [b 1964].

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Rev Canon [Edward] Gregory Ambrose Wilford Page-Turner 1931-2021

 The Rev Canon Edward Gregory Ambrose Wilford Page-Turner, who died 19 September, 2021, aged 89, was head of that landed gentry family of Ambrosden; born in 1931, son of Frederick Ambrose Wilford Page-Turner [1882-1936], and his wife the former Marguerite Farndon Morris [1910-2004].

A  Thanksgiving requiem service takes place at St Mary’s Church Beaminster, 28 October, 2021.

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Shaw/Pratt engagement

 The engagement was announced 2 October, 2021, between T.W. [Tom] Shaw, only son of the late Barry Shaw and Mrs Shaw, of Amport, Hampshire, and Rebecca Rose Pratt [born 1993], scion of that landed gentry family, of Ryston Hall, younger daughter of Nicholas Julian Hedley Pratt [born 1958], of Ryston, Norfolk, and his wife the former Julia M. Fawcett.

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McPherson/Stevens engagement

 The engagement was announced 2 Oct, 2021, between Rory John McPherson [born 2 Nov, 1989], only son of Malcolm William McPherson, of Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, and his late wife the former Hilary Ann Cobb, & Olivia Catherine Anne Stevens [born 1989], younger daughter of Julian Bryan Stevens, of Clanfield, Oxfordshire, and his wife the former Elizabeth Margaret Moira Bevis [born 29 Aug, 1960].

Olivia Stevens is descended from the Earls of Haddington:-

6th Earl of Haddington [1680-1735] > Charles, Lord Binning [1697-1732] > Hon George Baillie [1721-97] > George Baillie [1763-1841] > Hon John Baillie [1810-88] > Cecilia Baillie [1846-1914] > John Barstow [1872-1914] > John Barstow [1905-77] > Elizabeth Barstow [b 1933] > Elizabeth Bevis [b 1960 see above]

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Antony Lansdowne Granville 1945-2021

 Antony Lansdowne Granville, who died 18 September, 2021, was a scion of the Granvilles of Wellesbourne, born in 1945, son of Lieutenant-Col John Granville [1913-84], and his wife the former Helen Briar Rose [1915-95], daughter of Sir Frank Stanley Day Rose, 2nd Baronet [1877-1914]; married in 1970, Harriet Anne Horlick [born 6 June, 1950], daughter of Sir John Horlick, 5th Baronet [1922-95], and his wife the former June Cory-Wright [1926-2006], by whom she had a son, Edward [born 1972], and a daughter, Matilda [born 1975].

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Rev William Lister Archibald Pryor 1939-2021

 The Rev William Lister Archibald Pryor, who died 25 September, 2021, aged 82, was a scion of the Pryor landed gentry family, born in 1939, son of the Rev Archibald Selwyn Pryor [1903-44], and his wife the former Elizabeth Guliema Lister [1906-93]; married 27 Oct, 1962, Elizabeth Laura Buxton [1941-2018], scion of the Buxton baronets, daughter of Lieutenant-Col. Desmond Gurney Buxton [1898-1987], and his wife the former Rachel Mary Morse [1906-94], of that landed gentry family, by whom he had issue, three sons and a daughter.

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Scott-Bowden/Barge engagement

 The engagement was announced 2 October, 2021, between Arthur James Scott-Bowden [born 1993], third and youngest son of Major James Russell Scott-Bowden, the Welsh Guards [born 1958], of Alderley, Gloucestershire, and his wife the former Nicola Jane Shepherd, and Lydia C.G. Barge, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Henry Barge, of Auchtermuchty, Fife.

Arthur Scott Bowden is descended from the Price baronets:--

Sir Francis Caradoc Rose Price, 5th Baronet [1880-1949] > Helen Price [1920-2010] > Maj. James Scott-Bowden [see above]

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Tinúviel Joanna Margaret Vyner Compton [born 2021]

 Fleur Aline Isabel Compton [born 1989, nee Stuart-Wortley Hunt], wife of Orlando Edward de Grey Compton (born 1986), scion of the Marquesses of Northampton, gave birth to a daughter, Tinúviel Joanna Margaret Vyner, 28 September, 2021.

Fleur is a scion of the Earls of Wharncliffe, only daughter of John Wortley-Hunt, of Marshall, Texas, and Lady Rowena Montagu Stuart Wortley (born 14 June, 1961), of Wortley, South Yorkshire, daughter of the late 4th Earl of Wharncliffe (1935-87).

Orlando Compton is the elder son of Richard Clephane Compton (born 18 Apr, 1957), of Newby Hall, Ripon, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Lucinda Jane Astell Hohler [born 22 Dec, 1960], scion of that landed family.

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Friday, October 01, 2021

Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi [born 2021]

 _. Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi [born 8 Aug, 1988], and Mr Edoardo Alessandro M. Mapelli Mozzi [born London 1 November, 1983], have named their infant daughter Sienna Elizabeth.

Baby Sienna was born on 18 September, 2021, at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital at 23:42 and weighed in at 6lb 2oz.

Sienna Mapelli Mozzi , 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.

Sienna 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. Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi, born 18 September, 2021

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Zoë Hyde-Thomson [nee d'Erlanger], JP 1930-2021

 Zoë Hyde-Thomson [nee d'Erlanger], who died 27 September, 2021, aged 91, was born 7 February, 1930, a daughter of Baron Robin Emile Frederick Regis d'Erlanger, MC [1896-1934], and Myrtle Farquharson of Invercauld [1897-1941], who was recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms as Chief of the Name and Arms of Farquharson of Invercauld, and was killed by enemy action, 11 May, 1941.

Zoë d'Erlanger married 26 Oct, 1950, Paul Cater Hyde-Thomson [1927-2012], son of Robert Hyde-Thomson [1890-1970], and his wife the former Joan Perronet Sells [1891-1972], by whom she had a son, Henry, and four daughters, Catherine, Philippa, Eleanor and Lucy.

She was widowed 23 Apr, 2012.

The funeral service takes place at St Andrew’s Church, North Kilworth, 12 October 2021.

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Malcolm Offord's life peerage

 A Conservative party donor who failed to win election to Holyrood in May, 2021, is to be made a Scotland Office minister. Businessman Malcolm Offord will be given a peerage to allow him to take up the UK government role.

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said Mr Offord "will bring to bear a wealth of valuable business experience" as the country recovers from the pandemic. 

The move has drawn accusations of "cronyism" from the SNP, who said it showed "contempt for democracy".

Mr Offord, who founded the private equity firm Badenoch and Co, stood as a Conservative candidate for the Lothian region in May's Scottish Parliament election.

He previously ran the pro-union No Borders campaign during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum and has donated thousands of pounds to the Conservative party in recent years.

The Edinburgh-based businessman replaces Banff and Buchan MP David Duguid, who was sacked from his Scotland Office junior ministerial role during Boris Johnson's recent Cabinet reshuffle.

Offord's peerage has been gazetted in the name style and title of Baron Offord of Garvel, of Greenock in the County of Renfrewshire.

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Major General Mark Jeremy Strudwick, CBE 1945-2021

 Major General Mark Jeremy Strudwick, CBE, died 26 September, 2021. He was 76.

He served as General Officer Commanding Scotland 1997-2000. 

Educated at St Edmund's School in Canterbury and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Strudwick was commissioned into the Royal Scots in 1966. He was twice mentioned in despatches for his service in Northern Ireland. He was appointed Commanding Officer of 1st Bn the Royal Scots in 1984 and then became an instructor at the Staff College, Camberley in 1987. In 1990, Strudwick was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and later that same year was appointed Commander of 3rd Infantry Brigade. In 1992, Strudwick was appointed to the office of the Deputy Military Secretary at the Ministry of Defence. He was made Director of Infantry in 1996 and then General Officer Commanding Scotland in 1997; in that role he was simultaneously Governor of Edinburgh Castle. He retired in 2000. He was also Aide-de-Camp to the Queen.

From 2000 to 2012, he was Chief Executive of the Prince's Scottish Youth Business Trust. He was Chairman of Trustees of the Royal Scots Club Edinburgh.

He was born in 1945, son of Ronald Strudwick and his wife the former Mary Beresford.

Maj-Gen Strudwick married 1stly, 1970, Jane Elizabeth Coleridge Vivers [who died in 2013]; married 2ndly, in St Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh Castle, 16 May, 2021, Mrs Susan Jennifer Garrett-Cox [born 1943], widow of Martin Hayward Garrett-Cox [1941-2003], and daughter of Douglas Albert Guest, CVO [1916-96], and his wife the former Peggie Florentia Falconer [1918-2009], scion of the dormant Lords Falconer of Halkerton.

He leaves a son, Piers, from his first marriage, and step-children, Jeremy, Robin and Sacha, from his second marriage.

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Joan Elizabeth Farquharson [ née Mallet] 1930-2021

 Joan Elizabeth Farquharson died 28 September, 2021, aged 91.

She was born in 1930, a daughter of Sir William Ivo Mallet, GBE, KCMG [1900-88], sometime British Ambassador to Yugoslavia, and his wife the former Marie Aniela Wierusz-Kowalska.

She married in 1955, Robert Alexander Farquharson, CMG [1925-2005], late of Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, sometime British Ambassador to Yugoslavia, Lord of the Manor of Bockleton, son of Capt John Phelips Farquharson, DSO, OBE, and his wife the former Phyllis Ruth Prescott-Decie.

She was widowed 28 September, 2005. 

Mrs Farquharson leaves two sons and one daughter, and was predeceased by one son.

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Thomas Geoffrey Timothy Rose Price 1948-2021

 [Thomas Geoffrey] Timothy Rose Price, who died 23 September, 2021, aged 73, was a scion of the Price baronets, and grandson of Lord Dunboyne.

He was born 16 September, 1948, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Caradoc Rose Price, DSO, OBE [1912-88], and his wife the former Hon Maureen Maude Tower Butler [1919-2007], daughter of the 17th/27th Lord Dunboyne [1874-1945].

He married 17 May, 1975, Leila Anne Katherine Rasch [born 19 May, 1952], scion of the Rasch baronets, daughter of Sir Richard Rasch, 3rd Baronet [1918-96], and his wife the former Anne Mary Dent-Brocklehurst [died 1989], scion of that landed family, by whom she had issue, two sons, Dominic [born 1978], and Patrick [born 1980], and a daughter, Katherine [born 1985].

Tim Rose Price was a nephew of the actor Dennis Price [1915-73].

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Lady Nicholas Gordon Lennox, CVO 1934-2021

 Lady Nicholas Gordon Lennox, CVO, who died 26 September, 2021, aged 87, was widow of the diplomat Lord Nicholas Gordon Lennox, KCMG, KCVO [1931-2004], a British Ambassador to Madrid.

Lady Nicholas, an Extra Lady in Waiting to HRH Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy, from 1990, was honoured by the Queen who appointed her to the Royal Victorian Order.

She was born Mary Williamson, 20 March, 1934, scion of the Williamson baronets, the only child of Brigadier Hudleston Noel Hedworth Williamson, DSO, MC, and his second wife Leila Isabel Lodwick, and married 14 January, 1958, Lord Nicholas Charles Gordon Lennox, second son of the 9th Duke of Richmond & Gordon [1904-89], of Goodwood, Sussex, and his wife the former Elizabeth Grace Hudson [1900-92], by whom she had issue, a son, Anthony [1969-2017], and three daughters, Sarah [born 1960], Henrietta [born 1962], and Lucy [born 1965].

The funeral is to take place at Chichester Cathedral, 11 Oct, 2021.

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Tallulah Willa Harrison [born 2021]

 The Hon Clementina Rose Harrison [nee Elphinstone, born 1989], wife of Oliver William Salusbury Harrison [born 1988], and scion of the Lords Elphinstone, gave birth to a daughter, Tallulah Willa, 28 September, 2021.

Clementina Harrison is the only daughter of the late 18th Lord Elphinstone [1953-1994], by his wife the former Willa Mary Gabriel Chetwode [born 1954], scion of the Barons Chetwode [she is now Mrs Thomas Lloyd, of Carmarthenshire].

Clementina is a kinswoman of HM The Queen. Her great-grandfather, the 16th Lord Elphinstone, KT [1869-1955], married in 1910, the Lady Mary Frances Bowes Lyon, DCVO [1883-1961], a sister of HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother [1900-2002].

The Harrisons married on 30 October, 2020, at St Matthias Church, Richmond on the Hill.

Oliver Harrison is the eldest son of Mr & Mrs Christopher Harrison, of All Stretton, Shropshire.

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