Cara Rose Cohen (b 2025)

Emma Florence Cohen (née Gamon), wife of Rupert Lionel Cohen [born 1986], gave birth to a daughter, Cara Rose, 8 September, 2025, a sister for Kitty, who was born 15 November, 2023.

Rupert is the younger son of Sir Jonathan Lionel Cohen, QC [born 8 May, 1951], of London, and his wife the former Bryony Frances Carfrae.

Emma Cohen [born 1991], is the 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] > Cara Cohen {b 2025}

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Anton Rudolf Marie Georg Christoph Hubertus Johannes Karl Aglaë, Fürst Esterházy von Galántha 1936-2025

Anton, Fürst Esterházy von Galántha, patriarch of one of Hungary's most noble families, died 22 September, 2025. He was 88.

He was born 27 December, 1936, son of Antal Maria Pál Miklós Esterházy von Galántha (1903-1944), and his wife Gabriella Gfn Apponyi de Nagy-Appony (1910-86);  and married 1stly, 24 January, 1986 (divorced 2013), Ursula Koenig (born 2 Oct, 1941); and married 2ndly, 3 June, 2013, Svetlana Bardadim (born 1956), and he leaves a son by his first marriage, Pál-Antal Nikolaus Maximilian Fst Esterházy von Galántha (born 18 February, 1986).

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Stevens/Steele engagement

 The engagement was announced 30 September, 2025, between Julian Nicholas Stevens (born 1980), son of the late Alastair D. Stevens and his late wife the former Karen Angel Edels , formerly of Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire, and Augusta Louisa Mary Nicholson Steele (born 3 August, 1984), younger daughter of Michael John Nicholson Steele (born 1951), of Angus, and (Alexandra) Paula Mary Steele, of London (born 1954, nee Graham-Watson, scion of that landed gentry family).

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Groat/Ouvaroff marriage

 The marriage took place, 20 September, 2025, at Wimborne Minster, between Cameron J.M. Groat, son of Mr and Mrs M.J.M. Groat, of Wimborne, Dorset, & Lara Alexandra Ouvaroff (born 1996), daughter of (Count) Dominic William Ouvaroff (born December, 1966), of Wandsworth, London, and his wife the former Jennifer J. Baxendale.

Lara's descent from the Marquesses of Exeter:-

The 3rd Marquess of Exeter, PC (1825-1895) > Lord Francis Cecil (1851-1889) > Violet Dorothea Cecil (1878-1953) > Aubretia Phyllis Ames (b 1909) > Count Stephen Ouvaroff (1935-2017) > Count Dominic Ouvaroff (b 1966) > Lara Ouvaroff (b 1996)

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von Westenholz/Zaki marriage

The marriage took place, 18 September, 2025, at Marylebone Town Hall, between Mark Henry Cosimo von Westenholz (born 8 January, 1973), the second son of the late Charles Patrick Paul Graf von Westenholz (1945-2006), of Widford, Hertfordshire, by his wife, the former Lady Mary Marianella Anne Kerr (b0rn 20 March, 1944), scion of the Marquesses of Lothian, & Miss Saira Zaki (born April, 1973).

Mark von Westenholz is a grandson of the late 12th Marquis of Lothian, KCVO (1922-2004). 

It is Mr von Westenholz's second marriage. He married firstly in 2005, Melissa Sanders, a daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael Sanders, of Chawton, Hampshire, by whom he has issue.

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Gordon Edward Malone 1937-2025

Gordon Edward Malone died 10 September, 2025, aged 88.

He was born in 1937, son of George Beasley Malone (1905-1989), and his wife the former Kate Nicholson (1904-1992); & married 4 June, 1964 (div. 1991), Olga Deirdre Moore Stewart (born 28 September, 1936), scion of the Stewart baronets, daughter of Harold Vivian Moore Stewart (1908-2001), and his first wife Ella Marie Falconer (who died 1986), by whom he had two daughters, Amanda (born 1966) and Catherine (born 1968).

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Talbot/Mayo engagement

The engagement was announced 27 September, 2025, between Sholto Richard John Talbot (born 1993), scion of the Earls of Shrewsbury, youngest son of David John Talbot (1960-2018), and his wife the former Margret Manson Cameron (now Plummer) (born 1959), and Katherine Mary (Kitty) Mayo (born 24 December, 1993), daughter of Rupert Charles Mayo (born 1963), and his former wife the former Philippa G. Keeble (born 1961).

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Sir Filmer Honywood, 11th Baronet 1930-2025

 Sir Filmer Honywood, 11th Baronet, died 18 September, 2025. He was 95.

Filmer Courtenay William Honywood was born 20 May, 1930, son of Sir William Wynne Honywood, 10th Baronet MC (1891-1982), and his wife the former Maud Naylor Wilson (1888-1953); and succeeded to the baronetcy (created in 1660) on the death of his father, 10 August, 1982.

He married 12 May, 1956, Elizabeth Margaret Mary Cynthia Miller (1931-1996), daughter of Sir Alastair Miller of Glenlee, 6th Baronet (1893-1964), and his second wife the former Margaret May Shotter (who died 1978), by whom he had two sons, Rupert and Simon, and two daughters, Mary and Judith. The elder son, Rupert Anthony Honywood (born 2 March, 1957), succeeds as 12th Baronet.

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Frederick Charles William James (born 2025)

Anna Victoria James (née Clinch) wife of Charles Richard Arthur James [born 1993], gave birth to a son, Frederick Charles William, 17 September, 2025.

Anna is a daughter of John William Clinch, of Ospringe, Kent, and his wife the former Victoria S.Wood.

Charles James is the elder son of Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Charles Dargaville James, of Halstock, Dorset, and his wife the former Fiona Martha Alison Rhys [born 28 June, 1962], scion of the Barons Dynevor.

Baby Frederick descends from the Dukes of Wellington:-

 Arthur Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington > Lady Anne Maud Wellesley > Llewelyn Arthur Rhys > Fiona Martha Alison Rhys > Charles James [b 1993] > Frederick James [b 2025].

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Cosmo Harry Richard Townsend-Rose (born 2025)

Georgina Sophie Townsend-Rose (née Horn, born 14 Nov, 1993), wife of Rory Dixon Crichton Townsend-Rose (born 1993), gave birth to a son, Cosmo Harry Richard, 11 September, 2025.

Georgina is a daughter of Francis W.A. Horn and his wife the former Caroline L.A. Ferens.

Rory is a son of Jonathan Cleeves Townsend-Rose, of St Boswells, Roxburghshire, by his wife the Lady Katherine Patricia Crichton (born 4 November, 1962), daughter of the 6th Earl of Erne, KCVO (1937-2015).

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Wrey/Impey engagement

The engagement was announced 27 September, 2025, between Simon Sherard Bourchier Wrey (born 8 November, 1992), scion of the Wrey baronets, second son of Mark Eliot Bourchier Wrey (born 13 April, 1955), of Minsted, West Sussex, and his wife the former Loveday Elizabeth Bolitho (born 26 Oct, 1957), scion of that landed gentry family, & Olivia Rose E. Impey (born 11995), daughter of Andrew M. Impey (born 1962), of Chilland, near Winchester, Hampshire, and his wife the former Katherine A,L, Lynne.

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Dudgeon/Gascoigne engagement

The engagement was announced 27 September, 2025, between Felix Alexander Walker Dudgeon (born 1995), elder son of John Alan Dudgeon (born 15 October, 1964), of Carlton Scroop, Lincolnshire, and his wife the former Bridget Lucy Taylor (born 29 March, 1966), & Eva Rose Gascoigne (born 1995), scion of that landed gentry family of Sanders, eldest daughter of Dominic William Wigan Gascoigne (born 1965), of Bowling Bank, Wrexham, by his wife the former Elizabeth Mary Ormrod (born 1961).

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Julian Hugh Pardoe 1935-2025

Julian Hugh Pardoe, who died 19 September, 2025, aged 90, was a scion of that landed gentry family.

He was born in 1935, son of John Peter Pardoe (1909-2002), and his first wife the former Violet Hilda Drummond (1911-2000), of the ancient Scots family of Drummond, the Viscounts Strathallan and Earls of Perth; and married in 1960, Camilla Guendolen Tudor-Evans (1938-2020), daughter of Arthur Gruffydd Tudor-Evans (1906-1971), and his wife the former Letitia Guendolen Hall (1913-1982), by whom he had issue, a son, Simon (born 1962), and two daughters, Joanna (b 1963), and Fiona (b 1965).

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Hector John FitzGerald: a future Duke of Leinster (born 2025)

Laura Caroline [Flo] FitzGerald [nee Tellwright, born 25 August, 1987], wife of Edward FitzGerald [born 27 October, 1988], scion of the Dukes of Leinster, gave birth to a son, Hector John, 20 September, 2025, in Bury St Edmunds, a brother for Eve (born 24 March, 2020), and for Amelia (born 2 October, 2021).

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).

Edward FitzGerald is heir presumptive to the Dukedom of Leinster (Ireland, let. pat. 26 Nov 1766), Marquess of Kildare (Ireland, let. pat. 19 Mar 1761), Earl of Kildare (Ireland, let. pat. 14 May 1316),  Earl of Offaly (Ireland, let. pat. 19 Mar 1761), Viscount Leinster, of Taplow in the County of Buckingham (Great Britain, let. pat. 21 Feb 1747), Baron Offaly (Ireland, let. pat. 29 Jul 1620), Baron Kildare (United Kingdom, let. pat. 3 May 1870).

The Duke of Leinster is Premier Duke, Marquess and Earl in the Peerage of Ireland.

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Humphrey Stewart Walwyn 1948-2025

Humphrey Stewart Walwyn, who died 4 September, 2025, aged 77, was a scion of that landed gentry family.

He was born in 1948, son of Rear Admiral James Humphrey Walwyn, CB, OBE (1913-1986), and his wife the former Pamela Flora Bell, daughter of Surgeon-Captain Kenelm Digby Bell, RN (1880-1961), and his wife the former Harriet Violet Lindsay-Stewart; and married in 1974, Mary Theresa Garle (Dendy) Watt (born 1949), by whom he had issue, two sons, Thomas James Walwyn (born 1977), and (Humphrey) George Walwyn (born 1980).

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The Baron Campbell of Pittenweem, CH, CBE, PC 1941-2025

 The Baron Campbell of Pittenweem, CH, CBE, PC, who died 26 September, 2025, aged 84, was a life peer, and was the Liberal Democrat MP for North East Fife from 1987 to 2015 known as 'Ming' Campbell, and served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2006 to 2007, having been deputy leader since 2003.

(Walter) Menzies Campbell was born 22 May, 1941, son of George Alexander Campbell and his wife the former Elizabeth Jean Adam Phillips, & was educated at Hillhead High School and the University of Glasgow, graduating with a Scottish Master of Arts (MA) in 1962 and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) in 1965. He was elected President of the Glasgow University Liberal Club in 1962, and of the Glasgow University Union for 1964–65.

He was Liberal spokesman on the arts, broadcasting and sport 1987-1988, Liberal Spokesman on sport and defence 1988-94, Lib spokesman on Foreign Affairs & Defence 1994-1997, later chief spokesman on Foreign Affairs, on Europe 1997-2001, on Defence 1997-2001, member of numerous parliamentary committees.

He was appointed CBE (1987), PC (1999), KC (Scotland) 1982.

Menzies Campbell married in 1970, as her second husband, Elspeth Mary, Lady Grant-Suttie, former wife of Sir George Philip Grant-Suttie, 8th Baronet (1938-1997), and daughter of Major-General Robert Elliott Urquhart, CB, DSO (1901-1988), and his wife the former Pamela Condon (who died 2006).

Lady Campbell of Pittenweem died in 2023.

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem's step-son is Sir James Edward Grant-Suttie, 9th Baronet (born 29 May, 1965).

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Pottow/Maitland marriage

  The marriage took place, 20 September, 2025, at St Andrew's Church, Louth, Lincolnshire, between Andrew G. Pottow, elder son of Mr Bev Pottow, of Hilton, and Mrs Moira Pottow, of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, and Jessica Jane Maitland (born 22 March, 1992), scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of John Whitaker Maitland (born 1961), of Somersby, Lincolnshire, and the former (Moira) Jane Bracher (born 1963).

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Louise, Lady Harrison 1944-2025

Louise, Lady Harrison (née Clive), who died 17 September, 2025, aged 89, was the widow of Sir Michael Harrison, 2nd Baronet.

She was born 24 September, 1944, as Rosamund Louise Clive, scion of that landed gentry family of Perrystone, the daughter of Edward Buxton Clive (1909-1975), and his wife the former Rita Kathleen Robertson (1906-1999); and married 22 July, 1967, Michael James Harwood Harrison (born 28 March, 1936), son and heir of Sir James Harwood Harrison, 1st Baronet (1907-1980), sometime Conservative MP for Eye, and a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 1956-59, and Comptroller of the Household 1959-61, in the governments of Eden and Macmillan, by his wife the former Peggy Alberta Mary Stenhouse (who died 13 Aug, 2019).

Her husband, of Haskerton, co Suffolk, died 13 August, 2019, aged 83.

Lady Harrison leaves issue, two sons, Sir Edwin Harrison, 3rd Baronet (born 29 May, 1981), and Tristan (born 22 Apr, 1986), and two daughters, Auriol (born 27 May, 1968) and Priscilla (born 30 Apr, 1971).

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Hood/Deslais engagement

The engagement was announced 25 September, 2025, between the Hon Archibald Lyttelton Samuel Hood (born 16 May, 1993), eldest son and heir of the 8th Viscount Hood (born 16 March, 1958), of Loders Court, Bridport, Dorset, and his wife the former Flora Susan Casement (born 1959), scion of that landed gentry family, and Clara J.D. Deslais, daughter of M David and Mme Magali Deslais of Chuelles, France.

 Archie Hood is heir apparent to the titles Viscount Hood, of Whitley in the County of Warwick (Great Britain, let. pat. 1 Jun 1796), Baron Hood, of Catherington (Ireland, let. pat. 2 Sep 1782), Baron Hood, of Catherington in the County of Hampshire (Great Britain, let. pat. 27 May 1795), Baronet, styled "of Catherington" (Great Britain, let. pat. 19 May 1778).

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Hon Rosalie Ann Elwes (née Hennessy) 1934-2025

The Hon Roslie Ann Elwes (née Hennessy), who died 18 September, 2025, aged 91, was a scion of the Barons Windlesham.

She was born 18 February, 1934, the second daughter of the 2nd Baron Windlesham (1903-1962), and his first wife the former Angela Duggan (who died 13 March, 1956); and married 7 May, 1960, Peter John Gervase Elwes (1929-2017), scion of that landed gentry family, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Simon Edmund Vincent Paul Elwes (1902-1975), the war artist and society portrait painter, by his wife the Hon Gloria Elinor Rodd (1901-1975), daughter of the 1st Baron Rennell, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC (1858-1941), by whom she had issue, three sons, Luke (born 1961), Benedict (born 1963) and Marcus (born 1964), and one daughter, Harriet Clare (born 1969).

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Rafferty Benjamin Llewellyn (born 2025)

Eliza Camilla Llewellyn (née Sangster, born 1992), wife of John William Bolitho (Johnnie) Llewellyn (born 1993), gave birth to a son, Rafferty Benjamin, 20 September, 2025.

Johnnie Llewellyn is a son of Henry Bolitho Llewellyn (born 3 April, 1954), of Oakford, Devon, by his wife the former Caroline Bell.

Eliza Llewellyn is a daughter of Benjamin Vernon Sangster (born 1964), of Manton, co Wiltshire, and his wife the former Lucy Olga Wigram (born 3 December, 1966), descended from the Barons Bethell.

John Bethell, 1st Baron Bethell (1861-1945) > Hon William Gladstone Bethell (1904-64) > Sally Ann Bethell (1943-2024) > Lucy Olga Wigram (b 1966) > Eliza Camilla Sangster (b 1992) > Rafferty Llewellyn

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Hill/Thomson engagement

 The engagement was announced 24 September, 2025, between Marcus Robert Francis Hill (born 3 July, 1994), scion of the Marquesses of Downshire, eldest son of Lord Anthony Ian Hill (born 20 Oct, 1961), and Annabel, Lady Anthony Hill (born 7 Dec, 1965, nee Annabel Priscilla Angela Nall-Cain), scion of the Barons Brocket, & Octavia Flora Thomson (born 1997) daughter of Patrick M. Thomson, and his wife the former Anna Kathryn Redwood (born 6 January, 1967), scion of the Redwood baronets, daughter of Sir Peter Boverton Redwood, 3rd Baronet (born 1 December, 1937).

Marcus Hill is a grandson paternally of the late 8th Marquess of Downshire (1929-2003), and a great-grandson of the 2nd Baron Brocket (1904-1967).

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Verity, Baroness Ravensdale 1941-2025

 Verity, Baroness Ravensdale, who died 10 September, 2025, aged 84, was the widow of the 3rd Baron Ravensdale.

She was born Verity Elizabeth Raymond in 1941, daughter of Neville John Burrows Raymond (1902-1992), of Winslade Down House, Basingstoke, Hampshire, by his wife the former Betty Unice Freeman (1909-1997); and married firstly, in 1968, John Adrian Bailey; and married 2ndly, 19 July, 1974, as his second wife, the writer Nicholas Mosley, 3rd Baron Ravensdale, MC, FRSL (born 25 June, 1923), scion of the Mosley Bts, son of Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (1896-1980), and his 1st wife the Lady Cynthia Blanche Curzon (1898-1933), daughter of George Nathaniel [Curzon], 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston later 1st Viscount Scarsdale and 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston later 5th Baron Scarsdale later 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG GCSI GCIE PC (1859-1925).

Her second husband, who had succeeded to the Ravensdale peerage on the demise of his aunt, Lady Mary Irene Curzon, 9 February, 1966, and succeeded to his father's baronetcy, 3 Dec, 1980, died 28 February, 2017, aged 93.

Lady Ravensdale leaves a son from her first marriage, Jonathan Andrew Bailey (born 1971), and a son from her second marriage, the Hon Marius Mosley (born 28 May, 1976).

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Gladwyn Richard William Turbutt 1927-2025

Gladwyn Richard William Turbutt, who died 12 September, 2025, aged 97, was head of that landed gentry family, of Ogston. Born in 1927, at Chesterfield, Derbyshire, the son of Colonel Richard Babington Turbutt (1887-1964), and his wife Christine Margaret Dunn (1899-1976). Unm.

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Amin/Picton-Turbervill marriage

The marriage took place, 20 September, 2025, at St John the Baptist, Northington, between Nima Amin, only son of Kamran and Gelareh Amin, of South Kensington, London, & Catherine Picton-Turbervill (born 1995), scion of that landed gentry family, the only daughter of David Picton-Turbervill (born 1964), of Four Marks, Winchester, Hampshire, by his wife the former Lucy C. Manners (born 1964), descended maternally from the Trafford landed gentry family and from the Barons Petre and Barons Clifford of Chudleigh.

William, 12th Baron Petre > Hon Eleanor Petre > Maj. Cecil Trafford > Jane Trafford > Lucy Manners > Catherine Picton-Turbervill

Hugh, 7th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh > Maj Gen Hon Sir Hugh Clifford VC > Sir Hugh Charles Clifford > Monica Clifford > Jane Elizabeth Mary Trafford > Lucy Manners (as above)

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John Maxwell Sanderson 1938-2025

John Maxwell Sanderson (known as Max), scion of the Sanderson baronets, died 17 September, 2025. He was 87.

He was born 15 March, 1938, the eldest son of Derek Maxwell Sanderson (1914-1983), and his wife the former Daphne Elton (1917-2008), scion of the Elton baronets; and married 28 July, 1962, Susan Elizabeth Pye (born 1940), scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Brigadier Randall Thomas Kellow Pye, DSO, OBE (1904-2002), of Lindfield, co Sussex, and his wife the former Peggy Muriel Sagar-Musgrave-Brooksbank (1909-1999), scion of that landed gentry family, by whom he had a son, Christian (born 20 Apr, 1966), and a daughter, Charlotte (born 20 Oct, 1964).

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The Earl of Dartmouth marries Diandra Luker

 The marriage has taken place in Gibraltar, in September, 2025, between William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth (born 23 September, 1949), son of the late 9th Earl of Dartmouth (1924-1997), and his first wife the former Raine McCorquodale (1929-2016), scion of that landed gentry family, and Diandra Luker (born circa 1956), daughter of an Austrian diplomat, and former wife of the actor Michael Douglas.

The new Countess of Dartmouth married firstly, 1977 (div 1995) Michael Kirk Douglas (born 25 September, 1944), the actor and film producer, son of actor Kirk Douglas (1916-2020), and his 1st wife the former Diana Love Dill (1923-2015), and has issue, a son, the actor Cameron Morrell Douglas (born 13 December, 1978). Diandra also has twin sons with ex-fiance Zach Bacon III, having used a surrogate mother, as well as an adoptive daughter, Imara.

William Dartmouth is a Conservative politician, sometime MEP for South West England and Deputy chairman of the UK Independence Party.

His mother, daughter of the novelist Dame Barbara Cartland, DBE (1901-2000), married 2ndly, 14 July, 1976, the 8th Earl Spencer, MVO (1924-1992), father of Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997). Raine, Countess Spencer married 3rdly, 8 July, 1993 (div 1995), Jean-Francis de Chambrun, Count de Chambrun (b 1936), but retained the style Raine, Countess Spencer.

William Legge, styled Viscount Lewisham from 1962, succeeded his father, 14 December, 1997, as 10th Earl of Dartmouth (Great Britain, let. pat. 5 Sep 1711), 10th Viscount Lewisham, of Lewisham in the County of Kent (Great Britain, let. pat. 5 Sep 1711), 11th Baron Dartmouth, of Dartmouth in the County of Devon (England, let. pat. 2 Dec 1682).

In June, 1999, the 10th Earl married the Australian former model Mrs Fiona Handbury (nee Campbell), former wife of Matthew Handbury, nephew of Rupert Murdoch. The marriage, childless, ended in divorce.

Lord Dartmouth has a son, Gerald Glen Kavanagh-Legge (born in 2005), from a relationship with television producer Claire Kavanagh.

The heir presumptive to the Dartmouth peerages is the earl's younger brother, the Hon Rupert Legge (born 1 January, 1951).

Source. Mr Richard Eden, Daily Mail.

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Eloise Cara Quicke (born 2025)

Sophie Rose Quicke (née Broughton, born 30 April, 1992), wife of Jonathan Alexander Quicke (born 1992), gave birth to a daughter, Eloise Cara, 12 September, 2025.

Jonathan Quicke is the fourth & youngest son of Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Neville Brayley Quicke, of Hartley Witney, Hampshire, and his wife the former Amanda Julia Dewey (b 7 March, 1957), scion of the Dewey baronets.

Sophie Quicke is a scion of the Barons Fairhaven, elder daughter of Maj the Hon James Henry Ailwyn Broughton (born 25 May, 1963), of Great Barton, Suffolk, and his wife the former Sarah Olivia Creighton.

Sophie Quicke is a granddaughter of the 3rd Baron Fairhaven (born 16 Nov, 1936).

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Helen Lady Pickthorn 1927-2025

 Helen Lady Pickthorn, who died 1 August, 2025, aged 98, was the widow of Sir Charles Pickthorn, 2nd Baronet.

She was the former Helen Antonia Mann, born 31 July, 1927, daughter of Sir James Gow Mann, KCVO (1897-1962), an eminent figure in the art world, who was surveyor of the King's Works of Art 1945-52, and then surveyor of the Queen's Works of Art 1952-62, by his wife the former Mary Cooke, daughter of the Rev Dr G.A. Cooke.

She was a granddaughter of the post-impressionist painter Alexander Mann (1853-1908).

She married 5 July, 1951, Charles William Richards Pickthorn, (born 3 March, 1927), a barrister, son of Sir Kenneth William Murray Pickthorn, 1st Baronet, PC (1892-1975), sometime MP for Carlton 1950-66, and a junior minister in Churchill's Conservative government 1951-54, created a baronet in 1959, by his wife the former Nancy Catherine Lewis Richards (who died 15 July, 1982). Her husband succeeded to his father's baronetcy, 12 November, 1975, and died 20 June, 1995.

Lady Pickthorn leaves issue, a son, Sir James Pickthorn, 3rd Baronet (born 18 Feb, 1955), and two daughters, Caroline (b 26 Jan, 1958), and Frances (b 9 Apr, 1960).

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Wingfield/Dalton engagement

 The engagement was announced 22 September, 2025, between Edward Nicholas Anthony Wingfield (born 1991), scion of the Viscounts Powerscourt (descended from the 4th Viscount), eldest son of Andrew Nicholas Brinsmade Wingfield (born 20 July, 1959), of Dallinghoo, Woodbridge, Suffolk, & Sarah E. Dalton, youngest daughter of Dr and Mrs Michael Dalton of Dubuque, Iowa, USA.

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Pickles/Blaksley engagement

The engagement was announced 20 September, 2025, between Dr William Michael Pickles (born 1995), son of Adrian M. Pickles, of Church Stretton, Shropshire, and his wife the former Jacqueline Stevens, & Dr Daisy Sophia Deller Blaksley (born 1995), a daughter, of Richard Edmund Blaksley (born 6 July, 1961), of Battersea, London and Charlas, France, by his wife the former Sally-Anne Louise Deller (born Apr, 1961).

Dr Daisy Blaksley is descended from the Grayson baronets:-

Sir Henry Grayson, 1st Baronet (1865-1951) > Colonel Tristram Grayson (1902-84) > Mary Grayson (b 1931) > Richard Blaksley (b 1961) > Daisy Blaksley (b 1995)

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Sylvana Margery Glazebrook Chandler (née Wyndham) 1944-2025

Sylvana Margery Glazebrook Chandler (née Wyndham), who died 12 September, 2025, aged 81, was a scion of the Wyndham landed gentry family, of Orchard Wyndham.

She was born 9 September, 1944, elder daughter of George Colville Wyndham (1916-1982), head of that landed gentry family, and his wife the former Anne Dorothy Hodder Hodder-Williams (1918-2006); and married 15 May, 1965, Richard David Chandler (1942-2019), son of Lieutenant-Colonel C. Roger Chandler, by whom she had two sons, Christopher (b 24 Feb 1967), and Edward (b 27 Nov, 1968).

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Benjamin Philip Alastair Howell (born 2025)

Annabel Elizabeth Howell (nee Godson, born 1990), wife of Thomas P.L. Howell (born 10 Aug, 1990), gave birth to a son, Benjamin Philip Alastair, 17 September, 2025.

Thomas is a son of Philip Luard Howell (born 23 Nov, 1955), of Hadleigh, Suffolk, and his wife the former Stephanie Fernandez.

Annabel is a daughter of Richard Godson, of Swineshead, Lincolnshire, and Mrs Meg Godson (nee Maclure), of Welby, Lincolnshire.

Thomas Howell is descended from the Buxon baronets:-

Sir Edward Buxton, 2nd Bt > Henry Edmund Buxton > Rosalind Upcher Buxton > Dr Paul Howell > Philip Luard Howell > Thomas Howell (b 1990) > Benjamin Howell (b 2025)

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Edwin George Boscawen Barley (born 2025)

Rosanna Frances Barley (nee Boscawen born 1989), wife of Orlando Hugh Buxton Barley (born 1989), gave birth to a daughter, Beatrice Violet Boscawen, 6 September, 2025, a sister for Edwin George Boscawen, who was born 30 May, 2023.

Orlando is a son of Mr Michael Desmond Tennyson Barley (born 1944), of Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, by his wife Ms Richenda Mary Buxton (born 1953), scion of the Buxton baronets.

Rosanna Barley is a scion of the Viscounts Falmouth, daughter of the Hon Charles Richard Boscawen (born 10 October, 1958), of Dennington, Suffolk, by his wife the former Frances Diana Rous (born 13 May, 1961), scion of the Earls of Stradbroke.

Rosanna Barley is a granddaughter of the 9th Viscount Falmouth (1919-2022).

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The Baroness Cunliffe 1933-2025

 The Baroness Cunliffe, who died 2 September, 2025, aged 92, was the wife of the 3rd Baron Cunliffe.

The former Clemency Ann Hoare was born in 1933, scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Maj. Geoffrey Benyon Hoare (1902-1978), of Meadham, Harlow, Essex, and his wife the former Phyllis Mary Jones (1909-2001); and married 27 April, 1957, the then Hon Roger Cunliffe (born 12 January, 1932), son and heir of the 2nd Baron Cunliffe (1899-1963), and his wife the former Joan Catherine Lubbock (1903-1980), scion of the Lubbock baronets (later Barons Avebury). Her husband succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Cunliffe, 24 November, 1963.

Lord Cunliffe is a retired architect and consulting project manager. He specialised in project strategy, particularly for office buildings, museums and exhibition complexes, and for city planning, both in the UK and overseas. He designed various museums and office buildings, and was the job architect of the listed Commonwealth Institute in Holland Park, London. He and his wife now have a small farm and woodlands in Suffolk.

The title of baron was granted to his grandfather, who was Governor of the Bank of England from 1914 to 1918, on 14 December 1914.

Lady Cunliffe is survived by her husband and two sons and a daughter.

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Olivia Joan Douglas-Pennant (nee Wedderburn) 1934-2025

 Olivia Joan Douglas-Pennant, who died 16 September, 2025, aged 91, was a scion of the Wedderburn baronets (of Blackness).

She was born 2 June, 1934, the third daughter of Alexander Henry Melvill Wedderburn (1892-1968), and his wife the former Cynthia Margaret Lubbock (1899-1986), scion of the Lubbock baronets; and married firstly, 7 September, 1957 (div. 1972), Richard Weston Herbert (born 11 September, 1922), son of Prebendary Joseph Herbert, by whom she had issue; and married 2ndly, in 1985, Maj. Rodney Archibald Douglas-Pennant (1913-1993), scion of the Barons Penrhyn, the second son of Archibald Douglas-Pennant (1881-1971), and his wife the former Isabel Gwendoline Fraser (1874-1965).

Her second husband died 21 December, 1993. She leaves issue from her first marriage, a daughter, Catherine (born 12 Oct, 1963).

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Telling/Llewellen Palmer engagement

The engagement was announced 20 September, 2025, between Adam John A. Telling (born 1993), son of John Telling, of Fulham, London, & his wife the former ____ Harthcock, & Josephine Cecil Llewellen Palmer (born 22 June, 1993), scion of that landed gentry family, the elder daughter of Julian Neil Llewellen Palmer (1963-2002), and his wife the former Alexandra Diana (Alix) Hersov (born 0ct 1964), now of Perthshire.

Josephine Llewellen Palmer's descent from the Marquess of Lincolnshire:-

The 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire (1843-1928) > Lady Alexandra Wynn-Carington (1881-1955) > Anthony Llewellen Palmer (d 1990) > Julian Llewellen Palmer (d 2002) > Josephine Llewellen Palmer

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Field Marshal The Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, GCB, GCVO, OBE, DL 1938-2025

 Field Marshal The Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, GCB, GCVO, OBE, DL, died suddenly, 18 September, 2025. He was 86.

Guthrie was a senior officer of the British Army who served as Chief of the General Staff from 1994 to 1997 and Chief of the Defence Staff from 1997 until his retirement in 2001. Lord Guthrie's military career saw service with the Welsh Guards and the Special Air Service; he was closely involved in military operations in Northern Ireland and provided advice to the British Government during the Bosnian War and the Kosovo War. He was Chief of the General Staff 1994-97, and Chief of the Defence Staff 1997-2001, was raised to the peerage of life, in June 2001, as Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank.

The Field Marshal was Colonel of the Life Guards and Gold Stick in Waiting to Queen Elizabeth II, 1999-2019.

Charles Ronald Llewelyn Guthrie was born 17 November, 1938, son of Major Ronald Guthrie and his wife the former Nina Llewelyn; and married 11 September, 1971, Catherine A. Worrall (born 10 September, 1941), daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Claude Worrall, OBE, MVO, of the Coldstream Guards, of Bitham Hall, Warwickshire, and his wife the former Cecilia Moore, by whom he had issue, 2 sons.

Lady Guthrie died 8 October, 2022.

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Hon Lucy Gully (born 2025)

 The Viscountess Selby (nee Amanda Sara Viktoria Blomquist, born 28 Sept, 1997), wife of Christopher Rolf Thomas Gully, the 6th Viscount Selby (born 18 Oct, 1993), gave birth to a daughter, the Hon Lucy Gully, 11 September, 2025.

The 6th Viscount Selby (Peerage of the UK, cr 1905), is the son of the late 5th Viscount (1967-2001), and his first wife the former Charlotte Catherine Brege (who died 1995), daughter of Rolph Brege, of Lomma, Sweden. 

Christopher succeeded to the viscountcy upon his father's death, 23 January, 2001.

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Francis Rory Annesley 1942-2025

 Francis Rory Annesley, who died 10 September, 2025, aged 83, was descended maternally from the Earls Annesley.

He was born in 1942, the elder son of Gerald Francis Annesley Sowerby (1905-1992), who later assumed the surname of Annesley in lieu of his patronymic, by his second wife the former Mary Patricia MacDonald (who died 2012), daughter of Maj. Donald Ramsey MacDonald, DSO, MC, of Hollymount, Carlow; and married 1stly in 1964, Althea Urquhart, daughter of Kenneth Leslie Urquhart, of New Abbey, Kilcullen, Co Kildare; married 2ndly circa 1981, Fiona _______, by whom he had issue, a daughter, Augusta (born Oct, 1972).

He was a grandson of Lady Mabel Marguerite Annesley (1881-1959), who married in 1904, Commander Gerald Sowerby, RN (1878-1913), son of Thomas Charles Johnson Sowerby (1838-1890), of Gainford, Co Durham. 

He was a great-nephew of the 6th Earl Annesley (b 1884, who was killed in in action, 6 November, 1914, at Ostend), and a great-grandson of Lt.-Col. the 5th Earl Annesley (1831-1908).

The Earldom of Annesley was created in 1789, Peerage of Ireland.

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Manners/Brooke engagement

The engagement was announced 17 September, 2025, between Orlando Douglas Manners (born 9 November, 1995), scion of the Barons Manners, second son of Robert Hugh Manners (born 14 December, 1962), of Kimpton, Hampshire, and his wife the former Samantha Starr Jukes (born 1964), & Sarah Mary Brooke (born 20 March, 1996), younger daughter of Sir Francis George Windham Brooke, 4th Baronet (born 15 October, 1963), of Glenbevan, County Limerick, and his wife the former Hon Katharine Elizabeth Hussey, born 1 Feb, 1964], daughter of the late Baron Hussey of North Bradley (1923-2006), and his wife the Lady Susan Katharine Waldegrave, GCVO (born 1 May, 1939), scion of the Earls Waldegrave, sometime Woman of the Bedchamber to HM Queen Elizabeth II.

Sarah Brooke's elder sister, Olivia (born 12 January, 1994), announced her engagement in April, 2025, to Erin Lucy McPartland.

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Darell/Pap engagement

 The engagement was announced 16 September, 2025, between Harry Thomas Adair Darell (born 10 May 1995), son and heir of Sir Guy Jeffrey Adair Darell, 9th Baronet (born 8 June, 1961), of Denton Lodge, Norfolk, and his wife the former Justine Samantha Reynolds, & Miss Dora Pap, daughter of the late Mr Tibor Pap and of Ms Judit Pecsi, of Budapest, Hungary.

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Anna Maria Wilhelmina Jacoba Hope of Luffness (died 2025)

 Anna Maria Wilhelmina Jacoba Hope of Luffness died 4 September, 2025. She was 81.

She was a daughter of Frederik Wilhlem Fabius-Crommelin, and married firstly, Gaspard Haitsma-Mulier. She married 2ndly, 15 June, 1996, George Archibald Hope of Luffness (born 15 June, 1938), of Luffness, Aberlady, East Lothian, descended from the Earls of Hopetoun, son of Col. Archibald John George Hope of Luffness, MBE (1912-1987), and his wife the former Mary Pilar Elizabeth Gordon (1914-1989).

She leaves a son from her first marriage, Pieter-Willem Gaspard Haitsma-Mulier (born Utrecht, 21 Feb, 1969), who married in 2006, Princess Vanessa zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.

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The 6th Baron Raglan 1932-2025

 The 6th Baron Raglan died 9 September, 2025. He was 93.

He was a Councillor: Berkshire County Council 1966-75, Newbury District Council 1978-83 and Oxfordshire County Council 1988-93.

Geoffrey Somerset, a direct descendant of FitzRoy Somerset, the 1st Baron, who lost an arm at the Battle of Waterloo. He was born 29 August, 1932, third son of the 4th Baron Raglan (1885-1964), and his wife the former Hon Julia Hamilton (1901-1971), daughter of the 11th Lord Belhaven & Stenton (1871-1950), and was a younger brother of the 5th Baron (1927-2010), and succeeded to the family honours (Peerage of the UK, created 1852) on his brother's demise, 24 January, 2010.

He married 6 October, 1956,  Caroline Rachel Hill (who died 5 July, 2014), the only daughter of Colonel (Edward) Roderick Hill, DSO (1904-1998), and his wife the former Rachel Hicks-Beach (1904-1983), scion of the baronets of that name (afterwards Earls St Aldwyn), by whom he had issue, two daughters, Belinda (born 9 Feb, 1958), and Lucy (born 8 Feb, 1963), and a son, the Hon Arthur Geoffrey Somerset (born 27 April, 1960, who died 25 July, 2012).

Lord Raglan is succeeded in his peerage by his grandson, Inigo Arthur FitzRoy Somerset (born 7 July, 2004).

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Jane Ann Elizabeth Wyatt (née Eden) (died 2025)

 Jane Ann Elizabeth Wyatt (née Eden), died 10 September, 2025, aged 88.

She was a daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Laurence Eden, OBE (1904-1980), and his wife the former Ethel Thorpe (1906-1985); and married 4 September, 1959, Hugh Rowland Wyatt (born 18 November 1933), son of Brigadier Richard John Penfold Wyatt, MC, DL (1892-1954), head of that landed gentry family, and his wife the Hon Margaret Agnes Blades (1908-1997), daughter of the 1st Baron Ebbisham (1868-1953), an had issue, a son, Hugh (b 27 Aug, 1961), and two daughters, Anne (b 16 Aug 1963), and Susan (born 2 May, 1965).

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Close-Smith/Gravell marriage

 The marriage took place 30 August, 2025, at The Church of St Peter and St Paul, Great Somerford, between Lieutenant James Robert Close-Smith, RN (born 26 July, 1996), scion of the Lords Kinloss, son (twin with sister Isobel) of Christopher Paul Close-Smith (born 6 December, 1962), of Stowe, Buckinghamshire, and his wife the former Charlotte Nina Brace (born 1964), & Xenia Isobel Gravell (born 21 November, 1995), eldest daughter of Humphrey William Gravell (born 1965), of Great Somerford, Wiltshire, & Alexandra Joan (Alicky) Llewellen Palmer (born 1964), scion of that landed gentry family, descended from the extinct Marquesses of Lincolnshire.

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Indigo Jane Starling Hodgson (born 2025)

Isabelle Laetitia (Issy) Hodgson (née D’Arcy Clark, born 1990), wife of Edward Benjamin George Hodgson (born 1990), gave birth to a daughter, Indigo Jane Starling, 28 August, 2025, a sister for Otis Jimmy Hoopoe, who was born 4 September, 2023. 

Issy Hodgson is a daughter of Brian John Norman D'Arcy Clark (born 1954), descended from the Holden landed gentry family, and his wife, Constance Daniella.

Edward Hodgson is descended from the Ropner baronets:

 Sir Emil Ropner, 1st Baronet (1838-1924) > William Ropner (1864-1947) > Constance Winsome Ropner (b 1899) > Peter Talbot Willcox (1927-2000) > Nicola Jane Talbot Willcox (b 1955) > Edward Hodgson (b 1990)

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Wood/Gibbs engagement

The engagement was announced 13 September, 2025, between Humphrey William Wood (born 1990), son of the late Mr Min Wood of Fonthill Bishop, Wiltshire and Mrs Barbara Ann Taylor of Chelsea, & the Hon India Florence Aurelia Gibbs (born 28 March, 1989), eldest daughter of the 4th Baron Wraxall (born 19 August, 1958), of Notting Hill, London, by his 1st wife the former Caroline Jane Gould (now Mrs Caroline Gibbs, of Eastbury, Berkshire).

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Duff/Ramsay engagement

The engagement was announced 13 September, 2025, between Peter J. Duff, son of Mr and Mrs Peter Duff of Lincolnshire, & Irene Lilian Ramsay (born 27 August, 1990), daughter of William Alan Grant Ramsay of Bowland (born 1958), and his former wife the former Rebecca Shaw (born 19 October, 1961, now Baroness Fraser of Corriegarth ), scion of the Shaws of Tordarroch, daughter of John Shaw, The Shaw of Tordarroch, 22nd Chief (1937-2017). 

Irene's mother marrie 2ndly, in 2010, the Baron Fraser of Corriegarth (1946-2021).

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Campbell Hill/Robinson engagement

The engagement was announced 13 September, 2025, between 

Hugo Alastair R. Campbell Hill (born 1993), son of the late (Hugh) Ross Campbell Hill (born 1954), and Ms Tina Reid, of Toddington, & Celia Ann L. Robinson (born 21 February, 1990), daughter of (Anthony) David Whiteoak Robinson (born 11 March, 1953), descended from the Barons Hollenden, by his wife the former Claire J. Milligan (born 1955.)

The 1st Baron Hollenden (1845-1929) > Hon Claude Hope-Morley (1887-1968) > Stella Hope-Morley (1919-2007) > David Robinson (b 1953) > Celia Robinson (b 1990)

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Lady Douglas Gordon 1934-2025

 Lady Douglas Gordon, who died 25 August, 2025, aged 91, was the widow of Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Douglas Gordon, DSO (1916-1994), scion of the Marquesses of Huntly.

She was born in 1934, the former Bridget Ingham, daughter of Gerald Bryan Ingham (1906-1958), and his wife the former Nancy Charlton Arnison (1906-1951); and married firstly, in 1955 (div), as his second wife, Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Oliphant Hutchison (1907-1973), eldest son of Alexander Hutchison, of Fife, and married secondly, 1963, as his second wife, Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Douglas Claude Alexander Gordon, DSO (born 30 July, 1916), sometime Page of Honour to King George V, fourth son of Lieutenant-Colonel Granville Cecil Douglas Gordon (1883-1930), and his wife the former Violet Ida Streatfeild (1886-1968), scion of that landed gentry family. 

Bridget's second husband, who was raised to the rank of a marquess's younger son in 1947, was a younger brother of the 12th Marquess of Huntly (1908-1987).

She leaves a daughter from her second marriage, Sarah Alexandra Gordon.

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Thomas/Byatt engagement

 The engagement was announced 13 September, 2025, between Roland Giles Thomas (born May, 1996), youngest son of Simon Richard Thomas (born 27 February, 1957), of Fulham, by his wife the former Chantal Aline Holland (born 1960), & Letitia Mary Rose Byatt (born 3 March, 1996), daughter of Duncan Ian Arthur Campbell Byatt (born 1962), of Carse, Argyll and London, and his wife the former Alexandra Mary Loyd (born 14 October, 1961), scion of that landed gentry family.

Alexandra Byatt, is a daughter of Sir Julian Loyd, KCVO (1926-2018), who was land agent on the Sandringham estate from 1964 to 1991. Alexandra was a childhood friend and neighbour of Lady Diana Spencer, and served as Lady-in-waiting to Diana, Princess of Wales, from 1991 to 1997.

The bride-to-be had a brother Henry Byatt (born 10 Apr, 1998), who died while free-diving at a luxury Greek resort. Harry's body was found on the seabed off the coast of Zakynthos, in August, 2017.

Harry’s father Duncan Byatt, a senior civil servant at the Cabinet Office – had been the chief executive at The Foundation of Prince William and Prince Harry from 2009 to 2010, helping to set up the charity which supports the Armed Forces, young people, and conservation.

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Jane Margaret Kidd 1943-2025

Jane Margaret Kidd, horsewoman and dressage advocate and administrator, who died 21 August, 2025, aged 82, was a granddaughter of the newspaper tycoon and politician, the 1st Baron Beaverbrook.

Jane Kidd was born 3 June, 1943, daughter of Thomas Edward Dealtry Kidd, MBE (1910-1979), of Slythehurst, Ewehurst, co Surrey, and his wife (her third husband) the Hon Janet Gladys Aitken (1908-1988), former wife of (1) Ian Campbell (later 11th Duke of Argyll), from whom she was divorced, and (2) to Flying Officer the Hon William Drogo Sturges Montagu, scion of the Earls of Sandwich, who was killed in action in 1940.

 Jane Kidd married in 1972 (div) as the second of his four wives, Graham Morison Vere Nicoll (1940-2022), son of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Morison Vere Nicoll, DSO, OBE (1908-1999), and his wife the former Joan Madden (1912-2008), daughter of Admiral Sir Charles Edward Madden, 1st Baronet (1862-1935). The grande dame of British dressage leaves no issue.

Her niece Jemma Kidd (born 1974), is Marchioness Douro, wife of the Duke of Wellington's heir, Arthur Wellesley, styled Marquess Douro (born 1978).

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Sally Ann Jackson 1944-2025

Sally Ann Jackson, scion of the Jackson baronets, die 28 August, 2025, aged 81.

She was born in 1944, daughter of Sir Michael Roland Jackson, 5th Baronet (1919-2016), and his first wife the former Hilda Margaret Richardson, and was unmarried. Her brother is Sir Thomas St Felix Jackson, 6th Baronet (born 1946).

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Gillian McCallum (née Oliphant) 1932-2025

 Gillian McCallum, who died 4 September, 2025, aged 92, was a scion of the Oliphant landed gentry family.

She was born 16 October, 1932, the elder daughter of the Rev Donald Aden Oliphant (1891-1963), and his wife the former Jocelyn Hope Young (1903-1982), and married in 1965, Alec McCallum (Deceased), by whom she had issue, two daughters, Fiona (b 1967), and Moira (b 1973).

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Janet Mary Fox-Pitt (née Scrymgeour Wedderburn) 1941-2025

 Janet Mary Fox-Pitt, who died 7 September, 2025, aged 84, was a scion of the Earls of Dundee.

She was born Janet Mary Scrymgeour Wedderburn, 14 August, 1941, the daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel David Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, DSO (1912-Killed in Action, 1944), by his wife the former Patricia Katherine Montagu Douglas Scott (1910-2012), scion of the Dukes of Bucceluch & Queensberry.

She was a first cousin of Brig. Ronald Ferguson (1931-2003), father of Sarah, Duchess of York (b 1959), and cousin of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901-2004).

She married 18 January, 1962, Capt Edward Arthur Mervyn Lane Fox-Pitt (born 26 November, 1935), Welsh Guards, scion of that landed gentry family, son of Major-General William Augustus Fitzgerald Fox-Pitt, MVO, DSO, DL (1896-1988), and his wife the former Mary Stewart Sinclair, and had issue, a son, David (b 19 Aug, 1964), and two daughters, Leonie (b 27 Oct, 1962), and Miranda (b 29 Dec, 1968).

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The Baron Howarth of Newport, CBE, PC 1944-2025

 The Baron Howarth of Newport, CBE, PC, who died 10 September, 2025, aged 81, was a junior minister under Margaret Thatcher and John Major who became disenchanted with Conservative social policies and in 1995 crossed the floor to Labour, going on to be disability and then arts minister for Tony Blair.

Howarth joined Willie Whitelaw in the Tory party chairman’s office and became a key part of the team that took Mrs Thatcher to power in 1979.

He was one of only a few politicians in recent years to have served as a minister in both Labour and Conservative governments. He sat in the House of Lords as a Labour life peer.

Alan Thomas Howarth was Conservative MP for Stratford-on-Avon 1983-95, and for Labour 1995-97, and afterwards Labour MP for Newport East. He was appointed CBE in 1982, and sworn of the Privy Council, 2000.

He was born 11 June, 1944, son of Thomas E.B. Howarth, MC, TD, and his wife Margaret. He married 1967 (div. 1996), Gillian Martha Chance, daughter of Arthur Chance, of Dublin, by whom he had issue, two sons and two daughters. He was later the partner of the Baroness Hollis of Heigham, PC, DL (1941-2018).

He was Private Secretary to the Chairman of the Conservative Party 1975-79, Director, Conservative Res. Dept 1979-81; Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party, 1980-81; PPS to Dr Rhodes Boyson, MP 1985-87; an Assistant Government Whip 1987-88; Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury, 1988-89; Parliamentary Uner Secretary of State, DES, 1989-1992; Schools Minister 1989-90; Minister for High Education and Science 1990-1992; DFEE 1997-98; Employment Minister & Minister for Disabled People; Minister for the Arts & Sec of Conservative Arts & Heritage Committee 1984-85; PLP Social Security Committee 1996-97; Member of the National Heritage Select Ctte 1992-93; Member Social Security Select Committee 1996-97; Member of the Intellifence & Security Cttee, &c. Was Vice Chairman, British Dyslexia Assoc 1994-97; a Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre 1984-97, &c.

He was created a life peer in 2005 and his peerage was gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Howarth of Newport, of Newport in the County of Gwent.

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