Baron Walker of Broxton, OBE

 The King has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 20 January 2026 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon:-

Lord Walker of Broxton.

Richard Malcolm Walker OBE, as Baron Walker of Broxton, of Broxton in the County of Cheshire. 

Lord Walker of Broxton (born 5 August 1980) is a businessman who is the executive chairman of the privately held British Iceland supermarket chain of predominately frozen food retailers. He is the son of the company's founder Malcolm Walker and qualified as a Chartered Surveyor, prior to joining Iceland.

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Baron Isaac

Lord Isaac.

The life peerage recently awarded to David Isaac, CBE, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Isaac, of Abergavenny in the County of Monmouthshire, 19 January, 2026.

 Lord Isaac is a solicitor and Provost of Worcester College, Oxford, where he took office in July 2021. He has chaired the Court of Governors of University of the Arts London since 2018, and the Henry Moore Foundation from 2024. He is also a trustee of Cumberland Lodge.

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Baroness Bi

Baroness Bi.

From the London Gazette: The King has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 19 January 2026 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon:-

Farmida Bi, CBE, in the name, style and title of Baroness Bi, of Bermondsey in the London Borough of Southwark.

The shortest peerage title in the history of the Peerage. Many peerage names have three and four letters, but two! It's a first for Baroness Bi.

The title is pronounced to sound like 'Bee' and not 'By'.

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Princess Désirée of Sweden, Baroness Silfverschiöld 1938-2026

 Princess Désirée of Sweden, Baroness Silfverschiöld, sister of King Carl Gustav, died 21 January, 2026. She was 87.

Princess Desiree Elizabeth Sibylla was born in Stockholm, 2 June, 1938, third daughter of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Vasterbotten (1906-1947) and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908-1972) who were both descended from sons of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Albert (1819-1861).

Princess Desiree's paternal grandparents were King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882-1973) and Princess Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah of Connaught and Strathearn (1882-1920).  Princess Margaret's father,  Field Marshal HRH The Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942), was Queen Victoria's third son.

Princess Desiree's maternal grandfather was Prince Charles Edward, 2nd Duke of Albany.  His father, Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert, 1st Duke of Albany (1853-1884), was the youngest son of Queen Victoria.

She was a third cousin once removed of HM King Charles III.

Princess Désirée survived her third cousin, Princess Irene of Greece & Denmark, by six days.

Princess Désirée married 5 June, 1964, Niels-August Otto Carl Nicolas Silfverschiöld, Baron Silfverschiöld (1934-2017), son of Baron Carl-Otto Silfverschiöld (1899–1955) and Elsa Madeleine Bennich (1906–1994). His paternal grandfather, Baron Otto Silfverschiöld (1871–1951), was a member of the Riksdag and his paternal grandmother, Ingeborg von Horn (1873–1953), was the sister of novelist Brita von Horn and aunt of Generalmajor Carl von Horn.

Princess Désirée leaves issue, Baron Carl Otto Edmund Silfverschiöld (born 22 March 1965), Baroness Christina-Louise Ewa Madelaine Silfverschiöld (born 29 September 1966), and Baroness Hélène Ingeborg Sibylla Silfverschiöld (born 20 September 1968)

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Hon Mrs Colin Dalrymple (died 2026)

 The Hon Mrs Colin Dalrymple, OBE, died 8 January, 2026. She was 91.

She was the former Fiona Jane Edwards, daughter of Admiral Sir Ralph Alan Bevan Edwards, KCB, CBE (1901-63), sometime Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet, by his wife the former Joan Le Fowne Hurt; and married 12 March, 1956, as his second wife, Major the Hon Colin James Dalrymple (1920-2017), fourth son of the 12th Earl of Stair, KT, DSO, DL (1879-1961), and his wife the former Violet Evelyn Harford (died 22 Feb, 1968), by whom she had issue, a son, Andrew (born 10 Oct, 1959), and two daughters, Serena (b 20 Oct, 1957), and Rose (b 6 May, 1962).

Her husband died 12 January, 2017, aged 96.

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Baroness Davies of Devonport

The life peerage recently awarded to Sharron Elizabeth Davies, MBE, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baroness Davies of Devonport, of Bradford-on-Avon in the County of Wiltshire. She took her seat in the House of Lords, 20 January, 2026.

Baroness Davies (born 1 November 1962) is a former swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships and competed for England in the Commonwealth Games. She won a silver medal in the 400 m individual medley in the 1980 Olympics. In all Davies has attended 12 consecutive Olympics, including working for BBC Sport.

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The Baron Babudu

The life peerage recently conferred upon Peter Bonyiah Babudu, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Babudu, of Peckham in the London Borough of Southwark. 

Lord Babudu is taking his seat in the House of Lords, 29 January, 2026.

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Janet, Lady Devitt 1925-2026

 Janet, Lady Devitt (née Ellis), died 2 January, 2026, aged 100.

She was born Janet Lilian Ellis, 10 October, 1925, a daughter of Colonel Hugh Sidney Ellis, CBE, MC (1889-1965), and his wife the former Enid Nicholl (1895-1970); and married 12 December, 1953, as his third wife, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Thomas Gordon Devitt, 2nd Baronet (1902-1995), son of Arthur Devitt (1867-1921), and grandson of Sir Thomas Lane Devitt, 1st Baronet (1839-1923).

Lady Devitt leaves a daughter, Angela Susan (born 18 Oct, 1954), and a son Sir James Hugh Thomas Devitt, 3rd Baronet (born 18 Sept, 1956).

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Jervis Joscelyn Percy 1928-2026

 Jervis Joscelyn Percy, died in Cork, 7 January, 2026, aged 97.

Jervis Percy.

He was born at Alexandria, Egypt, 21 July, 1928, a son of Colonel Joscelyn Edward Seymour Percy, DSO, MC (1897-1943), of the Durham Light Infantry, and of his wife Kathleen Ross (later Lady Bradford wife of Sir Thomas Bradford, Kt); and married 11 May, 1957 (div. 1979), Julia Diana Renwick (born 16 Aug, 1935), daughter of Squadron Leader Sir Eustace Deuchar Renwick, 3rd Baronet (1902-1973), and his wife the former Diana Mary Cruddas (who died 11 Sept, 2005, aged 92); by whom he had issue, three daughters, Corinna (born 1964), Jane (born 1966), and Charlotte (born 1967).

 While stationed abroad, Jervis took up modern pentathlon and excelled particularly in the horse riding and running portions of the competition. He was selected to represent Great Britain in this event at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, where he placed 37th individually and 10th with the team, alongside Leon Lumsdaine and John Hewitt. After serving during the Korean War, he left the army in 1955 and worked in various industrial positions until his 1988 retirement, after which he moved to Ireland.

I can find no connection here to the Percy Dukes of Northumberland even though names of some of this  have similarities and associations with those in the ducal family. Jervis's grandfather was Joscelyn Beverley Percy (1856-1924), and the Earldom of Beverley is one of the Duke of Northumberland's subsidiary titles.

Edward Hore G. Percy (b 1761) > Edward Lorenzo Percy, the Irish artist (1797-1863) > Joscelyn Beverley Percy (1856-1924) > Joscelyn Edward Seymour Percy (1897-1943) > Jervis Joscelyn Percy (c1929-2026)

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and the loss of his dukedom

In November 2025 the King formally stripped his younger brother of his royal styles and titles.

The announcement stated that "The King has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 3 November, 2025, to declare that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor shall no longer be entitled to enjoy the style, title or attribute of 'Royal Highness' and the titular dignity of 'Prince'.

A straightforward sweep of the monarch's pen reduced Andrew to a commoner, but was the King's disgraced brother similarly divested of his Dukedom, Earldom and Barony?  The removal of a peerage requires an Act of Parliament, and cannot be achieved by royal authority alone.

We were told that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor had been formally removed from the official roll of the peerage in the House of Lords, marking the definitive stripping of his royal titles. Buckingham Palace confirmed that Andrew's dukedom was struck from the roll.

The Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, is responsible for maintaining the peerage roll and he received the order from the King to formalise the removal of the Duke from the Roll of the Peerage. This however, did not mean that Andrew's peerage has been stripped away and consigned to history.

Many peers, including other dukes, are not on the Roll, but all the same are legally peers of the realm.

The Roll of the Peerage is an officially compiled and maintained list, intended to contain the names of all living peers. Peers are enrolled in it in the following circumstances:

Hereditary Peers who have proved succession in accordance with the terms of the 2004 Royal Warrant.

Hereditary Peers who up to 1999 received a Writ of Summons.

Hereditary Peers who from 1999 have proved their succession in order to be eligible either for election to a vacant seat amongst the remaining 92 hereditary peers in a House of Lords 'by-election', or to vote in such a by-election.

The Roll comprises all those Peers who have proved succession to an English, Scottish, Irish, Great Britain or United Kingdom Peerage. In some cases the Peer's name appears against his junior title; it may then be cross-referenced elsewhere in the Roll if the Peer is customarily styled in a different or senior title. This arises for example where succession has been proved in a junior title for the purposes of sitting in the House of Lords.

Each entry on the Roll is headed with the style of the dignity (the nomen dignitatis), e.g. 'Abercorn'; with the body of the entry showing:

whether the dignity is hereditary or for life.

the class or rank of dignity, i.e. duke/duchess, marquess/marchioness, earl/countess, viscount/viscountess or baron/baroness, (lord/lady in the case of some Scottish titles).

the Peerage within which dignity was created, i.e. the Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain or the United Kingdom.

the full style of the current holder of the dignity, including forenames, and indicating where applicable any senior title by which he or she is customarily known.

the surname of the present holder of the dignity.

Some Peers not currently on the roll include:-

Acton B; Airlie E; Allenby V; Allendale V; Amherst of Hackney B; Argyll D; Ashbrook V; Ashtown B; Atholl D; Auckland B; Baden-Powell B; Bagot B; Baldwin of Bewdley E; Bangor V; Basing B; Bath M; Beatty E; Berners B; Bessborough E; Blyth B; Bolingbroke and St John V; Bradbury B; Brassey of Apethorpe; Brownlow B; Buchan E; Buckmaster V; Burden B; Burton B; Bute M; Caldecote V; Carnock B; Carrick E; Castle Stewart E; Castlemaine B; Cavan E; Charlemont V; Chelmsford V; Chesham B; Churchill B; Churston B; Clanmorris B; Coleraine B; Congleton B; Conyngham M; Cornwallis B; Coventry E; Craven E; Croft B; Cullen of Ashbourne B; Dalhousie E; Darwen B; Davidson V; Decies B; Delamere B; Denham B; Denman B, De Ros B; De Villiers B; Dickinson B; Dilhorne V; Donerall V; Downe V; Ducie E; Dufferin & Clandeboye B; Dunrossil V; Dunsany B; Egremont B; Elphinstone L; Elton B; Ely M; Esher V; Essex E; Fermoy B; ffrench B; Fitzwalter B; Forbes L; Forester B; Glendevon B; Gort V; Gowrie E; Granville E; Graves B; Grey E; Hambledon V; Harding of Petherton B; Harewood E; Harris B; Harvey of Tasburgh B; Hatherton B; Headfort M; Home E; Howard of Penrith B; Howick of Glendale B; Huntingfield B; Ilchester E; Inchiquin B; Inverforth B;Kenswood B; Kenyon B; Keyes B; Kilmaine B; Kingsale B; Kingston E; Langford B; Layton B; Leigh B; Lifford V; Lincoln E; Lisle B; Londonderry M; Long V; Longford E; Lonsdale E; Louth B; Lucas of Chilworth B; Luke B; Lyvedon B; MacAndrew B; Macdonald B; Malmesbury E; Malvern V; Manchester D; Manton B; Marchamley B; McGowan B; Massy B; May B; Mayo E; Merivale B; Methven B; Mexborough E; Milne B; Milverton B; Molesworth V; Monck V; Moncreiff B; Montagu of Beaulieu B; Monteagle of Brandon B; Moray E; Mottistone B; Mount Edgcumbe E; Muskerry B; Newburgh E; Norbury E; Orkney E; Palmer B; Piercy B; Plymouth E[ Raglan E; Ranfurly E; Rathconnell B; Ravensworth B; Rea B; Reith B; Rendlesham B; Rennell B; Ritchie of Dundee B; Riverdale B; Rochester B; Rodney B; Rootes B; Rosse E; Rothes E; Runciman of Doxford V; Sackville B; St Vincent V; Samuel V; Sanderson of Ayot B; Sandford B; Scarsdale V; Selby V; Selkirk E; Shannon E; Sherfield B; Sidmouth V; Sinclair of Cleve B; Sinclair L; Sinha B; Southwell V; Stamp B; Strabolgi B; Strathcona and Mount Royal B; Stuart of Findhorn V; Sudeley B; Sutherland E; Swinton E; Talbot of Malahide B; Tankerville E; Tedder B; Tenby V; Tennyson B; Teviot B; Teynham B; Thomson of Fleet B; Trimlestown B; Tryon B; Tweedsmuir B; Valentia V; Wakehurst B; Wardington B; Waterford M; Westbury B; Westwood B; Wharncliffe E; Winchester M; Winterton E; Wolverton B; Wraxall B.

All the above are peers regardless of their failure to appear on the Roll. They include Dukes, cousins of the King and Prince of Wales (Harewood, Fermoy, Elphinstone), and the Earl of Dalhousie, who attended the Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla. 

So it's quite clear that Andrew's removal from the Roll was done to deceive and bamboozle the public into thinking that the King's brother is no longer Baron Killyleagh, Earl of Inverness or Duke of York, when in fact he is and will be until his death, or until an Act of Parliament is brought before Parliament. 

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A great-grandchild on the way for Princess Alexandra

Tim & Flora.

Flora Vesterberg (nee Ogilvy), wife of Timothy Vesterberg, and a descendant of the Royal House of Windsor, is expecting a baby.

Flora announced the good news on her Instagram page this afternoon.

Flora, a great-great granddaughter of King George V and Queen Mary married Tim Vesterberg at the Chapel Royal St James's Palace, on 26 September, 2020.

Timothy Vesterberg [born 1 Aug, 1993], is a son of Mr & Mrs Patrik Vesterberg, of Stockholm, Sweden.

Flora Alexandra Vesterberg [born 15 December, 1994], is a scion of the Earls of Airlie, only daughter of James Robert Bruce Ogilvy [born 29 February, 1964], of Fawley, by his wife the former Julia Caroline Rawlinson [born 28 Oct, 1964].

Flora is a granddaughter of the late Rt Hon Sir Angus Ogilvy, KCVO, PC [1928-2004], by his wife HRH Princess Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel of Kent [born 25 Dec, 1936], daughter of HRH The late Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund, 1st Duke of Kent [1902-1942], by his wife HRH Princess Marina of Greece & Denmark [1906-68].

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Baron Pitt-Watson

The life peerage recently bestowed upon David James Pitt-Watson has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Pitt-Watson, of Kirkland of Glencairn in the County of Dumfriesshire. H took his seat in the House of Lords, 19 January, 2026.

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Wendy Malet 1926-2026

 Wendy Malet, who died 9 January, 2026, aged 99, was a scion of the Malet baronets.

She was born 21 March, 1926, daughter of Edward Barnabas Wyndham Malet (1894-1961), and his wife the former Esther Grace MacDonald Lyon (who died 6 Sept, 1969), and was unmarried.

She was a great-great-granddaughter of Sir Charles Warre Malet, 1st Baronet, FRS (1752-1815).

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Susannah Mary Hulbert (née Oliphant) 1943-2026

 Susannah Mary Hulbert (née Oliphant) died at Norwich, 9 January, 2026, aged 82.

She was born 16 March, 1943, the eldest daughter of Lieutenant-Commander Ralph Henry Hood Laurence Oliphant, 11th of Condie (1915-1995), head of that landed family, and his wife the former Barbara Mary Drake (1918-1979); and married in 1968, Evelyn Gervase Carson Hulbert, OBE (1942-2018), son of Lieutenant-Colonel John Harvey Hulbert (1912-1980), and his wife the former Elisabeth Lovett (1912-1985), by whom she had two sons, George Gervase (born 1970), and William Laurence (born 1972).

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Arthur Mark Nicole (born 2025)

Dr Charlotte Nicole (nee Craven), wife of Edward Tom George Nicole [born 1990], gave birth to a son, Arthur Mark, 30 December, 2025.

Charlotte is the elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Giles Craven, of Dulwich, London.

Edward Nicole is the eldest son of the late Mr [Timothy] Mark Nicole [1954-2015] and his wife the former Lisa Cleone Vivian Ropner [born 2 July, 1964], now of Rodmarton, Gloucestershire, scion of the Ropner baronets.

Sir Emil Ropner, 1st Baronet [1838-1924] > William Ropner [1864-1947] > John Ropner [1903-96] > Jeremy Ropner [1932-2009] > Lisa Ropner [b 1964] > Edward Nicole [b 1990] > Arthur Nicole (b 2025)

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Hazell/Haig engagement

The engagement was announced 17 January, 2026, between Henry Hugh Hazell (born May 1994), son of Mark David William Hazell (born 1959), of Monmouthshire, and his wife the former Lucinda Ann (Lucy) John (born 1967), & Iona Frances Haig (born 2 January, 1995), scion of that landed gentry family of Ramornie, younger daughter of Alexander Veitch Haig (born 19 November, 1960), of Stirlingshire, and his wife the former Susan Anne Harriet Campbell.

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David John Charles Farquhar 1935-2025

 David John Charles Farquhar, who died 24 December, 2025, aged 90, was a scion of the Farquhar landed gentry family. 

He was born at Weymouth, Dorset, 27 February, 1935, but for the last 60 years of his life he lived in the United States.

He was a son of Commander Charles Robert Stanier Farquhar, RN, OBE (1907-1968), and his wife the former Eleanor Mary Clara Macdonald McHattie (1907-1988). He leaves a widow Martha, and two daughters, Alex and Gillie, and a twin sister, Gillian Mary Tullis.

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Bromley-Martin/Cox engagement

 The engagement was announced 17 January, 2026, between Charles David Bromley-Martin (born 28 May, 1988), scion of that landed gentry family, son of Michael Granville Bromley-Martin (born 1955), of West Wittering, and his wife the former Anna Frances Birley (born 1 March, 1961), & Georgina Rose Cox (born 1988), daughter of Robin Cox, of Chelwood Gate, and Mrs Sarah Millett, of Uckfield, Sussex.

Charles Bromley-Martin is descended from the Barons Braybrooke and Barons Rayleigh.

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Martin/Baring engagement

 The engagement was announced 17 January, 2026, between Joseph Martin, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Martin, of Moynalvey, Co Meath, and Maud May Baring (born 9 May, 1998), scion of the Barons Revelstoke, daughter of Hugo John Baring (born 12 July, 1970), of Holland Park, London, and his wife the former Annabel Mullion.

Maud Baring is a great-granddaughter of Lady Rose Baring, DCVO (1909-1993), a long serving Woman of the Bedchamber to HM Queen Elizabeth II, and is a kinswoman of the Prince of Wales and Duke of Sussex (both Revelstoke descendants).

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Baroness MacLeod of Camusdarach

 The life peerage recently bestowed upon Catherine Margaret MacLeod has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baroness MacLeod of Camusdarach,  of Lochaber in the County of Inverness-shire. She is taking her seat in the House of Lords, 9 February, 2026.

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The Baron Babuda

The life peerage recently bestowed upon Peter Boniyah Babudu, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Babuda.

The 4th Baron Kershaw 1936-2026

 The 4th Baron Kershaw, a peer for 63 years, died 4 January, 2026. He was 89.

Edward John Kershaw was born 12 May, 1936, son of the then Edward Aubrey Kershaw (born 29 August, 1906), and his wife the former Katharine Dorothea Staines, daughter of Charles H Staines, of Clapham, London. 

His grandfather, Fred Kershaw, OBE (1881-1961), was a Labour party politician, created a peer in 1947, as Baron Kershaw, of Prestwich in the County Palatine of Lancaster, who later served as a Lord-in-waiting in the Labour government of Clement Attlee, 1945-51. 

On the demise of the first Baron, 5 Feb, 1961, the peerage descended to his eldest son, Herbert (1904-1961), the 2nd peer, who died without male issue five months later, 18 July, 1961, when he was succeeded by his younger brother, Edward Aubrey, 3td Baron, who died six months after succeeding, 22 February, 1962.

The 4th Baron married 20 July,l 1963, Rosalind Lilian Rutherford, 2nd daughter of Ian Strachan Rutherford, of Castlegate, Richmond-on-Thames, co. Surrey, by whom he had issue, a son, John, and two daughters, Victoria and Isobel.

His son, the Hon John Charles Edward Kershaw, born 23 December, 1971, succeeds to the peerage.

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Wigan/Spiegel engagement

 The engagement was announced 16 January, 2026, between Fergus Adam Wigan (born 30 April, 1990), son and heir of Sir Michael Iain Wigan, 6th Baronet (born 3 October, 1951), of Borrobol, Sutherland, and his wife the former Julia Theresa De Courcy Ling (born 1961), & Elizabeth A. Spiegel , daughter of Lawrence Spiegel, of Coral Gables, Florida, and Mrs Spiegel.

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Arthur Charles Mole 1926-2025

 Arthur Charles Mole died 8 January, 2026, aged 99.

He was born at Chertsey, Surrey, in April, 1926, son of Sir Charles Johns Mole, KCB, MVO (1886-1962), the architect who served in the Ministry of Works, eventually becoming its Director-General, by his wife the former Annie Eliza Martin (1883-1962); and married 7 September, 1957, the Hon Susan Mary Hinton (1932-2014), daughter of the life peer the Baron Hinton of Bankside, OM, KBE, FRS (1901-1983), the nuclear engineer, and supervisor of the construction of Calder Hall, the first large-scale nuclear power station in the West.

Arthur Mole leaves two sons, Christopher (born 4 Nov, 1960), and Richard (born 6 Feb, 1966).

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Fairbank/Denny engagement

 The engagement was announced 16 January, 2026, between Adrian C. Fairbank and Mrs Lorna Caroline Denny. The marriage is to take place at Little Missenden, 18 Jan, 2026.

Mrs Denny (nee Statham) is the former wife of Walter Victor Marcel Denny, scion of the Denny baronets.

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Fisher/Burleigh engagement

 The engagement was announced 16 January, 2026, between Benjamin Alexander Francis Fisher (born 28 June, 1995), descended from the Mosley, Talbot, Fitzroy families, only son of Nicholas Francis Fisher (born 12 August, 1964), of Wardour, Wiltshire, and his wife the former Jill Rosemary Allinson, & Georgia Elizabeth Grace Burleigh (born 2002), youngest daughter of Robert G. Burleigh (born 1957), of Sixpenny Handley, Wiltshire, and his wife the former Michelle Anne Rideout (born 1968).

Benjamin's Marlborough descent:-

George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough >Lady Clementine Augusta Spencer-Churchill > Evelyn Frances Henrietta Green > Paul Goudime Levkovitsch > Alexandra Goudime-Levkovitsch > Nicholas Francis Fisher > Benjamin Alexander Francis Fisher 

Benjamin's Mosley descent:-

Sir Oswald Mosley, 4th Bt > Constance Mosley > Sheila Violet McNeill > Alexandra Goudime-Levkovitsch > Nicholas Francis Fisher > Benjamin Fisher

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St John/Salgueiro Trillo engagement

 The engagement was announced 16 January, 2026, between William Ramsay Alexander St John (born April, 1995), son of Mr & Mrs John St John, of Hildenborough, Kent,  and Dalila Salgueiro Trillo, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jose Salgueiro Sobrino, of Oviedo, Asturias. 

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Baroness Gill

The life peerage recently bestowed upon Neena Gill, CBE, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baroness Gill, of Jewellery Quarter in the City of Birmingham and of Southall in the London Borough of Ealing. She is to be introduced into the House of Lords, 20 January, 2026.

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Baroness Hyde of Bemerton

 The life peerage recently awarded to Sara Kathryn Sabiers Hyde, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baroness Hyde of Bemerton. She was introduced to the House of Lords on 15 January, 2026.

HRH Princess Irene of Greece & Denmark 1942-2026

 HRH Princess Irene of Greece & Denmark died in Madrid, 15 January, 2026, aged 83.

Princess Irene was the youngest child of Paul I, King of the Hellenes (1901-1964), a sister of Constantine II, King of the Hellenes (1940-2023), and sister of HM Queen Sofia of Spain (born 2 Nov, 1938), and was aunt of Spain's King Felipe, and a second cousin of King Charles III and of the Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy. 

She was born in exile in South Africa, 11 May, 1942, daughter of the future King Paul and his wife Princess Frederica of Hanover (1917-1981). She was unmarried.

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Capt. David Anderson Vetch 1929-2026

 David Anderson Vetch, late the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars, died 11 January, 2026.

He was born in London, circa Apr 1929, son of Colonel George Anderson Vetch (1899-1955), of Queensway, Lincoln, and his wife the former Doris Melita Bedford (1902-1981), & married firstly, in 1953 (div. 1965), Moira Anne St Barbe Emmott (born 1931), daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Richard St Barbe Emmott (1896-1949), and his wife the former Hon Irene Mary Egidia Clifton-Hastings-Campbell (1898-1961), daughter of the 2rd Baron Donington (1859-1927); and married 2ndly, Eileen Kavanagh. He left issue from both marriages, a son and a daughter from his first marriage, and two sons from his second marriage.

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James Alexander Toby Caulfeild 1937-2026

 James Alexander Toby Caulfeild, who died 7 January, 2026, aged 88, was a scion of the Viscounts Charlemont.

He was born 30 March, 1937, son of Wade Toby Caulfeild (1902-1991), and his wife the former Philippa Mary Brocklebank (1911-1996); and married in 1976, Diana Penelope Pound (born 1948), daughter of Colonel Martin Pound, RM, and his wife the former Averil J. Harrison, by whom he has issue, four daughters, Harriet, Victoria, Charlotte and Sophie.

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Theodore Charles Valentine Quick (born 2026)

  The Lady Natasha Rose Catherine Linda Quick (nee Howard, born 1987), wife of Charles William H. Quick [born 1985], gave birth to a son, Theodore Charles Valentine, 5 January, 2026, a brother for Vincent Sam (Vinnie), who was born 15 May, 2023.

Lady Natasha is the younger daughter of the 21st Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire [1935-2022], of Charlton Park, Wiltshire, and his third wife, the former Linda Jacqueline Paravicini [born 1950], previously the wife of the 4th Viscount Bridport, and descended from the Swinnerton Dyer baronets.

Charles Quick is a son of the late Michael Quick, and his wife nee Browning, of Banwell Farm, South Mundham, West Sussex.

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Baroness Linforth

The life peerage recently bestowed upon Carol Laurette Linforth, OBE, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baroness Linforth, of Redland in the City of Bristol. She is to be introduced into the House of Lords, 2 February, 2026.

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Baron Forbes of Newcastle

The life peerage recently bestowed upon Nicholas Iain Forbes, CBE, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Forbes of Newcastle, of Heaton in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Baroness Shah of Wembley

 The life peerage recently awarded to Shama Shilesh Tatler, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baroness Shah, of Wembley in the London Borough of Brent.

Baron Roe of West Wickham

 The life peerage recently bestowed upon Andrew Dudley Roe has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Roe of West Wickham.

Baroness Paul of Shepherd's Bush

 The life barony recently awarded to Tracey Amanda Paul has been gazetted in the name, style, and title of Baroness Paul of Shepherd's Bush.

Colonel Rhoderick Stuart Cochrane-Dyet 1933-2025

 Colonel Rhoderick Stuart Cochrane-Dyet, late the 9th/12th Queen's Royal Lancers, died 25 December, 2025.

He was born in 1933, a son of Colonel John Cochrane-Dyet (1894-1954), and his wife the former Mary Eleanor Berry (1898-1985), and married 1stly, 23 August, 1957 (div. 1969) Elizabeth Jennifer Jane Seymour (born 20 Oct, 1934), daughter of Almeric Hugh Seymour, CBE (1894-1950), and his wife the former Margaret Kathleen Browne (1898-1984), scion of the Marquesses of Sligo; and married 2ndly, 28 Aug, 1969, Allela Harwood Annan (born 7 January, 1940), daughter of Maj. John Annan (1912-2001), and his wife the former Pamela Harwood James (who died 9 July, 1972).

From his first marriage he leaves two sons, Charles Nicholas (born 4 Oct, 1958), and Christopher James (born 19 Apr, 1963), and a daughter, Amanda Jane (born 17 March, 1961).

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Angela Mary Horsfall (nee Firth) 1943-2026

 Angela Mary Horsfall (nee Firth), died in Edinburgh, 3 January, 2026. She was 82.

She was born circa Oct 1943, in Leeds, a daughter of Henry Firth (1914-1990), and his wife the former Josephine Margaret Muller (1917-2001); and married 4 December, 1965, Donald James Linton Horsfall (born 3 Oct, 1942), the second son of Sir John Musgrave Horsfall, 2nd Baronet (1915-2005), and his wife the former Cassandra Nora Bernardine Wright (1919-2009), by whom she had issue, two sons, Peter (born 1970), and Richard (1973), and a daughter, Elizabeth (born 1968).

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Stephenson/McEuen engagement

 The engagement was announced 14 January, 2026, between Alexander Foster Lyon Stephenson (born 9 February, 1995), scion of the Stephenson baronets, the elder son of George Lyon Stephenson (born 23 Apr, 1962), of Barford St Martin, Wiltshire, and his wife the former Lucilla C. Clay (born 1964), scion of that landed gentry family, & Isobel Johanneke McEuen (born 25 November, 1999), daughter of James Stewart McEuen (born 1969), of Owston, Leicestershire, and his wife the former Katharine Johanna Lawson-Dick (born 1970).

Sir Henry Stephenson, 1st Bt (1865-1947) > Charles Eustace Kenyon Stephenson (1903-1971) > Charles Lyon Stephenson (b 1935) > George Lyon Stephenson (b 1962) > Alexander Stephenson (b 1995)

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Richardson/Coe engagement

 The engagement was announced 14 January, 2026, between Jack Michael N. Richardson (born 1991), son of Kim Richardson, of Corscombe, West Dorset, and his wife nee Faber, & the Hon Alice India Violet Coe (born 1998), daughter of the Baron Coe, CH, KBE (born 29 September, 1956), life peer, the sports administrator, former politician and retired track and field athlete, who as a middle-distance runner, he  won four Olympic medals, by his 1st former wife the former Nicola (Nicky) McIrvine (now Nicky, Lady Coe, of Kensington).

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Kirsty van Zeller (née Smith) (died 2026)

Kirsty van Zeller died 3 January, 2026, in Nairobi, aged 37.

A daughter of Hugh Smith, and married 25 July, 2020, Jonathan Frederick (Jonty) van Zeller (born 1988), son of Nicholas Howard van Zeller, of Vernham Dean, Andover, by his wife the former Emma Ward Jones (born 1956), scion of the Jones baronets.

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Hon Una Rowcliffe (née Slim) 1930-2026

The Hon Una Rowcliffe, who died 5 January, 2026, aged 95, was a scion of the Viscounts Slim.

She was born 1 December, 1930, daughter of Field Marshal the 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC (1891-1970), and his wife the former Aileen Robertson, DStJ (1901-1994); and was twice wed, firstly, 17 Jan, 1953 (div. 1979), Major Peter Nigel Stewart Frazer, son of Colonel Donald Frazer, of Tiverton, Devon, and married 2ndly, 1980, a his second wife, Ronald Frederick Rowcliffe (1929-2010), son of Reuben Henry Rowcliffe (1899-1972), and is wife the former Clara Elizabeth Buckingham (1898-1967).

From her first marriage she leaves three daughters, Sarah Juliet (born 15 Dec, 1953), Jennifer Jane (born 23 Nov, 1956), and Emma Mary (born 23 July, 1965).

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Baron Docherty of Milngavie

 The  life peerage recently bestowed upon Joseph Paul Docherty has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Docherty of Milngavie, and is to be to be introduced into the House of Lords on 19 January.

Hon Lady Dalyell of The Binns, OBE 1937-2025

 The Hon Lady Dalyell of The Binns died 27 December, 2025. She was 88.

She was a deputy lieutenant for West Lothian from 2001, and was appointed OBE in 2005. She was chatelaine of The Binns, the historic family home of the Dalyell family.

She was the widow of the firebrand Labour MP Sir Thomas Dalyell, 11th Baronet FRSGS (1932– 2017), known as Tam Dalyell, who was a Scottish politician who served as MP for Linlithgow (formerly West Lothian) from 1962 to 2005. A member of the Labour Party, he was best known for formulating what came to be known as the "West Lothian question", on whether non-English MPs should be able to vote upon English-only matters after political devolution. He was also known for his staunch anti-war views, opposing the Falklands War, the Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War.

She was born Kathleen Mary Agnes Wheatley, 17 November, 1937, daughter of John Thomas Wheatley (1908-1988), who was Solicitor General for Scotland from March to October 1947, when he was appointed Lord Advocate.] He was appointed a King's Counsel and a Privy Counsellor in 1947. One of his most significant achievements as a politician was the establishment of the legal aid scheme in Scotland. He was appointed to the bench, with the judicial title Lord Wheatley. In 1963, he heard the notorious divorce case of Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll. He granted the Duke a divorce and, in his written opinion, was harshly critical of the Duchess. In 1966 he was appointed chairman of the Royal Commission on Local Government in Scotland. 

Kathleen's mother was Nancy Nicholl (1906-1995).

She married 26 December, 1963, Thomas (Tam) Dalyell of the Binns (born 9 August, 1932), son of Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch (who died in 1953), who was recognised in the surname of Dalyell of The Binns, by Lord Lyon King of Arms, by his wife Eleanor Isabel Dalyell (1895-1972), who succeeded her father in 1935 as a 'Baronetess' in her own right, and who died 5 Feb, 1972.

Tam Dalyell succeeded his mother as the 11th Baronet Dalyell [N.S., 1685] on 5 February 1972, but he did not use the title.2 In 1973 his claim to the baronetcy was allowed by the Privy Council. He died 26 January, 2017.

She leaves a son Sir Gordon Wheatley Dalyell, 12th Baronet (born 26 September, 1965), and a daughter, Moira Eleanor (born 25 May, 1968).

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Flora Mary Crichton (nee Carr-Saunders) 1934-2025

 Flora Mary Crichton who died 30 December, 2025, aged 91, was for three decades the chatelaine of Traquair, the Jacobite stronghold and Scotland’s oldest inhabited house. With her first husband, she opened Traquair to the public, revived its 300-year-old brewery and created the largest hedged maze in Scotland.

Traquair is the family seat of her first husband, Peter Maxwell Stuart, 20th Laird of Traquair, and the family have lived there uninterruptedly since the 15th century.

She was born Flora Mary Carr-Saunders, 2 March, 1934, daughter of Sir Alexander Morris Carr-Saunders, KBE (1886-1966),  the biologist, sociologist, academic, and academic administrator. He was Director of the London School of Economics from 1937 to 1957, by his wife the former Teresa Marie Molyneux-Seel (1895-1989); and she married firstly, 1 September, 1956, Capt Peter D'Arcy Joseph Constable-Maxwell-Stuart of Traquair, 20th feudal Baron of Traquair (1922-1990), son of Francis Joseph Maxwell-Stuart of Traquair, 19th of Traquair (1886-1962), and his wife the former Dorothy Mary Hartley (who died in 1975); and married 2ndly, in 1999, (Anthony) Robin Crichton (born Bournemouth, May, 1940), son of Robert Crichton and his wife the former Edith Caroline Pate (1903-1994).

From her first marriage she leaves a daughter, Catherine Margaret Mary Maxwell-Stuart of Traquair, 21st feudal Baroness of Traquair (born 16 November, 1964).

This patrician Scottish Catholic dynasty descends from the Scottish King James III’s half-uncle, the Earl of Buchan. In 1491, the Peeblesshire land passed to his son James Stuart, who became 1st Laird of Traquair.

As the family prospered – today’s website boasts visits from 27 Scottish monarchs – the three-storey tower on the River Tweed became an elegant four-storey country mansion, staunchly associated with the Jacobite cause. It is said that the Bear Gates of Traquair have been locked since 1745, when the 11th Laird wished Bonnie Prince Charlie a safe journey, and declared that the gates would not be opened until a Stuart sat on the throne.

The Stuart inheritance, which included an earldom created in 1633, passed through the male line until 1875, when the unmarried Lady Louisa Stuart died. Traquair was then acquired by her cousin Henry Constable Maxwell, who adopted the Maxwell Stuart surname. In 1942, it was inherited by Peter’s father Francis, who on his death in 1962 passed it on to Peter.

The Traquair estate consists of about 4,000 acres, including farms, forestry and a stretch of the River Tweed. Peter and Flora re-opened the house to the public in 1963, with a shop and tearoom. It was the early years of Scotland’s private houses being opened to the public, but with Traquair’s connections to Mary Queen of Scots and Bonnie Prince Charlie, visitor numbers increased dramatically.

On her husband's death in 1990 their daughter Catherine, who was in her mid-twenties, and able to step into the breach. Together Flora and Catherine ran the business until Flora created the Traquair House Charitable Trust, which is overseen to this day by Catherine and her husband Mark Muller, KC.

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Rear Admiral John Oliver Roberts, CB 1924-2025

Rear Admiral John Oliver Roberts, CB, died 27 December, 2025, aged 101.

He was a naval officer who saw service in the Second World War. Was a Midshipman on HM Ships Renown and Tartar, 1941-43; Sub-Lieutenant, HMS Serapis 1943-44; Lieutenant, 1945; HMS Triumph 1947-49; RNAS, Lossiemouth, 1949-51; Flag Lieutenant to FOGT, 1952; Lieutenant-Commander, 1953; HMAS Vengeance & Sydney, 1953-54; Commanding Officer No. 803 Squadron, HMS Eagle 1957-58; Commander, 1958; RNVR Southern Air Div 1954-56; later on Naval Staff 1962-64; Captain 1964; CSO Flag Officer Aircraft Carriers, 1964-66; CO, HMS Galatea 1966-68; Naval Staff 1968-70; Commanding Officer HMS Ark Royal 1971-72; Rear Admiral, 1972; Flag Officer, Sea Training 1972-74; COS to C-in-C Fleet 1974-76; Flag Officer Naval Air Command, 1976-78.

He was appointed CB in 1976.

He was born 4 April, 1924,  son of John Vaughan Roberts, of Llangurig, Montgomeryshire.

He was four times married - firstly, on 16 June, 1950 (div. 1960), the Lady Hermione Mary Morton Stuart (1925-1969), daughter of the 19th Earl of Moray (1894-1974); married 2ndly, 1963 (div. 1987), Honor Morigold Gordon Gray; married 3rdly, 1987, Sheila Violet Mary Traub (nee Barker) who died in 2012; and fourthly, 2014, Gillian ffrench Reckitt (nee Nobbs).

He leaves a daughter, Doune Joanna, from his first marriage, and a son and a daughter from his second marriage.

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Primrose Merriweather Lightbody Leigh-Pemberton (born 2026)

  Rosa Laura L. Leigh-Pemberton (née Goodman), wife of Robert Eustace Walter Leigh-Pemberton [born 1991], scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a daughter, Primrose Merriweather Lightbody, a sister for Marigold Loveday Lightbody, born 4 November, 2023.

Rosa is a daughter of Professor Robert Goodman, of Dulwich Village, and his wife the former Susan N. Lightbody. Robert is the second son of the Hon John David Leigh-Pemberton [born 16 March, 1955], of Frinsted, Kent, and his wife the former Kathryn Felice Lampard, and is a grandson paternally of the life peer the Baron Kingsdown, KG, JP, PC [1927-2013], who as Sir Robin Leigh-Pemberton was Governor of the Bank of England 1983-1993.

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Primrose Jane Moubray (nee Whitworth) 1932-2025

Primrose Jane Moubray died 29 December, 2025.

She was born in 1932, a daughter of Major Noel Lupton Whitworth (1902-1969), and his wife the former Imelda Wendy Whitworth (same surname); and married in 1955, (John) Michael Moubray (1930-2014), scion of that landed gentry family, son of Colonel John Moubray, DSO (1898-1951), by his wife the former Meriel Christian Maud Bower (1900-1973), scion of that landed gentry family, by whom she had a son, Charles and a daughter, Catherine.

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 Alexandra Clutterbuck (née Boughton), wife of Henry Charles Meadows Clutterbuck (born 10 June, 1992), scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a son, Austin Robert Meadows, in Sydney, NSW, 16 December, 2025.

Henry is the son of Hugh Meadows Clutterbuck (1959-2011), by his 1st wife Camilla Nicholson (1962-2018), descended from the Barons Sudeley.

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Gordon Cumming/O'Donnell engagement

 The engagement was announced 10 January, 2026, between William Gordon Cumming of Altyre, Younger (born 4 April, 1993), son and heir of Sir Alexander Penrose Gordon Cumming of Altyre, 7th Baronet (born 15 Apr, 1954), of the Altyre estate, Forres, Moray, and his wife the former Louise Clifton-Brown (born 17 September, 1961), and Florence Isabel O'Donnell (born 1992), daughter of Simon O'Donnell, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent and his wife the former Audrey P. Hall.

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Archibald/Theakston engagement

 The engagement was announced 9 January, 2025, between Rory William E. Archibald (born 1995), youngest son of James Leslie Archibald (born 1962), of Coton Hall, Shropshire, and his wife the former Nicola-Jane Lucy (nee Howard, born Dec 1960), former wife of Maj Colin Piers Lister Sandbach (born 1956), scion of that landed gentry family; & Tessa Miranda Theakston (born 25 November, 1997), scion of the Theakston brewing family, daughter of Edward David Theakston (born 1962), of Jervaulx, North Yorkshire, and his wife the former Vanda Mary Chisenhale-Marsh (born 1966), scion of that landed gentry family.

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Leo Georges Anderson Padovan (born 2025)

 Noa Padovan (née Rataj-Mongelous), wife of Oliver Humphrey Umberto Padovan (born 1997), descended from the 1st Baron Hunsdon, gave birth to a son, Leo Georges Anderson Padovan, 8 November, 2025.

Oliver Padovan is a son of Benedict John Anderson Padovan (born 1965), of Old Burghclere, Hampshire, and his wife the former Arabella Sophie Gibbs (born 4 January, 1967), scion of the Barons Hunsdon (now Aldenham & Hunsdon).

Oliver is a great-grandson of Sir Humphrey Vicary Gibbs, GCVO, KCMG, OBE, PC (1902-1990), penultimate Gov of the Colony of Southern Rhodesia.

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Wood/Padovan engagement

 The engagement was announced 9 January, 2026, between Aubrey Thomas Wood (born 1999), son of Philip J. Wood, of Stoney Heath, Hampshire, and his wife the former Lois Pirnie (born 1964), & Daisy Amelia Padovan (born 1999), daughter of Benedict John Anderson Padovan (born 1965), of Old Burghclere, Hampshire, and his wife the former Arabella Sophie Gibbs (born 4 January, 1967), scion of the Barons Hunsdon (now Aldenham & Hunsdon).

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The Baron Duvall

 The life peerage recently bestowed upon Leonard Lloyd Duvall has been gazetted in the name, style and tite of Baron Duvall, of Woolwich in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

Letters Patent dated in the afternoon of 8 January, 2026.

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The Baron Doyle

The life peerage recently conferred upon Matthew Leo Doyle has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Doyle, of Great Barford in the County of Bedfordshire: 

Letters Patent dated in the forenoon of 8 January, 2026.

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Mary Hodges (nee Pryor) 1944-2025

 Mary Hodges, who died 23 December, 2025, aged 81, was a scion of the Pryor landed gentry family.

She was born 29 November, 1944, younger daughter of Major Peter Pryor (1907-1980), and his wife the former Anna Margaret Pepys (1906-2000), scion of the Earls of Cottenham; and married 15 March, 1969, Roy Hodges, son of Francis Hodges, of Tangley, Shenfield, Essex, by whom she had two sons, Jeremy George Hodges (born 1972), and Jonathan Francis (Jack) Hodges (born 1976).

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Katherine Hills (née Alderson-Smith) 1939-2025

  Katherine Adrian Hills died 23 December, 2025. 

She was born in 1939, a daughter of Guy Fairbairn Alderson-Smith (1908-1968), by his wife the former Constance Adrian Mary Mary Swan (1913-1985), & married 6 March, 1964, Colonel John Evelyn Baring Hills (1939-2009), son of Lieutenant-Colonel John David Hills (1895-1975), and his wife the Lady Rosemary Ethel Baring (1908-2004), daughter of the 2nd Earl of Cromer (1877-1953); by whom she had a son, (John) George Baring Hills (born 24 March, 1966), and a daughter, Veronica Adrian Harriet (Wonkie) Hills (born 23 Aug, 1968).

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Hon Mrs Gerald Maitland-Carew 1951-2026

 Rosalind Averil Maitland-Carew (nee Speke), died 3 January, 2026. She was 74. She was a scion of the Speke landed gentry family.

She was born in 1951, a daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Neil Hanning Reed Speke, MC and Bar (1917-1996), of Aydon White House, Corbridge, Northumberland, and his wife the former Averil Allgood Straker (b .1920), scion of that landed gentry family of Stagshaw; and married in 1972, the Hon Gerald Edward Ian Maitland-Carew, CVO (born 28 December, 1941), the second son of the 6th Baron Carew (1905-1994), and his wife the former Lady Sylvia Gwendoline Eva Maitland (1913-1991), daughter of the 15th Earl of Lauderdale (1891-1953).

She leaves issue, two sons Edward and Peter and a daughter, Emma.

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John Alexander Coke 1946-2025

 John Alexander Coke, who died 12 December, 2025, aged 79, was a scion of the Earls of Leicester.

He was born 15 June, 1946, the eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald Edward Coke, CBE, JP (1907-1990), and his wife the former Patricia Cadogan (1916-1995), scion of the Earls Cadogan.

He was a grandson of the courtier Major the Hon John Spencer Coke, KCVO (1880-1957), Equerry to Queen Mary 1938-53, Gentleman Usher in Ordinary to King George VI , and Extra Usher in Ordinary to Queen Elizabeth II.

He married in 1980 (div, 1987) Karen Johnson.

He was a second cousin twice removed of Sarah Ferguson, lately Duchess of York, and a first cousin once removed of Jack Brooksbank, husband of Princess Eugenie of York.

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Pelly/Vaughan engagement

 The engagement was announced 8 January, 2025, between Rupert Alexander Pelly (born 26 November, 1980), scion of the Pelly baronets, second son of William Henry Pelly (born 23 October, 1946), of Sherringtson, Wiltshire, and his wife the former Anne Byrne, & Tamsin Caroline (Tatty) Vaughan (born 1987), daughter of David H. Vaughan, of London, and his wife, the late Jane Catherine M. Vaughan (1957-2022).

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Sarah (Sally), Lady Codrington (died 2025)

 Sarah, Lady Codrington, who died 21 December, 2025, was the former wife of the late Sir Simon Codrington, 3rd Baronet.

She was the former Sarah Gwynn Pennell and married 1stly, 1961, Charles C.P. Kaye; and married 2ndly (or thirdly?____Gaze), 4 January, 1980 (div. 1987), as his third wife, Sir Simon Francis Bethell Codrington, 3rd Baronet (born 14 Aug, 1923), son of Sir Christopher Codrington, 2nd Baronet (1894-1979), by his wife the former Joan Mary Hague-Cook (died 1961). Sir Simon succeeded to the baronetcy, 10 Nov, 1979, and died 17 Aug, 2005.

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Barlow/Conyngham engagement

 The engagement was announced 8 January, 2026, between Jack Stephen Barlow (born 1988), son of Mr Stephen J. Barlow, of Worthing, West Sussex, and his wife the former Sharon Mackey, and Frances Lucia Conyngham (born 1991), daughter of Lord Simon Charles Eveleigh Wren Conyngham (born 20 November, 1953), of Edinburgh, & Carole Crossman Power, of Ferring, West Sussex.

Frances Conyngham is a granddaughter of the late 7th Marquess Conyngham (1924-2009).

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Baroness Dacres of Lewisham

The life peerage recently conferred upon Brenda Vanessa Dacres, OBE, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baroness Dacres of Lewisham, of Deptford in the London Borough of Lewisham. 

Letters Patent dated in the afternoon of 7 January 2026.

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Baron John of Southwark

The life peerage recently bestowed upon Peter Charles John, OBE, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron John of Southwark, of Pattiswick in the County of Essex. 

The Letters Patent dated in the forenoon of 7 January, 2026.

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Peter Edward Bugge 1943-2026

Peter Edward Bugge died 2 January, 2026, aged 82.

He was born in 1943 son of Edward Walter Bugge (1906-1983), and his wife the former Edith Elizabeth Webster (1912-1994); and married in 1974, Helen Penelope Hippisley Coxe (1946-2010), daughter of Lieutenant Commander Antony Dacres Hippisley Coxe, RN (1912-1988), by his wife the former Araminta Peel (1916-1999), descended from the Hunter Blair baronets, by whom he had two sons, Charles Edward A. Bugge (born 1975), and Jonathan Peter  Bugge (born 1977).

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Delia Flora Graham-Clarke 1931-2025

Delia Flora Graham-Clarke, who died 25 December, 2025, aged 94, was a scion of that landed gentry family.

She was born 28 July, 1931, daughter of Gerald Graham-Clarke (1873-1961), and his wife the former Albertha Mildred Miles (1893-1955), scion of that landed gentry family. She was unmarried.

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Dame Gillian Wagner, DBE 1927-2025

 Dame Gillian Wagner, DBE, who died 31 December, 2025, aged 98, was an expert in children’s history and the chairman, at various times, of the children’s charity Barnardo’s, the Thomas Coram Foundation and the Carnegie Trust.

She was the widow of Sir Anthony Wagner, herald and distinguished genealogist, who was head of the Wagner landed family.

She was born Gillian Mary Millicent Graham, 25 October, 1927, a scion of a landed gentry family, daughter of Major Henry Archibald Roger Graham (1892-1970), and his wife the Hon Margaret Beatrix Lopes (1898-1984), daughter of the 1st Baron Roborough (1859-1938); and married 26 February, 1953, Anthony Richard Wagner (born 6 September, 1908), scion of that landed family, son of Orlando Henry Wagner (1867-1956), head of that LG family, and his wife the former Monica Bell (1878-1971). Her husband, Anthony Wagner, was Garter Principal King of Arms, 1961-78. He was appointed CVO in 1953, advanced to KCVO in 1961, appointed KCB in 1978. He died 5 May, 1995.

Dame Gillian leaves issue, two sons, Roger and Mark, and a daughter, Lucy.

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Lindsay-Fynn/McGaw engagement

 The engagement was announced 7 January, 2026, between Charles Dacre Lindsay-Fynn (born Sept, 1989), son of Nigel Lindsay-Fynn (born 1942), of Budleigh Salterton, Devon by his wife the former Helen V.M. Willson-Pemberton (born 1949), & Augusta Eugenie Gaisford McGaw (born 2 September, 1985), daughter of John Jospeh Thoburn McGaw (born Oct, 1953), of Kensington, London, and Mrs Amanda J. G. Ruggles-Brise (born 1957, nee Lynch), of Finchingfield, Essex.

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Strutt/Hollamby engagement

 The engagement was announced 7 January, 2026, between the Hon John Frederick Strutt (born 29 March, 1993), the eldest son and heir of the 6th Baron Rayleigh (born 4 June, 1960), of Terling, Essex, and of Baroness Rayleigh (nee Annabel Kate Patterson, born 12 July, 1965), descended from the Barons Monson, & Cosima Serena G. Hollamby  (born 1997), younger daughter of Dominic Charles Hollamby (born 1965), of Verbier, Switzerland, and Mrs Susannah L. Springall (born 1965), of London.

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Drummond/von Einsiedel engagement

 The engagement was announced 7 January, 2026, between the Hon John Adam Humphrey Drummond (born 3 November, 1992), son and heir of the 17th Baron Strange (born 20 April, 1953), of Errol, Perthshire, and his wife the former Hon Mary Emma Jeronima Dewar (born 1 June, 1965), scion of the Barons Forteviot, & Gräfin Sophie von Einsiedel (born 1995), daughter of Graf and Gräfin von Einsiedel, of Stuttgart, Germany, and his wife the former Dorothee Philipps.

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David Alexander Cameron Cahill 1944-2026

David Alexander Cameron Cahill, who died 1 January, 2026, aged 81, was a scion of that Irish landed gentry family of Ballyconra House.

He was born 1 September, 1944, younger son of Robert Devereux Cahill (1901-1970), head of that family, by his wife the former (Linda) Joanne Cameron; and married 11 August, 1973, Susan Katherine Bly Hutton, daughter of Major William Bacon Hutton (later Hutton Bury), descended from the Viscounts Chetwynd.

He leaves issue, a son, Robert, and a daughter, Gay.

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Celeste Marie Graham-Watson (born 2025)

Lauren Elizabeth Graham-Watson (nee Nevitt), wife of Alexander Cosimo Graham-Watson [born 1989], gave birth to a daughter Celeste Marie, 27 December, 2025, in New York.

Lauren is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Tom Nevitt, of Long Island, New York.

Alexander Graham-Watson is the second son of Andrew FitzJames Graham-Watson [born 22 January,1957], of Longworth, co Oxford, scion of that landed gentry family of Lofts Hall, Saffron Walden, co Essex, and his wife the former Brigitte Claude Marie Jeanson. 

Alexander's great-great grandfather James Graham-Watson [1850-1931], married 1878, Charlotte Maude Boothby [d 1938], scion of the Barons Boothby.

Alexander is a fourth cousin once removed of the late Diana, Princess of Wales.

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McGregor/Bellfield engagement

 The engagement was announced 6 January, 2026, between Euan E.A. McGregor, younger son of Mr Malcolm McGregor and Mrs Loretta Gentilini McGregor, of Muswell Hill, London, & Eleanor Rose Bellfield (born 27 April, 1997), the elder daughter of Commodore Robert James Astley Bellfield, RN (born 28 July, 1965), of Dallinghoo, Suffolk, descended from the Paston Cooper baronets, and his wife the former Zoë Le Marchand.

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Lady Tennant 1934-2025

 Lady Tennant died 9 December 2025, aged 91. She was the widow of Sir Anthony Tennant (1930-2011),  a grandee of the corporate world who led the revival of Guinness after it was tarnished by financial scandal and went on to become chairman of Christie's – only to find his reputation besmirched by allegations of complicity in price-fixing with its rival, Sotheby's. 

She was born Rosemary Violet Stockdale, 14 Oct, 1934, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Charles Minshull Stockdale (1902-1981), and his wife the former Hon Margaret Violet Henderson (1904-1976), scion of the Barons Faringdon. She was a niece of Sir Edmund Stockdale, 1st Baronet (1903-1989), Lord Mayor of London 1959-60.

She married 12 July, 1954, Anthony John Tennant (born 5 Nov, 1930), scion of the Tennant baronets (later Barons Glenconner), son of Maj. John Tennant (1899-1967), and his wife the Hon Antonia Mary Roby Benson (1903-77), daughter of the 1st Baron Charnwood (1864-1945). Her husband was knighted in 1992, and died 4 August, 2011.

Lady Tennant leaves two sons, Christopher and Patrick Tennant.

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Darcy Gilbert Hamilton Wills (born 2025)

The Hon Sophie Elizabeth Wills (nee Kainradl) wife of the Hon Robert Anthony Hamilton Wills (born 20 Oct, 1983), son and heir of the 3rd Baron Dulverton, gave birth to a son, Darcy Gilbert Hamilton, 22 December, 2025.

The Hon Robert Wills is the son and heir of the 3rd Baron Dulverton (born 2 May, 1944), of Batsford, Gloucestershire, and of his first and former wife Rosalind, Baroness Dulverton (nee van der Velde), of Marbella, Spain.

Sophie (born circa 1985), is a daughter of Mr Peter Kainradl, of Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire, and his wife the former Josephine Alice Danneman (born 21 March, 1951).

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Lowe/Mezran engagement

 The engagement was announced 5 January, 2026, between Angus Gregory Lowe (born circa 1994), son of Rupert James Graham Lowe, (born 31 Oct, 1957), MP (Reform) for Great Yarmouth, by his wife the former Nicola Chapman, descended from the Baker baronets, & Yasmin Mezran (born 1994), daughter of Karim Mezran and Mrs Sheila Comes.

Sir George Edward Dunstan Sherston Baker 4th Baronet (1846-1923) > Henrietta Baker (d 1964) > Michael Francis Sherston Chapman (1912-2010) > Nicola Chapman > Angus Lowe

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Penelope, Lady Ogilvy (nee Hills) 1929-2025

Penelope, Lady Ogilvy, who died 27 December, 2025, was the widow of Sir David Ogilvy, 13th Baronet.

Penelope Mary Ursula Hills was born in 1929, daughter of Arthur Lafone Frank Hills, OBE (1890-1974), of White Court, Penshurst Station, Kent, and his wife the former Moira Emeline Guinness (1902-1980), scion of the banking arm of the Guinness dynasty; and married 31 December, 1966, Sir David John Wilfrid Ogilvy, 13th Baronet (born 3 February, 1914), son of Gilbert Francis Molyneux Ogilvy (1868-1953), and his wife the former Marjory Katharine Clive (1881-1961), a granddaughter of the 7th Earl of Denbigh (1796-1865). Her husband succeeded as 13th Baronet, 1 March, 1956, on the demise of his kinsman, Sir Herbert, the 12th Bt, and he died 16 June, 1992, aged 78.

Lady Ogilvy leaves a son, Sir Francis Gilbert Arthur Ogilvy, 14th Baronet (who was born 22 Apr, 1969).

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John Henry Aylmer 1936-2025

 John Henry Aylmer, who died 29 December, 2025, aged 89, was a scion of the Barons Aylmer.

He was born 1 July, 1936, son of Henry Gerald Aylmer (1896-1978), and his wife the former Nancy Hollick (1902-1991); and married firstly, 10 July, 1959 (div. 1970), Venetia Mary Henderson, daughter of Ian Thomson Henderson (1908-1986), of Crawley, Winchester, by his wife Monica Wingfield Verner (1908-1962), daughter of Sir Edward Wingfield Verner, 5th Baronet (1865-1936); and married 2ndly, 1971, Margaret Gillian Elliot Musker (born 1933), daughter of John Herbert Musker (1905-1987), and his wife the former Margaret Anne Thomson (1906-2004). He leaves issue from his first marriage, two daughters, Miranda Jane (born 18 May, 1962), and Juliet Rose (born 23 Oct, 1965).

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Boles/Armitage-Mattin engagement

 The engagement was announced 5 January, 2026, between Thomas Coleridge Boles (born 13 January, 1989), descended from the Boles family, later baronets, son of Nicholas Charles Boles (born 20 May, 1952), of Fulham, London and his wife the former Diana M. Pigot (born 1953), & Phillipa Rhea Armitage-Mattin (born December, 1991), daughter of Nigel Stephen Armitage (born 1958) and Athena Mattin (born 1955), of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.

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Koteczky/Farquhar engagement

 The engagement is announced between Anatole Koteczky, only son of Mr Zoltan Koteczky and Mrs Susie Stenmark, of Sydney, Australia, and Lydia Rose Farquhar (born 17 November, 1994), scion of the Farquhar baronets, 2nd daughter of Richard Charles Farquhar (born 7 April, 1962), of Pewsey, Wiltshire, and his wife the former Emma de Hoghton Reeves (born 18 Oct, 1963).

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Fitzalan Howard/Brown engagement

 The engagement was announced 5 January, 2025, between Milo Nicholas Fitzalan Howard (born 17 July, 1996), scion of the Dukes of Norfolk, third son of Henry Julian Nicholas (Harry) Fitzalan Howard (born 7 July, 1954), of South Harting, West Sussex, and his wife the former Claire Louise von Mallinckrodt (born 11 Aug, 1960), & Isabel Laura Brown (born 6 November, 1995), daughter of Dominic P. Brown (born 1965), of Beachampton, Buckinghamshire, and his wife the former Sara J.A. Lewis.

Milo Fitzalan Howard is a grandson of the late Maj-Gen Lord Michael Fitzalan Howard, GCVO, CB, CBE, MC, DL, and is a great-nephew of the late 17th Duke of Norfolk, KG, GCVO, CB, CBE, MC (1915-2002), Premier Duke in the Peerage of England and Hereditary Earl Marshal, &c.

Milo's mother is a daughter of Georg-Wilhelm Gustav von Mallinckrodt (1930-2921), and his wife Baroness Charmaine Brenda Schröder (born 8 Nov, 1935), daughter of Baron Helmut William Bruno Schröder and his wife  Margaret Eleanor Phyllis Darell (died 1994), daughter of Sir Lionel Edward Hamilton Marmaduke Darell, 6th Baronet (1876-1954).

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David Christopher Roberts 1944-2025

David Christopher Roberts died 18 December, 2025, aged 81.

He was born 11 August, 1944 son of Cyril Alfred Roberts, CBE (1908-1988), and his wife the former Christine Annabel Kitson (1908-1996), scion of the Barons Airedale.

He married in 1973, the Hon Jane Elisabeth Sybil Roskill (born 1948), daughter of the life peer, the Law Lord, the Baron Roskill, PC, JP (1911-1996), and his wife the former Elisabeth Wallace Jackson (1918-2014). No issue of the union.

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Jeffry George Lefroy 1936-2025

Jeffrey George Lefroy, who died 27 December, 2025, aged 89, was a scion of that landed gentry family of Carrigglas Manor, Co Longford.

He was born 24 May, 1936, son of Major Jeffry Arden Patrick Lefroy, MBE (1909-1985), and his wife the former Veronica Maud Pomeroy Colley (1913-2012), descended from the Viscounts Harberton; and married 1 February, 1964, Teresa Margaret White, daughter of Henry Alwyn White, DL (1909-1988), of Orange Hill, Tandragee, Co Armagh, by whom he had two sons, Jeffry Peter Langlois Lefroy (born 4 Sept, 1965), and Edward Christian Perceval Lefroy (born 19 Dec, 1967).

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Hon Rosamond Mary Dent (Sister Ancilla Dent, OSB) 1933-2025

Sister Ancilla.

Sister Ancilla Dent, OSB, who died 15 October, 2025, aged 92, in the 66th year of her monastic profession, was a co-heir to the ancient barony of Furnivall, a peerage dating back to 1295.

She was born Rosamond Mary Dent, 3 June, 1933, the elder daughter of William Herbert Shelley Dent, MC (1895-1981), descended maternally from the Shelley baronets, and his wife Mary Frances Katherine Petre, suo jure Baroness Furnivall (born 27 May, 1900).

Rosamond Dent entered St Mildred's Abbey near Ramsgate, circa 1959, and took the name Sister Ancilla.

The abeyance of the barony of Furnivall, having existed since 1777, was terminated in favour of her mother, 3 May, 1913, and with her death, 24 December, 1968, the ancient English barony once again fell into abeyance between Sister Ancilla and her younger sister, the Hon Patricia Mary Dent (born 4 April, 1935).

Upon the death of Sister Ancilla the abeyance of the Barony of Furnivall is automatically terminated and her younger sister succeeds as Baroness Furnivall.

Patricia Dent married firstly, 25 Aug, 1956 (div. 1963), Capt. Thomas Hornsby (1924-1967); and married 2ndly, 1970, Roger Thomas John Bence (1939-2017). The 20th Baroness Furnivall has issue from both marriages. From her first marriage she has a son, the Hon Walton Petre Hornsby (born 21 Apr, 1958), and a daughter the Hon Clare Mary Petre Hornsby (born 25 Jan, 1957), and from her second marriage she has a son, the Hon Richard William Petre Bence (born 1976), and a daughter the Hon Katharine Rosamond Petre Bence (born 1971).

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Tessa Margaret Trappes-Lomax 1941-2025

Tessa Margaret Trappes-Lomax, who died 11 December, 2025, aged 84, was a scion of that landed gentry family.

She was born 15 July, 1941, daughter of Colonel Nicholas Hugh Ignatius Trappes-Lomax (1911-1969), and his wife the former Gertrude Maisie Stockwell (1913-1994). She is survived by her husband, Paris Pittordou.

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More/Gruender engagement

The engagement was announced 3 January, 2025, between Caspar George Harvey More (born 15 December, 1992), descended from the Seale baronets, only son of Robert Harvey More (born 17 Oct, 1946), of Corsham, Wiltshire, and his wife the former Claire Harwood, & Charlotte Rose Gruender (born 1994), daughter of Derek and Kay Gruender, of Wivenhoe.

Caspar More is a great-grandson of Sir John Carteret Hyde Seale, 4th Baronet (1881-1964)

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Dear/Dibben engagement

The engagement was announced 3 January, 2025, between Maxwell William Gauntlet Dear (born 1997), son of Patrick Giles Gauntlet Dear (born 1961), of Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire, and his wife the former Jane Helen Orr Ewing (born 31 January, 1961), scion of the Orr Ewing baronets, & Rosie Grace Dibben, daughter of Piers Farquhar Dibben (born 1967), of Rodbourne, Wiltshire, and his wife the former Susannah L. Lawrence.

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William Michael Louis Dathan (born 2025)

 Harriet Claire Dathan (née Line, born 14 November, 1992), wife of Matthew Dathan, gave birth to a son, William Michael Louis, 13 December, 2025.

Harriet Dathan is a daughter of Michael Robert Line and his wife the former (Primrose) Miranda Margaret Harvey (born 26 June, 1953), daughter of the Rev Patrick Roger Harvey (1900-1986), and his wife Alice Juliana Rosamond Rycroft (1915-2006), daughter of Major Sir Richard Nelson Rycroft, 5th Baronet (1859-1925).

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Cazalet/Congreve engagement

 The engagement was announced 3 January, 2026, between Hugo Nicholas Charles Cazalet (born 13 September, 1993), third son of Peter Charles Grenville Cazalet (born 1959), of Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire, and his wife the former Victoria Jane Perry (born 1960), & Fleur Isabella Beatrice Congreve (born 30 June, 1996), eldest daughter of Ralph Congreve (born 1953), of Murky Hill Farm, Middleton Tyas, North Yorkshire, and Mrs Amanda Jane Congreve (nee Lawson, born circa Jan 1963), of Fulham, London.

Fleur Congreve is descended from the Baker Baker landed gentry family and the Cator landed family.

Albemarle Cator, of Woodbastwick Hall (1836-1906) > Georgina Marguerite Cator (1872-1955) > Judith Christabel Baker Baker (1911-2004) > Ralph Congreve (b. 1953) > Fleur Congreve (b. 1996)

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Beckett/Harley engagement

 The engagement was announced 3 January, 2026, between Thomas Ralph Beckett (born 30 October, 1992), scion of the Barons Grimthorpe, second son of the Hon (Ralph) Daniel Beckett (born 11 April, 1957), of Westow, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Susanna Townsend-Rose (born 1960), & Imogen Freda (Mimo) Harley (born 3 May, 1994), daughter of Edward Mortimer Harley, OBE (born 1960), of Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire, head of that landed gentry family, and his wife the former (Alice) Victoria Mather (born 1960), descended from the Barons Cromwell.

Thomas Beckett is a grandson of the late 4th Baron Grimthorpe (1915-2003).

Imogen (Mimo) Harley is descended from the Barons Cromwell:-

Robert Bewicke-Copley, 5th Baron Cromwell (1893-1966)

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Hon Philippa Bewicke-Copley (1925-2021)

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(Alice) Victoria Mather (b 1960)

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Imogen (Mimo) Harley (b 1994)

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Witherley/Taylour engagement

 The engagement was announced 3 January, 2026, between George Edward Witherley (born 1995), younger son of Jonathan D. Witherley (born 1959), of Debenham, Suffolk, and his wife the former Janet E. Graham, and the Lady Alexandra Susan Katherine Taylour (born 8 June, 1998), younger daughter of the 7th Marquis of Headfort (born 10 February, 1959), and his first late wife the former Susan Jane Vandervell (1960-2008).

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Grafton/Hope engagement

 The engagement was announced 3 January, 2025, between Angus Andrew Grafton (born December, 1996), son of Robert Michael Grafton (born 1962), of Empingham, Rutland, and his wife the former Vivienne Farmer (born 1963), & the Lady Olivia Rose Hope (born 11 March, 1997), elder daughter of Andrew Victor Arthur Charles Hope, styled Earl of Hopetoun (born 22 May, 1969), by his wife the former Skye Laurette Bovill (born 5 September, 1969).

Olivia's father os heir apparent to his father, the 4th Marquess of Linlithgow (born 1 July, 1946).

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Ian Anthony Balding, LVO 1938-2026

Ian Anthony Balding, LVO, the racehorse trainer, died 2 January, 2026. He was 87.

He was born 7 November, 1938, son of Capt Gerald Matthews Balding (1903-1957), of Weyhill House, Andover, by his wife the former Eleanor Hoagland (1915-1985); and married 15 August, 1969, Emma Alice Mary Hastings-Bass (born 28 January, 1949), scion of the Earls of Huntingdon. She was raised to the rank of an Earl's daughter in 1993, following the succession to the Earldom of Huntingdon of her brother.

Balding was a racehorse trainer from 1964 to 2002 and was trainer to HM Queen Elizabeth II, 1964-1999. He was appointed LVO in 1992.

He is survived by Lady Emma and a son, Andrew (born 29 December, 1972), and a daughter Clare, the broadcaster and journalist (born 29 January, 1971).

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Caroline Diana Brooks (née Todd) 1931-2025

Caroline Diana Brooks died 29 December, 2025. She was 94.

She was born in 1931 as Caroline Diana Todd, daughter of Brigadier George Herbert Norris Todd (1897-1971), of Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Gloucestershire, by his wife the former Alice Nina Dixon (1897-1975); and married 8 October, 1955, Robert Noel Brand Brooks (born 17 December, 1927), scion of the Barons Crawshaw, son of Major Noel Brand Brooks (1896-1984), and his wife the former Joan Margaret Le Marchant (1901-1984), scion of the Le Marchant baronets, by whom she had issue, two sons, Christopher George (born 30 March, 1959), and Charles Patrick Evelyn (born 3 March, 1963), and a daughter, Annabel Joan (born 4 January, 1958).

Her husband died in 1976.

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Chantal Marie-Françoise Portal (née Guerrier de Dumast) (died 2025)

 Chantal Marie-Françoise Portal, died 10 December, 2025, aged 89.

She was a daughter of Baron Gabriel Marie-François Guerrier de Dumast, of Chateau de Rozet, Saint-Vit, Doubs, France, and married 20 May, 1956, Anthony Portal (born 19 June, 1932), second son of Admiral Sir Reginald Henry Portal, KCB, DSC (1894-died 18 June, 1983), by his wife the former Helen Sophia Anderson (died 3 Apr, 1983), by whom she had issue, three sons, Frederick (born 27 Sept, 1958), William (born 10 Sept, 1961), and Philip (born 16 Sept, 1963).

Her husband's father was a younger brother of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, KG, GCB, OM, DSO & Bar, MC, DL (1893 – 1971).

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Lord Charles Adam Brudenell-Bruce 1951-2025

 Lord Charles Adam Brudenell-Bruce, who died 27 December, 2025, aged 74, was a scion of the Marquesses of Ailesbury.

He was born 23 March, 1951, a son of the 7th Marquess of Ailesbury (1904-1974), and his third wife, Mrs Jean Frances Margaret Williamson (who died 14 February, 1999),  widow of Squadron Leader Richard Williamson MBE), daughter of John Addison Wilson, of Bodicote, Banbury, co. Oxford.

He married 14 September, 1996, Teresa Patricia Helena-Maria Chris Simons (born November, 1948), daughter of G.T. Simons, of Collingbourne Ducis, near Salisbury, Wiltshire.

The funeral is to take place at St Katharine's Church, Savernake, 23 January, 2026.

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Drake/Clarke engagement

 The engagement was announced 1 January, 2026, between Lieut. Arthur John Courtney Drake, RN (born 1998), son of John Arthur Courtney Drake (born 10 Oct, 1951), of Thorney, Somerset, by his second wife the former Lucia Mary Kennard (born 20 April, 1963), scion of the Kennard and Mytton landed families, & Olivia Elizabeth A. Clarke (born 1998), daughter of Francis H. Clarke, of Harston, Cambridgeshire, and his wife the former Charlotte F. House.

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