Sir Richard Arthur Sullivan, 9th Baronet 1931-2022

 Sir Richard Sullivan, 9th Baronet (who did not use his title), died in November, 2022.

Richard Arthur Sullivan who lived in Santa Ana, California, was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

He was born 9 Aug, 1931, son of Sir Richard Benjamin Magniac Sullivan, 8th Baronet (1906-77), and his wife the former Muriel Mary Paget Pineo (died 1988); and he succeeded to the baronetcy created in 1804, on the death of his father in August, 1977.

He married 17 February, 1962, Elenor Mary Thorpe, daughter of Kenneth Merson Thorpe, of Somerset West, Cape Province, South Africa, by whom he had issue, a son, Charles, and three daughters, Katherine, Sarah and Margaret. The son, Charles Merson Sullivan, born 15 December, 1962, now succeeds to the baronetcy.

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Simeon George P. Welby (born 2022)

Jennifer Anne Welby (nee Bates, born 1990), wife of Peter Douglas Charles Welby (b 1988), gave birth to a son, Simeon George P. Welby, in 2022.

Jen Welby is a daughter of  daughter of Peter Bates, and his wife the former Deborah Bennett. 

Peter Welby is the son of son of the Most Rev & Rt Hon Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury (b 6 January, 1956), by his wife the former Caroline E. Eaton (b 1957).

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Wilbur James Wentworth-Stanley (born 2022)

 Cressida Curzon Wentworth-Stanley (born 18 February, 1989, nee Bonas), wife of Harry David Wentworth-Stanley [born 1989], scion of that landed family, has given birth to her first child, a son, Wilbur James, 21 November, 2022. 

Harry is the second son of Nicholas Philip Wentworth-Stanley [born 1954] by his former wife the former Clare Husted Steel [now Marchioness of Milford Haven].

Cressida, descended from the Earls Howe, is the daughter of Mr Jeffrey Bonas, by his former wife the former Lady Mary-Gaye Georgiana Lorna Curzon [born 21 February, 1947], daughter of the 6th Earl Howe [1908-1984].

Mrs Wentworth-Stanley is a former girlfriend of HRH The Duke of Sussex, KCVO.

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Dame Clare Lucy Marx, DBE, DL, FRCS 1954-2022

 Dame Clare Marx, DBE, DL, FRCS, who has died aged 68, was President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2014-2017, the first woman to hold that position.

She was born in 1954, the daughter of Francis Marx, and married in 1989, Andrew William Mildmay Fane, OBE (born 9 Aug, 1949), of Woodbridge, Suffolk, scion of the Earls of Westmorland, son of Maj Robert William Augustus Fane (1913-1989), and his wife the former Elinor Valerie Borthwick (1915-2008), scion of the Borthwick baronets.

She was appointed CBE in 2007, and advanced to DBE in 2018. She was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Suffolk in 2008.

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Rodney/Atkins engagement

 The engagement was announced 29 November, 2022, between Harry John Melville Rodney (born 1992), scion of the Barons Rodney, son of David James Rodney (born 15 June, 1965), of St Briavels, Gloucestershire, and his wife the former Sally Louise Melville Owen, & Rosie K. Atkins, daughter of Mr & Mrs Simon Atkins, of Long Sutton, Hampshire.

The 6th Baron Rodney > Hon Robert William Henry Rodney > Mervyn Harley Rodney > John Armand Rodney > David James Rodney > Harry John Melville Rodney

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Max Otis Howorth Greenly (born 2022)

 Sarah Elizabeth Greenly [née Hatchard, born 1988], wife of Sam James Howorth Greenly [born 1988], scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a son, Max Otis Howorth, 10 October, 2022, a brother for Rafe Merlin Howorth, 22 March, 2021.

Sam Greenly is a son of Richard Anthony Howorth Greenly [born 1948], by his wife the former Belinda Audrey Lockett.

Sarah Greenly is a daughter of John Rayner Hatchard [born 1953] and his wife the former Diana McGill [born 1954].

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William Christopher Timothy Wainwright (born 2022)

Hermione Wainwright [nee Elwes, born 1987], wife of Timothy Wainwright, and scion of the Elwes landed gentry family, gave birth to a son, William Christopher Timothy, 25 November, 2022, a brother for Francesca Elizabeth Winefride, who was born 11 October, 2019.

Timothy is a son of Mr & Mrs John Wainwright, of Wilpshire, Lancashire, & Hermione is a daughter of Jonathan Valentine Elwes (b 19 Jan 1950), of Lydlinch, Dorset, by his wife the former Louisa J. Robson.

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Nancy Hoare (nee Bradish-Ellames) 1924-2022

 Nancy Hoare (nee Bradish-Ellames) died 20 November, 2022, aged 98, was a scion of the Bradish-Ellames family, of Westhorpe and The Manor House, Little Marlow.

She was born in 1924 daughter of John Edward Mountague Bradish Ellames (1895-1984), and his first wife the former Helen Chambers Lehmann (1899-1985); and married 1951, Capt Edward Melville Brodie Hoare, DSC, RN (1918-2006), scion of that landed gentry family, of Gateley Hall, by whom she had two sons, Antony (born 1953) and Mark (born 1957), and a daughter, Caroline (born 1955).

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Queen Camilla's 'Queen Companions' replace the Ladies-in-Waiting of old

 Buckingham Palace has announced Queen Camilla's 'Queen's Companions' - not the tradition Ladies or Women of the Bedchamber, or Ladies-in-Waiting.

They are:-

Sarah Rose Troughton (nee Colman, born 3 May, 1953), Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire, a second cousin of the King, daughter of Sir Timothy Colman, KG (1929-2021), a Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk, and his wife the former Lady Mary Cecilia Bowes Lyon (1932-2021), a Lady in Waiting to Princess Alexandra, scion of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Sarah married 1977, Peter John Charles Troughton (born 1948), son of Sir Charles Troughton, CBE (1916-91), and his wife the former Constance Mitford. The Troughtons have a son and two daughters.

The Marchioness of Lansdowne (nee Fiona Mary Merritt, born 1954), second wife of the 9th Marquess of Lansdowne (born 21 Feb, 1941), of Bowood, Wiltshire. The Marchioness is the current High Sheriff of Wiltshire and a Deputy Lieutenant of the county. The wife of Lord Lansdowne since 1987, she is an old friend of HM Queen Camilla.

Jane von Westenholz (born 15 May, 1953), daughter of Arthur Edmund Leveson (1908-81), and his wife the former Margaret Ruth Maude (died 2012). Her older sister Clare is wife of Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson. Another sister, Anne (born 1946), is Countess De La Warr, wife of the 11th Earl. Jane married in 1979, as his second wife, Frederick Patrick Piers von Westenholz (born 1943), by whom she has a son and two daughters.

The Hon Lady Brooke (born 1 Feb, 1964), wife of baronet Sir Francis Brooke, 4th Baronet (born 15 Oct, 1963), and daughter of the late Baron Hussey of North Bradley (1923-2006), and his wife the Lady Susan Katharine Waldegrave, GCVO (born 1 May, 1939), for sixty years a Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II. Lady Brooke is mother of a son, and two daughters.

Caroline Elizabeth "Carlyn" Chisholm, Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen (born 23 December 1951), a life peeress, and a Crossbencher in the Lords. She is the only daughter of the late John Wyndham, 6th Baron Leconfield (1920-73) and the former Pamela Wyndham-Quin (1925-2013), scion of the Earls of Dunraven & Mount Earl. The Hon. Carlyn Wyndham married in 1976, Colin Chisholm, son of Archibald Chisholm CBE. They have two sons and one daughter.

The Lady Sarah Mary Keswick (nee Ramsay) (born 18 Oct, 1945), daughter of the 16th Earl of Dalhousie, KT, GCVO (1914-99), Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1965-92, and his wife the former Margaret Elizabeth Mary Stirling (1914-97); and married 23 Apr 1966, Sir John Chippendale Lindley Keswick (born 1940), by whom she has issue, three sons. Her sister, Elizabeth, Countess of Scarbrough (born 1941), widow of the 12th Earl, was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1994-2002. Her brother, the 17th Earl of Dalhousie was appointed Lord Steward to the Household of Queen Elizabeth II in 2009.

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Antonia Georgina Lara Colville (born 2022)

 Georgina Frances Colville [nee Shuker, born 1989], wife of Edward Timothy George Colville [born 30 December, 1988], scion of the Viscounts Colville of Culross, gave birth to a daughter, Antonia Georgina Lara, 15 November, 2022, a sister for Alexander Edward Herbert, who was born 22 February, 2021.

Georgina is a daughter of Martin R.F. Shuker, of Winkfield, Berkshire, and his wife the former Antonia Gray.

Edward is the son of James Richard Charles Colville [born 26 January, 1952], of Forthampton, Gloucestershire, and his wife the former Mary Virginia Louise Horn [born 6 Apr, 1957].

Edward Colville is a great-grandson of the 8th Earl of Jersey [1873-1923].

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Isla Mary Elizabeth McCorquodale (born 2022)

Flora McCorquodale (nee Russell), wife of Malcolm George McCorquodale [born 1989], scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a daughter, Isla Mary Elizabeth, 12 October, 2022.

Flora is a daughter of Brigadier and Mrs Bruce Russell, of Stobo, Peebleshire. Flora's sister, Emily, announced her engagement in 2020, to Rory Lees-Millais (born 1990), scion of the baronets of that name.

Malcolm McCorquodale is a son of Hamish Norman McCorquodale [born 6 Feb, 1945], of Hethe, Oxfordshire, by his wife the former Mary Anne Cookson [born 1952], scion of the Cookson landed gentry family.

Malcolm McCorquodale descends from the Barons Luke on his paternal side, and via that family the Barons St John of Bletso. Prominent McCorquodale kin include Mary Pamela McCorquodale [born 31 May, 1932], wife of the 17th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne, a cousin of  the King, and Neil Edmund McCorquodale [born 1951], husband of Lady Sarah Spencer, sister of Diana, Princess of Wales.

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Jean Esmé Seagrim (nee Sinclair) 1929-2022

 Jean Esmé Seagrim (nee Sinclair), who died 14 November, 2022, aged 93, was of the family of Sinclair, now Viscounts Thurso.

She was born 8 April, 1929, elder daughter of General Sir John Alexander Sinclair, KCMG, CB, OBE (1897-1977), and his wife the former Esmé Beatrice Sopwith (1906-1983); & married 6 May, 1961, Christopher Bruce Seagrim (1930-2017), scion of that landed gentry family, son of Capt Cyril Bruce Seagrim (1898-1956), and his wife the former Dotie Burney (1902-76), by whom she had issue, a son, John (born 22 Feb, 1965), and a daughter, Victoria Esmé  (born 18 Jun 1962).

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The Baron Watson of Wyre Forest

 The life peerage recently conferred upon Mr Tom Watson, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Watson of Wyre Forest, of Kidderminster in the County of Worcestershire.

Thomas Anthony Watson (born 8 January 1967) is a Labour party politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2019 and Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 2016 to 2019. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich East from 2001 to 2019.

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The Baron Peach

 The life peerage recently conferred upon Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, GBE, KCB, DL, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Peach, of Grantham in the County of Lincolnshire.

Stuart William Peach (born 22 February 1956) is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer. After training as a navigator, Peach commanded IX (Bomber) Squadron and then became Deputy Station Commander RAF Bruggen. He was deployed as NATO Air Commander (Forward) in Kosovo in 2000. He went on to be Chief of Defence Intelligence in 2006, Chief of Joint Operations in 2009 and the first Commander of Joint Forces Command in December 2011 before being appointed Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff in May 2013. Peach succeeded General Sir Nick Houghton as Chief of the Defence Staff on 14 July 2016. He succeeded General Petr Pavel as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee on 29 June 2018, serving as such until his retirement from NATO in June 2021.

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Rowley/Positano engagement

 The engagement was announced 25 November, 2022, between Joshua Andrew Rowley (born 1989), son and heir of the Sir Richard Charles Rowley, 8th & 9th Baronet (born 14 August, 1959), and his former wife Elizabeth Alison Bellingham (born 1956), scion of the Bellingham baronets, and Silvia Positano, daughter of Dr Alberto Positano and Lucia Coppi Postiano.

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Dame Frances Olivia Campbell-Preston, DCVO 1918-2022

Dame Frances Campbell-Preston, DCVO, who died 22 November, 2022, aged 104, was a long serving member of the Household of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. She was a Woman of the Bedchamber (that's a Lady in Waiting) to Her Majesty for 37 years, from her appointment to the Clarence House staff in 1965 until the Queen Mother's death in 2002.

She was appointed CVO in 1977, and advanced to DCVO in 1990.

She was born 2 September, 1918, as Frances Olivia Grenfell, scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Morton Grenfell, DSO (1873-1958), and his second wife the former Hilda Margaret Lyttelton (1886-1972), scion of the Barons Lyttelton. Her older half-brother, Reggie (1903-93), was married to Joyce Irene Phipps (1910-79), the comic actress Joyce Grenfell.

Frances Grenfell married 2 December, 1938, Lieutenant-Colonel George Patrick Campbell-Preston, MBE, DL (1911-60), late the Black Watch, scion of that Scottish landed gentry family, 2nd son of Colonel Robert William Pigott Clarke Campbell-Preston, 11th of Ardchattan (1865-1929), and his wife the former Mary Augusta Margaret Nicol Thorne (1884-1930).

Dame Frances leaves issue, two sons, Robert (born 1948), and Colin (born 1958), and two daughters, Mary Anne (born 1940), wife of Alastair Lorne Campbell of Airds, who died a few weeks ago, and Helen (born 1955).

Only a few weeks ago Dame Frances featured in an article in the Oldie magazine where she spoke of her time at Clarence House in the service of the late Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

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Lytton Cobbold/Meyer-Johann engagement

 The engagement was announced 24 November, 2022, between the Hon Edward Lytton Cobbold (born 23 April, 1992), son and heir of the 3rd Baron Cobbold (born 12 May, 1962), of Knebworth, Hertfordshire, and his wife the former Martha Frances Boone, & Miss Helena Meyer-Johann, daughter of Frau Dr Ulrike and Herr Dr Carsten Meyer-Johann, of Enger, Germany.

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Owain Anthony Mervyn Williams, DL 1955-2022

Owain Anthony Mervyn Williams, DL, died 11 November, 2022, aged 67. He was a descendant of the Earls of Dundonald.

He was born 8 January, 1955, son of George Mervyn Williams, CBE, MC, TD (1918-2013), of Tretower House, Glamorgan, and his wife the former Grizel Margaretta Cochrane Stewart, DStJ (1914-2009); and married 1983, Bethan M. O'Donovan Watkins (born 1962), daughter of (Watcyn) Richard Watkins (1930-2018), and his wife the former Eileen O'Donovan, by whom he had issue, two sons, Harry and Archie, and three daughters, Elizabeth, Antonia and Arabella.

9th Earl of Dundonald > Maj Hon William Erskine Cochrane > Col William Marshall Cochrane > Commander Thomas Erskine Cochrane > Jessie Edith Cochrane > Grizel Stewart > Owain Williams (d 2022)

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Mrs Cosmo Fry (c1962-2022)

 Lulu Fry (nee Anderson) died 17 November, 2022. She was 60.

Fashion editor Lulu was the third wife of Cosmo Joseph Fry (born 1957), son of Jeremy Fry (1924-2005), and his wife the former Camilla Grinling (born 1933). Jeremy and Camilla Fry were close friends of the late Princess Margaret and the 1st Earl of Snowdon, and Jeremy stood as godfather to the 2nd Earl. 

Lul Anderson married Cosmo Fry in 2012, as his third wife, after a lengthy relationship which had produced a son. 

Cosmo Fry had married firstly, 1982 (div 1986), Lady Cosima Maria-Gabriella Vane-Tempest-Stewart (born 25 Dec, 1961), officially daughter of the 9th Marquess of Londonderry (1937-2012), and Nicolette Elaine Katherine Harrison (d 1993), but in reality the daughter of Lady Londonderry and Robin Douglas-Home (1932-1968), scion of the Earls of Home. Fry had married 2ndly, in 1990 (div), Amanda Aspinall (1957-2019), daughter of John Victor Aspinall (1926-2000), and his wife the former Jane Gordon Hastings.

Lulu Fry, who died from cancer, leaves a son, Jude Joseph Fry (born 2001).

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Jonathan Mark Ropner 1954-2022

 Jonathan Mark Ropner, who died 7 November, 2022, aged 68, was a scion of the Ropner baronets; born 25 September, 1954, eldest son of Jonathan Gray Ropner (1931-2013), and his wife the former Edith Avril (Avie) Peat (b 1930); and married in 1985, Madelyn K. Stefanech, daughter of W. Stefanech, of San Luis Obispo, California, United States, by whom he had issue, a son, James (born 1986), and a daughter, Jazmine (born 1989).

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