Wilkerson/Goring engagement

The engagement was announced 1 January, 2007, between Rick D. Wilkerson, son of Mr & Mrs R. Wilkerson, of Fox Island, Washington State, USA, & Catherine Clare Goring (b. 1975), scion of the Goring Baronets, daughter of Richard Harry Goring (b. 1949), of Findon Park, West Sussex, by his wife the former Penelope Ann Broadbent.

Viscount Lambton (Disclaimed Earl of Durham)

Antony Claud Frederick Lambton, styled Viscount Lambton, politician and writer, who, in 1970, disclaimed the Earldom of Durham, died at Sovicille, Italy, 30 December 2006. He was aged 84. Lord Lambton was born 10 July 1922; styled 1941-70 Viscount Lambton; MP (Conservative) for Berwick-upon-Tweed 1951-73; Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary 1955-57; succeeded 1970 as sixth Earl of Durham, disclaimed peerage for life 1970, desiring to be known as Lord Lambton; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence 1970-73; married 1942 Belinda Blew-Jones (she died 13 Feb 2003; one son, four daughters); He is succeeded by his son, Edward Richard Lambton, styled Lord Durham, who was born 19 Oct 1961.
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Alexander Michael Williams-Bulkeley

Jennifer Leigh Williams-Bulkeley (nee Moran), wife of David Haakon Williams-Bulkeley (b. 1973), scion of the Williams-Bulkeley Baronets (cr. 1661), gave birth to a son, Alexander Michael, 13 December, 2006.
David is the second son of Michael Williams-Bulkeley (b. 2 April, 1943), of Anglesey, North Wales, by his wife, the former Ellen-Marie Falkum-Hansen, of Oslo, Norway, & Jennifer is the daughter of Mr & Mrs Michael Moran, of Bloomfield Hills, United States of America.
David is a grandson of Sir Richard Harry David Williams-Bulkeley, 13th Baronet. His great-grandfather, Maj Richard Williams-Bulkeley, MC, married Victoria Alexandrina Stella Legge (of the Earls of Dartmouth); his gt-gt-grandfather, the 12th Baronet, married a Yorke (of the Earls of Hardwicke); the 11th Baronet married at Baring (of the Northbrook branch of the family).

Barbara Lady Luke

Barbara Lady Luke, who died 30 December, 2006, at the age of 95, was the widow of the 2nd Lord Luke, KCVO, TD (1905-96). She was born in 1911 as Barbara Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, daughter of Sir Fitzroy Hamilton Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Baronet, and married the then Ian Lawson Johnston in 1932. He succeeded as 2nd Baron Luke, in 1943, and died 25 May, 1996.She leaves 2 sons, Arthur 3rd Lord Luke, and the Hon Harry Lawson Johnston, and a daughter, Caroline, and was predeceased by 2 sons, the Hon Andrew and the Hon Philip Lawson Johnston. A Service of Thanksgiving takes place at All Saints Church, Odell, Beds, 12 January 2007.

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Lady Mia Adriana Marie Rose Child-Villiers

The Countess of Jersey, wife of the 10th Earl of Jersey (b. 5 Feb 1976), gave birth to a daughter, the Lady Mia Adriana Marie Rose Child-Villiers, at Jersey, Channel Islands, 28 December, 2006.

Lady Jersey is the former Marianne De Guelle, only daughter of Mr Peter De Guelle and Mrs Jeannette De Guelle, of Jersey.

Bridget Allfrey

Bridget Allfrey, who died 11 December, 2006, at the age of 92, was a scion of the Irish LG family of ffrench Blake, born as Bridget Iris ffrench Blake, 2nd daughter of Lt-Col Arthur O'Brien ffrench Blake, TD, of the Old Rectory, Acrise, near Folkstone, Kent; and married 26 Jan 1937, Maj. Richard Moubray Allfrey (b. 24 Apr 1906), late the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, scion of the Allfrey LG family of Wokefield Park, by whom she had issue, 2 sons, Patrick & Michael, & 2 daughters, Susan and Rosemary. A Thanksgiving service takes place at Storridge Church, 10 January, 2007.
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Joan Lady Mowbray, Segrave & Stourton

Joan Lady Mowbray, Segrave & Stourton, second wife, and widow - for just 10 days - of the 26th Lord Mowbray, 27th Lord Segrave & 23rd Lord Stourton, CBE, Premier Baron of England, died 22 December, 2006.
She was the former Joan Marianne Street, only surviving child of Capt. Herbert Edmund Street, late the 20th Hussars, and married firstly, in 1945, Capt. Sir Guy Hope Holland, 3rd Baronet (1918- ?); by whom she had issue; married 2ndly, in Warwickshire, February, 1999, Lord Mowbray, Segrave & Stourton, CBE (b. 11 Mar 1923; d.12 Dec 2006).
Lady Mowbray is survived by two daughters, Davina Conant and Georgiana Robertson.
The funeral is to be held at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Holwell, Oxfordshire, 10 January, 2007.

Burlington/Roundell engagement

The engagement was announced 23 December, 2006, between William Cavendish, styled Earl of Burlington (b. 6 June 1969), only son and heir of the 12th Duke of Devonshire (b. 27 Apr 1944), of Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, by his wife, the former Amanda Carmen Heywood-Lonsdale (b. 1944), & Mrs Laura Ann Montagu (b. 1972), former wife of the Hon Orlando William Montagu (b. 1971), (yr son of the 11th Earl of Sandwich) & only daughter of Richard Charles Roundell (b. 11 Feb 1944), head of the LG family of Dorfold Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire, descended from the Earls of Dysart, by his wife the former Anthea Frances Legge (b. 15 May,1946), scion of the Earls of Dartmouth, and granddaughter paternally of Charles Wilbraham Roundell (b. 15 July 1912; d. 3 Aug 2003), by his wife the former Anne Moore (d. 2005); and great-granddaughter of Christopher Foulis Roundell (1876-1959), by his wife, the former Lady Maude Clements (1877-1932), daughter of the 4th Earl of Leitrim (1847-92), by his wife the former Lady Winifred Coke (d. 1940), daughter of the 2nd Earl of Leicester (1822-1909), &c.. Laura is a granddaughter maternally of David Alexander Keppel Legge, CBE (b. 1916), by his wife the former Patria Hornung, dau of Lt-Col. C.B.R. Hornung, DL, JP.
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Frederick Henry Lowry-Corry

Frederick Henry Lowry-Corry, scion of the Earls of Belmore, died 17 December, 2006, at his home, Edwardstone Hall, Boxford, Suffolk. He was born in 1926, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Charles Lowry-Corry, MC (1887-1973), by his wife Betty Alice Adeline (d. 1978), daughter of Colonel Douglas James Proby (descended from the Dukes of Abercorn); educated at Eton. Career:->Lieutenant, Royal Navy, served in WW2; married 1949, the Hon. Rosemary Diana Lavinia Plumer, daughter of the 2nd Viscount Plumer, by whom he has issue, 2 sons, Charles and James. The funeral takes place 10 Jan, 2007 at Edwardstone Parish Church, Boxford, Suffolk.
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3rd Lord Rennell

The 3rd Lord Rennell, who as Tremayne Rodd was the rugby player & was capped 14 times for Scotland 1958-65; died in London, 9 December, 2006.
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2097794.ece
(John Adrian) Tremayne Rodd was born 28 June 1935, son of the Hon Gustaf Guthrie Rennell Rodd (youngest son of the 1st Baron), by his wife the former Yvonne Mary Marling, daughter of Sir Charles Murray Marling, GCMG, CB; and was educated at Downside and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.
Career: -->>served in the Royal Navy 1952-62; with Morgan Grenfell & Co. Ltd, 1963-66; freelance journalist, 1966-67; Marks of Distinction Ltd, 1968-79; Director, Tremayne Ltd, 1980-91; Team Leader for Vladimir Krammik, World Championship Chess Match, 2000;succeeded to the peerage (Barony of Rennell, of Rodd, Co. Herts, cr. 1933) in 1978, on the demise of his uncle, the 2nd peer; &c.
He married in 1977, Phyllis, daughter of T.D. Neill, by whom he had one son and three daughters. The peerage now devolves upon his only son, the Hon. James Roderick David Tremayne Rodd, who was born 9 Mar 1978.
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Horner/Villiers engagement

Mr G.R.Horner and Lady Sarah Villiers The engagement is announced between Guy, youngest son of Mr and Mrs G. M. Horner, of Bishops Itchington, Warwickshire, and Sarah, daughter of The Earl and Countess of Clarendon, of Swanmore, Hampshire.

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Lord Carter, PC (1932-2006)

The Lord Carter, PC, who died 18 December, 2006, aged 74, life Baron, combined a successful career as an agricultural businessman with a commitment to the Labour Party that culminated in his piloting the Blair government's constitutional reforms through the Lords as government chief whip.Denis Victor Carter was born 17 January, 1932, son of Albert William Carter, and was educated at the Xaverian College, Brighton; East Sussex Agricultural College; Essex College of Agriculture; & Worcester College, Oxford (BLitt); agricultural consultant and farmer since 1957; founder AKC Ltd (agricultural accounting & management) 1957; partner Drayton Farms since 1975; a Director, W.E. & D.T. Cave Ltd since 1976; Executive producer Link TV (programmes for the disabled); Sgt RASC, in Central Zone Egypt; created Baron Carter, of Devizes, county Wiltshire (for life) 1987; Opposition front bench spokesman on agriculture and rural affairs, 1987-97, also on social security, 1988-90, and health 1989-92; Deputy Chief Opposition Whip, House of Lords 1990-92; Captain, Hon Corps of Gentlemen at Arms (Government Chief Whip in the Lords) 1997-2002.
He married in 1957, Teresa Mary Greengoe, daughter of Cecil William Greengoe. She and their daughter survive him.
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Michael Henry Barrett-Lennard

Michael Henry Barrett-Lennard, who died 9 December, 2006, following a road accident in Norfolk, was scion of the Barrett-Lennard Baronets (cr. 1801); born in 1923, yr son of the Rev. Dacre Fiennes Barrett-Lennard (1888-1975), by his wife Charlotte Bampton (descended from the Earls of Albemarle); the cremation is at Earlham, Norwich, 5 January, 2007.

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Emma Sophia Cave-Brown-Cave

Katie E.S. Cave-Brown-Cave (nee Eastaugh) wife of Courtney Peter Cave-Brown-Cave (b. 1961), scion of the Cave-Brown-Cave Baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Emma Sophia, 16 December, 2006.Courtney is the second son of Anthony Cave-Browne-Cave, DSO (b. 1925) of Whettleton, Shropshire, by his wife, the former Dinah Anne Mitchell; and Katie is the 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 LG family).
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Alexander James Biddulph

Annabel Biddulph (nee Simpson) wife of Capt George Biddulph, King's Royal Hussars, scion of the Barons Biddulph, younger son of Mr & Mrs Simon Biddulph, gave birth to a son, Alexander James, 9 Dec, 2006, a brother for Henry Patrick, who was b. 29 May, 2004. Mrs Biddulph is a daughter of Mr Walter Simpson, of Perthshire, and Mrs Susan Simpson, of Edinburgh.

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William Allen Mills Foley

Emily A. Foley (nee Rice), wife since 2003 of Ian Richard Foley (b. 1973), gave birth to a son, William Allen Mills, 15 December, 2006, at Palo Alto, United States, a brother for Alexandra. Ian is the yr son of Mr Andrew Thomas Foley (b. 1938), of the Barons Foley, of Stoke Edith, Herefordshire, & Mrs Gillian Foley, of Kensington, & Emily is the daughter of Mr & Mrs A. Rice, of Austin, Texas...
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Simon William Barrow (1942-2006)

Simon William Barrow, who died 8 December, 2006, aged 64, was a scion of the Barrow Baronets (cr. 1835). He was b. 1942, son of Alfred Francis Lendon Barrow (1904-89) by his wife the former Ruth Milsum: Career:->>Headmaster of the Oratory School, Woodcote, Reading, Berkshire; married 1977, Brenda Cora Kelly, by whom he had issue. The funeral is at Our Lady & St Anne's Church, Caversham, 21 Dec 2006.
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Hon. Ronald John Eden (1931-2006)

The Hon. Ronald John Eden, scion of the Barons Auckland (cr. I, 1789, and GB 1793), died 10 December, 2006, at the age of 75. He was b. 1931, yr son of Maj. the 8th Lord Auckland (1892-1957), by his wife Evelyn Vane Drummond of Cromlix; married 1957, Rosemary Dorothy Marion, daughter of Sir John Crowder, MP, and descended from the Barons Petre, by whom he had issue....


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Trenchard/Popken engagement

The engagement was announced in December, 2006, between the Hon. Alexander Thomas Trenchard (b. 26 Jul 1978), son and heir of the 3rd Viscount Trenchard (b. 12 Mar 1951), of Standon Lordship, Hertfordshire, by his wife, the former Fiona Elizabeth Morrison (b. 1954), daughter of the late 2nd Baron Margadale, & Mira Popken, daughter of the late Herr Rainer Ostendorf and of Frau Hannelore Popken, of Hamburg, Germany.



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Borthwick/Codrington engagement

The engagement was announced in December, 2006, between (William) Martin Stanislaw Borthwick (B. 1981), scion of the Borthwick Baronets (cr. 1908), son of Simon William Frederick Borthwick (b. 1950), of Ealing, London, by his wife the former Bozena Podwoiski, & Jessica M-J. Codrington, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Edward Codrington, of Ealing, London.

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Hyde Parker/Gilbey engagement

The engagement was announced in December, 2006, between William John Hyde Parker (b. 10 June 1983), son and heir of Sir Richard William Hyde Parker, 12th Baronet (cr. 1681), of Melford Hall, Suffolk, by his wife Elizabeth Jean Leslie, scion of the Leslie Baronets (cr 1625), & Alice V.B. Gilbey, daughter of Mr & Mrs Simon Gilbey, of Les Caches, Guernsey.

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Barnett/Peto engagement

The engagement was announced in Dec, 2006, between William G. Barnett, eldest son of the late Charles Barnett and Mrs Barnett, of Northumberland, and Augusta Mary (Gussy) Peto (b. 1977), scion of the Peto Baronets (cr. 1927), daughter of Jonathan Basil Morton Peto (b. 1942), of Woodbridge, Suffolk, by his wife the former Hon. Selina Lilian Hughes-Young (b. 1944), daughter of the 1st Baron St Helens, MC, by his wife Elizabeth Blakiston-Houston, of the Baronets of that name.

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Cronin/Rous engagement

The engagement was announced in Dec 2006, between Arun D. Cronin, son of Professor Richard Cronin and Mrs Manjushree Cronin, of Glasgow, & Clare Elizabeth Khalida Rous (b. 1979), scion of the Earls of Stradbroke, daughter of Simon Roderick Rous (b. 1950), of Burston, Somerset, by his wife the former Carol Dawson.


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James Wentworth-Stanley (1985-2006)

James Nicholas Wentworth-Stanley, who died from gun shot wounds, 15 December, 2006, aged 21, was a scion of that LG family, the elder son of Nicholas Philip Wentworth-Stanley (b. 1954), wby his 1st wife, the former Clare H. Steel (now the Marchioness of Milford Haven), and was a grandson of the late (Geoffrey) David Wentworth-Stanley (1924-2005) by his wife, the former Bridget Pease (b. 1926), daughter of Maj. Philip Ivan Pease, by his wife, the former Doris Madeleine Crichton (b. 1904), scion of the Earls of Erne.

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Lady Harford

Lady Harford, who died 9 December, 2006, aged 99, was the 2nd wife, and widow, of Sir James Dundas Harford, KBE, CMG (1899-1993), British diplomat, sometime Governor & Commander-in-Chief of St Helena. She was the former Lilias Madeleine Campbell, eldest daughter of Maj. Archibald Campbell, and married Sir James, a widower, in 1937, by whom she had 2 daughters. Her husband's previous wife (whom he married 14 Mar 1932) was Countess Thelma Alberta Louisa Evelyne Mextá, who had died in 1934. She was widowed, 26 Nov, 1993. The funeral takes place at Holy Trinity Church, Westcott, near Dorking, 5 January, 2007.

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Freddie Jack Lysander Biddulph

The Hon. Sarah Margaret Biddulph, (b. 1971), wife of John Simon Biddulph, (b. 1971), gave birth to son, Freddie Jack Lysander, 16 November, 2006, a brother for Alice Emily Christina, who was b. 28 July, 2002, and for Thomas George Henrik, who was b. 14 October, 2003.
Mrs Biddulph is the only daughter of the late 3rd Baron Gretton, and of Jennifer, Baroness Gretton (of Grey of Codnor descent), and Mr Biddulph is the elder son of Simon Biddulph, of the Barons Biddulph, by his McCorquodale wife.
The couple married 3 July, 1999.

Lily Frances Mary Hastings-Bass

Lily Frances Mary Hastings-Bass, who died as the result of an accident, 6 December, 2006, aged 20, was a scion of the Earls of Huntingdon (cr. 1529). She was born in 1986, the younger daughter of the Hon. John Peter Robin Hood Hastings-Bass (b. 1954), by his wife the former Sophie Scarisbrick, and was a niece of the 16th Earl of Huntingdon.


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Williams/Coleridge engagement

The engagement was announced 12 December, 2006, between Simon D. Williams, elder son of Mr & Mrs David Williams, of Wool, Dorset, & Jessica Alice Seymour Coleridge (b. 1974), scion of the Barons Coleridge, daughter of the Hon. Samuel John Taylor Coleridge (b. 1942), & Mrs Patricia Coleridge, of London SW6.


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Dowager Lady Gethin

The Dowager Lady Gethin, who died 8 December, 2006, aged 92, was the widow of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard Patrick St Lawrence Gehtin, 9th Baronet.She was the former Fara Bartlett, daughter of Joseph Henry Bartlett, & married Sir Richard in 1946. He died in 1988. She leaves issue, including Sir Richard Joseph St Lawrence Gethin, 10th Baronet. The funeral is at St Benet's Church, Kemerton, Worcestershire, 20 December, 2006.

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Lady Ann Elliot

The Lady Ann Elliot (nee Child-Villiers), who died 13 December, 2006, at St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, at the age of 90, was a daughter of the 8th Earl of Jersey (1873-1923), by his wife, the former Lady Cynthia Almina Constance Mary Needham, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Kilmorey. She was a sister of the 9th Earl, and a great-aunt of the 10th Earl. She married 1937, Maj. Alexander Henry Elliot (1913-86), late the Royal Artillery, scion of the Earls of Minto, by whom she had issue. The funeral takes place at St Lawrence's Church, Chobham, 21 Dec, 2006.

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Hon. Anne Elizabeth Bromley-Martin

The Hon Anne Elizabeth Bromley-Martin, who died 8 December, 2006, aged 95, was a scion of the Barons Ormathwaite (ext. 1984). She was b. 1911, as the Hon Anne Elizabeth Walsh, and was a sister of the 6th Baron. Her elder sister, the Hon Jane Walsh (b. 1910, d. 23 Aug 1996) was a Lady-in-Waiting to HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. Anne m. 1948, as his 2nd wife, Peter Edward Bromley-Martin, scion of that LG family, and descended from the Rouse-Boughton Baronets. He died in 1968.

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Florence Elizabeth Lindsay Clifton-Brown

(Florence) Elizabeth Lindsay Clifton-Brown (nee Vestey), who died 15 December, 2006, was a scion of the Vestey Baronets (cr. 1921), b. 1926, daughter of Ronald Arthur Vestey (1898-1987) by his wife Florence Ellen McLean, and was a granddaughter of the 1st Bart. Married 1952, Robert Lawrence Clifton-Brown (b. 1929), scion of the Brown Baronets (cr. 1863), and leaves issue.

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Florence Elizabeth Lindsay Clifton-Brown

(Florence) Elizabeth Lindsay Clifton-Brown (nee Vestey), who died 15 December, 2006, was a scion of the Vestey Baronets (cr. 1921), b. 1926, daughter of Ronald Arthur Vestey (1898-1987) by his wife Florence Ellen McLean, and was a granddaughter of the 1st Bart. Married 1952, Robert Lawrence Clifton-Brown (b. 1929), scion of the Brown Baronets (cr. 1863), and leaves issue.

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Frank Johnson (1943-2006)

Frank Robert Johnson, journalist, deputy editor of the Sunday Telegraph 1995-99, editor of The Spectator, died 15 Dec, 2006, at the age of 63. Born 20 Jan 1943, son of Ernest Johnson by his wife Doreen Skinner; married 1998, Virginia, widow of the Hon. Simon Fraser, Master of Lovat. No issue. His step children include the present 18th Lord Lovat.
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Lord Mowbray, Segrave & Stourton, CBE (1923-2006)

The Lord Mowbray, Segrave & Stourton, CBE, died 12 December, 2006. He was aged 83. He was the 26th Baron Mowbray (created 1283), the 27th Baron Segrave (created 1283), and the 23rd Baron Stourton (created 1448).

Charles Edward Stourton was born 11 March, 1923, the son of William Marmaduke Stourton, 25th Lord Mowbray, 26th Lord Segrave, and 22nd Lord Stourton, MC, by his wife, Sheila (d. 1975), daughter of the Hon. Edward Gully, CB, and was educated at Ampleforth and Christ Church, Oxford.

In 1912 the then Lord Mowbray, Segraev & Stourton made an unsuccessful cvlaim to the Earldom of Norfolk, which had originally been bestowed on the Bigod family. Roger Bigod had surrendered the earldom to the King in 1302 and 10 years later it had been regranted to Thomas of Brotherton, and the success of this claim depended on the validity of the surrender, as it was the regranted peerage which was under claim. He failed in his case, as it was held (in 1906) that the surrender of 1302 was invalid, and, as "The Complete Peerage" states: "the decision in the case involved a denial of the existence of the earldom in Thomas of Brotherton and his issue."The barony of Stourton which was created by patent in 1448, has existed continuously in the male line since that date. The baronies of Mowbray and Segrave were a different case. The first Lord Mowbray received a writ of summons tyo Shrewsbury in 1283 and other later summonses to undoubted Parliaments. The first Lord Segrave was also at Shrewsbury, but was also summoned to Parliament in 1295. The daughter of the 4th Lord Segrave married the fourth Lord Mowbray, and the titles since then have been held together. The baronies came through the Mowbrays, Dukes of Norfolk, to the Howards, Dukes of Norfolk, and so to 1777, when they fell into abeyance between the two daughters of Philip Howard, brother of the 9th Duke of Norfolk. One married the 16th Lord Stourton and the other the 9th Lord Petre. In 1877 the 20th Lord Stourton applied for the termination of the abeyance, and the case was decided in his favour.

Career:--->>Joined the Army in 1942, commissioned into the Grenadier Guards 1943; served with the 2nd Armoured Battalion, Grenadier Guards, as Lieutenant, 1943-44 (was wounded in France in 1944; lost an eye and invalided 1945); Member of Lloyd's, 1952; Chairman, Ghadeco (UK) Ltd, from 1986; Chairman, Thames Estuary Airport Co., from 1993; Director, Securicor (Scotland) Ltd, 1964-70; Director, General Development Co., Ltd (Ghana) from 1980; EIRC (Ghana) Ltd, from 1982; Director, EIRC Holdings Ltd (Jersey) from 1986; Member, Nidderdale Rural District council, 1954-58; succeeded to the baronies on the demise of his father, 1965; a Conservative Whip in the House of Lords, 1967-70, and 1974-78; a Lord in Waiting (Government Whip) and a Spokesman for the Department of the Environment, 1970-74; Deputy Chief Opposition Whip in the House of Lords, 1978-79, a Lord in Waiting (Government Whip) and spokesman for the arts, environment and transport 1979-80; elected a member of the House of Lords, 1999; Chairman, Government Picture Buying Committee, 1972-74; a Member of the British Parliamentary Delegation to the Bicentennial Celebrations in Washington, 1976; a Trustee, College of Arms Trust from 1975; Chancellor, Primrose League, , 1974-80, 1981-83; Life Governor, Cancer Research UK (formerly ICRF) from 1983; Patron, Tayside and Means Normandy Veterans Association, from 1992; Patron, Bicentennial Year Award of Baronial Order of Magna Charta, USA 1976; Knight of Honour & Devotion, Sovereign Military Order of Malta 1947 ( Vice-Pres, British Assoc from 2001); Bailiff Grand Cross and Senator, Constantinian Order of St George (Parma), 2001; &c. 

He was appointed CBE in 1982.Lord Mowbray, Segrave & Stourton was twice married; firstly, in 1952, to the Hon Jane de Yarburgh Bateson, daughter of the 5th Lord Deramore. She died 2 April, 1998.He married 2ndly, in February, 1999, Joan, Lady Holland, widow of Sir Guy Holland, 3rd Baronet. He is survived by his 2nd spouse and by two sons from the first marriage, Edward and James.

The peerages now devolve upon his elder son, the Hon Edward William Stephen Stourton, born 17 Apr, 1953, who is married with one son, and four daughters.

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Amaryllis Susan Rohays Burnett

Lavinia Margaret Burnett of Leys (nee Cox), wife of Alexander James Amherst Burnett of Leys (b. 1973), gave birth to a daughter, Amaryllis Susan Rohays, 24 November, 2006.
Alexander is the elder son of Mr James Comyn Amherst Burnett of Leys (b. 1941), and Mrs Burnett of Leys, of House of Crathes, Kincardineshire, and Lavinia is the elder daughter of Mr and Mrs C.A.F. Cox, of Leochel Cushnie, Aberdeenshire.
Alexander's father was born James Comyn Amherst Cecil, son of the Hon Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil (1914-42), scion of the Barons Amherst of Hackney, who married in 1938, Elizabeth Rohays Mary (who d. in 1993 having married secondly, 1944, Capt Sir Cecil Boyd-Rochfort, KCVO), only daughter of Major-General Sir James Lauderdale Gilbert Burnett of Leys, 13th Baronet, CB, CMG, DSO.
Alexander's father was, in 1966, recognized in the surname of BURNETT of LEYS, by Lyon Court. He married in 1971, Fiona Mercedes, second daughter of Lt-Col Harold Pedro Joseph Phillips, FRGS (who d. 1980), by his wife Georgina (now Lady Kennard), daughter of Sir Harold Augustus Wernher, GCVO, TD, 3rd and last Baronet [1893-1973], of Luton Hoo, by his wife, the Lady Anastasia [Zia] Wernher, CBE, [nee de Torby], elder daughter of Grand Duke Mikhail of Russia [1861-1929], by his morganatic wife, Sophia Nikolaievna, Countess de Torby, elder dau of Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau, by his morganatic wife Countess Natalia von Merenberg [nee Pushkin].
Alexander Burnett of Leys is a nephew of the Duchess of Abercorn and the Duchess of Westminster.

Lady Wontner

Lady Wontner, who died at her home at Hedsor, 7 December, 2006, aged 95, was the widow of Sir Hugh Wontner, GBE, CVO (1908-92), hotelier, Chairman of the Berkeley and Claridge's Hotels, London; Lord Mayor of London, 1973-74. She was the former Catherine Irvin, daughter of Thomas William Irvin, of the Gordon Highlanders (who was killed in action in 1916), of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, and was a niece of Sir John Irvin, KBE, and married in 1936, Hugh Walter Kingwell Wontner of Barscobe (his style in Scotland), 2 sons, Giles and Julian, and a daughter, Jenifer. Funeral at St Nicholas, Hedsor, 21 December, 2006.
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Hon Willa Katherine Peel

Viscountess Clanfield (b. 1978), wife of Viscount Clanfield (b. 1976), son and heir of the 3rd Earl Peel by his first wife, gave birth to a daughter, Willa Katherine, 1 December, 2006, a sister for Isla Rose Huldine, who was b. 24 March, 2005.

Viscountess Clanfield is the former Matilda Rose Aykroyd (b. 1978), third daughter of David Peter Aykroyd (b. 1937), of Nun Monkton, York, scion of the Aykroyd Baronets, of Lightcliffe (created 1920), by his wife, the former (Lydia) Huldine Beamish, younger daughter of Richard Pigott Beamish, of Castleyons, County Cork (of an Irish landed family).

The infant's father - Ashton Robert Gerard Peel, styled Viscount Clanfield (b. 16 September, 1976), is the only son of the 3rd Earl Peel, PC (b. 1947), of Masham, North Yorkshire, and his first wife, the former Veronica Naomi Livingston Timpson (b. 1950), descended from the
Houstoun-Boswall Baronets (now Veronica Countess Peel, of San Martin de Tesorillo, Spain).

Sir Peter Gadsden, GBE

Sir Peter Drury Haggerston Gadsden, GBE (1979), Lord Mayor of London 1979-80, Chairman PPP Healthcare Foundation, since 1996, died suddenly at his home, 4 December, 2006. He was aged 77. He is survived by Lady Gadsden (nee Belinda Ann Haggerston, daughter of Capt Sir (Hugh) Carnaby de Marie Haggerston, 11th Baronet ) whom he wed in 1955, and his four daughters, Juliet, Caroline, Clare and Elizabeth.
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von Hofmannsthal/Armstrong-Jones marriage

The marriage took place, 2 December, 2006, at St George's Church, Hanover Square, London, 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) ...


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Colonel John Kenyon, OBE, MC (1921-2006)

Colonel John Kenyon, OBE, MC, who has died aged 84, won an immediate MC as a mountain gunner in the Burma campaign during the critical battle of Kohima; some 35 years later he waged a successful campaign to restore his county council's name to Shropshire instead of the government-approved Salop.He wasa scion of the Barons Kenyon (Baron GB 1788, Baronet 1784).
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=K1JH2ZALW53ENQFIQMFCFFOAVCBQYIV0?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/12/01/db0102.xml
He was b. 1921, a son of Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Edward Kenyon, DSO (1881-1958) by his wife Gwendoline Ethel Graham Ommanney, and was educated at Marlborough.
Colonel Royal Artillery and General Staff, , Military Assistant to the C-in-C Far East Land Forces 1962-64, and Defence Naval and Military Attache, Belgium and Luxembourg, 1971-73; Shropshire County Councillor, 1977-85; a Freeman of Shrewsbury (Grand Master) and of the City of London; President of the Freemen of England, 1981-91; MC; OBE (Mil) 1970; Order of Leopold of Belgium, 1989; He was married and divorced 3 times...
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Hon Mrs James Galbraith

The Hon Mrs James Galbraith, who died 28 November, 2006, aged 90, was the widow of the Hon. James Muir Galloway Galbraith, CBE (1920-2003), a younger son of the 1st Baron Strathclyde, PC (1891-1985). She was the former Anne Christine Maud Paget, daughter of Maj. Kenneth Paget, of the Old Rectory House, Itchen Abbas, Hampshire, and married Mr Galbraith, in 1945. He died 4 Oct, 2003. She leaves issue. Funeral Service at Ancrum Parish Church, near Jedburgh, Monday 4th December 2006.
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Jo Countess of Onslow

Jo Countess of Onslow, MBE, who died at her home, 28 November, 2006, at the age of 84, was the second wife, and widow, of Colonel the 6th Earl of Onslow, KBE, MC, TD (1913-71).
She was the former Nina Sturdee, but always known as Jo, daughter of Thomas Sturdee, and was awarded the MBE in 1953. She married Lord Onslow, Colonel RAC, High Steward of Guildford 1947-71, Capt of the Yeoman of the Guard, 1951-60, as his 2nd wife in 1962. He died in 1971. No issue.
Service of Thanksgiving at St. Mary's Church, North Leigh, Oxfordshire, 15 Dec, 2006.
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Riega Garcia/Borg engagement

The engagement was announced 28 November, 2006, between Victor H. Riega Garcia, son of Señor & Señora Edgar Riega, of Piura, Peru, & Leonora Ishbel N. Borg (b. 1980), daughter of Dr Alan Charles Nelson Borg, CBE, of London, sometime Director General of the Imperial War Museum, by his wife the former Lady Caroline Sylvia Hill (b. 1938), sister of the late 8th Marquess of Downshire.

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Morse/Nuttall engagement

The engagement was announced 28 November, 2006, between Jon Paul Morse, son of Dr John Morse and Mrs Patricia Morse, of California, & Olympia Jubilee Nuttall (b. 1977), daughter of Sir Nicholas Keith Lillington Nuttall, 3rd Baronet (b. 1933), by his 3rd wife, the former Miranda Elizabeth Louise Quarry (b. 1948), dau of Richard St. John Quarry, and former wife of Peter Sellers, CBE (1925-80), the actor. Sir Nicholas and Miranda married in 1975 and divorced in 1983, and she is now the 2nd wife of the 2nd Earl of Stockton.


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Toby Patrick Linger

Tania C. Linger (nee von Struensee) wife of T. Justin Linger, gave birth to a son, Toby Patrick, 7 November, 2006. Justin is the younger son of Mr and Mrs Trevor Linger, of Corofin, County Clare, Eire, and Tania is the elder daughter of Christian von Struensee, of Lower Basildon, Berkshire, by his wife the former Carol Symmons.


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George Rupert James Hennessy

Deborah J. Hennessy (nee Wallace), wife of the Hon James Rupert Hennessy, (b. 9 Nov, 1968), gave birth to a son, George Rupert James, 19 November, 2006, at the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital.
James is the son and heir of the 3rd Baron Windlesham, CVO, PC and the late Baroness Windlesham (aka Prudence Glynn), of Burford, Oxfordshire, and Deborah is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Brian Wallace, of Sarsden, Oxfordshire.
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Constance Lilian Scrope

Marianne Scrope [nee McCausland] wife of Christopher Richard Adrian [Kester] Scrope, [b, 1970], gave birth to a daughter, Constance Lilian, 27 November, 2006, a sister for Thomas Marcus John, who was b. 30 June, 2004.
Kester Scrope is the son of Mr & Mrs John Scrope, of the ancient landed dynasty of that name, and Marianne is the daughter of the late Marcus McCausland and Mrs Peter Welsh. Kester's grandmother was Everilda Sykes, of the Sykes of Sledmere Baronets.
Marianne Scrope is a daughter of Capt. Marcus Edgcumbe McCausland (b. 1933; d. 1972), who was son of Lt-Col Conolly McCausland, MC, DL, JP, by his wife Lady Margaret Louisa Edgcumbe (b. 1912), daughter of the 6th Earl Mount Edgcumbe.
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Viscountess Davidson

The Viscountess Davidson, who died 26 November, 2006, was the 2nd wife of the 2nd Viscount Davidson (b. 22 Dec, 1928), sometime Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (Deputy Government Chief Whip) in the Lords, &c. She was the former Pamela Vergette, former wife of Mr - - - -Dobb, & married Lord Davidson in 1975. (His former wife became the 2nd wife of the 4th Viscount Colville of Culross). She was the mother of Sally and Cory Dobb, and grandmother of Jack, Piper and Zoë.
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Beatrice Merry Chetwode

Francesca M. Chetwode (nee Sainsbury), wife of James Nicholas Chetwode, [b. 1975], gave birth to a daughter, Beatrice Merry, 23 November, 2006, a sister for Freddie Nicholas, who was b. 31 July, 2004. Mr Chetwode is the fifth son of the Hon. Christopher Roger Chetwode, by his wife, the former Hon. Philippa Mary Imogen Brand, of Hampshire, & Mrs C is the elder daughter of Mr Peter Sainsbury, of Northleach, and Mrs Judy Sainsbury, of Duntisbourne Abbots. James Chetwode is a gt-grandson paternally of Field Marshal the 1st Baron Chetwode, and a grandson maternally of the 5th Viscount Hampden.
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Selby/Stevenson engagement

The engagement was announced 25 November, 2006, between Hugo C.H. Selby, son of David Frederick McLaren Selby, of Hampshire, by his wife the former Hon. Susan Lorna Pennock (b. 1948), and Victoria E. Stevenson, dau of Mr Rodney Stevenson and Mrs Elizabeth Clery, of Lincolnshire.
Hugo is a grandson maternally of the life peer, Baron Pennock (Extinct 1993)...
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White/Hume engagement

The engagement was announced 24 November, 2006, between Sir Nicholas Peter Archibald White, 6th Baronet (b. 1939), of Wateringbury, Kent, widower, son of the late Richard Taylor White, DSO, by his wife the former Gabrielle Ursula Style, scion of the Style Baronets, & Mrs Elaine Hume, of Haxted, Kent.
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Elphinstone/Hall engagement

The engagement was announced 27 November, 2006, between Alexander Mountstuart Elphinstone, 19th Lord Elphinstone (cr. 1509 (Scots) UK Baron 1885) (b. 15 Apr 1980), of Tyninghame, East Lothian, eldest son of the late 18th Lord Elphinstone (1953-94), by his wife the former Willa Mary Gabriel Chetwode, scion of the Barons Chetwode, & Nicola J. Hall, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs Michael Hall, of Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.Lord Elphinstone is a great-grandson of the 16th Lord Elphinstone, KT (1869-1955), who married in 1910, Lady Mary Frances Bowes Lyon, DCVO, who d. 1961, elder sister of HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
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Heriot Maitland/Godden engagement

The engagement was announced in November, 2006, between Charles P. Heriot Maitland (b. 1980), scion of the Earls of Lauderdale, son of Patrick Richard Heriot Maitland (b. 1947), of Fossoway, Kinross, by his wife the former Marilyn Lois Grant, and Alexandra M. Godden, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Nicholas Godden, of St Mabyn, North Cornwall.
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Dowager Viscountess Devonport

The Dowager Viscountess Devonport, of Peasmarsh, Rye, East Sussex, widow of the 2nd Viscount Devonport (1890-1973), died 21 November, 2006. She was the former Sheila Isabel Hope-Murray, daughter of Colonel Charles Hope-Murray, of Morishill, Beith, Ayrshire, and married Gerald Chester Kearley, 2nd Viscount Devonport in 1938. she leaves a son, Terence, 3rd viscount, and a daughter, the Hon Marilyn, b. 1939. Funeral Thursday 30 November, 2006, at Church of St. Peter & Paul, Peasmarsh, near Rye, East Sussex.
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Walker-Okeover/Swabey engagement

The engagement was announced in Nov, 2006, between Sir Andrew Peter Monro Walker-Okeover, 5th Baronet (b. 22 May 1978), eldest son of the late Sir Peter Walker-Okeover, 4th Baronet (1947-2003), of Ashbourne, Derbyshire by his wife catherine Mary Maule Ramsay (now Mrs Andrew Lukas, of Wyck Rissington, Gloucestershire), scion of the Earls of Dalhousie, & Philippa L.M. Swabey, younger daughter of Lt Col (Ret'd) and Mrs Charles Swabey, of Tuscany, Italy.
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+ Edward John Branson

Edward John Branson, who died 14 November, 2006, aged 56, was the husband (?)/partner of Teona Smith-Dorrien-Smith (b. 1946), scion of that LG family, of Tresco Abbey. He is survived by her and by their son, Oscar.
Teona is a daughter of Lt-Cdr Thomas Mervyn Smith-Dorrien-Smith, RN (1913-73), by his 1st wife HSH Princess Tamara Imeretinski (b. 1926), &c.

Isabella Grace Smith-Bingham

A. Cassia Smith-Bingham (nee Murray Threipland), wife of Hugo C. Smith-Bingham, scion of the LG family of that name, gave birth to a daughter, Isabella Grace, 17 November, 2006.
Hugo is the youngest son of Mr Charles Smith-Bingham (b. 1931) (of Smith-Bingham of Mickleton Manor) and Mrs Jennifer Smith-Bingham & Cassia is the daughter of Mr Stuart Wyndham (Tertius) Murray Threipland and Mrs Belinda Mary (Min) Murray Threipland, (b. 1942). Cassia is a granddaughter maternally of the late Maj. Anthony Dermot Melloney Musker, by his wife, the Hon. Mary Angela FitzRoy, (b. 1919), daughter of the 2nd Viscount Daventry, descended from Charles FitzRoy, 3rd Baron Southampton, and from Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, grandson of King Charles II by Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, &c.

Isla Cunliffe-Lister

1. Olivia C. Cunliffe-Lister (nee Bolton) wife of the Hon. Simon Charles Cunliffe-Lister (b. 1977), of Burton Agnes, East Yorkshire, gave birth to a daughter, Isla, circa Sept 2006. Simon is the 2nd son of the 3rd Earl of Swinton (b. 1939), by his 1st wife the former Hon Elizabeth Susan Whitelaw (b. 1944), daughter of the 1st Viscount Whitelaw, KT, CH, MC (1918-99).
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Julian John William Salmond

Julian John William Salmond, scion of that LG family, died 16 November, 2006. He was the elder son of Marshal of the RAF Sir John Maitland Salmond, GCB, CMG, CVO, DSO, of Lewes, Sussex, and married 22 Aug 1950, Bridget Louise Wright, 2nd dau of Fitzherbert Wright, of the LG family of Wright of Yeldersley, by his wife the Hon Doreen Julia Wingfield, only daughter of the 8th Viscount Powerscourt, by whom he had issue, Alicia, Georgiana, Venetia and David. His wife's sister, Susan, was wife of (i) Ronald Ferguson and (ii) Hector Barrantes, and was mother of Sarah Margaret Ferguson, who, in 1986, became the bride of HRH The Duke of York, &c.


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Arthur George Stobart Evans-Freke

Marina Alexandra Evans-Freke (nee Whetherly) (b. 1976), wife since 2003 of Dominic Ralfe Cecil Evans-Freke, (b. 1969), gave birth to a son, Arthur George Stobart, 7 November, 2006, a brother for Benedict Robin Harrington,who was b. 20 October, 2004. Dominic is the only son of the Hon Michael Peter Evans-Freke, (b. 1942), of Chilcompton, Somerset, and the Hon Mrs Michael Evans-Freke, (nee Gurney), of Lower Farm, Bishopstone, Wiltshire; & Marina is the only daughter of the late Mr Robin Christopher Whetherly, [1947-99], late the Royal Horse Guards, and of Mrs Sally Ann Whetherly, [nee Price], of Evershot, Dorset. Dominic's father is the eldest son and heir of the 11th Baron Carbery, and he is therefore in direct line to inherit the peerage (of Ireland).The bride is also of noble stock. Her late father was the second son of Lt-Col. Wiliam Erskine Stobart Whetherly, who m. 1938, the Hon. Rosemary Gertrude Alexandra Lever, second daughter of the 2nd Viscount Leverhulme.
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Mathilda Lucy Lawson-Johnston

Annabel Lawson Johnston [nee Muir], wife of Percy Lawson Johnston, scion of the Barons Luke, gave birth to a daughter, Mathilda Lucy, 27 October, 2006, a sister for Oscar (b. ?) and for Scarlett Florence, who was b. 11 November, 2002.
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Scott/Palmer-Tomkinson engagement

The engagement was announced 21 November, 2006, between Dan I. Scott, younger son of Mr & Mrs Andrew Scott, of Shelley, Suffolk, and Katherine L. Palmer-Tomkinson, scion of that LG family (and descended from the Palmer Baronets and the Smiths of Midhurst, from whom descends HM The Queen), daughter of Christopher David Palmer-Tomkinson (b. 1942), and Mrs Palmer-Tomkinson, of Little Bentley, Essex....
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Sophie Alexandra de Guchteneire

Alexandra Christian de Guchteneire (nee Turton), scion of the LG family of that name, & wife of Mr Bram de Guchteneire, gave birth to a daughter, Sophie Alexandra, at home in the Netherlands, 17 November, 2006. Bram is the only son of Meneer and Mevrouw ED de Guchteneire, of Maastricht, & Alexandra is the younger daughter of the Hon. Gerald Christopher Turton (b. 1937), and Mrs Turton, of Upsall Castle, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, and granddaughter paternally of the late Baron Tranmire, MC, PC (1903-94).

Emily Baring

Katie Baring (nee Bowen), wife of Ned Baring (b. 1975), scion of the Barons Ashburton, gave birth to a daughter, Emily, 7 November, 2006, a sister for Isabella, who was b. 28 March, 2004.
Ned Baring is the second son of Guy Esmond Baring, (b. 1945), and the late Mrs Raina Baring, (nee Campbell), who died in 1979.
Ned's paternal grandfather was Lt-Col Esmond Charles Baring, OBE (1914-63), by his wife Zalia (d. 1986), daughter of Sir Harold Edward Snagge, KBE, and descended from the Barons Avebury.
Ned's great-grandfather, Lt-Col the Hon. Guy Victor Baring, Coldstream Guards, MP (1873-1916), m. Olive Alethea Smith, of the Barons Bicester, and a kinswoman of Queen Elizabeth, consort of King George VI.
Ned Baring's great-great-grandfather was the 4th Baron Ashburton (1835-89).
Katie Baring is the elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Christopher Bowen.


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Major-General Sir John Acland, KCB, CBE

Major-General Sir John Acland, KCB, CBE, Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Devon 1994-99; farmer, soldier, died 17 November, 2006. He was aged 77. Sir John was Equerry to Field Marshal HRH The Duke of Gloucester, 1957-59. He was b. 1928, a scion of the Acland Baronets (cr 1890). His younger brother is Sir Antony Acland, KG, GCMG, GCVO.
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Lady Martell

Lady Martell, who died 19 October, 2006, was the 1st wife of Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh Colenso Martell, KBE (1966), CBE (1957), CB (1963), Chief of Allied Staff NATO Forces in the Mediterranean, 1965-67.She was born in 1920 as Marguerite Isabelle White, daughter of Sir Dymoke White, 2nd Baronet (cr. 1922), and married Sir Hugh Martell as his 1st wife in 1941. They divorced in 1983. She leaves issue.

Jurat the Hon John Coutanche

Jurat the Hon John Alexander Gore Coutanche, Lieutenant Commander RNR; Lieutenant Bailiff and Jurat of the Royal Court, Jersey, died at Jersey, 19 October, 2006.He was a son of the life peer Baron Coutanche, who died in 1973. He was born in 1925, married 1stly, 1949, Jean Veronica (d. 1977), dau of Alexander Thomson Dawson, of Jersey; married 2ndly, 1978, Gilliam Margaret, daughter of Brigadier John Douglas Fellowes Fisher, CBE, of Jersey, and had issue from his 1st union.
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Wigram/Heron engagement

The engagement was announced 11 November, 2006, between Thomas Peter James Wigram (b. 1978), scion of the Wigram Baronets (cr. 1805), son of James Somerset Wigram (b. 1950), of Bovey Tracey, Devon, by his wife Susan Jane, & Rebecca C. Heron, daughter of Mr & Mrs Peter Heron, of Lympstone, Devon.
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Hon. Edward Frederic Northcote

The Hon. Edward Frederic Northcote, TD, who died at Trinity Hospice, 12 November, 2006, was a younger son of the 3rd Earl of Iddesleigh (1901-70) by his wife the former Elizabeth Lowndes; and yr brother of the 4th Earl (1932-2004). He was born in 1934; educated at Downside & Trinity College, Oxford (MA); Major, Intelligence Corps (T & AVR); Cyprus 1957; Association of Inst of Cost & Works Accountants; a Principal Officer, HM Treasury, 1969-71; married 1963 (div 1980), Vivien Sheena, daughter of Colonel Robert John Augustine Hornby, OBE (descended from the Bruce Baronets, cr. 1628); by whom he had issue. Requiem mass at Our Lady of Pity & St. Simon's Stock, Putney, 24 November, 2006.
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Diana Elizabeth de Landry

Diana Elizabeth de Landry (née Vernon), who died 13 November, 2006, aged 84, was a scion of the Vernon Baronets (cr. 1914). She was a former section officer WAAF; born in 1922, daughter of Sir (William) Norman Vernon, 3rd Baronet (d. 1967), by his wife Janet; married 1stly, 1943 (div. 1949), Bohuslav F. Kovarik, DFM (d. 1969), of the Czechoslovakian Air Force; married 2ndly, 1951, Joseph Olivier Hamelin de Grondines de Landry. Funeral Mass at Arundel Cathedral, 1 December, 2006.
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Bellhouse/Couper engagement

The engagement was announced in November, 2006, between Maximilian A.H. Bellhouse, eldest son of Mr Edward Bellhouse, of Buckland and Mrs Spencer Power, of Notting Hill, and (Caroline) Doune Couper (b. 1979), only daughter of the late Sir (Robert) Nicholas Oliver Couper, 6th Baronet (1945-2002), by his 1st wife the former Kirsten Henrietta MacKean (descended from the Earls of Donoughmore).
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Honor Catherine Woodbine Parish

Zoë Parish (nee Clarke) wife of Matthew Woodbine Parish, of the LG family of that name, gave birth to a daughter, Honor Catherine Woodbine, 8 November, 2006, a sister for Ollie (b. ?), and for Jasper Henry Woodbine, who was b. 4 April, 2003.
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Hon. Mrs William Iliffe

The Hon. Mrs William Iliffe, who died 8 November, 2006, aged 95, was the widow of the Hon William Henry Richard Iliffe (1911-59), a son of the 1st Baron Iliffe. She was the former Christine Marie Baker, daughter of Alfred Eaton Baker, MD, of Hastings, Sussex, and married William Iliffe in 1940. He died in 1959. She is survived by 2 sons, (i) Robert Peter Richard, 3rd Baron Iliffe (b. 22 Nov 1944), and the Hon John David Iliffe (b. 1947)Service of Thanksgiving, Saturday 9 December, 2006, at St. Mary's Church, Aldworth, Berkshire.
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Barclay/Colman engagement

• The engagement was announced in November, 2006, between Piers D. Barclay, younger son of the late Mrs Angela Barclay, of London, and Rose C.M. Troughton (b. 1979), elder daughter of Peter Troughton, of Upper Wanborough, Swindon, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Sarah Rose Colman (b. 1953), sometime Lady-in-Waiting to HRH The Duchess of Kent.
  The bride-to-be is a granddaughter maternally of Sir Timothy Colman, KG, by his wife the former Lady Mary Cecilia Bowes Lyon (b. 1932) sometime Lady-in-Waiting to HRH Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy. Lady Mary Colman is a sister of the late 17th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne, and a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Thomas Bradburne

Gaye (Gee) Bradburne (b. 1965), wife of Mark S.G. Bradburne, gave birth to a son, Thomas, 9 November, 2006. Mark is the son of Mr and Mrs John Bradburne, of Cupar, Fife, and Gee is the only daughter of Mr Roderick Charles (Roddy) Armytage (b. 1934), of the Armytage Baronets (created in 1738), of Middleham, and the late Mrs Sue Armytage.


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Lord Hamilton of Dalzell's brother weds

The marriage took place 27 October, 2006, at the Parish Church of Santa Maria Magdalena, Seville between the Hon. John Duff Hamilton (b. 1971), third (twin) son of the late 4th Baron Hamilton of Dalzell (1938-2006), by his wife the former (Ann Anastasia) Corinna Helena Dixon, & Senorita Marta Enrile, younger daughter of Señor Don Juan Enrile Villagrán and Señora Doña Begoña Medina Atienza.
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Darsin/Champion de Crespigny engagement

The engagement was announced in Nov, 2006, between Sandro Darsin, son of Señor Nicolas Darsin and Señora Anna Maria Palazzollo Darsin, of Buenos Aires, and Emma R. Champion de Crespigny, scion of that LG family, daughter of Dr Anthony Champion de Crespigny, of Bath, and Mrs Anthony Haines, of London.
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Baird-Smith/Adeane engagement

The engagement was announced in November, 2006, between Max J. Baird-Smith, elder son of Mr Robin Baird-Smith and the late Sarah Baird-Smith, of Belsize Park, London, and Dorelia D. Adeane, scion of that LG family, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Adeane, of Ramsholt, Suffolk.
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White/Agar engagement

The engagement was announced in November, 2006, between Jonathan C. White, son of Mr and Mrs Patrick White, of Sevenoaks, Kent, and Lady Marisa Charlotte Agar (b. 1979), 2nd daughter of Tthe 6th Earl of Normanton (b. 21 Aug 1945), of Ringwood, Hampshire, by his former wife, the fomer Victoria Susan Beard (now Mrs Timothy Chadwick, of Fulham, London).
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Grace Alice Rose Chichester-Clark

Joanna S.P. Chichester-Clark (nee Newman) wife of Mark J. Chichester-Clark, gave birth to a daughter, Grace Alice Rose, 2 November, 2006, a sister for Sam Barley Shane, who was b. 8 June, 2005.
Mark is a son of Sir Robin Chichester-Clark, Kt, (b. 1928) of London, and his first wife, the former Jane Helen Goddard (now Mrs Jane Falloon, of Great Milton), daughter of Air Marshal Sir Victor Goddard, KCB, and Joanna is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Hans Newman, of Wimbledon.
Mark Chichester-Clark is a nephew of the Baron Moyola (who as James Chichester-Clark was Prime Minister of Northern Ireland 1969-71), and is a grandson paternally of Capt James Lenox-Conyngham Chichester-Clark, DSO & Bar (of an Irish landed family), by his wife Marion Caroline Dehra, daughter of Robert Peel Dawson Spencer Chichester (1873-1921), of Moyola Park, (a grandson of the 4th Marquess of Donegall, 1799-1889).
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Edward Barlow

Veronica Mary Barlow b. 1970 (nee Buxton), wife of Mr (Andrew) Michael Kemp Barlow (b. Dec. 1966), yr son of Sir John Kemp Barlow, 3rd Baronet, by his wife the former Susan Horsbrugh-Porter (of the Horsbrugh-Porter Bts), gave birth to a son, Edward, 2 November, 2006, a brother for Cordelia (b. ?) and Lucia, who was b. 23 July, 2003.
Mrs Barlow is a daughter of Andrew Robert Fowell Buxton (of the Buxton Baronets), by his wife Lady Jane Margery Grant of Rothiemurchus, and is a granddaughter of the Countess of Dysart (a peeress in her own right).
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William Edward Douglas Noel

William Edward Douglas Noel, who died 3 November, 2006, aged 53, was a scion of the Earls of Gainsborough; b. 1953, son of Douglas Robert George Noel (b. 1924), by his wife Eleanor Susan Jane; married 1stly, 1975 (div 1982, annulled 1984) his kinswoman Victoria Mary Younghusband; married 2ndly, 1993, Mrs Juliet Catherine Hayward, dau of Colonel Arthur Harold Newmarch Reade, LVO; and leaves issue from 1st marriage, Arthur (b. 1977) and Teresa (b. 1976); & step-daughters Kate and Vicky. Funeral at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Ipsden, 16 November, 2006.
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John Edmund Julian Byng

Annabel Byng (nee Hardman), b. 1971, wife of Thomas Francis Edmund Wentworth Byng (b. 1970), gave birth to a son, John Edmund Julian, 26 October, 2006, a brother for Rose Florence Eve, who was b. 31 December, 2004.
Tom Byng is a son of Mr Julian Michael Edmund Byng, (b. 1928), & Mrs Byng (nee Wellesley-Wesley). His father was born Julian Michael Edmund Lafone, son of Michael Wm. M. Lafone, who m. 1928, Lady (Florence) Elizabeth Alice Byng, daughter of the 6th Earl of Strafford, of Wrotham Park, Hertfordshire. Julian Lafone assumed the surname of Byng in lieu of his patronymic, by deed poll, (enrolled at the College of Arms) 1952.
Annabel Byng is a daughter of Blaise Noel Anthony Hardman by his wife Caroline Marion Cameron (b. 1943), daughter of the late Colonel Sir Donald Cameron of Lochiel, KT, CVO, TD, Chief of the Clan Cameron, by his wife, Margaret Doris Gathorne-Hardy (scion of the Earls of Cranbrook).
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George Ronald Capel-Cure

George Ronald Capel-Cure, of Blake Hall, Ongar, Essex, who died 28 Oct, 2006, aged 70, was a scion of the LG family of that name, the son of George) Nigel Capel Cure, TD, JP, DL, (b. 28 Sept, 1908; died 8 August, 2004) ( descended from Thomas Cure, of Southwark, Surrey, saddler to King Edward VI, Queen Mary I, and Queen Elizabeth I, who was granted arms in 1588), by his wife Nancy Elizabeth Barry (1910-2006), scion of the Barry Baronets (cr. 1899); he was twice married, 1stly, 1968, to Caroline (d. 1986), daughter of Giles Yarnton Mills, by whom he had 3 sons, William, Hugo & Edward; married 2ndly, Isabella (?) .He was the father-in-law of Rachel, stepfather of Louisa. Grandfather of Milo and Felix. Funeral private. Service of Thanksgiving, Chelmsford Cathedral Thursday, 25 January 2007...
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Blandford baby

(Charles) James Spencer-Churchill, styled Marquess of Blandford (b. 24 Nov, 1955), son & heir of the 11th Duke of Marlborough (b. 13 Apr 1926), of Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, by his 1st wife, Susan Mary Hornby (b. 19 Oct 1929; d. 27 Jan 2005). and his 2nd wife, the former Edla Griffiths, dau of Mr Alun Griffiths and his wife, Pauline, are expecting their first child together in the spring of 2007. (Lady Blandford is four months pregnant, according to the Daily Mail) .
Lord Blandford has a son from a former marriage, George John G. Spencer-Churchill, styled Earl of Sunderland, b. Oxford, 28 July, 1992.
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Seymour/Lafayeedney marriage

The marriage took place, 27 August, 2006, at Lagrasse, France, between Sebastian Edward Seymour, styled Lord Seymour (b. 3 Feb, 1982), elder son and heir of the 19th Duke of Somerset, and the Duchess of Somerset, & Miss Arlette Marie Leotine Lafayeedney, daughter of Mr Daniel Lafayeedney and Mrs Regine Lafayeedney.
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Manners/McMyn engagement

The engagement was announced 6 November, 2006, between the Hon. John Hugh Robert (Willie) Manners (b. 5 May 1956), son & heir of the 5th Baron Manners (b. 13 Feb, 1923), and of Baroness Manners, of Avon, Hampshire, & Juliet E.A. McMyn, daughter of Mr and Mrs David McMyn, of Hawkspur Green, Essex.


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Wakeman/Cunliffe-Lister engagement

The engagement was announced 4 November, 2006, between Edward A. Wakeman, son of the late Dr. E. Maurice Wakeman, of Guildford, Connecticut, and of Leirion of Baja, Mexico, & Constance Alexandra Elise Cunliffe-Lister (b. 1979), scion of the Earls of Swinton, only daughter of (Julian) Michael Cunliffe-Lister (b. 1949), of Caldecott, Rutland, by his former wife the former Penelope Susan Pinner (Mrs Penelope Cunliffe-Lister, of Eastbourne, East Sussex).
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Sinclair/Marjoribanks engagement

The engagement was announced 3 November 2006, between Mark R. Sinclair, son of Mrs Anne Sinclair, of Houston, Renfrewshire, & Faith V. Marjoribanks, daughter of Andrew George Marjoribanks of that Ilk (b. 16 Oct, 1941), Chief of the Name and Arms of Marjoribanks, by his wife Fiona, of Inverclyde. --

Banks/Gascoigne engagement

The engagement was announced 4 November, 2006, between Richard George Fothergill Banks (b. 1977), grandson maternally of the 10th Viscount Boyne, son of David George Fothergill Banks, by his former wife, the former Hon Caroline Veronica Hamilton-Russell (b. 1957) (now the Hon Mrs Cotterell, of Worcestershire), & Fenn J. Gascoigne, granddaughter maternally of the 4th Viscount Esher, daughter of Anthony Grey Gascoigne (descended from the Wigan Baronets), by his former wife, the Hon Olivia Clare Teresa Brett (b. 1947).
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Lady Morrison-Low

Lady Morrison-Low, who died 1 November, 2006, was the wife of Sir James Richard Morrison-Low, 3rd Baronet, a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Fife.She was the former Anne Rawson Gordon, daughter of Air Commodore Robert Gordon, CB, CBE, DSO, and married Sir James in 1953. She is survived by her husband and a son, Richard, and daughters Alison, Jean and Susan.
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Zara Frances Elaine Petty-Fitzmaurice

Lady William Petty-Fitzmaurice (nee Sansum), wife since 2004 of Lord William Nicholas Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice (b. 1973), of Bowood, Wiltshire, scion of the Marquesses of Lansdowne, gave birth to a daughter, Zara Frances Elaine, 1 November, 2006.
Lord William is the second son of the 9th Marquess of Lansdowne by his first wife Lady Frances Helen Mary Eliot, & Lady William is the former Rebecca Sansum, of Chippenham, Wiltshire.
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Oliver Michael Bloch

The Lady Camilla Bloch, (nee Bingham), wife since 1998, of Michael Gordon Bloch, QC, gave birth to a third son, Oliver Michael, 23 October, 2006, a brother for Cameron Charles, who was b. 28 Feb, 2002, and for Angus John Patrick, who was b. 31 July, 2003, and a half-brother for Susy and Claudia Bloch.
Lady Camilla, (b. 1970), is the younger daughter of the 7th Earl of Lucan, and of Veronica Countess of Lucan. Her father, missing since the murder of his children's nanny, in November, 1974, was "pressumed deceased" in Chambers, on 11 December, 1992. Then, in 1999, Camilla's brother, George, Lord Bingham, applied for a writ of summons to take his seat in the House of Lords as 8th Earl of Lucan but his application was not authorised by the Lord Chancellor.
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Jacob Dylan (Jakie) Dent-Brocklehurst

Lilli Dent Brocklehurst [nee Maltese] wife of Henry Dent Brocklehurst, gave birth to a third son, Jacob Dylan (Jakie), at Maui, Hawaii, 26 October, 2006, a brother for Mark, who was b. 27 Apr, 2001, and for Lucas, who was b. 10 Feb, 2004.
[For some Dent Brocklehurst ancestors see Burke's Peerage, Earls of Harewood; and Debrett [prior to 1938] Harewood Colls].
Henry Dent Brocklehurst is a son of the late Geoffrey Mark Dent Brocklehurst, of Sudeley Castle, by his wife (Mary) Elizabeth, dau of Dr Henry Chipps, of Lexington, Kentucky, USA (she later married the 4th Baron Ashcombe).
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Dobbs/von Twickel engagement

The engagement was announced in November, 2006, between Nicholas A.M. Dobbs, youngest son of the late Sir Richard Dobbs KCVO (1919-2004), HM Lieutenant for County Antrim, 1959-75, and of Lady Dobbs (nee Carola Day Clarkson), of Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, and Frein Matilda V.L.A.Z. von Twickel, younger daughter of the late Freiherr Alexander von Twickel and of Freifrau Alexander von Twickel, of Tidmington, Warwickshire.

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Barnett/Houssemayne Du Boulay engagement

The engagement was announced 31 October, 2006, between Mr Andrew Barnett, yr son of Mr & Mrs Michael Barnett, of Drumdeinies, by Nairn, & Emma Houssemayne du Boulay, scion of the LG family of Houssemayne du Boulay formerly of Donhead Hall, daughter of the late Iain Du Boulay, and Mrs Clare Du Boulay, of Auchtermuchty, Fife.
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Lindsay/Galbraith engagement

The engagement was announced 26 October, 2006, between Dougal J. Lindsay, elder son of Mr & Mrs John Lindsay, of St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, & Mary Ida Galloway Galbraith (b. 1973), scion of the Barons Strathclyde (cr. 1955), daughter of the late Hon. David Muir Galloway Galbraith (1928-2006), by his former the former Marion Bingham (now Mrs Rory MacDonald, of Spean Bridge, Inverness-shire).
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Jack Cameron Corbett

Anna Corbett (nee Smedley). wife of the Hon. Jason William Polson Cameron Corbett (b. 21 April, 1972), son and heir of the 4th Baron Rowallan and Mrs Adam Smith, gave birth to a son, Jack Cameron Corbett, 29 October, 2006, a brother for Alexander William Cameron, who was b. 3 February, 2004.
Mrs Corbett is the daughter of Mr Chris Smedley and Mrs Graham Stevens.
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Birley/Ferry marriage

The marriage took place 26 October, 2006, at Richmond Register Office, Surrey, between Robin Birley, scion of that BLG family, son of Marcus Lecky Oswald Hornby Birley (b. 1930), by his former wife, the former Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart, daughter of the 8th Marquess of Londonderry (now Lady Annabel Goldsmith), & Mrs Lucy Margaret Mary Ferry, former wife of the pop star Bryan Ferry, and only daughter of Mr Patrick Helmore and Mrs Mary Helmore.
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