Jake Jasper Foale (born 2019)

 Georgia Celia Foale (nee Grimond, born 1983), wife of James Spencer (Jamie) Foale (born 1986), gave birth to a son, Jake Jasper, in 2019.

Georgia is a daughter of the Hon John Jasper Grimond (born 1946), of Oxfordshire, and his wife the former Roberta Katherine (Kate) Fleming (born 1946), scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Lt-Col Robert Peter Fleming (1907-1971), and his wife the actress Dame Celia Johnson, DBE (1908-1982).

Jamie Foale is the younger son of Dr Rodney Alan Foale (born 1946), of London, and his former wife Lady Emma Cecile Dewe Mathews (nee Gordon, born 26 May, 1953), scion of the Marquesses of Aberdeen & Temair, & Georgia Celia Grimond (born 1983), 

Jamie Foale is a grandson of the late 6th Marquess of Aberdeen & Temair (1920-2002).

Georgia Grimond is a granddaughter of the life peer the Baron Grimond (1913-1993) who as Jo Grimond was Leader of the Liberal Party.

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Theodoracopulos/Balfour marriage

The marriage took place in 2019 between Alexis Theodoracopulos (born 1979), son of Harilaos "Harry" Theodoracopulos (born c. 1934), ship owner, by his wife Gail McKinney, & Eleanor Cecily Isabelle Balfour (born 2 April, 1989), scion of the Earls of Balfour, daughter of the Hon Charles George Yule Balfour (born 23 April, 1951), and his second wife, Reichsgräfin Svea Maria Cecily Lucrezia von Goëss (born 16 February, 1962).

The Hon Charles Balfour is the younger brother and heir presumptive of the 5th Earl of Balfour (born 9 December, 1948).

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Arthur Henry Innes Ker (born 2019)

 Lady Edward Innes Ker (nee Celia Margaret Brook), wife of Lord Edward Arthur Gerald (Ted) Innes-Ker (b 2 Feb 1984), gave birth to a son, Arthur Henry, at Leith,in 2019.

Lord Edward is the second son of the 10th Duke of Roxburghe (b 18 Nov, 1954), by his former wife the former Lady Jane Meriel Grosvenor (b 8 Feb 1953) (now Lady Jane Dawnay), scion of the Dukes of Westminster.

Lady Edward is the former Celia Margaret Brook (b 1987), daughter of Mr Andrew Michael Brook (born 1955) and his wife the former Veronica Mary Bowring (born circa 1951), scion of that Landed Gentry family.

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Wilfred Richard Montagu Douglas Scott [born 2019]

 Lady Charles Montagu Douglas Scott [nee (Frances) Flora Jane Summerfield, born 1986], wife of Lord Charles David Peter [Charlie] Montagu Douglas Scott [born 1987], scion of the Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry, gave birth to a second son, Wilfred Richard, in 2019, a brother for Rufus Peter Francis, born in 2017.

Lord Charlie Montagu Douglas Scott is the second son of the 10th Duke of Buccleuch, KT [born 14 February, 1954], and his wife the former Lady Elizabeth Marian Frances Kerr [born 8 June, 1954], scion of the Marquesses of Lothian. 

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Sophie Mary E. Bathurst (born 2019)

Anna Louise Bathurst (born 1980, nee Calvert), wife of William Malcolm Bathurst (born 1978), scion of the Earls Bathurst, gave birth to a daughter, Sophie Mary E. Bathurst, in 2019.

Anna Bathurst is a daughter of David S. Calvert and his wife the former Catherine M. Thompson.

William Bathurst is a son of the Hon George Bertram Bathurst (1929-2010), and his wife the former Susan Mary Messer (born 1945), and is a great-grandson of the 7th Earl Bathurst:-

Seymour, 7th Earl Bathurst (1864-1943) > Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley (1895-k/a 1942) > Hon George Bathurst (1929-2010) > William Malcolm Bathurst (b 1978) > Sophie Bathurst (b 2019)

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Evie Philippa Orde-Powlett (born 2019)

 Elena Rose Orde-Powlett (nee Gibson, born 1987), wife of Hon Nicholas Mark Orde-Powlett (born 1985), scion of the Barons Bolton (Baron, GB, cr 1797), gave birth to a daughter, Evie Philippa in 2019.

Nichoas is the third son of the 8th Baron Bolton (b 14 Feb, 1954), of Bolton Hall, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Philippa Anne Tapply.

Elena is a daughter of Mr & Mrs David Gibson, of Barleythorpe, Rutland.

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Eliza Tamara Dorrien Smith (born 2019)

 The Hon Isabella Dorrien Smith (nee Monson, born 10 July, 1986), wife of Michael Horace Dorrien Smith (born 11 March, 1987), scion of that landed gentry family of Tresco Abbey, gave birth to a daughter, Eliza Tamara, in 2019.

Michael Dorrien Smith is the second son of Robert Arthur Dorrien Smith (born 15 May, 1951), and his former wife the former Lady Emma Windsor-Clive (born 13 February, 1954), scion of the Earls of Plymouth.

Isabella is the daughter of the 12th Baron Monson (born 19 October, 1955), and his first wife the former Hilary Martin.

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Albert Inskip [born 2019]

 _. The Hon Lara Elizabeth Inskip [nee Hughes-Young, born 1987], wife of Thomas Hampden Inskip [b 1986] descended from the Noel-Buxton barons, gave birth to a son, Albert, in 2019.

Thomas Inskip, a close friend of the Duke of Sussex, is a son of Oliver Hampden Inskip by his wife the former Clare Elizabeth Anne Noel-Buxton.

The Hon Lara Elizabeth Inskip is a daughter of the 2nd Baron St Helens [b 1945], and Baroness St Helens.

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Lady Dido Rose Montagu Douglas Scott [born 2019]

  The Countess of Dalkeith [nee Elizabeth Honor Cobbe, born 1986], wife of Walter John Francis Scott, formerly Montagu Douglas Scott, styled Earl of Dalkeith (b 8 Aug, 1984), gave birth to a daughter, Lady Dido Rose, in 2019, a sister for Willoughby and Hester.

Lord Dalkeith is the elder son and heir of the 10th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, KBE, DL (b 1954), by his wife the former Lady Elizabeth Marian Frances Kerr (b 1954), scion of the Marquesses of Lothian, 

Lady Dalkeith is a sion of that Irish gentry family of Newbridge House, Dublinounger younger daughter of Mr Hugh Michael Thomas Cobbe (b 1942), of East Woodhay, Hampshire, by his wife the former Katherine Elizabeth Chichester, dau of Charles Chichester. 

The Cobbe forebears include Frankland baronets, Arbuthnots and John Jay (1745-1829), one of the most important of the American Founding Fathers -- co-author of the "Federalist Papers" and first chief justice of the United States. 

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Lily Inge Samuel (born 2019)

 The Hon Stefanie Lia Samuel (born 1989, nee Kohen), wife of the Hon Harry Richard Samuel (born 23 May, 1988), gave birth to a daughter, Lily Inge, in 2019. 

The Hon Harry Samuel is the son and heir of the 5th Viscount Bearsted (born 22 January, 1950), of Farley Hall, Berkshire, and his wife the former Caroline Jane Sacks.

Stefanie is a daughter of Eli Kohen, of Windsor, Berkshire, by his wife the former Jenny Frances Frederika Knottley (born 1957).

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Sir Francis Drake Clark, 5th Baronet 1924-2019

 _. Sir Francis Clark, 5th Baronet, died 20 December, 2019. He was 95.

Francis Drake Clark was born 16 July, 1924, second son of Sir Thomas Clark, 3rd Baronet [1886-1977], and his wife the former Ellen Mercy Drake [died 1987], and succeeded to the baronetcy in 1991, on the demise of his elder brother, Sir John Douglas Clark, 4th Baronet [1923-91].

He married 14 August, 1958, Mary Andrews [died 1994], daughter of John Alban Andrews, by whom he had a son, Edward Drake Clark, born 27 April, 1966, who now succeeds to the baronetcy.

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Trafelet/Percy marriage

_, The marriage took place 19 December, 2019, at Mercer Mill Plantation, Georgia, United States, between Mr Remy White Trafelet, and the Lady Melissa Jane [Missy] Percy [born 20 May, 1987], younger daughter of the 12th Duke of Northumberland [born 16 November, 1956], of Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, and Syon House, Middlesex, by his wife the Duchess of Northumberland [the former Isobel Jane Richard].

Lady Melissa is expecting her first child in the Spring of 2020. She was married firstly, 2013 [divorced 2016] to Thomas Alexander van Straubenzee [born 1982], scion of that landed family.

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Wilson/Muir-Mackenzie engagement

The engagement was announced 24 December, 2019, between James A.R. Wilson, son of Mr Richard Wilson, of Ashford Hill, Hampshire, by his wife Rosamunde, and Georgina Mary Muir-Mackenzie [born 1 March, 1987], daughter of Sir Alexander Alwyne Henry Charles Brinton Muir-Mackenzie, 7th Baronet [born 8 December, 1955], of Gillingham, Dorset, by his wife the former Susan Carolyn Hayter [now Lady Muir-Mackenzie, of Sherborne, Dorset.]

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Serena Venetia Charlotte Dale [born 2019]

_. Sophia Lucy Dale [nee Brudenell, born 1985], wife of Capt Charles Edward Brian Dale ][born 1982], and scion of the Marquesses of Ailesbury, gave birth to a daughter, Serena Venetia Charlotte, 13 December, 2019.

Capt Charles Dale is a son of [Frederick] David Dale by his former wife the former Marion J. Hartley [later Mrs Mark Hudson].

Sophia is a daughter of Thomas Mervyn Brudenell [born 1956], by his first wife the former Venetia Jane Chaworth-Musters [1954-1993], scion of that landed gentry family.

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Antony Burrard Horatio Nelson 1935-2019

_. Antony Burrard Horatio Nelson, who died on the Isle of Lewis, 5 December, 2019, aged 84, was a scion of the Earls Nelson.

He was born 5 July, 1935, son of John Charles Horatio Nelson [1905-94], by his wife the former  Alice Helen Rainey-Robinson [1910-2005], scion of that landed family.

Antony Nelson was a great-great-grandson of the 2nd Earl Nelson, of Merton and of Trafalgar [1786-1835], who was a nephew of the great Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson of Trafalgar, &c.

Antony Nelson married firstly, 2 Apr, 1960 [divorced 1989], Judith Constance Howard, daughter of Brigadier Thomas Farquharson Ker Howard, by whom he had issue, 2 sons and 2 daughters; married secondly, 6 December, 1990, Vasanthi Muriel Vedanyakam, daughter of Charles Vedanyakam, by whom he had a further two daughters

The funeral service was held at Ness, on Friday 13 December, 2019.

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Wingfield/Bukanova engagement

_. The engagement was announced 23 December, 2019, between Thomas C. Wingfield, scion of the Wingfields of Onslow Park, Salop, son of John George Owen Wingfield [born 1957], of Onslow Park, by his wife the former [Marie] Claire Pearson [born 1957], & Frau Elisabeth A. Bukanova, daughter of Gospodin Alexey Vladimirovich Bukanova, of St Petersburg, and Frau Larissa Anatolyevna Kloss, of Wurzburg, Franconia.

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Lyla Diana Helen Mitchell-Innes [born 2019]

_. Charlotte Elizabeth Mitchell-Innes [born 1985, née Groves], wife of Peter Stewart Mitchell-Innes [born 1985], scion of that landed family, gave birth to a daughter, Lyla Diana Helen, 13 December, 2019, a sister for Jasper William David, who was born 8 February, 2017.

Peter is a son of Ian Stewart Mitchell-Innes [born 1947] by his wife the former Diana Brooke Dean. 

Charlotte is a daughter of Richard William Lewis Groves [born 1957], by his wife the former Helen Mary Keppel Charteris [born 1956], scion of the Earls of Wemyss & March,

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Gore/Sinclair engagement

 _. The engagement was announced 21 December, 2019, between Robert William Gore [born 1986], scion of the Earls of Arran, younger son of Nicholas David Gore [born 7 September, 1952], of Westcombe, Somerset, by his wife the former Christine Mary Clothier [born 1948], and Iona Caroline Sinclair [born 1988], daughter of Hugh J. Sinclair, of Goldenlands, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Caroline S.C. Naylor.

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Sarah Phillips [nee Palmer-Tomkinson] 1949-2019

_. Sarah Phillips, who died 16 December, 2019, was a scion of the Palmer-Tomkinson family, descended from the Palmer baronets. She was a third cousin several times removed of the Queen through her descent from the Abel Smith landed gentry family.

She was born in 1949, a daughter of James Algernon Palmer-Tomkinson [1915-1952], by his wife the former Doris Friedrich [1919-1997]; married 1975, Michael L.E. [Micko] Phillips, by whom she had issue, two sons, Patrick and David and a daughter, Rebecca.

Sarah's brother, Charles, a close friend of the Prince of Wales, is father of Santa Sebag-Montefiore and the late socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson.

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John Edward Chetwynd-Talbot 1934-2019

_. John Edward Chetwynd-Talbot, who died 13 December, 2019, aged 85, was a scion of the Earls of Shrewsbury, Talbot and Waterford, the Premier Earldom on the Rolls of England and Ireland.

He was born 29 October, 1934, son of Squadron Leader John Arthur Chetwynd-Talbot [born 14 March, 1905], by his first wife the former Helen Mary Townsend [1906-69].

He married firstly, 3 April, 1959 [div 1964], Sonja Ann Walker, daughter of Roger Walker; married secondly, 4 April, 1967, Belinda Bess Gilchrist, daughter of Maj Euan Gilchrist; he leaves two daughters, Jane and Sarah, from the first marriage, and a son, Edward and two daughters, Mary and Prudence from the second marriage.

A service to celebrate his life will be held at St Mary's Church, Great Bedwyn, 14 January, 2020.

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