Cadogan/Motion marriage

The marriage took place at St Luke's Church, Chelsea, 27 August, 2022, between the Hon George Edward Charles Diether Cadogan [born 24 September, 1995], scion of the Earls Cadogan, son and heir of Edward Charles Cadogan, styled Viscount Chelsea [born 10 May, 1966], of London, and Katharina Johanna Ingeborg, Viscountess Chelsea [nee Hülsemann], and Davina Rose Motion [born 11 July, 1996], social editor of Tatler, the only daughter of Mr Andrew Barrie Motion [born circa 1961], of Sandwich, Kent, and his wife the former Celestine Maria del Pilar Atkins.

The Hon George Cadogan is a future Earl Cadogan and is heir to the vast Cadogan estates in London. His father is the heir apparent to the 8th Earl Cadogan [born 24 March, 1937].

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Major John Errington 1918-2022

 Major John Errington, who died 29 August, 2022, aged 104, was a scion of that landed gentry family, of Errington and Beeslack.

He was born 12 August, 1918, son of Major Lancelor Errington (1889-1965), and his wife the former Elizabeth Hall Sanford (died 1967); and married 1948, Brenda Margaret Reeves, by whom he had three daughters.

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Sir Charles William Stuart Baird, 6th Baronet 1939-2022

 Sir Charles Baird, 6th Baronet, died 14 August, 2022. He was 82.

Charles William Stuart Baird was born 8 June, 1939, son of Robert Walter Stuart Baird (1914-1989), and his first wife the former Maxine Christine Darrell, daughter of Rupert Darrell, of New York, and succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his uncle, Sir David Baird, 5th Bt, 15 November, 2000.

The baronetcy was created in 1809 for Sir David Baird, GCB, PC, a distinguished military commander.

Sir Charles married in March, 1965, Jane Joanna Bridge, daughter of Brigadier Arthur Darley Bridge, by whom he had three daughters, Tara (born 1970), Senta (born 1973), and Petra (1975-2021).

Having no male issue the baronetcy now passes to a fourth cousin, Andrew James Baird (born 23 October, 1970).

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Figgis/Knight engagement

  The engagement was announced 31 August, 2022, between James Mark L. Figgis [born 1985], son of Simon F.R. Figgis, of Hascombe, Surrey, and his wife the former Angela M Russell [born 1952], & Sophie Clare Knight [born 1988], daughter of Martin David Knight [born 28 March, 1946], of Kintbury, Berkshire, and his wife the former [Eleanor] Clare Harrison.

Sophie Knight is descended from the Keane baronets, the Earls St Aldwyn, and Earls Fortescue, &c:-

3rd Earl Fortescue > Lady Lucy Fortescue > Lady Eleanor Hicks-Beach > Sheila Keane > Martin David Knight > Sophie Knight

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William James Langrishe Butchard 1956-2022

 [William] James Langrishe Butchard, who died 24 August, 2022, aged 65, was descended from the Curtis baronets.

He was born 7 Oct, 1956, son of Major [Herrick] Colin Butchard [1916-1991], and his wife the former Glenda Kidston Curtis [1931-82]; and married September, 1992, Robin Campbell Smith, by whom he had issue, a son, William [born 9 May, 1995], and two daughters, Emma [born 20 July, 1993], and Eliza [born 17 May, 1997].

Sir William Curtis, 1st Baronet > Charles Berwick Curtis > Charles William Curtis > Charles Herbert Curtis > Philip Pinckney Curtis > Glenda Kidston Curtis > Jamie Butchard [d 2022]

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Rose/Eckersley engagement

 The engagement was announced 31 August, 2022, between Jack B. Rose, son of Mr Peter Rose, of London, and Mrs Alison Rose, of London, and Cliantha Florence Beatrice [Clio] Eckersley [born 25 April, 1991], daughter of the late [Peter] David Charles Eckersley [1957-2016], and his wife Mrs Juliet Emma Margaret Eckersley [nee Knight], of Somerset.

Cliantha Eckersley is descended from the Hardy and Champion de Crespigny baronets:-

Sir John Hardy, 1st Baronet > Laurence Hardy > Maurice John Hardy > Jane Hardy > Peter Eckersley > Cliantha Eckersley

Sankey/Wright engagement

 The engagement was announced 31 August, 2022, between Edward Peter George Sankey [born 1994], son of Peter William Richard Sankey [born 1953], of Worfield, Shropshire, and his wife the former Sarah Caroline Aileen Lea [born 18 March, 1956], scion of the Lea baronets, and Georgina Wright, daughter of Mr & Mrs David Wright, of Rake, Hampshire.

Ed Sankey is descended paternally from the Milburn baronets:-

Sir Leonard Milburn, 3rd Baronet > Darea Joan Milburn > Peter Sankey > Edward Sankey

He descends maternally from the Lea baronets:-

Sir Thomas Sydney Lea, 2nd Baronet > John Sydney Birch Lea > Sarah Lea > Ed Sankey

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Maureen Jean Eardley-Wilmot [1937-2022]

 Maureen Jean Eardley-Wilmot [nee Huddlestone], died in New Zealand, 20 August, 2022, aged 85.

She was born in London in 1937, daughter of George C. Huddlestone, and his wife the former Winifred M Cross, and married in 1980, as his second wife Brian Eardley-Wilmot [1939-2022]. She was widowed 6 March, 2022.

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Indigo Annie Rose Chadd [born 2022]

Lucy C. Chadd [nee Dixon], wife of Hugo George William Chadd [born 1987], gave birth to a daughter, Indigo Annie Rose, 22 July, 2022, a sister for Toby [born 2018] and for  Lennox George M [born 2020].

Lucy is the younger daughter of Mr & Mrs Neil Dixon. Hugo Chadd is the only son of [Richard] Jonathan Chadd [born 14 Aug, 1953], and his wife the former Jane Ayles, and is descended from the Collett baronets.

Sir Henry Collett, 2nd Baronet > Margaret Ruth Collett > Richard Jonathan Chadd > Hugo Chadd > Indigo Chadd

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Felix Thomas Charles Ponsonby [born 2022]

Joanna L. Ponsonby (nee Hunt), wife of Arthur Ashley Ponsonby (born 15 Sept, 1984), scion of the Ponsonby baronets (Bt UK, cr 1956), gave birth to a son, Felix Thomas Charles, 15 August, 2022, a brother for Arabella Olive, who was born 21 September, 2017.

Arthur Ponsonby is the son and heir of Sir Charles Ashley Ponsonby, 3rd Baronet (b 10 June, 1951), of Woodstock, co Oxford, by his wife the former ,Mary Priscilla Bromley Davenport.

Joanna Ponsonby is a daughter of Mr Thomas Hunt, of Lowdham, co Nottingham, & Mrs Alan Stokoe, of Hexham, Northumberland.

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The Baron Radice, PC 1936-2022

 The Lord Radice, PC, a Labour party politician, life peer and author, died 25 August, 2022. He was 85.

Giles Heneage Radice was born 4 October 1936, son of Lawrence Walter Radice, and his wife the former Patricia Heneage, a descendant of the Barons Petre.

. He served as a Member of Parliament [Lab] from 1973 to 2001, and then as a life peer in the House of Lords from 2001 to 2022. Radice first stood for Parliament at Chippenham in 1964 and 1966, but came third each time. He was elected Labour Member of Parliament for Chester-le-Street from a 1973 by-election to 1983 and then North Durham until his retirement in 2001.

Giles Radice served as Education spokesman in the Labour Shadow Cabinet under Neil Kinnock in the 1980s. As chairman of the Treasury Select Committee, Radice helped make the monetary policy committee of the Bank of England accountable to both Parliament and the people for its decisions over interest rates. He was a member of the House of Lords European Union Sub-Committee on external affairs until March 2015. A europhile, Radice was one of only five Labour MPs to vote for the Third Reading of the Maastricht Treaty in 1993, defying his party Whip, which was to abstain.

He was made a life peer as Baron Radice, of Chester-le-Street in the County of Durham, on 16 July 2001. He announced his intention to retire from the House of Lords on 1 August 2022.

The 8th Baron Petre > Hon Katherine Petre > George Robert Heneage > Edward Fieschi Heneage > Frederick William Heneage > Sir Arthur Pelham Heneage > Patricia Heneage > Giles Radice [d 2022]

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David Edward Shirley Robson 1947-2022

 David Edward Shirley Robson, who died 15 August, 2022, aged 75, was a descendant of the Earls Ferrers.

He was born 2 January, 1947, son of the Rev Canon John Maurice Robson [1911-1989], sometime vicar of Shirley Derbyshire and Canon of Derby Cathedral, and his wife the Lady Jane Penelope Justice Shirley [1925-2020], daughter of the 12th Earl Ferrers [1894-1954], and his his wife the former Hermione Justice Morley [1890-1969]; and married 1stly, 16 June, 1973 [div 1976], Carol Diana Durose, daughter of Wilfrid Durose; married 2ndly, 1980, Josephine Anne Charlotte Manwaring-Wright [1954-2021], daughter of Richard Luke Manwaring-Wright [1923-2007] and the former Stephanie M.F. Wright, by whom he had issue, two sons, Oliver Charles Richard [born 1986], and Jonathan Hugo David [born 1990].

He was widowed 25 Dec, 2021.

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Quentin Jack Berger [born 2022]

 Marie-Emily Rose Mackenzie Berger [nee Graham-Watson, born 1991], wife of Edward Bertram [Bertie] Berger [born 1991], gave birth to a son, Quentin Jack, 8 August, 2022, a brother for Ruaridh Pierre, who was born 25 October, 2020.

Mrs Berger is a scion of the Graham-Watson landed gentry family, daughter of Andrew FitzJames Graham-Watson [born 1957], of Longworth, co Oxford, by his wife the former Brigitte Claude Marie Jeanson.

Bertie Berger is a son of Antony Berger, of Egerton, Kent, by his wife the former Nicola Anne Dawson.

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Morrison/Ropner engagement

 The engagement was announced 27 August, 2022, between Edward Morrison, son of the late Jeremy Morrison and Mrs Henrietta Jowitt, of Hunton, North Yorkshire, and Poppy Ropner [born 1993], scion of the Ropner baronets, daughter of Robert James Bruce Ropner [born 7 Nov, 1962], of Kirklington, Bedale, North Yorkshire, and Mrs Jo Ropner [nee Stroyan, born 3 January, 1963], Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, and a Ropner descendant.

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Beevor/Ceolini engagement

 The engagement was announced 27 August, 2022, between Thomas William Harvey [Tom] Beevor [born 15 April, 1990], son and heir of Sir [Thomas] Hugh Cunliffe Beevor, 8th Baronet [born 1 Oct, 1962], of Hargham, Norfolk, and his wife, Lady Beevor, the former Charlotte Louise Harvey, & Michaela Ceolini, daughter of Gianluca Ceolini and Emanuela Bonano, of Verona, Italy.

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Colin Strathearn Ropner Stroyan 1927-2022

 Colin Strathearn Ropner Stroyan, who died 20 August, 2022, aged 95, was a scion of that landed gentry family, and a descendant of the Ropner baronets, prominent shipowners.

He was born in March, 1927, son of Ronald Strathearm Stroyan [who died in 1957], and his wife the former Mary Enid Ropner, daughter of Sir John Henry Ropner, 2nd Baronet [1860-1936].

He married 8 Oct, 1959, Caroline Jane Brownlow [born 17 May, 1938], daughter of Capt Andrew L'Estrange Brownlow [1894-1972], and his wife the former Jean Kennedy Risk [died 1972], by whom he had issue, a son Michael Richard Colin [born 11 March, 1965], and two daughters, Susan [born 4 Aug, 1960], and Johanna [born 2 Jan 1963]. His daughter, Jo, Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, married in 1986, her third cousin, Robert James Bruce Ropner [born 7 Nov, 1962]. 

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Cooke/Knatchbull marriage

 The marriage took place 25 August, 2022, between  Alexander Leon Geldard Cooke (born at Leeds, West Yorkshire, 1984), son of Stephen N. Cooke and his wife the former Dianne Dixon, and Kelly Louise Doreen Knatchbull [born 30 March, 1988], scion of the Earls Mountbatten of Burma, daughter of the Hon Michael-John Ulick Knatchbull [born 24 May, 1950], and his first wife the former Melissa Clare Owen [born 12 November, 1960], daughter of His Honour Sir John Owen [1925-2010].

Kelly Knatchbull, named in honour of her great-grandfather's ship, HMS Kelly, is a goddaughter of HRH The Princess Royal, and is is the granddaughter of the late [2nd] Countess Mountbatten of Burma [1924-2017], and the 7th Baron Brabourne [1924-2005].

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Jennifer Mary Newton [nee Turville Constable Maxwell] 1937-2022

 Jennifer Mary Newton [nee Turville Constable Maxwell], who died 21 August, 2022, aged 85, was a scion of the Lords Herries of Terregles.

She was born 23 March, 1937, daughter of Major David Turville-Constable-Maxwell [1904-1985], and his wife the former Mary Alethea Elizabeth Evelyn Turville-Petre [1904-1995], scion of the Barons Petre; a sister Mary [1931-93] was wife of the 9th Earl of Carrick, and another sister, Marcia [b 1947], was wife of Sir Everard Radcliffe, 6th Baronet.

She married  12 September, 1970, Christopher David Newton [born 1938], son of James Newton, of Warlingham, Surrey, and his wife the former Ethel Davies, by whom she had issue, a son, James [born 16 June, 1971], and a daughter, Lucinda [born 23 Apr, 1975].

10th Lord Herries of Terregles > Hon Bernard Constable Maxwell > Maj David Turville-Constable-Maxwell > Jennifer Mary Turville Constable Maxwell [died 2022]

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Stephens/Fielder engagement

  The engagement was announced 26 August 2022, between Matthew L. Stephens, son of Mr & Mrs Graham Stephens, of Westbury on Severn, Gloucestershire, & Georgina Louise Fielder [born 1992], descended from the Viscounts Falmouth, daughter of the late Nigel Roger Fielder [1958-2012], of Bolney, West Sussex, and his wife the former Diana Mary Boscawen [born 14 July, 1962].

Georgina has descents from the Dukes of Manchester, Hamilton, and Montrose.

William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester > Lady Mary Louise Elizabeth Montagu > Lady Mary Louise Douglas-Hamilton > Lady Mary Helen Alma Graham > James Townshend Boscawen > Diana Mary Boscawen > Georgina Louise Fielder.

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Walton/McAlpine engagement

 The engagement was announced 26 August, 2022, between Ashley Mark Walton [born 1986], son of the late Anthony A. Walton, and of Mrs Patricia McGregor [nee Baillie], of North Heath, Berkshire, and Antonia Louise Philippa McAlpine [born 1984], scion of the McAlpine baronets, daughter of Adrian Neil Raeburn McAlpine, DL [born 23 December, 1944], of Hungerford, Berkshire, and his wife the former Angela Mary Hickie [born 1951], scion of that Irish landed gentry family.

Sir Robert McAlpine, 1st Baronet > Sir Thomas Malcolm McAlpine > Lt-Col Malcolm McAlpine >Adrian McAlpine >Antonia McAlpine

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