Aumonier/Bethell engagement

_.The engagement was announced 2 October, 2012, between James Stacy Aumonier (b 1978), son of Mr  Philip Aumonier, of Warham, West Sussex, & Mrs Aumonier (nee Wallace) & Lucinda Emma Bethell (b 1979), a scion of the Barons Westbury (Peerage of the UK, cr 1861), daughter of the Hon James David William Bethell (b 1952), racehorse trainer, of Coverham, North Yorkshire, by his 1st wife, Emma Hermione Nicolson (see Lordship of Saltoun) (now Mrs Nicholas Higgin, of Malpas, Cheshire).

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Scott/Wood engagement

_.The engagement was announced 2 Oct, 2012, between Rupert Scott, son of Mr & Mrs David Scott, and Leonora Sarah Clare Wood (b 1982), scion of the Earls of Halifax (Peerage of the UK, cr 1944), only child of the Hon Edward Orlando Charles Wood (b 1951), by his former wife, Joanna Harriet Pinches (now Mrs Charles Hansard).

Leonora Wood is a granddaughter paternally of the Hon Richard Frederick Wood, sometime Conservative MP for Bridlington and a Government minister (a yr son of the 1st Earl of Halifax), created a life peer in 1979 as Baron Holderness.

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Frances Amanda Raven Hoskyns-Abrahall

_.Lucy Hoskyns-Abrahall (née Pease), wife of Bennet Mansel Leigh Hoskyns-Abrahall (b. 1971), scion of the Hoskyns Baronets [created in 1676], gave birth to a daughter, Frances Amanda Raven (Frankie), 17 Aug 2012, a sister for Connie May, who was b 8 June, 2008, and Benedict Simon Jackson, b 28 June, 2009. 

Bennet is the eldest son of [John] Benedict Leigh Hoskyns-Abrahall [b. 1939], of Earby Hall, Richmond, North Yorkshire, by his late wife Mary Delamain, daughter of Lt-Col. Mansel Jackson, DSO & Bar, MC, and Lucy, youngest daughter of Mr Simon Pease, of Underley Grange, Kirkby Lonsdale, and Mrs Amanda Dixon, of Scotland House, Ingoldsby. 

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Benjamin John Hanbury (1934-2012)

_.Benjamin John Hanbury, who died 27 September, 2012, was a scion of the landed family, of Hanbury of Hitcham & Melgate; born 19 Jan 1934, and educated at Eton and Oxford, son of Christopher Lionel Hanbury, MBE, DL, by his wife the former Lettice Charrington, scion of that landed family; married  8 May, 1962, Verena Elizabeth Anne, dau of Capt Anthony Martin Kimmins, OBE, RN (1901-64), of the family of Kimmins of Marks Barn, by his wife the former Elizabeth Hodges. He leaves issue, four sons, James, Timothy, Simon and Marcus, and one daughter, Lucinda.
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Peters/Cazenove engagement

_.The engagement was announced 2 Oct 2012 between Andrew C. Peters, son of the late Mr Colin Peters and Mrs Robert Hanbury, of Wester Bayelaw, Balerno, and Edwina Caroline de Lèrison Cazenove (b 1984), scion of that landed family (the eponymous stockbroking dynasty), daughter of Mr Bernard Michael de Lèrison Cazenove (b 14 June, 1947), of Ellisfield, Hampshire, by his wife the former Caroline June Moore.

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Tewa Lascelles, cousin of the Queen weds (?)

_.According to some sources the marriage took place in 2012 between Tewa Ziyan Robert George Lascelles (b 8 June, 1985), descended from the Royal House of Windsor and 51st in line to the Throne, son of the Hon James Edward Lascelles (b 5 Oct, 1953), by his second wife the former Lori (Shadow) Susan Lee (b 29 Aug, 1954, d), & Cynthia Ramirez, dau of _______.

Tewa Lascelles is a grandson of the late 7th Earl of Harewood, KBE (1923-2011), and a great-grandson of HRH The Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood (1897-1965), only daughter of HM King George V, &c.

Has Her Majesty's permission to the nuptials (as required under the terms of the Royal Marriages Act, 1772) been published in the London Gazette?


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Heathcoat Amory/Kelaart marriage

_.HRH The Duchess of Cambridge attended the marriage which took place at Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, 29 September, 2012, between Patrick Thomas Heathcoat Amory (b 1979), third son of Sir Ian Heathcoat Amory, 6th Baronet (cr UK, 1874), of Tiverton, Devon, by his wife the former Frances Louise Pomeroy, scion of the Viscounts Harberton, & Thierry Kelaart, daughter of the late Paul N.D.S. Kelaart (b 1934 - d) and Mrs Paul Kelaart, of Nettlebed, Oxon (nee Anne Hedges, b 1945, High Sheriff of Oxfordshire, 2004). The bride was given in marriage by Mr Michael Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge's father.

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Her Highness Princess Ragnhild, Mrs Lorentzen (1930-2012)

_.Her Highness Princess Ragnhild, Mrs Lorentzen, who died at her home in Rio de Janeiro, 16 September, 2012, was a daughter of Olav V, King of Norway, and a sister of King Harald.

She was born Princess Ragnhild Alexandra of Norway, at Oslo, 9 June 1930, the first child of the then Crown Prince Olav and his wife Princess Martha of Sweden. The Princess was a great-grandaughter of Britain's King Edward VII, and a great-great granddaughter of Queen Victoria.

She married 15 May, 1953, Erling Sven Lorentzen (b Oslo, 28 Jan, 1923), and had three children. She is survived by her husband.

The Norwegian royal family attended the princess's funeral in the chapel of the Royal Palace, Oslo, 28 Sept, 2012.

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John Ernest Harley Collins, MBE, DSC* 1923-2012

_John Ernest Harley Collins, MBE, DSC*, soldier and banker, born Durban, South Africa, 24 April, 1923, son of George William Collins, of Taynton, Gloucestershire; married, firstly, 20 Nov 1946, the Hon Gillian Mary Randal Smith (1924-1981), daughter of the 2nd Baron Bicester (Peerage of the UK, cr 1938), by his wife the former Hon Dorothea James (see Baron Northbourne);  1 son, John (b 1951) and one daughter, Sarah (b 1948); married 2ndly, 1986, Jennifer Cubitt; died Oxford, 4 September, 2012.

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Constance Apple Macdonald-Buchanan

_.Poppy Augusta Macdonald-Buchanan (nee Fraser, born 1979), scion of the Lords Lovat (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1458/64, and Peerage of the UK, cr 1837), & wife of (Charles) Alexander Macdonald-Buchanan (born 1970, descended from the Barons Woolavington, ext/ and Barons Bicester), gave birth to a daughter, Constance Apple, 31 August, 2012.

Poppy Macdonald-Buchanan is a daughter of the late Hon Hugh Alastair Joseph Fraser, by his wife the former Drusilla Montgomerie, and is a granddaughter of the late 15th Lord Lovat, DSO, MC, TD, &c.

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Ian Lawrie Mackeson-Sandbach 1933-2012

Ian Lawrie Mackeson-Sandbach, of that landed family, who was b 14 June, 1933, died 26 September, 2012; Lt Welsh Gds emergency reserve 1952-57; md France Fenwick Ltd1969-75, dir Demerara Co Ltd 1969-76, chief exec Ernest Notcutt Group Ltd 1976-82; chm Crown Estate Paving Cmmn 1983-2004(cmmr 1974); Provincial Grand Master N Wales 1990-2004;Liveryman Worshipful Co of Grocers, &c. 

He was son of Graham Lawrie Mackeson-Sandbach by his wife Geraldine (nee Sandbach), who was descended from the 2nd Baron Penhryn. 

He married in 1967, Annie M.A.E. Van Lanschot, by whom he had four daughters, Antoinette, Sara, Louise and Megan. 

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Albert Oliver Vernon-Harcourt

Joanna N. Vernon-Harcourt (nee Hall), wife of the Hon Oliver Vernon-Harcourt, 3rd son of Lord and Lady Vernon, gave birth to a son, Albert Oliver, 15th September, 2012, a brother for Poppy & Edward.

Mrs Vernon-Harcourt is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Kenneth Hall of Crewkerne, Somerset.

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Heathcoat Amory/Jackson-Stops engagement

_.The engagement was announnced 27 September, 2012, between Toby Derick Heathcoat Amory (b 1985), scion of the Heathcoat Amory Baronets (cr UK, 1874), second son of Capt Charles William Heathcoat Amory (b 1945), Langford Budville. Somerset, by his 1st wife, the former Harmony Joanna Lyell (Mrs Harmony Heathcoat Amory, of Wyle, Wilts), & Rosanna Amy (Rosie) Jackson-Stops (b 1985), daughter of Mr Quentin Ashworth Jackson-Stops (b 1952), of Wood Burcote, Northamptonshire, by his wife the former, ____Stroyan.

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Hon Nicholas Charles Frederick Hotham 1947-2012

_.The Hon Nicholas Charles Frederick Hotham, scion of the Barons Hotham (Peerage of Ireland cr 1797, Baronetcy, cr 1622), died 21 September, 2012. He was 65.

He was born 3 June 1947, a younger son of the late 7th Baron Hotham, CBE (1899-1967), of Dalton Hall, Dalton Holme, Beverley, East Yorkshire, by his wife the former Lady Letitia Sibell Winifred Cecil (d 1992), daughter of the 5th Marquess of Exeter.

He married in 1973, Jane Brydon, by whom he had issue. He leaves a widow and a son, David Charles (b 1976), and a daughter, Catherine Frances (b 1978).

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Sir John Christopher Smith-Dodsworth, 8th Baronet 1935-2012

_.Sir John Christopher Smith-Dodsworth, 8th Baronet (Baronetcy GB, cr 1784), formerly of Thornton Watlass Hall, Ripon, and Coromandel, New Zealand, died 21 September, 2012, aged 77.

He was born 4 March, 1935, son of Sir Claude Matthew Smith-Dodsworth (1888-1940), by his wife the former Cyrilla Marie Louise Taylor.

He was educated at Ampleforth; succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's death, 18 May, 1940; was thrice married, firstly, in 1961 (div 1971), to Margaret Anne Jones; 2ndly, in 1972, to Margaret Theresa Grey, who died in 1990, and thirdly in 1991, to Lolita Pulante.

Sir John leaves a son and a daughter from his first marriage, a son from the second, and a son and a daughter from the third. The baronetcy devolves upon his eldest son, David John Smith-Dodsworth, who was born 23 Oct, 1963.

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Dowager Duchess of Northumberland 1922-2012

_.The Dowager Duchess of Northumberland, widow of the 10th Duke of Northumberland, KG (1914-88), died 19 September, 2012, aged 90. She was born Lady Elizabeth Diana Montagu Douglas Scott, 20 January, 1922, the elder daughter of the 8th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, KT, GCVO (1894-1973), by his wife the former Vreda Esther Mary (Molly) Lascelles (1900-93), scion of the Earls of Harewood; and married 12 June, 1946, Hugh Algernon Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland, of Alnwick Castle, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland 1956-88, Lord Steward of the Household, 1973-88, KG (1959), who died 11 Oct, 1988. The duchess was the mother of three sons and four daughters, and was predeceased by one son, the 11th Duke (1953-95), and by one daughter, Lady Louise Percy, who died in infancy in 1962. She is survived by 2 sons, the 12th Duke and Lord James Percy, and by 3 daughters, Caroline Countess de Cabarrus, Lady Victoria Fellowes, and Lady Julia Craig Harvey.

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Death of John Peter Houison Craufurd of Craufurdland, aged 82

_. John Peter Houison Craufurd of Craufurdland, 27th laird of Craufurdland Castle, Kilmarnock, co Ayr, died 17 September, 2012, aged 82. He was a son of John Houison Craufurd of Craufurdland and Braehead by his wife the former Irene Marlow; he married in 1965, the Hon Caroline Helene Berry (b 1942), third daughter of the newspaper proprietor, the 2nd Viscount Kemsley (1909-99), by whom he had issue, 2 sons, (John) Alexander(b 1966) and Simon Douglas (b 1972), and one daughter, Teresa Eleanor (b 1967). The elder son, Alexander, succeeds as head of the family. He is married with 2 daughters.

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Rose Virginie Finovola Duff Gordon

_. Zoë F Duff Gordon (nee Cordy-Simpson) wife of William Andrew Lewis Duff Gordon (b 1977), 
scion of the Duff Gordon Baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Rose Virginie Finovola, 13 September 2012.

William Duff Gordon is the elder son of Sir Andrew Cosmo Lewis Duff Gordon, 8th Baronet (b 17 Oct 1933) of New Radnor, Powys, by his 2nd wife the former Eveline Virginia Soames, and Zoë is the only daughter of Lieutenant General Sir Roderick Alexander Cordy-Simpson, KBE (b 29 Feb 1944), of Bishopstrow, Wiltshire, sometime Lieutenant , HM Tower of London, by his wife the former Virginia Rosemary Lewis. 

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Nicole, Duchess of Bedford (1920-2012)

_Nicole Duchess of Bedford, sometime chatelaine of Woburn Abbey, the third wife and widow of the 13th Duke of Bedford, died in Monaco, 7 September, 2012. She was 92.

She was born Nicole Marie Charlotte Pierrette Jeanne Schneider, at Paris, 29 June, 1920, daughter of Paul Scneider by his wife Marguerite Durand; married firstly, circa 1938, Henri Milinaire, by whom she had four children; married 2ndly, 1960, as his third wife, the 13th Duke of Bedford (1917-2002), of Woburn Abbey. Her husband died at Santa Fe, New Mexico, 25 Oct, 2002. She is survived by 2 sons and 1 daughter.

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Cressida Helena Christine Orde-Powlett

_.Katie J. Orde-Powlett (née Gribble), wife since May 2008, of Capt the Hon Thomas Orde-Powlett, MC, Irish Guards, (b 16 July 1979), scion of the Barons Bolton, gave birth to a daughter, Cressida Helena Christine, 6 September, 2012, a sister for Hector & Flora.

Capt Orde-Powlett is the eldest son & heir of the 8th Baron Bolton (b 14 Feb 1954), of Bolton Hall, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Philippa Tapply, & Katie is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Gribble, of Beddingham, Sussex.

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Simon Pleydell-Bouverie (1928-2012)

_.Simon Pleydell-Bouverie, who died 3 September, 2012, aged 84, was a scion of the Earls of Radnor. He was born 24 Apr, 1928, son of the Hon Bartholemew Pleydell-Bouverie, by his wife the former Lady Doreen Clare Hely-Hutchinson, scion of the Earls of Donoughmore; married 1961, Vivien Eleanor Keane, dau of Sir Richard Michael Keane, 6th Baronet, by whom he had issue, one son and three daughters.

Simon Pleydell-Bouverie was a grandson paternally of the 6th Earl of Radnor and a grandson maternally of the 6th Earl of Donoughmore.

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Malet / Nightingale engagement

_.The engagement was announced 8 September, 2012 between Charles Neville Wyndham Malet (b 1976), scion of the Malet Baronets (cr Baronet, GB 1791), son of the late Greville John Wyndham Malet, OBE, by his wife the former Hon (Margaret) Cherry Wigram (b 1942), of Coln St Aldwyns, Gloucestershire, scion of the Barons Wigram (Baron UK, 1935), & Rosemary V.C. Nightingale, third daughter of Mr & Mrs Peter Nightingale, of Sevenhampton, Gloucestershire, & Vipingo, Kenya.

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Lawrence / Pleydell-Bouverie engagement

_.The engagement was announced 8 September, 2012 between Mr Timothy Lawrence and Camilla Pleydell-Bouverie (b 1981), scion of the Earls of Radnor (Earl, GB, 1765), daughter of Robin Pleydell-Bouverie (b. 1937), by his wife the former Felicity Ruth Downer.

The bride-to-be is a granddaughter of the Hon Edward Pleydell-Bouverie, MVO, RN (1899-1951), by his wife the former (Alice) Pearl Crake (who was widow of the 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, &c).

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William van Cutsem to marry

_.The engagement was announced 8 September, 2012, between William Henry van Cutsem (b 1979), fourth son of Hugh Bernard Edward van Cutsem (b 1941), of Hilborough, Norfolk, descended from the Marquesses of Northampton, by his wife the former Emilie Quarles van Ufford (b 1946), and Rosanna Ruck Keene (b 1983), daughter of David Kenneth Lancelot Ruck Keene (b 1948), of Troy, Oxfordshire, scion of that landed family, of Waterstock, formerly of Swyncombe House, and Mrs Ruck Keene (nee Wild).

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India Jemima Alice Legge

_. Tara Siobhan Legge (nee ffrench-Mullen, b 6 May, 1970), wife of Alex B. Legge, gave birth to a daughter, India Jemima Alice, 25 Aug 2012.

Alex Legge is the only son of Mr and Mrs Colin Legge, of Bullocks Horn, Malmesbury, and Tara is the younger daughter of the late Mr Timothy Fitzgerald ffrench-Mullen (d 1982), by his wife the former Penelope Margaret Cecil Cave-Brown-Cave (b 1931), scion of the Cave-Brown-Cave Baronets (E, 1641). 

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Colonel Sir James Malcolm, 12th Baronet (1930-2012)

_.Colonel Sir James William Thomas Alexander Malcolm, 12th Baronet (Baronetcy, Nova Scotia, cr 1665), died 4 September, 2012. He was 82.

Sir James was Colonel, Welsh Guards, and Appeals Director, British Heart Foundation, 1976-89.

He was b 15 May, 1930, son of Arthur William Alexander Malcolm, CVO (1903-89) by his wife the former Hester Mary Mann, and succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his cousin, Sir David, in 1995.

He married in 1955, Gillian Heather Humpherus, by whom he had issue. His son, Maj. Alexander James Elton Malcolm, Welsh Guards (b 30 Aug 1956), succeeds as thirteenth baronet.

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Letanka / Grimston engagement

_.The engagement was announced 6 Sept, 2012, between Peter Edward Letanka (b 1974), son of Dr Stanley Edward Letanka, of Chiddingly, East Sussex, by his wife the former Lady Christina Gathorne-Hardy (b 1940), & the Lady Flora Grimston (b 28 Sept, 1981), daughter of the 7th Earl of Verulam (b 1951), of Gorhambury, Hertfordshire, by his wife the former Dione Angela Smith, scion of the Smith landed family, and kinswoman of HM The Queen, &c.

Peter Letanka is a grandson maternally of the 4th Earl of Cranbrook.

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Isabella Anna Tryon

_.Nina Tryon (née Farnell-Watson), wife of the Hon Edward Henry Tryon (b 1979), gave birth to a daughter, Isabella Anna, in London, 24 August, 2012, a sister for Mila Dale, who was b 14 March, 2011, in London. Edward is the younger.— son of The 3rd Baron Tryon and the late Baroness Tryon, of Comrie, Perthshire, and Nina is a daughter of Peter and Bunny Farnell- Watson, of Richmond, Surrey. 

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The (4th) Baron Trevethin & (2nd) Baron Oaksey, OBE (1929-2012)

_.John Geoffrey Tristram Lawrence, 4th Baron Trevethin (Peerage of the UK, cr 1921) & 2nd Baron Oaksey (Peerage of the UK, cr 1947), died 5 September, 2012, aged 83.

'John Oaksey', jockey, journalist, broadcaster and author was founded of the Injured Jockeys Fund.

He was born 21 March, 1929, son of Geoffrey Lawrence, judge, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, who was created the 1st Baron Oaksey in 1947 and who succeeded as 3rd Baron Trevethin on the death of his elder brother in 1959. John succeeded to both baronies on his father's demise, 28 Aug, 1971.

He was twice married, firstly in 1959 (divorced 1987), Victoria Mary Dennistoun; and secondly, in 1988, to Mrs Rachel Crocker (nee Hunter).

The peerages now devolve upon his son from his first marriage, the Hon Patrick John Tristram Lawrence, who was b 29 June, 1960.

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Emilia Anna Margaret Berridge

Lucy J. Berridge (née Cary-Elwes), wife of Ross A. Berridge, and scion of the LG family of Elwes, of Roxby, gave birth to a daughter, Emilia Anna Margaret, 21 August, 2012, a sister for Alexander & Cassia. 

Ross is a son of Dr and Mrs Neil Berridge, of Melrose, the Borders, and Lucy is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Cary-Elwes, of Dulwich, London.

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Swinburn/Ferguson engagement

_.The engagement was announced in September, 2012, between Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Hull Swinburn, KCB (b 30 Oct 1937), of Stone, Exford, Somerset, widower of the former Jane Brodie (who d 2001), son of the late Maj-Gen Henry Robinson Swinburn, CB, OBE, MC, by his wife the former Naomi Hull, & Susan Rosemary Ferguson (nee Deptford, b 1946), widow of Maj. Ronald Ivor Ferguson (1931-2003), and dau of the late Frederick William Deptford, by his wife the former Phyllis Maud Easy.

Susan's late husband, scion of the Fergusons of Dummer, landed family, and descended from the Dukes of Buccleuch, was father of Sarah Duchess of York.

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Stevenson / Ryder engagement

_.The engagement was announced 5 September, 2012 between the Hon Charles D. Stevenson, son of Henry Dennistoun Stevenson, CBE, DL, the Baron Stevenson of Coddenham (life peer since 1999), b 19 Jul 1945, & of Baroness Stevenson of Coddenham, & the Hon Meg Ryder, daughter of Richard Andrew Ryder, OBE, PC, the Baron Ryder of Wensum (life peer 1997), former Conservative MP for Mid Norfolk 1983-97, b 4 Feb, 1949, by his wife the former Caroline Stephens, MBE, dau of Sir David Stephens.

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Bagot / Kelly engagement

._The engagement was announced 5 Sept 2012 between Richard A. Bagot, 
eldest son of Charles Henry (Hal) Bagot (b. 1946), of Levens Hall, 
Cumbria, by his wife Susan Elizabeth Ross, & Naomi G.M. Kelly, 
dau of Mr & Mrs Martin Kelly, of Winchfield, Hampshire. 

Richard Baot is a grandson of Oliver Robin Bagot, 
[1914-2000], of Levens Hall, who had been born surnamed Gaskell, of a 
landed family, in 1914, son of Henry Melville Gaskell, JP, and his 
wife, Dorothy Bagot, scion of the Barons Bagot. He assumed, by Royal 
Licence, the surname of Bagot in lieu of his patronymic, in 1936. 
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Cressida Iolanthe Twisteton-Wykeham-Fiennes

_.Georgia Harriet Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (b 1979, nee Verey), 
wife of Felix George Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (b 1978), scion of the 
Barons Saye & Sele, gave birth to a daughter, Cressida Iolanthe, 29 August,
2012, a sister for Genevieve Juniper, who was b 29 March, 2010. 

Felix is a son of (Richard) George Twisleton- Wykeham-Fiennes (b 
1950), and Mrs Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, and Georgia H. Verey, 
daughter of the late (Henry) Nicholas Verey (b 1943, d?) and of Mrs 
Nicholas Verey (nee Dinah V. Nicolson, b 1947). 


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George Sutton: royal godson?

_.Harriet Sophia Sutton (b 1984, nee Colthurst), scion of the Colthurst Baronets, wife of Thomas Anthony Manners Sutton (b 1982), scion of the Sutton Baronets, gave birth to a son, George, 26 August, 2012.

HRH The Duchess of Cambridge attended the marriage of the new parents in September, 2011, at Wilton, Wilts. Harriet Sutton is an old friend of the duchess. It is reported that Kate is to stand as sponsor at George's christening.

Thomas Sutton is a son of Richard Manners Sutton (b 1947), by his wife the former Penelope Quinlan, and Harriet is a daughter Henry Colthurst (b 1959), by his wife the former Sophia Selina Irene Hervey-Bathurst, of the baronets of that name.

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Harthan / Henniker-Major engagement

_.The engagement was announced 1 September, 2012, between Nicholas Antony Harthan (b 1981), younger son of Mr Christopher M. Harthan, of Almonsbury, Bristol, by his wife the former Daphne M. Hancox & the Hon Harriet Laura Henniker-Major (b 1981), youngest daughter of Mark Ian Philip Chandos Henniker-Major, 9th Baron Henniker (b 29 Sept 1947), of Thornham Magna, Suffolk, by his wife the former Lesley Antoinette Foskett.

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Pakenham/Rakic engagement

_.The engagement was announced 1 Sept 2012 between Benjamin John Pakenham (b 1983), scion of the Earls of Longford (Earl, Ireland, cr 1785, &c), son of the Hon Kevin John Toussaint Pakenham (b 1947), of Fulham, by his 2nd wife, the former Clare Hoare, & Anna K.L. Rakic, daughter of Mr & Mrs Nicholas Rakic, of Chelsea.

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Alexandra Catherine Hampton

_. Georgina Elizabeth Hampton (née Walker-Okeover) wife of Niall P. Hampton, and scion of the Walker-Okeover Baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Alexandra Catherine, 24 Aug 2012, a sister for Isla Violet, who was b 10th Oct 2009. 

Niall is a son of Mr Michael Hampton, of Shirley, Surrey and Mrs Eric Carter, of Twickenham, and Georgina is a daughter of the late Sir Peter Walker-Okeover, Baronet, of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, and of Mrs Andrew Lukas, of Wyck Rissington, Cheltenham. 


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Lady Elizabeth Alice Mary "Lily" Dalrymple

_The Countess of Stair (nee the Hon Emily Mary Julia Stonor, b 1969), wife of John David James (Jamie) Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair (b. 4 September, 1961), gave birth to a daughter, the Lady Elizabeth Alice Mary "Lily" Dalrymple, 24 July, 2012, a sister for Jack, Viscount Dalrymple.

Lord Stair is the eldest son of the late 13th Earl of Stair, KCVO, MBE (1906-96), by his wife the former Davina Katharine Bowes Lyon (b. 1930), & Lady Stair is a daughter of the 7th Baron Camoys, GCVO, PC (b. 16 Apr 1940), Lord Chamberlain of HM Royal Household and Chancellor of the Royal Victorian Order, 1998-2000, by his wife, the former Elisabeth Mary Hyde Parker (b. 1939).

The Earl of Stair is a great-nephew of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. His grandfather was HM's yr brother, Sir David Bowes Lyon. Emily Stonor's brother, the Hon (Ralph) William Robert Thomas Stonor (b. 10 Sept 1974), married in 2004, Lady Ailsa Fiona Mackay (b. 1977), daughter of the 4th Earl of Inchcape and the Countess of Inchcape.

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Furze/Charteris marriage

The marriage took place at Stanway House, Gloucestershire, 1 September, 2012, between Mr Robertson David F. (Robbie) Furze (b 1978), son of Mr David R. Furze, by his wife the former Pamela A.L. Hardman, and the Lady Mary Charteris (b 1987), daughter of the 13th Earl of Wemyss & (8th Earl of) March, of Stanway House, Gloucestershire, by his former wife the former Catherine Ingrid Guinness, scion of the Barons Moyne.

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Beale/Hazlerigg engagement

_The engagement was announced 29 Aug 2012 between Mr Paul M. Beale, second son of Mr & Mrs Michael Beale, of St Mellons, Cardiff, & Alice O. Hazlerigg (b 1987), scion of the Barons Hazlerigg (Peerage cr UK 1945; English Baronetcy cr 1622), second daughter of Simon Martival Hazlerigg (b 1945), of St Peter Port, Guernsey, by his wife the former Caroline Margaret Mary Ahlberg.

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Royal chum Mary Forestier-Walker to wed Drew Collins

_The engagement was announced 30 Aug 2012 between Drew A. Collins, son of Mr & Mrs Timothy Collins, of Franklin County, New York, and Mary Sarah Forestier-Walker (b 1983), scion of the Forestier-Walker Baronets (cr UK 1835), daughter of Maj. (George) Clive Forestier-Walker (b 1946), of Chieveley, Berkshire, by his wife the former Ruth Christian Gurney, scion of that landed family and a descendant of the Ogilvy Baronets, &c.

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Hon Max George Samuel Makgill

_.The Viscountess of Oxfuird (nee Ruth M. Fripp), wife of Ian Arthur Alexander Makgill, 14th Viscount of Oxfuird (b 14 Oct 1969), gave birth to a son and heir, the Hon Max George Samuel Makgill, 24 August, 2012, a brother for the Hon Eva Diana Mairo Makgill, who was b 7 September, 2010. 

The viscount is the eldest son of the late 13th Viscount of Oxfuird (Peerage of Scotland, 1651) and of Mrs Alison Campbell Jensen, of London, &  the Viscountess is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel Fripp, of Bildeston, Suffolk.

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Harris/Chant-Sempill engagement

_The engagement was announced 23 Aug, 2012, between Edward Harris, son of Mr & Mrs John Harris, of Dorchester, & Clementine Chant-Sempill (b 1985), scion of the Lords Sempill (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1489), daughter of the Hon Ian David Whitemore Chant-Sempill (b 2 Apr, 1951), of Sutton Veny, Wilts, by his wife the former Amanda Dallas, and granddaughter of Ann Moira Sempill, suo jure Lady Sempill, &c.

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Cockcroft/Morris-Eyton engagement

_The engagement was announced 22 Aug 2012 between Stephen Cockcroft, son of Mr John Cockcroft, of Knottingley, Yorks, and Mrs Jane Cockcroft, of Darrington, Yorks, & Isobel Rosemary Morris-Eyton (b 24 November, 1989), daughter of Martin Robert Morris-Eyton (b 22 January, 1962), of Whicham, Cumbria, by his wife the former Rowena Gordon-Duff-Pennington (b 1 Oct, 1963), scion of the Gordon-Duff landed family, &c.

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Elliott / Stopford Sackville engagement

_The engagement was announced 22 Aug 2012, between Nico J.C. Elliott, yr son of Sir Clive Christopher Hugh Elliott, 4th Baronet (b 12 Aug 1945), of South Leigh, Oxford, and Lady Elliott & Camilla Ann Stopford Sackville (b 1981), scion of the Earls of Courtown, dau of Lionel Geoffrey Stopford Sackville (b 4 Nov 1932), of Drayton, Northamptonshire, by his wife the former Hon (Mary) Teresa Pearson (b 1940), now the Hon Teresa Stopford Sackville, of Idbury, Oxon, scion of the Viscounts Cowdray.

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Hon John George Lambton (1932-2012)

_The Hon John George Lambton, who died at West Marden, 21 August, 2012, aged 80, was a a scion of the Earls of Durham (Peerage of the UK, cr 1833). He was born 10 June, 1932, a son of John Frederick Lambton, 5th Earl of Durham (1884-1970), by his second wife, the former Hermione Bullough (1906-1990), scion of the Bullough Baronets (Bt, cr 1916, extinct 1939), dau of Sir George Bullough, 1st Baronet, by his wife Monica Lilly, dau of the 4th Marquis de la Pasture, &c.

The Hon John George Lambton was unmarried.

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Molly Elizabeth Jane Trotter

_.The Lady Louisa Jane Therese Trotter (nee Montagu Douglas Scott), scion of the Dukes Buccleuch & Queensberry, and wife of Rupert Trotter (b 1977), gave birth to a daughter, Molly Elizabeth Jane, 20 August, 2012.

Lady Louisa (b 1982), is the 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; and Rupert Trotter is a son of Alexander Trotter 14th of Mortonhall and 5th of Charterhall (b 1939), of Charterhall, Duns, by his wife the former Julia Henrietta Greenwell, scion of the Greenwell Baronets, &c.

Lawson Johnston/ More-Molyneux engagement

_The engagement was announced 22 Aug 2012 between Samuel Lawson Johnston (b 1982), scion of the Barons Luke (Baron, cr 1929 UK), son of the Hon Philip Richard Lawson Johnston (b 1950), of Oxford, by his wife the former Saskia Moyne Andrews & Miss Katrina More-Molyneux (b 1983), scion of that landed family, daughter of Michael George More-Molyneux, of Loseley Park, Guildford, by his wife the former Sarah Westmacott.

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Hepburne Scott / Robbins engagement

_The engagement was announced 22 Aug 2012 between George James Hepburne Scott (b 1983), scion of the Lords Polwarth (Peerage of Scotland cr 1690), son of James Patrick Hepburne Scott (b 1947) of Lauder, Berwickshire, by his wife the former Christian Diana Surtees, & Dr Kelly M. Robbins, dau of Mr & Mrs Alan Robbins, of Crieff, Perthshire.

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Hurley/Abel Smith engagement

_The engagement was announced in Aug 2012 between Jonathan M.F. Hurley, yr son of Mr George Hurley, St Minver, Cornwall, and Mrs Richard Smith, of Wethersfield, Essex, & Helen Isobel Katherine Abel Smith (b 18 Aug 1976), scion of the landed family of Smith of Longhills, & kinswoman of HM The Queen, daughter of John Lawrence Abel Smith (b 9 Apr 1934), of Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, by his wife the former Caroline Bartlam, OBE.

Maitland-Makgill-Crichton/Kelly engagement

_The engagement was announced 21 Aug 2012, between Thomas Maitland-Makgill-Crichton, scion of the Earls of Lauderdale (Peerage of Scotland cr 1624), son of Lt-Col. A.J. Maitland-Makgill-Crichton, of Whittinghame, East Lothian, and Mrs Karrie Maitland-Makgill-Crichton, & Alice Beatrice N. Kelly (b 1985), daughter of Dominic Noel Charles Miles David Kelly (b 1953), of Smarden, Kent, by his wife the former Miranda Macklin.

The bride-to-be is a granddaughter of Bernard Kelly by his wife the former Lady Mirabel Magdalene Fitzalan Howard, sister of the 17th Duke of Norfolk, KG, &c.

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Amy Athena Innes

Lady Innes (nee Sarah Jones), wiife of Sir Alastair Charles Deverell Innes, 13th Baronet,  (Baronetcy cr 1686, NS), b 17 Sept, 1970, gave birth to a daughter, Amy Athena, 9 Aug 2012, a sister for Lucy Isla.


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Elphinstone/Smith engagement

_The engagement was announced in August 2012 between the Hon Angus John Elphinstone (b 1982), scion of the Lords Elphinstone (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1509/10), second son of the late 18th Lord Elphinstone (1953-94), by his wife the former Willa Mary Gabriel Chetwode (b 1984) scion of the Barons Chetwode (cr UK 1945), now the Dowager Lady Elphinstone, of Tyninghame, East Lothian, & Miss Isobel L. Smith, daughter of Mr Michael Smith, of Savannah, Georgia, USA, and Mrs Donald Gilbert, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.

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Constance Mary Beckett (c1909-2012)

_(Constance) Mary Beckett (nee Cavenagh-Mainwaring), who died 13 August, 2012, at Winchester, aged 102, was a scion of the Cavenagh-Mainwaring landed family of Whitmore & Biddulph; she was the younger daughter of James Gordon Cavenagh-Mainwaring (1865-1938), of Whitmore Hall, Whitmore, Staffordshire, by his wife the former Evelyn Dutton Green (d 1963); married 5 Dec, 1936, Lt-Col Maurice Beckett, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (who d. 2 Nov, 1949), by whom she had 2 daughters, Veronica and Diana.

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Baron Morris of Manchester (1928-2012)

The Baron Morris of Manchester, life peer, champion for the disabled, died 12 August, 2012.

Robert Lacey weds Lady Jane Rayne

_The marriage has taken place between Robert Lacey (b 3 Jan 1944), author and broadcaster, and the Lady Jane Antonia Frances Rayne (b 11 Aug 1932), Maid of Honour to HM The Queen at the Coronation, June, 1953; widow of the Baron Rayne (life Peer), and daughter of the late 8th Marquess of Londonderry (1902-55), by his wife the former Romaine Combe (1905-51).


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Christine Joan Villiers

Christine Joan Villiers (nee Lambert), who died at Wellington, Somerset, 11 August, 2012, was the widow of Edmund Rollo Stanley Villiers (1909-1960), scion of the Earls of Clarendon (Peerage of GB, cr 1766).. She was a daughter of Commander Walter Odwin Hutton Lambert, and married Cdr Villiers, as his second wife, 31 July, 1957. He died 30 Apr 1960, aged 50.

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Sir Neil Welbourn Jephcott, 3rd Baronet (1929-2012)

_Sir Neil Welbourn Jephcott, 3rd Baronet (cr UK 1962), died at East Portlemouth, 12 August, 2012, aged 83. He was born 3 June 1929, a son of Sir Harry Jephcott, 1st Baronet (who died 1978); educated at Aldenham & Emmanuel College, Cambridge; succeeded to the baronet on the death of his elder brother, Sir (John) Anthony Jephcott, 7 August, 2003; married 1stly 1951, Mary Denise Muddiman, who died 1977, by whom he had 2 sons; married 2ndly, 1978, Mary Florence Daly. The baronetcy passes to his elder son, David Welbourn Jephcott, who was b 1952.

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Maj Sir Anthony John Ernest Tritton, 4th Baronet (1927-2012)

_.Maj Sir Anthony John Ernest Tritton, 4th Baronet (cr UK, 1905), died 9 August, 2012. He was 85.

He was born 4 March, 1927, son of Sir Geoffrey Ernest Tritton, CBE, 3rd Bartonet, whom he succeeded in 1976; educated at Eton; Maj (ret) The Queen's Own Hussars; married 1957, Diana, daughter of the late reat-Admiral St John Aldrich Micklethwait, CB, DSO (descended from the Welby Baronets); by whom he had issue, a son and a daughter. The baronetcy  passes to his son, Jeremy Ernest Tritton, born 6 Oct, 1961.

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Cawdron/Lindsay engagement

_.The engagement was announced in Aug 2012 between Mr Richard Cawdron, son of Mr & Mrs John Cawdron, of Repton, Derbyshire, & Miss Lucia Linda Lindsay (b 1974), only daughter of the late Sir Ronald Alexander Lindsay of Dowhill, 2nd Baronet (cr UK, 1962), by his wife the former Nicoletta Storich.

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Humfrey/Nixey engagement

_.The engagement was announced in August, 2012, between Mr Charles Hamish Lowndes French Humfrey, son of Mr Charles Humfrey, of London, by his former wife the former Lady Emma Mary Helena French (b 1958) now Lady Emma Chanter, of Huish Champflower, Somerset, & Aemilia Jane Nixey, dau of Mr & Mrs Graham Nixey, of Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire.

Charles Humfrey is a grandson maternally of the 3rd (and last) Earl of Ypres (1921-88).

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Capt Michael Montagu George Naylor-Leyland, MC (1926-2012)

_Capt Michael Montagu George Naylor-Leyland, MC, late the Life Guards, who died 8 August, 2012, aged 86, was a scion of the Naylor-Leyland Baronets (cr UK, 1895). He was born in 1926, a son of Sir Albert Edward Herbert Naylor-Leyland, 2nd Baronet; and was a brother of the 3rd Baronet and uncle of the 4th Baronet; he married in 1953, Jacqueline Marie Francoise, dau of Maj. Ides Floor, DSO, MBE, by whom he had issue, a son and 2 daughters (1 dau deceased).

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Legge/Brabazon engagement

_The engagement was announced 8 Aug 2012, between Andrew William Legge, son of Dr & Mrs David Legge, of Rossy, Co Letrim & Cape Town, South Africa, & the Lady Serena Alexandra Brabazon (b 23 Feb 1979), younger daughter of the 15th Earl of Meath (b 11 May, 1941), of Bray, Co Wicklow, by his wife the former Xenia Goudime.

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Lady Charlotte Diana Spencer

_The Countess Spencer (nee Karen Villeneuve), wife of Charles Edward Maurice Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (b 20 May, 1964), gave birth to a daughter, Lady Charlotte Diana Spencer, 30 July, 2012, a half sister for Louis, Viscount Althorp, the Hon Edmund Spencer, the Ladies Kitty, Katya, Eliza and Lara Spencer and 2 Gordon half-sisters from Lady Spencer's previous marriage to Mark Gordon.

The infant is a first cousin for HRH The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry of Wales.

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4th Viscount Hambleden (1930-2012)

_The 4th Viscount Hambleden, died 2 August, 2012, at Reno, Nevada. He was 82. He was born William Herbert Smith, 2 April, 1930, son of the 3rd Viscount Hambleden (1903-48) by his wife the former Lady Patrici Herbert, DCVO (1904-94), sometime Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, daughter of the 15th Earl of Pembroke; he married in 1955 (div 1988), Countess Maria Carmela Attolico di Adelfia, by whom he had five sons; married secondly, 1988, Mrs Lesley Watson. The peerage (cr UK, 1891), now devolves upon his Lordship's eldest son, the Hon (William) Henry Bernard Smith, who was b 18 Nov, 1955.

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Hon Christopher Alan Lennox-Boyd (1941-2012)

_The Hon Christopher Alan Lennox-Boyd, who died 3 August, 2012, at St Mary's Hosp, Paddington, aged 71, was a younger son of Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, CH, PC (1904-83), by his wife the former Lady Patricia Florence Susan Guinness, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Iveagh. He was b 22 July, 1941, and was unm.

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John/Wake-Walker engagement

_The engagement was announced 3 Aug, 2012, between Alexander T. John, son of Mr & Mrs Trevor John, of Bath, and Kate Louise Wake-Walker (b 1982), kinswoman of the Princes William & Harry of Wales, descended from the Earls Spencer, daughter of Richard Anthony Wake-Walker (b 25 July, 1951), of London, by his wife the former Sharon Pamela Little.

11th Baron Carbery (1920-2012)

The Baron Carbery, who died 28 July, 2012, aged 92, was 11th Baron in the Peerage of Ireland (cr 1715). He was born Peter Ralfe Harrington Evans-Freke, 20 March, 1920, son of Maj the Hon Ralfe Evans-Freke, MBE, by his wife the former Vera Harrington-Moore, and was a nephew of the10th Baron.

He succeeded his uncle in the peerage and baronetcy, 25 Dec, 1970; married 1941, Joyzelle Mary, daughter of Herbert Binnie, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, by whom he had issue, 3 sons and 2 daughters.

The family honours devolve upon his eldest son, the Hon Michael Peter Evans-Freke, who was born 11 Oct, 1942.

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Hon Arthur Somerset (1960-2012)

The Hon Arthur Somerset, who died suddenly 25 July, 2012, aged 52, was the only son and heir of the 6th Baron Raglan (Peerage of the UK, cr 1852). He was born 27 April, 1960, son of Geoffrey Somerset, who succeeded his brother in the family honours, 24 Jan 2010; married 2001, Tanya, dau of Roger Broome, of Chessington, Surrey, by whom he had issue, Iggy, Ivo, and Oona-Vita.

The heir to the peerage is Iggy FitzRoy Somerset, born in 2004    (?)

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Nicholson/MacManus engagement

_The engagement was announced 1 Aug 2012 between Edward Nicholson, son of Mr James Nicholson and Mrs Sally Nicholson, of Kirtlington, Oxfordshire, & Emily Fiona MacManus (b 1983), a great-granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill, daughter of Mr James N.M. MacManus, of London, by his former wife the Hon Emma Mary Soames (b 9 Sept, 1949), a dau of the late Baron Soames (life peer) by his wife the former Mary Spencer-Churchill (Baroness Soames, LG, b 15 Sept 1922), only surviving child of Sir Winston Churchill, KG.

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Theodore Bladen Leatham

Emma K. Leatham (nee Smalley), wife of Freddie B. Leatham, scion of that landed family, gave birth to a son, Theodore Bladen, 26 June, 2012. Freddie is a son of Mr Philip William Leatham, of Quenington, Gloucestershire (descended from the extinct Barons Buckland), by his former wife, the Hon Rowena Margaret Hawke (b. 1948), now The Hon Mrs Sanders of Hankerton, Wiltshire, & Emma is a dau of Mr Jonathan Smalley and Mrs Lynn Corrin, both of Maughold, Isle of Man. The infant is a great-grandson of the late 9th Baron Hawke.

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Margot Doris Pleydell-Bouverie

Elizabeth Jane Kirsty Peydell-Bouverie (b 1982, nee Ennever), wife of Matthew Alexander Pleydell-Bouverie, scion of the Earls of Radnor, gave birth to a daughter, Margot Doris, 23 July, 2012. Matthew is a son of Rupert Wm Pleydell-Bouverie (b 1950), by his wife the former Evelyn Marie Conlon (b 1952).

Arthur Sholto Akers-Douglas

Camilla E.H. Akers-Douglas (nee Edwards), wife of the Hon. Oliver Ian Akers-Douglas (b. 13 Oct, 1973), gave birth to a son, Arthur Sholto, 23 July, 2012, a brother for Ivo and Alice. Oliver is the eldest son of the 4th Viscount Chilston (b. 1946), and Viscountess Chilston, of Tichborne, Hampshire, and Camilla is the only daughter of Mr and Mrs François Edwards, of Micheldever, Hampshire.

Freya Julia Gordon Lennox

_(Miranda) Poppy Gordon Lennox (nee Leather), wife of Hugo Charles Gordon Lennox (b 1980), scion of the Dukes of Richmond & Gordon, gave birth to a daughter, Freya Julia, 10 July, 2012. Hugo is the son of Commander Andrew Charles Gordon Lennox (b 1948), of Westbourne, West Sussex, & Mrs Gordon Lennox, and Poppy is a daughter of Mr Tony Leather, of Chipping Norton, and Mrs Penelope Leather, of Bledington, Gloucestershire.  

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Birth of a son to the Earl & Countess of Haddo

_.  Isabelle Gordon, styled Countess of Haddo, wife of George Ian Alastair Gordon, styled Earl of Haddo (b 4 May 1983), gave birth to a son, Ivo Alexander Ninian, styled Viscount Formantine, 18 July, 2012. The Earl of Haddo is the eldest son of the 7th Marquess of Aberdeen & Temair (b 31 Mar 1955), of House of Formartine, Aberdeenshire, b y his wife the former Joanna Clodagh Houldsworth (descended from the Earls of Morton), and Isabelle is the younger daughter of Mr David Coaten, of London, W8, and Mrs Sacha Coaten, of London, SW1. 

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Welby-Everard/Leung betrothal

_The engagement has been announced between Dr Peter G.E. Welby-Everard, scion of the Welby Baronets (cr UK, 1801), son of Mr & Mrs Peter Welby-Everard, of Solihull, West Midlands, & Miss Rachel S. Leung, dau of Mr & Mrs Frank Leung, of Bury St Edmunds.

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Arthur Stewart Colquhoun

_Charlotte J. Colquhoun (nee Murphy), wife of Patrick Colquhoun of Luss, yr, scion of that family of baronets, gave birth to a son, Arthur Stewart, 19 July, 2012. Patrick is the eldest son of Sir Malcolm Colquhoun of Luss, 9th Baronet, and Mrs Susan Clark, of Princeton, New Jersey, USA, and Charlotte is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Christopher Murphy, of Horsford, Norfolk. 

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Angharad Rees (1949-2012)

_The actress Angharad Rees, who has died from pancreatic cancer, aged 63, was the wife of David McAlpine, scion of that family of Baronets, and was  former wife of Christopher de Lerisson Cazenove (1943-2012), actor, scion of that landed family.

She was born 16 July, 1949, and married Cazenove in 1973. They divorced in 1994 having had two sons, Linford and Rhys. She married David McAlpine in 2005. She is survived by her husband and younger son Rhys (b 1976). The elder son, Linford (b 1974), died as the result of an accident in 1999.

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Birth of a son and heir to the Duke & Duchess of Hamilton

_The Duchess of Hamilton & Brandon (b 1976), wife of Alexander Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton (b 31 Mar 1978), gave birth to a son and heir Douglas Charles Douglas-Hamilton, styled Marquess of Douglas & Clydesdale, born 9 July, 2012.

The Duke of Hamilton & Brandon is the elder son of Angus Alan Douglas [Douglas-Hamilton], 15th Duke of Hamilton (b 13 September 1938, d 5 Jun 2010), by his late former wife Sarah Jane Scott (b. 28 Oct 1945; d. 17 Feb 1994), eldest dau. of Sir Walter Scott, 4th Bt., of Beauclerc, Bywell St Andrews, co. Northumberland.

The Duchess of Hamilton is the former Sophie Ann Rutherford, dau of Mr Hubert Rutherford (b 1940), of Roxburghshire and Mrs Isabel Rutherford, of Edinburgh.

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Sir Henry Saxon Tate, 5th Baronet (1931-2012)

_Sir Henry Saxon Tate, CBE, 5th Baronet (cr UK, 1898), died in Portugal, 11 July, 2012. He was 80. Businessman Sir Henry was a director of the family firm, Tate & Lyle, for over 40 years. Born 28 Nov 1931, he succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's death in 1994. He was twice wed and is succeeded in the title by his son, Edward Nicholas Tate, born 2 July, 1966.

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Lt-Gen. Sir David George House, GCB, KCVO, CBE, MC (1922-2012)

Lt-Gen Sir David George House, GCB, KCVO, CBE, MC, died 14 July, 2012. Sir David served as Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, House of Lords 1978-85; was Serjeant-at-Arms, House of Lords, and Secretary to the Lord Great Chamberlain, 1978-85. During his long military career he was GOC, Northern Ireland, 1975-77, and Colonel Commandant of The Light Division.

He was b 8 Aug 1922, son of A.G. House, and married in 1947, Sheila Betty Darwin, by whom he had issue, 2 daughters, Jennifer & Elizabeth.

The funeral takes place at St Andrew's Church, Aldborough, Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire, 26 July, 2012.

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Death of Rhona Lady Guthrie

Rhona Lady Guthrie, who died 14 July, 2012, in Jersey, aged 93, was the widow of Sir Giles Connop McEacharn Guthrie, OBE, DSC, 2nd Baronet. She was the former Rhona Stileman, dau of Frederic Stileman, and married Sir Giles in 1939. She leaves issue___.

Sir Richard Edward Pilditch, 4th Baronet (1926-2012)

_. Sir Richard Edward Pilditch, 4th Baronet, died 30 June, 2012. He was 85.

He was b 8 Sept, 1926, son of Sir Philip John Frederick Pilditch, 3rd Baronet, and succeeded to the title (cr 1929) on his father's demise in 1954; married 1950, Pauline Elizabeth Smith, by whom he had issue, a son and a daughter. The son, John Richard, b 24 Sept, 1955, succeeds as fifth baronet.

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General Sir David William Fraser, GCB, OBE (1920-2012)

_General Sir David Fraser, GCB, OBE, who died 15 July, 2012, at the age of 91, was a scion of the Lords Saltoun (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1445), a grandson of the 18th peer, and was b 30 Dec, 1920, son of Brig. The Hon William Fraser, DSO, MC (1890-1964), by his wife the former Pamela Cynthia Maude, scion of the Viscounts Hawarden (Peerage of Ireland, cr 1793); married twice, 1stly, 1947 (div 1952), Anne Balfour, scion of the Earls of Balfour (Peerage of the UK, cr 1922), dau of Brig. Edward William Sturgis Balfour, CVO, DSO, OBE, MC; 2ndly, 1957, Julia Frances Oldridge, dau of Maj C. James Oldridge de la Hey, and had issue from both marriages.

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Murray Threipland/Cortesi engagement

The engagement was announced in July 2012 between Robert Murray Threipland, scion of that landed family, younger son of Mr (Stuart) Wyndham Murray Threipland, of Dunbeath, Caithness, and Mrs Belinda Murray Threipland, of Ardfern, Argyll, and Martina Elizabetta, yr d. of Sgr & Sgra Adrea Cortesi of Italy.

Mrs Belinda Murray Threipland is a descendant of the Merrie Monarch Charles II, daughter of Maj (Anthony) Dermot Melloney Musker by his wife the former Hon Mary Angela FitzRoy, dau of the 2nd Viscount Daventry.

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16th Viscount of Arbuthnott, KT, CBE, DSC (1924-2012)

_The Viscount of Arbuthnott, who has died aged 87, was the 16th Viscount (cr 1641), and the 16th Lord Inverbervie (also cr 1641) both in the Peerage of Scotland, and was Chief of the Name & Arms of Arbuthnott.

Lord Arbuthnott served as Lord Lieutenant of the Grampian Region (Kincardineshire) 1977-99, and was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Thistle in 1996.

John Campbell Arbuthnott was b 26 Oct, 1924, son of the 15th viscount by his wife the former Ursula Collingwood (d 20 Dec 1989), and succeeded to the peerages on his father's demise, 15 Dec, 1966.

He married in 1949, Elizabeth Mary Darley Oxley, who d.16 January, 2010, by whom he had issue. His son, the Hon John Keith Oxley Arbuthnott, Master of Arbuthnott, who was b 18 Jul 1950, succeeds to the peerages.

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Rupert Forbes Adam (1957-2012)

_Rupert Forbes Adam, who died suddenly, 6 July, 2012, at the age of 54, was a scion of the Adam Baronets (cr UK, 1917). He was a grandson maternally of Sir Oswald Mosley, 6th Baronet, and was a grandson paternally of Colin Forbes Adam, CSI (1889-1982) sometime chairman of the Yorkshire Post.

He was born 11 Aug 1957, son of Desmond Forbes Adam (1926-58) by his wife Vivien Elisabeth Mosley. His father died as the result of an accident a year after his birth.

He married in 1981, Mrs Anya Hillman (nee Butler),. No issue. He is survived by two sisters, Cynthia and Arabella.

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Death of Count Arthur Tarnowski aged 82

_Count Arthur John Tarnowski, who died 30 June, 2012, aged 82, was a former husband of the Hon Bridget Astor, scion of the Barons Astor of Hever (Peerage of the UK, cr 1956), sometime son-in-law of the 2nd Baron Astor of Hever.

He married the Hon Bridget Mary Astor (b 1948) in 1980 and divorced six years later. He leaves two sons, Sebastian (b 1981) and Lucian (b 1984) from the marriage.

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Rosamond Countess of Cardigan dies aged 63

Rosamond Jane Countess of Cardigan, who died 4 July, 2012, at the age of 63, was the former wife of David Michael James Brudenell-Bruce, styled Earl of Cardigan (b 12 Nov 1952), son and heir of the 8th Marquess of Ailesbury (Peerage of the UK, cr 1821).

She was born Rosamond Jane Winkley, dau of Capt W.R.M. Winkley, of Bruton, Somerset, and married Lord Cardigan in 1980. They divorced in 2009.

She is survived by a son, Thomas James, styled Viscount Savernake (b 1982), and by a daughter Lady Catherine Anna Brudenell-Bruce (b 1984) a singer and songwriter,who found fame recently as 'Bo Bruce' on the reality TV programme 'The Voice'.

Walwyn/Gibson engagement

_The engagement was announced 5 July, 2012, between Humphrey George Walwyn (b 1980), second son of Mr Humphrey S. Walwyn (b 1948) by his wife the former Mary Watt, and Annabel Martha K. Gibson (b 1977), daughter of the Rt Hon Sir Peter Leslie Gibson, PC (b 1934), sometime a Lord Justice of Appeal, by his late wife the former Katharine Hadow (1939-2002).

Humphrey Walwyn descends from the van Straubenzee landed family.

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Count Robert Jean-Marie de La Rochefoucauld (1923-2012)

Count Robert Jean-Marie de La Rochefoucauld, born Paris, 16 Sept, 1923, died 8 May, 2012. He married Bernadette (née de Marcieu de Gontaut-Biron). She survives him, with three daughters. Their son Jean inherits the title.

Sir Valentine Robert Duff Abdy, 6th Baronet (1937-2012)

_Sir Valentine Robert Duff Abdy, 6th Baronet died 27 June 2012. He was born 11 September, 1937, son of Sir Robert Henry Edward Abdy, 5th Bt (1896-1976), by his 2nd wife, the former Lady (Helen) Diana Bridgeman (d 1967), daughter of the 5th Earl of Bradford; married 1971 (div 1982) Mathilde, dau of Etienne Coche de la Ferte, by whom he had a son, Robert Etienne Eric, born 22 Feb 1978, who now succeeds as 7th Baronet (cr Baronet UK, 1850).

Funeral service at the église Sainte-Eugénie at Marnes-la-Coquette, France, on 5 July 2012.

Pamela Sylva Winn

_Pamela Syvla Winn, who died 29 June, 2012, aged 79, was the widow of Maj Henry John Winn, MC, TD (1914-91), a scion of the Barons St Oswald (Peerage of the UK, cr 1885), of Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire.

She was the former Pamela Sylva de Rougemont, daughter of Ernest Charles de Rougemont, CBE, and married in 1960. She leaves a son and a daughter.

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14th Earl of Loudoun (1942-2012)

_The 14th Earl of Loudoun (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1633), died 30 June, 2012, at Jerilderie, New South Wales, Australia. He was 69.

He was born Michael Edward Lord (surname later changed to Abney-Hastings), 22 July, 1942, the son of Capt Walter Strickland Lord by his wife the then Lady Barbara Huddleston Abney-Hastings, elldest daughter of Edith, suo jure (12th) Countess of Loudoun (1883-1960).

His mother succeeded, 24 Feb 1960, as 13th holder of the earldom, and to the Lordships of Campbell of Loudoun (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1601), and Tarrinzean and Mauchline (Peerage of Scotland cr 1633), and he was styled Lord Mauchline until he succeeded to the family honours on the death of his mother, 1 Nov, 2002.

He married in 1969, Noeline Margaret McCormick, by whom he had issue, two sons and two daughters. The peerages now devolve upon his elder son, Simon Michael Abney-Hastings, styled Lord Mauchline, who was born in 1974.

Lady Lisa Maree Abney-Hastings 1971-2012

 Lady Lisa Maree Abney-Hastings, who died in New South Wales, 23 May, 2012, aged 41, was a scion of the Earls of Loudon.

She was born in 1971, the second daughter of the 14th Earl of Loudon (1942-2012), and his wife the former Noelene Margaret McCormick (died 19 Aug, 2002).

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Death of Joan Lady Carew Pole

_Joan Lady Carew Pole, who died 24 June, 2012, aged 91, was the 2nd wife, and widow, of Sir John Gawen Carew Pole, 12th Baronet, DSO, TD.

She was the former Joan Shirley Blackman, daughter of Rear Admiral Charles Maurice Blackman, DSO, and married firstly, Maj Jocelyn Arthur Persse, Rifle Brigade (of that Irish landed family), and secondly, in 1948, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Edgar of Fulford (b 23 July 1898), of Great Fulford, and head of that landed family; and thirdly, in 1979, as his second wife, and her third husband, Sir John Carew Pole, Bt, who died in 1993.

Avenel/St John Webster marriage

The Duke & Duchess of Cambridge attended the wedding, in Somerset, on Saturday 30 June 2012, of Mr Gerald Avenel, son of Mr & Mrs Gilles Avenel, of Bellengreville, Normandy, & Alice Victoria L. St John Webster (b 1982), daughter of Mr Rory St John Webster, of West Wick, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Inga Clinton.

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Anslem Charles Fitzwilliam Rees-Mogg

_Helena Anne Beatrix Wentworth Fitzwilliam Rees-Mogg (nee de Chair, b 1977), wife of the Hon. Jacob William Rees-Mogg (b. 1969), younger son of the Baron Rees-Mogg (b. 14 July 1928), life peer since 1988, of Mells, Somerset, and Baroness Rees-Mogg, gave birth to a son, Anslem Charles Fitzwilliam, 22 June 2012, a brother for Peter, Mary and Thomas. Mrs Rees-Mogg is a granddaughter maternally of the 8th Earl Fitzwilliam. 

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Conrad Nicholas Oppenhein Doimi de Frankopan

_Princess_Natasha Frankopan (nee Oppenheim), wife of _Prince_Nicholas Frankopan, gave birth to a son, Conrad Nicholas Oppenheim, 25 June, 2012, a brother for Tekia Luciana Oppenheim, who was b 18 September, 2009. Nicholas is the second son of Prince Louis Doimi de Frankopan (b 1939), of Kensington, London, by his wife th former Ingrid Detter, and Natasha is the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Nicholas Oppenheim, of Kensington, London.

Nicholas Frankopan is a brother of Lady Nicholas Windsor.

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