Carol Baroness Vivian 1939-2013

_.Carol Baroness Vivian, who died 12 September, 2013, aged 73, was the second wife, and widow, of Nicholas Crespigny Laurence Vivian, 6th Baron Vivian (1935-2004) (Peerage of the UK, cr 1841). She was the former Carol Martineau, born 1939 at Amersham, 1st daughter of Frederick Alan Martineau, MBE, of Chobham, Surrey, and married the then Hon Nicholas Vivian, 6 December, 1972. Two daughters of the marriage, the Hon Natasha and the Hon Camilla Vivian. Her husband succeeded his father as 6th peer, 24 June, 1991, and died 28 Feb, 2004. Funeral at St Winnow Church, Cornwall, Thurs 26 September, 2013. -=-

Michael Herbert Johnson-Ferguson 1934-2013

_.Michael Herbert Johnson-Ferguson, JP, who died at his home at Springkell, Eaglesfield, Dumfriess~shire, 16 Sept, 2013, was a scion of the Johnson-Ferguson baronets (Bart, UK, cr 1906). Mr Johnson-Ferguson, who was 78, served as a Capt in the Lowland Yeomanry and was a JP for Dumfriess~shire. He was born 27 Sept, 1934, third son of Sir Neil Edward Johnson-Ferguson, 3rd Baronet (1905-92), by his wife the former Sheila Marian Jervis (scion of that landed family); married 12 Jan, 1963, Jennifer Mary, elder dau of Lt-Col Herbert Green, OBE, MC, of The Manor House, Carlton Husthwaite, Yorks, by whom he had issue. Funeral at Springkell, 23 Sept. -=-

Sir Anthony Coningham De Waltham Denny, 8th Baronet 1925-2013

_.Sir Anthony Coningham De Waltham Denny, 8th Baronet (Bart, Ireland, cr 1782), died 13 September, 2013, at Muchelney, Langport, Somerset. He was 88. He was born 22 Apr, 1925, son of Rev Sir Henry Denny, 7th Baronet (1878-1953), by his wife the former Joan Lucy Dorothy Denny (a kinswoman). He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father, 1 May, 1953; married 1 Sept, 1949, Anne Catherine, elder dau of Samuel Beverley, of Linslade, Buckinghamshire, by whom he had issue. His elder son, Piers, who was born 14 March, 1954, succeeds as 9th Baronet. Funeral at St Peter and St Paul Church, Muchelney, Somerset, Friday 20 Sept. -=-

Maj. Richard Douglas Hollinshead Marsham 1913-2013

_.Maj. Richard Douglas Hollinshead Marsham, who died 30 August, 2013, aged 99, was a scion of the Earls of Romney (Earl UK, cr 1801). He was born 15 Oct, 1913, son of Capt Cyril Montagu Charles Marsham, DCM (1871-1943), by his wife the former Gladys Helen Kingsford (who d 1965), and was descended from the 3rd earl; married 1947 (div 1981) Shirley, daughter of John Hannah, by whom he had issue. Memorial Service at Coddington Church, 19 Oct, 2013. -=-

Jack Eden (born 2013)

. The Hon Francesca Elizabeth Eden (nee Yarde-Buller, born 1980), wife of Garth J. Eden, & scion of the Barons Churston (Baron UK, cr 1858), gave birth to a son, Jack, 10 September, 2013. Garth Eden is the son of Mr John Eden and Mrs Meg Eden, of South Africa, and Francesca is the younger daughter of the 5th Baron Churston (b 29 Dec 1934), by his wife the former Alexandra Contomichalos. ==

Blair/Ashman marriage

_. The marriage took place at All Saints' Church, Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire, Saturday 14 September, 2013, between Mr Euan Blair, eldest son of the Rt Hon Tony Blair, PC (b 6 May, 1953), of Connaught Sq, London, & Wotton Underwood, Prime Minister & 1st Lord of the Treasury, 1997-2007, by his wife the former Cherie Booth, CBE, QC, & Suzanne Ashman, daughter of Mr Jonathan Ashman, by his former wife Sedef. -=-

Meade/Marsham marriage

.The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry attended the marriage on Saturday 14 Sept, 2013, at St Nicholas Parish Church, Gayton, Norfolk, of James Richard Meade (b 1981), elder son of Richard John Hannay Meade, OBE (b 4 Dec 1936), the equestrian, of West Littleton, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Angela Dorothy Farquhar (b 11 Jan, 1948), scion of the Farquhar Baronets (Bt, cr GB, 1796); & the Lady Laura Clare Marsham (b 1984), only daughter of Mchael Henry Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney (b 28 Mar, 1948) (Earl, cr UK, 1801), of Gayton, Norfolk, by his wife the former Catriona Stewart (b 1954), descended from the Barons Cochrane of Cults, &c. -=-

Constance Viscountess St Vincent, widow of 7th Viscount

_.Constance Viscountess St Vincent, who died 11 September, 2013, was the widow of the centenarian 7th Viscount St Vincent (1905-2006). She was the former Constance Phillida Anne Logan, daughter of Lt-Col. Robert Hector Logan, OBE, and married 1945, Ronald George James Jervis, 7th Viscount (Peerage of the United Kingdom, created 1801) son of the 6th Viscount (1859-1940).Her husband succeeded to the peerage on the demise of his father in 1940. His ancestor, Admiral Sir John Jervis, First Lord of the Admiralty 1801-04, was the celebrated naval commander who obtained a splendid victory over the Spanish Fleet at Cape St. Vincent. Lady St Vincent leaves issue. Her elder son, Edward, is the 8th Viscount. -=-

Cecily Isla Mary Stonor (born 2013)

_.The Lady Ailsa Fiona Stonor (b 1977, née Mackay) wife of the Hon (Ralph) William Robert Thomas Stonor (b. 10 Sept 1974), son and heir of the 7th Baron Camoys (Baron, England, cr 1383), and Baroness Camoys, gave birth to a daughter, Cecily Isla Mary, 7 September, 2013, a sister for Ralph (b 2007), and Henry (b 2009). Lady Ailsa is a daughter of the 4th Earl of Inchcape and the Countess of Inchcape. --==--.

Cleo Kinvara & Patrick Theodore Boucher (born 2013)

_.Katherine Kinvara (Katie) Boucher {nee Paravicini, born 1978} wife of Matthew J. Boucher, gave birth to twins, a daughter, Cleo Kinvara, and a son, Patrick Theodore, at Abu Dhabi, 22 Aug 2013, siblings for Sam. Matthew Boucher is the younger son of Mr Trevor Boucher, of Hong Kong, and Mrs Mavis Boucher, of Holland Park, London, and Katie is a daughter of Mr John Charles Rudolph Paravicini (b. 1952), of Dummer, Hampshire, descended from the Swynnerton-Dyer Baronets, by his wife the former Louisa Mary Phillimore (b 6 Mar 1954), scion of the Barons Phillimore (Baron, UK, cr 1918). -=-

Chow/FitzRoy engagement

__The engagement was announced 12 September, 2013, between Geoffrey B. Chow, third son of Mr & Mrs Frederick Chow, of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, USA, & Julia Rachel Caroline FitzRoy (born 1984), scion of the Barons Southampton (Baron GB, 1780), a descendant of King Charles II, youngest daughter of the Hon Edward Charles FitzRoy (born 8 July, 1955), of Morchard Bishop, Devon, by his wife the former Rachel Caroline Vincent Millett. The father of the bride~to~be is heir to the peerage. -=-

Northampton/Goodman marriage

_. The marriage took place in London, 4 September, 2013, between Spencer Douglas David Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton (born 2 Apr, 1946) (Marquess, Peerage of the UK, cr 1812), of Castle Ashby, Northampton, and Compton Wynyates, Tysoe, Warwickshire, son of the late 6th Marquess of Northampton (1885-1978), by his 2nd wife, the former Virginia Lucie Heaton; & Tracy Goodman (born Devon, circa 1965). It is Lord Northampton's sixth marriage (I think). -=-

Guinness/Archibald marriage

_.The marriage has taken place in Scotland between Hector Guinness (born 1986), scion of the Barons Moyne (Baron Uk, cr 1932), son of the Hon Erskine Stuart Richard Guinness (b 1953), by his wife the former Louise Mary Elizabeth Dillon-Malone, & Miss Lucy Catherine Mary Archibald (born circa 1986). -=-

Sir Mark Annesley Norman, 3rd Baronet, DL 1927-2013

_.Sir Mark Annesley Norman, 3rd Baronet (Bart, UK, cr 1915), of Wicote Manor, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, died 9 September, 2013. He was 86. Sir Mark was a former High Sheriff of Oxfordshire and a deputy lieutenent for the county. He was born 8 Feb, 1927, son of Air Cdr Sir (Henry) Nigel St Valery Norman, 2nd Baronet, CBE (1897-1943), by his wife the former Patricia Moyra Annesley, scion of the Earls of Annesley. He succeeded to the baronetcy, 19 May, 1943, when his father was killed on active service; married 30 May, 1953, Joanna Camilla, dau of Lt-Col Ian James Kilgour, by his wife the former Aura Camilla Desmond Forestier-Walker, scion of the Forestier-Walker Baronets, by whom he had issue, three children. The baronetcy passes to his elder son, Nigel James, born 5 Feb, 1956. Service at St James, Ramsden, 25 Sept.

Sir Mark Annesley Norman, 3rd Baronet, DL 1927-2013

_.Sir Mark Annesley Norman, 3rd Baronet (Bart, UK, cr 1915), of Wicote Manor, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, died 9 September, 2013. He was 86. Sir Mark was a former High Sheriff of Oxfordshire and a deputy lieutenent for the county. He was born 8 Feb, 1927, son of Air Cdr Sir (Henry) Nigel St Valery Norman, 2nd Baronet, CBE (1897-1943), by his wife the former Patricia Moyra Annesley, scion of the Earls of Annesley. He succeeded to the baronetcy, 19 May, 1943, when his father was killed on active service; married 30 May, 1953, Joanna Camilla, dau of Lt-Col Ian James Kilgour, by his wife the former Aura Camilla Desmond Forestier-Walker, scion of the Forestier-Walker Baronets, by whom he had issue, three children. The baronetcy passes to his elder son, Nigel James, born 5 Feb, 1956. Service at St James, Ramsden, 25 Sept.

Belinda Joan Wake (nee Crossley)

_.Belinda Wake died 2 September, 2013, at Aboyne. She was born Belinda Joan Crossley, daughter of Charles Patrick Crossley, and married {1} Timothy Michael Nicholl; married {2} 1984, Roger Wake (1918-88), scion of the Wake Baronets (Baronet, England, cr 1621). She leaves issue from her 1st marriage. Celebration of her life takes place at Wester Davoch, 5 Oct. -=-

The Baron Hayhoe, PC 1925-2013

_.The Baron Hayhoe, PC, who died 7 September, 2013, aged 88, was a life peer and sometime Conservative MP. Bernard "Barney" John Hayhoe, Baron Hayhoe, was born 8 Aug, 1925. He served as Tory MP for Heston & Isleworth 1970-Feb 1974, and then for Brentford & Isleworth until he retired from the Commons in 1992. He had ministerial responsibility for the Army, 1979-81, the Civil Service Dept (1981), the Civil Service 1981-85, and DHSS, 1985-86, &c. Appointed to the Privy Council, 1985; knighted 1987; and made a life peer after his resignation from Parliament at the 1992 General Election, as Baron Hayhoe, of Isleworth, in the London Borough of Hounslow. -==-

Lady Eloise Anson: cousin of the Queen weds

_. The marriage took place on Saturday 7 Sept, 2013, at St Mary & St Bartholemew Church, Cranborne, Dorset, of Louis Alexander Philip Waymouth (b 1978), son of Mr Nigel Waymouth by his late wife the former Lady Victoria Mary Verenia Braganza Yorke (1947-2004), & the Lady Eloise Anne Elizabeth Anson (born 1981), younger daughter of the late Thomas Patrick John, 5th Earl of Lichfield (1939-2005) of Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire, by his wife the Lady Leonora Mary Grosvenor, daughter of the 5th Duke of Westminster, &c. Louis Waymouth is a grandson maternally of Philip Grantham Yorke, 9th Earl of Hardwicke (1906-74). The bride is a descendant of the 14th Earl of Strathmore, and a cousin of HM The Queen, and is a goddaughter of HRH The Princess Royal. -=-

Ian Denzil Onslow 1929-2013

_.Ian Denzil Onslow, who died 27 August, 2013, aged 84, was a scion of the Earls of Onslow (Earl, UK, cr 1801). He was born in 1929 a son of Francis Robert Douglas Onslow (1878-1938), by his wife the former Mabel Strachan (d 1974), and was a younger brother of Cranley Onslow, Baron Onslow of Woking, KCMG (life peer) former Tory MP and sometime chairman of the influential 1922 Committee. He married in 1954, Marjorie Domville, by whom he had issue. Funeral at St Nicholas Church, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, 13 September. -=-

Cornwall-Legh/Tennant engagement

_.The engagement was announced 6 September, 2013, between the Hon George Henry Cornwall-Legh (born 1982), 3rd son of Richard Henry Cornwall-Legh, 6th Baron Grey of Codnor (b 14 May, 1936) (Peerage of England created 1397), of High Legh, near Knutsford, Cheshire, by his wife the former Joanna Storm Cayley, 7th dau of Sir Kenelm Cayley, 10th Baronet, & Miss Alison Tennant, daughter of Mr Rodney Tennant, of Middleham, North Yorkshire, and Mrs Tennant. -=-