Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

 The life barony recently bestowed upon Sharon Jane Taylor, OBE, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, of Stevenage in the County of Hertfordshire.

Oct 28 2022

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Baroness Lea of Lymm

 The life peerage recently awarded to Ruth Jane Lea, CBE, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baroness Lea of Lymm, of Lymm in the Borough of Warrington in the County of Cheshire.

Oct 31 2022

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Annette Christian Mostyn (née Garrick) 1945-2022

 Annette Christian Mostyn (née Garrick), died 20 October, 2022. She was 77.

She was born in 1945, a daughter of Major Miles Alfred Christian Garrick (1908-78), and his wife the former Winnyfred Anne Askew; and married 10 Sept, 1966, Richard Jan Mostyn (1942-2002), son of Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Mostyn (formerly Tuzinkiewicz) (1896-1969), and his wife the former Hermione Mary Josephine Mostyn (1906-1999), scion of the Mostyn baronets, by whom she had issue, three daughters, Suki (born 1968), Melissa (born 1970) and Chloe (born 1975).

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Lady Thea de Vere Beauclerk (born 2022)

The Countess of Burford (nee Sarah Davenport), wife of the Earl of Burford, gave birth to a daughter, Lady Thea Eirys Elisabetta de Vere Beauclerk, 28 October, 2022.

Charles Francis Topham de Vere Beauclerk, styled Earl of Burford (born 22 February, 1965), married firstly, 29 Dec 1994 Louise Ann Beatrice Fiona Robey, 1st daughter of Col Malcolm Vernon Robey, and has issue, a son, the Hon James Malcolm Aubrey Edward de Vere Beauclerk, styled Lord Vere of Hanworth (who was born 2 August 1995). He married 2ndly, in 2017, Sarah Davenport.

The Earl of Burford is the son and heir of the 14th Duke of St Albans (born 19 January, 1939), and his first wife the former Rosemary Frances Scoones.

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Colonel Thomas Armitage Hall, CVO, OBE 1928-2022

 Colonel Thomas Armitage Hall, CVO, OBE, died 12 October, 2022. He was 94. 

Colonel Tom Hall, who has died aged 94, played a prominent role in the development of the French Alpine resort of Méribel as a favoured destination for British skiers. He was also Lieutenant of the Gentlemen at Arms, the sovereign’s ceremonial bodyguard, and an entrepreneur in the field of international language schools.

Thomas Armitage Hall was born 13 April, 1928, the only child of Athelstan Argyle Hall (1894-1963), and his wife the former Nancy Armitage Dyson (1901-86); and married 24 February, 1954, Marie Antoinette Hornby (born 9 Nov, 1932, died 2020), scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Sir Roger Antony Hornby (1904-1987), and his wife the former Lady Veronica Brenda Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (1910-1971), daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Dufferin & Ava (1875-1930), by whom he had two sons, Edward and John, and four daughters, Jane, Annabel, Lucy and Catherine.

In 1980 Hall had become a member of Her Majesty’s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms – retired officers who attend the sovereign at state events and garden parties. He was promoted in 1994 to Lieutenant of the Gentlemen (effectively commanding officer, their honorary Captain being the government’s chief whip in the House of Lords), retiring on his seventieth birthday in 1998. He was also chairman from 1990 to 1996 of the Cavalry & Guards Club, whose Piccadilly freehold he had helped secure some years earlier in a tough negotiation with the property developer Elliot Bernerd.

He was appointed OBE in 1966 and CVO on retirement from the Gentlemen at Arms, Hall was high sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1981-2. 

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Rosemary Elizabeth Hazel Bell (née Sandford) 1926-2022

 Rosemary Elizabeth Hazel Bell (née Sandford), died 2 October, 2022, aged 95.

She was a scion of the Sandford landed gentry family, daughter of Major Humphrey Sandford (1887-1988), head of that family, and his wife the former Marjorie Travers Pickmere (1893-1970); and married in 1948, John Frederick Norman Bell (1918-1997), daughter of Norman Mindham Bell (1892-1959), of Northampton, and his wife the former Florence Cox, by whom she had two sons and a daughter.

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Drayson/Dossa engagement

 The engagement was announced 1 November, 2022, between Timothy William Dupin Drayson (born 1983), descended from the Barons Glanusk, son of Charles Dupin Drayson (born 12 November, 1947), of Selham, West Sussex, and his wife the former Rosemary Ann Evans, & Nadira Dossa, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Alnoor Dossa, of Nairobi, Kenya.

The 1st Baron Glanusk > Hon Herbert Crawshay Bailey > Shirley Joan Bailey > Charles Dupin Drayson > Timothy Drayson

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The Baron Soames of Fletching

 The life peerage recently awarded to Sir Nicholas Soames has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Soames of Fletching, of Fletching in the County of East Sussex.

Soames, born 12 Feb, 1949, is a grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, and the son of Christopher Soames, life peer as Baron Soames (1920-1987), and his wife the former Mary Spencer-Churchill, LG (1922-2014), scion of the Dukes of Marlborough, daughter of Sir Winston Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, DL, FRS, RA (1874-1965), and his wife the former Clementine Hozier, GBE (1885-1977).

Lord Soames of Fletching has been twice wed; 1stly in 1981, Catherine Weatherall, descended from the Keswick landed family, sister of Isobel, Countess of Strathmore & Kinghorne; and married 2ndly, 1993, Serena Mary Smith (born 1959), scion of the Smith landed gentry family, daughter of Sir John Lindsay Eric Smith (1923-2007), and his wife the former Christian Margaret Carnegy (born 1927).

Lord Soames of Fletching has a son, Harry (born 1985), from his first marriage, and from his second marriage, a son, Christopher (born 2001), and Isabella (born 1996).

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Knight/Bailey engagement

 The engagement was announced 29 October, 2022, between Hugo Christian F. Knight (born 1988), son of Mr Simon Knight, and Mrs Knight (nee Cartwright), and Florence Olivia Claire Bailey (born 20 February, 1989), a daughter of Mark Corner Bailey, and his former wife the former Jane Elizabeth Clifton-Brown (born 31 Oct, 1954, now Mrs Jane Nesham), scion of the Brown baronets and descended from the Vestey family.

Sir Edmund Vestey, 1st Bt > Ronald Arthur Vestey > Florence Vestey > Jane Clifton-Brown > Florence Bailey

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Hon Andrew Thomas Peter Jolliffe 1969-2022

 The Hon Andrew Jollife, who died 24 October, 2022, in Nepal, aged 53, was a scion of the Barons Hylton.

Andrew Thomas Peter Jolliffe was born 29 June, 1969, the second son of the 5th Baron Hylton (born 13 June, 1932), and his wife the former Joanna Ida Elizabeth de Bertodano (born 1939), descended from the Earls of Mexborough; and married 1997, Diana Teare, by whom he had issue, Isabel (born 1998), Julia (born 2000), Elodie Diana T. (born 2001), Marina Carol J (born 2003), and Suza.

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Alexandra Campbell of Craignish (died 2022)

 Alexandra Campbell of Craignish, who died 14 October, 2022, at Sydney, New South Wales, was the widow of Ian James Campbell of Craignish (1922-94), and mother of Sean and Candace.

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Descent of Marquess Townshend from King Henry VII

  The Marquess Townshend descends from the first Tudor King Henry VII. He may of course have multiple descents, but I show only one line here. 

King Henry VII = Elizabeth of York

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Margaret Tudor = James IV, King of Scots

I

James V, King of Scots = Marie of Lorraine

I

Mary Queen of Scots = James Stuart, Lord Darnley

I

King James VI & I = Anne of Denmark

I

Elizabeth = Frederick, Elector Palatine of the Rhine

I

Sophia = Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover

(1630-1714)

I

George I, King of Gt Britain = Sophia Dorothea

(d 1727)

I

George II, King of Gt Britain = Caroline of Anspach

(d 1760)

I

Frederick, Prince of Wales = Augusta

(died 1751)

I

George III, King of Gr Britain = Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

(1738-1820)

I

King William IV = (mistress) Dorothea Jordan

(d 1837)

I

Lady Elizabeth FitzClarence = William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll

(1801-56)

I

Lady Agnes Hay = James Duff, 5th Earl of Fife

(1829-69)

I

Lady Anne Duff = John, 5th Marquess Townshend

(died 1925)

I

John, 6th Marquess Townshend = Gwladys Sutherst

(1866-1921)

I

George, 7th Marquess Townshend = Elizabeth Luby

(1916-2010)

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Charles, 8th Marquess Townshend = Hermione Ponsonby

(born 26 September, 1945)

Descent of the Marquess of Waterford from King Henry VII

The Marquess of Waterford descends from the first Tudor King Henry VII. He may of course have multiple descents, but I show only one line here. 

King Henry VII = Elizabeth of York

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Mary Tudor = Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk

(1496-1533)

I

Lady Frances Brandon = Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk

(d 1559)

I

Lady Katherine Grey = Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford

(1538-1567/8)

I

Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp = Honora Rogers

(1561-1612)

I

William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset = Lady Frances Devereux

(1588-1660)

I

Henry Seymour, Lord Beauchamp = Mary Capell

(1626-54)

I

Lady Elizabeth Seymour = Thomas Bruce, 3rd Earl of Elgin

(d 1696/7)

I

Lady Elizabeth Bruce = George Brudenell, 3rd Earl of Cardigan

(d 1745)

I

Col. Hon Robert Brudenell, MP = Anne Bisshopp

(1726-68)

I

Robert, 6th Earl of Cardigan = Penelope Anne Cooke

(1769-1837)

I

Lady Harriet Georgiana Brudenell (1799-1836) = Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe

I

Lady Georgina Curzon-Howe = Henry, 8th Duke of Beaufort

(1825-1906)

I

Lady Blanche Somerset = John, 5th Marquess of Waterford

(1856-1897)

I

Henry Beresford, 6th Marquess of Waterford = Lady Beatrix Petty-Fitzmaurice

(1875-1911)

I

John Beresford, 7th Marquess of Waterford = Juliet Mary Lindsay

(1901-1934)

I

John Beresford, 8th Marquess of Waterford = Lady Caroline Wyndham-Quin

(1933-2015)

I

Henry Beresford, 9th Marquess of Waterford = Amanda Thompson

(born 23 March 1958)

Descent of the Marquess of Sligo from King Henry VII

Descent of the Marquess of Sligo from King Henry VII

HENRY VII

King of England = Elizabeth of York, dau of Edward IV

I

Mary Tudor  = 1515, Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, KG (1484-1545)

(1496-1533)

I

Lady Eleanor Brandon  =1537, Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland

(d. 1547)

I

Lady Margaret Clifford  =1555, Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby KG

(c. 1540-96)

I

Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby =c.1580, Alice Spencer

(c.1559-94)

I

Lady Frances Stanley = John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgwater

(1583-1635/6)

I

Lady Arabella Egerton = Oliver, Lord St John

(d 1669)

I

Hon Elizabeth St John = George Bennet

I

St John Bennet = Mary Middleton

(born 1651)

I

Anne Bennet = Colonel Thomas Hartopp

I

Chiverton Hartopp = Catherine Mansfield

(1690-1759)

I

Mary Hartopp = Richard, 1st Earl Howe

(1732-1800)

I

Lady Louisa Howe = John, 1st Marquess of Sligo

(1767-1817)

I

Howe Peter Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo =Lady Hester de Burgh

(1788-1845)

I

Henry Browne, 5th Marquess of Sligo = Catherine Dicken

(1831-1913)

I

Lord Alfred Eden Browne = Cicely Wormald

(1878-1918)

I

Lord Ulick Browne = Fiona Glenn

(1915-1979)

I

Sebastian Browne, 12th Marquess of Sligo = Christina Suaznabar

(born 17 May 1964)

Descent of the Marquess of Londonderry from King Henry VII

  The Marquess of Londonderry descends from the first Tudor King Henry VII. He may of course have multiple descents, but I show only one line here. 

HENRY VII

King of England = Elizabeth of York, dau of Edward IV

I

Mary Tudor  = 1515, Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, KG (1484-1545)

(1496-1533)

I

Lady Eleanor Brandon  =1537, Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland

(d. 1547)

I

Lady Margaret Clifford  =1555, Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby KG

(c. 1540-96)

I

Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby =c.1580, Alice Spencer

(c.1559-94)

I

Lady Frances Stanley = John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgwater

(1583-1635/6)

I

John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater = Lady Elizabeth Cavendish

(1623-86)

I

John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater = Lady Jane Powlett

(1646-1701)

I

Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater = Lady Rachel Russell

(1681-1745)

I

Lady Louisa Egerton = Granville Leveson-Gower, Marquess of Stafford

(1723-61)

I

George, 1st Duke of Sutherland = Elizabeth, suo jure Countess of Sutherland

(1758-1833)

I

George, 2nd Duke of Sutherland = Lady Harriett Howard

(1786-1861)

I

George, 3rd Duke of Sutherland = Anne Hay-Mackenzie

(1828-1892)

 I

Lady Florence Sutherland-Leveson-Gower = Henry, 1st Viscount Chaplin

(1855-51)

I

Hon Edith Helen Chaplin = Charles, 7th Marquess of Londonderry

(1879-1959)

I

Edward Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 8th Marquess of Londonderry = Romaine Combe

(1902-1955)

I

Alexander, 9th Marquess of Londonderry = Doreen Patricia Wells

(1937-2012)

I

Frederick Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 10th Marquess of Londonderry

(born 6 September, 1972)

Descent of the Marquess of Headfort from King Henry VII

 The Marquess of Headfort descends from the first Tudor King Henry VII. He may of course have multiple descents, but I show only one line here. 

King Henry VII = Elizabeth of York

I

Mary Tudor = Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk

(1496-1533)

I

Lady Frances Brandon = Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk

(d 1559)

I

Lady Katherine Grey = Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford

(1538-1567/8)

I

Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp = Honora Rogers

(1561-1612)

I

William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset = Lady Frances Devereux

(1588-1660)

I

Lady Mary Seymour = Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea

(d 1673)

I

Lady Frances Finch = Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth

(d 1712)

I

Frances Thynne = Sir Robert Worsley, 4th Baronet

(d 1750)

I

Frances Worsley = John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville

(1693/4-1743)

I

Lady Louisa Carteret = Thomas Thynne, 2nd Viscount Weymouth

(d 1736)

I

Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath = Lady Elizabeth Cavendish-Bentinck

(1734-1796)

I

Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath = Hon Isabella Byng

(1765-1837)

I

Rev Lord John Thynne = Anne Beresford

(1798-1881)

I

Emily Constantia Thynne = 3rd Marquess of Headfort

(1840-1926)

I

Geoffrey Taylour, 4th Marquess of Headfort = Rosie Boote

(1878-1943)

I

Terence Taylour, 5th Marquess of Headfort = Elsie Florence Tucker

(1902-60)

I

Thomas Taylour, 6th Marquess of Headfort = Hon Elizabeth Nall-Cain

(1932-2005) 

I

Thomas Taylour, 7th Marquess of Headfort = Susan Vandervell

(born 10 Feb 1959)

Hon James Richard Canning Weir 1949-2022

 The Hon James Weir, scion of the Viscounts Weir, has died at Bedford, New York, United States. He was 73.

James Richard Canning Weir was born 1 May, 1949, fourth son of the 2nd Viscount Weir (1905-1975), and his 1st wife the former Dorothy Isabel Lucy Crowdy [1907-1972]; and married three times, 1stly, in 1977 [div 1998], Haude Chantal Gabrielle Charpentier, daughter of Marc Charpentier, of Paris; married 2ndly, Dorothy Duit Atkinson, daughter of I. Harold Atkinson, of Minneapolis, United States;  and married 3rdly, Jacqueline, who survives him. 

He leaves two daughters from his first marriage, Victoria (born 1978), and Kate (born 1980),

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Descent of the Marquess of Downshire from King Henry VII

   The Marquess of Downshire descends from the first Tudor King Henry VII. He may of course have multiple descents, but I show only one line here. 

King Henry VII = Elizabeth of York

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Mary Tudor = Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk

(1496-1533)

I

Lady Frances Brandon = Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk

(d 1559)

I

Lady Katherine Grey = Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford

(1538-1567/8)

I

Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp = Honora Rogers

(1561-1612)

I

William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset = Lady Frances Devereux

(1588-1660)

I

Lady Mary Seymour = Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea

(d 1673)

I

Lady Frances Finch = Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth

(d 1712)

I

Frances Thynne = Sir Robert Worsley, 4th Baronet

(d 1750)

I

Frances Worsley = John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville

(1693/4-1743)

I

Lady Louisa Carteret = Thomas Thynne, 2nd Viscount Weymouth

(d 1736)

I

Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquis of Bath = Lady Elizabeth Cavendish-Bentinck

(1734-1796)

I

Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquis of Bath = Hon Isabella Elizabeth Byng

(1765-1837)

I

Lady Elizabeth Thynne = John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor

(1795-1866)

I

Lady Georgiana Campbell = Colonel John Balfour

(d 1884)

I

Georgiana Balfour = Arthur Hill, 5th Marquess of Downshire

(d 1919)

I

Arthur Hill, 6th Marquess of Downshire = Katherine Mary Hare

(1871-1918)

I

Lord Arthur Francis Henry Hill = Ishabel MacDougall

(1895-1953)

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Arthur Robin Ian Hill, 8th Marquess of Downshire = Juliet Weld-Forester

(1929-2003)

I

Nicholas Hill, 9th Marquess of Downshire = Diana Jane Bunting

(born 4 Feb, 1959)

Descent of the Marquess of Donegall from King Henry VII

 HENRY VII

King of England = Elizabeth of York, dau of Edward IV

I

Mary Tudor  = 1515, Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, KG (1484-1545)

(1496-1533)

I

Lady Eleanor Brandon  =1537, Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland

(d. 1547)

I

Lady Margaret Clifford  =1555, Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby KG

(c. 1540-96)

I

Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby =c.1580, Alice Spencer

(c.1559-94)

I

Lady Frances Stanley = John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgwater

(1583-1635/6)

I

John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater = Lady Elizabeth Cavendish

(1623-86)

I

John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater = Lady Jane Powlett

(1646-1701)

I

Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater = Lady Elizabeth Churchill

(1681-1745)

I

Lady Anne Egerton =William Villiers, 3rd Earl of Jersey

(d. 1762)

I

George, 4th Earl of Jersey = Frances Twysden

(1735-1805)

I

Lady Caroline Villiers =Henry, 1st Marquess of Anglesey

(1768-1854)

I

Lady Augusta Paget = Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Templemore

(1802-1872)

I

Henry Chichester, 2nd Baron Templemore = his cousin, Laura Paget

(1821-1906)

I

Arthur Chichester, 3rd Baron Templemore = Evelyn Stracey-Clitherow

(1854-1924)

I

Arthur Chichester, 4th Baron Templemore = Hon Clare Wingfield

(1880-1953)

I

Dermot Chichester, 7th Marquess of Donegall =  Lady Josceline Legge

(1916-2007)

I

Patrick Chichester, 8th Marquess of Donegall = Caroline Philipson

(born 9 May, 1952)

Descent of the Marquess Conyngham from King Henry VII

HENRY VII

King of England = Elizabeth of York, dau of Edward IV

I

Mary Tudor  = 1515, Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, KG (1484-1545)

(1496-1533)

I

Lady Eleanor Brandon  =1537, Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland

(d. 1547)

I

Lady Margaret Clifford  =1555, Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby KG

(c. 1540-96)

I

Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby =c.1580, Alice Spencer

(c.1559-94)

I

Lady Frances Stanley = John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgwater

(1583-1635/6)

I

John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater = Lady Elizabeth Cavendish

(1623-86)

I

John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater = Lady Jane Powlett

(1646-1701)

I

Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater = Lady Elizabeth Churchill

(1681-1745)

I

Lady Anne Egerton =William Villiers, 3rd Earl of Jersey

(d. 1762)

I

George, 4th Earl of Jersey = Frances Twysden

(1735-1805)

I

Lady Caroline Villiers =Henry, 1st Marquess of Anglesey

(1768-1854)

I

Lady Jane Paget = Francis, 2nd Marquess Conyngham

(1798-1876)

I

George, 3rd Marquess Conyngham = Lady Jane Stanhope

(1825-1882)

I

Henry, 4th Marquess Conyngham = Frances Eveleigh de Moleyns

(1857-1897)

I

Frederick, 6th Marquess Conyngham = Antoinette Thompson

(1890-1974)

 I

Frederick Conyngham, 7th Marquess Conyngham = Eileen Newsam

(1924-2009)

I

Henry, 8th Marquess Conyngham = Juliet Kitson

(born 23 May, 1951)