William Henry Forbes-Newton, formerly Forbes, a scion of the Forbes of Monymusk baronets, died in 2021.
He was born 3 December, 1944, a son of Lieutenant-Commander Reginald Arthur Forbes (1905-1975), and his second wife the former Joyce Charlotte Newton.
He was descended from Sir William Forbes of Monymusk, 6th Baronet (1739-1806)
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The engagement has been announced in June, 2021, between Harry Ronald Neil Primrose, styled Lord Dalmeny [born 20 November, 1967], son and heir of the 7th Earl of Rosebery [born 11 February, 1929], and his wife the former Alison Mary Deirdre Reid [born 1931], and Harriet Clapham, daughter of [Ronald] Barrie Clapham [born Sept, 1951], and his wife the former Mari Kirkwood, a 'beauty queen', who was Miss Scotland in 1975.
It is Lord Dalmeny's second marriage. He married firstly, 19 June, 1994, Caroline Daglish, daughter of Ronald Daglish, by whom he has a son, and four daughters.
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Robert James [Bobby] McAlpine, scion of the baronets of that name, died 25 June, 2021. He was 89.
Bobby McAlpine was an affable chairman of his family construction group and a familiar figure on the Turf as a steward, racecourse administrator and owner-breeder of several top-class racehorses....A bon viveur, he was a talented squash player, would shoot as many days as he could and in the summer played cricket for several clubs.
He was born 6 May, 1932, son of Alfred James McAlpine [1908-91], and his first wife the former Peggy Barbara Saunders [who died in 1984]; married 1stly, 8 Sept, 1956, Jane Winifred Mary Anton [1932-92], daughter of James Giles Anton [1910-75], and his wife the former Mary Elizabeth Hodgkinson [1902-95]; married 2ndly, 1981, Angela Jacquleine Langford Brooke [1948-2016], daughter of Major Eric William Langford Brooke [1910-61], and his wife the former Margaret Dempster [1910-80].
Bobby McAlpine leaves two sons Euan and Christopner, and a daughter Sara from his first marriage, and a daughter, Emma, from his second marriage.
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Dirk Murray Bouwens died 20 June, 2021. He was 74. He was a descendant of the Barons Walsingham.
He was born at Bournemouth, in 1947, son of Derek Bouwens [1913-83], and his wife the former Doreen Gaskin, and married in 1979, Anna Susan Preston [born 20 Sept, 1943], a descendant of the Earls of Macclesfield, by whom he had issue, a son, Theodore Frederick Thomas [Tom], who was born in 1981.
John De Grey, 7th Baron Walsingham [1849-1929] > Hon Margaret de Grey [1889-1978] > Derek Bouwens [1913-83] > Dirk Bouwens [1947-2021].
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Isabella Constance Sabrina Bickford-Smith [nee Schott], wife of Michael Rupert David Bickford-Smith [born 1984], scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a daughter, Penelope Constance Emilia, 10 June, 2021, a sister for Frederick Michael Thomas, who was born in 2018.
Michael Bickford-Smith is a son of Peter Michael Bickford-Smith [born 1947], and his former wife, Margaret Mary Verney [born 13 Nov, 1950], scion of the Verney baronets, daughter of Lieutenant-Commander David Verney, RN [1918-92], and his wife the former Hon Mary Kathleen Boscawen [1926-2018], daughter of the 8th Viscount Falmouth [1887-1962].
Isabella Bickford-Smith is a daughter of Alexander Frederick Albert Schott, of Alzey, Rhineland-Palatine, Germany.
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The engagement was announced 30 June, 2021, between Captain Barnaby Robert P. Elmhirst [born 1994], scion of that landed gentry family, son of Mr Timothy Genn Elmhirst [born 1955], of Barnsley, Yorkshire, and Professor Joanna Price, of Coates, Gloucestershire, and Florence Elizabeth F. Cracroft-Eley [born 3 June, 1994], scion of that landed gentry family, eldest daughter of [Charles] William Amcotts Cracroft-Eley [born 1963], of Hackthorn, Lincolnshire, and his wife the former Margaret Lole.
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Rose Carr-Ellison [nee Aykroyd, born 1989] wife of Thomas Ralph (Tom) Carr-Ellison (born 1987), scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a son, Bobby Ralph, 16 June, 2021.
Rose is a scion of the Aykroyd baronets, third daughter of Sir Henry Robert George Aykroyd, 5th Baronet (born 1954), and Mrs Lucy Aykroyd (nee Brown), formerly of Cushnie, Auchterless, Aberdeenshire.
Thomas Carr-Ellison is the son of Major John McMorrough Carr-Ellison, of Hedgeley, Alnwick, Northumberland, by his wife the former Catherine Babington Smith (born 1952), descended from the Barons Hollenden.
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The Hon Lady Kadoorie, who died at Houston, Texas, 20 June, 2021, was the wife the Hon Sir Michael Kadoorie [born 1941], the billionaire businessman, and the chairman and 18% owner of CLP Group, Hong Kong's largest electricity producer. He also owns 47% of Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels.
The Cuban-American born Betty Tamayo, she married Michael Kadoorie, son of Lawrence Kadoorie [1899-1993] created a life peer as Baron Kadoorie.
She leaves three children, Natalie, Bettina and Philip.
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Emma Louise van Zeller [born 1987, nee Parker], wife of Edward Arundell van Zeller [born 1988], gave birth to a son, Digby Arundell, 11 June, 2021, a brother for Basil Douglas, who was born 5 August, 2019.
Edward van Zeller is a son of Nicholas Howard van Zeller, of Hovingham, York, by his wife the former Emma Ward Jones [born 1956], scion of the Jones baronets.
Emma van Zeller is a daughter of Charles Herbert Parker, of Cheriton, Hampshire, by his wife the former Victoria Kathleen Scott [born 1956], scion of the Scott baronets of Rotherfield.
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Peter Zinovieff, who died 23 June, 2021, aged 88, was a engineer and composer.
In the late 1960s, his company, Electronic Music Studios (EMS), made the VCS3, a synthesizer used by many early progressive rock bands such as Pink Floyd and White Noise, and Krautrock groups as well as more pop-oriented artists, including Todd Rundgren and David Bowie. In later life, he worked primarily as a composer of electronic music.
Peter Zinovieff was born in 1933, son of Major Leo Zinovieff, of the Royal Marines [died as the result of an accident, 1951] and his Russian aristocrat first wife the former Princess Sofia Dolgorouky [died 1994]. His father Leo married 2ndly, 1947, Lady Jean Douglas-Hamilton, daughter of the 13th Duke of Hamilton.
Peter Zinovieff married firstly, 25 Nov, 1960, Victoria Gala Heber-Percy [born 28 Feb, 1943], scion of the Dukes of Northumberland, daughter of Robert Vernon Heber-Percy [1911-87], known for much of his life as "the Mad Boy", and was "an English eccentric in the grand tradition, and his first wife the former Ann Jennifer Evelyn Elizabeth Fry [1916-2003], scion of the Fry baronets. He married 2ndly, 15 Apr, 1978, Rose Lucinda Verney [born 17 Aug, 1950], scion of the Verney baronets, daughter of Sir John Verney, 2nd Baronet [1913-93], and his wife the former Jeanie Musgrave [1916-2014]; he married 3rdly, Tanya Richardson, and 4thly, Jenny Jardine.
Peter Zinovieff was father of seven children, including 2 sons and a daughter from his first marriage, including the author and journalist, Sofka Zinovieff, and three daughters from his second marriage to Rose Verney. He was predeceased by a son, Kyril.
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Lady Tailyour, who died 19 June, 2021, aged 102, was the widow of General Sir Norman Tailyour, KCB, DSO [1914-79], and a scion of the Colvile landed gentry family.
She was born Juliet Felicia Colvile, 9 March, 1919, third daughter of Kenneth Newton Colvile [1884-1956], and his wife the former Kathleen Ire Sells, daughter of Arthur Sells, of Bombaym India.
She married firstly, 12 Oct 1940, James Anthony Greig [who died 1967], son of Stuart Douglas Greig, of Caterham, Surrey; married 2ndly, 1973, as his second wife, General Sir Norman Tailyour, KCB, DSO, who died in 1979.
Lady Tailyour leaves three children from her first marriage, two sons, Philip [born 1943], and Anthony [born 1957], and a daughter Angela [born 1947].
A Funeral Service will be held on 13 July, 2921, at St Gregory and St Martin’s Church, Wye.
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Alastair Peter Colquhoun died at Winchester, Hampshire, 22 June, 2021. He was 80.
He was born 3 May, 1941 son of William Reginald Colquhoun [1899-1971] and his wife the former Ruth Veronica Greenwell [1916-2003], scion of the Greenwell baronets, daughter of Sir Bernard Eyre Greenwell, 2nd Baronet [1874-1939]; and married in 1977, Elisabeth Stanning, daughter of Capt Geoffrey Stanning, by whom he had a son, Andrew [born 1983] and a daughter, Mary Louise [born 1979].
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The 8th Earl of Lonsdale, died at the Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, 22 June, 2021. He was 72.
The peer was a substantial landowner [the Lonsdale Settled Estates] and his family, the Lowthers have been the major landowners in Cumbria for a thousand years. At one stage, they owned 'maybe three-quarters of the county'. The 8th Earl possessed 5,000 acres, on which he had 14 tenant farmers.
Hugh Clayton Lowther was born 27 May, 1949, son of the 7th Earl of Lonsdale [1922-2006], of Askham Hall, Penrith, and the first of his four wives, the former Tuppina Cecily Bennet [died 1984].
He succeeded his father, 23 May, 2006, as 8th Earl [created 1807], Viscount and Baron Lowther, and a Baronet.
Lord Lonsdale married firstly, 2 Oct, 1971 [div 1983/84], Pamela Colleen Middleton, daughter of John Middleton. He married secondly, in 1986, Angela Mary Wyatt, daughter of Capt Peter Wyatt, of Dartmouth, Devon, and married 3rdly, in 1999, Elizabeth Margaret Arnison, daughter of Stanley Frazer Arnison.
The Earl of Lonsdale leaves an adopted son, the Hon Oliver Lowther [born by artificial insemination in 1980, and therefore unable to inherit the peerages and baronetcy], and the family honours now pass to the 8th Earl's younger half-brother, the Hon William James Lowther, who was born 9 July, 1957.
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The engagement was announced 26 June, 2021, between Walter Thomas William Kerr [born 1992], scion of the Marquesses of Lothian, second son of William Walter Raleigh Kerr [born 17 Aug, 1950], of Melbourne, Derbyshire, and his wife the former Griselda Mary Hamilton-Baillie [born 7 Nov, 1950], scion of the Earls of Haddington, & Olivia M.K. Fox, daughter of Mr & Mrs Jeremy Fox, of Woking, Surrey.
The 7th Marquis of Lothian [1794-1841] > Lord Walter Kerr [1839-1927] > Andrew Kerr [1877-1929] > Lord John Kerr [1927-2018] > William Kerr [b 1950] > Walter Kerr [born 1992]
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Rose-Anna [Rosie] Burnett [nee Daukes, born 1981], wife of the Hon George Arthur Burnett [b 1979], gave birth to a daughter, Romilly Winter Bo, 9 June, 2021, a sister for Cosmo Aubone Louis [born 5 Sept, 2017], and for Iona Evelyn Wren [born 20 Feb, 2019].
The Hon George Burnett is a son of the life peer Baron Burnett [b 1945], by his wife the former Elizabeth Sherwood de la Mare.
Rosie Burnett is a daughter of Brigadier Clendon Daukes [b 1945], by his wife the former Camilla de Courcy Trasenster, scion of that landed family.
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Zaria Louise Lethbridge [nee Rich, born 1980], wife of Alexander Ralph Periam Lethbridge [born 1982], scion of the Lethbridge baronets, gave birth to a son, Felix Charles Ragnar, 15 June, 2021, a brother for Frederick Clive Mytton, who was born 22 March, 2019.
Alexander Lethbridge is the third son of Sir Thomas Lethbridge, 7th Baronet [born 1950], of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, by his first wife the former Susan Elizabeth Rocke [now Susan, Lady Lethbridge].
Zaria Lethbridge is a daughter of Nigel Mervyn Sutherland Rich, of Chelsea, and his wife the former Cynthia Elizabeth Davies.
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Capt. Charles John Graham Moncrieff, who died 19 June, 2021, aged 90, was a scion of that Scots landed gentry family.
He was born 11 January, 1931, the second son of Lt-Col Douglas Graham Moncrieff of Kinmonth [1893-1983], and his wife the former Henrietta Doreen St John [1900-87], scion of the Viscounts Bolingbrooke & St John.
He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Scots Guards.
He married 15 June, 1957, Joanna Dava Peto [1938-2005], scion of the Peto baronets, second daughter of Maj Basil Arthur John Peto [1900-54], and his wife the former Patricia Geraldine Browne [died 2011], by whom he had issue, a son, Alexander Charles Graham Moncrieff [born 12 Sept, 1967], and daughters, Charlotte Henrietta [born 26 Apr, 1959], Miranda Caroline [born 24 Feb 1961], and Rosanna Claire [born 23 Apr, 1965].
Charles Moncrieff's middle daughter, Miranda, is Baroness Ashburton, wife of the Baring heir the 8th Baron Ashburton.
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Francis Derick [Frank] Foster, died in Tasmania, 17 June, 2021. He was 68.
He was born 25 February, 1953, son of Major Herbert Frederick Brudenell Foster, of Park House, Drumoak, Aberdeenshire, and his wife the former Christine Leonard Lucas-Tooth, scion of the baronets of that name, daughter of Maj Sir Archibald Lucas-Tooth, 2nd Baronet [1884-1918].
He married in 1987, Odile Vivienne Angela Gall.
3rd Marquess of Ailesbury [1811-86] > Lord Robert Brudenell-Bruce [1845-1912] > Frances Brudenell-Bruce > Herbert Foster > Frank Foster [1953-2021]
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Judith Averil Buxton, who died 17 June, 2021, aged 93, was a scion of the Barons Colgrain, a granddaughter of the 1st Baron [1866-1954].
She was born Judith Averil Campbell, 12 November, 1927, daughter of the Hon Angus Dudley Campbell [1895-1967], and his wife the former Joan Esther Sybilla Pakenham [died 1998], scion of the Earls of Longford; and married 16 Dec, 1954, Lieutenant Commander Gerard St John Roden Buxton, RN [1927-2008], scion of the Buxton baronets, by whom she had issue, a son, Sir Crispin Charles Gerard Buxton, 8th Baronet [born 29 March, 1958], and two daughters, Charlotte [born 25 Sept, 1955], and Laura [born 31 Oct, 1961].
Her son succeeded to the Buxton baronetcy on the demise of his uncle, Sir Jocelyn Buxton, 7th Bt, 25 Apr, 2014.
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