Poppy Grace Godsal

Felicity Susan Godsal (nee Plant) wife of Philip Langley Godsal (b. 28 June, 1971), gave birth to a daughter, Poppy Grace, 16 May 2006. Philip is the eldest son of Philip Caulfeild Godsal (b. 10 Oct, 1945), of that Burke's Landed Gentry family, of Iscoyd Park, Whitchurch, Shropshire, and his former wife Lucinda Mary (now Mrs John Jones, nee Dancy, of Eccleshall, Staffordshire), and Felicity is the younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Plant, of Burghfield Common, Berkshire. Philip's maternal grandmother, the former Pamela Anne de Lisle Caulfeild (b. 1924) is a scion of the Viscounts Charlemont.

Source>: Daily Telegraph 23 May 2006

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Kitty Petra Hambro

Arabella J. Hambro (nee O'Shei) wife of Leo P. Hambro, scion of that BLG family, gave birth to a daughter, Kitty Petra, 20 May, 2006. Leo is the youngest son of Mr Peter Charles Percival Hambro, head of the BLG family, and Mrs Hambro [nee Brodrick], and Arabella is the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs William O'Shei.

Source: Daily Telegraph 23 May 2006

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Sir Basil Brickwood, 3rd Baronet

Sir Basil Graeme Brickwood, 3rd Baronet, died 16 May, 2006. He was aged 82. He was b. 21 May, 1923, a yr son of Sir John Brickwood, 1st Bt, Chairman and Managing Director of Brickwood & Co Ltd, brewers, of Portsmouth, and he succeeded to the baronetcy (cr. 1927) on the demise of his elder half-brother, Sir Rupert Redvers Brickwood, in 1974. He served with the RAF 1940-46. He married (i) 1947, Betty Cooper, and (ii) 1956, Shirley Anne, daughter of Richard Wallace Brown, and leaves daughters by his 2nd marriage. The funeral is at Haycombe Crematorium, Bath on 25 May, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 20 May 2006



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Ann Lady Jardine of Applegirth

Ann, Lady Jardine of Applegirth, wo died at Dumfries, 16 May, 2006, aged 88, was the widow of Sir William Edward Jardine of Applegirth, 11th Baronet (Nova Scotia, cr. 1672), OBE, TD, 22nd Chief of the Clan Jardine, who died in 1986. She was Ann Graham Maitland, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Claud Archibald Scott Maitland, of the Gordon Highlanders, of Dundrennan and Cumstoun, Stewarty of Kirkcudbright, and married Sir William in 1944; she leaves issue, including a son, Sir Alexander, the 12th Bt.

Source: Daily Telegraph 19 May 2006

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Molly Victoria Alice Ropner

Keeley A. Ropner (née Mannion) wife of Dr James Richard Alexander Ropner (b. 1977), scion of the Ropner Baronets (cr. 1904), gave birth to a daughter, Molly Victoria Alice, 15 May, 2006. Dr Ropner is a son of Dr Richard John Ronald Ropner, MB, ChB (b. 1941), of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, & Dr Janet Elizabeth Ropner, MRCP, & Keeley is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Alistair Mannion, of Stafford, Staffordshire.

Source: Daily Telegraph 19 May 2006


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Jack Alexander Humphrey

Serena Humphrey (nee Wolfe-Murray, scion of the Murray of Blackbarony Baronets, cr. 1628), wife of Edward Humphrey, gave birth to a son, Jack Alexander, 14 May 2006, a brother for Rory (b. ?), and for Tara Alice, who was b. 9 June, 2002.

Source: Daily Telegraph 18 May, 2006

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Brunner/Moate engagement

The engagement was announced 13 May 2006 between Samuel Felix Brunner (b. 1972), scion of the Brunner Baronets (cr.1895), and kinsman of HRH The Duchess of Kent, son of Hugo Laurence Joseph Brunner, DL (b. 1935), High Sheriff of Oxfordshire 1988, of Oxford, by his wife Mary Rose Catherine Pollen, of the Pollen Baronets, & Sally E.J. Moate, daughter of Sir Roger Denis Moate, Knt (1993), Conservative MP for Faversham 1970-97, of Newnham, Kent, by his 1st wife Mrs Hazel Moate, of Pimlico, London.

Source: Daily Telegraph 13 May 2006

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Alice Charlotte Josephine Farquhar

Sarah Farquhar (nee Wynne-Williams), wife of Charles Walter Fitzroy Farquhar (b. 21 February, 1964), elder son & heir of Sir Michael Fitzroy Henry Farquhar, 7th Baronet, & Lady Farquhar, of West Kington, Wiltshire, gave birth to a daughter, Alice Charlotte Josephine, 13 May, 2006. Sarah is a daughter of the late Mr John Wynne-Williams, of Newmarket, Suffolk, and of Mrs Hugh Day, of Ousden, Suffolk.

Source: The Times 16 May 2006



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Margaret Litchfield (nee Portal)

Margaret 'Moggy' Litchfield (née Portal) - who died at her home, 9 May, 2006, aged 97, was a scion of the Portal Baronets and a kinswoman of Her Majesty the Queen (via their joint descent from Marquess Wellesley). She was a daughter of Brigadier-General Sir Bertram Percy Portal, KCB, DSO (1866-1949), by his wife the former Hon. Margaret Louisa Littleton, daughter of the 3rd Baron Hatherton. She was the widow of Captain John Litchfield RN MP, & the mother of Mark, Sophie (Irvin) deceased, and Virginia. Grandmother of Emilie, Luke and Amy (Irvin), and of Vasco and Larissa. The funeral Service is at Holy Cross Church, Bearsted, Kent, 25 May, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 16 May 2006


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Thomas Robin Poyntz

Jane Poyntz [nee D'Albiac] wife of Nicholas Poyntz, scion of that BLG family, gave birth to a son, Thomas Robin, 11 Apr, 2006, a brother for Alexander, who was b. 4 Feb, 2001, and for Madeleine, who was b. in 2002.

Source: The Times 13 May, 2006

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Alice Elizabeth Grace Becker

Sophie Becker (nee Townsend-Rose) wife of Niell, Becker, gave birth to a daughter, Alice Elizabeth Grace, 11 Apr, 2006. Niell is a son of Mr & Mrs Dieter Becker, of Basing, Hampshire, and Sophie is the eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs John Townsend-Rose, of Basingstoke, Hampshire. The Townsend-Roses have several connections with the peerage and BLG. A Susanna Townsend-Rose, daughter of Colin Townsend-Rose, married, 1987, the Hon [Ralph] Daniel Beckett, second son of the 4th Baron Grimthorpe and the former Lady Elizabeth Lumley.

Source: Daily Telegraph 13 May 2006
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Barclay/Kyriacou engagement

The engagement was announced 5 May 2006 beteween Rupert D.I. Barclay (of that BLG family??) elder son of Mr & Mrs David Barclay, of Chiswick, London, and Katerina A. Kyriacou, daughter of Mr & Mrs Anastasis Kyriacou, of Wandsworth, London.

Source: Daily Telegraph 5 May, 2006

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Hon. Meghan Robertson

Baroness Wharton, wife of Myles Christopher David Robertson, the 12th Baron Wharton (b. 1 Oct, 1964) (peerage created, England 1554-5) gave birth to a daughter, the Hon. Meghan Robertson, 8 March, 2006, heir presumptive to the barony.

Source: http://www.thepeerage.com/p19061.htm#i190602


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Sitwell/de Blank engagement

The engagement was announced 11 May 2006, between George Reresby Sacheverell Sitwell (b. 1967), heir presumtpive to the Sitwell Baronetcy (UK 1808), son of the late Francis Trajan Sacheverell Sitwell (1935-2004), of Weston Hall, Towcester, by his wife Susanna Carolyn Cross, & Martha L. de Blank, second daughter of Mr & Mrs Justin de Blank, of London.

Source: Daily Telegraph 11 May 2006

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+ John Eldon Marshall Dugdale

John Eldon Marshall Dugdale, TD, JP, DL, who died 9 May 2006, aged 86, was a scion of the BLG family of Dugdale of Wroxall Abbey. He was b. 2 Jan, 1920, a son of William Marshall Dugdale, CB (1881-1952), by his wife Ruth Edith, JP, yr daughter of the Rt. Hon. Sir John Eldon Bankes, GCB; was educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge; married 22 Feb, 1941, (Clulow) Ribah Lillah, daughter of Capt. Frederick Feilden Corbett-Winder (of that BLG family), by whom he had issue. A Service of Thanksgiving takes place at Kerry Church on Friday 2 June, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 12 May 2006

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+ Susan Clementi (nee Pelham)

Susan Clementi (nee Pelham) who died 8 May, 2006, aged 87, at West Clandon, Surrey, was a scion of the Earls of Chichester. She was born in 1918 as Susan Pelham, daughter of Sir (Edward) Henry Pelham, KCB (1876-1949) by his wife the Hon Irene Lubbock (d. 1961), daughter of the 1st Baron Avebury; married 1940, Air Vice-Marshal Cresswell Montagu Clementi,CB, CBE (who d. 1981), by whom she had issue.The funeral takes place at the Chilterns Crematorium, Amersham, 19 May 2006

Source: Daily Telegraph 11 May 2006

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Byng/Sonnenberg engagement

The engagement was announced 11 May 2006 between George Michael Alexander (Alex) Byng (b. 1973), second son of the Hon. Julian Francis Byng (b. 1938), by his 1st wife the former Ingela Brita Berglund (now Mrs Adrian Evans), & Mariana Sonnenberg, daughter of Mr Carlos Sonnenberg and Mrs Eugenia Chapar. Alex Byng is a grandson paternally of the 7th Earl of Strafford (1904-84).

Source: The Times 11 May 2006

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Thea Marchioness of Ely

Thea Marchioness of Ely, who died 5 May, 2006, was the widow of the 7th Marquess of Ely (1903-69). She was Thea Margaret Gronvold, daughter of Lars G. Gronvold, of Hove, and married in 1928, the then George Henry Wellington Tottenham, styled Viscount Loftus. In 1935 he succeeded his father as Baron Loftus (UK 1801), Earl of Ely, Viscount Loftus, and Marquess of Ely (Ireland created 1801) and a Baronet (cr. 1780). Her husband died in 1969 without issue, and was succeeded by his kinsman. The funeral is at St Paul's Church, Chichester, 17 May, 2006.
Source: Daily Telegraph 11 May, 2006

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James Edward Cecil Fairfax

Vanessa C. Fairfax, wife of the Hon. Rupert Alexander James Fairfax (b.1961), gave birth to a son, James Edward Cecil, 10 May, 2006, a brother for William Thomas John, who was b. 4 June, 2004.
Rupert is the youngest son of the late 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron and of Sonia Lady Fairfax of Cameron, and Vanessa C.Roberts, daughter of Mr John Roberts and Mrs Angela Roberts.
Rupert Fairfax was additional assistant private secretary to the Prince and Princess of Wales, 1986-88. His mother was a temporary Lady of the Bedchamber to QE11 1967-71.

Source:Daily Telegraph 12 May, 2006

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Tollemache/Johnstone engagement

The engagement was announced in May 2006, between the Hon. Edward John Hugo Tollemache (b. 12 May, 1976), a godson of the Prince of Wales and a Page of Honour to Her Majesty the Queen 1988-90, son and heir of the 5th Baron Tollemache (b. 13 Dec, 1939), of Helmingham Hall, Stowmarket, Suffolk, by his wife the former Alexandra Dorothy Jean Meynell (b. 1949), scion of the Earls of Halifax, & Sophie Johnstone, daughter of Iain Gilmour Johnstone (b. 8 Apr, 1943), author and broadcaster, by his wife the former Mo Watson.
Source: Daily Mail 9 May 2006

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Mitchell/Wiggin engagement

The engagement was announced 3 May 2006 between Major Miles R.C. Mitchell, The Royal Dragoon Guards, son of the late Henry Mitchell and Mrs Mitchell, of Blackheath, London, & Audrey Mary Wiggin (b. 1974), scion of the Wiggin Baronets (created 1892), daughter of Sir Alfred William (Jerry) Wiggin, Knt, TD (b. 1937), of Great Malvern, Worcestershire, by his 1st wife Rosemary Janet Orr.
Source: Daily Telegraph 3 May 2006

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Tate Benedict Leith Cecil

Juliet Cecil [nee McGrandle], wife of Rupert Lawrence Amherst Cecil, (b. 1967), gave birth to a son, Tate Benedict Leith, 3 May, 2006, a brother for Polly Candida, who was b. 18 February, 2004. Rupert Cecil is the elder son of the Hon. Mrs Patterson, (nee the Hon Fiona Corbett), of Newbury, Berkshire, and the late Mr David Cecil, & is a nephew of Henry Cecil, the racehorse trainer, scion of the Barons Amherst of Hackney (descended from the 3rd Marquess of Exeter); and is a grandson maternally of the 2nd Baron Rowallan.

Source:Daily Telegraph 8 May 2006
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Merlin Frederick Hotham

Katrina L. Hotham (nee Heyward) wife of the Hon. William Beaumont Hotham (b. 13 October, 1972), gave birth to a son, Merlin Frederick, 3 May 2006.
William is the eldest son & heir of the 8th Baron Hotham (b. 3 May, 1940) and Baroness Hotham, of South Dalton, East Yorkshire, and Katrina is the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Desmond Heyward, of Little Haseley, Oxfordshire.

Source: Daily Telegraph 9 May 2006
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Baron Simon of Glaisdale, PC

The Baron Simon of Glaisdale, PC, who died 7 May, 2006, aged 95, as Jocelyn Edward Salis Simon was Conservative MP for Middlesbrough, 1951-62, Financial Secretary to the Treasury in Macmillan's Administration, 1958-59, and Solicitor-General, 1959-62; Knighted in 1959; sworn of the Privy Council in 1961; President of Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Div of the High Court, 1962-71; a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 1971-77; created a life Baron in 1971 as Baron Simon of Glaisdale, of Glaisdale in the North Riding of York; married twice, is survived by his 2nd wife, the former Fay Elizabeth Leicester Pearson, by whom he had issue. He was b. 15 Jan 1911..... He was the last surviving person to have been appointed a King's Counsel...all living QCs have been appointed in the present reign....

Source: Daily Telegraph 8 May 2006

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Baroness Reigate

The Baroness Reigate, who died 30 April, 2006, aged 92, was the widow of the life peer, Baron Reigate, PC, (1905-95), who as John Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan, was Conservative MP for Reigate 1950-70, created a Baronet in 1960, and a life peer in 1970. She was Emily Redmond Cross, daughter of William Redmond Cross, of New York City, and married John Vaughan-Morgan in 1940. She leaves 2 daughters, Julia & Deborah.
Source: The Times 5 May 2006
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Lady Marioth Christina Hay

The Lady Marioth Christina Hay, who died 29 April, 2006, was a sister of the 12th Marquess of Tweeddale. She was born in 1918, a daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Edward Douglas John Hay, by his wife the former Violet Barclay (a granddaughter of the 3rd Baron Decies); she was raised to the rank of a daughter of a marquess in 1970, and resumed her maiden surname of Hay by deed poll in 1971; married (i) 1940 (div. 1954) Lt-Col George Richard Trotter, of the Royal Scots Greys (descended from the Earls of Eglington & Winton, he d. 1970); married (ii) 1954, as his 2nd wife,Sir Gifford Wheaton Grey Fox, 2nd Baronet, who died in 1959 (when his baronetcy became extinct); married (iii) 1963 (div. 1971) Sir John Hastings James, KCVO, CB, who died in 1980; and has issue living by her 1st marriage. The funeral takes place at St Mary's Church, East Haddington, 9 May, 2006.
Source: Daily Telegraph 3 May, 2006
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Sir William James Cooper Thomas, 2nd Baronet

Sir William James Cooper Thomas, TD, 2nd Baronet; b. 7 May, 1919; succeeded his father, Sir Wm James, in 1945; educated at Harrow and Downing College, Cambridge; Called to the Bar at the Inner Temple, 1948; JP and DL for Gwent; High Sheriff of Monmouth 1973-74; served in WW2 with Royal Artillery; married 1947, Freida Dunbar Whyte, (she d. 1990), daughter of F.A. Whyte, of Montcoffer, Banff, by whom he had issue; died 9 October, 2005.

Source: Daily Telegraph 1 May 2006
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Lady Silvia Beatrice Combe

Lady Silvia Beatrice Combe, JP,(nee Coke, b. 1909), daughter of the 4th Earl of Leicester (1880-1949), of Holkham Hall, Norfolk, by his wife the former Marion Gertrude Trefusis; married 1932, Capt. Simon Harvey Combe, MC, Irish Guards (who d. 1965), by whom she had issue, died in October, 2005.
Source: Daily Telegraph 1 May 2006
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Kleinwort/Busby engagement

The engagement was announced 28 April, 2006, between Alexander Hamilton Kleinwort (b. 1975), son of Sir Kenneth Drake Kleinwort, 3rd Baronet (d. 1994), by his 2nd wife the former Madeleine Hamilton Taylor, & Sarah Busby, daughter of Mr John Busby, of Solihull, Warwickshire, and Mrs Valerie Parkin, of Abernethy, Perthshire.
Source: The Times 28 April, 2006

Baroness Fraser of Tullybelton

The Baroness Fraser of Tullybelton, who died at her home in France, 21 April, 2006, was the widow of life peer, Baron Fraser of Tullybelton, PC, who died as the result of a motor accident in 1989. She was the former Mary Ursula Cynthia Gwendolen Macdonnell, daughter of Colonel Ian Harrison Macdonnell, DSO, late the Highland Light Infantry, and married Lord Fraser in 1943. She leaves a son Andrew, born in 1946, and a grandson, Bertie, born in 1984. The funeral took place in France, 25 April, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 2 May 2006***

Stewart/Lazenby engagement

The engagement was announced 5 May 2006, between the Hon. Henry Stewart, son of the Baron Stewartby, PC (b. 10 Aug 1935), a life Baron since 1992, of Broughton, Peebleshire, by his wife the Hon Deborah Charlotte Buchan, and Antonia J. Lazenby, daughter of Mr John Lazenby, of Kettlesing, Near Harrogate, North Yorkshire, and Mrs Helen Lazenby, of Masham, North Yorkshire.Henry Stewart is a grandson maternally of the 3rd Baron Tweedsmuir.

Source: Daily Telegraph 5 May 2006

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Rees-Mogg/de Chair engagement

The engagement was announced in May, 2006, between the Hon. Jacob William Rees-Mogg (b. 1969), younger son of the Baron Rees-Mogg (b. 14 July 1928), life peer since 1988, of Mells, Somerset, and Baroness Rees-Mogg, and Helena Anne Beatrix Wentworth Fitzwilliam de Chair, scion of that BLG family, daughter of the late Mr Somerset de Chair and of Lady (Anne) Juliet Dorothea Maud Tadgell (nee Fitzwilliam), of Bourne Park, Kent, daughter of the 8th Earl Fitzwilliam (peerage extinct since 1979).

Source: The Times

Lindsay/Grant engagement

The engagement has been announced between Charles L. Lindsay, son of Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs Stephen Lindsay, of Invermoidart, Argyll, and the Hon. Louisa Katherine Grant of Rothiemurchus (b. 1975) , elder daughter of John Peter Grant, styled Lord Huntingtower, and Lady Huntingtower, and granddaughter paternally of the Countess of Dysart (in her own right).

Source: The Times

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Lara Jane Patricia Lillingston

Tabitha Alice Lillingston (b. 1970), wife of Luke Lillingston (b. 1963), gave birth to a daughter, Lara Jane Patricia, 1 May, 2006, a sister for Hugh John Michael, who was b. 1 March, 2005.
Luke is the eldest son of Alan Lillingston and Lady Vivienne Margaret Lillingston, nee Nevill), and is a daughter Tabitha, daughter of Sir Malcolm Ross, KCVO, & Lady Ross.
Luke is a maternal grandson of the late 5th Marquess of Abergavenny, KG (1914-2000) by his wife the former Mary Patricia Harrison (1915-2005), and his wife is a daughter of the Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's Office. Tabitha's maternal grandfather, Gen Sir Michael Gow, was Equerry to Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester. Tabitha's is also a great-granddaughter of the 1st Baron Mottistone, and has descents from the Earls of Erne and noble house fo Hamilton.

Source: Daily Telegraph 06 May 2006

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Helena Franziska Audrey Osborn-Smith

Veronika Osborn-Smith (nee Baroness Veronika von Pfetten-Arnbach), wife of Brent Osborn-Smith, gave birth to a daughter, Helena Franziska Audrey, 25 April, 2006, a sister for Amelie Benedicta Millicent, who was b. 27 June, 2003.
Brent Osborn-Smith is the elder son of Mr & Mrs Roland Osborn-Smith, of Jersey, and Veronika is the daughter of Baron Wolfgang von Pfetten-Arnbach, of Munich, and Mrs Corinna von Blucher, of Wallgau, Bavaria.

Source: Daily Telegraph 06 May 2006

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Sophie Cecilia Rosalinde Stansfield

Maryel Cecilia (Mimi) Stansfield (nee Napier), wife of Robert George Wilmot Stansfeld, gave birth to a daughter, Sophie Cecilia Rosalinde, 24 April, 2006, a sister for George Malcolm Wilmot, who was b. 22 July, 2003.
Mr Stansfield is the second son of Mr & Mrs John Stansfeld, and Mrs Stansfield is a daughter of the Hon Malcolm Napier (of the Lords Napier & Ettrick) and the former Lady Mariota Cecilia Murray, daughter of the 7th Earl of Mansfield & Mansfield.

Daily Telegraph: 03 May 2006

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Iona Frances Hordern

The Lady Elspeth Pease Hordern [b. 1972], wife since August, 2001, of Mr James Hordern, gave birth to a daughter, Iona Frances, 26 April, 2006, a sister for Tobias [Toby] Peter Edmund, who was b. 9 February, 2003.
Lady Elspeth [nee Mackay] is the elder daughter of the 4th Earl of Inchcape and the Countess of Inchcape, and her husband is the son of the Rt Hon Sir Peter and Lady Hordern. Sir Peter was Conservative MP for Horsham, 1964-74, and 1983-97, and for Horsham and Crawley, 1974-83.

Source: Daily Telegraph 05 May 2006

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Zak Edward Ian Cameron-Webb

The Hon. Rachel Louise Cameron-Webb (nee Finch-Knightley, b. 1974) wife of Andrew Cameron-Webb, gave birth to a son, Zak Edward Ian, 30 April, 2006.
Andrew Cameron-Webb is the eldest son of Mrs Ann Cameron-Webb, of The Algarve, Portugal, & Rache is the eldest daughter of Charles Heneage Finch-Knightley, styled Lord Guernsey, [b. 1947], of Packington Hall, Warwickshire, and Lady Guernsey [nee Crawley, of the Crawley-Boevey Baronets], and is a granddaughter of the 11th Earl of Aylesford.

Source: Daily Telegraph 3 May 2006

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Lopes/Parker Bowles wedding....

The marriage took place, 6 May, 2006, at St Cyrioc's Church, Lacock, Wiltshire, 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.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/06/uwedding.xml

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.

Lady Carmichael-Anstruther

Lady Carmichael-Anstruther, who died 24 April, 2006, aged 86, was the 2nd wife, and widow of Sir Windham Eric Francis Carmichael-Anstruther of Carmichael, 11th & 8th Baronet (creations 1694 & 1798) (1900-80), Hereditary Carver to the Sovereign & one of the Masters of the Royal Household in Scotland. She was the former Joanne Coates, and married in 1948. Her husband died in 1980. The funeral service is at Warriston Crematorium, Cloister Chapel, Edinburgh, 29 April,2006.

Source: The Times 28 Apr, 2006

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Lilia Violet Møller

Victoria Emily Møller (b. 1975, nee Nutting), wife of Mikkel B. Møller, gave birth to a daughter, Lilia Violet, at Copenhagen, 15 April, 2006.
Mikkel is the younger son of Mr Torben Møller and Mrs Mette Bysted Jepperson, of Kolding, Denmark, and Victoria is a daughter of Sir John Grenfell Nutting, 4th Baronet, of Chicheley Hall, Buckinghamshire, by his wife Diane, daughter of John Rutherford Blundell (& adopted daughter of Capt Duncan Kirk), and widow of the 2nd Earl Beatty.

Source: Daily Telegraph 28 April, 2006
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Baring/White engagement

The engagement was announced 27 April, 2006, between Tobias Keith Alexander (Toby) Baring (b. 1976), scion of the Barons Revelstoke, son of Nicholas Hugo Baring (b. 1934), of Ham, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Diana Crawfurd, & Karen J.C. White, only daughter of Dr and Mrs John White, of Lisburn, County Antrim. Toby Baring is a grandson of Francis Anthony Baring (b.1909; killed in action 1940), by his wife the Lady Rose Gwendolen Louisa McDonnell, DCVO (d. 1993), sometime Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth II, daughter of the 7th Earl of Antrim. Source: Daily Telegraph 27 April, 2006

Cardozo/Scott Bolton engagement

The engagement was announced, 27 Apr, 2006, between Giles B.N. Cardozo, son of Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs Benedict Cardozo, of Motcombe, Dorset, & Chloe M. Scott Bolton, daughter of Mr & Mrs Timothy Scott Bolton, of Summerleaze, Wiltshire.

Giles is a brother of Countess Compton, wife of the Marquess of Northampton's heir.

Source: Daily Telegraph 27 April, 2006.

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Hamilton/Enrile Medina engagement

The engagement was announced 27 April, 2006, between the Hon. John Duff Hamilton (b. 1971), third (twin) son of the 4th Baron Hamilton of Dalzell (b. 1938), by his wife the former (Ann Anastasia) Corinna Helena Dixon, & Senorita Marta Enrile Medina, second daughter of Senor Juan Enrile Villagran and Senora Begona Medina Atienza, both of Seville.Source: The Times 27 Apr 2006

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Gauld/Stuart-Menteth engagement

The engagement was announced 26 April, 2006, between Mr Barclay K. Gauld, son of Mr Stanley Gauld, of Bridge of Weir, and Mrs Mary Gauld, of Glasgow, & Dr Alice Caroline Stuart-Menteth, (b. 1969).
The bride-to-be is the only daughter of Mr Charles Granville Stuart-Menteth, (b. 1928), and the former Priscilla Helen Newman, and is a granddaughter of the late Sir William Frederick Stuart-Menteth, 5th Baronet; a great-niece of Sir Ralph Alured Newman, 5th Baronet; and a great-granddaughter of Sir Charles Alban Young, 9th Baronet, KCMG, MVO.
According to my records Dr Stuart-Menteth married, in 2002, Mr Christopher Gale.
Source: Daily Telegraph 26 Apr, 2006
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Ruth Mary Pelham Burn

Mags Pelham-Burn, wife of Andrew Pelham-Burn, scion of that BLG family, gave birth to a daughter, Ruth Mary, in County Mayo, 22 April, 2006, a sister for Lucy and James.

Source: Daily Telegraph 27 Apr 2006

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Flora Emily Helen Straker

Mary Straker (nee Boyle), wife of Simon Straker, gave birth to a daughter, Flora Emily Helen, 18 April, 2006, a sister for Rosie Phyllis Mary, who was b. 8 November, 2004.
Mr Simon C. Straker, is the son of Mr & Mrs Derek Straker, of Dupplin, Perthshire, and Mrs Straker is the former Mary Helen Fennella Boyle, [b. 1974], second daughter of Mr Simon Hugh Patrick Boyle, [b. 1941], of Abergavenny, Gwent, scion of the Earls of Glasgow, by his wife, the former Catriona Gordon.

Source: Daily Telegraph 27 Apr 2006

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+ Commander Michael Louis Woollcombe, OBE

Commander Michael Louis Woollcombe, OBE (1962), of Fochabers, Morayshire, who died 19 April, 2006, was a scion of the BLG family of Woollcombe of Ashbury. He was b. 4 May 1920, 2nd son of Admiral Louis Charles Woollcombe, CB, MVO (1872-1951), by his wife the former Constance Perry Circuitt; he married 15 July, 1944, Nancy, daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Turner, KCB, OBE, by whom he had issue. The funeral is at Moray Crematorium, Thurs. 27 Apr, 2006.



Source: Daily Telegraph 24 April, 2006 ***

Dawnay/Bozzone engagement

The engagement was announced 25 April, 2006, between George Edward Dawnay (b. 1970), scion of the Viscounts Downe, son of Charles John Dawnay (b. 1938), of Eversley, Hampshire, by his wife the former Adrian Louise Hamilton (descended from the Colthurst Baronets), & Dr Suzannah Bozzone, daughter of Mrs Laurie Bozzone, of Chattenooga, Tennessee, and Mr Richard Bozzone, of Aiken, South Carolina.

Source: Daily Telegraph 25 Apr, 2006

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Trefusis/Wilson engagement

The engagement was announced in April, 2006, between Jan H.N. Trefusis (b. 27 Apr, 1977), scion of the BLG family of Trefusis, near Falmouth, Cornwall, son of Lieutenant Commander Nicholas John Trefusis, JP (b. 21 Oct, 1943), of Trefusis, Cornwall, by his wife the former Servane Marie Melenec, and Dr Joanna H. Wilson, younger daughter of Dr Colin Wilson, of Dallington, Northampton, and Mrs Jane Stanley, of Writtle, Essex.

Source: The Times

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Leathers/Lucas engagement

The engagement was announced in Apr 2006 between Jonathan James Leathers (b. 1974), scion of the Viscounts Leathers, elder son of Mr David Frederick James Leathers (b. 1942), of Dogmersfield, Hampshire, by his wife, the former Amanda Elizabeth Anne Vyvyan Denton (b. 1943, descended from the Strickland-Constable Baronets) and Hannah E. Lucas, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robin Lucas, of Godalming, Surrey.



Source: The Times ***

Bucknall/Pilkington engagement

The engagement was announced 25 April, 2006, between Philip J. Bucknall, son of Mr & Mrs Michael Bucknall, of Darlington, & the Hon. Sarah Pilkington, daughter of the Rev. Canon The Baron Pilkington of Oxenford (b. 5 Sept, 1933), a life peer since 1995 (formerly the Rev Canon Peter Pilkington), by his late wife, the former Helen Wilson (who d. 1997).

Source: Daily Telegraph 25 Apr, 2006

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Baroness Carbery

The Baroness Carbery, wife of the 11th Baron, died 19 April, 2006. She was aged 87. She was born Joyzelle Mary Binnie, the only daughter of Herbert Binnie, of Sydney, Australia, and married the then Peter Ralfe Evans-Freke in 1941, who succeeded to the peerage (Ireland 1715)and baronetcy (Ireland 1768), on the death of his uncle in 1970. She is survived by her husband and five children. A Requiem Mass takes place at the Sacred Heart Church, Edge Hill, Wimbledon, 4 May, 2006.
Source: Daily Telegraph 25 Apr 2006

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Prince Hussain Aga Khan to marry

The engagement was announced 24 April, 2006, between Prince Hussain Aga Khan (b. 1974), second son of His Highness the Aga Khan (b. 1936) by his first wife, the former Sarah Frances Croker Poole, & Kristin J. White (b. 1976), of the United States. The marriage will take place in the autumn of 2006, the office of the Aga Khan has announced. Miss White has meanwhile converted to Islam and is now known as "Chalija". The couple had met during their studies at the Columbia University. The Aga Khan is a son of the late Aly Khan, by his wife the former Hon. Joan Frances Yarde-Buller (1908-97), daughter of the 3rd Baron Churston, MVO, OBE (1873-1930), by his wife Jessie (afterwards Duchess of Leinster, 3rd wife of the 7th Duke), daughter of Alfred Smither.

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Grossart/Temple-Morris engagement

The engagement was announced 25 April, 2006, between Duncan H. Grossart, son of Dr & Mrs Douglas Grossart, of Woodleigh, South Devon, and the Hon. Suzanna Temple-Morris, daughter of the Baron Temple-Morris (b. 12 Feb 1938), a life peer since 2001, by his wife Tahere, daughter of His Excellency Khozeime Alam, of Teheran, Iran.

Source: The Times 25 Apr, 2006


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Meyrick/Clark engagement

The engagement was announced in April, 2006, between George William Owen Tapps Gervis Meyrick (b. 1970), son & heir of Sir George Christopher Cadfael Tapps Gervis Meyrick, 7th Baronet (b. 10 Mar 1941), by his wife the former Jean Louise Montagu Douglas Scott (b. 1943), scion of the Dukes of Buccleuch & Queensberry, & Candida Clark, daughter of Mr Alan Sharpe and Mrs Cassandra Clark.

Source: The Times 22 Apr 2006

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Meyrick/Clark engagement

The engagement was announced in April, 2006, between George William Owen Tapps Gervis Meyrick (b. 1970), son & heir of Sir George Christopher Cadfael Tapps Gervis Meyrick, 7th Baronet (b. 10 Mar 1941), by his wife the former Jean Louise Montagu Douglas Scott (b. 1943), scion of the Dukes of Buccleuch & Queensberry, & Candida Clark, daughter of Mr Alan Sharpe and Mrs Cassandra Clark.
Source: The Times

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Duke of York & Earl of Wessex appointed to the Order of the Garter....

The Duke of York and the Earl of Wessex have been made Royal Knights of the Garter by the Queen.
Princes Andrew and Edward were both appointed to the most senior British order of chivalry on St George's Day amid a weekend of celebrations to mark the Queen's 80th birthday.
It recognises their seniority within the Royal Family.
The Order of the Garter, established by Edward III in 1348, is in the Queen's personal gift, without advice from government ministers.
Knights of the Garter are chosen to honour those who have held public office, who have contributed to national life or who have served the Sovereign personally.
The Duke and the Earl, the Queen's middle and youngest sons, are now Royal Knight Companions.
Their appointments are additional to the established number of 24 Knight Companions.
The two royals now join their father the Duke of Edinburgh, brother the Prince of Wales and sister Princess Royal in the Order.
Philip was created a Royal Knight in 1947 - the year he married Princess Elizabeth.
Charles became a Knight in 1958 on his creation as Prince of Wales, the Duke of Kent in 1985, Anne in 1994, the Duke of Gloucester in 1997 and Princess Alexandra in 2003. The non-royal members of the Order include former Prime Ministers Baroness Thatcher and Sir John Major.

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Wiggin/Yermakova engagement

The engagement was announced in April, 2006, between Jonathan Henry Wiggin (b. 1978), scion of the Wiggin Baronets (cr. 1892) son of Mr Henry Walter (Harry) Wiggin (b. 1939), of Anguilla, British West Indies and of his 2nd wife, Mrs Robin Wiggin, of Cirencester, Gloucestershire, and Anna Yermakova, daughter of Commander Sergei Alexeyevich Kobelev and of Mrs Viktoria Viktorovna Yermakova, of St. Petersburg, Russia.

Source: The Times

Baillie/Gardella engagement

The engagement was announced 22 Apr, 2006, between Hamish Michael Baillie (b. 1979), scion of the Barons Burton , son of the Hon Evan Michael Ronald Baillie (b. 19 Mar, 1949), of Glencoe, NSW, by his former wife Lucinda Law (now Lady Lister-Kaye, of House of Aigas, Inverness-shire), and Mlle. Christelle Gardella, daughter of M and Mme Gérard Gardella, of Paris. 

Source: The Times 22 Apr, 2006

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Saunders Watson/Karamat engagement

The engagement was announced in April, 2006, between David William Wentworth Saunders Watson (b. 1968), descended from the Culme-Seymour baronets, 2nd son of Commander (Leslie) Michael MacDonald Saunders Watson, CBE (b.1934), of The Manor House, Stoke Albany, Leicestershire, by his wife Georgina Elizabeth Laetitia Davis (descended from the Marquesses of Normanby), and Tabesim Karamat, daughter of Mr Karamat Khan and Mrs Shamim Akhtar, of Coventry, Warwickshire.
Source: The Times 22 Apr, 2006
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Irwin (Desc. Halifax)/Clarkson

The engagement was announced 21 April, 2006, between James Charles Wood, styled Baron Irwin (b. 24 Aug 1977), a godson of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, only son of the 3rd Earl of Halifax, of Garrowby, York, and the Countess of Halifax, & Georgia E. Clarkson, only daughter of Mr & Mrs Patrick Clarkson, of Sutton Veny, Wiltshire. The Countess of Halifax is the former Camilla Younger, daughter of Charles Younger, and former wife of Richard Eustace Parker Bowles, scion of the Earls of Macclesfield.

Source: The Times 21 Apr, 2006
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Charles Peter Hoggarth

Henrietta Hoggarth (nee Lee-Steere), b. 1969, wife of Timothy Hoggarth, gave birth to a son, Charles Peter, 5 April, 2006, a brother for Benjamin (b. ?) and for Eleanor Mary, who was b. 17 April, 2003. Mrs Hoggarth is the elder daughter of Gordon Lee-Steere (b. 1939), and is a granddaughter of Charles Augustus Lee-Steere by his wife, the former Patience Hargreaves Pigott-Brown (of the Baronets of that name).
Source: Daily Telegraph 21 Apr, 2006
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Anthony Philip/Ruby Juliet Darell-Brown

Sophy Louisa Darell-Brown (nee Bristol), wife of Henry Robert (Harry) Darell-Brown, (b. 1971), son of Mr and the Hon Mrs Anthony Darell-Brown, and grandson maternally of the late 6th Baron Huntingfield, gave birth to twins, Anthony Philip and Ruby Juliet, 19 April, 2006. Mrs Darell-Brown is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Paul Bristol.

Source: Daily Telegraph 21 Apr, 2006

Ann Laetitia MacWatters

Ann Laetitia McWatters (nee Salusbury-Trelawny) scion of the Salusbury-Trelawny Baronets (cr. 1628), died 15 April, 2006, aged 81. She was born in 1924, a daughter of Maj. John Maitland Salusbury-Trelawny, MC (1892-1954), by his wife, the former Louisa Frederica Mainwaring, and married 1953, David Neil Courtenay MacWatters, and had issue. The funeral takes place 27 April, 2006, at St Michael's Church, Cotleigh, Honiton.

Source: Daily Telegraph 20 Apr, 2006

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Lucy Alice Tuke-Hastings

Caroline Tuke-Hastings (nee Emmet) wife of Charlie Tuke-Hastings, gave birth to a daughter, Lucy Alice, 6 Apr, 2006, a sister for Ella and Beth. The latter was b. 8 January, 2005.(Scion of Emmet of Amberley?).

Source: Daily Telegraph 20 Apr 2006

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Colville/Orr-Ewing engagement

The engagement was announced 19 April, 2006, between Edward A. Colville, son of Mr & Mrs Damer Colville, of Wilton, Wiltshire, & Charlotte Rose Orr-Ewing (b. 1978), younger daughter of the Hon. Malcolm Archie Orr-Ewing (b. 1946), scion of the Baron Orr-Ewing (life peer 1971, baronet 1963), himself scion of the Orr-Ewing Baronets (cr. 1886), and Mrs Orr-Ewing, of Brackley, Northamptonshire.

Source: Daily Telegraph 19 April, 2006

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Jago Nicholas Aldo Eliot, Lord Eliot

Jago Nicholas Aldo Eliot, styled Lord Eliot (b. 24 March, 1966) son and heir of the 10th Earl of St.Germans, by his 1st wife, the Hon. Jacquetta Jean Frederika Lampson, daughter of the 1st Baron Killearn, died 15 April, 2006, aged 40. He was found dead in the bath on the family estate in Cornwall. Lord Eliot married a Plymouth waitress, Bianca Ciambriello, by whom he had a son, the Hon. Albert Clarence Eliot, born shortly before 4 November, 2004, and twin daughters, the Hon. Ruby Eliot and the Hon. Violet Eliot, b. 7 April, 2003.

Source: The Independent, 18 April, 2006.

Peter Egbert Cadbury (1918-2006)

Peter Egbert Cadbury, the founder of Westward Television died 17 April, 2006, aged 88, was a scion of the chocolate-making dynasty. He was born 6 February, 1918, the elder son of Air Commodore Sir Egbert Cadbury, DSC, DFC, a First World War ace who shot down two Zepellins over the North Sea from his Sopwith Camel, and went on to become a managing director of Cadbury Bros, the predecessor of Cadbury Schweppes. Egbert was in turn a grandson of John Cadbury, a Quaker who had started business as a tea, coffee and cocoa merchant in Bull Street, Birmingham in 1824. John's sons Richard and George (Egbert's father), developed a formula for chocolate in 1866 and went on to build Bournville, the company village near Birmingham which pioneered decent working and housing conditions for employees. He married firstly, in 1947, Benedicta Bruce, by whom he had a son and a daughter. The marriage was dissolved in 1968.
He married 2ndly, in 1970, Mrs Jennifer Morgan-Jones (nee Jennifer Mary Victoria Hammond-Maude, b. 14 August, 1945, daughter of Michael Hammond-Maude and the former Rosamond Patrick); they had a son - Joel Cadbury, the restaurateur -and were divorced in 1976. He married 3dly, in 1976, Mrs Jane Mead, by whom he had two more sons. He is survived by his wife and 5 children.


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Lola Alice Shand Kydd

Abigail 'Peaches' Shand Kydd (nee Spurling) wife of Caspar Shand Kydd, gave birth to a daughter, Lola Alice, 14 Apr, 2006, a sister for Lucas Charles, who was b. 23 December, 2004.
Caspar C. Shand Kydd is a son of Mr & Mrs William Shand Kydd, and Abigail V. Shand Kydd is the only daughter of Mr & Mrs Guy Spurling.
Caspar is a nephew of the late Peter Shand Kydd, who, in 1969, married Frances Viscountess Althorp, mother of Diana, Princess of Wales, &c.

Source: Daily Telegraph, 17 Apr, 2006

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Stewart/Bruce engagement

The engagement was announced 15 Apr, 2006, between Andrew Stewart, son of Mr and Mrs Gordon Stewart, of Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire, and Katherine Ann Bruce (b. 1980), scion of the Earls of Elgin & Kincardine, daughter of the Hon. James Michael Edward Bruce, CBE (b. 1927), of Dron, Perthshire, by his 2nd wife the late Morven-Anne Macdonald.

Katherine Bruce is a granddaughter of the 10th Earl of Elgin & Kincardine, KT, CMG, TD (1881-1968), by his wife the former Hon. Katherine Cochrane (d. 1989), daughter of the 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults.

Source: The Times 15 Apr, 2006


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Clarkin/Vestey engagement

The engagement was announced 13 April, 2006, between John-Paul Clarkin, elder son of the late Mr Paul Clarkin and of Mrs Clarkin, of Cambridge, New Zealand, and Carina Patricia Vestey (b. 1982), scion of the Barons Vestey, younger daughter of the Hon. Mark William Vestey (b. 1943), of Foxcote Manor, Andoversford, Gloucestershire, by his wife the former Rose Amelia Clifton (b. 1952), descended from the Bruce Baronets (created 1804).

Carina Vestey is a niece of the 3rd Baron Vestey, Master of the Horse to HM The Queen.

Source: The Times 13 Apr, 2006

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Sheila Mary Wingfield

Sheila Mary Wingfield, who died 6 April, 2006, aged 96, was the widow of Capt. Mervyn Robert George Wingfield, RN, DSO, DSC (1911-2005), scion of the Viscounts Powerscourt.

She was the former Sheila Mary Leschallas, a daughter of Maj. J.H. Pigé Leschallas, of Lynchmere House, Sussex, and married in 1936, Capt. Wingfield, son of Lt-Col the Rev. William Edward Wingfield, DSO (1867-1927), by his wife Elizabeth Mary, daughter of George Frederic Trench, of the Barons Ashtown

She was the mother of three, Cicely (b. 1940), Richard (b. 1942), and Peter (b. 1948).

A Service of Thanksgiving takes place at St Peter's. Lynchmere, 27 Apr, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 11 April, 2006

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Alan Charles Corbet Gore (1926-2006)

Alan Charles Corbet Gore, b. 1926, scion of the Gore Baronets (Ireland, 1622), son of Francis William Baldock Gore (1873-1937), by his wife the former Mary Isabel Kirsteen Corbet-Singleton; educated at Wellington College; married 1953, Anne Sabine, daughter of W.D.K. Thellusson, by whom he had issue; died at his home, 5 April, 2006. The funeral takes place at All Saints Church, East Winch, King's Lynn, 18 April, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 11 Apr, 2006


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Marmaduke Mickey Percy Grylls

Shara Grylls (nee Cannings Knight), wife of the intrepid adventurer, explorer, mountaineer, Bear Grylls, gave birth to a son, Marmaduke Mickey Percy, 6 Apr, 2006, a brother for Jesse.

"Bear" Grylls is a son of the late (William) Michael John Grylls, MP (1934-2001), by his wife Sarah, daughter of Neville Montagu Ford, by his 1st wife Patricia (herself MP for N. Down 1953-55), daughter of Lt-Col Sir Walter Smiles, CIE, DSO, DL.

Bear's paternal grandfather, Brig. William Edward Harvey Grylls (b. at Funtington Hall, Chichester, Sussex, 11 July, 1902; d. 4 Feb, 1994) he commanded Britain's "T Force" at the end of the Second World War. He married Rachel, who died in 1976.

Bear's maternal grandfather, Neville Ford is a son of the Very Rev. Lionel Ford, Dean of York (d. 1932), by his wife Mary Catherine Talbot, scion of the Earls of Shrewsbury, daughter the Rt Rev. Edward Talbot, sometime Bishop of Winchester, by his wife the Hon. Lavinia Lyttelton (1849-1939), daughter of the 4th Baron Lyttelton, son of the 3rd Baron Lyttelton, by his wife Lady Sarah Spencer, daughter of the 2nd Earl Spencer.

Source: Daily Telegraph 12 Apr, 2006

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Robert McCorquodale

Claire McCorquodale [nee Coode], wife since 2001 of James McCorquodale, scion of that landed family, gave birth to a son, Robert, 6 April, 2006, a brother for Amelia, who was b. 29 February, 2004.

James is son of Mr & Mrs Euan McCorquodale, of Roxburghshire, and Claire is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Jonathan Coode, of Cornwall. James's mother is Lady-in-Waiting to the Duchess of Gloucester. James is kin of the Dowager Countess of Strathmore; both husbands of the late Dame Barbara Cartland; Raine, Countess Spencer, and Lady Sarah Spencer's husband, Neil.
Claire is kin of the Olympic rower, Ed Coode, of that BLG family, &c.

Alice Gunn

Davina Sacha Gunn (nee Bridgeman, b. 1972), scion of the Earls of Bradford, & wife of Ruaraidh Gunn (b. 18 Apr 1973?), gave birth to a daughter, Alice, 11 Apri, 2006, at Melbourne, Australia.
Ruaraidh is a son of Mr & Mrs Neil Gunn, of Great Weddington, Kent, & Davina is a daughter of Peter Orlando Ronald Bridgeman (b. 1933), of Fallodon Hall, Alnwick, Northumberland, and Mrs Bridgeman.

Source: Daily Telegraph 13 Apr, 2006


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Chamberlayne-Macdonald/Goulimis engagement

The marriage took place 8 April, 2006, at St Matthew's Church, Otterbourne, between Thomas Somerled Chamberlayne-Macdonald (b. 1969), scion of the Bosville Macdonald Baronets (cr. 1625), younger son of Major Nigel Donald Peter Chamberlayne-Macdonald, CVO, OBE (b. 1927), late The Scots Guards, and Mrs Chamberlayne-Macdonald, of Cranbury Park, Winchester, & Irene A. Goulimis, younger daughter of the late Mr Stylianos Goulimis and Mrs Ioanna Goulimis, of Toronto, Canada.
Thomas's father, a younger son of the 15th Baronet, and an Extra Gentleman Usher to Queen Elizabeth II, was owner of one of Scotland's biggest and famous estates, the 80-square mile Knoydart estate. He assumed the additional surname of Chamberlayne in 1958 on his marriage to Penelope Mary Alexandra, daughter of Tankerville Chamberlayne, of Cranbury Park. Thomas's sister, Diana, is Countess of Lindsay, wife of the 16th Earl.

Source: Daily Telegraph 11 Apr 2006

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Cecil/Kohan engagement

The engagement was announced 11 April, 2006, between Robert Barclay Amherst Cecil (b. 1965), scion of the Barons Amherst of Hackney, son of Rear-Admiral Sir (Oswald) Nigel Amherst Cecil, KBE, CB (b. 1925), of Shorwell, Isle of Wight, by his wife, the former Annette Barclay (of that BLG family), & Laurie A. Kohan, daughter of Mr & Mrs George Kohan, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA.

Source: Daily Telegraph 11 Apr 2006


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Wigan/Balfour engagement

The engagement was announced 11 April, 2006, between Charles C. Wigan, elder son of Mr Michael Wigan, of Wivelrod, Hampshire, and Mrs John Loudon, of Pusey, Oxfordshire, and the Lady Maria Alice Jubilee Balfour (b. 1977), third daughter of the 5th Earl of Balfour, of Burpham, West Sussex, by his wife the former Lady Tessa Mary Isabel Fitzalan-Howard, daughter of the 17th Duke of Norfolk, KG, GCVO, CB, CBE, MC, &c.

Is Michael Wigan here the son of Major John Derek Wigan? And, is Mrs John Loudon the former Felicity Cadbury??


Source: Daily Telegraph 11 Apr, 2006


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Preston/Houghton engagement

The engagement was announced 11 Apr, 2006, between Samuel Preston (b. 16 Jan 1982), son of Anthony Grey Murray Preston, by his wife the former Miranda Hynes, & Chantelle Houghton (b. Feb 1983), daughter of Alan Houghton, of Wickford, Essex, by his former wife Vivian.

Samuel Preston is "Preston", of "The Ordinary Boys". His paternal grandfather, Alec Murray Preston married Ursula Sybil Grey, daughter of Frederick Bryan Grey, son of Admiral the Hon. George Grey, who was a son of the 2nd Earl Grey.

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/news/showbiz/s/210/210488_chantelle_and_preston_set_to_wed.html


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Florence Elizabeth Forbes

The Hon. Annabel Lettice Forbes (b. 1973, nee St. Clair), wife since 1999 of John Laing Forbes, and daughter of Major the 17th Lord Sinclair, CVO (1914-2004), gave birth to a daughter, Florence Elizabeth, 26 March, 2006, a sister for Daphne Lettice, who was born 3 October, 2004.
John Laing Forbes is a son of David Forbes, of Westerfolds Farm, Elgin.

Source: Daily Telegraph 12 Apr, 2006

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Learmont/Fane engagement

The engagement was announced 5 April, 2006, between Richard John Learmont, second son of General Sir John Hartley Learmont, KCB (b. 10 Mar 1934), of Somerset, by his wife, the former Susan Thornborrow, & Rose Christabel Fane (b. 1968), scion of the Earls of Westmorland (created 1624), youngest daughter of Charles William Fane (1904-76), by his 2nd wife, the former Pamela Mary Synge (d. 1987), scion of the Synge Baronets (created 1801).

Source: Daily Telegraph 5 April, 2006

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Countess Phyllis von Westarp

Countess Phyllis von Westarp (nee Oxley), died 4 April, 2006, aged 99. She was the former Phyllis Hamilton Oxley, born in 1906, and married Hans-Siegried von Westarp in 1933. She had issue: - Georg, Christian and Robert.

The funeral is at St John's Church, Westbourne, West Sussex, 13 April, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 8 April, 2006
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Joan Coventry

Joan Coventry (nee Briscoe George), who died at her home, 1 April, 2006, aged 91, was the wife of Digby Coventry, and the former wife of Reginald Lacon, scion of the Lacon Baronets (created 1818).

She was Joan Denyer Briscoe George, daughter of Albert J. George. Her kinswoman Vernica Briscoe George was the wife of the 3rd Viscount Selby. Joan married 1stly, 1946, (divorced 1976) Commander Reginald William Beecroft Lacon, DSC, RN (b. 1913), scion of the Lacon Baronets, by whom she had 2 adopted children, George (1955-73) and Victoria (b. 1952).

Her second husband was Digby Coventry. (Possibly a scion of the Earls of Coventry?).

The funeral is at St Mary's Church, Kettlewell, North Yorkshire, 12 Apr 2006

Source: The Times 7 Apr 2006

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Digby Seymour Neave, FRICS (1921-2006)

Digby Seymour Neave, FRICS, senior partner, Messers Neave, Tinworth & Nuan, Chartered Quantity Surveyors, scion of the Neave Baronets (created 1795), died 31 March, 2006.

He was born in 1921, son of Edward Arthur Neave (1883-1960), by his wife Evelyn Margaret Lamb (d. 1966). He was a kinsman of the Rt Hon Airey Neave, MP, the Conservative Government Minister killed by an IRA bomb in the car park of the House of Commons in 1979.

He served in the Second World War as a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery. Married 1948, Chrystel, an authoress, daughter of Professor Poul P. Outzen-Boisen, Knight of Dannebrog, OBE, of Rungsted Kyst, Denmark. No issue of the marriage.

Source: Daily Telegraph 7 Apr, 2006

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Christian Lady Hesketh, OBE (1929-2006)

Christian Lady Hesketh, OBE, who died at her London home, 7 April 2006, was the widow of Major the 2nd Lord Hesketh, DL (1916-55), late the Scots Guards, a Deputy Lieutenant for Northamptonshire, of Easton Neston, near Towcester.

She was born in 1929 as Christian McEwen, the only daughter of Sir John Helias Finnie McEwen, 1st Baronet, DL, JP, and married Lord Hesketh, the 2nd Baron, in 1949. She was widowed in 1955, and leaves issue including Thomas Alexander, 3rd Baron. Another son, the Hon. John Fermor-Hesketh, married Anna Wallace, sometime girlfriend of the Prince of Wales.

She was a DL for Northants and High Sheriff of the county in 1981; appointed OBE in 1984.

The funeral takes place at St Mary's, Easton Neston, 19 Apr, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 11 Apr 2006

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Beck/Phipps engagement

MR W.R.J. BECK AND MISS A.C. PHIPPS

The engagement was announced in Apr, 2006, between William R.J. Beck, son of the late Mr and Mrs Peter Beck, and Alice Christian Phipps (b. 25 Mar, 1969), daughter of the late (Charles) Nicholas Phipps (1925-2004), a grandson maternally of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, KT, GCVO, & of Mrs Nicholas Phipps (nee Christian Fiona Mackenzie, b. 1941, a descendant of the Earls of Clanwilliam), of Douglas, Isle of Man.

The bride-to-be is a great-niece of the late Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, and a niece of Flavia, Baroness Ebbisham, widow of the 2nd Baron, &c.

Source: The Times


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Joan Stewart Menzies Poyntz

Joan Stewart Menzies Poyntz, who died at East Hill House, Liss, shortly before 5 Apr, 2006, was the widow of Lieutenant-Colonel John Mackay Brace Poyntz, OBE, head of the BLG family of Poyntz of Tylston Lodge, & a kinsman of Diana, Princess of Wales (a long dead Countess Spencer was nee Poyntz).

She was the former Joan Stewart Menzies Ogilvie, daughter of Charles Ogilvie, of Aberdeen. She is survived by adopted daughters.

The funeral is at St. Luke's, Milland on Monday 10 April, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 5 Apr, 2006

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Rev. Canon Mark Meynell (1914-2006)

The Rev. Canon Mark Meynell, Canon Theologian of Coventry (emeritus), scion of the Earls of Halifax, died 5 April 2006, aged 92, 11 days after the death of his wife of 65 years, the former Diana Ponsonby, of the Ponsonby Baronets (descended from the Barons De Mauley).

He was born in 1914, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Hugo Lindley Meynell, DSO (1880-1941), a grandson in the male line of the 1st Viscount Halifax. Mark's mother was the former Lady Dorothy Legge, OBE (d. 1974), daughter of the 6th Earl of Dartmouth.

Hebwas educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.

Career:-->Canon Theologian of Coventry.

He married Diana Mary Ponsonby in 1940. She died 25 Mar, 2006, aged 89.

He was father of Christopher, Andrew, Peter, John and Anna; & grandfather to Mark, Guy, Francis, Aidan, Francesca, Marten, Anna, Louise, Clea, Alexander, Hugo, Guy and Theo, & great grandfather to Joshua and Zanna.

A Service of Thanksgiving for Canon and Mrs Meynell takes place 18 April, 2006, at Framlingham Church, Suffolk.

Source: Daily Telegraph 8 Apr 2006


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Alice Georgina Barnard

The Lady Julia Claire Barnard (nee Hope Johnstone, b. 1974), wife of Andrew Barnard and daughter of the 11th Earl of Annandale & Hartfell, gave birth to a daughter, Alice Georgina, at Cresswell Maternity Wing, Dumfries, a sister for Emily.

Source: Daily Telegraph 5 Apr, 2006

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Helen Beatrice Margaret Whitbread (1917-2006)

Helen Whitbread, who died 29 March, 2006, aged 88, was the widow of Maj. Simon Whitbread, head of the BLG family of Whitbread of Southill, and was a scion of the Barons Clinton.

She was born in 1917, as Helen Beatrice Margaret Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, only child of the Hon. Robert Henry Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (1888-1958), a son of the 20th Baron Clinton. Helen's mother was the former Lady Dorothy Marguerite Elizabeth Herbert, MBE (d. 1956), scion of the Earls of Powis.

She married 26 May, 1936, Major Simon Whitbread (b. 12 0ct 1904; d. 1985), a director of the family brewing company, son of Samuel Howard Whitbread, CB (1858-1944), by his wife the former Madeline Bourke (d. 1961), scion of the Earls of Mayo.

She leaves a son, Samuel Charles (b. 22 Feb 1937), and a daughter, Elizabeth (b. 21 Apr 1939).

The funeral is at All Saints, Southill, Friday 7 Apr, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 3 April, 2006


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Katharine Violet Amherst Cecil

Nicola Jane Cecil (nee Michels), wife since 1996 of the Hon. (Hugh) William Amherst Cecil (b. 17 June, 1968), son and heir of the 4th Baron Amherst of Hackney, gave birth to a daughter, Katharine Violet Amherst, 24 March, 2006.

Source: The Times

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Cadbury/Lalvani marriage

The marriage took place on Saturday, 25 March, 2006, at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge between Joel M. Cadbury, son of Peter Cadbury and the late Mrs Jennifer d'Abo, and Divia Lalvani, daughter of Mr Gulu Lalvani and Mrs Conrad Schloesser. The Reverend Alan Gyle officiated.

Source: The Times


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Cadbury/Lalvani engagement

The marriage took place on Saturday, 25 March, 2006, at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge between Joel M. Cadbury, son of Peter Cadbury and the late Mrs Jennifer d'Abo, and Divia Lalvani, daughter of Mr Gulu Lalvani and Mrs Conrad Schloesser. The Reverend Alan Gyle officiated.

Source: The Times


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Butler/Rylands engagement

The engagement was announced in Apr 2006 between James H. Butler, elder son of Sir Michael Dacres Butler, GCMG (b. 27 Feb, 1927), and Lady Butler (nee Ann, dau of the Rt. Hon. Lord Clyde), and Rosanna S. Rylands, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Kirkland Rylands, of Wigton, Cumbria.

Source: The Times


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Malachard Des Reyssiers/Cadbury engagement

The engagement was announced in Apr 2006, between Victor G.D. Malachard Des Reyssiers, son of Mr Olivier Malachard des Reyssiers, of Paris, France, and Mrs Odile Jenkins, of Fulham, London, and Justine D. Cadbury, daughter of Sir (Nicholas) Dominic Cadbury, Knt (b. 12 May 1940), of Shutford, Oxfrodshire, by his wife the former Cecilia Sarah Symes.


Source: The Times


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Cecil/Primarolo engagement

The engagement was announced in April, 2006, between Richard Strongbow Amherst Cecil (b. 1973), scion of the Barons Amherst of Hackney, eldest son of John Strongbow Amherst (Bow) Ceci (b. 1939)l, of Monk Sherbourne, Hampshire, and Mrs Cecil, and Emma Jane Primarolo, only daughter of Mr and Mrs Anthony Primarolo, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Source: The Times


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von Hofmannsthal/Armstrong-Jones engagement

The engagement was announced in Apr, 2006, between Rodolphe von Hofmannsthal, son of Mr Octavian Charles Hugo von Hofmannsthal (b. 1946), and Mrs von Hofmannsthal, and the Lady Frances Armstrong-Jones (b. 1979), daughter of the 1st Earl of Snowdon, GCVO (b. 1930), by his 2nd wife, the former Lucy Mary Davies.
Rodolphe von Hofmannsthal is a great-grandson of the 6th Marquess of Anglesey. Rodople's father is a son of Raimund von Hofmannsthal (d. 1974), who married (as his second wife) in 1939, the Lady Elisabeth Hester Mary Paget (b. 1916), daughter of the 6th Marquess of Anglesey (1885-1947)

Source: The Times

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Goffin/Dundas-Bekker engagement

The engagement was announced in Apr, 2006, between John Goffin, elder son of the late Mr Bruce Goffin and of Mrs Mary Goffin, Auckland, New Zealand, and Henrietta May Dundas-Bekker (b. 1975), younger daughter of the late Mr Aedrian Dundas-Bekker, and of Mrs Althea Dundas-Bekker, Arniston House, Gorebridge, Midlothian.

Henrietta is a scion of the Dundas of Arniston Baronets (extinct 1970), and is a granddaughter maternally of 4th Baronet.

Source: The Times


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