Lady Sibell Rowley

Lady Sibell Rowley (nee Lygon) who died 31 October, 2005, aged 98, was the second of the four daughters of the 7th Earl Beauchamp, KG, PC, KCMG (1872-1938), by his wife, the former Lady Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor, JP (d. 1936), sister of the 2nd Duke of Westminster.
She was born 10 Oct, 1907. Her siblings included William, the 8th (and last) Earl Beauchamp, and Lady Mary Lygon, who married in 1939 (div. 1956) H.H. Prince Vsevolode Joannovitch of Russia, son of Prince John Constaninovitch of Russia, by his wife Princess Helene of Serbia.
Lady Sibell, Master of Fox Hounds with the Ledbury Hunt in the 1950s, married 11 Feb, 1939, Flight-Lieutenant Michael Richard Bernard Rowley, scion of that BLG family, and descended from the Corbet Baronets. He died 19 September, 1952.
Lady Sibell's funeral is to take place at the family seat of the Earls Beauchamp, Madresfield Court, near Malvern, Worcestershire.

Source: Daily Telegraph 3 Nov, 2005

Cecilia Emily Loudon

Juliet Cordelia Diana Loudon (nee Darell-Brown) wife of Jonkheer Marcus F. Loudon, gave birth to a daughter Cecilia Emily, 30 October, 2005. Marcus is the son of Jonkheer and Mrs George Loudon, of Kensington, London, & Juliet [b. 1973], is the only daughter of Mr Anthony Darell-Brown, late the Royal Green Jackets, of Witnesham, Suffolk, by his wife, the former Hon. Christina Louise Vanneck, daughter of the 6th Baron Huntingfield, [1915-94].

Source: Daily Telegraph 3 Nov, 2005

Ruggles-Brise/French engagement

The engagement was announced 25 October, 2005, between Archibald EDward (Archie) Ruggles-Brise (b. 1979), scion of the Ruggles-Brise Baronets (cr. 1935), eldest son of Timothy Edward Ruggles-Brise (b. 1945), of Fichingfield, Essex, and Mrs Ruggles-Brice & Anna C. French, daughter of Mr & Mrs Robin French, of Lavenham, Suffolk.
Archie's father is heir presumptive to the baronetcy of his uncle, Sir John Ruggles-Brise, 2nd Bt

Source: Daily Telegraph 25 Oct 2005

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Lopes/Parker Bowles engagement

The engagement was announced 2 November, 2005, between Harry Marcus George Lopes (b. 1977), scion of the Barons Roborough, only son of the Hon. George Edward Lopes (b. 1945), of Yealmpton, Plymouth, Devon, by his wife, the former Hon. Sarah Violet Astor (b. 1953), & Laura Rose Parker Bowles (b. 1978), scion of the Earls of Macclesfield, only daughter of Brigadier Andrew Henry Parker Bowles, OBE (b. 1939), and of Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall.
Harry Lopes is a grandson paternally of the 2nd Baron Roborough (1903-92), and a grandson maternally of the 2nd Baron Astor of Hever (1918-84), by his wife Lady Irene Haig, daughter of Field Marshal the 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE (1861-1928), &C.

Source: The Times 2 November, 2005

Younger/Stainton engagement

The engagement was announced 22 October 2005, between Sir Julian William Richard Younger, 4th Baronet (b. 10 Feb, 1950), son of the late Maj-Gen. Sir John Younger, 3rd Baronet, by his first wife, Stella Jane, daughter of the Rev. John George Lister, and former wife of ----Dodd; & Anthea Stainton, daughter of the late Sir Anthony Stainton, KCB, QC, and Mrs Barbara Stainton.
Source: Daily Telegraph 22 Oct 2005 ***

Anne Lady Scott

Anne Lady Scott, who died 16 October, 2005, was the widow of Sir James Walter Scott, 2nd Baronet (1924-93), sometime Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, of Rotherfield Park, Alton, Hampshire. She was the former Anne Constantia Austin, the elder daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Clive Grantham Austin, DL, of that BLG family, of Roundwood, Micheldever, Hampshire, by his wife the former Lady Lilian Mary Theodora Lumley (b. 1900; d. Aug 1981), sister of the 11th Earl of Scarbrough. She married 8 Dec, 1951, the then James Scott, and had issue, 3 sons and 2 daughters (1 dau is deceased). Her eldest son is Sir James Jervoise Scott, 3rd Baronet, b. 12 Oct, 1952.

Source: Daily Telegraph 19 Oct 2005

Brigadier Toby St George Caulfeild

Brigadier Toby St George Caulfeild, CBE, who died 27 September, 2005, aged 86, was scion of the Viscounts Charlemont (Ireland 1665). He was b. 1919, son of Colonel St George Frederick Gordon Caulfeild, RM (1881-1973), by his wife Eila Rosslyn John (d. 1973), and was educated at Wellington. Career:--> late the Royal Artillery; Instructor, Staff College, 1955-57; and Officer Commanding, 7th Parachute Regiment, RHA 1960-62; UK National Military Representative, SHAPE 1971-74; served in France 1939-40, South East Asia 1942-45, Korea 1952, Malaya 1958-59; received the MBE (Military) 1952; advanced to CBE (Mil) 1974. He married firstly in 1942 (div 1951) Mary, daughter of Sir William Lindsay Murphy, KCMG; married 2ndly, 1959, Agnes Sheila, daughter of Edward Buckmaster Robinson. He is survived by issue from his first marriage, a son, Toby (b. 1943), and a daughter, Grania Mary (b. 1947), wife since 1970 of the life peer Baron Cavendish of Furness, scion of the Dukes of Devonshire.

Source: Daily Telegraph 27 Oct 2005

Colonel Philip van Straubenzee

Colonel Philip van Straubenzee,DSO, JP, DL, of Spennithorne House, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, of that BLG family (descended from a Dutch family) died 20 Oct 2005. He was aged 93. He was born at Johannesburg 2 March 1912; and educated at Aysgarth and Sherborne; he was a deputy lieutenant of the North Riding from 1959; he married in 1954, Imogen Clutterbuck (who died in London, 4 June, 1980) daughter of Maj-Gen Walter Clutterbuck, of Hornby Castle, Bedale; by whom he had 2 daughters, Henrietta (who m. 21 May 1977, Nicholas Browne), and Joanna (who m. 1981, Gerald Charles William Farrell, a grandson of the 6th Marquess of Anglesey).

St Aldwyn/Wigan marriage

The marriage took place 21 October, 2005, between Michael Henry Hicks Beach, 3rd Earl St Aldwyn (b. 7 Feb, 1950), son of the late 2nd Earl St Aldwyn, GBE, TD, PC (who died 29 January,1992), by his wife, the former Diana Mills, descended from the Barons Hillingdon (who also d. 1992); & Mrs Louise Wigan. A service of blessing was held at Coln St Aldwyns, Cirencester, Gloucestershire.

Source: Daily Telegraph 28 Oct, 2005 ***

Lady Patricia Milnes Coates

Lady Patricia Milnes Coates, who died at her home at Helperby, Yorkshire, shortly before 24 Oct 2005, aged 92, was the widow of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Robert Edward James Clive Milnes Coates, DSO, 3rd Baronet (b. 27 Sept, 1907; d. 9 May, 1982).
She was born 29 October, 1912, as Lady Ethel Patricia Hare, elder daughter of the 4th Earl of Listowel (1866-1931), by his wife Freda, daughter of the 2nd Baron Derwent. Her siblings included the 5th Earl of Lisowel, the 1st Viscount Blakenham, and Lady Elizabeth Hare, who married, as her 1st husband, the Guinness heir Maj. the Viscount Elveden, son and heir of the 2nd Earl of Iveagh (and was mother of the 3rd Earl).
Lady Patricia married firstly, 12 Nov 1936, Lt-Col Charles Thomas Milnes Gaskell, Coldstream Guards, scion of that BLG family. He died on active service, in a flying accident, 5 Nov 1943; she married secondly, 4 September, 1945, Robert Milnes Coates, who succeeded to the family baronetcy 4 Sept, 1971, and died in 1982.
Lady Patricia leaves 3 sons from her first union, James (b. 1937), Andrew (b. 1939) and Tom (b. 1942), and one son from her second marriage, Sir Anthony Robert Milnes Coates, 4th Baronet (b. 8 Dec, 1948), and a daughter from the second marriage, Mary (b. 1947).
The funeral took place at St Peter's Church, Brafferton & Helperby, Thursday 27 Oct 2005.

Source YP 24 Oct 2005

Sir Nigel Mobbs

Sir Nigel Mobbs, Kt, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, since 1997; Chairman of Slough Estates since 1976; Chairman of Bovis Homes; and a Director of Barclays Bank died........He was aged 68.
Gerald Nigel Mobbs was born 22 September, 1937, the son of Gerald Aubrey Mobbs by his wife Elizabeth Lanchester, and was educated at Marlborough College, and at Christ Church, Oxford.
Career:-->joined Slough Estates plc in 1960; Director 1963; Managing Director 1971; Chief Executive 1976-96; Director, Barclays Bank Trust Co. Ltd 1973-86 (Chairman 1985-86); Charterhouse Group 1974-84 (Chairman 1977-83); Kingfisher PLC (formerly Woolworth Holdings) 1982-96 (Deputy Chairman 1990-95; Chairman 1995-96); Cookson Group plc 1985-93; Howard De Walden Estates from 1989; Chairman, Groundwork Foundation 1990-94; Chairman, Corporate Health (formerly Slough Occupational Health Service) from 1976; Chairman of Slough Social Fund; Property Services Agency Advisory Board, 1980-86; Aims for Industry 1985-2002; Advisory Panel on Deregulation, Department of TRade and Industry, 1988-94; President Slough and District Chamber of Commerce 1969-72; Vice-President, Association of British Chambers of Commerce 1976-90 (Chairman 1974-76); President, British Property Federation 1979-81; Member of the Committee on Corporate Governance 1996-98; Member, Commonwealth War Graves Commission 1988-97; Trustee of the National Army Museum from 1994; Commissioner, Royal Hospital Chelsea from 2000; Chairman, Wembley Task Force from 1999; President, Bucks Association of Boys' Clubs, 1984-97; Hon. TReasurer, Conservative Party, 1993-96; Chairman of the Council of the University of Buckingham 1987-98, &c. Mobbs was knighted in 1986.
He married in 1961, the Hon. Pamela Jane Marguerite Berry, second daughter of the 2nd Viscount Kemsley, by whom he had issue, a son, Christopher, b. 1965, and twin daughters, Virginia and Penelope, b. 1968.

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6th Marquis of Headfort

The Marquis of Headfort, sixth holder of the peerage (created in 1800), who was also a Baronet (1704), Baron Headfort (1760), Viscount Headfort (1762), Earl of Bective (1766), Baron Kenlis (UK 1831), died at Kenlis House, Lubang Island, Philippines, 21 October, 2005. He was aged 73.
Lord Headfort was a company director, sometime air pilot and Hong Kong police inspector.
Thomas Geoffrey Charles Michael Taylour was born 20 January, 1932, the only son of the 5th Marquis, by his wife Elsie Florence (who died in 1972), daughter of J. Partridge Tucker, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and was educated at Stowe and at Christ's College, Cambridge (MA; Certificate of Proficiency in Estate Management).
Career: -->2nd Lieutenant, Life Guards 1950; acting Pilot Officer, RAFVR 1952; Director, Bective Electrical Co. Ltd, 1953; Sales Manager and Chief Pilot, Lancashire Aircraft Co., 1959; Freeman, Guild of Air Pilots & Air Navigators, 1958; Piloted Prospector aircraft around Africa, 1960; FRICS; Member of the Irish Auctioneers and Valuers Institute Council, Royal Agricultural Society of England 1961; Inspector, Royal Hong Kong Police, 1977; received Commercial Pilot's licence, 1967.
He succeeded to the peerage on the sudden death of his father, the 5th Marquis (he was 58) from a heart attack in Monte Carlo in October, 1960.
Lord Headfort's grandfather, the 4th peer, married the celebrated Gaity Girl, Rosie Boote.
The 6th Marquis was twice married, firstly, 2 May, 1958, at St James's Church, Spanish Place, London, to a goddaughter of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, the Hon. Elizabeth Angela Veronica Rose Nall-Cain, the only daughter of Lord Brocket, of Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire. This marriage ended in divorce in 1969; he married secondly, 1972, Virginia, daughter of Mr Justice Nable, of Manila.
He is survived by his second wife and by a son and two daughters from the first marriage. The son, Thomas Michael Ronald Christopher, styled Earl of Bective, who was born 10 February, 1959, now succeeds as 7th Marquis.
The funeral has taken place in Manila.

Source: Daily Telegraph 27 Oct 2005

Sir Edward Duckworth, 4th Baronet

Sir Edward Duckworth, 4th Baronet, died 7 October, 2005, after a short
illness. He was aged 62.

Edward Richard Dyce Duckworth was born 13th July, 1943, the elder son
of Sir Richard Dyce Duckworth, 3rd Baronet, of Shootash, Romsey,
Hampshire, by his wife Violet Alison (who d. 1996), daughter of
Lieutenant-Colonel George Boothby Wauchope, DSO, of The Mount House,
Highclere, Newbury, Berkshire.

He was educated at Marlborough, and Cranfield, and succeeded to the
baronetcy on the demise of his father in 1997.

The baronetcy was created in 1909 for the eminent physician Dyce
Duckworth, treasurer of the Royal College of Physicians 1884-1923, and
Hon. Physician to King Edward VII when Prince of Wales 1890-1901.

Sir Edward married in 1976, Patricia, daughter of Thomas Cahill, by
whom he had one son, James, and one daughter, Helen Dyce Duckworth, b.
1987.

The baronetcy now passes to his only son, James Dyce Duckworth, born in
1984.

Source: Daily Telegraph 17 October, 2005

Mariequita Radcliffe

Mariequita Radcliffe, who died at her home, 12 October, 2005, aged 89, was the mother of the Most Rev. Fr Timothy Radcliffe, OP, Prior Provincial of the Order of Preachers (The Dominicans) 1988-92, then Master of the Order of Preachers, 1992-2001.
She was born Maria Therese (known as "Mariequita") Pereira, 29 August, 1916, third daughter of Major-General Sir Cecil Edward Pereira, KCB, CMG, of the Coldstream Guards (1869-1942) by his wife the former Helen Lane Fox (d. 1957), daughter of George Sackville Frederick Lane Fox, JP, of Bramham Park, Boston Spa (head of that BLG family).
She married 15 Apr, 1937, Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh John Reginald Joseph Radcliffe, MBE, second son of Sir Everard Joseph Radcliffe, 5th Baronet, of Rudding Park, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, and St Trinian's Hall, Richmond, North Yorks, and had issue:-
Mark Hugh Joseph Radcliffe, b. 1938, heir presumptive to the Radcliffe Baronetcy (Teresa) Jane Radcliffe, b. 1939 Anthony Joseph Radcliffe, b. 1942 Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe, b. 1945 Paul John Joseph Radcliffe, b. 1949 Richard Joseph, b. 1954
The funeral takes place at the Roman Catholic Church, Whitchurch, Friday 28 October, 2005.

Source: Daily Telegraph 15 October, 2005

Lorna Peggy Maria Coventry

Miss Lorna Peggy Maria Coventry, who died 3rd October, 2005, aged 82, was a scion of the Earls of Coventry (created 1697).
She was a daughter of Fulwar Cecil Ashton Coventry, OBE (1874-1944), by his wife Lorna Mary, daughter of Capt. Peregrine H.T. Fellowes, Chief Constable of Hampshire, and was born in 1922. She never married.

Source: Daily Telegraph 18 October, 2005

Lady Crowther-Hunt

The Lady Crowther-Hunt, DL, widow of the life baron Lord Crowther-Hunt (1920-87), died at her home 15 October, 2005. She was aged 83.
She was the former Joyce Stackhouse, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Stackhouse, of Walsall Wood, Staffordshire; and married the then Norman Crowther-Hunt in 1944. She was the mother of three daughters, Elizabeth (b. 1947); Rosamund (b. 1950); and Penelope (b. 1955).
Lady C-H was a deputy lieutenant for Oxfordshire, and was President of Oxfordshire Guides. She was appointed Lazo Dama de Isabel la Catolica 1991.
The funeral takes place at St. Peter's Church, Wolvercote, Oxfordshire, 21 October, 2005.

Source: Daily Telegraph 18 October, 2005

Gale/Allsopp engagement

The engagement was announced 18 October, 2005, between Dr Christopher Gale, eldest son of Mr & Mrs Robert Gale, of Furneaux Pelham, Hertfordshire, and Melanie Angela Allsopp (b. 1977), scion of the Barons Hindlip, daughter of David Samuel Allsopp (b. 1933), of London, by his second wife, Sally.

Source: Daily Telegraph 18 October, 2005

Hancock/Hoyer Millar engagement

The engagement was announced, 18 October, 2005, between Matthew Hancock, son of Mr Michael Hancock and Mrs Shirley Carter, of Cheshire, and Martha Harriet Alice Hoyer Millar (b. 1976) only daughter of the Hon. Alastair James Harold Hoyer Millar, (b. 1936), & Mrs Hoyer Millar, of London.
Martha Hoyer Millar is a granddaughter paternally of the 1st Baron Inchyra, GCMG, CVO, (1900-89), & a niece of the 2nd Baron; & is a great-granddaughter (through her mother's maternal family) of the 1st Viscount Camrose.

Source: Daily Telegraph 18 October, 2005

Baring/Grace engagement

The engagement was announced 18 October, 2005, between Alexander Francis Baring (b. 1978), eldest son of the late (Andrew) Michael (Geoffrey) Baring, scion of the Baring Baronets (created 1911), and descended from the Barons Northbrook, and Mrs Baring, of Marlborough, Wilts, & Carolyn L. Grace, daughter of Mr & Mrs Oliver Grace, of Locust Valley, New York, USA.

Source: The Times 18 October, 2005

Hanbury baby...

Anne Hanbury, [nee Samarine], wife of Sam Hanbury, [see Burke's Landed Gentry], gave birth, in Singapore, to a third son, 17 October, 2005, a brother for Ivan, b. 25 Feb, 2000, and for Nicolai, b. 11 Oct, 2004.

Source: Times 18 October, 2005

Felix von und zu Guttenberg

Reichsfreiherr Philipp-Franz von und zu Guttenberg and his wife, the former Hon. Alexandra Louise Macdonald (b. 1973), were presented with a son, Felix, born in Austria, 14 October, 2005, a brother for Johannes (Joe), born in Austria, 12 January, 2004.
Philipp is a son of Reichsfreiherr Georg-Enoch von und zu Guttenberg and Christiane Henkell-von Ribbentrop [nee Grafin von und zu Eltz], of Schloss Guttenberg, Germany, and the Alexandra is the eldest daughter of the 8th Baron Macdonald [Chief of the name and arms of Macdonald], of Kinloch Lodge, Isle of Skye.

Source: The Times 18 October, 2005

Patricia Jean Aykroyd

Patricia Jean Aykroyd, who died 14 October, 2005, aged 79, was a daughter of Colonel George Hammond Aykroyd, TD (1900-72), scion of the Aykroyd Baronets, of Lightcliffe (created in 1920) by his wife, Margaret Roberts Aykroyd, scion of the Aykroyd Baronets, of Birstwith Hall (created in 1929). She was born in 1925, and was unmarried.

Source: The Times 17 October, 2005

Hon. Helen Elizabeth Ward

The Hon. Helen Elizabeth Ward, who died in July, 2005, was a daughter of the 6th Viscount Bangor, PC, OBE (1868-1950). She was born in 1912, and was unmarried.

Source: Daily Telegraph "Recent Wills" 15th Oct, 2005

Keswick/Davidson engagement

The engagement was announced 15 October, 2005, between Adam Keswick (b. 1973), third son of Sir (John) Chippendale Lindley (known as "Chips") Keswick, of London, descended from the extinct Barons Lindley, by his wife, the former Lady Sarah Ramsay (b. 1945), & Clare J. Davidson, daughter of Mr & Mrs Peter Davidson, of Rickford, Somerset.
Adam Keswick is a grandson maternally of the 16th Earl of Dalhousie, KT, GCVO, GBE (1914-1999).

Source: Daily Telegraph 15 Oct, 2005

Goodhart/Fletcher marriage

The marriage took place 7 October, 2005, at St Mary's Church, Masham, North Yorkshire, between James Henry *Jamie* Goodhart (b. 1970), eloder son of Mr Joseph Henry Goodhart, of Great Givendale, Pocklington, York, by his wife, the former Fiona Ann Bowes Lyon (b. 1944), scion of the Earls of Strathmore & Kinghorne, and Miss Samantha J. Fletcher, daughter of Mr Robert Fletcher, of Coneysthorpe, York, and Ann Fletcher, of Burton Fleming, East Yorkshire.

Source: Daily Telegraph 13 October, 2005

William James Watson

Lucilla Ruby Watson, b. 1970, [nee Bathurst], wife of James Watson, gave birth to a son, William James, 8 October, 2005, a brother for Flora Mary, who was b. 5 March, 2004.
Lucilla is a daughter of Admiral of the Fleet Sir [David] Benjamin Bathurst, GCB, [b. 1936], scion of the Earls Bathurst, sometime First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, and First and Principal Naval ADC to Queen Elizabeth II, 1993-95, by his wife Sarah Christian Pandora Peto, scion of the Peto Baronets.

Source: Daily Telegraph 15 October, 2005

Baroness Valentine

The life barony recently awarded to Josephine Clare Valentine has been gazetted in the name, style and title of BARONESS VALENTINE, of Putney, in the London Borough of Wandsworth.
The Baroness isn't in my Who's Who. I have none of her biographical details....

Lady Durie

Lady Durie, who died 8 October, 2005, was the widow of Sir Alexander Charles Durie, Kt, CBE, the businessman, sometime Managing Director of Shell-Mex and BP, who was knighted in 1977.
She was the former Joyce May Hargreaves, daughter of Lionel Richard Hargreaves and married Sir Alexander (b. 15 July, 1915) in 1941. He was a son of Charles Durie, who d. 1948. Lady Durie leaves 1 son, Alistair, and one daughter, Juliet, who married in 1968, the Hon. (John) Greville Napier (1939-88), a son of the 13th Lord Napier & Ettrick.

Source: The Times 12 October, 2005

Johnson/Hamilton engagement

The engagement was announced 13 October, 2005, between Dominic R.A. Johnson, son of the late Patrick Johnson and Madame Ivan Brumpt, & the Hon. Alice Rose Alethea Hamilton (b. 1974) youngest daughter of the Baron Hamilton of Epsom (b. 1941), a life peer, by his wife, the former Anne Catharine Napier.
Alice Hamilton is a granddaughter paternally of the late 3rd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, GCVO (1911-90), a Lord in Waiting to the Queen.

Source: The Times 13 October, 2005

John de la Rue

John De La Rue, who died 5 October, 2005, aged 51, was a younger son of Sir Eric Vincent De La Rue, 3rd Baronet, and a brother of Sir Andrew George Ilay De La Rue, 4th Baronet. He was born in 1953, and educated at Eton. Husband of Barbara.

Source: The Times 13 October, 2005

Grace Elizabeth Godwin

Liberty Godwin [nee Bromley-Davenport] wife since December, 2000, of Mr Charles Godwin, gave birth to a daughter, Grace Elizabeth, 29 September, 2005, a sister for William Nicholas (Billy), who was b. 11 June, 2004.
Mr Godwin is a son of Mr Mark Godwin and Mrs Sarah Plail, and Liberty, is the only daughter of Mr & Mrs William Bromley-Davenport, of that BLG family.

Source: Daily Telegraph 12 October, 2005

Livingstone-Learmonth/Dudgeon engagement

The engagement was announced 8 October, 2005, between L. Max. B. Livingstone-Learmonth, scion of the BLG family of Livingstone-Learmonth formerly of Parkhall, son of Mr & Mrs George Livingstone-Learmonth, & Sarah P. Dudgeon, daughter of Mr & Mrs Peter Dudgeon.

Source: The Times 8 October, 2005

Clark/Tufton engagement

The engagement was announced 8 October, 2005, between Martin G.M. Clark, only son of Dr Paul Clark and Mrs Pené Clark, both of Milton Keynes, and the Hon. Emma Tufton (b. 1976) only daughter of the 6th Baron Hothfield, of Drybeck Hall, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria, by his wife Lucinda Marjorie Gurney (descended from the extinct de Bathe Baronets).

Source: Daily Telegraph 8 October, 2005

Abigail Studd

Emma R. Studd (nee Timpson) dau of Mr & Mrs Rodney Timpson and wife of (Christopher) Andrew Eric Studd, (b. 1968), younger son of Sir Edward Fairfax Studd, 4th Baronet, and Lady Studd, gave birth to a daughter, Abigail India Avearii, 21 September, 2005, a sister for Daisy Amelia, who was b. 27 December, 2003.
Andrew Studd is a direct descendant of King James II and his mistress Arabella Churchill.

Source: Daily Telegraph 11 October, 2005

William Ross Jamie Eastaugh

Dr Lisa Eastaugh (nee Hodgetts) wife of Edward John Hugh Eastaugh, (b. 1970), gave birth to a son, William Ross Jamie, at London, Ontario, 8 October, 2005.
Edward Eastaugh is the second son of the late Rt. Rev. John Eastaugh, sometime Bishop of Hereford (d. 1990), & Mrs John Eastaugh, & Dr Eastaugh is a daughter of Dr & Mrs Ross Hodgetts, of Edmonton, Canada.
Edward Eastaugh's mother was the former Bridget Nicola Chance, (b. : 1931), daughter of Sir Hugh Chance, CBE, (1896-1981), & a great-granddaughter of Sir James Timmins Chance, 1st Baronet, (1814-1902).
The Eastaugh's have other aristocratic connections. The Rt. Rev. Cyril Eastaugh, sometime Bishop of Peterborough, married, in 1948, Lady : Laura Palmer, second daughter of the 3rd Earl of Selborne.

Source: Daily Telegraph 11 Oct, 2005

Sir Robert Ricketts, 7th Baronet

Sir Robert Cornwallis Gerald St. Leger Ricketts, 7th Baronet, retired solicitor, died suddenly at his home, 6 October, 2005. He was aged 87.
He was born 8 November, 1917, the son of Sir Claude Albert Frederick Ricketts, 6th Baronet, by his wife Lilian Helen Gwendoline Hill, and was educated at Haileybury and at Magdalene College Cambridge (2nd Class Hons in History and Law, BA 1939, MA 1943).
Career:-->served in WWII as Captain, Devon Regiment; Personal Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Gibraltar, 1942-45; ADC to the Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey 1945-46; formerly partner in Wellington & Clifford. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the demise of his father, 11 November, 1937.
He married in 1945, Anne Theresa Cripps, CBE (b. 12 April, 1919; d. 16 January, 1998), Chairman of the National Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux 1979-84, second daughter of the former Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, by his wife Dame Isobel, and scion of the Barons Parmoor.
Sir Robert is survived by 2 sons and 2 daughters. The baronetcy (created in 1828) passes to his elder son, Robert Tristram Ricketts (b. 17 Apr, 1946), Secretary General, British Horseracing Board since 2000.
The funeral and thanksgiving service is to take place at Minchinhampton Parish Church, Glos, 20 Oct, 2005.

Source: Daily Telegraph 10 Oct 2005

Lady Campbell

Lady Campbell, who died in New Zealand, 5 October, 2005, was the second wife of Sir Robin Auchinbreck Campbell, 15th Baronet, and was a first cousin of HRH The Duchess of Kent.
She was the former Elizabeth Colegate, one of the four daughters of Sir Arthur Colegate, Kt (d. 1956), sometime Conservative MP for Burton-on-Trent, of Bembridge, Isle of Wight, by his wife, the former Winifred Mary Worsley, daughter of Sir William Worsley, 3rd Baronet.
She married firstly, 1947 (div. 1956) Richard Wellesley Gunston (later Sir Richard Gunston, 2nd Baronet, who d. 1991), a descendant of the Dukes of Wellington; and married secondly, as his second wife, Sir Robin (who succeeded to the baronetcy in 1970), at St Thomas's Church, Fendalton, Christchurch, New Zealand, 4 November, 1978. (Source: Daily Telegraph 7 Nov, 1978). (Sir Robin's first wife, the former Rosemary (Sally) Dean, had died at Montanau, North Canterbury, New Zealand, earlier in 1978 (Source: Daily Telegraph 8 Mar 1978).
She leaves a daughter from the first marriage, Caroline Jane, b. 1950, who m. 1971, Jonathan Robert Felton Peel, and has issue.
A Memorial Service takes place 28 Oct 2005, at Holt Trinity Church, Bembridge, Isle of Wight.


Source: Daily Telegraph 8 Oct 2005

Lady Cotterell, MBE

Lady Cotterell, MBE, who died 5 October, 2005, was the wife of Sir John Henry Geers Cotterell, 6th Baronet, Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire since 1998; Chairman, Radio Wyvern 1980-97.
She was the former (Vanda) Alexandra Clare Bridgewater, daughter of Major Philip Alexander Clement Bridgewater, and married Sir John, a grandson maternally of the 7th Earl Beauchmap, in 1959. He succeeded to the baronetcy (cr. 1805) in 1978.
She was the mother of Harry, Milly, James and David.
A Memorial service will take place at Hereford Cathedral, 25 November, 2005.

Source: Daily Telegraph 10 Oct 2005

Lord James Russell marries Dawn Alexander

The marriage took place 24 September, 2005, at the First Presbyterian Church, Fifth Avenue and 12th Street, New York City, United States, between Lord James Edward Herbrand Russell (b. 1975), third son of the late 14th Duke of Bedford (1940-2003) and of Henrietta Duchess of Bedford, and Miss Dawn Alexander.

Source: Daily Telegraph 8 October, 2005

Andrew Owen Earle Raven, OBE

Andrew Owen Earle Raven, OBE, who died 2 October, 2005, aged 46, from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, was descended from the BLG family of Smith of Midhurst, and was thus a kinsman of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

He was born 22 January, 1959, eldest son of John Earle Raven, by his wife the former Constance Faith Alethea Hugh Smith, and was educated at Marlborough, Bristol University (BA); Aberdeen University.
Raven's maternal grandgfather, Owen Hugh Smith, JP (1869-1958), a younger brother of the 1st Baron Bicester, married Emmeline, daughter of another kinsman, Eustace Abel Smith (of the BLG family Smith of Longhills). Owen Smith had, in 1930, bought the 35,000-acre Ardtornish estate on the Morvern peninsula in western Lochaber.

Career:->with Smith Gore land agency in Edinburgh from 1985, seconded to the Nature Conservancy Council; managed a variety of rural estates; Trustee of the John Muir Trust, 1989; Member of the Council of the Rural Forum, 1992; Scottish Consumer Council, 1995; Director of Land Management for the John Muir Trust, 1995; Chairman of the Deer Commission for Scotland, 1998; he was a Trustee of the £30 million project for a Millennium Forest for Scotland, and in 2000 he was appointed a Commissioner of the Forestry Commission, becoming the chairman of its National Committee for Scotland in 2003. Amidst all this activity, he was also able to chair, since 2001, the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, the government-funded research institution in Aberdeen whose purpose is to provide a long-term, strategic view of the physical, environmental, and social consequences of land use.
He was appointed OBE in 2005.

He married in 1987, Amanda Game. No children.

Source: Daily Telegraph 7 Oct, 2005

Wentworth Stanley baby

Millie Wentworth-Stanley, (nee Brenninckmeijer), wife of Nicholas Wentworth-Stanley (b. 1954), (of the BLG family of that name), gave birth to a daughter, 6 October, 2005.
Nick Wentworth-Stanley, is a son of the late Geoffrey David Wentworth-Stanley (1924-2005) by his wife, the former Bridget Pease, daughter of Maj. Philip Ivan Pease, by his wife, the former Doris Crichton, scion of the Earls of Erne.
Nick's paternal grandfather married a Brocklebank of the Brocklebank Baronets. Nick's first wife, Clare, is now the wife of the 4th Marquess of Milford Haven.

Source: Daily Telegraph 8 October, 2005

von der Schulenburg/Dalzell Payne engagement

The engagement was announced 7 October, 2005, between Graf Jeffrey Werner von der Schulenburg, 1st son of the late Friedrich Graf von der Schulenburg, and of Susanna Gräfin von der Schulenburg, and Miss Flavia Helen Legh Dalzell Payne, second daughter of Major-General Henry Salusbury Legh (Harry) Dalzell Payne, CBE (b. 1929), by his former wife Serena Helen, daughter of Colonel Clifford White Gourlay, MC, TD.

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Source: Daily Telegraph 7 October, 2005

Tufton/Burgess engagement

The engagement was announced 7 October, 2005, between Dr the Hon. William Sackville Tufton (b. 14 November, 1977), son and heir of the 6th Baron Hothfield, of Drybeck Hall, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria, by his wife Lucinda Marjorie Gurney (descended from the extinct de Bathe Baronets), & Elizabeth A. Burgess, only daughter of Mr Robin Burgess, of Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, by his wife, Jean.

Source: Daily Telegraph 7 October, 2005

Henry/Borthwick marriage

The marriage took place 17 September, 2005, at Crichton Collegiate Church, Midlothian, between Peter John Henry, son of Mrs Ian Henry, of Blairgowrie and the late Mr Ian Henry, and the Hon. Alexandra Borthwick (b. 1977), younger daughter of the 24th Lord Borthwick & Lady Borthwick, of Heriot, Midlothian.

Source: Daily Telegraph 3 October, 2005

Sienna Mitford

Emma Mitford (nee Hoddell) wife of James Mitford (of Mitford-Slade LG, and kin of the Slade Baronets), gave birth to a daughter, Sienna, 30 September, 2005, a sister for India, who was b. 25 August, 2003.

Source: The Times 7 Oct 2005
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Henderson/Munro Wilson engagement

The engagement was announced 6 October, 2005 between Ross L. Henderson, son of Mr and Mrs Lindsay Henderson, of Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, and Charlotte A.L. Munro-Wilson, eldest daughter of Mr Broderick Munro-Wilson, merchant banker, childhood friend of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, of Little Venice, London, and Mrs Michael Peacock, of Duddington, Lincolnshire.

Source: The Times 6 Oct 2005

Hon. Fiennes Gilbert Carleton Harris

Viscountess FitzHarris, (nee Jemima Fulford-Dobson) wife of James Hugh Carleton Harris, styled Viscount Fitzharris (b. 29 Apr, 1970), son and heir of the 7th Earl of Malmesbury & the Countess of Malmesbury, gave birth to a son, the Hon. Fiennes Gilbert Carleton Harris, 29 September, 2005, a brother for the Hon. (James Michael) Oswald Harris, b. 26 April, 1999, and the Hon. Letitia Harris, b. ?
Viscountess FitzHarris is a daughter of Capt. Michael Fulford-Dobson, CVO, RN (b. 6 Apr, 1931) Lord Lieutenant of Dorset since 1999, a Gentleman Usher to the Queen 1985-99, by his wife the former Elizabeth Barbara Mary Rose Tate.

Source: Daily Telegraph 7 October, 2005

Lady Reilly

Lady Reilly, physiotherapist and writer, died 1 October, 2005. She was aged 83.
Her books include: 'In the Shadow of a Saint' (1983); 'The Household of St Thomas More' (1985).
She was born Ruth Margaret Cude, 17 May, 1922, the youngest daughter of Edmund Cude (who died in 1970), of Ashbrittle, Church Vale, London N2, by his wife Alice Marian Haswell (who died in 1974).
She was four times married, 1stly, in 1947, to Frank Davies, who died in 1959, son of Frederick Davies, by whom she had one daughter; married 2ndly, 1963, (Peter) Rupert Waterlow, who died in 1969, only son of Sir Philip Alexander Waterlow, 4th Baronet (who died in 1973); married 3rdly, 1969, Sir Arthur Lionel Pugh Norrington, JP, sometime President of Trinity College, Oxford, who died in 1982, of Grenville Manor, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire; married 4thly, Sir D'Arcy Patrick Reilly, GCMG, OBE (1909-99).
Her death notice in The Times and Daily Telegraph says she was _Lady Norrington Reilly_.
Her step-son is Sir Christopher Rupert Waterlow, 5th Baronet.

Source: The Times 6 October 2005

Lady Dillon

Lady Dillon, who died at Cavan General Hospital, 1 October, 2005, aged 89, was the widow of Sir Robert William Charlier Dillon, 8th Baronet (cr. 1801) (a Baron of the Holy Roman Empire, cr. 1782), who died in 1982, when the baronetcy became extinct.
She was the former Ella Synolda Augusta Cholmondeley Clarke, descended from the Barons Hemphill, daughter of Cecil Butler Cholmondeley Clarke, of The Hemitage, Holycross, Co Tipperary, and married Sir Robert in 1947.
The funeral takes place at St Mary's, Donnybrook, Dublin, Friday 7 October, 2005.

Source: Daily Telegraph 5 October, 2005

Bird/Hope-Dunbar engagement

The engagement was announced 4 October, 2005, between Giles E.A. Bird, 1st son of Mr & Mrs John Bird, of Ickham, Kent, & Philippa Hope-Dunbar (b. 1973) 1st daughter of Sir David Hope-Dunbar, 8th Baronet, of Kirkcudbright, Dumfriesshire, & Lady Hope-Dunbar.

Source: Daily Telegraph 4 October, 2005

Lethbridge/Barkas engagement

The engagement was announced 4 October, 2005, between John Francis Buckler Noel Lethbridge (b. 10 March, 1977), son and heir of Sir Thomas Periam Hector Noel Lethbridge, 7th Baronet, of Newmarket, Suffolk, & Susan Lady Lethbridge, of Milverton, Somerset, & Nicola E. Barkas, 1st daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs Anthony Barkas, of Hardwick, Oxfordshire.
Source: Daily Telegraph 4 October 2005

Pamela Mary Clive

Pamela Mary Clive (nee Rudgard), died 29 September, 2005. She was a daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Rudgard, OBE, and married firstly, 1939, Major Patrick Langdon Yorke, of the Royal Corps of Signals (b. 1916, died of wounds received in action in NW Europe 1945), scion of the Earls of Hardwicke (cr. 1754), by whom she had issue; married 2ndly, 1950, Robert Michael Clive, The Spinney, Great Shelford, Cambridge
Her children:-
Caroline Yorke, b. 1941, married 1969, Peter Roy Chamberlain Robert Anthony Yorke, b. 1944, married 1975, Morag Dow Philip Clive Kate Clive
A Service of Thanksgiving takes place at St Mary The Virgin, Great Shelford, Cambridge, 17 October, 2005.

Phoebe Gloria West

Harriet E. West (nee Gosling), wife of Damian K.T.E. West, & scion of the BLG family of Gosling, of Thrimley House, gave birth to a daughter, Phoebe Gloria, 29 September, 2005.
Harriet West is a daughter of the late Capt (Henry) Miles Gosling (a godson of HRH the late Duke of Gloucester), of Stratton Audley Park, Bicester, Oxfordshire, by his wife Elizabeth Rosemary, widow of Richard Marler, and daughter of Thomas Norris Russell Browning, of Co. Limerick (of the Irish BLG family).
Harriet West's paternal grandfather, George Edward Gosling (1889-1938) married in 1924, Helen Violet, eldest daughter of Lord Percy St. Maur (of the Dukes of Somerset).
Damian West is the eldest son of Mrs Moya West and the late George West, of Grindleford, Derbyshire.

Grace Mary Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone

Cressida E. Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone (nee Bourke) wife of the Hon. Francis Patrick Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone (b. 23 September, 1965), gave birth to a daughter, Grace Mary, 15 September, 2005.
Francis Johnstone is the son and heir of the 5th Baron Derwent, LVO, by his wife Sybille Marie Louise Marcelle, daughter of Vicomte de Simard de Pitray.

Source: Daily Telegraph 5 October 2005

Pamela Gage (nee Lacon)

Pamela Gage (nee Lacon) who died 27 September, 2005, was a scion of the Lacon Baronets (cr. 1818).
She was born Pamela Abbott Lacon, in 1912, daughter of Gordon Massy Lacon (1886-1918), by his wife Phyllis, daughter of His Honour Judge Robert Woodfall. She married 1stly, 1936 (divorced 1946) John Edward Hodgson; married 2ndly, 1949, Wing Commander Philip S. Gage, RAF; & had issue issue from the first marriage, a son, Robert Hodgson (b. 1937), and a daughter, (Penelope) Jane, b. 1939.
Funeral service at Basingstoke Crematorium on Thursday 6 October, 2005.

Source: The Times

Betty Steele

Betty Steele, who died at Baltimore, United States, 23 September, 2005, aged 78, was, with her 3rd husband, Jock Leslie-Melville, responsible for founding Giraffe Manor, a conservation centre and guesthouse near Nairobi, Kenya, which helped to ensure the preservation of Rothschild's giraffe.
She was born Betty McDonnell, 7 March, 1927 in Baltimore, Maryland. She married first, Lloyd Anderson, by whom she had a son, Rick, who now runs Giraffe Manor; she married secondly, Dancy Bruce, by whom she had a daughter (and a son who predeceased her); she married 3rdly, in 1964, as his second wife, John David (Jock) Leslie-Melville (1933-84), son of the Hon. David William Leslie-Melville, MBE (1892-1938), by his second wife the former Eleanor Mary Abrahall; and a grandson of the 11th Earl of Leven & Melville. Jock Leslie-Melville died in 1984; she married 4thly, Vice-Admiral George Peabody Steele, whom she had met on safari, and who survives her with her son and daughter.

Source: Daily Telegraph 3 Oct 2005

Ottavia harriet Eliot

Alessandra D. Eliot (nee Cadorna) wife of William J. Eliot, gave birth to a daughter, Ottavia Harriet, 25 September, 2005, at Geneva.
William J. Eliot is a son of Colonel and Mrs John Eliot, of Hadlow Down, Sussex, and Alessandra D. Eliot is a daughter of Conte and Contessa Cadorna, of Pallanza, Italy.

Source: Daily Telegraph 3 October, 2005

Mercer Nairne/Aussudre engagement

The engagement was announced 1 October, 2005, between Samuel George (Sam) Mercer Nairne (b. 1976), 1st son of Lord Robert Harold Mercer Nairne (b. 1947), of Meikleour, Perthshire, by his wife, the former Jane Elizabeth Gordon (scion of the Marquesses of Huntly), & Mlle. Claire F. Aussudre, daughter of the late M. Jean-Charles Aussudre and of Mme Francoise Aussudre, of Bordeaux.
Sam Mercer Nairne is a grandson paternally of the 8th Marquess of Lansdowne, PC (1912-99), and a grandson maternally of Lt-Col Lord Douglas Claude Alexander Gordon, DSO.

Source: Daily Telegraph 1 Oct 2005

Margaret Nancy Colwyn de Winton

Margaret Nancy Colwyn de Winton, who died 26 September, 2005, aged 89, was the widow of Brigadier Reginald Pepys de Winton, CBE, late the 3rd Carbiniers (b. 3 Nov 1903), scion of the BLG family of De Winton formerly of Hatherley Court.
She was the former Margaret Rolph, daughter of Capt. Charles Colwyn Rolph, and married Brig. de Winton, 8 January, 1940. She was the mother of Anthony Charles Pepys de Winton, b. 3 Jan, 1944; and Anthea Elizabeth, b. 4 Feb, 1941.

Source: Daily Telegraph 28 September, 2005

Gibbs/Lee marriage

The marriage took place in London 21 September, 2005, between Sir Roger Geoffrey Gibbs, Kt (1994), b. 1934, scion of the Barons Aldenham & Hunsdon, Chairman, Fleming Family & Partners since 2000, son of the late Hon. Sir Geoffrey Cokayne Gibbs, KCMG (1901-75), by his wife, the former Helen Margaret Leslie, CBE (d. 1979), & Mrs Jane P. Lee.
Sir Roger is a grandson paternally of the 1st Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon (who was 4th son of the 1st Baron Aldenham).

Source: The Times 30 September, 2005

Bonham Carter/Boardman engagement

The engagement was announced 28 September, 2005, between Graham R. Bonham-Carter, son of the late Robin Bonham-Carter and Mrs Brenda Bonham-Carter, of London, and Mrs Kay P. Boardman, daughter of the late John William Faulkner and Mrs R. Avril Newsum, of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.

Source: Daily Telegraph 28 September 2005

Dyson/Cobbold engagement

MR J. DYSON AND MISS K. COBBOLD

The engagement is announced between Jack, son of Mr and Mrs John Dyson, of Barnes, London, and Kate, daughter of Mr Nicholas Cobbold, scion of that BLG family, of Eastcourt, Wiltshire, and Susan, Lady Brooke, of London, SW11

Source: The Times

Lady Sarah Maclean

The Lady Sarah Maclean, who died from cancer, 28 September, 2005, was a daughter of the 11th Earl of Aylesford.
She was born in 1950 as Lady Sarah Elizabeth Jane Finch-Knightley, elder daughter of the 11th Earl (b. 2 Nov, 1918), of Packington Old Hall, near Coventry, by his wife, the former Margaret Rosemary Tyer.
She married in 1974, Angus Nigel Garnet Maclean, 8th of Kilmoluaig, and was the mother of two sons, Angus Charles (b. 1976), and Ian Andrew (known as Bear, b. 1980).
The family funeral to be followed by a Service of Thanksgiving at The Estate Chapel of St. James, Packington Park, Meriden, Warwickshire CV7 7HF on Friday 7th October 2005.

Source: Daily Telegraph 30 Sep 2005

Lady Valentine Thynne

Lady Valentine Thynne, sister-in-law of the 7th Marquess of Bath, was found dead _last week_at her flat in Bristol having apparently taken her own life. She was the former Maria-Liese (known as Liese), daughter of Kenneth William Dennis, of Bristol, and Mrs K. Dennis, of Holland-on-Sea, Essex, and married (i) (divorced) the artist Karl Martin Weschke (b. 7 June, 1925; d. 20 February, 2005); married (ii) at The Old Meeting House, Horningsham, Wiltshire, 17 August, 1977, as his 3rd wife, Lord Valentine Charles Thynne (b. 1937; d. (committed suicide), 7 July, 1979), 3rd son of the 6th Marquess of Bath (1905-92) by his 1st wife the former Hon Daphne Vivian, dau of the 4th Baron Vivian.
Lady Valentine, once a top model as Liese Deniz, leaves a daughter Natasha, born circa 1967, from her first marriage.

Source: Daily Mail 28 September, 2005

Aerielle Frost Eweson 1917-2006

 Aerielle Frost Frazer Eweson (nee Frazer), died at Newport, Rhode Island, United States, 7 February, 2006, aged 88.

She was born in Ohio, United States, 23 August, 1917, daughter of Joseph Washington Frazer, of Newport, Rhode Island, and married 1stly, 15 July, 1939, Pilot Officer the Hon Michael Strutt (1914-1942), second son of the 3rd Baron Belper (1883-1956), and his first wife the Hon Eva Isabel Marion Bruce (1892-1987) (who was later Eva, Countess of Rosebery, wife of the 6th Ear of Rosebery).

Her first husband, the Hon Michael Bruce was killed with HRH The Duke of Kent in a flying accident on active service, 25 Aug, 1942.

Aerielle married 2ndly, 1947 (div 1967), Eric Eweson. She had a son from her first marriage, Joseph Raymond Michael Strutt (born 20 March, 1941, who was killed in a mountaineering accident, 8 August, 1973. Her son from her second marriage, Eric Anthony Frazer Eweson, born 25 February, 1948, died as the result of a motor accident at Salmo, British Columbia, Canada, 1 August, 1974.

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Robert Alexander Farquharson, CMG

Robert Alexander Farquharson, CMG, late of Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service (retired), sometime British Ambassador to Yugoslavia, Lord of the Manor of Bockleton, died 28 September, 2005. He was aged 80.
He was born 26 May, 1925, the son of Capt. J.P. Farquharson, DSO, OBE, RN, and Mrs Farquharson (nee Prescott-Decie), and was educated at Harrow and at King's College, Cambridge.
Career: - ->Served with the RNVR 1943-46; joined the Foreign (now Diplomatic) Service 1949; was 3rd Secretary at Moscow, 1950; Foreign Office 1952; 2nd Secretary at Bonn, 1955; 1st Secretary at Panama 1958; Paris 1960; Foreign Office 1964; Counsellor, Director of British Trade Development, South Africa 1967; Minister at Madrid, 1971; Consul-General at San Francisco, 1973; Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1977-80; Lay Canon of Salisbury Cathedral from 2000; &c.
He was appointed CMG in 1975.
He married in 1955, Joan Elizabeth, the only daughter of Sir William Ivo Mallet, GBE, KCMG, by whom he had 3 sons and one daughter. He was predeceased by one of his sons.
The funeral service is on 12th October, 2005, at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Blandford, Dorset followed by interment at All Saints, Langton Long.

Source: Daily Telegraph 29 Sep 2005

Stanhope infant

Candida Stanhope (nee Bond), wife of Viscountess Linley's brother, the Hon William Stanhope, only son of Viscount Petersham, and Virginia Viscountess Petersham, and grandson & eventual heir to the 11th Earl of Harrington, gave birth to a son, 26 September, 2005, a brother for Tirkana, a daughter, who was b. at Aberdeen 1 August, 2003.
The Stanhopes married 28 April, 2001. Candida is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Ian Bond.

Source: Daily Telegraph 29 September 2005

Sophie Emma Butler-Henderson

Claire Butler-Henderson (nee Nocton) wife of David James Butler-Henderson (b. 1967), gave birth to a daughter, Sophie Emma, 11 September, 2005.
David James Butler-Henderson is a scion of the Barons Faringdon, son of Mrs T. Rapley (nee Maria Cassy Ugena), of Moraira, Spain, and the late Alan Butler-Henderson, & Claire is a daughter of Dr & Mrs John Nocton, of Uckfield, East Sussex.
David is a grandson of Edward (Teddy) Butler-Henderson (1916-2002), & a great-grandson (paternally) of the 1st Baron Faringdon, & a gt-grandson of the 5th Baron Clarina. His paternal grandmother was Elizabeth Dacres Dixon, a granddaughter of the Hon. Henry Pelham, and a great-niece of the 4th Earl of Yarborough, &c.

Source: Daily Telegraph 29 September 2005

Jane Forbes (nee Dunbar-Nasmith)

Jane Forbes, who died at Edinburgh, 21 September 2005, aged 52, was the wife of Andrew Forbes, and mother of Anna, James, Isabel and David.
She was born Jane Dunbar-Nasmith 1 May 1953, elder daughter of Rear-Admiral David Dunbar-Nasmith, CB, DSC (1921-1997), Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland 1970-72, by his wife Elizabeth Gwendoline Bowlby (b. 1927), scion of that BLG family, daughter of Capt Henry Russell Bowlby (b. 1890, d.?) by his wife, the former Hermione Wisden.
Jane's paternal grandfather was Admiral Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, VC, KCB, KCMG (1883-1965) (formerly Nasmith), who married in 1920, Beatrix, daughter of Commander Harry Dunbar-Dunbar-Rivers, of Glen Rothes.
Admiral Dunbar-Nasmith (who assumed the additional surname of Dunbar) won the VC in 1915 for most conspicuous bravery in command of a submarine.

Source: The Times 24 September, 2005
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Petra Rose Tweedy

Mary-Claire Tweedy [nee Lewthwaite] [b. 1972], wife of Tim Tweedy, gave birth to a daughter, Petra Rose, 21 September, 2005, a sister for Charlie William, who was b. 16 September 2002, and for Ben Felix, who was b. 18 June 2004.
Mrs Tweedy is the younger daughter of David Ranald Lewthwaite, [b. 1940], son and heir of Brig. Sir Ranald Gilfrid Lewthwaite, 4th Baronet, [b.1913]. Mrs Tweedy's mother, the former Diana Helena Tomkinson [b. 1943], is a granddaughter maternally of Commander Sir Charles Rodney Blane, RN, 4th and last Baronet, [1879-1916].

Source: Daily Telegraph 28 September 2005
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Zia Mary Hambro

Alexandra S. Hambro (nee Babington) wife of G.J. [Jay] Hambro, scion of that BLG family, gave birth to a daughter, Zia Mary, 15 September, 2005.
Jay Hambro is the second son of Mr Peter Charles Percival Hambro, [b. 1945], and Mrs Hambro [the former Karen Guinevere Gould Brodrick], and Alexandra Hambro is the only daughter of Mr & Mrs Alistair Babington.
Jay Hambro is a grandson of Lt-Col Everard Bingham Hambro, MBE, d. 1971 [a great-grandson of Baron Hambro, created a Danish Baron in 1851, and founder of the Hambros as British bankers, by his first wife] .

Source: Daily Telegraph 26 September, 2005

Parker/Blixen-Finecke engagement

The engagement was announced 26 September, 2005, between Sebastian St John Parker, elder son of Mr & Mrs Michael St John Parker, of Bampton, Oxfordshire, & Baroness Louise von Blixen-Finecke, daughter of Baron Gustaf von Blixen-Finecke, of Stockholm, Sweden, & Mrs Eilert Gabrielson, of Flen, Sweden.

Source: Daily Telegraph 26 September, 2005

Sir James Brian Dalrymple-Hay, 6th Baronet

Sir James Brian Dalrymple-Hay, 6th Baronet, retired estate agent, died 21 September, 2005.He was aged 77.
He was born 19 January, 1928, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Brian George Rowland Dalrymple-Hay (who died on active service in 1943) by his wife Beatrice (d. 1935), daughter of A.W. Inglis, and was educated at Hillsbrow Preparatory School, Redhill; Blundell's School, Tiverton, Devon.
Career: -->Royal Marines 1946-47; Lieutenant Royal Marine Commando, 1947-49; Estate Agent and Surveyor's Pupil, 1949; Principal 1955-67; Partner, Whiteheads PLC Estate Agents, 1967, Director, Whiteheads 1983-85; Principal, Dalrymple-Hay Overseas 1985-87, &c.
Sir James, of Warnham, Horsham, West Sussex, married in 1958, Helen Sylvia, daughter of Stephen Herbert Card, by his wife, Molly, by whom he had 3 daughters, Fiona, Charlotte and Lucie.
He is succeeded in the baronetcy (created in 1798) by his younger brother, John Hugh Dalrymple-Hay, b. 16 Dec, 1929.
Funeral service on Tuesday, 4th October, 2005 at St Margaret's Church, Warnham .

Daily Telegraph 27 Sep 2005

7th Baron Brabourne, CBE

The 7th Baron Brabourne, CBE, film and television producer., Director of Thames Television, 1975-93 (Chairman 1990-93), died at his home in Kent, 22 September, 2005. He was aged 80.
Lord Brabourne was a son-in-law of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and a survivor of the IRA bomb which killed Mountbatten, and Brabourne's mother and son, and others, at Mullaghmore, Ireland, in August, 1979.
John Ulick Knatchbull was born 9 November, 1924, son of the 5th Baron Brabourne (1895-1939) by his wife Lady Doreen Geraldine Browne (Order of the Crown of India; DStJ), daughter of the 6th Marquess of Sligo, and was educated at Eton and Oxford.
He succeeded to the barony (UK 1880) and the Baronetcy (England 1641), on the demise of his elder brother, the 6th peer, 15 September, 1943. The elder brother, Norton, was shot by the Nazis after he had escaped from a prison train in Italy and was recaputred.
He married 26 Oct, 1946, Lady Patricia Edwina Victoria Mountbatten, elder daughter of Admiral of the Fleet the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, PC, OM, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO. His wife succeeded to her father's peerages under the terms of the special remainder, 27 Aug, 1979.
Films produced: Harry Blackl (1958); Sink the Bismarck! (1959); HMS Defiant (1961); Othello (1965); The Mikado (1966); Romeo and Juliet: Up the Junction (1967); Dance of DEath (1968); Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971); Murder on the Orient Express (1974); Death on the Nile (1978); Stories from the Flying Trunk (1979); The Mirror Crack'd (1979); Evil Under the Sun (1982); A Passage to India (1984); Little Dorrit (1987), &c.
Lord Brabourne is survived by his wife, Countess Mountbatten, and by four sons and two daughters. The fourth of his five sons, Nicholas, died in the IRA outrage, 1979.
He is succeeded in the peerage and baronetcy by his eldest son, Norton Louis Philip Knatchbull (a godson of the Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Louise of Sweden), who has been styled Baron Romsey since 1979. He was b. 8 Oct, 1947.

Source: BBC News

Rose Celeste Cornell

Lucy Cornell [nee Gordon-Lennox], wife of Mark Cornell, and scion of the Dukes of Richmond & Gordon, gave birth to a daughter, Rose Céleste, at Paris, 22 September, 2005, a sister for Ralph Nicholas (b. at Lausanne 22 July, 1999) and for twins, Lettice Elizabeth Mary and Harry Charles Delano, b. at Paris, 28 Oct, 2000.

Source: Daily Telegraph 27 Sep 2005

Duncannon/Mott engagement

The engagement was announced 22 September, 2005, between Frederick Arthur William Ponsonby, styled Viscount Duncannon (b. 9 August, 1974), son and heir of the 12th Earl of Bessborough (b. 16 Feb, 1941), of Broadreed, Stansted Park, West Sussex, by his wife the former Alison Marjorie Storey, & Miss Emily Mott, daughter of Dr and Mrs Peter D. Mott, of Pittsford, New York, United States.

Source: Daily Telegraph 22 September, 2005

Strange/Stokes engagement

The engagement was announced, 21 September, 2005, and the marriage will take place shortly, between Robert James Anstruther Strange, second son of Major Timothy Edward Lumisden Strange of Balcaskie, Chief of the Name and Arms of Strange [b. Lahore, India, 29 November, 1931] , now of Amesbury, Wiltshire, and Madam Timothy Strange of Balcaskie [nee Margaret Maddick], and Joanna Gwenllian Stokes, younger daughter of Mr Michael Stokes, of Funtington, Sussex, and the late Mrs Stokes.

Source: Daily Telegraph 21 September, 2005

Campbell of Airds/Keith engagement

The engagement was announced 21 September, 2005, between Hugh A. Campbell, youngest son of Mr & Mrs Alastair Campbell of Airds, of Taynuilt, Argyll, and Anya E. Keith, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs Andrew Keith, of Scaynes Hill, West Sussex.
Hugh here is (I think) son of Alastair Lorne Campbell (b. 11 July 1937), of the BLG family of Campbell of Airds Bay, by his wife Mary Ann, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Campbell-Preston, MBE, of that BLG family; and a grandson of Brigadier Lorne Campbell of Airds, VC, DSO, OBE, TD.

Source: Daily Telegraph 21 September, 2005

Mary Alice Rosa Yorke

Katie Yorke (nee Pertwee) wife of Charles Scrope Edward Yorke, (b. 1965), gave birth to a daughter, Mary Alice Rosa, 15 September, 2005, a sister for Isobel Alexandra Rose, who was b. 16 February, 2004. Charlie Yorke is the younger son of David John Yorke (b. 1927), of Halton Place Skipton, Yorkshire, by his wife the former Susan Alexandra Egerton, (b. 1936) scion of the Dukes of Sutherland & Earls of Ellesmere. The Yorke family are landed gentry. David Yorke's mother was an Assheton, sister of the 1st Baron Clitheroe, &c. Katie Yorke is the former Miss C.A. (Katie) Pertwee, yr daughter of Mr & Mrs David Pertwee, of littley Green, Essex.

Source: Daily Telegraph 22 September, 2005

Swan/Gray wedding

The marriage took place at Little Easton Church, 17 September, 2005, between Dr Grahame F.W. Swan, younger son of the late Tom and Blanche Swan, of London and Thriplow, and Cecilia Wilfreda (Cilla), Lady Gray, second wife and widow of the 22nd Lord Gray (1931-2003), former wife of Mr -- - Williams, and daughter of Mr John Dimsdale, by his wife, Frida.

Source: The Times 21 September, 2005

Holland/McEwen marriage

The marriage took place 30 Aug 2005, at St James's Church, Cooling, Kent, between Julian (Jools) Holland (b. Hammersmith, west London, 24 January 1958), the pianist & TV presenter, son of Derek Holland, and Christabel Mary (nee McEwen, b. 1962), former wife of Edward Richard Lambton, styled Baron Durham (son and heir of the disclaimed 6th Earl of Durham), and daughter of Roderick (Rory) McEwen (1932-82), scion of the McEwen Baronets (cr. 1953), by his wife the former Romana von Hofmannsthal.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4196900.stm
The couple have a 14 yr old daughter together, Mabel; Christabel has a son, Frederick Lambton, b. 23 Feb, 1985, from her first marriage; Mr Holland has a son George, 20, and a daughter Rose, 19, from his marriage to Mary Leahy.

Source: BBC News 30 Aug 2005

Olivia Anna Johnson-Ferguson

Emily Johnson-Ferguson (nee Elliot-Square) wife of Charles Patrick Johnson-Ferguson (b. 1972), gave birth to a daughter, Olivia Anna, at the Manly Hospital, Sydney, Australia, 12 Sept 2005, a sister for Daisy Elizabeth, who was b. 17 Mar 2004. Charles is the grandson of baronets paternally and maternally. His mother is a daughter of Sir Humphrey Sherston-Baker, 6th Baronet, and his father is a son of Sir Neil Johnson-Ferguson, 3rd Baronet.

Source: Daily Telegraph 16 September, 2005

Lilias Hoare Naire

Victoria Hoare Nairne (nee Lynne), wife of Charles V.S. Hoare Nairne, gave birth to a daughter, Lilias, 15 September, 2005. Mrs Hoare Nairne is a daughter of Mr & Mrs George Lynne, and Charles is a son of the late Victor Hoare Nairne, a descendant of Brig-Gen. Edward Spencer Nairne, CB, CMG, DL (1869-1958), by his wife Lilias Frances Matilda Stafford O'Brien Hoare, scion of the Hoare banking dynasty. The Brig-Gen was a grandson of John Marshall, Lord Curriehill.

Source: Daily Telegraph 19 September, 2005

Minna Rose Guthrie

Kate Guthrie (nee Macdonald-Buchanan) wife of Barnaby (Barny) Guthrie, gave birth to a daughter, Minna Rose, 11 September 2005, a sister for Joseph, who was b. 4 Apr 2003. Mrs Guthrie is a daughter of Capt & Mrs John Macdonald-Buchanan, of Cottesbrooke (see Woolavington Barony, Extinct 9 Aug 1935).

Source: Daily Telegraph 20 September 2005

Fane/Bailey engagement

The engagement was announced 17 September, 2005, between Maximilian William Fane (b. 1978), adopted son of Peter William Fane (b. 1939) of Chelsea, London, scion of the Earls of Westmorland, and Mrs Fane, & Lucinda C. Bailey, eldest dau of Mr & Mrs Richard Bailey, of Bodiam, East Sussex.

Source: Daily Tel. 17 September, 2005

Andrews/Acland-Hood engagement

The engagement was announced 15 September 2005, between John K.F. Andrews, son of Mr Kenneth Andrews and Mrs Jenny Collinson, and Susan Elizabeth Acland-Hood (b. 1977), daughter of Frank Thomas Blackaby, by his wife Mary Mildred Acland-Hood (b. 1941) (who resumed her maiden name for herself and her issue) daughter of the Hon Arthur John Palmer Fuller-Acland-Hood (1906-64) scion of the extinct Barons St. Audries.

Source: The Daily Telegraph 15 September, 2005

van Panhuys/Beelaerts van Blokland engagement

The engagement was announced 15 September 2005 between Jonkheer Pieter (Cartoef) van Panhuys, youngest son of Jonkheer J.E. van Panhuys, of The Hague, the Netherlands, & Madame G.M. van Panhuys, of Naarden, Netherlands, & Jonkrouwe Selina H. Beelaerts van Blokland, youngest daughter of Jonkheer and Madame A.G. Beelaerts van Blokland, of The Hague.

Source: Daily Telegraph 15 September 2005
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Thesiger/Harrison-Topham marriage

The marriage took place 17 September 2005 at Holy Trinity Church, Coverham, between Antony Martin Thesiger (b. 1968) a scion of the Viscounts Chelmsford, second son of Michael Eric Thesiger (b. 1936), by his wife the former Patricia Low Waddington, & Emma R.H. Harrison-Topham, daughter of Mr & Mrs Richard Harrison-Topham.

Source: Daily Telegraph 19 September 2005

Wellesley-Wesley/Kain marriage

The marriage took place 8 July 2005, at Chelsea Town Hall, London between Michael Wellesley-Wesley, of Little Massingham, Norfolk, and Dr Mariza Kain, of Vienna.


Source: Daily Telegraph 19 September 2005

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Sir David Marshall Warmington, 5th Baronet

Sir David Warmington, 5th Baronet, who died at Malaga, Spain, 13 September, 2005, was Policy Adviser, Exeter Friendly Society from 2002, and Policy Adviser, Sanitas, Spain, also from 2002. David Marshall Warmington was born 14 February, 1944, the son of Sir Marshall Warmington 3rd Baronet, by his second wife, Eileen Mary, and was a younger brother of the 4th holder of the baronetcy (created in 1908).
He was educated at Charterhouse, and at the University of Madrid.
Career:--->>Director, Malawi Finance Co., 1975-77; Director, Balfour Wiliamson Inc., New York, 1980-83; Director, British Chamber of Commerce, Mexico, 1981-83; Director, American British Cowdray Hospital, Mexico, 1982-83; Director, Elders Finance Group, London, 1985-87; Managing Director, Marbella Times, 1988-90; Managing Director,International Product Design Inc, 1991-99; &c.
He succeeded to the baronetcy on the demise of his elder brother, 1996.
Sir David was twice married, firstly, in 1966, to Susan Mary Chapman, by whom he had two sons, Rupert & Guy. The marriage ended in divorce in 1980. Married secondly, 1981, Eileen Victoria Johnston.
He is succeeded in the baronetcy by his elder son, Rupert Marshall Warmington, who was born 17 June, 1969.
Sir David's funeral has taken place in Spain. A Memorial Service in the UK is planned for a later date.

Source: Daily Telegraph 16 September, 2005

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Lady Glubb

The death is reported of Lady Glubb, widow of Lieutenant-General Sir John Glubb, KCB, CMG, DSO, OBE, MC (1987-1986), aka _Glubb Pasha_.
http://i-cias.com/e.o/glubb_j.htm
She was the former (Muriel) Rosemary Forbes, daughter of Dr James Graham Forbes, MD, FRCP (who died in 1941), and married John Glubb in 1938. Her husband was son of Maj-Gen Sir frederick Glubb, KCMG, CB, DSO, who died in 1938.
_Glubb Pasha_ served in France during World War I and in 1920 was posted to Iraq, where he lived among Arab Bedouins and studied their language and culture. After serving (1926-30) as administrative inspector for the Iraqi government, Glubb was transferred to Jordan and attached to the Arab Legion, of which he assumed command in 1939. A trusted friend and personal adviser of King Abdullah, he made the legion the best-trained force in the Arab world. However, during the Arab-Israeli War of 1956, public opinion forced his dismissal. He is often referred to as Glubb Pasha. Glubb's many writings include The Story of the Arab Legion (1948), A Soldier with the Arabs (1957), and Britain and the Arabs (1959).
Lady Glubb was the mother of two sons and two daughters.
The funeral is at St Dunstan's Church, Mayfield, Sussex, 23 September, 2005.

Source: Daily Telegraph 19 September 2005

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Elsa Mamie Buchanan

Katharine Buchanan (nee Price) wife since 2002 of George Charles Mellish Buchanan, (b. 27 January, 1975), gave birth to a daughter, Elsa Mamie, 12 September, 2005.
George is the son and heir of Sir Andrew George Buchanan, 5th Baronet, and Lady Buchanan, of Hodsock Priory, Nottinghamshire, and Katharine is the daughter of the late Mr Tom Price and of Dr Sarah Price.

Source: Daily Telegraph 17 September, 2005

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Kathleen Ellen (Kitty) Aykroyd

Kathleen Ellen (Kitty) Aykroyd, who died 14 September, 2005, aged 91, was the widow of Colonel Harold Hammond Aykroyd, OBE, MC, TD, DL (1896-1974), scion of the Aykroyd Baronets (created in 1920).
She was the former Kitty Tyrrell-Gray, daughter of Harry Tyrrell-Gray, FRCS, and married Colonel Aykroyd (2nd son of the 1st Baronet) , as his second wife in 1941.
She leaves issue, one daughter, Harriet Louisa, b. 1951; and is survived also by 2 step-daughters, Susan and Sally.
The funeral takes place at Whixley Church, North Yorkshire, 23 September, 2005.

Source: Daily Telegraph 17 September, 2005

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35th Baron Kingsale (1941-2005)

The 35th Baron Kingsale, Premier Baron in the Peerage of Ireland, died at his home, 15 September, 2005 he was aged 64.
An eccentric bachelor, Lord Kingsale was successively a Guards officer; a bingo caller, a bar worker; a kitchen fitter and plumber; he succeeded his grandfather in the peerage in 1969 (by some reckoning he was the 30th Baron and not the 35th).
John de Courcey was born in 1941, a grandson of the 34th Baron. The peerage was created in 1223. His home for many years was at Upton Noble, Somerset.
The Barony of Kingsale is one of the most ancient peerage titles in the British Isles. The Barony, in the Peerage of Ireland dates to the thirteenth century, perhaps being created circa 1223, though other sources give different dates. The first creation was by writ. The title was officially confirmed by letters patent in 1397. The numbering of the barons varies, some sources including the holders of the ancient barony, others commencing with the barons confirmed by letters patent.
The Baron also holds the feudal titles of Lord Courcy and Lord Ringrone, probably created in the twelfth century. Several sources claim that the Baron holds the privilege of being covered (that is, wearing a hat) in the presence of the monarch. The Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, however, disagrees, claiming that the story "is a legend without historic foundation"I have more information on the life of the late Lord Kingsale. He was born posthumously, 27 January, 1941, son of Lieutenant-Commander the Hon. Michael John de Courcy, RN [who was killed on active service in 1940], by his wife Joan, daughter of Robert Reid, and was educated at Stowe, and the universities of Paris and Salzburg.
Career: - -->Irish Guards 1962-65; film extra; white hunter; property developer, &c; President, Impex Consultants Ltd, from 1988; Director, Marquis de Verneuil Trust from 1971; de Courcy, Daunt Professional & Executive Agencies [Australia] since 1987; Kinsale Developments Ltd from 1989; Chairman, National Association for Service to the Realm.
Succeeded his grandfatgher in 1969 as 35th Baron, and Baron of Ringrone. Debrett's says the peerage was created about 1340, and has precedence from 1397. most recent abode was at Nunney, near Frome, Somerset.
He is succeeded in his peerages by his kinsman, a descendant of the 20th Baron, Nevinson Mark de Courcey, who was born 11 May 1958.

Theodore William Bischoff

Raphaëlle Bischoff (née Bolloré) wife of Christopher William Bischoff (b. 1973), gave birth to a son, Theodore William at Paris, 17 September, 2005.
The Bischoffs married at St Tropez, France, 24 May, 2003. Christopher is the elder son of Sir Winfried and Lady Bischoff, of London, & his wife is the former Mlle Raphaëlle M.O. Bolloré , elder daughter of M and Mme Michel-Yves Bolloré, of Paris, France. Christopher Bischoff is a grandson of the Hon Leslie Leathers, & a great-grandson of the 1st Viscount Leathers.

Source: Daily Telegraph 20 Sept, 2005

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George/Skipwith engagement

The engagement was announced 10 September 2005, between Mr Marcus George, son of Mr & Mrs Marcus George, of Winchester, Hampshire, & Anouk BarbaraHéLène Skipwith (b. 1974), scion of the Skipwith Baronets, only daughter of Richard Peyton Skipwith (b. 1937), of Wickham, Hampshire, by his wife, the former Annie Carmen Angele Marie Bonnor, daughter of André Bonnor, of d'Ornon, Bordeaux, France.

Source: Daily Telegraph 10 Sept, 2005

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Gully/McVittie marriage

The marriage took place 3 September 2005, at Edinburgh, between James Ian Mackenzie Gully (b. 1975), elder son of the Hon. (James) Edward Hugh Grey Gully (b. 1945)and Mrs Fiona Margaret Gully, of Argyll, and Alice Louise McVittie, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs Malcolm McVittie, of West Lothian.
James Gully is a grandson paternally of Lieut-Cdr the 3rd Viscount Selby, RNR (1911-59); a nephew of the 4th Viscount (1942-2001), and a cousin of the 5th Viscount (1967-2001), and a cousin once removed of the 6th Viscount (b. 1993).

Source: Daily Telegraph 10 September 2005

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Anandraj/Henniker engagement

The engagement was announced 9 September 2005 between Mr Vincent Anandraj, son of the late Mr Vincent Jothiraj and Mrs Mary Jothiraj, of Singapore, & Victoria Louise Henniker [b. 1976], elder daughter of Sir Adrian Chandos Henniker, 9th Baronet, of Llwyndu Court, Abergavenny, Gwent, by his wife, the former Ann Britton.

Source: The Times 9 September 2005

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Butler/Kidd marriage

The marriage took place at St Peter's Church, Twineham, West Sussex, 10 September, 2005, of Mr Aidan Butler & Jodie Elizabeth Kidd (b. 1978), younger daughter of John Edward Aitken Kidd (b. 1944) who m. 1973, Wendy Madeline, (b. 1941), dau of Sir John Rowland Hodge, MBE, 2nd Baronet.
The bride's paternal grandfather Maj Thomas Edward Dealtry Kidd, MBE, Royal Canadian Artillery, m. 1942, the Hon Janet Gladys Aitken, dau of the 1st Baron Beaverbrook, and former wife of {i} Ian Douglas Campbell (later 11th Duke of Argyll), & {ii} the Hon William Drogo Sturges Montagu, scion of the Earls of Sandwich.

Source: Mail on Sunday 11 Sept, 2005


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Cave-Brown-Cave/Eastaugh engagement

The engagement was announced in September, 2005, between Courtney Peter Cave-Brown-Cave (b. 1961), scion of the Cave-Brown-Cave Baronets, second son of Anthony Cave-Browne-Cave, DSO (b. 1925) of Whettleton, Shropshire, by his wife, the former Dinah Anne Mitchell; and Katie E.S. Eastaugh, daughter of the late Rt. Rev. John Richard Gordon Eastaugh, sometime Bishopof Hereford, and of Mrs John Eastaugh, of Kingsland, Herefordshire, nee Bridget Nicola, daughter of Sir William Hugh Stobart Chance, Kt (scion of the Chance Baronets), by his wife the former Cynthia May Baker-Cresswell (of that BLG family).

Source: The Times, 9 September 2005

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