Tuesday, March 08, 2022

Pepys/Delsante engagement

 The engagement was announced 8 March, 2022, between, the Hon Sam Richard Pepys [born 26 April, 1986], second son of the late 8th Earl of Cottenham [1948-2000], and his wife the former Sarah Lombard-Hobson [who married 2ndly, 27 June, 2007, Mr Richard Ford], & Miss Giorgia Delsante, daughter of Luca Delsante, and Adele Oppici, of Parma, Italy.

The Hon Sam Pepys is a younger brother of the 9th Earl of Cottenham [born 11 Oct, 1983], who is married to Christina. Lord and Lady Cottenham have a son, Charlie, Viscount Crowhurst [born in Shanghai, 20 Aug, 2020].

The Earldom of Cottenham was created in 1850, for Charles Pepys [1781-1851], a distinguished parliamentarian and lawyer, who was Lord High Chancellor 1836-41, and 1846-50. The famous 17th century diarist Samuel Pepys was a distant cousin.

Sam's grandfather, the 7th Earl [1907-68], married in 1933, the former Lady Angela Nevill [died 1980], daughter of the 4th Marquess of Abergavenny [1883-1954].

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