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| Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. |
She was born 23 May, 1947, daughter of Donald Allan Rodier and his wife the former Flora MacInnis (1916-2010); and married 1974, David Gordon Bowes-Lyon (1949-2007), scion of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne, 2nd son of Douglas Ian Gordon Bowes-Lyon (1912-1997), and his wife the former Charlotte Gardiner (who died 11 March, 1988), by whom she had issue, two daughters, Marianne (born 1978), and Andrea born 1980).
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Miranda Brodie Gill [born 1987, nee Hadsley-Chaplin], wife of Richard Gill, gave birth to a daughter, Lavinia Matilda, at San Antonio, Texas, 22 July, 2022.
Miranda is a daughter of Mark Hadsley-Chaplin and his former wife, the former Lavinia Brodie Henderson, scion of the Barons Faringdon [born 9 May, 1962, who, in 2014, married James Newman Gilbey [born 4 Oct, 1956], scion of the Gilbey baronets].
The infant is descended from the Cayzer baronets:-
Admiral Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet > Conn Madden > Ian Brodie Henderson > Lavinia Brodie Henderson > Miranda Hadsley-Chaplin > Lavinia Matilda Gill
James Gilbey, step-grandfather of the child, was the close friend of Diana, Princess of Wales, central figure in the Squidgygate Affair, re the pre-1990 telephone conversations between the princess and Mr Gilbey. During the calls Mr Gilbey refered to Diana as "Squidgy" or "Squidge"
Baby Miranda 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) > Miranda Hadsley-Chaplin (b 1987) > Lavinia Gill (b 2022)
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Camilla Alice Louise Turner [born 1991, nee Jessel], wife of Oliver Turner, gave birth to a daughter, Pia Isabel May, 11 July, 2022.
Camilla is a scion of the Jessel baronets, daughter of Mr Alastair John Jessel [born 1959], of Pembury, Kent, by his former wife the former Gail Alexandra Partridge [now Mrs Peter Hall, of Marden, Kent].
Oliver Turner is the youngest son of Mr and Mrs Turner, of Bushey Heath, Herts.
Camilla Jessel is a granddaughter of Sir Charles Jessel, 3rd Baronet.
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The engagement was announced 30 July, 2022, between Mr [Frederick John] James Nettlefold [born 1991], son of Mr John Frederick de Villiers [Johnnie] Nettlefold [born 31 October, 1957], of Notting Hill, scion of that landed gentry family,and his late wife the former Juliette Rosalind Bruce-Smythe [1960-2005], and Miss Pippa F. Byrne, daughter of the late Patrick Byrne, and Mrs Fiona Byrne, of Taunton, Somerset.
James Nettlefold is a grandson of Frederick Nettlefold [1927-2003], and his 2nd wife the former Anne Winston Roberts.
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The engagement was announced 30 July, 2022, between Christopher James Amster [born 1985], only son of Rodney G. Amster [born 1950], of Reigate, Surrey, and his wife the former Jacqueline M.A. George [born 1951], & Louisa Bridget Newman [born 1990], youngest daughter of Sir Geoffrey Robert Newman, 6th Baronet [born 2 June, 1947], of Dartmouth, co Devon, and his wife the former Mary Elizabeth Gibbs [born 28 March, 1951].
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The engagement was announced 30 July, 2022, between Harry Nicholas Whale [born 1989], eldest son of Nicholas A. Whale [born 1963], of Warwickshire, and Mrs Boo Whale [nee Jacqueline C.E. Mann, born 1965], of Warwickshire, and Louisa Valla Joan Dobbs [born 1992], eldest daughter of Richard Francis Andrew Dobbs [born 28 May, 1955], of Carrickfergus, County Andtrim, and his late former wife the Lady Elizabeth Jane Alexander [1962-2017, later wife of Dr Fitzroy Gillespie], daughter of the 6th Earl of Caledon [1920-1980].
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The engagement was announced 23 July, 2022, between Christopher D. Williams, son of Dr David Williams and the late Dr Julie Friend, of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, & Jennie Alexandra Cameron Graham [born 14 July, 1993], scion of the Dukes of Montrose, third daughter of Lord Donald Alasdair Graham [ born 28 Oct, 1956], and his wife the former Bride Donalda Elspeth Cameron [born 15 Oct, 1956], scion of the Camerons of Lochiel.
Jennie Graham is a granddaughter of the late 7th Duke of Montrose [1907-1992].
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The engagement was announced 29 July, 2022, between Tristram St John R. Coates [born 1994], younger son of Nicholas John Coates, of Northington House, Overton, and his wife the former Virginia Anne Julia Frances de Stacpoole [born 28 January, 1963], scion of that Irish landed gentry family who hold a Papal dukedom, & [Portia Ruth] Isobel Stanley [born 19 April, 1995], scion of the Earls of Derby, only daughter of the Hon Peter Hugh Charles Stanley, DL [born 4 March, 1964], of New England Stud, Newmarket, & his wife the former Hon Frances Caroline Burke Roche, DL [born 31 March, 1965], daughter of the late 5th Baron Fermoy [1939-1984].
In Aug 2021 Tristram's elder brother, Jolyon [b 21 May, 1992], announced his engagement to Isabel Rose [Wizz] Douglas-Hamilton [born 1991], a granddaughter paternally of the 14th Duke of Hamilton [1903-73].
The bride-to-be is a second cousin of the Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex. Her grandfather, the late Lord Fermoy, was a brother of the Hon Mrs Frances Shand Kydd [1936-2004], mother of Diana, Princess of Wales [1961-97].
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Sir Christopher Meyer, KCMG, who died 27 July 2022, aged 78, was a former diplomat who served as the Ambassador to the United States (1997–2003), Ambassador to Germany (1997), and the chairman of the Press Complaints Commission (2003–2009). He 1stly, 1976, Francois Elizabeth Winskill, daughter of Air Commodore Sir Archibald [Archie] Winskill, KCVO, CBE, DFC [1917-2005], sometime captain of The Queen's Flight; he married 2ndly, in Oct, 1997, Catherine Irene Jacqueline Laylle, CBE [born 26 January, 1953], businesswoman, who was appointed CBE in 2012, and in 2018, was raised to the peerage of life as Baroness Meyer, of Nine Elms in the London Borough of Wandsworth.
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The Rev. Edward George Longman died 9 July, 2022, aged 87. He was born in 1935, son of George Frederick Norton Longman [1908-1965], and his wife the former Mary Osborn Barber [1904-1997]; married 27 May, 1961, Rose Eleanor Arthur [born 22 March, 1931], scion of the Arthur baronets, daughter of the Rev John Sigismund Arthur [1897-1974], and his wife the former Constance Mary Farquhar Sladen [1899-1980], by whom he had issue, three sons, Harold [b 4 Mar 1962], Peter [b 2 Aug 1965], and George [b 7 Mar 1969], and a daughter, Anna [b 2 Aug 1963].
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Sir Patrick Hodson, 7th Baronet, died 21 July, 2022. He was 87, and succeeded to the title earlier this year on the death of his elder brother.
Patrick Richard Hodson was born 27 November, 1934, second son of Sir Edmond Hodson, 5th Baronet [1893-1972], and his wife the former Anne Elizabeth Adderley Cradock [1910-1984]; and succeeded to the baronetcy [cr Ireland 1789], on 8 April, 2022, on the death of his elder brother, Sir Michael Hodson, 6th Baronet [1932-2022].
He married 8 April, 1961, June Shepherd-Cross, daughter of Herbert Michael Shepherd-Cross, by whom he had issue, three sons, Mark, James, and Rupert. The eldest son, Mark Adair Hodson, who succeeds to the baronetcy, was born 9 Apr, 1964. He married in 1991, Kathleen Mary Florence Bissill, a granddaughter maternally of the 3rd Baron Nunburnholme.
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Louise Anne Booth-Jones [nee Edwards], who died 19 July, 2022, aged 96, was descended maternally from the McCorquodale landed gentry family.
She was born in 1926, the daughter of Colonel Guy Jannion Edwards, DSO,MC [1881-1962], and his wife the former Janet McCorquodale [1895-1940], and married 2 October, 1951 [div] Major Charles Vernon Colville Booth-Jones [1928-2009], scion of that landed gentry family, son of Major Thomas Vernon Booth-Jones [1896-1966], and his wife the former Margaret Wallace Colville [1896-1984], scion of that landed gentry family, by whom she had issue, a son, Roderick [b 19 Sept, 1954], and a daughter, Thalia [b 2 Dec, 1952].
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The engagement was announced 26 July, 2022, between the Hon Alexander Broadbent Arbuthnot [born 1986], son of the life peer the Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom, PC [born 4 Aug, 1952], scion of the Arbuthnot baronets, and his wife the former Emma Louise Broadbent [born 1959] [now Baroness Arbuthnot of Edrom, DBE], and Caroline Anne Cranley [born 1989]. daughter of Dr John J Cranley and his wife the former Julie A.T. Whittaker [born 1957].
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The Baroness Jenkin of Roding, wo died 18 July, 2022, aged 94, was the widow of Conservative politician and life peer, the Baron Jenkin of Roding, PC [1926-2016].
She was the former Alison Monica Graham, born in 1928, scion of an Irish landed family, the eldest daughter of Capt Philip Skelton Graham [1882-1965], and his wife the former Alison Florence Alexandra Christison [1901-96], scion of the baronets of that name; and married in 1952, the then [Charles] Patrick Fleming Jenkin [born 7 Sept, 1926], son of Charles O.F. Jenkin,of Gerrads Cross, Buckinghamshire.
Her husband was Conservative MP for Wanstead and Woodford 1964-87, Front Bench Spokesman on Treasury, Trade & Finance 1965-70; Financial Secretary to the Treasury in Edward Heath's administration, 1970-72, Chief Secretary to the Treasury 1972-74; Minister for Energy Jan-Mar 1974; Shadow Spokesman on Energy 1974-76, and on Social Services 1976-79, Secretary of State for Social Services in Margaret Thatcher's administration, 1979-81, Secretary of State for Industry 1981-83, and DoE 1983-85. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1973, created a life peer in 1987, as Baron Jenkin of Roding, of Wanstead and Woodford in Greater London. He died 20 December, 2016.
Lady Jenkin of Roding leaves issue, two sons, Rev the Hon Charles Jenkin [born 1954], the Hon Sir Bernard Jenkin, MP [born 1959], and two daughters, the Hon Nicola Mary [born 1956], and the Hon Flora Margaret [born 1962].
The funeral takes place 3 Aug, 2022, at St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds.
The Baroness Finsberg, who died 15 July, 2022, was the widow of the Conservative politician and life peer the Baron Finsberg [1926-96].
She was the former [Yvonne] Elizabeth Wright, daughter of Albert Wright, of Strabane, County Donegal, and married firstly, in 1967, Michael Z. Sarch, by whom she had two sons, Patrick Albert J Sarch [born 1969] & Adam Ferdinand Sarch [born 1970]. She married 2ndly, in 1990, as his second wife, Geoffrey Finsberg, MP, MBE [born 13 June, 1926], then Conservative MP for Hampstead & Highgate. Finsberg retired from the Commons in 1992 and was in that year elevated to the peerage for life as Baron Finsberg, of Hampstead, in the London Borough of Camden. He died in Stockholm, 8 Oct, 1996, aged 70, without issue.
A Memorial Service for Lady Finsberg is to take place at St Mary's Church, Fairford, Gloucestershire, on 28 July, 2022.
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The Baron Trimble, PC, life peer, politician, who as David Trimble, was the first First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002, and the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 1995 to 2005, died 25 July, 2022. He was 77.
William David Trimble was born 15 October, 1944, son of William and Ivy Trimble, and married in 1978, Daphne Orr, by whom he had two sons and two daughters.
He was educated at Bangor Grammar School, and Queen's University, Belfast.
He was Called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 1969. Ulster Unionist MP for Upper Bann from May, 1990 to 2005, and the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Upper Bann from 1998 to 2007. In 2006, he was made a life peer in the House of Lords and a year later left the UUP to join the Conservative Party.
Trimble began his career teaching law at The Queen's University of Belfast in the 1970s, during which time he began to get involved with the paramilitary-linked Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party. He was elected to the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention in 1975, and joined the UUP in 1978 after the VPUP disbanded. Remaining at Queen's University, he continued his academic career until being elected as the MP for Upper Bann in 1990. In 1995 he was unexpectedly elected as the leader of the UUP. He was instrumental in the negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, and (along with John Hume) won the Nobel Peace Prize that year for his efforts. He was later elected to become the first First Minister of Northern Ireland, although his tenure was turbulent and frequently interrupted by disagreements over the timetable for Provisional Irish Republican Army decommissioning.
After being defeated at the 2005 general election, Trimble resigned the leadership of the UUP soon afterwards. In June 2006, he accepted a life peerage in the House of Lords, taking the title of Baron Trimble, of Lisnagarvey in the County of Antrim. He did not stand again for the Assembly, which finally reconvened in 2007, instead leaving the UUP to join the Conservative Party.
Lord Trimble was Sworn of the Privy Council in 1998.
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The engagement was announced 26 July, 2022, between Mark Andrew Frederick Crawford [born 1990], son of [Jeremy] Patrick Stewart Crawford, CB [born 1952], and Charlotte Elizabeth Cecily Burnaby-Atkins [born 10 Nov, 1952], of Oaksey, Wiltshire, and Octavia Chin [born circa 1991], daughter of Allan Chin and Mrs Nicky Lee, of Kentish Town, London.
Mark Crawford descends from the Burnaby family of Baggrave Hall, co Leicester, and is a fifth cousin once removed of HM The Queen.
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The marriage took place 23 July, 2022, at Winchester Cathedral, between Alexander Bernard Molyneux Dru [born 25 August, 1991], son of Bernard Auberon Alexander Dru [born 29 December, 1951], of Bickham, Somerset, and his wife the former Catherine Margaret Norden [born 1960], and the Lady Tatiana Helen Georgia Mountbatten [born 16 April, 1990], scion of the Marquesses of Milford Haven and descended from Queen Victoria, daughter of the 4th Marquess of Milford Haven [born 6 June, 1961], and his first wife the former Sarah Georgina Walker [born 1961, now Lady Spencer, of Alresford].
Royal Lineage of the bride :-
HM Queen Victoria > Princess Alice > Victoria of Hesse > George, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven > David, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven > George, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven > Lady Tatiana Mountbatten
Dru descent from the Earls of Carnarvon:-
The 4th Earl of Carnarvon > Hon Aubrey Herbert > Gabriel Mary Hermione Herbert > Bernard Dru > Alick Dru
The engagement was announced 23 July, 2022, between Everard Christopher Martin Smith [born 8 January, 1995], scion of the Smith of Midhurst landed gentry family, son of Jonathan [Johnny] Martin Smith [born 15 January, 1959], of Cornish Hall End, Essex, and his wife the former Sally Anne I. Mossop [born 1954], & Marina Rosamond Stephens [born 1994], daughter of Peter Francis Howard Stephens [born 1955], of Old Somerby, Lincolnshire, and his wife the former Veronica Jane Somerset Dean [born 12 September, 1958], descended from the Dukes of Beaufort and Barons Raglan.
George Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan > Hon Nigel FitzRoy > Susan Mary Somerset > Veronica Dean >Marina Stephens
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The engagement was announced 23 July, 2022, between Steven R. Peacock, son of Mr & Mrs Ian Peacock, of Durham, County Durham, and Oenone Jennifer Katharine Scott [born 16 February, 1992], elder daughter of Sir Christopher James Scott, 4th Baronet [born 16 January, 1955], of Yews, Windermere, Cumbria, and his wife the former Emma Jane Boxhall [born 1961].
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