Julian Bernard Hugh Crandall Hollick 1947-2025

 Julian Hollick, who died at his home in France, 6 June, 2025, aged 77, was brother of the Duchess of Leinster.

Julian Bernard Hugh Crandall Hollick was born in 1947, son of Harry Bernard Hollick (1912-1985), and his wife the former Fiona F.M. Purcell (1917-2003), and was a brother of Fiona Mary Francesca Hollick (born 1953), wife since 1972, of the 9th Duke of Leinster (born 7 April, 1948).

Julian was an award-winning producer and writer of radio documentaries about Islam and Asia, including The World of Islam (1981-84), Passages to India (1985-89), Letters from Jitvapur (1991-92), Apna Street (1994-96), Monsoon (1997) and Sadak Chhap (2002). With over twenty years experience reporting on international affairs and producing radio for NPR and the BBC, he had previously been awarded numerous grants by the NEH, NSF, Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, Carnegie Corporation, the UNDP and the Massachusetts Cultural Council for his radio programs. ABC's Peter Jennings has called Julian "the person who taught me about Islam", and by countless Indians (at home and abroad) as "the man who knows more about India than we Indians." (Radio Midday, Mumbai)

          "Time is perhaps the most important element in my programs. I try and live for months on end with the people whose stories I want to tell. And return again and again, deepening earlier friendships. The second ingredient is not to look at them through Western eyes. If you ask Western questions you'll get Western answers. Which may be comforting, but tell you absolutely nothing about another culture. And you have to want to know them, to care about them, and treat them as your equals."

          Educated at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in France (where he also taught), and the London School of Economics (both in International Relations), he also lectured at the Open University and the University of Ulster, before becoming a print and then radio journalist. He wrote on European politics, Islam and India for newspapers, academic journals and magazines, including Smithsonian Magazine and Arabia, throughout the US, Europe, and the Asian and Arab worlds. He worked on a series about how Muslims in a variety of countries actually integrate their faith into their other identities. The series was called Living Islam and was broadcast nationally, starting in New York City, in Fall 2003.

He leaves a widow Martine (nee Crandall) and two children, a son Jerome Francis Crandall Hollick (born 1975), and Margot.

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Jeremy John Bowater Tulk-Hart 1947-2025

Jeremy John Bowater Tulk-Hart died 30 May, 2025. He was 78.

He was born 27 May, 1947, son of Richard Braddyll Tulk-Hart (1913-1996), and his wife the former Pamela Johnsen (1918-2010), a granddaughter of Major Sir Frank Bowater, 1st Baronet (1866-1947); and married 1974, Sally Virginia Lyndall-Alesbury (born 1945), by whom he had issue, a son, Richard (born 1977), and two daughters, Frances (born 1976), and Camilla (born 1980).

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Rosemary Denyse Mary Daniel (née Wilkinson) 1940-2025

Rosemary Denyse Mary Daniel (née Wilkinson), died 28 May, 2025. 

She was born in 1940, daughter of Major James William Wilkinson, by his wife the former Yseult Mary De La Poer, scion of that landed gentry family; and married in November, 1960, Lieutenant-Colonel John Robert Austen Daniel (1933-2004), of Chideock, Dorset, son of Colonel Lee Daniel, of Godalming, Surrey, by whom she had issue, four sons, James (born 1961), Robert (born 1962), Thomas (born 1967), and Christopher.

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Carnegie/St Aubyn marriage

 The marriage took place 7 June, 2025, between the Lord George William Carnegie (born 23 March, 1992), second son of the 4th Duke of Fife (born 3 May, 1961), of Kinnaird Castle, Brechin, Angus, and the Duchess of Fife (nee Caroline Anne Bunting, born 13 Nov, 1961), and Matilda Elizabeth St Aubyn (born 19 January, 1994), scion of the Barons St Levan, the elder daughter of the late Michael Piers St Aubyn (1959-2002), and his wife the former Astrid Elizabeth Lumley (now Mrs James Findlay), of Watership Down, Hampshire.

Lord George is a third cousin once removed of King Charles III.

 Lord George is descended from the Royal House:-

King Edward VII > Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife > Princess Maud of Fife > the 3rd Duke of Fife > 4th Duke of Fife > Lord George Carnegie

Matilda is descended from the Barons St Levan:-

The 1st Baron St Levan > Hon Lionel St Aubyn > Geoffrey St Aubyn > Michael St Aubyn > Matilda St Aubyn

George and Matilda are related thus:-

Matilda Elizabeth St Aubyn → Michael Piers St. Aubyn (her father) → Lt.-Cdr. Geoffrey Piers St. Aubyn (his father) → Lady Mary Theresa Parker (his mother) → Margaret, Countess of Morley (her mother) → Mary Anne Lindsay (her mother) → Anne Lindsay (her mother) → Sir Coutts Trotter, 1st Baronet (her father) → Archibald Trotter (his father) → Jean Steuart (his mother) → Sir Robert Steuart of Allanbank,1st Baronet (her father) → Helen Stewart (his daughter) → Andrew Elliot, of Greenwells (her son) → Agnes Murray Carnegie (his daughter) → Sir James Carnegie, 5th Baronet (her son) → James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk (his son) → Charles Noel Carnegie, 10th Earl of Southesk (his son) → Charles Carnegie, 11th Earl of Southesk (his son) → James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife (his son) → David Charles Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife (his son) → Lord George William Carnegie (his son)

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The Baron Freeman, PC 1942-2025

Lord Freeman, who died 2 June, 2025, aged 83, was the least-known of the seven members of John Major’s Cabinet who lost their seats as New Labour swept to power in 1997; he had been Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and minister for the public service (effectively Lord High Everything Else) for almost two years.

Roger Norman Freeman, Baron Freeman, was born 27 May 1942 – 2 June 2025),[1] was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major from 1995 to 1997. He was the Conservative MP for Kettering from 1983 to 1997, and was made a life peer in 1997. His peerage was gazetted as Baron Freeman, of Dingley in the County of Northamptonshire. He sat in the House of Lords until his retirement on 1 October 2020.

After an unsuccessful attempt to be elected as MP for Don Valley in 1979, Freeman was finally elected as MP for Kettering in 1983. Before joining the Cabinet, he served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Armed Forces (1986–88), Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health (1988–90), and Minister for Public Transport (1990–1995) ranking as Minister of State. In that post he was responsible for steering through the House of Commons the Railways Bill, providing for the privatisation of British Rail and enacted as the Railways Act 1993. At the time he achieved a degree of notoriety with his comment on a "cheap and cheerful" rail service being provided for typists. In the 1993 Birthday Honours, Freeman was sworn of the Privy Council.

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Wright/Floyer-Acland engagement

The engagement was announced 10 June, 2025, between Jack Marshall, eldest son of Mrs Marshall, of Broseley, Shropshire, and the late Mr John Marshall, & Beatrice Rose Floyer-Acland (born 1990), bscion of the Acland baronets, youngest daughter of Richard Stafford Floyer-Acland (born 1 January, 1952), of Much Wenlock, Shropshire, by his wife the former Sarah Margaret Synge (born 9 Aug, 1955).

Beatrice Floyer-Acland is a descendant of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 6th Bt (cr E, 1678), and 10th Bt (cr E, 1644).

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Anthony Francis Anson 1951-2025

 Anthony Francis Anson, who died 6 June, 2025, aged 73, was a scion of the Earls of Lichfield, and a descendant of the 1st Duke of Abercorn.

He was born 4 November, 1951, a son of Francis Richard Anson (1926-1989), and his wife the former Ann Armytage (born 14 Aug, 1928), daughter of Sir John Lionel Armytage, 8th Baronet (1901-1983); and married in 1985, Sally Churton, daughter of Colonel Geoffrey Vardon Churton (1913-2013), and his wife the former Myra Elaine Winterbottom (1923-1973), by whom he had issue, a son, Patrick Francis Anson (born 5 Aug, 1996), and a daughter, Caroline Myra Anson (b 1990).

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Elmhirst/Lawrence-Millard engagement

 The engagement was announced 9 June, 2025, between Capt (Richard) Jeremy William Elmhirst (born 1996), of The Scots Guards, scion of that landed gentry family, the eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel (Charles) Marcus Ross Elmhirst (born 1972), of Betws Ifan, Ceredigion, and his wife the Hon Jessamy Jane Lewis (born 1972), &  Nichola Holly Lawrence-Millard (born 1998), daughter of Mr Reginald Millard (born 1952) and Mrs Elizabeth Joan Lawrence-Millard (nee Lawrence), of Oswestry, Shropshire.

Capt Jeremy Elmhirst is a grandson of the Hon Trevor Oswin Lewis, CBE (1935-2015), the disclaimed 4th Baron Merthyr, and is a nephew of the 5th Baron Merthyr.

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Lady Marina Windsor engaged to Nico Macauley

 A 'royal' engagement has just been announced. The latest member of the House of Windsor to become engaged is Lady Marina Windsor, a granddaughter of the Duke and Duchess of Kent. The happy bride to be has shared an Instagram image of the engagement ring and her aristocratic  fiancé, Nico Macauley.

It is not known when Lady Marina and Nico, both 32, started dating though the socialite cousin of the King was first linked to the cyber security account executive in 2023, when she posted a selfie with Nico to mark his 30th birthday. Lady Marina recently has shared images on Instagram featuring Nico in a loving embrace at last year’s Glastonbury festival.

Nico Julian Macauley (born 6 April, 1993), is the elder son of the late William Francis Macauley (born 30 Sept, 1953), and his wife the former Nicola Jane Thompson. Nico's father died 16 June, 2019, aged 65. He was a grandson of the newspaper magnate, William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose (1879-1954).

Nico was educated at the top Catholic school Ampleforth College in Yorkshire and at Newcastle University.

Nico's grandfather, William Perine Macauley (who died in 1990), of Ballward House, County Wicklow, married 7 April, 1948, the Hon Diana Phyllis Berry (1924-94), fourth daughter of the 1st Viscount Camrose. 

The 1st Viscount Camrose started his working life as a journalist and established his own paper, Advertising World, in 1901. Berry made his fortune with the publication of the First World War magazine The War Illustrated, which at its peak had a circulation of 750,000. In partnership with his younger brother, Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley (the elder brother was Seymour Berry, 1st Baron Buckland), he purchased The Sunday Times in 1915 and was its editor-in-chief until 1937. In 1919 the pair also purchased the Financial Times.

In 1924 the Berry brothers and Sir Edward Iliffe set up Allied Newspapers and purchased the Daily Dispatch, the Manchester Evening Chronicle, the Sunday Chronicle, the Sunday News, and the Sunday Graphic, as well as a string of other newspapers across the country. In Cardiff they merged four newspapers into the Western Mail. In 1927 they purchased The Daily Telegraph from the 2nd Harry Levy-Lawson, 1st Viscount Burnham, with William Berry becoming its editor-in-chief. In 1937 they purchased its rival, The Morning Post.

In 1926, the Berry brothers/Allied Newspapers purchased Amalgamated Press (AP), which had been started by Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, in 1901 (Harmsworth had died in 1922).

Berry bought out his partners in 1937 and amalgamated The Morning Post with The Daily Telegraph, with himself as chairman and editor-in-chief. His sons Seymour, the 2nd Viscount, and subsequently Michael, continued to run the newspaper until 1986; in addition, Seymour was Vice Chairman of Amalgamated Press from 1942 to 1959 (when AP was acquired by the Mirror Group).

Camrose provided financial assistance to Sir Winston Churchill after the Second World War. He and ten other wealthy well-wishers each donated £5,000 to the Churchills, allowing them to keep their home, Chartwell, on the condition that it would be presented to the nation upon their deaths.

One of Nico's great-aunts, Sheila, Countess of Birkenhead (nee Berry) (1913-92), was a lady-in-waiting to Lady Marina's great-grandmother and namesake, Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent from 1949 to 1953. Another of Nico's great-aunts was Shelagh (nee Macauley), Countess of Lisburne (who died in 2016), wife of the 8th Earl of Lisburne, a television executive. Nico's father was a first cousin of Lady Juliet Townsend, DCVO, a Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon from 1971 to 2002.

Nico's cousin, Valerie McNair-Scott was wife of the 8th Earl of Longford. She died 22 January, 2023. Another cousin is the actor Joshua Sasse (born 9 December, 1987).

Lady Marina Charlotte Alexandra Katharine Helen Windsor (born 30 September, 1992), is a great-great granddaughter of King George V and a second cousin once removed of King Charles III. She is the second child, and eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of St Andrews. Her father is the elder son and heir of HRH The Duke of Kent, who is a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.

Lady Marina’s only brother is Edward, styled Baron Downpatrick, who will one day succeed to the dukedom of Kent. Marina’s sister, Lady Amelia, is a mannequin. Both Edward and Amelia are single. 

Nico's parents married in Westminster, 5 February, 1992. They have a younger son, Alexander Ronnie Macauley born in 1995.

Lady Marina is a Roman Catholic and excluded from the line of succession to the Throne.

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Ingilby/Chitty marriage

  The marriage took place at Ripley, North Yorkshire, 17 May, 2025, between Richard Joseph Frederick Ingilby (born 9 December, 1994), fourth son of Sir Thomas Colvin William Ingilby, 6th Baronet (born 17 Jul 1955), of Ripley Castle, near Harrogate, and Lady Ingilby (nee Emma Clare Roebuck Thompson), and Miss Laura Chitty.

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Baroness Temple-Morris (died 2025)

 The Baroness Temple-Morris, who died 31 May, 2025, aged 86, was the widow of life peer, the Baron Temple-Morris (1938-2018), who, as Peter Temple-Morris was the Conservative MP for Leominster in 1974; he stood down in 2001 after changing parties. He sat in the House of Lords as a Labour peer.

She was the former Taheré Khozeimeh Alam, daughter of  Senator Hossein Khozeimeh Alam, of Tehran, and married Peter Temple-Morris in 1964, by whom she had issue, four children.

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Belcher/Abel Smith engagement

The engagement was announced 7 June, 2025, between Matthew Colin Belcher (born 1988), son of Robert Belcher, of Warwick, and his wife the former Marie Hailey, and Marina Mary Abel Smith (born 26 January, 1991), scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Charles Ralph Abel Smith (born 1959), of Little Leighs, Essex, and his wife the former Julia Wolton (born 1959).

The bride-to-be is descended from the Barons Raglan:-

Richard Somerset, 2nd Baron Raglan [1817-84] > Hon Violet Somerset [1874-1935] > Ralph Abel Smith [1903-97] > Wilfrid Abel Smith [1929-2010] > Charles Abel Smith [b 1959] > Marina Abel Smith [b 1991]

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Hector Anson Bentley Laing (born 2025)

Josephine Elizabeth Laing (born 1993, nee Bentley), wife of Hector Grant Laing [born 1988], gave birth to a son, Hector Anson Bentley, 29 May, 2025.

Hector Laing Snr is a son of the Hon Mark Hector Laing [born 1951], of Dunphail, Moray, and his wife the former Susanna Anson Crawford.

Josephine is a daughter of David G. Bentley, of Midhurst, West Sussex, and his wife the former Jane Bull.

The infant is a great-grandson of the life peer the Baron Laing of Dunphail [1923-2010], and his wife the former Marian Clare Laurie, scion of the Laurie baronets.

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Colonel Robert Shaun Longsdon, LVO 1936-2025

 Colonel Robert Longdson, LVO, who died 23 May, 2025, aged 88, was a scion of that landed gentry family. 

He was appointed LVO in 2006 for his service as Lieutenant, Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms.

Robert Shaun Longsdon was born in 1936, son of Robert Cyril Longsdon (1900-1989), and his wife the former Evadne Flower (1911-2003), scion of that landed gentry family, and married in 1968, Caroline Susan Watson (born 1946), daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Colvin Watson, OBE, MC, TD (1918-2004) and his wife the Hon (Joan) Sybil Berry (1919-1988), daughter of the 1st and last Baron Buckland (1877-1928), by whom he had issue, three sons, James, Rupert and Charles, and a daughter, Laura.

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Pia Rose Clare Campbell-Lamerton (born 2025)

 Lucy Anne I. Campbell-Lamerton (nee Colacicchi, born 1990), wife of Rory Patrick Chichester Campbell-Lamerton [born 1989], a descendant of the Barons Leconfield, gave birth to a daughter, Pia Rose Clare, 21 May, 2025, a sister for Max Finn Chichester, who was born 16 February, 2023.

Rory is the eldest son of Capt Michael Patrick Campbell-Lamerton, of Bishop's Tawton, co Devon, by his wife the former Clare Caroline Maxse [born 3 August, 1960], a descendant of the Barons Berkeley and Barons Leconfield.

Lucy is the younger daughter of William M. Colacicchi [born 1954], of Bringhurst, Leicestershire, by his wife the former Clare Elizabeth Vivienne Clutterbuck [born 1958], scion of that landed gentry family. Lucy's younger sister is Cecilia Mary Elizabeth Fitzalan Howard, Countess of Arundel & Surrey [born 1988], wife of the Duke of Norfolk's heir. She is a granddaughter paternally of Count Paul Edward Colacicchi.

2nd Baron Leconfield [1830-1901]-->Hon Mary Wyndham [1870-1944]-->Maj John Maxse [1901-78]-->Col. Martin Maxse [b 1935]-->Clare Maxse [b 1960]-->Rory Campbell-Lamerton [b 1989]

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Delphina Pandora Wentworth-Stanley (born 2025)

 Cressida Curzon Wentworth-Stanley (born 18 February, 1989, nee Bonas), wife of Harry David Wentworth-Stanley [born 1989], scion of that landed family, has given birth to a daughter, Delphina Pandora, 27 May, 2025, a sister for Wilbur James, who was born 21 November, 2022. 

Harry is the second son of Nicholas Philip Wentworth-Stanley [born 1954] by his former wife the former Clare Husted Steel [now Marchioness of Milford Haven].

Cressida, an actress, is descended from the Earls Howe, is the daughter of Mr Jeffrey Bonas, by his former wife the former Lady Mary-Gaye Georgiana Lorna Curzon [born 21 February, 1947], daughter of the 6th Earl Howe [1908-1984].

Mrs Wentworth-Stanley is a former girlfriend of HRH The Duke of Sussex, KCVO.

The infant's middle name is given in memory of Cressida's late half-sister, Pandora Cooper-Key, who died 22 July, 2024.

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Chetwode/Torrington engagement

 The engagement was announced 7 June, 2925, between Harry Thomas Christopher Chetwode (born 2 November, 1996), scion of the Barons Chetwode, son of Richard Christopher Chetwode (born 6 May, 1964), of Eastcote, Northamptonshire, and his wife the former Sheelagh Maria Boylan (born 2 May, 1969), and Ashleigh T. Torrington,  younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Trevor Torrington, of Farnham, Surrey.

Harry Chetwode is a great-great-grandson of Field Marshal the 1st Baron Chetwode,  GCB, OM, GCSI, KCMG, DSO, GCStJ (1869 –1950), a great-grandson of the 5th Viscount Hampden (1902-75), & a great-great-grandson of the 1st Viscount Camrose (1879-1954)

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Faber/Lyall Grant engagement

 The engagement was announced 7 June, 2025, between Thomas Mark Nicholas Faber (born 1992), third son of the late Mark James Julian Faber (1950-1991), and his wife, the former Anne Griffith (now Mrs Annie Muir, of London), & Lucy A. Lyall Grant, only daughter of Sir Mark Justin Lyall Grant, GCMG (born 29 May, 1956), a former senior diplomat who was previously the United Kingdom's National Security Adviser and Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations, by his wife Sheila.

Thomas Faber is a grandson of Julian Tufnell Faber (1917-2002), and his wife the Lady Anne Caroline Macmillan (1923-2016), daughter of the Rt Hon Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC, FRS (1894-1986), Prime Minister 1957-63, &c.

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Anita Benedetta Money (nee Auden) 1941-2025

 Anita Benedetta Money, who died 1 June, 2025, aged 84, was a scion of the Auden landed gentry family, and was a niece of the poet W.H. Auden.

She was born in 1941, a daughter of John Bicknell Auden (1903-91), the geologist and explorer, and his wife the former Sheila Bonnerjee (1913-2002),  a granddaughter of a founding president of the Indian National Congress Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee.

She married in 1968, Lennox B. Money (born 1939), by whom she had a son, Otto Luke (born 1973).

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Prince Nicholas Emanuelovich Galitzine 1944-2025

 Prince Nicholas Emanuelovich Galitzine died 18 May, 2025. He was 80.

He was born in Belfast, 19 October, 1944, the 1st son of Prince Emanuel Galitzine (1918-2002), and his wife the former Gwendoline Rhodes (1920-2011), daughter of Capt Stanley Rhodes and his wife the former Edith Hey; and married twice, firstly, 17 April, 1971, Anne Ramsay (1947-2006), and 2ndly, 6 September, 2014, Angela Thompson, and leaves issue from his first marriage, two sons, Prince Alexander (born 17 Dec, 1973), and Prince James Michael (born 15 June, 1980), and a daughter, Princess Elizabeth Tanya (born 2 January, 1977).

A Memorial Service is to be held at St Michael's Church, Bray, Berkshire, 20 June 2025.

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Anak, Lady Francis Russell 1942-2025

Anak, Lady Francis Russell, who died 27 May, 2025, aged 83, was the former wife of Lord Francis Russell, a scion of the Dukes of Bedford.

Anak Russell was a fashion model who worked with Pierre Cardin, and partner of Basil Embiricos, the Greek shipping heir.

She was born Faith Ibrahim, in May, 1942, daughter of Dr S.I.M. Ibrahim, of Singapore, and married firstly, George Carrington, and married 2ndly, 29 March, 1971 (div) Lord Francis Hastings Russell (born 27 February, 1950), son of the 13th Duke of Bedford (1917-2002), of Woburn Abbey, by his 2nd wife the Hon Lydia Yarde-Buller (1917-2006), daughter of the 3rd Baron Churston (1873-1930).

From her first marriage she leaves issue, a son, William, and a daughter Patricia. From her marriage to Lord Francis she leaves a daughter, Czarina Lydia Russell (born 14 July, 1976), the songwriter, lyricist and singer.

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Robert Quentin Yeatman 1933-2025

 Robert Quentin Yeatman, who died 2 June, 2025, aged 91, was a scion of that landed gentry family.

He was born in 1933, son of Wing Commander Hary Morgan Yeatman, RAF (1895-1968), a descendant of the Stanley Earls of Derby, and his wife the former Sylvia Marguerite Giraud Wright (1907-1989), scion of that landed gentry family, & married 1 June, 1963, Victoria Belinda (Linda) Villiers (born 24 March, 1938), scion of the Earls of Clarendon, second daughter of Richard Montagu Villiers (1905-1973), and his wife the former Nancy Godwin (1908-2000), by whom he had issue, three daughters, Catherine (b 25 Aug, 1964), Lucy (born 22 Nov, 1966), and Rosanna (b 1973).

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Stewart/Stephenson Clarke engagement

The engagement was announced 6 June, 2025, between Major Alexander D.J. Stewart, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, younger son of Major and Mrs Alistair Stewart, of Andros, Greece, & Jessica Elizabeth Emilie Stephenson Clarke (born 2 July, 1994), scion of the Clarke landed gentry family, youngest daughter of Edmund John Stephenson Clarke (born 1959), of Letcombe Regis, Oxfordshire, and his wife Mrs Susan Heinrich (nee Harrison).

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George Edward de Stacpoole (born 2025)

 Amelia H.E. de Stacpoole (nee Smith), wife of George Edward Stacpoole, Marquis de Stacpoole [born 1983], gave birth to a son, George Edward, 1 June, 2025, a brother for Adeline, who was born 4 December, 2022.

Amelia is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Michael Forbes Smith, of Earnley, Sussex. George de Stacpoole is the son of George Richard Derek Andrew Stacpoole, 7th Duc de Stacpoole [born 1948], of Roundstone, Ireland, by his former wife the former Anne L Duxbury [now Mrs Patrick Creasy, of Ludlow, Shropshire].

The de Stacpooles are an Irish landed gentry family, whose head is the Duke and Marquis de Stacpoole in the Papal States.

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Robert Alan Albert (died 2025)

 Robert Alan Albert died 29 May, 2025, aged 91.

The son of James Albert, of Boston, Mass, USA, he married 22 August, 1963, Revel Sarah Guest (born 14 Sept, 1931), scion of the Barons Wimborne, daughter of Major the Hon Oscar Montague Guest (1888-1958), and his wife the former Kathleen Susan Paterson (who died in 1982), descended from the earls of Huntingdon. His wife was a granddaughter of the 1st Baron Wimborne (1835-1914), and his wife Lady Cornelia Spencer Churchill (1847-1927), daughter of the 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822-1883). His wife died 8 June, 2022.

He leaves a son, Justin (born 19 Feb, 1965), and a daughter, Corisande (born 10 Mar, 1967).

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Philip Walter Frank Arkwright 1935-2025

 Philip Arkwright, who died 23 May, 2025, aged 89, was a scion of that landed gentry family.

Philip Walter Frank Arkwright was born in London in Oct, 1935, second son of Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Godfrey Bertram Arkwright, DSO, MC (1905-1942), and his wife the former Joyce Nancy Evelyn Pepys (1908-2001). 

He was a Major in The Blues & Royals. He married 11March, 1959, Cecilia Caroline Georgina Scott (1936-1995), daughter of Commander Geoffrey Thomas Archibald Scott, RN (1895-1958), and his wife the former Geraldine Amelia Watt, by whom he had issue, two sons, Dominic (b 16 Mar, 1961), and Francis (b 8 Mar, 1965), and a daughter, Annabel (b 16 May, 1962).

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Nina Bovill (nee Laycock) (died 2025)

Nina Bovill died 21 May, 2025. She was 73.

A daughter of K.J. Laycock, of South Yarra, Melbourne, Australia, she married circa 1974, Miles William Bovill (born 6 November, 1945), descended from the Leigh baronets, middle son of Major William Frederick Bovill, OBE (1905-1982), and his wife the former Marjorie Joan Leigh (1910-1985), daughter of Sir John Leigh, 1st Baronet (1884-1959), by whom she had two children, Camilla & Beanie.

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Dugdale/Mahony engagement

The engagement was announced 4 June, 2025, between Sholto William Woodward Dugdale (born 1996), only son of Luke Petroc Norwood Dugdale (born 1961), of Loxwood, West Sussex, and his wife the former Elizabeth Bailey (born 1955), & Maeve Evelyn Jessica Mahony (born 6 March, 1998), youngest daughter of Michael Mahony, of Dockenfield, Hampshire, and his wife the former Rosamond Beatrice Elizabeth Adams (born 17 Apr, 1960), daughter of Richard George Adams (1920-2016), and his wife the former Barbara Elizabeth Dyke Acland (1929-2023), scion of the Acland baronets.

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Cornelia Isidora Celestia Perpetua Fane de Salis (born 2025)

Caroline Vanessa Fane de Salis, wife of of Rodolph William Fane de Salis (bon 4 November, 1970), of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a daughter, Cornelia Isidora Celestia Perpetua, 25 May, 2025.

Rodolph is the second son of the late Major Jerome Otway Fane de Salis (1929-1989), and his wife the former Caroline Jane Knight (born 3 Dec, 1935), a granddaughter maternally of the 2nd Baron Monk Bretton (1869-1933).

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Mary Violet Buxton (née Buxton) 1924-2025

 Mary Violet Buxton died 22 May, 2025, aged 100. She was a scion of the Buxton baronets.

She was born 11 July, 1924, the eldest daughter of Wing Commander Denis Alfred Jex Buxton (1895-1964), and his wife the former Emily Mary Hollins (1897-1970), and married 9 December, 1950, as his second wife, her kinsman, David Roden Buxton (born 26 February, 1910), son of Charles Roden Buxton (1875-1942), and his wife the former Dorothy Frances Jebb (1881-1963), scion of that landed gentry family. Her husband died 17 Nov, 2003.

Mrs Buxton leaves two sons, Charles and James, and two daughters, Richenda and Francesca, and was predeceased by a daughter, Elizabeth.

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Miskin/Kennaugh marriage

 The marriage took place 31 May, 2025, at Chelsea Old Town Hall, between Charles James Monckton Miskin, KC (born 29 November, 1952), son of Nigel Monckton Miskin (1921-2004), and his wife the former Hilda Meryl Knight, and kin of the Viscounts Monckton of Brenchley, & Mrs Catharine Kennaugh (née Miller).

It is Mr Miskin's third marriage. 

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