Robert Mchael Oliver Blackwell

BLACKWELL._On 14th December 2011, to Lucy Sonia Elizabeth (Heathcoat Amory b 1977, scion of the BARONETS of that name) and Will, a son, Robert (Bobby) Michael Oliver. Lucy is a dau of Michael Fitzgerald Heathcoat Amory [b 1941] by his 2nd wife the former [Sarah] Arabella Marjorie von Hofmannshal [descended from the 6th Marquess of Anglesey, &c].

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Death of Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, 92

_.Henry Herbert Kitchener, 3rd & last Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, died 16 December, 2011, at the age of 92. He was born 24 Feb 1919, elder son of Capt Henry Franklin Chevallier Kitchener, RN, styled Viscount Broome [1878-1928] by his wife the former Adela Mary Evelyn Monins, and succeeded to the peerages on the demise of his grandfather, 27 March, 1937. Unmarried. Downton Abbey writer Lord Fellowes of West Stafford [lifer] is married to Emma Kitchener, LVO, the late peer's niece.

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Arthur John Hope Thomas Savile

_. Victoria Sian Savile [nee Forman Hardy] wife of the Hon James Hugh Hope John Savile (b. 21 Aug 1976), gave birth to a son, Arthur John Hope Thomas, 1 December, 2011. James is a son of the 8th Earl of Mexborough (b 6 May 1931), by his 2nd wife Mrs Catherine Joyce Vivian (former wife of Nicholas Crespigny Laurence [Vivian], 6th Baron Vivian), yst. dau. of James Kenneth Hope CBE, of West Park, Lanchester, Co. Durham,& Victoria Savile (b 1979), is a dau of Mr & Mrs Nicholas Forman Hardy, of Car Colston, Nottinghamshire.

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+ Frances Mary Colquhoun (1925-2011)

__Frances Mary Colquhoun, who died in Norfolk, 10 Dec, 2011, was a scion of the Colquhoun Baronets of Luss [cr GB 1786]. She was born in 1925, a daughter of Sir Ian Colquhoun of Luss, 7th Baronet, by his wife the former Geraldine Tennant, scion of the Barons Glenconner. She was unm. Her sister Fiona married 1937, the 8th Earl of Arran; and her niece Iona Colquhoun married 1964, the 12th Duke of Argyll, &c.

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Arthur John Sowerby Wallop

_.Victoria Wallop (nee Sowerby), wife of Harry Robert Newton Wallop, [b. 1974] gave birth to a son, Arthur John Sowerby, 5 Dec, 2011, a brother for Alexander Benedict Sowerby Wallop, who was b. 3 December, 2002,and for Felix Coulson Sowerby, who was b 2 June, 2005, and for Cecilia (Celia) Georgina Sowerby, who was b 9 January, 2008.Harry is the son of the Hon Nicholas and Mrs Wallop, of Kensington, London, & is a grandson of the 9th Earl of Portsmouth. Mrs Wallop is the daughter of Mr & Mrs John Sowerby, of Windermere, Cumbria.

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Birth of Otto Scott, a Palmer-Tomkinson descendant

_.Katherine Lindsay Scott [nee Palmer-Tomkinson, b 1979] wife of Dan Scott, gave birth to a son, Otto Walter, 2 Dec, 2011. Katherine is a daughter of Christopher David Palmer-Tomkinson [b 1942] by his wife the former Virginia Franklin, and is descended from the Palmer Baronets & the Smith landed family of Midhurst, from whom descends HM The Queen, &c. Katherine Scott is a 1st cousin of the ubiquitous Santa and Tara Palmer-Tomkinson.

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Death of Lord Suffield, the 11th Baron, aged 89

_The 11th Baron Suffield, MC, died 8 December, 2011. He was aged 89. Anthony Philip Harbord-Hamond was born 19 Jun 1922, son of the 10th peer [1865-1951] by his wife the former Nina Crawfuird Hutchinson, and succeeded to the peerage & baronetcy on his father's demise, 2 Feb 1951; married 1952, Elizabeth Eve Edgedale [who d 7 Feb 1995] by whom he had issue, 3 sons and 1 daughter. The peerage [GB 1786] and Baronetcy [GB 1745/6] now devolve upon his Lordship's eldest son, Charles, born 3 Dec 1953.


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Giulietta Ines Susanna Aitken

_.Inés Aitken [nee Nieto Gómez-Valencia] wife of the Hon Maxwell Francis Aitken (b 17 March, 1977), gave birth to a daughter, Giulietta Ines Susanna, 1 December, 2011, in Madrid. Max Aitken is the elder son of the 3rd Baron Beaverbrook (b 29 Dec 1951), of Fawley, Hampshire, abd Baroness Beaverbrook, & Inés is the eldest daughter of Señor and Señora Don José Ventura Nieto Valencia, of Madrid, Spain.

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Lord Stafford's heir weds Pippa Middleton's former flatmate

_.The marriage took place at Melton, Suffolk, 10 Dec, 2011, of the Hon Benjamin John Basil Fitzherbert (b 8 Nov 1983), son & heir of the 9th Baron Stafford (b 13 Mar 1954), of Swynnerton, Staffs, by his wife the former Katherine Mary Codrington, & Georgina Hewlett (b 1984), dau of the Hon Thomas Anthony Hewlett (b 1952) of Woodbridge, Suffolk, by his wife the former Jane Elizabeth Dawson. The bride, a former flatmate of Miss Philippa Middleton, sister of the Duchess of Cambridge, is a granddaughter of the late life peer the Baron Hewlett, who expired in 1979.

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Death of John Chichester-Constable, of Burton Constable Hall

_.John Raleigh Chichester-Constable, of Burton Constable Hall, East Yorkshire, died 7 December, 2011. His family have been seated at Burton Constable for 700 years. He was born in 1927 a son of Raleigh Charles Joseph Chichester-Constable [1890-1963], by his 1st wife Gladys [d. 1964].He married Laurel Gay Sawbridge [1935-89] by whom he had one daughter, Rodrica [b 1964], wife of James Straker, scion of that landed family, of Stagshaw, Northumberland, &c.

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Death of Lord Rockley, 77

_.James Hugh Cecil, 3rd Baron Rockley, died 5th December, 2011. He was 77. He was born 5 Apr, 1934, son of the 2nd Baron [1901-76] by his wife the former Anne Margaret Meade-Fetherstonhaugh, scion of the Earls of Clanwilliam; he succeeded to the peerage [UK 1934] on his father's death, 6 January, 1976; married 18 Nov, 1958, Lady Sarah Primrose Beatrix Cadogan [b 1938], dau of the 7th Earl Cadogan, by whom he had issue. The peerage devolves upon the peer's only son, the Hon Anthony Robert Cecil, b 29 Jul 1961. The funeral will be at St Aldhelm's with the immediate family only and a memorial will be held in the new year.

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_.The engagement was announced 7 December, 2011, between Sir James Lockett Charles Agnew-Somerville, 3rd Baronet [b 26 May 1970] son of the late Sir Quentin Agnew- Somerville, 2nd Bt, by his wife the former Hon April Drummond, a dau & co-heir of the 15th Baron Strange; and Lady Lucy Katharine Fortescue Gore [b 26 Oct 1976], daughter of the 9th Earl of Arran, by his wife the former Eleanor van Cutsem.

Sir Lockett Agnew-Somerville is a brother of the actress Geraldine Somerville.

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Death of Lady kadoorie, widow of life peer Lord Kadoorie, CBE

_.Muriel, The Baroness Kadoorie [nee Gubbay], widow of one of the world's wealthiest men, died in Hong Kong on Monday, 5th December 2011, aged 96. Deeply missed by.— her children, the Hon Rita and the Hon Sir Michael, her grandchildren, Andrew, Deborah, Natalie, Bettina and Philip, and great-grandchildren, Milo, Misha and Esme. The Funeral will be private - no flowers by request. A Memorial Service will be held and details will be announced later. She was the widow of life peer Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie, CBE [1899-1993], &c

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Martha Beresford-Peirse

_.Joanna M. Beresford-Peirse (née Tamlyn), wife of Henry Njers De la
Poer Beresford-Peirse, (b. 25 Mar 1969), scion of the Beresford-
Peirse Baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Martha, 4 December, 2011,
a sister for Harry, who was b 23 February, 2007, & for Alfred,
who was b 22 October, 2008. Henry is the son and heir of Sir Henry Grant
De La Poer Beresford-Peirse, 6th Baonet (b. 1933), and Lady Beresford-Peirse,
of Bedale and London, & Joanna is the youngest daughter of Mr Johnson Tamlyn,
of Suffolk, and Mrs Susannah Graham-Campbell, of London.
Joanna's step-father (Susannah's 2nd husband) is (Robert) Dugald
Graham-Campbell (b 1944) of the LG family of Graham-Campbell of
Shirvan. His first wife was Hon Sarah Grenville (dau Baron Peyton of
Yeovil - LP ext 2006). Susannah is the dau of Sir (Thomas) Leslie
Rowan KCB CVO (d 1972) & Catherine Patricia dau of Brig. R H A D Love.

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Philip Louis Victor Mallet, CMG [1926-2011]

_.Philip Louis Victor Mallet, CMG, who died 1 December, 2011, aged 85, was born in 1926 a son of Sir Victor Alexander Louis Mallet, GCMG [1893-1969] by his wife the former Christina Andreae, & was a grandson of Sir Bernard Mallet, KCB [1859-1932] by his wife the former Hon Marie Constance Adeane [ d 1934] scion of that landed family and descended from the Yorke Earls of Hardwicke; married 1953, Mary Moyle Grenfell Borlase, by whom he had issue. James, Stephen and Victor. Funeral Service to be held at St John the Baptist Church, Wittersham on Friday 9th December 2011 at 12 noon.

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Phipps/Coad engagement

_.The engagement was announced 5 Dec, 2011, between Jake Shimi Alan Phipps [b 1975], scion of the Marquesses of Normanby,, son of.— Major General Jeremy Julian Joseph Phipps [b 1942] and Mrs Phipps, of Bonchester Bridge, Harwick, and Melanie D. Coad, third daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Coad, of Thorpe, Barnard Castle.

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Parker Bowles/Arnold marriage

_.The marriage took place 10 Sept 2011, at St Margaret's Church, Lothbury, London, between Mr Sam William Francis Parker Bowles [b 1981], scion of the Earls of Macclesfield, son of Simon Humphrey Parker Bowles [b 1941] by his wife the former Carolyn Potter, and Miss Louisa M. Arnold.

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Connell/Weld Forester nuptials

_.The marriage took place on Saturday, Oct 15, 2011, at the Church of St John the Baptist, Willey, between Mr Nicholas T.C. Connell, son of Dr and Mrs Peter Connell, and the Hon Alexandra (Sasha) Weld Forester, youngest daughter of the late Lord Forester and of Catherine, Lady Forester.

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Birth of the Mitchell twins ....

_.Audrey Mary Wiggin (b. 1974 née Wiggin), scion of the Wiggin Baronets (created 1892), & wife of Major Miles R.C. Mitchell, The Royal Dragoon Guards, gave birth to identical twin sons, Philip [Pip] Winston James & Barnaby Robert Kirkland, 16 Nov 2011, brothers for Alfred [b 30 Apr 2008]and for Myrtle. Maj Mitchell is a son of the late Henry Mitchell and Mrs Mitchell, of Blackheath, London, & Audrey is a daughter of Sir Alfred William (Jerry) Wiggin, Knt, TD (b. 1937), of Great Malvern, Worcestershire, by his 1st wife Rosemary Janet Orr.

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Death of Harry Seymour, kinsman of the Marquess of Hertford

_.Harry William Seymour [b 1974], scion of the Marquesses of Hertford, died 23rd November 2011. He was a son of Julian Conway Seymour [b 1934] by his 2nd wife, the former Lavinia Margaret Lawrence, scion of the Lawrence Baronets. Thanksgiving Service St Mary's Church, East Knoyle 2 p.m. Thursday 8th December 2011.

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Lord Hindlip's heir to wed Lord Chadlington's daughter...

.The engagement was announced 1 Dec, 2011, between the Hon Henry William Allsopp [b 8 Jun 1973], only son of the 6th Baron Hindlip [b 5 Aug 1940] and Baroness Hindlip [scion of the Barons McGowan], and the Hon Naomi Gummer [b 10 Jan 1984] eldest daughter of Peter Selwyn Gummer, Baron Chadlington [Life Peer] b 24 Aug 1942, and Baroness Chadlington.

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Colville/Winkler betrothal

_.The engagement was announced 30 Nov, 2011, between the Hon Edmund Carleton Colville [b 14 Jul 1978] son of the late 4th Viscount Colville of Culross, QC, by his 2nd wife, the former Margaret Birgitta Norton, & Isabelle C. Winkler, dau of Dr & Mrs Joachim Winkler, of Zurich.

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Harris/de Chair nuptials

The marriage took place on Nov 16, 2011, in Dorchester, between Major John Harris and Mrs Patricia (Squish) de Chair.

Marquess of Linlithgow's daughter to wed

_.The engagement was announced 30 Nov 2011 between Michael van den Berg, son of Mr and Mrs Barrie van den Berg, of Truro, Cornwall, and the Lady Louisa Vivienne Hope [b 16 Apr 1981] , daughter of the 4th Marquess of Linlithgow, of West Lothian, and of the late Peta, Marchioness of Linlithgow.

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Death of Lord Mottistone, CBE, 90

_.The Baron Mottistone, CBE, who died 24 November, 2011, aged 90, was the 4th Baron in the Peerage of the UK [Cr 1933]. David Peter Seely was born 16 Dec 1920, a son of the 1st Baron Mottistone [1868-1947] by his 2nd wife the Hon Evelyn Murray, dau of the 1st Viscount Elibank, and succeeded to the peerage on the demise of his half-brother, 4 Dec, 1966. He married in 1944, Anthea Christine McMullan [d. 22 Nov 2010], by whom he had issue, 2 sons, and three daughters. the peerage now devolves upon His Lordship's elder son, the Hon Peter John Philip Seely, b 29 Oct, 1949.

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Death of Sheridan Ulric Thynne, 72, kinsman of the Marquess of Bath

_.Sheridan Ulric Thynne, who died in Egypt, 19 November, 2011, was a scion of the Marquesses of Bath. Mr Thynne was 72. He was born in 1939 a son of Lt-Col Oliver St Maur Thynne [1901-78] by his wife Mary. He married in 1964, Eve Clare Cardew, by whom he had one son and three daughters.

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John Selby Hely-Hutchinson (born 2011)

The Hon Laura Hely-Hutchinson, wife since 2009, of the Hon (Richard) Gregory Hely-Hutchinson (born 3 July, 1980), gave birth to a son, John Selby, 20 November, 2011.

The Hon Richard Gregory Hely-Hutchinson, is a scion of the Earls of Donoughmore, the only son of John Michael James Hely-Hutchinson, styled Viscount Suirdale (born 7 August, 1952), by his wife the former Marie-Claire van den Driessche, 1st daughter of Gerard van den Driessche, of Wondelgem, Ghent, Belgium, and is a grandson of the 8th Earl of Donoughmore (born 8 Aug, 1927).

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Duff Gordon/Shand engagement

_.The engagement was announced 22 Nov, 2011, between Thomas Francis Cornewall Duff Gordon [b 1979] son of Sir Andrew Cosmo Lewis Duff Gordon, 8th Baronet [b. 17 Oct 1933], by his 2nd wife, Eveline Virginia Soames, & Katharine E.C. Shand, dau of Mr & Mrs Roderick Shand.

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India Louisa Carolyn Harding-Newman

_.Georgina S.C. Harding-Newman, wife of Rupert Alexander Harding-Newman (b. 1976), gave birth to a daughter, India Louisa Carolyn, 26 Oct 2011, a sister for Emilia.

Rupert is the son of Major (Rupert) Edward Harding-Newman, late 4th/7th Dragoon Guards, of Arabella, Easter Ross, Scotland, by his wife the former Susan Katharine Maud Carnegie (b. 1946), scion of the Earls of Southesk (now Dukes of Fife), and Georgina is a daughter of the late Lieutenant Colonel Julian Pope and of Mrs Julian Pope, of Upton Grove, Tetbury, Gloucestershire.

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Death of Countess of Dudley, former Rank starlet Maureen Swanson

_The Countess of Dudley, wife of William Humble David Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley, has died in her sleep after a long illness. She was the comely Rank starlet Maureen Swanson prior to her aristocratic marriage.

Lady Dudley is survived by the earl, 91, and by a son, Leander, and five daughters, Susanna, Melissa, Victoria, Amelia and Emma.

A Requiem Mass is to take place at Chris Church, Eldon Rd, Kensington W8, November 25, 2011.

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Emily McCorquodale, cousin of Royal princes, set to marry

_.The engagement was announced 23 November, 2011, between James T.R. Hutt, son of Mr & Mrs Christopher Hutt, of Fen Ditton, Cambridge, & Emily Jane McCorquodale [b. 2 Jul 1983] descended from the Earls Spencer & a first cousin of Princes William & Harry, dau of Neil Edmund McCorquodale [b 1951] (descended from the Earls of Westmorland), by his wife the former Lady [Elizabeth] Sarah Lavinia Spencer [b 19 Mar 1955], dau of the late 8th Earl Spencer by his first wife the former Hon Frances Roche, scion of the Barons Fermoy, &c.

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Askew/Tkachuk betrothal

__.The engagement was announced 22 November, 2011 between Jack Askew [b 1984] eldest son of Mr Henry John Askew [b 1940], of Ladykirk, Berwickshire descended from the Dukes of Sutherland, and Mrs Rosemary Askew, of Chelsea, & Sofie Tkachuk, dau of Mr & Mrs Bordan Tkachuk, of Nettleden, Herts.

Jack's paternal grandmother is the former Lady Susan Egerton, sister of the 6th Duke of Sutherland. It was Jack's younger brother George who was possibly the poshest Big Brother contestant. The lad walked I believe.

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Beatrix Grace Heathcoat-Amory

_Annabel Heathcoat-Amory (nee Seaman), wife of John (Jack) Heathcoat-Amory (b 1980), scion of the Heathcoat-Amory Baronets (cr 1874), gave birth to a daughter, Beatrix Grace, 12 November, 2011, a sister for Wilfred Rocky Otto, who was b 23 July, 2010.

Jack H-A is the elder and only surviving son of David Philip Heathcoat-Amory ,MP (b 1945), of Pilton, Somerset, and Mrs Heathcoat-Amory, & Annabel is the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Colin Seaman, of Dartmouth, Devon.

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Jesse William Heriot-Maitland

_.Alexandra M. Heriot Maitland (nee Godden) wife of Charles P. Heriot Maitland (b. 1980), scion of the Earls of Lauderdale, gave birth to a son, Jesse William, 14 Nov, 2011, a brother for Alfie Charles, who was b 19 June, 2010.

Charlie Heriot Maitland is a son of Patrick Richard Heriot Maitland (b. 1947), of Fossoway, Kinross, by his wife the former Marilyn Lois Grant, and Alexandra Heriot Maitland is the younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Nicholas Godden, of St Mabyn, North Cornwall.
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Birth of Lady Violet Egerton

_.The Marchioness of Stafford (nee Barbara R. Schneider), wife of James Granville Egerton, styled Marquis of Stafford (b. 1975), gave birth to a third daughter, Lady Violet Mary Egerton, 11 November, 2011, a sister for Lady Isabelle Victoria Egerton, b 10 December, 2007, and Lady Louisa Anna Egerton, who was b 7 January, 2010.

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Margaret Myfanwy Astor

_.Catrin L. Astor (nee Harrison), wife since 2008 of Tobias M. De C. Astor (b 1980) scion of the Viscounts Astor, gave birth to a daughter, Margaret Myfanwy, 6 Nov, 2011, a sister for Violet Gwyneth, who was b 31 December, 2009. Tobias is a son of James Colonsay Langhorne Astor (b 1945) and Mrs Astor , of Notting Hill, London, and Catrin is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Stephen W. Harrison, of the Mayals, Swansea.
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Cummings/Wakefield engagement

_. The engagement has been announced between Dominic McKenzie Cummings [born 25 Nov, 1971], son of Robert A. Cummings, of North Lodge, Durham, by his wife the former Morag Laws [b 1949], and Mary Elizabeth Lalage Wakefield [born 1975], daughter of Sir Edward Humphry Tyrrell Wakefield, 2nd Baronet [born 11 July, 1936], of Chillingham Castle, Northumberland, by his 3rd wife the Hon Katherine Mary Alice Baring [born 30 March, 1936], daughter of the 1st Baron Howick of Glendale [1903-73].

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Cecily Kathleen Polson 1917-2011

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

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

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Death of Lord Moray

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

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Death of Sir Lancelot Errington

From the Times 20 October 2011:

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

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

Maj-Gen John Edward Cordingley

From the Telegraph & Times 18 October 2011:

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

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

Death of Lady Huntingfield

From the Telegraph of 18 October 2011:

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

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

Zia Snow

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

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The Master of Elphinstone

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

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Ward/Sevier marriage

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

Duke of Roxburghe's heir weds

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

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Ella Fitzalan Howard

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

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


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Finlay David North More Nisbett

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

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Lascelles/Kilburn marriage

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

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

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

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

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Lady Sallyanne Margaret Shirley (1957-2011)

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

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Vere Nicoll/Breakwell betrothal

Harry Vere Nicoll, a descendant of the Madden Baronets, has announced his betrothal to Henrietta Breakwell.

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3rd Baron Darwen

The 3rd Baron Darwen (Roger Michael Davies) (b. 1938) died May 26, 2011.

Death of Lord Inchyra

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

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Hon William Hay

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

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

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Maj. William Napier Seymour (1914-2011)

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

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+ Venetia, Viscountess of Oxfuird

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

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Skeffington/Crouch betrothal

_.The engagement was announced 23 June 2011, between the Hon Henry William Norman Foster Clotworthy Skeffington (b 1980), younger son of the 14th Viscount Massereene and Ferrard, of London, by his wife the former Anne) Denise Rowlandson, 1st dau. of Norman Rowlandson, of Kingston Hill, co. Surrey; & and Sophie C. Crouch, only daughter of the late Mr Michael C.H. Crouch and of Mrs Crouch, of Wretton, Norfolk.

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Cecily Beatrix Vernon-Harcourt

Jessica Vernon-Harcourt (née Faber) wife of the Hon. Simon Anthony Vernon-Harcourt (b 1969) eldest son and heir of the 11th Baron Vernon and Baroness Vernon gave birth to a 2nd daughter, Cecily Beatrix, 3 June, 2011, a sister for Rose Isabella, who was b 3 May 2007.

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Daniel Craig marries Rachel Weisz

 The marriage took place 22 June, 2011, in New York, United States, between the actor Daniel Wroughton Craig [born 2 March, 1968], son of Timothy John Wroughton Craig [1943-2010], and his wife the former Carol Olivia Williams, & Rachel Hannah Weisz [born 7 March, 1970], daughter of George Weisz [1929-2020], and his wife the former Edith Ruth Teich [1932-2016].

Daniel Craig is descended from the Burnaby baronets:-

Vice-Admiral Sir William Burnaby, 1st Baronet > Georgiana Burnaby > Henry Chamier > Georgiana Chamier > Grace Wroughton > Rosa Smith > Rosalind Maud Jones > Timothy Craig > Daniel Craig, CMG 

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Streatfeild/Sutton engagement

_.The engagement was announced 22 June 2011, between James C. Streatfeild, scion of that landed family, son of Mr & Mrs Mark Streatfeild, of Chawleigh, Devon, & Elizabeth K. (Lizzie) Sutton, dau of the late Mr Alan Sutton & Mrs Diana Payne, of Oxshott, Surrey.

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Oliver Jake Samuel Neame

_.Flora R. Neame (nee Hambro), wife of Henry W.M. Neame, & scion of the Hambro landed family, gave birth to a son, Oliver Jake Samuel, 17 June, 2011. Henry Neame is the son of Mr & Mrs Timothy Neame, of Greywell, Hampshire, & Flora is a daughter of Rupert Nicholas Hambro (b. 27 June 1943), of London SW1, by his wife the former Mary Boyer.

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Death of Grand Prior of England, Order of Malta

__H.E. Fra. Frederick John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, Grand Prior of England, Order of Malta, scion of the Marquesses of Bute (cr GB 1796), died 14 June, 2011. He was b 1940, son of Capt Lord Rhidian Crichton-Stuart (1917-69), by his wife the former Selina van Wijk (d 1985); married 1964, Elizabeth Jane Douglas, by whom he had issue.

Funeral at St Mary's RC Cathedral, Edinburgh, 28 June, 2011.

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Death of Angus Baillie-Hamilton

_.Angus Baillie-Hamilton, a kinsman of the Earls of Haddington (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1619), died 15 June, 2011.

Earl Spencer weds for third time

_.The marriage took place at Althorp, Northamptonshire, 18 June, 2011, between Charles Edward Maurice [Spencer], 9th Earl Spencer (b 20 May 1964), only surv son of the late 8th Earl Spencer, MVO (1924-92), by his 1st wife, the Hon Frances Ruth Burke Roche (1936-2004), scion of the Barons Fermoy, & Mrs Karen Gordon, former wife of film producer Michael Gordon, and dau of __________Villeneuve.

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Ambrose Congreve, CBE, dies at 104

_Ambrose Congreve, CBE, owner of Mount Congreve, Co Waterford, who was b 1907, son of Maj John Congreve by his wife Lady Helena Ponsonby, dau of the 8th Earl of Bessborough; died 24 May, 2011, aged 104. He married in 1935, Marjorie Glasgow.

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Queen's cousin granted permission to wed

From a meeting of the Privy Council held on May 10th 2011:

"I declare My Consent to a Contract of Matrimony between My Cousin
Mark Hubert Lascelles (commonly called the Honourable Mark Hubert
Lascelles and Judith Anne Kilburn, which Consent I am causing to be
signified under the Great Seal and to be entered in the Books of the
Privy Council."

The Hon Mark Hubert Lascelles is the son of the Earl of Harewood by his 2nd wife, the former Patricia Tuckwell. He married 1stly, in 1992, Andrea Kershaw, and has issue.

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+ Margaret Edwina Gore Langton

_.Margaret Edwina Gore Langton, who died 12 Jun, 2011, aged 88, was the widow of Lt-Cdr Alaric Hubert St George Gore Langton, RN (1918-87), scion of the Earls Temple of Stowe (Earl UK 1822). She was the former Margaret Edwina Douglas, dau of Lt-Col Donald McLeod Douglas, MC, of Sanderstead, Surrey, and wed Lt-Cdr Gore Langton in 1946. She leaves issue. The funeral takes place 24 Jun, at St John the Baptist Church, Hatch Beauchamp.

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Countess of Normanton dies aged 56

_.The Countess of Normanton, wife of the 6th Earl of Normanton, of Somerley, Hampshire, has died aged 56. The former Rosalind Bernice Nott, she married Shaun James Christian Welbore Ellis Agar,6th Earl of Normanton as his second wife following the peer's divorce from his 1st spouse, the former Victoria Susan Beard.
The funeral is to take place at St Mary & All Saints Church, Ellingham, close to the family stately pile, 24 June.

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Isla Baroness Abinger dies at 86

_.Isla Carolyn, Dowager Baroness Abinger, died 12 June, 2011, aged 86. She was the former Isla Carolyn Rivett-Carnac, only dau. of Vice Adm James William Rivett-Carnac CB CBE DSC, of Fornham House, Bury St Edmunds, co. Suffolk (2nd son of Rev Sir George Clennell Rivett-Carnac, 6th Bt.), by his wife Isla Nesta Blackwood, yst. dau. of Harry Officer Blackwood, of Kincurdy, co. Ross; married 1957, James Richard [Scarlett], 8th Baron Abinger, DL (1914-2002), by whom she had issue, inc the current peer.

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Joe Peter Pettman (born 2011)

The Hon Laura Pettman (nee Fellowes, born 19 July, 1980), wife of Nicholas Peter Pettman (born 1974), gave birth to a son, Joe Peter, in 2011.

Nicholas Pettman is a son of David Pettman, by his wife the former Jennifer Mosse.

The Hon Laura Pettman, is a daughter of the Baron Fellowes, GCVO (b 1941), life peer, former Private Secretary to Her Majesty the Queen, by his wife the former Lady (Cynthia) Jane Spencer (b 11 Feb 1957), dau of the late 8th Earl Spencer, MVO (1924-92), by his wife the former Hon Frances Ruth Burke Roche (1936-2004), dau of the 4th Baron Fermoy.

Laura Pettman is a niece of the late Diana, Princess of Wales and a first cousin of the Princes William and Harry.

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Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence knighted at Windsor

_.Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence was received by The Queen at Windsor Castle, 14 June, 2011, when Her Majesty invested him with the insignia of a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.

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Witchell/Ramsay betrothal

_.The engagement was announced 15 June, 2011, between Robin H.M. Witchell, elder son of Mr & Mrs Arthur Witchell, of Tetbury, Glos, & Rowena Cecilia Ramsay (b 1983), scion of the Ramsay Baronets (cr 1806), dau of Maj-Gen Charles Alexander Ramsay, of Coldstream, Berwickshire, by his wife the former Hon Mary Margaret Hastings MacAndrew, dau of the 1st Baron MacAndrew, PC, &c.

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20th Lord Dunsany (1939-2011)

__.The 20th Baron Dunsany, painter & designer, died 24 May, 2011. He was 71. Edward John Carlos Plunkett was born 10 Sept, 1939, son of the 19th Baron by his 1st spouse, Mrs Vera Bryce (former wife of John Felix Charles Ivar Bryce), yst. dau. of Col Genesio de Sa Sottomaior, of San Paulo, Brazil; succeeded to the peerage (Ireland 1439) on the demise of his father, 6 Feb, 1999; married 1982 Maria Alice Villela de Carvalho, by whom he had issue. The ancient peerage now devolves upon his Lordship's elder son, Randal Plunkett, b 9 Mar, 1983.

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Widow of 10th Baron Monson dies at 103

_.Bettie Northrup Powell Phillips, who died at Guernsey, 9 June, 2011, was the widow of the 10th Baron Monson (1907-1958), & of Capt James Phillips. She was b circa 1908 the daughter of Lieut Col E Alexander Powell, of Journey's End, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA, and married John Rosebery Monson in 1931. He died in 1958 and she married 2ndly,1962, Capt James Phillips. She was predeceased in February 2011 by her elder son, the 11th Baron Monson. Funeral at the Parish Church of St Pierre du Bois, Guernsey, 23 June, 2011.

Death of former Dean of Lincoln

_.Very Rev. The Hon Oliver William Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, Dean of Lincoln 1968-89, died 8 June, 2011, aged 85. He was a scion of the Barons Saye & Sele, and was a younger brother of the 21st Baron. He was born in 1926, and married Juliet Heaton in 1956, and had issue. He was predeceased by Mrs T-W-F. The funeral is to be held at Lincoln Cathedral, 21 June, 2011, at 2pm.

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Waley-Cohen/Ballin marriage

_HRH The Duchess of Cambridge was present on Saturday 11 June, 2011, at the marriage of Sam Waley-Cohen (b 15 Apr 1982), scion of the Waley-Cohen Baronets, son of Mr & Mrs Robert Waley-Cohen & Miss Annabel Ballin, daughter of Bertie Ballin and his wife Serena.

Pearce/Lascelles marriage

_. The marriage took place 11 June, 2011, of Timothy Pearce [born 1955], and Sophie Amber Lascelles [born 1 October, 1973], scion of the Earls of Harewood, the only daughter of the Hon James Edward Lascelles [born 5 Oct, 1953], by his first wife the former Fredericka Anne Duhrsson [born 12 June, 1954].

Sophie is a granddaughter of the 7th Earl of Harewood, KBE [1923-2011],  and a great-granddaughter of HRH The Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood [1897-1965], and a great-great-granddaughter of HM King George V [1865-1936].

Sophie was born before her parents married and is therefore not in line of succession to the throne.

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James Archibald Wolfe Murray (1936-2011)

_.James Archibald Wolfe Murray, who died at the Borders General Hospital, 5 June, 2011, was a scion of the Murray of Blackbarony Baronets (Nova Scotia, 1628), & was sometime son-in-law of the British Prime Minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home.
He was born in 1936, son of Lt-Col Malcolm Wolfe Murray, by his wife the former Lady Grizel Boyle, dau of the 8th Earl of Glasgow; married (i) 1963 (div 1976), Hon Diana Lucy Douglas-Home, by whom he had issue; married (ii) Amanda Felicity Street, by whom he also had issue, married (iii) ?? Cristina.

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Macpherson/Willis marriage

_.The marriage took place, 28 May, 2011, at Westminster Hall, London, between Timothy Macpherson & the Hon Rachel Willis, daughter of Baron & Baroness Willis of Knaresborough.

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Freddy James Tempest McConnel (1992-2011)

_.Freddy James Tempest McConnel, who died 28 May, 2011, aged 18, was a son of James McConnel, by his wife the former Annie Tempest (b 1959), scion of that LG family of Broughton Hall, Skipton, North Yorks, and was a grandson maternally of Henry Tempest, Lord of the Manor of Broughton, Burnsall, &c. Freddy was born in Oct 1992.


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Ruck Keene/Caldin engagement

_.The engagement was announced 3 June 2011, between Capt Dominic N.J. Ruck Keene, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, scion of that landed family of Waterstock, formerly of Swyncombe House, yr son of the late Ben Ruck Keene and Mrs Ruck Keene, of Brandsby, North Yorkshire, & Harriet A.J. Caldin, yr day of Mr & Mrs Giles Caldin, of Salford, Oxfordshire.

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Henrietta Elizabeth Georgina Tennant

_.Zoë L. Tennant (nee Croft), wife of Edward Iain Tennant (b 1983), scion of the Barons Glenconner (Baron UK 1911; Baronet UK 1885), gave birth to a daughter, Henrietta Elizabeth Georgina, 22 March, 2011. Edward is son of Mark Edward Tennant (b 1947), of Innes House, Elgin, Moray, by his wife the former Hermione Howe, and Zoë is the younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Alan Croft, of Old Amersham, Buckinghamshire.

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James John Malise Hore-Ruthven (1935-2011)

__.James John Malise Hore-Ruthven, scion of the Scots Lordship of Ruthven of Freeland (cr 1651), died 24 May, 2011, at Barnstaple. He was 75.

12th Baron Middleton, MC, DL (1921-2011)

_.The 12th Baron Middleton, MC, DL, North Yorkshire landowner, died 27 May, 2011. He was 90.

Digby Godfrey Michael John Willoughby was born 1 May, 1921, son of the 11th peer, by his wife the former Angela Florence Alfreda Hall; succeeded to the barony (cr GB 1711/12) and baronetcy (cr 1677), on the demise of his father, 16 Nov 1970. He married, 14 Oct 1947, Janet Marshall-Cornwall, only surv. dau. of Gen Sir James Handyside Marshall-Cornwall KCB CBE DSO MC, of Cadogan Place, London, by his wife Marjorie Caralie Owen, 2nd dau. of William Scott Owen OBE, of Cefngwifed, Newtown, co. Montgomery, &c; by whom he had issue.

The peerage devolves upon his Lordship's son, the Hon Michael Charles James Willoughby, born 14 Jul 1948.

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Billy More Nisbett weds Charlotte Davison

___.The marriage took place, 28 May 2011, between William D.H. (Billy) More Nisbett, scion of that LG family, and descended from the Earls of Stair, son of George Alan More Nisbett, of The Drum, Edinburgh, by his wife the former Patrea MacDonald, & Charlotte F.D. Davison, daughter of the late Mr David Davison and of Mrs Davison, of North Canterbury, New Zealand. Billy's great-great-grandmother was Lady Agnes Dalrymple, dau of the 9th Earl of Stair.

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Marriage of Duke of Buccleuch's daughter

_.The marriage took place 28 May, 2011, at Holy Trinity Church, Melrose, between Rupert T. Trotter, scion of that landed family, youngest son of Maj and Mrs Alexander Trotter, of Charterhall, Duns, and the Lady Louisa Jane Therese Montagu Douglas Scott (b 1982), eldest daughter of the 10th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry (b 14 Feb 1954), by his wife the former Lady Elizabeth Frances Marian Kerr, sister of the Marquess of Lothian, &c.

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Iona Victoria Tara Gilroy

__Georgina Victoria Gilroy (nee Orr-Ewing, b 1974), wife of Caspar A.E.P. Gilroy, gave birth to a daughter, Iona Victoria Tara, 23 May, 2011, a sister for Orlando. Caspar is the son of Mr Desmond Gilroy and Mrs Tara Williams, of London, and Georgina is the daughter of the Hon Sir (Alistair) Simon Orr-Ewing, 2nd Baronet (b. 10 June, 1940) and Lady Orr-Ewing, of Fifield, Oxfordshire.

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Viscount Allendale's heir weds

_.The marriage took place 6 May, 2011, at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm St, between the Hon Wenworth Ambrose Ismay BEAUMONT (b 1979) the only son and heir apparent of (4th) Viscount ALLENDALE (b 1948) by his wife the former Theresa (Tessa) Mary Magdalene More O'Ferrall (b 1950), & Vanessa Webb, daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Webb, of Kensington, London. Viscountess Allendale is a dau of Francis Ambrose MORE O'FERRALL, scion of that Irish gentry family, and Angela Mary (b 1925)
dau of Sir Anthony Henry Mather MATHER-JACKSON 6th Bt (1899-1983) and Evelyn Mary (dau of Lt-Col Sir Henry Kenyon STEPHENSON 1st Bt).

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Sir Edmund George Felix Paston-Bedingfield, 9th Baronet (1915-2011)

_.Sir Edmund George Felix Paston-Bedingfield, 9th Baronet, died at Bury St Edunds, 24 May, 2011. He was 95. Born 2 Jun 1915, succeeded his father, Sir Henry, in 1941. He was four times wed, and is succeeded in the baronetcy (cr E, 1661), by the son of his first union, Henry, born 7 Dec, 1943.

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Norah, Lady Tennyson-d'Eyncourt dies

__The death has been reported of Norah, Lady Tennyson-d'Eyncourt, third wife & widow of Sir Jeremy Tennyson-d'Eyncourt, 3rd Baronet. She was Norah Gill, daughter of Thomas Gill, of Sheffield, and married Sir Jeremy in 1977. She was widowed in 1988.

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Phyllida Rosemary Gordon-Duff-Pennington (1929-2011)

_.Phyllida Rosemary Gordon-Duff-Pennington, chatelaine of Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass, Cumbria, died at her home, 10 May, 2011. She was born in 1929, a scion of the Ramsden Baronets (cr 1689), daughter of Sir (Geoffrey) William Pennington-Ramsden, 7th Baronet, by his wife the former Veronica Prudence Betty Morley; married 1955, Patrick Thomas Gordon-Duff, scion of that landed family (who assumed the additional surname of Pennington, 1955), by whom she had issue.

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Earl & Countess of Lichfield: a son and heir

_The Countess of Lichfield, wife of the Queen's cousin the 6th Earl of Lichfield (b 19 Jul 1978), gave birth to a son, Thomas Ossian Patrick Wolfe Anson, styled Viscount Anson, 20 May, 2011. Lord Lichfield, son of the photographer 5th Earl, married in 2009, Lady Henrietta Conyngham (b 1976), daughter of the 8th Marquess Conyngham and the Marchioness Conyngham, &c.

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The 8th Viscount Bolingbroke & St John 1957-2011

 The 8th Viscount Bolingbroke & St John, died 21 May, 2011. He was 54.

Henry FitzRoy St John was born in New Zealand, 18 May, 1957, the son and heir of the 7th Viscount Bolingbroke & St John (1927-2010), and his first wife the former Patricia Mary McKenna, daughter of B.J. McKenna, of Christchurch, New Zealand.

He succeeded his father, 5 July, 2010, as the 12th Baronet St. John, of Lidiard Tregoze, co. Wilts [E., 1611], and as the 8th Baron St. John of Lydiard Tregoze, co. Wilts [G.B., 1712], & as the 8th Viscount Bolingbroke, co. Lincoln [G.B., 1712], and as the 9th Viscount St. John, of Battersea, co. Surrey [G.B., 1716]. 

Viscount Bolingbroke is succeeded in the family honours by his younger half-brother, the Hon Nicholas Alexander Mowbray St John, who was born in New Zealand, 20 June, 1974.

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Sir Roger Parker (1923-2011)

_.Sir Roger Jocelyn Parker, who died 21 May, 2011, aged 88, was a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1983 to 1992 and Chairman of the Bar in the early 1970s. His mother was a Kleinwort, of the baronets of that name, &c.

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Arabella Iona Rose Acland

-_.Susannah K.J. Acland (née Bell) wife of Alexander John Dyke Acland (b. 29 May, 1973), scion of the Acland Baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Arabella Iona Rose, 10 May, 2011, a sister for Olivia Charlotte Iris, who was b 22 July, 2009. Alexander is the son and heir of Sir (Christopher) Guy (Dyke) Acland, 6th Baronet (b. 1946), and Lady Acland, of Totland, Isle of Wight, & Susannah is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Charles Bell, of Evanton, Ross-shire.


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Flora Jane Hebe Watt

Sophie Daphne Watt (b 1980, nee Heber Percy), wife of Henry H.W. Watt, gave birth to a dau, Flora Jane Hebe, 19 May 2011. Henry is the elder son of Mr and Mrs Charles Watt, of Upper Stoke Holy Cross, Norfolk, and Sophie, a scion of the Dukes of Northumberland, youngest daughter of Algernon Eustace Heber Percy (b 1944), of Hodnet Hall, Shropshire, by his wife the former Hon Margaret Jane Lever (b 1947), dau of the 3rd (and last) Viscount Leverhulme, KG (b 1 July 1915; d 4 Jul 2000).

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Death of Sir Blair Stewart-Wilson, KCVO

__Sir Blair Aubyn Stewart-Wilson, KCVO, courtier, Deputy Master of the Royal Household, 1976-94, died 24 May, 2011. He was 81.

Death of Simon Anthony Helyar Heneage

___Simon Anthony Helyar Heneage, who died 14 May, 2011, aged 80, married 1955, Elizabeth Mary Wardlaw Ramsay (b 1934) a lady in remainder to the Lordship of Saltoun (Scotland 1445), & descended from the Hogg Barons Magheramorne, &c. He leaves issue.

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Death of Sir Kenelm Guinness, Bt

__.Sir Kenelm Ernest Lee (Tim) Guinness, 4th Baronet, died suddenly at Rich Neck, Maine, USA, aged 82. He was born 13 Dec, 1928, son of Kenelm Edward Lee Guinness, MBE, and succeeded to the baronetcy (cr UK, 1867) on the demise of his uncle, 1954. Married 1961, Mrs Jane Nevin Dickson, by whom he had issue. The baronetcy devolves upon his elder son, Kenelm Edward Lee Guinness, born 30 Jan, 1962.

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