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Monday, October 31, 2011

Cecily Kathleen Polson 1917-2011

 Cecily Kathleen Polson (nee Sparrow), died 18 October, 2011, aged 94.

She was born 18 April, 1917, daughter of Dr Alexander Nathaniel Knox Sparrow, and married 1stly, 24 February, 1938 (div. 1945), John Lubbock, 3rd Baron Avebury (1915-1971), son of the Hon Harold Fox Pitt Lubbock (1888-1918), and his wife the former Hon Dorothy Charlotte Forster (1891-1983), daughter of the 1st & last Baron Forster (1866-1936). Her husband was a grandson of the 1st Baron Avebury (1834-1918). She married 2ndly, Dr Donald Allan Polson (1911-2003). 

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Friday, October 21, 2011

Death of Lord Moray

_The 20th Earl of Moray died 23 September, 2011.

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Death of Sir Lancelot Errington

From the Times 20 October 2011:

ERRINGTON
Sir Lancelot, on 18th October 2011, aged 94. Funeral in Appin to be
announced later.

Sir Lancelot ERRINGTON OF BEESLACK KCB (1917-2011) head of that Scots
gentry family of Beeslack (a cadet branch of the ERRINGTONS of
Chadwell Hall) son of Maj Lancelot ERRINGTON (1889-1965) and Elizabeth
Hall (d 1967, dau & h of Maj Charles Henry SANFORD of Beeslack,
Midlothian and Elizabeth Hall, daughter and heiress of Sir John COWAN
1st and last Bt, of Beeslack, Midlothian). He m 1939 Katharine Reine,
dau of Thomas Cropper MACAULAY MC of Kingsmill, Painswick, Glos. They
had 3 sons and 2 daus, the eldest son, Thomas Lancelot Macaulay (b 23
May 1943 and m with issue incl a son and heir), succeeds him as head
of the family.

Maj-Gen John Edward Cordingley

From the Telegraph & Times 18 October 2011:

CORDINGLEY
Major General John Edward died peacefully at home on 14th October
2011. Funeral service on Friday 28th October 2011 at 2.30pm at Holy
Cross, Ramsbury, Wiltshire

He was the son of Air Vice-Marshal Sir John CORDINGLEY KCB KCVO CBE
(1890-1977) and Elizabeth Ruth CARPENTER (d 1938). He m 1st 1940 Ruth
Pamela (div 1961, dau of Major S A BODDAM-WHETHAM of that gentry
family) and had two sons. He m 2nd 1961 (as her 2nd h) Audrey Helen
Anne (1919-2009 d of late Maj-Gen Frederick George BEAUMONT-NESBITT
CVO CBE MC (1893-1971, scion of the marquesses of WILLINGDON) and his
1st w Cecilia Mary Lavinia (1893-1920, d of Maj.-Gen the Hon Sir Cecil
Edward BINGHAM GCVO KCMG CB, s of 5th Earl of LUCAN).

Death of Lady Huntingfield

From the Telegraph of 18 October 2011:

VANNECK
Arabella née Fraser died peacefully at home 16th October 2011,
surrounded by her family, age 51. Funeral on Saturday 22nd October at
2.30 p.m. at St Mary's Beauly. Please all come.

She was the dau of Maj Alastair Hugh Joseph FRASER MC of Moniack
Castle, Kirkhill, Inverness-shire (1919-86, gs of 13th Lord LOVAT and
a scion of the earls of VERULAM). She m 1982 the 7th Baron
HUNTINGFIELD (b 1954 son of the 6th Baron and his wife a scion of the
earls of DARTMOUTH) and had 4 sons (aged between 26 and 21 and all
unmarried) and a dau. Her eldest son, the Hon Gerard Charles Alistair
(b 1985) is the heir to the barony.

Zia Snow

_.The Lady Edwina Louise Snow [nee Grosvenor], born 1981, scion of the Dukes of Westminster, wife of Daniel Robert Snow [b 3 Dec 1978], descended from the Earls Lloyd George of Dwyfor, gave birth to a daughter, Zia, at the Portland Hosp, London, 13 Oct, 2011. Lady Edwina is the 2nd dau of the Duke & Duchess of Westminster.

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Friday, August 26, 2011

The Master of Elphinstone

The Lady Elphinstone, wife of the Queen's cousin, Lord Elphinstone, gave birth to a son, Jago Alexander, styled the Master of Elphinstone, 19 August, 2011.

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Saturday, July 30, 2011

Ward/Sevier marriage

_.The marriage took place 24 July, 2011, of the Hon Leander Grenville Ward (born 20 Oct, 1977), son of the 4th Earl of Dudley (Peerage of the UK, cr 1860), of Kensington, London, by his second wife the former Maureen Swanson (Countess of Dudley), & Miss Laura Juliet Sevier (born 1979), daughter of the late Mr Roy J.R. Sevier (b 1948, d.), by his former wife the former Patricia Margaret Sanderson (now Patricia, Lady Walker-Okeover), of Stowell, Dorset, who married secondly, 1993, Sir Peter Walker-Okeover, 4th Bt 1947-2003, &c. -=-

Monday, July 25, 2011

Duke of Roxburghe's heir weds

_.The marriage took place in London, 22 July, 2011, between, Charles Robert
George Innes-Ker, styled Marquis of Bowmont & Cessford (b 1981), 1st
son and heir of the 10th Duke of Roxburghe (b 1954), of Floors Castle,
by his wife the former Lady Jane Meriel Grosvenor (b 1953), & the Hon
Charlotte Susanna Aitken (b 1982), elder dau of the 3rd Baron
Beaverbrook (b 1951), by his wife the former Susan Angela More
O'Ferrall (descended from the Jackson Baronets, cr 1869).

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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Ella Fitzalan Howard

_.Caroline E Fitzalan Howard (nee Taylor) wife of Edward Michael
Fitzalan Howard (b 1979), scion of the Dukes of Norfolk, gave birth
to a daughter, Ella, 16 July, 2011. Edward is the son of Colonel Thomas Fitzalan Howard,
of North Elmham, Norfolk, by his 1st wife the former Penelope Jan Walters (now Mrs Jeremy Jones, of Low
Marishes, North Yorkshire), and Caroline is a daughter of Mr
Andrew Taylor, of Binham, Norfolk, and Mrs Anne Taylor, of Foulsham,
Norfolk.

Edward is a grandson of the late Maj-Gen Lord Michael Fitzalan Howard
(1916-2007), and a great-nephew of the 17th Duke of Norfolk, KG
(1915-2002).


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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Finlay David North More Nisbett

_.Lindsay M. More Nisbett (nee Weitz), wife of Alexander T.J. More Nisbett of Cairnhill, scion of that Scots landed family & descended from the Earls of Stair, gave birth to a son, Finlay David North, at New York, 15 July, 2011. Alexander is the second son of Mr and Mrs More Nisbett of The Drum, Edinburgh, and Lindsay is the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Weitz, of Jupiter, Florida, USA.

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Monday, July 18, 2011

Lascelles/Kilburn marriage

_.The marriage took place 16 July, 2011, at All Saint's Church, Harewood, between the Hon Mark Hubert Lascelles (b 5 July, 1964), son of the late 7th Earl of Harewood (1923-2011) (Earl, UK, cr 1812), of Harewood House, Leeds, by his second wife the former Patricia Elizabeth Tuckwell (b 26 Nov, 1926), & Judith Ann Kilburn.

It is Mr Lascelles's second marriage. His first in Aug 1992 to Andrea Kershaw, ended in divorce.

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

George Henry Hubert Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood 1923-2011

__George Henry Hubert Lascelles, first cousin of the Queen and eldest grandchild of George V & Queen Mary, died at his home Harewood House, Leeds, West Yorkshire, 11 July, 2011. He was 88.

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Friday, July 08, 2011

Lady Sallyanne Margaret Shirley (1957-2011)

_.The Lady Sallyanne Margaret Shirley, a daughter of the 13th Earl Ferrers, PC, died 6 July, 2011. She was 54 and unmarried.

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Friday, July 01, 2011

Death of Lord Inchyra

_.The 2nd Baron Inchyra, b 4 Apr 1935; died 27 June, 2011, at his home. He was 76. His widow is a scion of the Sheffield Baronets; succeeded by his son, Christian James Charles Hoyar Millar, b 12 Aug 1962.

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Hon William Hay

Clare C. Hay, styled Viscountess Dupplin, wife of Charles William
Harley Hay, M.A., styled Viscount Dupplin, (b. 20 December, 1962),
gave birth to a 1st son, William Hay, born 24 June, 2011, a brother
for the Hon Alice Hay, the Hon Catriona, & the Hon Auriol Hay.

Visc Dupplin is the only son and heir of the 15th Earl of Kinnoull,
and the former Gay Ann Lowson, and the Viscountess is the daughter of
His Honour William Hamilton Raymund Crawford, Q.C., (His Honour Judge
Crawford, a Circuit Judge since 1986), and Mrs William Crawford, (nee
Marilyn Jean Colville), of Dalgonar, Dumfriesshire. Lord Dupplin is a
barrister; director of Hiscox Underwriting, Ltd, since 1995; was
Associate, Credit Suisse First Boston Ltd, 1985-88; Underwriter,
Roberts & Hiscox, then Hiscox Syndicates Ltd, 1990-95. Lieutenant,
Atholl Highlanders, since 1993; Chairman of the Royal Caledonian Ball,
since 1996.

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Friday, June 24, 2011

Maj. William Napier Seymour (1914-2011)

_.Maj. William Napier Seymour, Scots Guards, who died 22 June 2011, aged 96, was a scion of the Marquesses of Hertford; b 1914, son of Lt-Col Charles Hugh Napier Seymour, DSO (1874-1933), by his wife the former Mary Adelaide Philips (d 1977) descended from the Earls of Courtown; married 1945, Rachel Mary Hambro, scion of that landed family, dau of Capt Angus Valdemar Hambro, by whom he had issue.

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+ Venetia, Viscountess of Oxfuird

_.Venetia, Viscountess of Oxfuird, who died 20 June, 2011, aged 69, was the 2nd wife and widow of George Hubbard [Makgill], 13th Viscount of Oxfuird, CBE (1934-2003),
Deputy Speaker, House of Lords 1990-2003. She was Venetia Cunitia Mary Steward, only dau. of Maj Charles Anthony Steward, of The Platt, Crondall, co. Surrey, and married Lord Oxfuird in 1980. He died 3 Jan, 2003.

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