Christopher James Hodson died 25 August, 2026. He was 62.
He was born 26 November, 1963, son of Anthony Edward Hodson (born 1937), and his wife the former Margaret-Anne Incledon (born 16 February, 1941), a descendant of the Barons Decies.
3rd Baron Decies (1811-1893) > Hon William Horsley-Beresford (1878-1949) > Hazel Horsley-Beresford (1920-2005) > Margaret-Anne Incledon (b 1941) > Christopher Hodson (1963-2026)
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Caroline Elizabeth Shelton Agar (nee Pennant-Rea), died 28 October, 2026.
She was the former Caroline Elizabeth Pennant-Rea.
She married 1969, Nigel Shelton Agar (born 27 July, 1932), scion of that landed gentry family, of Melmerby Hall, second son of George Shelton Agar (1888-c1956), by his wife the former Phyllis Whitworth, by whom she had issue, a son, Jonathan and a daughter, Lucinda.
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Jonathan Bryan Guinness was born 16 March, 1930, son of Bryan, 2nd Baron Moyne (1905-1992), and the society beauty, the Hon Diana Freeman-Mitford (1910-2003), third of the six famed Mitford Girls, who, after divorcing Guinness, married Sir Oswald Mosley, 6th Bt.
Shortly after the birth of his brother Desmond, Diana met Sir Oswald Mosley, 6th Baronet (1896-1980), who was soon to become the leader of the British Union of Fascists. Diana married Mosley in the drawing room of the Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels in Berlin. Four years later, when Jonathan was ten, his mother was interned, [and] remained there until November 1943, her admiration for Hitler surviving the duration of the Second World War and the revelations of Nazi atrocities.
His childhood was spent in England and Ireland, mainly at the family’s houses at Biddesden in Wiltshire and Knockmaroon beside Phoenix Park in Dublin.
From The Times: While campaigning unsuccessfully for a seat as a Conservative MP, Jonathan Guinness, later the third Baron Moyne, attracted notoriety for saying that murderers should have razor blades left in their prison cells to enable them to “do the decent thing”. The press nicknamed him “Old Razor Blades”. Guinness later insisted he had been misquoted and meant that prisoners should be able to stay “decent” by shaving daily. It was the sort of remark that followed him through life. Many years later, welcoming a journalist to his London office, he remarked that the place had been compared to a brothel, adding hastily that he had never been in a brothel.
As a member of the Guinness brewing dynasty, he had seemed assured of a privileged place in life… yet financial troubles followed him into his later years. In his seventies, he became caught up in a Swedish fraud case, was declared bankrupt and helped to make ends meet by selling health bracelets.
In 1984, with access to unpublished papers and the surviving relatives on his mother’s side, Guinness published, with his daughter Catherine, The House of Mitford, which detailed the lives of Nancy the novelist, Jessica the communist, Unity the admirer of Hitler, and Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire. Reviewers found him too forgiving of Diana and Unity. When Diana died in 2003, at the age of 93, Guinness wrote letters to the press in her defence.
He was twice wed, firstly, 25 July, 1951 (div. 1963), Ingrid Olivia Georgia Wyndham (1931-2009), scion of the Barons Leconfield, daughter of Maj. Guy Richard Charles Wyndham (1896-1948), and his wife the former Grethe Wulfsberg; and married 2ndly, 10 January, 1964, Suzanne (Sue) Lisney (who died 2005), daughter of Harold William Denis Lisney, of Cadaqués, Gerona, Spain.
He succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Moyne, 6 July, 1992.
His first wife Ingrid married 2ndly, 7 August, 1963, Jonathan's cousin, (Henry) Paul Guinness Channon, later life peer as Baron Kelvedon (1935-2007), son of the diarist, Sir Henry 'Chips' Channon, MP (1897-1958), and Lady Honor Dorothy Mary Guinness (1909-1976), daughter of the 2nd Earl of Iveagh, KG (1874-1967).
From his first marriage he had three children, the Hon Catherine Ingrid Guinness (born 1 June, 1952), the Hon Jasper Jonathan Richard Guinness (1954-2011), and the Hon Valentine Guy Bryan Guinness (born 9 March, 1959).
From his second marriage he had two children, the Hon Sebastian Walter Denis Guinness (born 15 February, 1964), and the Hon Daphne Suzannah Diana Guinness (born 9 November, 1967).
Lord Moyne had three further children with Susan Mary Taylor, daughter of Ronald Taylor, of Oldham, Lancashire, - Diana Gloria Isolde Rose Dimilo Taylor (born 1981), Aster Sophia Mary Taylor (born 1984), and Thomas Julian William Jon Taylor (born 1986),
Susan Taylor, who died in 2003, had travelled through Europe and Asia, worked at the Beatles’ Apple offices and performed in circuses. When they met in 1978 she was living in a stone hut in the foothills of the Pyrenees. She attended a party he gave at Cadaqués on the Spanish coast, and they met again at an art exhibition. They discovered an unlikely connection: she had served time in Holloway for a cannabis offence, and he told her that his mother had been imprisoned there. Taylor had never heard of Mosley. Guinness liked her lack of interest in politics. She eventually settled in Cornwall, and Guinness divided his time between her and his wife.
Guinness’s connection with the Guinness name extended to its housing charities and for 40 years — until his removal in 1997 — he served as a trustee of the Guinness Trust. His great-grandfather, Edward Cecil Guinness, later the first Earl of Iveagh, had established the trust in 1890 with £200,000 to provide decent homes for London’s working poor, setting aside another £50,000 for Dublin. The London trust built blocks of flats for poorer families to replace overcrowded accommodation while the Dublin fund became the Iveagh Trust, leading to Brendan Behan’s famous remark: “The Guinnesses have been good to the people of Ireland, but then again, the people of Ireland have been very good to the Guinnesses.”
Lord Moyne is succeeded in the peerage (created UK, 1932), by his second, but eldest surviving, son, the Hon Valentine Guinness, who was married to Lulu Rivett-Carnac (aka 'Lulu Guinness') the handbag and accessories designer.
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William Sutherland, who died 24 September, 2026, aged 81, was a scion of the Sutherland baronets.
He was born 20 September, 1945, a son of Sir Benjamin Ivan Sutherland, 2nd Baronet (1901-1980), and his second wife the former Margaret Owen.
Sutherland was a environmental campaigner and author who also designed golf courses.
He married firstly, 24 November, 1966 (div. 1980), Sarah Lucy Gilbert, daughter of Cecil Gilbert, of Benton, Newcastle, by whom he had issue, two sons, [Mark] Rupert, and Dylan Paul, and two daughters, Ceri Jane and Amy Gail. He married 2ndly, Angela Ashe, by whom he had another son and daughter, and by a partner, Sue Woodward, he had a son.
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William Mathewson is a grandson of Niel Galbraith Mathewson (1922-2013), of Cullaloe, Burntisland, Fife, and his wife the former (Ann) Carolyn Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell (1933-2021).
William's great-uncle, Dermot Hugh Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell (1935-2009), married in 1967 (div. 1973), Princess Stephanie zu Windisch-Graetz (1939-2019).
John, 1st Earl Gower > Admiral Hon John Leveson-Gower > Gen John Leveson-Gower > John Leveson-Gower > Hugh Broke Boscawen Leveson-Gower > Colonel Charles Cameron Leveson-Gower > Lt-Col. Harold Leveson-Gower > Maj. Charles Murrough Leveson-Gower > Alice Leveson-Gower > William Mathewson
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The engagement was announced 31 October, 2026, between Robert Colin Cowdrey (born 1991), eldest son of the Hon Jeremy Cowdrey (born 1960), of Constantine Bay, Cornwall, and his late wife the former Philippa Telford, & Imogen Jane Cox (born 1990), elder daughter of Mr Robin Cox, of Chelwood Gate, and Mrs Sarah Millett (nee Ansell), of Uckfield.
Robert Cowdrey is a grandson of the Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, CBE (1932-2000).
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Alexandra Frances Louise Mitchell, who died 10 October, 2026, aged 50, was a scion of the Corkran landed gentry family, of FitzHarry's Manor, and descended from King Charles II, the Dukes of Richmond and Somerset and Marquesses of Hertford, &c.
She was born in 1976, younger daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Seymour Corkran (1936-2021), and his wife the former Jane Melanie Paget (born 12 July, 1947), descended from the Earls of Uxbridge, later Marquesses of Anglesey.
She married Stuart Mitchell.
King Charles II > Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond > Charles, 2nd Duke of Richmond > Lord George Henry Lennox > Lady Emilia Charlotte Lennox > Georgiana Mary Berkeley > Georgina Isabella Seymour > Charles Seymour Corkran > Maj-Gen Sir Charles Corkran > Giles Seymour Corkran > Richard Seymour Corkran > Alexandra Corkran
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The marriage took place 2 October, 2026, at St Andrew's Church, Radbourne, Derbyshire, between Edward John Chandos-Pole Chichester (born 27 July, 1991), son and heir of Sir James Henry Edward Chichester, 12th Baronet (born 15 October, 1951), of Radbourne Hall, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, and his wife the former Margaret Anne Chandos-Pole (born 1952), and Madeleine J. Maslin, elder daughter of Mr Charlie Maslin, of Gunningrah, NSW, Australia, and Mrs Anne Maslin, of Barwon Heads, Victoria, Australia.
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Honor is a niece of Isobel, Countess of Strathmore & Kinghorne, first wife of the late 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
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Ruby Susanna Soroka (née Weatherall, born 1994), wife of Amit, gave birth to a daughter, Eden Isabel, in Honk Kong, 9 September, 2026.
Ruby is a scion of the Keswick family - a business dynasty of Scottish origin associated with the Far East region since 1855 and in particular the conglomerate Jardine Matheson.
She is the middle daughter of (Edward) Percy Keswick Weatherall (born 1957), of Cowhill, Dumfriesshire, and his wife the former Clara Mary Johnston (born 1960), descended from the Chancellor landed gentry family and the Paget baronets.
Ruby is a niece of Isobel, Countess of Strathmore & Kinghorne, first wife of the late 18th Earl.
In October, 2024, Ruby Weatherall announced her engagement to Capt Amit Sharon, younger son of Jonathan and Irit Sharon, of Tel Aviv.
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Alice Daisy Brooke (née Jack, born 1991), wife of John Weston (Jock) Brooke (born 23 February, 1992), scion of the Brooke baronets, gave birth to a son, George William Horace Weston, 22 October, 2026, a brother for Amelia Ann Rosemary, who was born 28 October, 2023, and for Bertie Charles Alister Weston, who was born 19 April, 2025.
Jock Brooke, heir presumptive to the Brooke baronetcy, is the son of the late Charles Weston Brooke (1951-2024) , by his wife the former Tanya Elizabeth Maurice, and is a nephew of Sir Alistair Brooke, 4th Baronet (born 12 September, 1947).
Alice Brooke is a daughter of the Rt Hon Sir Alister William Jack, KBE, DL (born 7 July, 1963), a former Conservative MP for Dumfries and Galloway and Secretary of State for Scotland 2019-2024, by his wife the former Elisabeth Ann Hodgson (b 1965). Sir Alister has been nominated for a life barony in Rishi Sunak's Resignation Honours List 2025.
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The 4th Marquess of Reading died 26 October, 2026. He was 84.
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Simon Charles Henry Rufus Isaacs was born 18 May, 1942, the eldest son of the 3rd Marquess of Reading, MBE, MC (1916-1980), and his wife the former Margot Irene Duke (1919-2015), and he succeeded to the peerages upon his father's death, 2 July, 1980.
The then Viscount Erleigh served as Lieutenant, 1st Queen’s Dragoon Grds 1961-64; Member of Stock Exchange 1970-74; Marketing Dir for Brahmco International 1975-80; with Ralph Lauren Cosmetics 1979-83; with Abbey Lubbock and Abbey Sports and Events 1984-92; Chm: Land’s End John o’ Groats Club 1992-96, Crosswinds 2011, Visionscapes Group 2017; Pres: Dean Close School, 1990-2000; Dir: Global Flying Hospitals 1996-2000, Raven Energy 2015, Unibin Resources 2016, Remit Radar 2016; Member: Board of Directors of CURE International 2004, Mertens House (St Petersburg) 2008, Council of the Garden Tomb (Jerusalem) 2002-08; Trustee: Jewish Natl Fund 2016; Patron: Nelson Recovery Trust 1998, Barnabas Fund, Royal Versailles Ball 2022; Grand Cross of Order of Menelik II (Crown Cncl of Ethiopia) 2022.
He married 12 May, 1979, Melinda Victoria Dewar (born circa January, 1951), younger daughter of Richard John Gresley Dewar (1916-1991), of Seale, Surrey, by his wife the former Andrena V. Hopwood, by whom he had issue, a son Julian Rufus Isaacs, styled Viscount Erleigh (born 26 May, 1986), and two daughters, Lady Sybilla (born 3 November, 1980, and Lady Natasha (born 24 April, 1983).
A service of thanksgiving will be held at Cirencester Parish Church in January 2027.
His only son succeeds to the peerages.
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The Baron Davies of Oldham, PC, died 27 October, 2026, aged 86.
He was a Labour party politician, a former MP, and member of the House of Lords.
He served as Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords from 2003 to 2010, and as usual for a holder of that position, also held the position of Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard.
Bryan Davies was born 9 November, 1939, son of George Davies and his wife the former Beryl Parsons.
He married in 1963, Monica Shearing, ) in 1963, by whom he had issue, two sons, Roderick and Gordon, and a daughter, Amanda.
Davies was Labour MP for Enfield North from February 1974 until he lost the seat in 1979, and was MP for Oldham Central and Royton from 1992 until the seat was abolished by boundary changes in 1997. He was defeated for the Labour selection in the new constituency of Oldham West and Royton by Michael Meacher (then incumbent MP for the old seat of Oldham West). He had also fought Central Norfolk in 1966 and Newport West in 1983.
Davies was created a life and peer, 3 October, 1997, and his peerage was gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Davies of Oldham, of Broxbourne in the County of Hertfordshire.
He served as Secretary to the Parliamentary Labour Party and Shadow Cabinet from 1979 until 1992. He also served as a member of the Medical Research Council from 1977 to 1979 and chaired the Further Education Funding Council from 1998 until 2000. In 2006, he was appointed to the Privy Council.
Sarah Penelope Brocklebank died 24 October, 2026, aged 85.
She was born Sarah Penelope Scarlett-Streatfeild, 21 November, 1940, the eldest daughter of Commander Norman John Scarlett-Streatfeild, DSC, RN (1910-1993), of The Rocks, Uckfield, Sussex, head of that landed gentry family, and his wife the former Pamela Susan Oakley (1914-1990), scion of that landed gentry family.
Her father, who had been born Norman John Scarlett, assumed the additional surname of Streatfeild, by Deed Poll, in 1945, on inheriting the Rocks estate.
Sarah married in 1966, Peter Brocklebank (born 1940), scion of that landed gentry family, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Rev. Giles Royds Brocklebank, DSO, MC (1911-1978), and his wife the former Kathleen Enid Becke (1914-1981), daughter of Sir Jack Becke, CBE (1878-1962), by his wife the former Enid Margaret Mary (1884-1969).
She leaves a son, Nicholas James (born 1967), and a daughter, Henrietta Jane (born 1970).
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Sandra trained at the Victoria and Albert Museum, achieving a Diploma (with Credit) at the Study Centre for the History of the Fine & Decorative Arts 1972-3. For eleven years she worked part time in the Picture Department at Spink and Son, then as a guide at the Tate Gallery and at the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital for their Healing Arts Programme. She has been working on the De László Catalogue Raisonné since she dared to write her first letter to an owner in New York in 1989.
She was co-curator with Christopher Wood and Richard Ormond of the de László exhibition A Brush with Grandeur at Christie’s London in January 2004, and its accompanying catalogue. She was co-curator for the exhibition De László in Holland at the Museum van Loon, Amsterdam, March – June 2006, and British Editor of the book De László in Holland.
In 2010 the National Portrait Gallery in London mounted a Special Display: Philip de László, Portraits, to celebrate the completion of the indexing of the artist’s papers by Sandra’s team – a 5 year endurance test of transcribing & translating some 15,000 letters and documents. The Catalogue Raisonné is still very much in progress and the illustrated picture descriptions are published online. In 2016 Sandra and her editors attained the 1,000 mark (the equivalent of some several printed volumes) – which may be less than one quarter of the final count of portraits painted by de László.
She was born 10 June, 1950, the elder daughter of the 2nd Baron Hacking (1910-1971), and his wife the former Daphne Violet Finnis (1915-1998).
She married 18 July, 1972, Damon Patrick de Laszlo (born 8 October, 1942), son of Group Capt David Patrick de Laszlo (1909-1980), and his wife the former Hon Deborah Hamar Greenwood (1917-1980), daughter of the 1st Viscount Greenwood, PC (1870-1948).
Damon de Laszlo is one of the seven grandsons of the great portrait painter Philip de Laszlo (1869-1937).
Sandra de Laszlo leaves issue, two sons, Robert (born 1977), William (born 1979), and a daughter, Lucy (born 1975).
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William Lorn Kerr Cowie, Lord Cowie, who died 23 October, 2026, aged 100, was a Scottish Senator of the College of Justice and Scotland international rugby union player.
William Cowie played rugby at Fettes where he played Centre. He attended Clare College, Cambridge after Fettes but his studies were interrupted by WWII. In Glasgow, Cowie played and captained Kelvinside-West after the 2nd world war. His legal work took him to Edinburgh and Cowie then played for Edinburgh Wanderers. He was capped for Scotland once in 1953. He played in the Five Nations match against England at Twickenham Stadium on 21 March that year.
Cowie became a Senator of the College of Justice in 1977. He joined the Faculty of Advocates in Edinburgh in 1952, becoming an Advocate Depute in the Crown Office Scotland staying there till 1967. He was made Queen's Counsel in 1967. He reprised his role as Advocate Depute from 1969 to 1977.
Cowie became a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, staying in the role from 1977 to 1994. He then became a Judge of the Court of Appeal, Botswana from 1995 to 1998.
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| Sir John Howard-Lawson. |
His home was Hunter Hall, Great Salkeld, Penrith.
He was born John Philip Lawson, 6 June, 1934, the eldest son of Sir William Howard Lawson, 5th Baronet (1907-1990), of Corby Castle, by his wife the former Joan Eleanor Stamer (1909-1989).
A descendant of the 4th Duke of Norfolk, he assumed the surname and arms of Howard, 1962, and the surname of Howard-Lawson in 1992.
He succeeded his father, 3 June, 1990, as the 6th Baronet, of Brough Hall, Catterick [created UK, 1841].
He married 17 September, 1960, Jean Veronica Marsh (who died 2001), daughter of Colonel John Evelyn Marsh, OBE, DSO, by whom he had issue, two sons, Philip and Thomas, and a daughter, Julia.
His elder son, Philip (born 28 June, 1961), succeeds to the baronetcy.
In 2012 Sir John won a legal battle with his own son over the sale of their £2.5million 13th century ancestral home. Philip Howard, had claimed he was entitled to £1.5million from the sale of Corby Castle, which had been in the family since 1611. Mr Howard's father Sir John Howard-Lawson, Bt, sold the Cumbrian castle in 1994 for £2.5million, along with its contents and a thousand acres of land. Mr Howard claimed his father had no right to sell the property, originally built as a peel tower in the 13th century, as he had failed to comply with the terms of a will made in 1934. Philip Canning Howard, his great-great-grandfather, had dictated that in order to inherit Corby Castle, his heirs must change their surname to Howard and take up the family coat of arms within 12 months. Mr Howard claimed Sir John had failed to do this, so never validly inherited Corby Castle and should not have benefited from its sale.
Lady Justice Proudman ruled in the High Court that Sir John had validly inherited the property. Her decision was upheld by Lady Justice Arden, Lord Justice Richards and Lord Justice Patten sitting in the Court of Appeal, who awarded Sir John £22,000 costs. Mr Howard, a business consultant, claimed his father, whose original surname was Lawson, had 'forfeited' his right to inherit the castle in 1961 by neglecting the terms of the will. But Sir John, who represented himself, insisted he had begun to use the name before the end of January 1962. The baronet also claimed the family was forced to sell Corby Castle when Philip Howard got into financial difficulties after taking on a major part of the estate. However, the case is not over as Mr Howard has applied to take it to the Supreme Court.
Lady Justice Arden said as she handed down her judgment that it was a 'very sad case' as the father and son had fallen out in a 'very bitter dispute'. The three judges agreed Mr Howard was trying to recover what he thought was his 'rightful inheritance' but that Sir John had 'sufficiently complied' with the terms of the will. They awarded £22,858 costs against Mr Howard.
The Howard family have previously been embroiled in a royal scandal, when, in 1572, Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, was beheaded for treason after scheming to marry Mary Queen of Scots.
His third son, William, bought Corby Castle in Cumbria, in 1611, and for nearly four centuries it passed down through ten generations, reaching Sir John in 1961.
The Howard and Lawson families were combined when Corby Castle passed to Philip Canning Howard's sole heir, his daughter Ursula. She married Sir John's grandfather, Sir Henry, the third baronet in 1899.
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Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco have expressed their sadness following the death of Antoine de Massy, aged 29, a member of the extended Princely Family.
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In its statement, the Prince’s Palace said that Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene shared in the grief of Antoine de Massy's family and loved ones, extending their sincere condolences during this difficult time.
The Prince’s Palace did not provide any further details about the circumstances of his death.
Antoine de Massy was born 15 January, 1997, son of Christian Louis de Massy y Grimaldi de Monaco (born 17 January, 1949), and his fourth wife Cécile Gelabale (born 1968).
His descent from the the Dukes of Hamilton:-
The 11th Duke of Hamilton (1811-63) > Lady Mary Douglas-Hamilton (1850-1922) > Louis II, Prince of Monaco (1870-1949) > Charlotte Grimaldi, Duchess of Valentinois (1898-1977) > Princess Antoinette of Monaco (1920-2011) > Christian de Massy (b 1949) > Antoine de Massy (1997-2026)
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Charles Rowland Marriott died 17 October, 2026. He was 90.
He was born 5 February, 1936, the son of Rowland Arthur Marriott (1899-1992), of Cotesbach Hall, Leicestershire, and his wife the former Evelyn Alice Ursula Caillard (1907-1982).
He was a great-grandson of the 4th Earl Temple of Stowe (1847-1902).
He married at Winchester, 4 April, 1964, Susan Erica Savill (born 1941), daughter of Kenneth Edward Savill (1906-2007), of Alresford, Hampshire, descended from the Jerningham baronets, and his wife the former Jacqueline Salusbury Hughes (1913-1980), by whom he had issue, Charles Edward Salusbury Marriott (born 1967, married to a Camilla Shand, no relation of the Queen), Hester (born 1969), and Anna (born 1973).
4th Earl Temple of Stowe > Lady Gertrude Temple-Gore-Langton > Evelyn Caillard > Charles Marriott
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Simon Roger Dixon Burdett died 10 October, 2026. He was 78.
He was born in 1948, a son of Peter Dixon Burdett (1925-2007), and his wife the former Diana Elizabeth Oatley (1926-2022); and married 1976, Lucy Mildred Fegen (born 24 March, 1953), daughter of John Charles Fegen, RNVR, DSC (1916-2006), and his wife the former Phyllis Mildred Swann (1919-2010), scion of the Swann baronets, granddaughter of Sir Charles Swann, 1st Baronet, PC ( 1844-1929).
He leaves issue, a son, Jonathan, and two daughters, Chloë (wife of Urs Brugger), and Kitty.
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The Baron Clanmorris died 1st October, 2026. He was 88.
Before completing National Service Simon Bingham served as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1957–1958. In 1961 he graduated from Queens' College, Cambridge, earning a Bachelor of Arts and later becoming a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Simon John Ward Bingham was born 25 October, 1937, son of the 7th Baron Clanmorris (1908-1988), and his wife the former Madeleine Mary Ebel (1912-Feb 1988), a novelist and playwright.
He succeeded his father, 6 August, 1988.
Simon's sister was Charlotte Bingham (1942-2025), the novelist, playwright, scriptwriter.
The 8th Baron Clanmorris married 28 August, 1971, Gizella Maria Zverkó, daughter of Zandor Zverkó, of Budapest, by whom he had a daughter, Dr the Hon Lucy Bingham (born 15 January, 1974).
Having no male issue he is succeeded by his kinsman, (Robert) Derek De Burgh Bingham (born 29 October, 1942).
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Comte Boniface de Castellane is a maternal grandson of the late 9th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, KT (1923-2007).
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Edward Lytton Cobbold is the son and heir of the 3rd Baron Cobbold (born 12 May, 1962), of Knebworth, Hertfordshire, and his wife the former Martha Frances Boone.
Mrs Cobbold is the former Helena Meyer-Johann, daughter of Frau Dr Ulrike and Herr Dr Carsten Meyer-Johann, of Enger, Germany.
The Cobbold peerage was created in 1960 for Edward's great-grandfather, Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold, KG, GCVO, PC, Governor of the Bank of England 1949-61, and Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth II 1963-1971.
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The engagement was announced 24 October, 2026, between Thomas Sheridan Riddell-Webster (born July, 1995), scion of that landed gentry family, son of Major-General Michael Lawrence Riddell-Webster (born 1960), head of that family, of Perthshire, and his wife the former Sarah Mariah Clottilde Findlay (born 1962), & Darcey Kate Jones (born 1995), daughter of Richard Jones, of Herefordshire, and his wife nee __Dobel.
Thomas Riddell-Webster is a great-great grandson of Sir Alexander Sprot, 1st Baronet, and Sir Frederick Meyrick, 2nd Baronet
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She was the widow of Peter Richard Meinertzhagen, scion of a wealthy merchant banking dynasty, and scion of that landed gentry family of Mottisfont Abbey, Romsey and Brockwood Park.
She was born in 1946, as Nicola Jane Phillips, daughter of Edward John Stanley Phillips (died circa 2008), of Old Place, Boveney, Berkshire, by his wife Edith Ruth Jane Lampard (1912-2003).
She married 19 April, 1967, Peter Richard Meinertzhagen (born 16 Apri, 1946), son of Daniel Meinertzhagen (1915-1991), was one of four so-called "Colonels" (managing partners) who ran the merchant banking house of Lazards — in a style so relaxed that he habitually snoozed at his desk after lunch with a copy of The Times over his face, and argued against competitive "touting for business".
Peter's mother was Marguerite Josephine Leonard (1914-2003)
Her husband was born into an Anglo-German dynasty which had been prominent in the City since a Daniel Meinertzhagen from Bremen married the daughter of another émigré, Frederick Huth, and became a partner in his London banking house in 1833. Though Huth & Co lost much of its trade-finance business during the First World War and closed in 1936, the Meinertzhagens became part of the City establishment — and lived in appropriately grand style at Mottisfont Abbey in Hampshire.
Peter’s uncle Luke Meinertzhagen (1916-84), was senior partner of Cazenove, while another uncle, Sir Peter Meinertzhagen (1920-99), ran the Commonwealth Development Corporation.
Her husband died 28 November, 2012, aged 66.
Nikki Meinertzhagen leaves four daughters, Candida, Lara, Natasha, and Alicia. A fifth daughter, Petra, predeceased her in 2010.
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The engagement was announced 23 October, 2026, between Sean C. Allen, son of Mr Patrick Allen and the late Mrs Allen, of Thursley, Surrey, and Daisy Valentine Ruck Keene (born 23 May, 1996), scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Jonathan George Ruck Keene (born 3 June, 1953), of Chipping Warden, Northamptonshire, and his wife the former Laura Carolyn Schomberg (born 17 July, 1950), scion of that landed gentry family.
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He was born 1 June, 1937, the only son of Capt.Patrick Claud Burges, JP [afterwards Burges-Lumsden] (1905-1984), late the Coldstream Guards, scion of that Irish landed gentry family, and his wife Margaret FitzGerald Lumsden [later Burges-Lumsden] (1905-1982), of Pitcaple Castle, Aberdeenshire.
He succeeded his mother as head of the Scots landed family, in 1982.
He married 3 October, 1964, Pernille Marianne Westergaard (who died 24 February, 2024), daughter of Benedict Westergaard, of Bernstorffsvej, 5, Copenhagen, Denmark, by whom he had a son, James Benedict Burges-Lumsden (born 16 July, 1966), and two daughters, Marina and Anna.
His wife was a close friend of HM Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.
His only son succeeds to the headship of the landed family.
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(Ann) Clementine Calver died 8 October, 2026, aged 89.
She was born 31 October, 1936, the eldest daughter of Commander Richard James Bailey, OBE, RN (who died 26 January, 1969), and his wife the former Rosemary Ann Freeman-Mitford (1911-2005), scion of the Barons Redesdale.
She married 19 June, 1964, Peter Calver (1934-2002), son of Sir Henry Robert Sherwood Calver, QC (who died 3 July, 1963).
No issue of the marriage.
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She was the former Marion Carolina Dunn-Yarker, scion of that landed family, born in the Cotswolds, 27 August, 1942, daughter of John Henry Dunn-Yarker, of Leyburn Hall, Co York, by his wife the former Adrienne Elizabeth Pinching.
She married 7 February, 1964, Archibald George Montgomerie, styled Lord Montgomerie (born 27 August, 1939), son of the 17th Earl of Eglinton & 5th Earl of Winton (1914-66), by his wife the former Ursula Joan Watson (d 1987).
Her husband succeeded his father in the peerages, 21 April, 1966. He was Assistant Grand Master, United Grand Lodge of England, 1989-95. The family home was Balhomie, Cargill, Perth,
Her husband was 18th Earl of Eglinton (created 1506/1615 by letters patent); 6th Earl of Winton (UK, 1859); 19th Lord Montgomerie (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1448); 7th Baron Ardrossan (Peerage of the UK, cr 1806); and Hereditary Sheriff of Renfrewshire, Chief of the Name and Arms of Montgomery, &c.
She was widowed , 14 June, 2018. The countess leaves issue, four sons, Hugh, the 19th Earl, the Hon William, the Hon James and the Hon Robert Montgomerie.
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She was the former Arabella Clare (Bella) Gilbey, born 14 July, 1953, daughter of John Gilbert Gilbey (1917-1982), a former High Sheriff of Hertfordshire, scion of the Gilbey baronets, and his wife the former Angela Ruth Barwick (1916-1986), scion of the Barwick baronets.
She married 1stly, 16 July, 1977, Thomas Charles Blackwell. She married 2ndly, 8 February, 1985, the Hon Mark Sidney Andrew Agar (born 2 September, 1948), second son of the 5th Earl of Normanton (1910-1967), and his 2nd wife the former Lady Fiona Pratt (1911-1985), daughter of the 4th Marquess Camden, GCVO (1872-1943).
From her first marriage she leaves a daughter, Clare Blackwell, and from her second marriage, two sons, Max (born 6 April, 1986), and Charles (born 29 July, 1989).
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| Ruth, Lady Morris of Kenwood. |
She was born Jennifer Akers-Douglas, 30 October, 1938, daughter of Ian Stanley Akers-Douglas (1909-1952), and his 1st wife, Joan Holroyd Toms.
Jennifer was a half-sister of the 4th Viscount Chilston (born 5 September, 1946), and was raised to the rank of a viscount's daughter in 1995.
She was twice married - firstly, on 24 June, 1958, to George David Henry Wiggin ( born 1 Dec, 1934), scion of the Wiggin baronets, son of Lt-Col Peter Milner Wiggin (1907-1994), and his wife Margaret Frances Livingstone-Learmonth, scion of that landed gentry family. Her first husband died in 1990.
She married 2ndly, in 1993, as his third wife, Charles Arthur Smith-Bingham (1931-2003), scion of that landed gentry family, son of Arthur Turberville Smith-Bingham, and his wife the former Jean Garland.
She leaves issue from her first marriage, two sons, David and James, and a daughter, Davina.
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Sir Lionel Eldred Peter Smith-Gordon, 5th Baronet died 18 October, 2026, aged 91.
He was born 7 May, 1935, son of Sir Lionel Eldred Pottinger Smith-Gordon, 4th Baronet (1889-1976), and his 2nd wife the former Eileen Laura Adams-Connor (who died 1979_.
He succeeded to the baronetcy (created UK, 1838), upon his father's death, 1976.
He married 2 February, 1962, Sandra Rosamund Ann Farley, daughter of Wing Commander Walter Ronald Farley, DFC (1909-1942), and his wife the former Maisie Selina Peta Coast (who died 2010).
He is survived by Lady Smith-Gordon, and by a son, Lionel George Eldred (born 1 July, 1964), who now succeeds as 6th baronet, and a daughter, Isobel Charlotte Laura (born 17 Aug, 1966).
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The engagement was announced 21 October, 2026, between (Roger) Charles Hans Everett (born 14 March, 1995), eldest son of Richard S.H. Everett (born 1961), of Hamptworth, Wiltshire and his wife, the former Charlotte Anne Fiennes-Cox (born 1965), & Eleanor Liebe Grace Saunders Watson (born 3 May, 1995), the eldest daughter of James Michael Ross Saunders Watson (born 14 September, 1961), of Rockingham Castle, Leicestershire, and his wife the former Elizabeth Maryann Brown.
Eleanor is descended from the Marquesses of Normanby, and the Culme-Seymour baronets.
Eleanor's father succeeded to the Rockingham Castle estate on the death of her grandfather, Commander Michael Saunders Watson, 8 November, 2022. The castle has been the Watson home for 450 years
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Heather Tweedie (née Hanlon), wife of Oliver John F. Tweedie ( born 1988), gave birth to a daughter, Amelia Charlotte, 3 September, 2026, a sister for Isabelle Olivia (born 2024).
Oliver is the second son of Simon Vere Tweedie (born 26 May, 1954), of Moffat, Dumfriesshire, and his wife the former Margaret Mary O'Kelly (who died 26 May, 2026).
Oliver is a grandson of Vere Justin Tweedie, MC (1914-1993), and his 1st wife the former Anne Temple Githa Hoare (1916-1986), scion of the Hoare baronets.
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Elle Tweedie (née McPherson-Yoon), wife of Angus Vere Tweedie (born 1985), gave birth to a daughter, Blair Mary Louise, 21 September, 2026.
Elle is the only daughter of Mr Oh Jang Yoon and Mrs Chantal McPherson, of Ontario, Canada.
Angus is the elder son of Simon Vere Tweedie (born 26 May, 1954), of Moffat, Dumfriesshire, and his wife the former Margaret Mary O'Kelly (who died 26 May, 2026).
Angus is a grandson of Vere Justin Tweedie, MC (1914-1993), and his 1st wife the former Anne Temple Githa Hoare (1916-1986), scion of the Hoare baronets.
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The engagement was announced 20 October, 2026, between Geordie Anthony Morrison (born 14 September, 1989), son of the Hon Hugh Morrison (born 7 November, 1960), of East Ilsley, Berkshire, and his former wife (Cecilia) Jane Jenks (born 1963, now Mrs Paul Hearn), of Lambourn, Berkshire, and Charlotte Elizabeth FitzGerald (born 1993), daughter of Michael FitzGerald, of Golant, Cornwall, and his wife the former Sarah M.M. Burgess (born 1961).
Geordie Morrison is a grandson of the late 2nd Baron Margadale, DL, JP (1930-2003).
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(Anthony) Julian Robarts died 12 October, 2026. He was 89.
He was born in April, 1937, son of Anthony Vere Cyprian Robarts (1910-1982), of Fellyard Slapton, Towcester, Northamptonshire, and his wife the former Grizel Mary Grant (1914-2004), daughter of Maj-Gen Sir Philip Gordon-Grant, KCB, CMG (1869-1943), and his wife Annette Emily Mary Coventry (1884-1963), scion of the Earls of Coventry, descended from the 6th Earl.
He married at Chelsea in April, 1961, Edwina B. Hobson (born July, 1941), by whom he had issue, two sons, Charles (born 1962), and David (born 1964), and a daughter, Katherine Mary (Kate), (born 1966).
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Sir John Hannam, who died 8 October, 2026, aged 97, was the Conservative MP for Exeter, 1970-1997.
He was born 2 August, 1929, son of Thomas William Hannam, by his wife the former Selina Young.
He married 1sty, 1956, Wendy Macartney, by whom he had two daughters, and married 2ndly, 1983, as her second husband, Mrs Vanessa Irene Wauchope (born 10 March, 1940), former wife of John Edward Robert Wauchope, and daughter of Wing Commander Henry Adelbert Anson (1895-1955), scion of the Earls of Lichfield, and his second wife the former Muriel Irene Smith (1908-1996).
Hannam was knighted in 1992.
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David Peter Aykroyd, who died 9 October, 2026, aged 89, was a scion of the Aykrotd baronets, of Lightcliffe (created UK, 1920).
He was born 6 June, 1937, the third son of Colonel George Hammond Aykroyd, TD (1900-1972), of The Priory, Nun Monkton, York, by his wife (and kinswoman) the former Margaret Roberts Aykroyd (1903-1981).
He was a younger brother of Sir Michael David Aykroyd, 4th Baronet (1928-2010), and uncle of Sir Henry Aykroyd, 5th Baronet (born 4 April, 1954).
He married 1stly, 30 October, 1958, Lydia Huldine Beamish (1939-2004), second daughter of Richard Pigott Beamish, of Castleyons, County Cork (of an Irish landed family), and his wife the former Ernestine Marguerite Hitchmough.
He married 2ndly, 2005, as her third husband, his brother John's widow, Mrs Lavinia Mary Aykroyd (nee Beasley, born 17 February, 1945), daughter of Patrick Thomas Beasley (1906-1982), and his wife Lady Alexandra Mariota Flora Egerton (1919-1991), daughter of the 6th Earl of Wilton (1896-1927).
By his first wife he had issue, a son, Nicholas William (1962-1989), and three daughters, Amanda Huldine (born 2 June, 1960), Emily Sorrel (born 9 Nov, 1970), wife of Lue Fenwicke-Clennellm scion of that landed gentry family, and Matilda Rose (born 15 March, 1978), Viscountess Clanfield, wife of Ashton Peel, Viscount Clanfield, son and heir of the 3rd Earl Peel, GCVO.
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Alice Bennett (née Nichols), wife of George Albury Richard Bennett (born 1994), gave birth to a son, Archibald George, 12 October, 2026, a brother for Henry Albury Herbert, who was born 2 January, 2025.
Alice is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Jeremy Nichols.
George is a son of Charles Albury George Bennett, and his wife the former Joanna Caroline Vernon (born 26 March, 1963), scion of the Vernon baronets.
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Anthony Charles Farquhar, who died 7 October, 2926, aged 84, was a scion of the Farquhar baronets.
He was born 10 March, 1942, the second son of Sir Peter Walter Farquhar, 6th Baronet (1904-1986), and his wife the former Elizabeth Evelyn Hurt (1907-1983), and was a younger brother of Sir Michael Farquhar, 7th Baronet (born 29 June, 1938).
He married 25 October, 1969, Elizabeth Jane Braithwaite (1946-2004), daughter of Colonel Timothy Braithwaite, DL (1917-1989), of Limpley Stoke, Bath, by his wife the former Jean Esther Dalgleish (1924-2017), by whom he had issue, three daughters, Alexandra, Annabelle and Antonia.
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He was born 18 March 1937, son of Sir James Craufurd of Kilbirnie, 8th Baronet (1886-1970), and his wife the former Ruth Marjorie Corder (who died 13 February, 1998, aged 97); and succeeded to the baronetcy (created GB, 1781, of Kilbirney, Ayrshire) on his father's death, 7 April, 1970.
He married 1stly, 1 February, 1964 (div. 1987), Catherine Penelope Westmacott (c1930-2017), daughter of Capt Horatio Westmacott, RN (1885-1954), of Torquay, Devon, and his wife the former Irene Mary Juanita Gwennap Moore (1892-1989) and married 2ndly, 1987, Georgina Anne Russell (born 1947), daughter of Commander John Dennis Russell, RN (1911-1973), of Lymington, Hampshire, and his wife the former Helen Anne Evelyn Corbet (1913-2005), scion of the Corbet baronets. He leaves issue from his first marriage, three daughters, Caroline, Penelope and Veronica.
The baronetcy now becomes extinct.
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Judith Anne Methuen-Campbell died 8 October, 2026, aged 88.
She was born in 1938, daughter of Joseph Crowther and his wife nee Harris; and married 1stly, in 1959 (div), David Ifor L. Bassett (born 23 February, 1936, died 1992), son of Herbert Bassett and his wife Marjorie, of Glamorgan; and married 2ndly, 28 November, 1975, as his second wife, Christopher Paul Mansel Campbell Methuen-Campbell (1928-1998), scion of the Barons Methuen, son of the Hon Laurence Paul Methuen (1898-1970), and his wife the former Hon Olive Douglas Campbell (1896-1949), daughter of the 4th Baron Blythswood, KCVO (1870-1929). She leaves issue from both marriages. From her first union three children, Carelly, Amanda and Philip, and from her second marriage a son, Thomas (born 4 March, 1977).
Her son, Thomas Rice Mansel Methuen-Campbell is heir presumptive to the Barony of Methuen.
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The 16th Earl of Lindsay, DL, died in London, 9 October, 2026. He was 70.
He was the 15th Viscount of Garnock [S., 1703], & the 16th Lord Parbroath [S., 1633], & the 15th Lord Kilbirny and Drumry [S., 1703], & the 16th Earl of Lindsay [S., 1633], & the 25th Lord Lindsay of the Byres [S., 1444].
He was seated at Lahill House, Fife.
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He succeeded his father as 16th Earl, 1st October, 1989.
He married 2 March, 1982, Diana Mary Chamberlayne-Macdonald (born 12 September, 1961), daughter of Major Nigel Donald Peter Chamberlayne-Macdonald, CVO, OBE, DL (1927-2013), and his wife the former Penelope Mary Alexandra Chamberlayne.
He is survived by the Countess and two sons, William (born 30 December, 1990), and the Hon David Nigel Lindesay-Bethune (born 12 May, 1993), and three daughters, Lady Frances Mary Gabinsky (born 1986), Lady Alexandra Penelope Coleman (born 1988), and HRH Charlotte Diana, Duchesse di Noto (born 12 May, 1993), wife of HRH Prince Jaime de Borbón y Landaluce, Duca di Noto (born 26 June, 1992).
The elder son, William James Lindesay-Bethune, styled Viscount Garnock (born 30 December, 1990), now succeeds to the family honours. He married 21 June, 2025, the Lady Violet Diana Louise Manners [born 18 August, 1993], eldest daughter of the 11th Duke of Rutland [born 8 May, 1959], of Belvoir Castle, and the Duchess of Rutland [nee (Rachel) Emma Louise Watkins, born 2 September, 1963]. The new Earl and Countess have an infant son, John Reggie James Lindesay-Bethune (born 4 July, 2026), who is now takes the courtesy title Viscount Garnock.
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Brigadier Timothy David Vaughan Bevan, who died 4 October, 2026, aged 87, was a scion of that ;anded gentry family.
He was born in 1939, the eldest son of David John Vaughan Bevan, TD (1906-1986), and his wife the former Hon Hilary Evelyn Spicer Pakington (1914-2007), daughter of the 5th Baron Hampton (1888-1974).
He married 1stly, in 1964 [div. 1988], Jill Murrell, daughter of Leslie Murrell, of Harpford, Devon, and married 2ndly, in 1988, Penelope Edyth [Penny] Lavers, daughter of Douglas Lavers, of Kohimarama, Auckland, New Zealand.
From his first marriage he leaves a son, Simon David Vaughan Bevan (born 1970), and a daughter, Charlotte Hilary Vaughan Bevan (born 1968).
Brig. Bevan was a cousin of Francesca Vaughan "Chica" Bevan (born 26 May, 1963), former wife of the Hon Harry Herbert (born 2 March, 1959), scion of the Earls of Carnarvon, and now the Duchess of Norfolk, second wife of the current Earl Marshal and Premier Duke in the Peerage of England, the 18th Duke of Norfolk, GCVO.
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David Ian Russell, who died 3 October, 2026, aged 83, was a descended from the law lord the Baron Russell of Killowen [from whom the Russell baronets created in 1916 descend].
He was born 1 April 1943, the second son of Major Denis Leslie Russell, MBE, TD (1909-1986), and his wife the former Verena Henderson (died 1995); and married 30 April, 1976, the Hon Frances Marion Holt (born 1942), daughter of Capt Eric Holt and his wife Anne Moira Sempill, Lady Sempill [in her own right the 20th holder of the Scottish peerage] (1920-1995).
His wife is a half-sister of the 21st Lord Sempill (born 25 February, 1949).
He leaves a daughter, Katherine Ann Russell (born 19 June, 1980).
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Roger Henry Moat died 13 September, 2026. He was 93.
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From his first marriage he leaves a son, Henry (born 1961), and two daughters, Mary (born 1959), and Penelope (born 1970).
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Simon William Alastair Whiteley died 29 September, 2026, aged 68.
He was born 9 April, 1958, the son of Peter John Henry Whiteeley (1928-2015), and his wife Lady Angela Mary North (1931-2017), scion of the Earls of Guilford.
He married 7 April, 1988, Winifred Wu Shu-Chih, daughter of the Hon Alex Wu Shu-Chih, CBE (1920-2005), of Kowloon, Hong Kong. No issue of the the marriage.
He was a nephew of the 9th Earl of Guilford (1933-1999).
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Natasha Mary Collins (nee Seel, born 1989), wife of Edward Douglas Collins [born 10 October, 1979], gave birth to a daughter, Matilda Patricia, 26 September, 2026, a sister for Isabella.
Natasha is a daughter of Jeremy Simon Seel [born 1955], of Fawley, Hampshire, and his wife the former Carolyn Mary Webb [born 1958], and is descended from the Baron Wakefield of Kendal [Ext]:-
1st and last Baron Wakefield of Kendal > Hon Ruth Isabel Wakefield > Carolyn Webb > Natasha Seel
Edward Collins is a son of Christopher Douglas Collins [born 19 January, 1940], of Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, and his wife the former Susan Anne Lumb.
Edward Collins descends from the Backhouse baronets:-
Sir Jonathan Backhouse, 1st Baronet > Miles Roland Charles Backhouse > Una Patricia Backhouse > Christopher Collins > Edward Collins [b 1979]
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Anastasia Augusta Thane Mackaness-Mills (nee Mackaness, born 26 May, 1995), wife of Frederick L.Mills, gave birth to a son, Felix James David, 28 September, 2026.
Frederick is a son of David Mills, of Highgate, London.
Anastasia is a scion of the Mackaness landed family of Boughton Hall, daughter of Brigadier James Richard St Duthus Mackaness, MBE (1957-2018), and his wife the former Mary Anne Herbert (born 1962), scion of that landed gentry family of Upper Hemsley & Old Leigh Place.
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He was a scion of the Scottish landed gentry family of that name, and a younger brother of the life peer the Baron Bruce-Gardyne (1930-1990).
He was born 13 November, 1933, the third son of Capt Evan Bruce-Gardyne, DSO, RN (1885-1949), 13th of Middleton, and his wife the former Joan McLaren (1898-1996); and married 11 April, 1964, Angela Pauline Fane (1936-2014), scion of the Earls of Westmorland, by whom he had issue, two sons, James Patrick (born 7 Sept, 1965) and Vere Alexander (born 1973), and a daughter, Victoria Sophia (born 8 Aug, 1969).
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Nicholas Piers Turnbull, LVO, MBE, QGM, who died 16 September, 2026, aged 63, was Private Secretary to HRH The Duke of Kent from 2018.
He succeeded Nicholas Marden as the Duke of Kent’s Private Secretary in 2018. He and the Duke were amused that he was the third successive “Nick” to serve in that role. As such he oversaw the Duke’s official diary.
He joined the Queen’s Own Highlanders in 1983, during which time he served under Colonel Alastair Campbell, whom he greatly admired. Turnbull’s active service took him to Africa and Northern Ireland and he served as ADC to Lieutenant-General Sir John MacMillan, General Officer Commanding Scotland. He retired from the Army in 1989. He read theology and philosophy at Bristol University and later took a Master’s in theology at Keble College, Oxford.
After a Hercules aircraft was destroyed by fire on landing, Turnbull was awarded the Queen’s Gallantry Medal having rescued a crew member.
On 18 September, 2026, His Majesty the King appointed Turnbull to be a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order, with the date of 14 September.
He was born 23 September, 1962, a son of John Earle Turnbull (1931-1994), and his wife the former Mary K Heath, and married in 2006 (Div.), the Hon Arabella Maroussia Phillimore (born 22 February, 1975), daughter of the 5th Baron Phillimore (born 25 November, 1944), and his wife the former Nathalie Berthe Louisa Pequin, by whom he had issue, two sons, Alexander Tristan (born 11 November, 2008), and Crispin Finlay John (born 15 May, 2012).
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Katrina E. van den Broek (née Hadsley-Chaplin), wife of Naboth van den Broek, gave birth to a son, Charles Johannes Brodie, 29 September, 2026.
Naboth is a son of Mr and Mrs Gerard van den Broek-van-Drongelen, of Saint-Cyr-de-Favieres, France.
Katrina is a scion of the Henderson Barons Faringdon, daughter of Mark R. Hadsley-Chaplin (born 1961), of Mersea Island, Essex, and his wife the former Lavinia Brodie Henderson (born 9 May, 1962, now Mrs James Gilbey, of London, wife of James Newman Gilbey, born 1956, scion of the Gilbey baronets).
Katrina is descended from a brother of the 1st Baron Faringdon:-
George Henderson (1819-89) father of the 1st Baron Faringdon and Katrina's ancestor, Brig Gen Sir Brodie Haldane Henderson, KCMG (1869-1936) > Neil Brodie Henderson (1904-82) > Ian Brodie Henderson (b 1930) > Lavinia Brodie Henderson (b 1962) > Katrina Hadsley-Chaplin > Charles van den Broek
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Theodore Hunt is a grandson of the life peer the Baron Hunt of Tanworth, GCB (1919-2008), and a great-grandson of the 10th Baron Hawke (1904-1992).
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Henry Thomas Pelham, who died 30 September, 2026, aged 83, was a scion of the Earls of Chichester.
He was born 10 June, 1943, the eldest son of Major Eric Thomas Pelham (1915-1984), Welsh Guards, and his wife the former Barbara Hilda Fordham (1915-1969); and married 24 February, 1978, Sarah Charlton, daughter of John Charlton, by whom he had issue, a son, Charles Thomas Pelham (born 3 November, 1987), and two daughters, Sophie Emma (born 1980), and Clare Louise (born 1981).
He was a descendant of the 2nd Earl of Chichester.
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James Harbord is a son of Jeremy Julian Harbord (born 22 May, 1953), of Netheravon, Wiltshire, and his wife the former Monique Katherine Marie Fetherstonhaugh (born 15 Aug, 1953).
Charlotte is a daughter of Mrs Alison Brook, of Heathfield, East Sussex, and the late Mr David Brook, of Frensham, Surrey.
The 3rd Baron Suffield (1781-1835) > Hon Ralph Harbord (1833-78) > Edward Ralph Harbord (1870-1950) > Ralph Evelyn Harbord (1915-1993) > Jeremy Harbord (b 1953) > James Harbord (b 1988) > Rufus Harbord (b 2026)
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Archer sold more than 320 million copies worldwide.
Jeffrey Howard Archer was born 15 April, 1940, son of William Archer, and his wife the former Lola Cook.
He married in 1966, Mary Weeden (born 22 December, 1944), daughter of Harold Norman Weeden, by whom he had two sons, the Hon William Archer (b 1972), and the Hon James Archer (b 1974).
Educated at Wellington and Brasenose College, Oxford. Athletics Blues, 1963-65, Gymnastics Blue, 1963, President, OUAC 1965; Member of the Greater London Council for Havering 1966-1970; Conservative MP for Louth, December 1969 to September 1974; Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party 1985-1986. His political career was paused in 2001 with the disgrace of his imprisonment for four years for perjury and perverting the course of justice. An Old Bailey jury found that he had lied in a libel action he had brought against The Star newspaper 13 years earlier, in which he was awarded £500,000 damages. He was released early in 2003 and returned to the House of Lords until he retired in 2024.
He was President, World Snooker Organisation (formerly World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association) 1997-1999: Co-ordinator, Simple Truth Campaign, 1991.
His plays include: Beyond Reasonable Doubt, 1987, Exclusive, 1990; The Accused (in which he acted) at the Haymarket and Theatre Royal, in 2000.
Some of his great publications include: Not a Penny More Not a Penny Less (1975), Shall We Tell the President (1977); Kane and Abel (1979); A Quiver Full of Arrows (1980); The Prodigal Daughter (1982); First Among Equals (1984); A Matter of Honour (1986); A Twist in the Tale (1988); As The Crow Flies (1991); Honour Among Thieves (1993); Twelve Red Herrings (1994); The Fourth Estate (1996); The Collected Short Stories (1997), The Eleventh Commandment (1998); To Cut a Long Story Short (2000); A Prison Diary (2002); Sons of Fortune (2003); The Clifton Chronicles Series (from 2011); The Short, the Long and the Tall (2020). His final novel Adam and Eve is to be published this week.
Archer was made a life peer on 27 July 1992 as Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare, of Mark in the County of Somerset.
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Colonel (John) Malcolm Carmichael Watson, Queen's Own Hussars, died 23 September, 2026.
He was born in 1948, a son of John Bernard Watson (1920-1997), of Northallerton North Yorkshire, and his wife the former Margaret Denholm Carmichael (1923-2013), sister of the actor Ian Carmichael, OBE (1920-2010); & married in 1979, Jane Rosemary Eleanor Spooner (born 23 June, 1955), daughter of Derek Richard Spooner (1921-1978), and his wife the former Patricia Mary Sackville Hamilton (1924-2013), scion of the Viscounts Boyne.
He leaves issue, three daughters, Anna (b 1983), Edwina (b 1986) and Fenella (b 1990).
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The marriage took place 19 September, 2026, at Holy Trinity Church, Bledlow, Buckinghamshire, between Sean Patrick Maloney (born circa 1991), a US banker, son of Mr & Mrs Robert Maloney, of Buffalo, New York, and the Hon Francesca Carington (born 24 July, 1993), elder daughter of the 7th Baron Carrington, DL, Lord Great Chamberlain, (born 2 December, 1948), and his wife the former Daniela Diotallevi.
The bride's father is hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England for the reign of King Charles III.
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The Guardian: [Heseltine] has a strong claim to have been one of the most consequential royal courtiers during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, and was perhaps her favourite. Not only was he the first Australian to enter the tweedy aristocratic atmosphere of the royal household, but during his 27 years at the palace, rising from an assistant information officer to being the queen’s private secretary (1986-90), he initiated changes that have shaped public perceptions of the family firm ever since.
In the words of the royal biographer Ben Pimlott, whereas Heseltine’s predecessors had done everything to keep the press out, he “saw it as his job wherever and whenever possible to let them in”. Heseltine, said Pimlott, “was the first press secretary who recognised a need to sell royalty to the public and, if necessary, to shape its behaviour accordingly”.
Sir William joined the Prime Minister's Department (Australia) in 1951, where he remained until 1962. He was Private Secretary to Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies from 1955 to 1959, Acting Assistant Press Secretary to the Queen from 1960 to 1961, and Acting Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia, The 1st Viscount De L'Isle, from May to August 1962.
From 1962 to 1964, Sir William was Assistant Federal Director of the Liberal Party of Australia, and in 1964 was attached to The Age (Melbourne). In the same year, he was attached to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, for her tour of Australia. Heseltine joined the Press Office of The Royal Household as Assistant Press Secretary to the Queen and served in that position from 1965 to 1967. He was Press Secretary from 1968 to 1972.
In 1972, Heseltine was moved to the Private Secretary's Office proper, becoming Assistant Private Secretary. In 1977 in the Queen's Silver Jubilee year, he was promoted to Deputy Private Secretary and, in April 1986, to Private Secretary to the Sovereign, and Keeper of the Queen's Archives. He retired in October 1990.
He was born in East Fremantle, Western Australia, 17 July, 1930, the son of L.F. Turner, of Melbourne, he was twice married, firstly, to Ann Elizabeth Turner (who died in 1957), and married 2ndly, Audrey Margaret Nolan, daughter of S. Nolan, of Sydney, by whom he had issue, one son and one daughter.
He was appointed MVO in 1961, CVO in 1969, KCVO in 1982, and GCVO in 1988, CB, in 1978, KCB in 1986, GCB in 1990; AC 1988, and QSO 1990. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1986.
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Imogen Victoria (Immy) Guest-Cohen (nee Guest, born 1 April, 1993), wife of Liam Robert Gascoigne-Cohen (born 27 September, 1992), and scion of the Barons Wimborne, gave birth to a son, Hudson Giles Berend, 14 September, 2026, in Amsterdam.
Liam is the youngest son of Dr Peter Cohen, and Maryann Gascoigne.
Immy is the eldest daughter of David Christian Guest (born 15 July, 1960), of Easthorpe, Essex, and his wife Henrietta Mary Coode-Adams (born 5 February, 1962), scion of that landed gentry family.
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Louise M. de Moraville (nee Pugh), wife of George Maximilian De Moraville [born 1985], gave birth to a son, Henry John, 30 September, 2026.
George de Moraville is a son of John De Moraville [born c 1951], of Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Frances Margarita Barran [born 1958], scion of the Barran baronets.
Louise de Moraville is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Chris Pugh, of Crowborough, East Sussex.
George is descended from the Bailey landed gentry family and the Grenfell landed family [later Barons Grenfell], &c., and is a great-grandson of Sir George Barran, 2nd Baronet [1872-1952]'
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The engagement was announced 3 October, 2026, between Archie Thomas Anthony Troughton (born 29 June, 1995), son of Edward Thomas Albert Troughton (born 1959), of Brechin, Angus, and his wife the former Fiona Elizabeth Reynolds (born 1964), & Matilda Harriet (Tilly) Fleming (born 13 February, 1997), scion of the Fleming landed family of Nettlebed, daughter of Matthew Valentine Fleming (born 12 December, 1964), of Horstead, Norfolk, and his wife the former Caroline Mary Buxton (born 15 March, 1965), scion of the Buxton baronets.
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Harry Rodney is a son of David James Rodney (born 15 June, 1965), of St Briavels, Gloucestershire, and his wife the former Sally Louise Melville Owen.
Rosie Rodney is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Simon Atkins, of Long Sutton, Hampshire.
The 6th Baron Rodney > Hon Robert William Henry Rodney > Mervyn Harley Rodney > John Armand Rodney > David James Rodney > Harry John Melville Rodney > Lily Rodney (b 2026)
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The engagement was announced 2 October, 2026, between Hugo Peter M. Corrie (born 1999), son of Richard William John McLeod Corrie (born 1960), of Writhlington, Somerset, and his wife the former (Charlotte) Louise Prince (born 1960), & (Charlotte) Isabelle Greenaway Bainbridge (born 1993), the only daughter of James David Tarn Bainbridge (born 1964), of Little Barrington, Gloucestershire, and his wife the former Charlotte Sophia Mills (born 13 April, 1964), daughter of Nicholas Greenaway Mills (1935-2025), and his wife the Hon Susan Glyn (born 10 August, 1940), daughter of the 6th Baron Wolverton (1913-1988).
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