Dorothea Margaret Ann Brand [nee Hill] died 17 September, 2021. She was 80.
She was a daughter of John William Hill, of Norris Hill, East Preston, Sussex, and married 9 October, 1965, Andrew Charles Ninian Brand [born 7 November, 1937], son of Charles Gordon Brand [died 1966], and his wife the former Joan Russell [1908-97], descended from the Baron Russell of Killowen, by whom she had issue, a son, Charles Matthew John [born 25 Aug, 1966].
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Claudia Vaughan [nee Birrell], wife of Capt Henry M.H. Vaughan, The Life Guards (born 1991), scion of that landed family, gave birth to a son, Hubert George Baynham [Bertie], 15 September, 2021.
Henry Vaughan is the only son of Mr Thomas Francis Vaughan [born 1948], of Pencoyd, Herefordshire, by his wife the former Sarah Jean Harding-Rolls (scion of Harding, of Birling Manor).
Claudia Emma A. Vaughan [born 1991], is the only daughter of Mr Christopher R.S. Birrell [born 1954], of Cucklington, Somerset, and his wife the former Emma G.A. Breton [born 1956].
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Alice Mary Wells, who died 25 September, 2021, aged 83, was a scion of the Trappes-Lomax landed gentry family, and descended from the Fitzherberts [Barons Stafford].
She was born 27 March, 1938, younger daughter of Brigadier Basil Charles Trappes-Lomax [1896-1963], and his wife the former Diana Mary Silvertop [who died in 1995]; and married 17 January, 1959, John Edward Benedict Wells, by whom she had issue, two sons and a daughter.
8th Baron Stafford [1804-49] > Emily Stafford-Jerningham [1835-81] > Hon Alice Fitzherbert [1877-1955] >Basil Trappes-Lomax [see above]
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Megan Dent [nee Kearney], wife of ]Aidan] Michael Congreve Dent [born 1989], gave birth to a son, Rory Thomas Emmett, 14 September, 2021, a brother for Edward Ambrose Congreve, who was born in 2019.
Megan Dent is a daughter of Thomas E. Kearney Jr, of Scotts Valley, California.
Michael Dent is a son of Andrew Congreve Dent [born 1955], and his wife the former Lady Rosanagh Elizabeth Angela Mary Taylour [born 20 January, 1961], daughter of the late 6th Marquess of Headfort [1932-2005].
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Lady Mary Furze [nee Charteris, born 1987], wife of Robertson David F. (Robbie) Furze (b 1978), gave birth to a daughter, Wilde Jessie, 21 May, 2021.
Robbie Furze is a son of Mr David R. Furze, by his wife the former Pamela A.L. Hardman.
Lady Mary Furze is a daughter of the 13th Earl of Wemyss & (8th Earl of) March, of Stanway House, Gloucestershire, by his former wife the former Catherine Ingrid Guinness, scion of the Barons Moyne.
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Morgan Portman (née Snyder) wife of the Hon Justin Trevor Berkeley Portman [born 1969], scion of the Viscounts Portman, gave birth to a daughter, Star Charlotte Berkeley, 25 September, 2021, a sister for Leo James Berkeley, who was born 24 July, 2019, and a half-sister for Lucas Alexander Berkeley [born 22 Nov, 2001], Neva [born 24 March, 2006], and for Viktor [born 13 September, 2007].
The Hon Justin Portman is a younger son of the 9th Viscount Portman [1934-99] by his second wife, the former Penelope Anne Hassard; he married firstly, 2002 [div 2010] Natalia Vodianova, the supermodel, by whom he had 2 sons and a daughter; married secondly, in June, 2019, the American actress Morgan Snyder.
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Desmond Morrogh Bernard died 21 September, 2021. He was 82.
He was born 18 June, 1939, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph George Morrogh Bernard [1898-1994], by his wife the former Nancy Mary Charlton, who descended from the Stapleton-Bretherton landed family.
Educated at Ampleforth, he was an officer in the 16th/5th Lancers, and was employed on The Economist and the Rand Daily Mail.
He married 13 January, 1967, Jenefer de Waller, daughter of Rowen de Waller, of Branford, Norfolk, by whom he had issue, two daughters, Camilla and Helen.
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The Lady Mary Anne Denham [nee Stuart], who died 25 September, 2021, aged 95, was a scion of the Earls of Moray.
She was born 23 June, 1926, the eldest daughter of Francis Stuart, 18th Earl of Moray [1892-1943], and his wife the former Barbara Murray [who died 1996], daughter of John Archibald Murray, of Fifth Avenue, New York. Her two younger sisters were Lady Sarah, who married the 4th Baron Hillingdon, and Lady Arabella, wife of Mark Boxer, the cartoonist.
She married firstly, 20 Sept, 1945 [div 1960], Leonard Harold Robert Byng [1920-74]; and married secondly, 24 March, 1961, Colonel John Bovil Denham [who died 1990], son of Sir Edward Denham, GCMG, KBE.
Lady Mary leaves two sons and three daughters from her first marriage, and a son and daughter from her second marriage.
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Edwina Chantal Elizabeth Hay [nee Langley, born 1985], wife of James Malcolm Douglas Hay [born 30 May, 1985], scion of the Marquesses of Tweeddale, gave birth to a son, Gilbert Christopher Malcolm, 9 September, 2021.
James Hay is the eldest son of Malcolm Charles Hay of Seaton [born 4 March, 1956], of Edinglassie, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, by his wife the former Deborah Louise Rouse.
Edwina Hay is a daughter of Christopher J.M. Langley, of Alderton, Woodbridge, Suffolk, by his wife the former Diana Constance Mary Crewdson [born 11 June, 1959].
James Hay is descended from George Hay, 7th Marquis of Tweeddale [1753-1804].
Edwina Langley is a great-granddaughter of the 3rd Baron Grimthorpe [1891-1963].
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Dawn Hooper [née Remnant], who died 2 September, 2021, aged 93, was a scion of the Barons Remnant.
She was born 1 December, 1927, a daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon Peter Farquharson Remnant, MP [1897-1968], and his wife the former Elizabeth Tanner [1902-65]; and married 13 January, 1951, Anthony Stewart Hooper [1917-2004], son of Squadron Leader Clifford Alban Hooper [1891-1958], and his wife the former Janet Ashley Hall, by whom she had three daughters, Susan, Mary and Carol-Ann.
1st Baron Remnant [1862-1933] > Hon Peter Remnant [1897-1968] > Dawn Remnant [1927-2021]
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Jane Holland [née Hart Dyke], who died 13 September, 2021, aged 85, was a scion of the Hart Dyke baronets.
She was born 6 May, 1936, daughter of Commander the Rev Eric Hart Dyke, RN [1906-71], and his wife the former Mary Alexander [1914-2010], a descendant maternally of the Shaw-Stewart baronets.
She married 3 Oct, 1959, David Charles Holland [born 1932], son of Richard Leslie Holland [1904-88], and his wife the former Jean Elizabeth MacNabb [1908-94], scion of the Clan MacNabb, by whom she had issue, son, Charles, and daughters, Caroline and Clare.
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Sophie Heather Evelyn Richards [nee Williams, born 1986], wife of James Charles [Jamie] Richards [born 1981], gave birth to a daughter, India Rose, 23 September, 2021.
Jamie Richards is a son of Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Charles Richards, CVO [born 1953], Equerry to HM the Queen and Deputy Master of the Royal Household since 1999, and his wife the former Serena Anne Spencer [born 1952].
7th Viscount Chetwynd [1823-1911] > Hon Richard Chetwynd [1859-1908] > Mary Chetwynd [1890-1936] > Eleanor Otter [1926-2016] > Anthony Richards [b 1953] > Jamie Richards [b 1981]
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Victoria Mary Linley Allison [née Messel], who died 19 September, 2021, aged 83, was a scion of the Messel landed gentry family, and a first cousin of the 1st Earl of Snowdon, GCVO.
She was born 10 July, 1938, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Linley Francis Messel [1899-1971], head of the landed gentry family, of Nyman, Sussex, and his wife the former Agatha Anne Alexander; and married 16 October, 1963, Timothy James Allison [born 1948], son of G.M. Allison, by whom she had issue, son, Charles [born 1966], and a daughter, Katharine [born 1968].
Victoria Allison's aunt, Anne Messel [1902-92], married, as her first husband, 22 July, 1925 [div], Ronald Owen Lloyd Armstrong Jones [1899-1966], and was mother of Princess Margaret's husband, Antony Armstrong Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, and Viscount Linley, of Nymans [1930-2017] .
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The engagement was announced 25 September, 2021, between Humphrey George Bourchier Wrey [born 1991], scion of the Wrey baronets, younger son of Sir [George Richard] Bourchier Wrey, 15th Baronet [born 2 Oct, 1948], of Tawstock, Devon, and his wife the former Lady Caroline Janet Lindesay-Bethune [born 7 July, 1957], scion of the Earls of Lindsay, & Allisha Azlan, daughter of Mr and Mrs Azlan, of Selangor, Malaysia.
15th Earl of Lindsay [1926-89] > Lady Caroline Lindesay-Bethune [b 1957] > Humphrey Wrey [b 1991]
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The engagement was announced 25 September, 2021, between John Lindsay Alexander Baldwin [born 1989], eldest son of Christopher William Kennard Baldwin, of Goudhurst, Kent, and his wife the former Emma Margaret Crossman [born 13 Oct, 1959], and Ebba Jacobsson, daughter of Fredrik Jacobsson, of Malmö, Sweden, and Ms Madeleine Lilliehöök, of Falkenberg, Sweden.
John Baldwin is descended from Field Marshal the 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis:-
1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, KG, OM [1891-1969] > Lady Rose Alexander [1932-2017] > Emma Crossman [see above]
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The engagement was announced 27 September, 2021, between Alexander James Cooksley [born 1992], elder son of Steven Cooksley, of Coulsdon, Surrey, and his wife the former Gillian Taylor, & Mary Rose Avril Ropner [born 1991], scion of the Ropner baronets, eldest daughter of Charles Guy Corban Ropner [born 2 February, 1959], of Bedale, North Yorkshire, and his wife the former Emma Andrews.
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The 2nd Earl of Gowrie, PC, FRSL, died 24 September, 2021. He was 81.
Lord Gowrie was a Conservative Party politician for some years, including a period in the British Cabinet, and was later Chairman of Sotheby's and of the Arts Council of England. He also published poetry. The earl was the Chief of the Clan Ruthven.
Alexander Patrick Greysteil Hore-Ruthven was born 26 November, 1939, son of Maj the Hon Alexander Hardinge Patrick Hore-Ruthven [1913-42], and his wife the former Pamela Margaret Fletcher [died 2006]. His mother was an Extra Woman of the Bedchamber to the Queen [later Queen Mother] 1948-51.
He succeeded to the Gowrie peerages upon his grandfather's death, 2 May, 1955, having been known as Viscount Ruthven of Canberra for the previous decade. In 1956 he further succeeded his great-uncle (his grandfather's elder brother) as the 3rd Baron Ruthven of Gowrie.
His grandfather, Alexander Hore-Ruthven [1872-1955], who was Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of Australia 1936-44, was raised to the peerage in 1935, as Baron Gowrie, of Canberra, Australia, and Dirleton, East Lothian, and further created Earl of Gowrie and Viscount Ruthven of Canberra, in 1945.
Lord Gowrie was appointed a Conservative Whip in the House of Lords by Edward Heath, in 1971, and he represented the British Government on the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations. He joined the Conservative front bench under Edward Heath in 1972 as a Lord-in-waiting, a post he held until 1974. He later served under Margaret Thatcher as Minister of State for Employment between 1979 and 1981, and as Minister of State for Northern Ireland between 1981 and 1983 at the Northern Ireland Office (NIO).
In 1983 Gowrie was sworn of the Privy Council and entered the Cabinet as Minister for the Arts, with additional responsibility for personnel and management of the Civil Service. During his time as arts minister, he introduced a scheme which allowed donations of art to public galleries and museums to be offset against death duties. He was also Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1984, and held his ministerial posts until 1985. Margaret Thatcher offered him a promotion to the post of Secretary of State for Education and Science but instead he resigned from the Cabinet in 1985, stating that it was impossible for him to live in London on the £33,000 salary provided for the post, a claim that caused some agitation, as it was three times the average London wage of the time.
He married firstly, 1 November, 1962 [div 1974], Alexandra Bingley, daughter of Lt-Col Robert Albert Glanville Bingley, CVO, DSO [1902-76], and his wife the former Mary Olivia Lenox-Conyngham, scion of that landed family; and married 2ndly, 2 November, 1974, Adelheid Gräfin von der Schulenburg, daughter of Fritz Dietlof Graf von der Schulenburg.
The Earl of Gowrie leaves a son from his first marriage, Patrick Leo Brer Hore-Ruthven, styled Viscount Ruthven of Canberra [born 4 February, 1964], who now inherits the earldom and subsidiary peerages.
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_.The marriage has taken place between His Royal Highness Prince Jaime of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Noto [born at Madrid, 26 June, 1992], eldest son of HRH Prince Pedro Juan Maria Alejo Saturnino y todos los Santos, Duke of Calabria (born Madrid, 16 October, 1968), by his wife HRH The Duchess of Calabria [nee Sofia Landaluce y Melgarejo, born Madrid, 23 Nov, 1973], & the Lady Charlotte Diana Lindesay-Bethune [born 12 May, 1993], scion of the Earls of Lindsay, third and youngest daughter of James Randolph Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay [born 19 November, 1955], by his wife the former Diana Mary Chamberlayne-Macdonald [born 12 September, 1961], scion of that landed gentry family.
(* from Wikipedia: Pedro is currently one of two claimants to the headship of the House of the Two Sicilies, since the death of his father on 5 October 2015. The other claimant is Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro. Pedro is claimant to the Sovereignty of the Constantinian Order, Grand Master of the Order of Saint Januarius, President of the Council of the four Spanish Military Orders of Santiago, Calatrava, Alcántara and Montesa, and Grand Commander of the Military Order of Alcántara.He also bears the official dignity of Grandee of Spain as the son of an Infante of Spain.Mark Roper, who died 20 September, 2021, aged 86, was the owner of the magnificent Forde Abbey, a former Cistercian monastery in Dorset.
Mark Roper inherited the house and estate in the 1970s, and with his wife Lisa took on the responsibility, modernising the house, developing a fruit farm on the estate, establishing the acclaimed herd of Forde Abbey Devon Cattle and turning Forde Abbey into a successful tourist attraction.
He was born 27 June, 1935, son of Geoffrey Desmond Roper [1901-82], of Forde Abbey, and his wife the former Diana Charlotte King [1898-1988].
He married 30 September, 1967, Elizabeth Dorothy [Lisa] Bagot [born 1947], descended from the Barons Bagot, daughter of Oliver Robin Bagot [1914-2000], and his wife the former Annette Dorothy Stephens [who died 2003], by whom he had three daughters, [Katherine] Alice [born 1 Aug, 1968], Victoria Jane [b 9 Feb, 1970], and Lucinda [born 1972].
In 2009, another generation became stewards of Forde Abbey with Mark and Lisa’s eldest daughter Alice, her husband Julian and their three children taking their turn to maintain this beautiful building and the surrounding garden and farmland.
The funeral takes place at St Mary's, Thorncombe, 1 October, 2021.
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The engagement was announced 24 September, 2021, between Nicholas Ewing Grimshaw [born 1988], son of the late Colonel Ewing Grimshaw [who died 1996], and his wife the former Rachel Kinnaird [now Mrs Rachel Cheney, of Ramsbury, co Wilts, wife of Maj Peter Edward Cheney, MBE], & Florence Helena A. Mercer [born 1987], youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs Martin Mercer, of Charlbury, Oxfordshire.
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