The 3rd Baron Monk Bretton, DL 1924-2022

 The 3rd Baron Monk Bretton, DL, who died 26 May, 2022, aged 97, was a peer for almost 89 years, having succeeded to the title, 29 July, 1933. He was the longest ever holder of a peerage, and sat in the Lords from 1948 to 1999.

John Charles Dodson was born 17 July, 1924, son of the 2nd Baron Monk Bretton, CB [1869-1933], and his wife the former Ruth Brand [who died 5 Aug, 1967], scion of the Viscounts Hampden. He succeeded to the peerage at the age of 9. The barony of Monk Bretton was created in 1884 for his grandfather, John Dodson, who was Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons 1865-72;  Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1873-74;  President of the Local Government Board 1880-82, 1874-80;  Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1882-84, &c.

The 3rd Baron, who lived near Lewes, Sussex, married 29 January, 1958, Zoë Diana Mary Alicia Scott, daughter of Ian Douglas Murray Scott, by whom he had two sons, Christopher and Henry. The peerage now devolves upon his elder son, the Hon Christopher Mark Dodson, who was born 2 Aug, 1958.

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Sir Richard Baker Wilbraham, 8th Baronet 1934-2022

 Sir Richard Baker Wilbraham, 8th Baronet, died 26 May, 2022. He was 88.

He was born 5 February, 1934, son of Sir Randle John Baker Wilbraham, 7th Baronet [1906-80], and his wife the former Betty Ann Torrens [who died 2 Oct, 1975]; and succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's death, 24 February, 1980.

The baronetcy was created in 1776 for his ancestor Sir George Baker [1723-1809], physician to the Household of King George III and Queen Charlotte.

He served in the Welsh Guards 1952-54; was with J Henry Schroder Wagg & Co 1954-89; Director Westpool Investment Trust 1974-92; Director, Brixton Estate 1985-2001 [Deputy Chairman 1994-2001]; Director, the Really Useful Group plc, 1985-90; Director, Charles Barker Group, 1986-89; Director, Grosvenor Estates Holdings 1989-99 [Deputy Chairman 1989-99]; Director, Severn Trent 1989-94; a Church Commissioner, and Trustee of the Grosvenor Estate 1981-99; Governor of Harrow School; Deputy Chairman, Bibby Line Group, 1989-92, and Chairman, Bibby Line Group 1992-1997, &c.

Sir Richard, of Rode Hall, Scholar Green, Cheshire, married 2 March, 1962, Anne Christine Peto Bennett, daughter of Charles Peto Bennett, of La Haute, Fliquet, Jersey, and his wife the former Fru Farnes, a Norwegian, by whom he had issue, a son, Randle, and three daughters, Sibella, Charlotte, and Alice. The son, Randle [born 28 May, 1963], now succeeds to the baronetcy.

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Wadham-Smith/French marriage

 The marriage took place 21 May, 2022, at Camborne Register Office, between David B. Wadham-Smith [born 1944], son of Walter Mervyn Wadham-Smith, CBE, and his wife the former Frances Dolores D'Albani, & the Lady Sarah Mary Essex French [born 22 May, 1953], second daughter of the late 3rd and last Earl of Ypres [1921-1988], and his 1st wife the former Maureen Helena Kelly [born 1922 -  ], daughter of Henry John Piers Kelly [1897-1969], of the US Foreign Service, of Stow Bedon Hall, Attleborough, Norfolk.

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A Guinness for Lord Lieutenant

 The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lady Emma Barnard, DL, as Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the County of West Sussex.

Lady Emma Barnard DL was High Sheriff of West Sussex in 2017-18. She lives at Parham House, near Pulborough, an Elizabethan house with award-winning gardens owned by a charitable trust, and is Chairman of Parham Park Ltd, which maintains Parham and opens it to the public.

Lady Emma is Patron of the British Evacuees Association and the Coroner’s Court Support Service, and in June 2022 will come to the end of a six year term as Chair of the Patrons of the National Gallery, London.  She is a trustee for a college fund of Lincoln College, Oxford. In West Sussex, she is an Ambassador for the Sussex Community Foundation and President of the Mary How Trust.  Other organisations she supports include the West Sussex Ambulance Retirement Association, The Association of Sussex Artists and Kamelia Kids Day Nursery in Goring-by-Sea.

She was born Lady Emma Lavinia Guinness, 7 December, 1963, elder daughter of the 3rd Earl of Iveagh [1937-1992], and his wife the former Miranda Daphne Jane Smiley [1940-2010], scion of the Smiley baronets; and married 4 Dec, 1995, James Barnard, son of Geoffrey Barnard.

Lady Emma is the mother of two sons, Benjamin and Arthur.

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Raef Peregrine George McCloud [born 2022]

 Isabel Charlotte Alice McCloud [née Tanner, born 10 June, 1993], wife of Hugo Patrick R. McCloud [born 1988], gave birth to a son, Raef Peregrine George, 17 May, 2022.

Isabel McCloud is a daughter of Nicholas Shelley Tanner [born 7 January, 1955], descended from the Shelley baronets, and his wife the former Melanie Anne Challis [born 1957].

Hugo McCloud is a son of Kevin McCloud, MBE [born 8 May, 1959], the designer, writer and television presenter, and his wife the former Catherine Brown.

Sir Timothy Shelley, 2nd Bt > John Shelley [brother of the poet, Percy Shelley] > George Ernest Shelley > George Edward Shelley > Iris Gwendolin Shelley > Nicholas Shelley Tanner > Isabel Tanner > Raef McCloud

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Mills/Mackaness engagement

 The engagement was announced 28 May, 2022, between Frederick L. Mills, eldest son of Mr & Mrs David Mills, of Highgate, London, and Anastasia A.T. Mackaness, scion of that landed gentry family, of Boughton Hall, co Northampton, eldest daughter of the late Brigadier James Mackaness [who was b 6 Feb, 1945], and his wife the former Susan Pike.

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Son and heir for the Earl and Countess of Belfast

 Oilbhe Chichester, styled Countess of Belfast, wife of James Arthur Chichester, styled Earl of Belfast (born 19 Nov, 1990), gave birth to a son and heir, Arthur Humphrey John, styled Viscount Chichester, 16 May, 2022.

The Countess of Belfast is the former Oilbhe Cahill Reid, daughter of the late Mr Charles Reid and Dr Mairead Cahill and step daughter of Mr James Watson, ,of Roscommon.

The Earl of Belfast is the son and heir of the 8th Marquess of Donegall (b 9 May 1952), of Roxburghshire, by his wife the former Caroline Mary Philipson [born 1959], descended from the Macdonald-Buchanan family.

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Deverell/Pickup engagement

 The engagement was announced 28 May, 2022, between [John] Conrad Christopher Deverell [born 1993], son of Brigadier John Duncan Deverell [born 1 May, 1955], the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, and his wife the former Susanne Christiana Kampert, & Emma L. Pickup, daughter of Colonel and Mrs Richard Pickup.

John Deverell's Acland descent:-

Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bt > Arthur Dyke Troyte > John Edward Acland > Victoria Troyte Acland > Elizabeth Duncan > John Deverell > Conrad Deverell

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The Lady Kenya Tatton-Brown 1923-2022

 The Lady Kenya Tatton-Brown, who died 21 May, 2022, aged 98, was a scion of the Earls Kitchener of Khartoum.

She was born Kenya Eleanor Kitchener, 12 July, 1923, daughter of Henry Franklin Chevallier Kitchener, styled Viscount Broome [1878-1928], and his wife the former Adela Mary Evelyn Monins [1893-1986], and was a granddaughter of the 2nd Earl Kitchener of Khartoum [1846-1937], who was the elder brother of Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, the 1st Earl [1850-1916] [a rare case of an elder brother succeeding a younger sibling by special remainder].

Kenya Kitchener served in the WRNS during the Second World War, and was later a chartered physiotherapist. She was raised to the rank of an Earl's daughter in 1938 following her brother's succession to the family honours.

She married 8 November, 1947, John Stewart Tatton-Brown [1905-1971], scion of that landed gentry family, son of Eden Tatton-Brown, CMG [1878-1961], and his wife the former Pauline Stewart-Jones, by whom she had issue, three daughters.

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Cutmore-Scott/Davy marriage

 The marriage took place in May, 2022, in Norfolk, between Samuel Mark [Sam] Cutmore-Scott [born 1984], son of Robert M.C. Scott and his wife the former Joanne J. Cutmore, & Chelsy Davy [born 13 Oct, 1985], daughter of Charles Davy [born 1952], and his wife the former Beverley Donald.

Chelsy Davy is a former girlfriend of HRH The Duke of Sussex.

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Faber/Weatherall engagement

 The engagement was announced 27 May, 2022, between Luke Christopher Michael Faber [born 1990], second son of Mark James Julian Faber [1950-1991], the cricketer, and his wife the former Anne Griffith [now Mrs Alexander Muir, wife of Alexander Pepys Muir, a grandson maternally of the 10th Duke of Marlborough], & Stella Nony Weatherall [born 1991], daughter of [Edward] Percy Keswick Weatherall, of Holywood, Dumfries, and his wife the former Clara Mary Johnston [born 1960].

Luke Faber is a great-grandson of the former Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC, FRS [1894-1986].

Stella Weatherall is descended maternally from the Paget baronets, and paternally from the Keswick landed family. Stella's aunt, Isobel Weatherall, was the first wife of the late 18th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne.

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Lucy Jane Newton [nee Otter] 1932-2022

 Lucy Jane Newton [nee Otter], who died 20 May, 2022, aged 89, was descended from the Troubridge baronets, the Earls of Albemarle, and King Charles II &c.

She was born 20 December, 1932, fourth daughter of Lieutenant-Col. Robin Otter, MC [1888-1965], and his wife the former Mary Laura Troubridge [1894-1982], and married 1 Oct, 1955, Francis Denzil Newton [who died 7 Aug, 2013], by whom she had issue, a son, Thomas [born 29 Apr, 1958], and two daughters, Charlotte [born 25 Oct, 1956], and Sarah [born 20 Dec, 1959, deceased]

King Charles II > 1st Duke of Richmond >Lady Anne Lennox > George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle > William Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle > Rev Hon Thomas Keppel > Augusta Keppel > Marianne North > Lt-Col Robin Otter > Lucy Jane Otter [d 2022]

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John Wentworth Beaumont 1989-2022

 John Wentworth Beaumont, who died suddenly 22 May, 2022, aged 32, was a scion of the Viscounts Allendale.

He was born in 1989, the second son of the Hon Mark Henry Beaumont [born 21 July, 1950], and his wife the former Diana Elizabeth Benson, and was a grandson paternally of the late 3rd Viscount Allendale [1922-2002].

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Sir Edward Evans-Lombe 1937-2022

 Sir Edward Evans-Lombe, a former High Court judge, and head of that landed gentry family, died 20 May, 2022. He was 85.

Edward Evans-Lombe was Called to the Bar by The Inner Temple in 1963 and took silk 1978. He was appointed as a High Court judge in 1993 and as a member of the Competition Appeal Tribunal in 2004. He retired as a judge in 2008. He was elected a Governing Bencher of the Inn of the Inner Temple in 1985.  He was knighted in 1993.

He was born 10 Apr, 1937, son of Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Malcolm Evans-Lombe, KCB [1901-74], and his wife the former Diana Vivien Katharine Mackeson [1905-87]; and married 2 Apr, 1964, Frances Marilyn Mackenzie, daughter of Robert Ewen Mackenzie, of Minster Yard, Lincoln, by whom he had a son and three daughters. The son, Nicholas [born in 1966], succeeds as head of the landed gentry family,

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Mary Campbell Balfour [nee Penney] [1928-2022]

 Mary Campbell Balfour [nee Penney] died 18 May, 2022.

She was born Mary Campbell Penney in 1928, daughter of Major-General Sir [William] Ronald Campbell Penney, KBE, CB, DSO, MC [1896-1964], and his wife the former Shirley Gurner [1902-60], and married in 1951, Michael John Balfour [born 17 Oct 1925], scion of that Scots family of Balfour of Balbirnie [from whom descends the Earl of Balfour], son of Duncan Balfour and his wife the former Jeanne Picot, by whom she had issue.

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Angus Peregrine Oliver Bowyer [born 2022]

 Verena Elpseth Crawley Bowyer [born 1992, nee Smith], wife of Robert J. Bowyer, and scion of the Woollcombe landed gentry family, gave birth to a son, Angus Peregrine Oliver, 16 May, 2022.

Robert Bowyer is a son of Mr & Mrs Jonathan Bowyer, of Coniston, Cumbria.

Verena Smith is the eldest daughter of Oliver Geoffrey Woollcombe Smith [born 12 August, 1947], of Healaugh, near Tadcaster, Yorkshire, scion of the Samuel Smith brewing family, by his wife the former Priscilla Mary Elspeth Crawley [born 1959].

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Denham/Toogood engagement

 The engagement was announced 25 May, 2022, between Alfred Kenneth Harvey Denham [born 1995], son of Charles Patrick H. Denham [1957-2011], and his wife the former Susannah M. Torr [born 1961], and Alexandra Kate Toogood [born 1994], daughter of Michael William Toogood, of London, and his wife the former Katharine Margaret Chetwynd [born 24 June, 1965], scion of the Viscounts Chetwynd.

The 8th Viscount Chetwynd > Hon John Chetwynd > Richard Chetwynd > Katharine Chetwynd > Alexandra Toogood

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Alexander William Houston 1928-2022

Alexander William Houston, died 18 May, 2022. He was 94.

He was born in 1928, son of Archibald Houston, of Ansford Lodge, Castle Cary, Somerset, and married 27 June, 1953, the Hon Averil Vivian [1930-2022], third daughter of the 3rd Baron Swansea [1875-1934], and his wife the Hon Winifred Hamilton [1884-1944], daughter of the 1st Baron Holmpatrick [1839-98], and his wife the former Lady Victoria Alexandrina Wellesley [1847-1933], scion of the Dukes of Wellington, &c. The Hon Averil Houston died 1 January, 2022.

Bill Houston leaves issue,  two sons, Peter [born 11 Jul 1954], and Charles [born 16 Oct 1959], and a daughter, Claire [born 26 Aug 1956].

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Wakeford/Bell engagement

The engagement was announced 25 May, 2022, between Charles Bertram Wakeford (born 8 May, 1991), son of Joseph S.C. Wakeford, of Chew Magna, Somerset, and his wife the former Alice Helena Clark (born 1958), & Tamara Alexandra Bell (born 26 December, 1993), elder daughter of Timothy Francis Bell, of Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, and his wife the former Eliza Fitzalan Howard (born 17 November, 1964), scion of the Dukes of Norfolk.

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Tollemache/Cadbury marriage

  The marriage took place in May, 2022, between David Charles John Tollemache [born 1989], scion of the Tollemache barons, middle son of the Hon Hugh John Hamilton Tollemache [born 17 Feb, 1946], of Stow-on-the Wold, Gloucestershire, and his wife the former Rosanne Cayzer [born 1956], scion of the Barons Rotherwick, & Jemima Clare B. Cadbury [born 13 Aug, 1992], scion of the eponymous chocolate dynasty, daughter of [George] Justin Peter Cadbury [born 13 Apr, 1951], of Blewbury, Oxfordshire, and his wife the former Michelle Pearson-Cooper.

The 4th Baron Tollemache [1910-75] > Hon Hugh Tollemache [b 1946] > David Tollemache [b 1989]

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