Vigors / Gordon Lennox engagement

_.The engagement was announced 7 March, 2013 between Nicholas Desmond .D. Vigors (born 1983), scion of the Irish landed family of that name, eldest son of Mr Patrick Mervyn Doyne Vigors, of London, and Mrs Patrick Vigors (nee Dinah F. Burrows), of Stapleford, Wiltshire, & Flora Gordon Lennox (born 1983), scion of the Dukes of Richmond & Gordon (Duke, Richmond, England, cr 1675; Duke of Gordon, cr UK, 1876), daughter of David Henry Charles Gordon Lennox (b 1935), of Saxham Hall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, by his wife the former Elizabeth Stirling, daughter of Sir William Gurdon Stirling, GCB, CBE, DSO.

-=-

de Salis/de Baden engagement

.The engagement was announced 6 March, 2013, between Count John-Maximilian de Salis (born 1986), son of Count John Bernard Humbert Philip de Salis (b 1947), of Grandson, Switzerland,  and Countess de Salis, and Miss Pauline B. de Baden, only dau of Mr & Mrs Nicholas Borsinger de Baden, of Horben and Geneva,. Switzerland.

Count John Maximilian is descended from the Earls Brownlow (ext)









-=-

Capt Geoffrey Thomas Warren Fenwicke-Clennell

Capt (Geoffrey Thomas) Warren Fenwicke-Clennell, who died at his home at Kirk Hammerton, near York, 3 March, 2013, was a scion of the landed family of Fenwicke-Clennell, of Harbottle Castle, Rothbury, Northumberland. He was a son of Lt-Col Geoffrey Edward Fenwicke-Clennell (b 1896), of Eland Hall, Ponteland, Northumberland; married 1 Jun 1957, Caroline Ann Blackett (b 22 Jun 1936), elder dau of Sir Charles Douglas Blackett, 9th Baronet (Bt, E, cr 1673), by whom he had issue, 2 sons, Nicholas (b 28 Feb 1959), Luke (b 18 Sept 1961), and a daughter, Katharine Mary (b 14 Jun 1963). The second son is married to a scion of the Aykroyd Baronets, and the daughter is married to James Boughey, scion of the Boughey Baronets. The funeral takes place on Monday 18 March, at the Church of St John thre Baptist, Kirk Hammerton, York.

-=-

The Baroness Shawcross

The Baroness Shawcross, who died 2 March, 2013, was the third wife, and widow, of the life peer, Hartley Shawcross, Labour politician and Chief Prosecutor for the UK at the Nuremberg war criumes trial.

She was Susanne Monique Huiskamp, and married the peer in 1997 ~ when he was in his 96th year. Her husband died in July, 2003, aged 101.

-=-

Arabella Halnaby Rose Milbank

_.Natalie A. Milbank (Hicks-Löbbecke), a juvenile squeeze of Prince William, and wife of Edward Mark Somerset Milbank (b 9 Apr 1973), gave birth to a daughter, Arabella Halnaby Rose, 24 February, 2013, a sister for Harry Frederick Somerset, who was b 29 November, 2009, and for Alexander, b 17 March, 2011.Edward is the son & heir of Sir Anthony Frederick Milbank, 5th Baronet, of Barningham Park, Richmond, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Belinda Beatrice Gore, scion of the Gore Baronets, & Natalie is the younger daughter of Major and Mrs Martin Hicks-Löbbecke, of Warminster, Wiltshire.

=====

Elizabeth, Lady Campbell (Lizbeth Webb) 1926-2013

The actress Elizabeth, Lady Campbell, who died 17 January, 2013, aged 86, was better known as Lizbeth Webb, one of the stars of British musical theatre. She was the wife of Col Sir Guy Theophilus Halswell Campbell, 5th Baronet, OBE, MC (Bt, UK, cr 1815).

She was born 30 January, 1926, as Elizabeth Sandra Holton, daughter of Frederick Holton, of Tilehurst, near Reading, by his wife Ethel. She was briefly engaged to Peter Sellers, and married 1stly, D.H Parker, a RAF pilot, from whom she was divorced; married 2ndly, 17 Aug, 1956, Col Sir Guy Campbell, Bt, who died in 1993. She leaves two sons from her second marriage, Sir Lachlan Campbell, 6th Baronet (b 9 Oct 1958), an artist and illustrator, and Rory Campbell (b 1961), the actor and opera singer.

-=-

Grimthorpe/Benyon engagement

_.The engagement was announced 28 February, 2013, between Edward John Beckett, 5th Baron Grimthorpe (b 20 Feb 1954), (Baron, UK, cr 1886), elder son of the late 4th Baron Grimthorpe (1915-2003), of Westow Hall, York, by his wife the former Lady Elizabeth Lumley, DCVO (b 22 Jul 1925), daughter of the 11th Earl of Scarbrough, & Mrs Emma Benyon (nee Villiers, b 16 Oct 1963), scion of the Earls of Clarendon (Earl, GB, cr 1776) (third daughter of Capt Anthony Henry Heber Villiers (b 1921), by his wife the former Rosemary Elizabeth Bell (b 1924), descended from the extinct Barons Barrymore.
Lord Grimthorpe and Mrs Benyon both have previous marriages. Mrs Benyon was divorced in 2003 from Richard Benyon, now Tory MP for Newbury, and a descendant of the Shelley Baronets.



-=-

Elizabeth Camilla Jessica (Betsy) Borthwick

_.Jessica Borthwick (nee Codrington), wife of (William) Martin Stanislaw Borthwick (b. 1981), scion of the Borthwick Baronets (cr. 1908), gave birth to a daughter, Elizabeth Camilla Jessica (Betsy), 14 February, 2013, a sister for Bella.

Martin is the son of Simon William Frederick Borthwick (b. 1950), of Ealing, London, by his wife the former Bozena Podwoiski, & Jessica is the eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Edward Codrington, of Ealing, London.


***

Thomas Foster Rivers-Bulkeley, MBE 1916-2013

_.Thomas Foster Rivers Bulkeley, MBE, who died 23 February, 2013, aged 96, was born 15 March, 1916, son of Frederick Rivers-Bulkeley by his wife the former Muriel Lyon, and a grandson of Alfred Charles Lyon, of Albrighton Hall, Salop, by his wife the former Laura Rose Swetenham, scion of that family of Somerford Booths, Congleton, co Chester; married Bridget Pattinson (b 1915), daughter of Hugh Lee Pattinson by his wife the former Catherine Lina Chaworth-Musters, scion of that landed family. He leaves issue.

_=-

Colonel Bridget Islay Forbes Adam, MBE 1927-2013

.Colonel Bridget Islay Forbes Adam, MBE, late Colonel, WRAC, who died at Salisbury, Wiltshire, 23 February, 2013, aged 85, was a scion of the Adam Baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1917), third of the four daughters of General Sir Ronald Forbes Adam, 2nd Baronet, GCB, DSO, OBE (1885-1982), by his wife the former Anna Dorothy Pitman. Unm. Her siblings were Barbara, Lady Proctor, Margot, and twin sister, Isobel. She was appointed MBE in 1960.

-=-

The 7th Baron Sandys 1931-2013

_.Lord Sandys, the 7th Baron, sometime Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords (Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard) in the administration of Margaret Thatcher, died at his home, 11 February, 2013. He was 81.

Richard Michael Oliver Hill was born 21 July, 1931, descends from Mary Sandys, wife of the 2nd Marquess of Downshire, who was raised to the peerage of the UK in 1802, as Baroness Sandys, with a special remainder allowing the title to pass, on her demise, to her second son.

Lord Sandys was a son of Arthur, 6th Baron (1876-1961), by his wife (and 3rd cousin) the former Cynthia Trench-Gascoigne (d 1990), and he succeeded to the peerage on his father's death, 24 Nov, 1961.

Lord Sandys was appointed a Lord in Waiting in 1974, was a Tory Whip in the Upper House 1974-9, then Deputy Chief Whip and Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, 1979-83.

He married in 1961, Patricia Simpson Hall, daughter of  Capt Lionel Hall, of Lower Beeding, Sussex. There were no children of the union. The barony now devolves, under the terms of the special remainder, upon his distant cousin, the 9th Marquess of Downshire (who was born 4 Feb, 1959).

-=-

Stoddart/ Fox-Pitt engagement

_.The engagement was announced 27 February, 2013, between Sebastian Crawford .A. Stoddart (born 1975), son of Mr Alastair M. Stoddart and Mrs Elaine (Laini) Stoddart (nee Rickard), & Alicia Helenita J. Lane Fox-Pitt (born 1981), scion of that landed family, daughter of the late Mr (William) Oliver Lane Fox-Pitt (1932-2011), by his wife the former Marietta Speed,  and sister of the British Olympic equestrian, William Fox-Pitt.

Miss Fox-Pitt is an old friend of the Duchess of Cambridge and was present at the Royal wedding in April, 2011.

-=-

Arthur/Musgrave engagement

_.The engagement was announced 27 February, 2013, between (Matthew) Frederick Michael (Freddy) Artur (born 1981), scion of the Barons Glenarthur (Peerage of the UK, cr 1918), son of the Hon (Matthew) Richard Arthur (b 1948), of Bingfield, Northumberland, & Miss A.C. (Kitty) Musgrave, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs Colin Musgrave, of Bradden, Northamptonshire.

Freddy Arthur is a grandson paternally of Matthew Arthur, 3rd Baron Glenarthur, OBE (1909-76) and a nephew of the 4th Baron (b 1944).

-=-

General Sir Richard Worsley, GCB, OBE 1923-2013

_.General Sir Richard Worsley, GCB, OBE, who died 23 February, 2013, aged 89, was sometime Quartermaster-General to the Forces. He was born 29 May, 1923, and was twice wed, firstly, in 1958, to Sarah Mitchell, by whom he had issue, a son Henry and a daughter, Charlotte; married 2ndly, in 1980, Caroline Cecily, Duchess of Fife (born 12 Feb, 1934), former wife of the Queen's cousin, the 3rd Duke of Fife (b 23 Sept, 1929), and daughter of the 3rd Baron Forteviot (1906-93), chairman of the whisky distillers, John Dewar & Sons, by his wife the former Cynthia Monica Starkie.

General Worsley leaves a widow, his two children, Henry and Charlotte, and two step-children, David, styled Earl of Southesk (b 1961) and Lady Alexandra Etherington (b 1959).

Lennox-Boyd/Courtenay-Stamp engagement

_.The engagement was announced 26 Feb, 2013, between Alan George Simon Lennox-Boyd, scion of the Viscounts Boyd of Merton (Peerage of the UK, cr 1960) (born 11 March, 1993), elder son of the Hon Benjamin Alan Lennox-Boyd (born 21 Oct, 1964), of Saltash, Cornwall, by his wife the former Sheila Mary Margaret Williams, & Georgina Louise (Georgie) Courtenay-Stamp (born 1993), elder daughter of Jeremy Courtenay-Stamp, of Belgravia, and Mrs Courtenay-Stamp.

-=-

Alice Amaryllis Gibson-Watt 1978-2012 (nee Montagu Douglas Scott)

_.Alice Amaryllis Gibson-Watt (nee Montagu Douglas Scott), who has died aged 34, was a scion of the Dukes of Bucceluch & Queensberry (Duke, Peerage of Scot, cr 1684).

She was born in 1978, the only child of Thomas Walter Montagu Douglas Scott (born 1 July, 1943), by his former wife the Hon Marion Miranda Phillimore (b 9 May, 1946), a daughter of the 4th Baron Phillimore (1911-94) (Peerage of the UK, cr 1918), and married in 2005, Anthony David Gibson-Watt (b 1975), scion of that landed family and grandson of the life peer, Lord Gibson-Watt, son of the Hon Robin Gibson-Watt (b 1949), by his wife the former Marcia Susan Cary (b 1949, scion of the Cary Baronets,Bt, UK, cr 1955), by whom she had one child, a daughter, Chiara Charlotte, who was born 11 Oct, 2012.

-=-

Trevor Wilford Boteler 1950-2013

Old Etonian Trevor Wilford Boteler, who died at Long Island, New York, 16 February, 2013, aged 62, was scion of the landed family of Boteler, formerly of Eastry, Kent. He was born 5 March, 1950. He could trace his lineage back to John Boteler, of Sandwich, Kent, Mayor of Sandwich in 1440.

-=-

+ Heather Mary Levinge

_.Heather Mary Levinge (nee Johnson), who died 18 February, 2013, aged 84, was the widow of William James Levinge (1929-87), scion of the Levinge Baronets (Bt, Ire, 1704). She married in 1954, and leaves issue.

-=-

Jonathan Gray Ropner (1931-2013)

_. Jonathan Gray Ropner, who died at his home, 14 February, 2013, aged 81, was a scion of the Ropner Baronets, of Preston Hall (Bt, UK, cr 1904). Mr Ropner, of Patrick Brompton, near Bedale, North Yorkshire, was born 1 May, 1931, son of Sir William Guy Ropner, Knt (1896-1971), a director of the family shipping firm, by his wife the former Margarita Gray (died 1973), a daughter of Sir William Cresswell Gray, 1st Baronet; educated at Harrow;  lieut, Irish Guards. He married 31 Oct, 1953, Edith Avril Peat, daughter of Charles Urie Peat, MC, of Wycliffe Hall, Barnard Castle, Co Durham, by whom he had issue, 4 sons and 1 daughter. A memorial service will take place at Ripon Cathedral on 18 May.


-=-

Baroness Rix 1929-2013

_.The Baroness Rix (the actress Elspet Gray), died 18 February, 2013. She was 83.

Lady Rix, a charity campaigner for many years, appeared in the TV shows Blackadder, Fawlty Towers, Dr Who, &c, and made a fine partnership with her husband Brian in the famed Whitehall farces.

She was born 12 April, 1929, as Elspet MacGregor-Gray, daughter of James MacGregor-Gray, of Surrey, and married in 1949, the actor Brian Rix, CBE, who was created a life peer in 1992, as Baron Rix, of Whitehall in the City of Westminster. She was the mother of 2 sons, James and Jonathan, and 2 daughters, Shelley and Louisa. Her elder daughter predeceased her in 2005.

-=-

Elizabeth Demetriadi (nee Kerr) 1919-2013

_.Elizabeth Demetriadi (nee Kerr), who died in Cumbria, 16 February, 2013, aged circa 94, was a scion of the Marquesses of Lothian (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1701). She was born in 1919, a daughter of Maj Basil Kerr, DSC (1879-1957), by his wife the former Winifred Katharine Blezard (d 1974), of Eccleston Paddocks, Chester, a granddaughter maternally of the 7th Viscount Chewynd; married 26 June, 1946, Lieutenant-Col George Demetriadi, MBE, elder son of George Constantine Demetriadi, of Manley Knoll;, Manley, Cheshire.

-=-

Anderson/Blackett engagement

_.The engagement was announced 19 February, 2013 between Mr Thomas P.P. Anderson, son of Mr & Mrs John Anderson, of Little Harle Tower, Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland, & Amelia Blackett (born 1984), scion of the Blackett Baronets (Bt, England, cr 1673), daughter of Sir Hugh Francis Blackett, 12th Baronet (b 11 Feb, 1955), of Halton Castle, Corbridge, Northumberland, by his wife the former Anna Coldwell.

-=-

Douglas-Pennant/Robinson engagement

_.The engagement was announced 19 February, 2013 between Ian Christopher Douglas-Pennant (born 1986), scion of the Barons Penrhyn (Baron, UK, cr 1866), son of Hugh Archibald Douglas-Pennant (born 1951), of Stansfield, Suffolk, by his second wife, the former Sarah Rosamund Gurney, scion of that landed family, & Miss Claire Robinson, daughter of Mr Richard Robinson, of Stockbridge, Hampshire, by his wife, Charlotte.

-=-

Harry Anthony Arthur Herbert Fortescue Duckworth-Chad

_.The Lady Laura Duckworth-Chad (nee Fortescue Gore b. 1975), wife of Major James Anthony L'Etang Duckworth-Chad, Coldstream Guards, (b. 1972) former Equerry to Queen Elizabeth II, gave birth to a son, Harry Anthony Arthur Herbert Fortescue, 28 January, 2013, a brother for Molly Lettice Fortescue, who was born 21 September, 2006, and for Minna Evie, born 18 June, 2008, and Viola Cecily Fortescue, who was born 12 May, 2010.

James is the elder son of Anthony Duckworth-Chad, of Pynkney Hall, Norfolk, High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1992, by his wife Elizabeth Sarah Wake-Walker (a granddaughter of the 7th Earl Spencer).

Lady Laura is the elder daughter of the 9th Earl of Arran, of Castle Hill, Devon, by his wife the Countess of Arran (the former Eleanor van Cutsem). Major James Duckworth-Chad is a second cousin of the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry of Wales.
--

Angela Bromley-Martin (nee Hampden-Ross)

_.Angela Felicity Bromley-Martin, who died 12 February, 2013, was the widow of Capt David Elliot Bromley-Martin, RN (1914-2002) scion of the landed family of Bromley-Martin, of Ham Court, Worcestershire. 

She was born Angela Hampden-Ross, daughter of Sydney Hampden-Ross, FCA, FSAA, of Shek-O, Hong Kong, and married Capt Bromley-Martin as his second wife in 1949.There were two sons of the marriage, Robin and Michael. 

Her husband was Flag Officer 2nd in charge of the Far East, 1947-49, and involved in the Amethyst Incident, 1949.

-=-

Col Sir John Gilmour, 4th Baronet 1944-2013

_.Colonel Sir John Gilmour, 4th Baronet (Bt, of Lundin & Montrave, cr UK, 1897), died 10 February, 2013. He was 68. Sir John, a deputy lieutenant for Fife, was Colonel in the army, served with the Fife & Forfar Yeomary/Scottish Horse, and was MFH. His home was at at Wester Balcormo, Fife. He was born 15 July, 1944, son of Sir John Edward Gilmour, 3rd Baronet (1912-2007), by his wife the former Ursula Mabyn Wills, and succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's death, 1 June, 2007. He married in 1967, Valerie Jardine Russell, daughter of George Walker Russell, by whom he had issue, 2 sons and 2 daughters. The baronetcy is now inherited by his elder son, (John) Nicholas Gilmour, who was born in 1970.

-=-

Mackaness / Mahler engagement

.The engagement was announced 14 February, 2013, between Nicholas John Mackaness (born 1984), scion of the landed family of Boughton Hall, Northants, now of Rudding Park, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, son of Mr Simon Mackaness (born 5 Feb 1949), of Rudding Park, by his wife Judith & Miss Miranda Mahler, daughter of Mr & Mrs Graeme Mahler, of Richmond, Surrey.

-=-

Lane Fox / Coronini von Cronberg engagement

.The engagement was announced 14 February, 2013, between Thomas Peter Lane Fox (born 1979), eldest son of Colonel (Retd) Graham Bryan Lane Fox (born 1949), of Thickthorn, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Margaret Langford, and Gräfin Alexia Coronini von Cronberg (born 27 Oct 1979), youngest daughter of Graf and Gräfin Coronini von Cronberg, of Roehampton, London.

-=-

Bonsor/Paget Steavenson engagement

_.The engagement was announced on St Valentine's Day 14 Feb, 2013, between James Charles Bonsor (born 1983), second son of Sir Nicholas Cosmo Bonsor, 4th Baronet (Bt, cr UK, 1925) (born 9 Dec, 1942), by his wife the former Hon Nadine Marisa Lampson (born 1948), daughter of the 2nd Baron Killearn (Peerage of UK, cr 1943), & Sophie C Paget Steavenson (born 1985), daughter of Mr Rupert Paget Steavenson, by his wife the former Geraldine Tyrrell.


-=-

Chetwode/Shaw-Stewart marriage

_.The marriage took place 9 February, 2013, at the Church of St Bartholemew, Gourock, of the Hon Christopher Roger Chetwode (born 24 March, 1940), second son of the late Capt Hon Roger Chetwode (1906-40), by his wife the former Hon Molly Patricia Berry, daughter of the 1st Viscount Camrose (Peerage of the UK, cr 1941), & Lucinda Victoria, Lady Shaw-Stewart (nee Fletcher), widow of Maj Sir Houston Mark Shaw-Stewart, MC 11th Baronet (Bt cr NS 1667), & dau of the late Alexander Fletcher, of Wighill, Tadcaster, West Yorkshire.

The Hon Christopher Chetwode married 1stly, 1961, the Hon Philippa Brand, dau of the 5th Viscount Hampden, and  is a younger brother of  the 2nd Baron Chetwode (b 1937) (Peerage of the UK, cr 1945).

The bride married 1stly, in 1982, Sir Houston Shaw-Stewart, who died 21 Feb, 2004. She is mother of Sir Ludovic, the 12th Baronet, who was b 12 Nov, 1986.

-=-

John Vivian Auchmuty Musters 1917-2013

_, John Vivian Auchmuty Musters, Commander, RN, who died in Nelson, New Zealand, 10 Feb, 2013, aged 95, was a scion of the landed family of Chaworth-Musters of Annesley Park, near Nottingham. He was born 7 May 1917, the eldest son of John Domville Auchmuty Musters, Capt RN, DSC (b 1982), of Claremorris, Co Mayo, by his 1st wife, the former Olga Gertrude Helena Barnes, He joined the Royal Navy in 1935, served in WWII, was mentioned in despatches. Married 11 Sept, 1943, Ann Rosemary Garbett, dau of Capt Leonard Garbett, CBE, RN, of Stretton Grandison, Ledbury, Herefordshire, by whom he had issue, 2 sons and 2 daughters.

-=-

Danson & Maximilien Roundell: twins

_.Candice Roundell (nee Zehnder), wife of Charles H. Roundell (b 1975), scion of the landed family of Roundell, of Dorfold Hall, have birth to twin sons, Danson Aubrey and Maximilien Savile, 7 February, 2013.

Charles is the only son Richard Charles Roundell (b. 11 Feb 1944), head of the family, descended from the Earls of Dysart, by his wife the former Anthea Frances Legge (b. 15 May,1946), scion of the Earls of Dartmouth, & Candice is a daughter of of Mr and Mrs Robert Zehnder, of Nanteuil-en-Vallée, France.

Charles is a grandson paternally of Charles Wilbraham Roundell (b. 15 July 1912; d. 3 Aug 2003), by his wife the former Anne Moore (d. 2005); and great-grandson of Christopher Foulis Roundell (1876-1959), by his wife, the former Lady Maude Clements (1877-1932), daughter of the 4th Earl of Leitrim (1847-92), by his wife the former Lady Winifred Coke (d. 1940), daughter of the 2nd Earl of Leicester (1822-1909), &c.. Charles is a grandson maternally of David Alexander Keppel Legge, CBE (b. 1916), by his wife the former Patria Hornung, dau of Lt-Col. C.B.R. Hornung, DL, JP.

Charles's sister Laura is Countess of Burlington/Marchioness of Hartington, wife of the heir to the Duke of Devonshire.

==

Alexander Fellowes, cousin of the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry, to wed Alexandra Finlay

_.The engagement was announced in February, 2013, between the Hon Alexander Robert Fellowes (b 23 March, 1983), only son of Robert Fellowes, Baron Fellowes, GCB, GCVO (born 11 Dec, 1941), sometime Principal Private Secretary to HM The Queen, scion of the landed family of Fellowes, of Shotesham Park, by his wife the former Lady (Cynthia) Jane Spencer (born 11 Feb, 1957), & Alexandra Margaret Bell Finlay (born 1982), scion of the Finlay Baronets, of Epping (cr Bt, UK, 1964), daughter of George Edward Bell Finlay (b 14 Apr 1948), descended from the Barons Thurlow (Peerage of GB, cr 1792), by his wife the former Rose Alexandra Walker, of the whisky distillers Johnn Walker & Co family.

Alexander Fellowes is a first cousin of the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry.

-=-

Hon Sarah Katherine Elinor Baring 1920-2013

_.The Hon Mrs Sarah Baring, who died 4 February, 2013, aged 93, was a scion of the Barons Grantley (Peerage of GB, cr 1782), and was the mother of the 4th Viscount Astor.

The Hon Sarah Katherine Elinor Norton was born  20 January, 1920, daughter of Richard Henry Brinsley Norton, 6th Baron Grantley (1892-1954), of Markenfield Hall, Ripon, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Jean Mary Kinloch, scion of the Kinloch Baronets.

She married 1stly, 14 June, 1945 (div 1953), the Hon William Waldorf Astor (1907-66), eldest son of the 2nd Viscount Astor (1879-1952), of Cliveden, by his wife the former Nancy Langhorne.

Her first husband succeeded his father as 3rd Viscount, 30 Sept, 1952, and they divorced the following year. She married 2ndly, 17 Apr 1953 (div 1965), as his 1st wife, Lt-Col Thomas Michael Baring, scion of the Barons Northbrook (Peerage of the UK, cr 1866). She is survived by a son from the first marriage, William Waldorf Astor, 4th Viscount (born 27 Dec 1951), and by an adopted son, Edward, from the second marriage.

-=-

Capt Hugo Ivo Meynell 1931-2013

_.Capt Hugo Ivo Meynell, who died 2 February, 2013, aged 81, was a scion of the landed family of Meynell, of Meynell Langley, Derbyshire. He was born 23 Nov, 1931, son of Hugo Francis Meynell, OBE (b 29 Dec 1903, d. 1974), of Melbourne, Derby, by his wife the former Doris Isabel Morrison (b 15 Nov 1908, d. 1992), of Valparaiso, Chile.

Educated at Stowe and RMA Sandhurst. Career: Capt 9th/12th Royal Lancers; married 22 Jun 1961, Sarah Virginia (b 1940), daughter of Gen Sir Richard McCreery, GCB, KBE, DSO, MC (1898-1967), by his wife the former Lettice St Maur, scion of the Dukes of Somerset, &c.

A Service of Thanksgiving takes place at Long Compton Church, Warwickshire, 19 MAR, 2013.

-=-

The subjects still object to Queen Camilla

Daughter for Rollo & Kathryn Wigan

_. Kathryn Sarah Wigan (born 1981, nee Allsopp), scion of the Barons Hindlip, & wife of Rollo Wigan,  scion of the landed family of Wigan of Drewitts, gave birth to a daughter, 24 Jan, 2013.

Rollo is the youngest son of Mr Michael Christian Wigan (born 1945), head of the family, of Chelsea, London, SW3, by his former wife Mrs John Loudon (nee Eugenie Mary Felicity Cadbury, b 1948), scion of the confectionary dynasty, of Pusey, Oxfordshire.

Kathryn Wigan is the eldest daughter of the Hon John and Mrs Allsopp, of Wadwick, Hampshire, and is a granddaughter of the 5th Baron Hindlip (Peerage of the UK, cr 1886).


-=-
-==-

William David Jock Ropner 1929-2013

_.William David Jock Ropner, who died 31 January, 2013, aged 83, was a scion of the shipping family of Baronets (Bt, of Preston Hall, cr 1904). He was born 27 June, 1929, son of John Raymond Ropner (1903-), High Sheriff of Durham (1958), and a director of Sir R. Ropner & Co Ltd, the family firm, of Middleton Lodge, Middleton Tyas, Richmond, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Joan Redhead, daughter of William Redhead; he was educated at Harrow.

He married in 1961 (div 1962) Elizabeth Anne Ellsworth Jones. No issue.

The funeral is at the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Middleton Tyas, 7 Feb, 2013.

-=-

Lascelles/Gregson marriage

_.The marriage took place 2 June, 2006, between Henry Ulick Lascelles (b 19 May, 1953), scion of the Earls of Harewood (Earl UK, 1812), son of the late Hon Gerald David Lascelles (1924-1998), by his 1st wife the former Angela Estree Dowding (1919-2007), & Mrs Fiona Margaret Wilmott (nee Gregson), daughter of Mr Barry Gregson, by his wife Hilda.

It is Mr Lascelles's 2nd marriage. He married Alexandra Morton in 1979, which marriage was dissolved.

-=-

Parente / Elland engagement

_.The engagement was announced 2 Feb, 2013, between (Henry) Joseph Parente (born 1983), descended from the extinct Dukes of Portland, only son of William Henry Marcello Parente (b 18 Feb 1951), of Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, by his wife the former Alison J. Swan, & Miss Anuszka Elland, daughter of the late Mr Mark Elland and Mrs Ursula Elland, of Nether Langwith, Nottinghamshire.

Joseph Parente is a grandson paternally of Don Gaetano Parente, Principe di Castel Viscardo (b 1909-  d), by his wife the former Lady Victoria Margaret Cavendish-Bentinck (1918-55), a daughter of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland (1893-1977), by his wife the former Ivy Gordon-Lennox (1887-1982), scion of the Dukes of Richmond & Gordon, &c.

-=-

Arthur James Russell

_.Henrietta Elizabeth Anne Russell (born 10 Oct 1983, nee Cator), wife of William S. Russell, gave birth to a son, Arthur James, 27 January, 2013.

William Russell is the elder son of Mr & Mrs Dudley Russell, of Norcote, Gloucestershire, & Henrietta, scion of that landed family of Woodbastwick, Norfolk, is 1st dau of Henry Greville Cator (b 26
Mar 1956), of Salhouse, Norfolk, by his wife the former Sara Elizabeth Keeling (b 6 Jul 1954), a granddaughter maternally of Sir John Hanbury-Williams (1892-1965), by his wife the former Princess Zenaida Cantacuzene, a daughter of Maj.-Gen. Prince Michael Michaelovich Cantacuzene, 2nd Count Speransky and Julia Dent Grant, eldest grandchild of US President Ulysses S. Grant.

 

-=-

Peter John Philip Seely, 5th Baron Mottistone 1949-2013

_. Peter John Philip Seely, 5th Baron Mottistone (Peerage of the UK, cr 1933), died in Kent, 23 January, 2013, aged 63.

He was born 29 Oct, 1949, son of David Peter Seely, 4th Baron Mottistone, CBE (1920-2011), by his wife the former Anthea Christine McMullan. Succeeded to the peerage on his father's death, 24 Nov, 2011.

He married twice, firstly, in 1972 (div 1975) Joyce Cairns, and secondly, 1982 (div 2001), Linda Swain. He leaves a son from the first marriage, and a son, and three daughters from the second marriage.

The peerage now devolves upon his elder son, the Hon Christopher David Peter Seely, who was born 1 Oct, 1974.

The funeral takes place at the Church of St Peter, Hever, Kent, 12 Feb.

-=-

Blair / de la Poer engagement

_.The engagement was announced 1 February, 2013, between Oliver J. Blair, son of the late Mr Christopher Blair and Mrs Catherine Blair, of Holt, Norfolk, & Elinor Clare de la Poer (born 1989), daughter of Count Anthony de la Poer (b 1940), of South Perrott, Dorset, and Countess Anthony de la Poer.

The bride-to-be is descended from the Barons Wynford and the extinct Barons Emly.

-=-

Hon Mrs Rosemary Dorothy Marion Eden 1928-2013

_.The Hon Mrs Rosemary Eden, who died 27 January, 2013, aged 85, was the wife of the Hon Ronald John Eden (1931-2006), scion of the Barons Auckland (Peerage of Ireland, cr 1789, & Peerage of GB, cr 1793), and was descended from the Barons Petre (Peerage of England, cr 1603).

She was born Rosemary Dorothy Marion Crowder, in 1928, daughter of Sir John Frederick Ellenborough Crowder (1890-1961) sometime Conservative MP for Fincley (his successor in that constituency was Margaret Thatcher), by his wife the former Florence Gertrude Petre (b 1893), and married Ronald Eden in 1957. He died 10 Dec, 2006. She leaves issue, Henry Vane Eden (b 1958), and Edward John Edeb (b 1959).

The funeral takes place at Cromlix House Chapel, Dunblane, 6 Feb.

-=-

Louis Georg Matthew von Opel

_. Emily Louise von Opel (born 13 Oct, 1973, nee Bond), wife of Georg von Opel, gave birth to a son, Louis Georg Matthew, 24 January, 2013, a brother for Allegra Sophia (b 2002), Clara Theresa (b 2004), and Montana (b ?).

Emily ~ descended from the Earls Fitzwilliam (extinct) ~ is the younger daughter of Ian Robin Stanley Bond (b 1940), by his wife Caroline Louise Faber. Her elder sister Candida (born 1971) is the wife of William Henry Leicester Stanhope, styled Viscount Petersham (born 14 Oct 1967), son and heir of the 12th Earl of Harrington.

-=-

+ Lady Trowbridge, widow of Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Trowbridge

_.Lady Trowbridge, who died 21 January, 2013, aged 93, was widow of Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Trowbridge (21 Jan 1920-4 May 2003). She was the former Anne Mildred Perceval, and married Richard Trowbridge in 1955. He was Western Australia's 25th Governor and sometime Flag Officer of the Royal Yacht Britannia. He was appointed KCVO in 1983, and died in 2003, aged 83. A Service of Thanksgiving takes place at St Laurence's Church, Petersfield, Hampshire, 19 March, 2013.

-=-

Lady Stormonth Darling (1924-2013), widow of Sir Jamie Stormonth Darling

_.Lady Stormonth Darling, who died 27 January, 2013, at Ayr, was the widow of Sir James Carlisle (Jamie) Stormonth Darling, Knt, scion of that landed family, and sometime director of the National Trust for Scotland.

She was the former Mary Finella Gammell, daughter of Lt-Gen Sir James Andrew Harcourt Gammell KCB, DSO (b 26 Sep 1892 -d  1975), head of the landed family of Drumtochty Castle, Fordoun, Kincardine, by his wife (nee Dow), and married Jamie Stormonth Darling (b 18 Jul 1918), son of Robert Stormonth Darling (1880-1956), by his wife Beryl Madeleine Sayer. Her husband died 17 Apr, 2000. She leaves issue.

A Memorial Service takes place at Dirleton Kirk, East Lothian, 5 Feb 2013.

-=-

Steuart Fothringham / Jones engagement

_.The engagement was announced 31 January, 2013, between Ian Archibald Steuart Fothringham (b 1976), scion of that landed family, third son of Henry Steuart Fothringham of Grantully, OBE (b 1944), of Aberfeldy, Perthshire, by his late wife, the former Cherry Linnhe Stewart of Achnacone (who died in 2001), & Laura M. Jones, daughter of Mr & Mrs Gerald Jones, of Medway, Massachusetts, United States.

Ian Steuart Fothringham is descended from the Royal House of Hanover, descending from King William IV and his mistress Dorothea Jordan.

-=-

Rupert Edward Oliver Elmore

_Tamara Jane Elmore (nee Thynne, b 1974), scion of the Marquesses of Bath, wife of Jeremy J. Elmore, gave birth to a son, Rupert Edward Oliver, 25 January, 2013, a brother for George. Tamara is the youngest daughter of Sheridan Ulrich Thynne (b.1939), of South Stoke, Oxfordshire, by his wife the former Eve Clare Cardew, and Jeremy is the son of Mr Barry Elmore, of Molesey, Surrey, and Mrs Diana Purcell, of Petworth, Sussex,

-=-

Caius Christian Wigan

_.The Lady Maria Alice Jubilee Wigan (nee Balfour, born 1977), wife of Charles C. Wigan, gave birth to a son, Caius Christian, 14 January, 2013, a brother for Aliena.

Lady Maria is the third daughter of Roderick Francis Arthur, 5th Earl of Balfour (b 9 Dec 1948), of Whittinghame, Haddington, East Lothian, by his wife, the former Lady Tessa Mary Isabel Fitzalan Howard (b 30 Sep 1950), eldest daughter of Miles, 17th Duke of Norfolk, KG, GCVO, CB, CBE, MC (1915-2002).

-=-

Rose Susanna Allfrey

_.Martha Virginia Allfrey (nee Swire, b. 1972), wife of Alexander Allfrey, gave birth to a daughter, Rose Susanna, 22 January, 2013, a sister for four brothers, Jack Merlin Samuel (b 1999), William Jude, who was b. 8 Apr 2001,  Stanley Adrian, who was b. 3 June 2004, and Frank Peter, who was b 28 Dec, 2006. 

Martha is the only daughter of Sir Adrian Christopher Swire, Kt (b. 1932), scion of that Landed Gentry family, by his wife, Lady Judith Compton (b. 1943), daughter of the 5th Marquess of Northampton.

-=-

Octavia Overton's christening (2013)

_. The infant daughter of Mr Thomas Overton and Miss Clementine Rhodes was christened Octavia Nora Lynne (Ava), at St Mark's Church, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, on Sunday January 27, 2013.

The Most Rev and Rt Hon John Sentamu, Archbishop of York officiated.

-=-

Sir Henry Grant De La Poer Beresford-Peirse, 6th Baronet 1933-2013

_.Sir Henry Grant De La Poer Beresford-Peirse, 6th Baronet, died suddenly 24 January, 2013, aged 79. Sir Henry's homes were at Bedall Manor, Bedale, North Yorkshire, and in London. He was born 7 Feb, 1933, son of Sir Henry Campbell De La Poer Beresford-Peirse, CB, 5th Baronet, and was educated at Eton; served as a Lt, Scots Guards; succeeded to the baronetcy (Bt, UK, cr 1814), on the death of his father, 1972. Married in 1966, Jadranka, daughter of Ivan Njers, of Zagreb, by whom he had issue, 2 sons, Henry and John. The baronetcy now passes to the elder son, Henry Njers De La Poer Beresford-Peirse, who was born 25 March, 1969, who is married with issue.

-=-

Margaret Lady Houstoun-Boswall dies aged 95

_.Margaret, Lady Houstoun-Boswall, who died at Eastbourne, 21 January, 2013, aged 95, was the wife of Sir Thomas Houstoun-Boswall, 7th Baronet (Bt, UK, cr 1836).

She was the former Margaret Bullen-Smith, daughter of George Bullen-Smith, of Squirrels, Arlington, Sussex, and married Sir Thomas, as his first wife, in 1945. They divorced in 1970, and he died in 1982.

She leaves a son, Sir Thomas Alford Houstoun-Boswall, 8th Baronet (b 23 May, 1947), and a daughter, Amber Georgina (b 1946).

Hon Audrey Nancy Wood

_Georgia E. Wood, styled Baroness Irwin, wife of James Charles Wood, styled Baron Irwin (b. 24 Aug 1977), gave birth to a daughter, the Hon Audrey Nancy Wood, 23 January, 2013, a sister for the Hon Rex Patrick Wood, who was born 12 Aug 2010.

Lady Irwin is the only daughter of Mr Patrick Robert James Clarkson. QC (b. 1 Aug 1949), of Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, a Recorder since 1996, by his wife the former Bridget Cecilia Doyne, and granddaughter paternally of Commander Robert Anthony Clarkson, LVO, RN, and Lord Irwin, a godson of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, is the only son of the 3rd Earl of Halifax (b. 14 Mar, 1944), of Garrowby, Bishop Wilton, near York, and the Countess of Halifax.

-==-,

Hon Mrs Margaret Ada (Migs) Greenall

_.The Hon Mrs Margaret Ada (Migs) Greenall, who died 10 January, 2013, at Melton Mowbray, aged 95, was mother of Peter Gilbert Greenall, 4th Baron Daresbury (Peerage of the UK, cr 1927).

She was born circa 1917, as Margaret Ada Crawford, 5th daughter of Charles John Crawford, of Wayside, St Andrews, Fife, by his wife the former Ella Frances Olive Anson, scion of the Anson Baronets; and married 7 Feb 1952 (divorced 1986), Edward Gilbert Greenall, of the brewing dynasty, who succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Daresbury, 19 Feb, 1990, and who died 9 Sept, 1996.

Migs Greenall, of Waltham House, Melton Mowbray, leaves four children, 3 sons and 1 daughter.

A service of Thanksgiving takes place at St Mary Magdalene Church, Waltham on the Wolds, 28 Jan, 2013.

-=-

Capt Hon David Cecil Warwick Bampfylde 1924-2013

_.Capt the Hon David Cecil Warwick Bampfylde, who died 22 January, 2013, aged 88, was a scion of the Barons Poltimore (Peerage of the UK, cr 1831), and was born 3 March, 1924, a son of Hugh de Burgh Warwick Bampfylde, 6th Baron Poltimore (1888-1978), by his wife the former Margaret Mary de la Pasture (died 1981), daughter of the Marquis de la Pasture; married in 1950, Jean Margaret Campbell, by whom he had issue. A service of Thanksgiving takes place at St Michael, Inkpen, Berkshire, 8 Feb.

-=-

Diana Lady Ingilby (1920-2013) widow of 5th Baronet

_.Diana, Lady Ingilby, died 19 January, 2013, on the eve of her 93rd birthday. She was the widow of Maj Sir Joslan William Vivian Ingilby, 5th Baronet, of Ripley Castle, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, who died in 1974. She was the former Diana Colvin, daughter of Brig-Gen Sir George Lethbridge Colvin, CB, CMG, DSO, and married Sir Joslan in 1948. She is survived by her only son, Sir Thomas, the 6th Baronet (born 17 Jul 1955), and by two daughters, Caroline and Katherine. The funeral takes place at All Saint's Church, Ripley, 8 February, 2013.

-=-

Son and heir for Lord and Lady Macpherson of Drumochter

_.The Baroness Macpherson of Drumochter (nee Kitty Zetenyi Budai), wife of James Anthony Macpherson, 3rd Baron Macpherson of Drumochter (Peerage of the UK, cr 1951) (b 27 Feb 1979), gave birth to a son and heir, the Hon Daniel Thomas Macpherson, 23 January, 2013.

Lord Macpherson, of Kyllachy, Tomatin, Inverness-shire, is the son of the late 2nd Baron Macpherson of Drumochter (1924-2008), of Kyllachy, Tomatin, by his 2nd wife Catherine Bridget.

Lady Macpherson is the youngest daughter of Mrs Katalin Zetenyi Budai, of Budapest, Hungary.

-=-

Jelinek/Stourton marriage

_.The marriage took place 19 Jan, 2013, at St Bride's Church, Fleet St, London, of Andrew Jelinek, younger son of Mr & Mrs Martin Jelinek, of Eastbourne, Sussex, & Eleanor Mary Elizabeth Stourton (born 1984), scion of the Barons Mowbray, Segrave & Stourton, daughter of Edward John Ivo Stourton (born 1957), the broadcaster, by his former wife Mrs Jonathan Minter, of Boxted, Essex, (nee Margaret McEwen (born 1959), scion of the McEwen Baronets (Bt, UK, 1953).

-=-

Lady Eloise Anson, cousin of the Queen, to marry

_. The engagement was announced 24 January, 2013  between Louis Alexander Philip Waymouth (b 1978), son of Mr Nigel Waymouth by his late wife the former Lady Victoria Mary Verenia Braganza Yorke (1947-2004), & the Lady Eloise Anne Elizabeth Anson (born 1981), younger daughter of the late Thomas Patrick John, 5th Earl of Lichfield (1939-2005) of Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire, by his wife the Lady Leonora Mary Grosvenor, daughter of the 5th Duke of Westminster, &c.

Louis Waymouth is a grandson maternally of Philip Grantham Yorke, 9th Earl of Hardwicke (1906-74). The bride-to-be is a descendant of the 14th Earl of Strathmore, and a cousin of HM The Queen, and is a goddaughter of HRH The Princess Royal.
-=-

Fourie/Maitland-Carew engagement

_.The engagement was announced 24 January, 2013, between Mr M. Johan Fourie, son of Mr & Mrs Johan Fourie, of Pretoria, South Africa, & Emma Rosalind Maitland-Carew (born 1974), scion of the Barons Carew (Peerage, Baron, Ireland, 1834, and UK, 1838) daughter of the Hon Gerald Edward Ian Maitland-Carew (born 1941), of Lauder, Berwickshire, by his wife the former Rosalind Averil Speke.

-=-

Winand/Acloque

_.The engagement was announced 24 January, 2013 between Francis M.J. Winand, son of Mr & Mrs Michael Winand, of Oxford, & Henrietta Mary Rose Acloque (b 1979), scion of the Barons Howard De Walden (Peerage of England, cr 1597), daughter of the late Acloque by his wife the former Hon Camilla Anne Bronwen Scott-Ellis (b 1 Apr 1947), of Gloucestershire, 4th daughter and co-heiress of John Osmael, 9th Baron Howard De Walden (1912-1999).

-=-

Lady Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, CBE 1909-2013

_.Lady Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, CBE, who died 14 January, 2013, aged 103, was a public spirited American who organised the wartime Bundles for Britain campaign. She was latterly a daughter-in-law of the 13th Duke of Hamilton & Brandon. She was born Natalie Wales, at Cohasset, Mass, USA, 6 Aug, 1909, daughter of Nathaniel Brackett Wales, and married four times, (i)  in 1929 (Div) Kenelm Winslow; married (ii) 1937 (div) Edward Latham; married (iii) Edward Bragg Paine, of New York, from whom she was div, & married (iv) in 1953, as his second wife, Lord Malcolm Avondale Douglas-Hamilton, OBE, DFC (1909-1964), 3rd son of the 13th Duke of Hamilton & Brandon (1862-1940). There were 2 daughters of the first marriage. Lord Malcolm's first wife was a Bowes Lyon kinswoman of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, &c.

-=-

Woods/Hewlett engagement

_.The engagement was announced 23 January, 2013, between Mr George Woods, younger son of Mr & Mrs Robert Woods, of Frilsham, Berkshire, and Emily Hewlett (b 1983), eldest daughter of the Hon Thomas Anthony Hewlett (born 1952), of Woodbridge, Suffolk, by his wife, the former Jane Elizabeth Dawson, and a granddaughter of the late life peer, the Baron Hewlett (who died in 1979).

-=-

Alfred Hugh Atherley Kidston

_.Henriette Mary J. Kidston (nee Peace, born 1968), wife since 2001 of Hugo A. Kidston (b 1965), scion of that landed family, gave birth to a son, Alfred Hugh Atherley, 14 January, 2013.

Hugo is a son of Archibald Martin Glen Kidston (b 6 Apr 1927, d 1978), head of the landed family of Redenham Park, Andover, Hants, by his wife the former Susan Myrtle Pease (d 1991), scion of that landed family, of Hesslewood, and Henriette is a daughter of David Peace by his wife the former Myrtle Vaughan.

-=-

Nell Viola Leathers

 _.Hannah E. Leathers (nee Lucas) wife of Jonathan James Leathers (b. 1974), scion of the Viscounts Leathers (Visc, UK, 1954), gave birth to a daughter, Nell Viola, 6 January, 2013, a sister for Freddie & Jasper.

Jonathan is the elder son of Mr David Frederick James Leathers (b. 1942), of Dogmersfield, Hampshire,
by his wife, the former Amanda Elizabeth Anne Vyvyan Denton (b. 1943, descended from the Strickland-Constable Baronets) and Hannah is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Robin Lucas, of Godalming, Surrey.

-=-

Dana Brudenell-Bruce (nee Joel) 1929-2013

_.Dana Moira Angela Brudenell-Bruce, who died 17 January, 2013, aged 83, was the wife of the late Chandos Robert Henry Brudenell-Bruce (1923-1993), scion of the Marquesses of Ailesbury (Marquess, UK, cr 1821), and daughter of the racehorse trainer, Stanhope Joel by his wife the former Gladys McFadden. She was born in 1929 and married Mr Brudenell-Bruce, in 1949.

Mrs Brudenell-Bruce was grandmother of Florence 'Flee' Brudenell-Bruce, model, sometime squeeze of HRH Prince Harry.

-=-

Annabelle Teal Henrietta Skeffington

_.Sophie Clare Skeffington (nee Crouch, born 1982), wife of the Hon Henry William Norman Foster Clotworthy Skeffington (born 1980), scion of the Viscounts Massereene & Ferrrard, gave birth to a daughter, Annabelle Teal Henrietta, 2 December, 2012.

Henry Skeffington is a younger son of John, 14th Viscount Massereene & Ferrard (b 3 Jun 1940), by his wife the former Anne Denise Rowlandson, and Sophie is the only daughter of the late Michael C.H. Crouch, and Mrs Crouch (nee Geraldine Burrell-Pearson), of Wretton, Norfolk.

-=-

John David Henry, 7th Baron Kilmaine 1948-2013

_.John David Henry Browne, 7th Baron Kilmaine (in the Peerage of Ireland, cr 1789), died at Warwick, 12 January, 2013. He was 64.

He was born 2 April, 1948, son of John Francis Archibald Browne, 6th Baron Kilmaine, CBE (1902-78), by his wife the former Wilhelmina Phyllis Arnott (c1905-2002); and succeeded to the peerage on his father's death, 26 July, 1978; married 22 May, 1982, Linda, daughter of Dennis Robinson, of Budleigh Salterton, Devon, by whom he had issue, one son and one daughter. He is succeeded by his only son, the Hon John Francis Sandford Browne (b 4 April, 1983).

-==-

Duke of Abercorn's daughter to wed

_.The engagement was announced 18 January, 2013, between Mr Hashem Arouzi, son of Mrs Finouzeh Rastegar, of Lausane, Switzerland, and the late Mr Alireza Arouzi, & the Lady Sophia Alexandra Hamilton (b 8 June, 1973), only daughter of James, 5th Duke of Abercorn, KG (b 4 July 1934), by his wife the former Alexandra Anastasia Phillips (b 27 Feb 1946).

-=-

Hon Sophia Emily Florence Devereux

_. The Viscountess Hereford (nee Louisa Knight, born 1977), wife of (Charles) Robert de Bohun (Robin) Devereux, 19th Viscount Hereford (b 11 Aug 1975) (Premier Viscount in the Peerage of England cr 1550), gave birth to a daughter, Sophia Emily Florence, 12 January, 2013.

Lord Hereford is the eldest son of the late 18th Viscount Hereford (d 25 Feb 2004) and of Susan, Viscountess Hereford, of Ascott, Warwickshire, and Louisa is the younger daughter of (Christopher) William Knight, of Holland Park, London, by his wife the former Jonkvrouwe Sylvia Caroline dau of Jonkheer Emile van Lennep, of The Hague. 

Wm Knight is the son of the Hon Priscilla DODSON (dau of 2nd Baron Monk Bretton and Ruth, dau of Hon Charles BRAND scion of the Viscounts Hampden) and Maj Claude Thorburn Knight, scion of the LG family THORBURN formerly of Craigerne.

--==--

von Habsburg/Stafford Northcote engagement

_.The engagement was announced 15 January, 2013, between Maximilian Philip von Habsburg (born 1974), descended from the Royal House of Austria, son of Archduke Géza von Habsburg, of New York, & Archduchess Monica von Habsburg, of Tete, Mozambique, & Arabella Lucy Mary (b 1975), scion of the Earls of Iddesleigh (cr Earl, UK, 1885), daughter of Hugh Cecil Camden Stafford Northcote (b 1938), of Bishton Hall, Staffordshire, by his wife the former Hilary Jane Evans.

-=-

Henderson/Naylor-Leyland engagement

_. The engagement was announced 15 January, 2013, between Charles John Hope Bernard (Charlie) Henderson (b 1984), of London, son of Ian Ramsey Hope Henderson (b 1949), of the family of the Barons Faringdon, by his wife the former Virginia Phyllis Therese Broke Freeman (b 1949), descended from the Dukes of Norfolk, & Jessica Pamela Naylor-Leyland (b 1987), daughter of Sir Vivyan Naylor-Leyland, 3rd Baronet (1924-87), by his third wife, the former Jameina Flora Reid, dau of James Freeman Reid.

-=-

Every / Roche engagement

_.The engagement was announced 15 Jan 2013, between Nicholas John Simon Every (born 1981), younger son of Sir Henry John Michael Every, 13th Baronet (cr Bt, England, 1661), of Eggington, Derby, by his wife the former Susan Mary Beaton, & Mlle Fanny Roche, daughter of M and Mme Jean-Pierre Roche, of Draguiguan, France.

-=-

Edmund Harry Cooke-Yarborough 1918-2013

_.Edmund Harry Cooke-Yarborough, who died 10 January, 2013, at the age of 94, was a scion of the Cooke Baronets (Bt, of Wheatley Hall, Yorks, cr 1661), and was heir pres to his kinsman, Sir David William Percival Cooke, 12th Baronet (b 28 Apr 1935).

He was born Christmas Day, 1918, son of George Eustace Cooke-Yarborough (1876-1938), by his wife the former Daphne Isabel Wrinch (died 1984), dau of Henry Wrinch, of Ipswich; married 1952, Anthea Katharine, dau of John Dixon, of Colden Common, Winchester, by whom he had issue. His son, Anthony Edmund, born in 1956, is now heir pres to the family baronetcy.

-=-

Taylor / O'Leary engagement

_.The engagement was announced in January, 2013, between Arthur Lawrence Alport Taylor (born 1977), son of Ian Colin Taylor, MBE, of Vauxhall, London, by his wife the former Hon Lavender Lilias Carole Alport (b 1950), descended from the Earls of Lucan, and daughter of the Baron Alport (Life Peer, cr 1961), & Miss Brigid O'Leary, dau of Mr & Mrs Arthur O'Leary, of Wellington, New Zealand.

-=-

16th Baron Louth 1929-2013

_.The Baron Louth, sixteenth holder of the peerage (Peerage of Ireland, created 1541) died at Jersey, Channel Islands, 6 January, 2013, aged 83. Otway Michael James Oliver Plunkett was born 19 Aug 1929, son of Otway Randal Percy Oliver Plunkett, the 15th Baron (1892-1950), by his wife the former Ethel Molly Gallichen (died 1992); succeeded to the barony on his father's demise, 3 Feb 1950; married 9 Aug 1951, Angela Patricia Cullinane, daughter of William Cullinane, of St Helier, Jersey, by whom he had issue, three sons, and 2 daughters. The peerage now devolves upon his Lordship's eldest son, the Hon Jonathan Oliver Plunkett, born 4 Nov, 1952.

-=-

James Charles MacNab of MacNab 1926-2013

_James Charles MacNab of MacNab, 23rd Chief of the Clan MacNab, born 14 Apr 1926, died 11 January, 2013, aged 86. He was a son of Lt-Col James Alexander MacNab by his 1st wife the former Ursula Barnett, scion of the landed family of Barnett of Glympton; he succeeded his great uncle as clan chief in 1970, the family home was Kinnell House, Killin, Perthshire, but much of the estate was lost to death duties; married 11 Apr, 1959, the Hon Diana Mary Anstruther-Gray, daughter of Baron Kilmany (life peer), by whom he had issue, four children. He is succeeded by his elder son, James William Archibald MacNab, yr of MacNab, who was born 22 March, 1963.

-=-

Hawkesbury/Davis engagement

_.The engagement was announced in January, 2013 between Luke Marmaduke Peter Savile Foljambe, styled Viscount Hawkesbury (born 25 Mar 1972), son and heir of the 5th Earl of Liverpool (b 14 Nov 1944), of Holcombe Folly, Gloucestershire, by his former wife Lady Juliana Mary Alice Noel (b 27 Jan 1949), of Exton, Rutland, & Katharine F. Davis, dau of Mr & Mrs Jeffrey Davis, of London.

-=-

Wilson/Howard engagement

_.The engagement was announced 11 January 2013 between David W, Wilson, son of Mr & Mrs Alan Wilson, of Alberta, Canada, and the Hon Annabel Rosemary Diana Howard (b 1984), daughter of Greville Patrick Charles Howard, Baron Howard of Rising (life peer) (b 22 Apr 1941), of Castle Rising, Norfolk, scion of the Howard Earls of Suffolk & Berkshire, by his 3rd wife, the former Mary Cortland Culverwell, 

-=-

Royal style and titles for the children of the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge

_Crown Office

House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW

31 December 2012

The QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 31 December 2012 to declare that all the children of the eldest son of The Prince of Wales should have and enjoy the style, title and attribute of Royal Highness with the titular dignity of Prince or Princess prefixed to their Christian names or with such other titles of honour.

Sir Winston Churchill's great-granddaughter engaged

-.The engagement was announced 9 January, 2013, between Andrew C. Ferguson, son of Mr Nicholas Ferguson, of Rattery, Devon, & Mrs Harriet Ellis, of Farnham, Surrey, and Gemma Mary Soames (b 1979), scion of the Soames landed family, a great-granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill, daughter of the Hon Jeremy Bernard Soames (b 25 May, 1952), of West Barsham, Norfolk, by his wife the former Susanna Keith.

Gemma is a granddaughter of the late Christopher, Baron Soames (life peer), by his wife the former Mary Spencer-Churchill, scion of the Dukes of Marlborough, and daughter of Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister 1940-45, and 1951-55, &c.

-=-

Christopher (Kit) Mark Buffalo Meysey-Thompson

_. Lucy A.L. Meysey-Thompson, wife of James Leo Charles Meysey-Thompson (b 1979), descended from the Meysey-Thompson Baronets (cr 1874), gave birth to a son, Christopher (Kit) Mark Buffalo, 26 December, 2012. James Meysey-Thompson is a son of the late Mark Kennedy Meysey-Thompson (1949-87) by his wife the former Catherine Diana Jane Herdman-Newton (now Mrs Rupert Nickols) and stepson of Mr Rupert Nickols, of Spellow Hill, North Yorkshire, and Lucy is a daughter of the late Mr A.J.B. Asplin and of Mrs Asplin, of Kilrenny, Fife.

-=- 

Haines / Chadwyck-Healey engagement

_.The engagement was announced 7 January, 2013, between Major Charles Haines, The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own Royal Irish), son of Mr & Mrs Nicholas Haines, of Little Cheverell, Wiltshire, and Miss Rose Henrietta Chadwyck-Healey (b 1980), scion of the Chadwyck-Healey Baronets (Bt UK, cr 1919), daughter of Peregrine James Chadwyck-Healey (b 1950), of Calne, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Julia Mary Boughey (b 1952), scion of the Boughey Baronets (cr GB, 1798), dau of Sir Richard James Boughey, 10th Baronet.

-=-

Christening of Lady Charlotte Diana Spencer

_.The infant daughter of the Earl and Countess Spencer, of Althorp, Northamptonshire, was christened Charlotte Diana, at St Mary's Church, Great Brington, Northamptonshire, on Saturday January 5, 2013.

-=-

St George / Brudenell-Bruce engagement

_.The engagement was announced in January, 2013, between Henry Edward Hugh St George (born 1983), son of the late Edward Gerald .Patrick (Barbaro) St George (1928-2004), by his wife the former Lady Henrietta Fortune Doreen FitzRoy (born 14 Sept 1949), & Florence Anne-Marie Brudenell-Bruce (born 21 Nov, 1985), scion of the Marquesses of Ailesbury, daughter of Andrew Robert Jose Brudenell-Bruce (b 27 Jul 1951), by his wife the former Sophie M.J. Inch.

Henry St George is a grandson paternally of the Marchese di San Georgio, of Palazzo Armeria, Malta, and a grandson maternally of Hugh Denis Charles FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton, KG (1919-2011).

The model Florence 'Flee' Brudenell-Bruce was romantically linked with Prince Harry of Wales.

-=-

William Louis Walter Santos Rumboll

_. Suzannah Daisy Rumboll (born 1978, nee Tapps Gervis Meyrick), wife of Peter J. Rumboll, and scion of the Meyrick Baronets (Bt, cr GB, 1791), gave birth to a son, William Louis Walter Santos, on Christmas Day, 2012.

Suzannah is the daughter of Sir George Christopher Cadfael Tapps Gervis Meyrick, 7th Baronet (b 10 Mar 1941), by his wife the former Jean Louise Montagu Douglas Scott (b 6 Jun 1943), scion of the Dukes of Buccleuch & Queensberry, daughter of Lord William Walter Montagu Douglas Scott (1896-1958), second son of John Charles, 7th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, KT, GCVO, &c.

-=-

Peerages and styles and titles of the Royal Family

With the Succession the Crown Bill 2013 I envisage a serious shake-up of styles and titles associated with the royal family.

Clearly the Letters Patent of George V (1917) must now be revised. If the succession to the Crown is now gender blind then surely all future peerages awarded to children of the Sovereign should be similarly entailed.

We are told that the Earl of Wessex will be created Duke of Edinburgh on his brother's accession. The eldest child of the Earl and Countess of Wessex is a daughter, Lady Louise Windsor. The Letters Patent of the Earldom of Wessex and Viscounctcy of Severn state that the peerages will pass to the heirs male of the Wessexes, lawfully begotten, and the son, James, styled Viscount Severn, will on his father's death succeed.

The future Dukedom of Edinburgh (with some subsidiary peerages) should be created with a nod to the new Act and the Letters Patent should, like the new act, be 'gender blind' and state that the peerage will pass to heirs of whatever sex in order of birth. With the death of Prince Edward his Dukedom of Edinburgh would pass to his eldest child, Lady Louise Windsor, and the Earldom of Wessex and Viscountcy of Severn would be inherited by his younger child, James.

If all children of the Sovereign are to be regarded as equal under the law then surely this should also apply to grandchildren of the Sovereign? Children of a future daughter of a Sovereign should be of equal rank to the children of the sons of the Sovereign.
 
In the next reign, the King, having no daughters, his grandchildren under the Letters Patent of 1917 will all be HRH Princes or Princesses. Andy changes I propose will only effect the descendants of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

-=-

Elizabeth Helen Leigh-Pemberton

_.Saskia Anne Leigh-Pemberton (b 6 Aug 1977, nee Stirling-Aird), wife of Charles D. Leigh-Pemberton, scion of that LG family (and nephew of the life peer Baron Kingsdown, KG, PC), gave birth to a daughter Elizabeth Helen, 6 December, 2012.

Charles Leigh-Pemberton is a son of Nigel Leigh- Pemberton (b 1929), of Barfrestone, Kent, and Mrs Leigh-Pemberton, and Saskia, a scion of the LG family of Stirling-Aird of Kippendavie (descended from Stirling of Keir), is the 2nd daughter of Patrick Kenneth Stirling-Aird (b 10 Aug 1943), of Dunblane, Perthshire, by his wife the former Elizabeth Susan Wakeham.

--==--

Alfred James Charles FitzRoy, styled Earl of Euston

_The Duchess of Grafton (nee Olivia Margaret Sladen, b 1978), wife of Henry Oliver Charles FitzRoy, 12th Duke of Grafton (b 6 Apr, 1978) (Peerage of England, cr 1675), of Euston Hall, Thetford, Norfolk, gave birth to a son and heir, Alfred James Charles, styled Earl of Euston, 26 December, 2012.

The Duchess of Grafton is a daughter of Simon Hogarth Sladen (b 1943), and Mrs Sladen, and a granddaughter of Edward Carew Sladen (1914-44), and a great-granddaughter of Brig-Gen Sir Gerald Carew Sladen, by his wife the former Mabel Ursula Orr Ewing, dau of Sir Archibald Orr Ewing, 3rd Baronet. The Duke of Grafton is the son of the late James Oliver Charles FitzRoy, styled Earl of Euston (1947-2009), by his wife the former Lady Clare Amabel Margaret Kerr (b 1951), daughter of the 12th Marquess of Lothian (1922-2004).

The Duke succeeded to the family honours on the death of his grandfather, the 11th Duke, 7 Apr, 2011.

-=-

Hon Robert Edward Gilmour Younger 1940-2012

_.The Hon Robert Edward Gilmour Younger, who died 23 December, 2012, aged 72, was a younger son of the 3rd Viscount Younger of Leckie (1906-1997), (Peeage of the UK, cr 1923), by his wife the former Evelyn Margaret McClure, and was a younger brother of the 4th Viscount (also life peer as Baron Younger of Prestwick), who d 2003. He was born 25 Sept, 1940; married 1972, Helen Jane Hayes, by whom he had issue.

-=-

+ Mary Edith Fitzherbert-Brockholes

_.Mary Edith (Edie) Fitzherbert-Brockholes, who died 27 December, 2012, was the widow of Capt Michael John Fitzherbert-Brockholes (b 12 Jun 1920 - d.   ), head of that landed family, of Claughton Hall, near Garstang, Lancashire; she was the former Mary Edith O'Hara Moore, daughter of Capt Charles Joseph Henry O'Hara Moore, CVO, MC, Irish Guards, of Mooresfort, Co Tipperary, of that Irish landed family, and married Capt Fitzherbert-Brockholes, 28 Sept, 1950. She was mother of four sons, Francis, Antony, Simon and William. A funeral Mass takes place at Claughton-on-Brock, 7 Jan 2013.

-=-

Sir (Michael) Osmond Williams, MC, 2nd Baronet 1914-2012

_Maj Sir (Michael) Osmond Williams, 2nd Baronet, died 19 December, 2012, aged 98, having held the baronetcy for 85 years. He was born 22 April, 1914, son of Capt Osmond Williams, DSO (1883-1915), who died of wounds received at the Battle of Loos, by his wife the former Lady Gladys Margaret Finch-Hatton, only daughter of the 13th Earl of Winchilsea; succeeded to the baronetcy (cr Bt, UK, 1909), on the demise of his grandfather, Sir Arthur Osmond Williams, 1st Baronet, Lord Lieutenant for Merionethshire, and a Liberal MP, 28 Jan, 1927; Maj, Royal Scots Greys, MC (1944); married 12 Jul 1947, Benita Mary Booker, by whom he had issue, 2 daughters, Sarah and Julia. The baronetcy becomes extinct.

-=-

Green/Williams-Wynne engagement

_.The engagement was announced 2 January, 2012, between Capt Storm W. Green, 1st Battalion The Coldstream Guards, son of the late Mr Timothy Green and Mrs Green, of Cape Town, South Africa, & Rose M. Williams-Wynne (b 1983), scion of the Williams-Wynne Baronets (cr Baronet, England, 1688), daughter of William Robert Charles Williams-Wynne (b 1947), of Peniarth, Tywyn, by his his wife the former Hon Veronica Frances Buxton (b 1953), daughter of Aubrey Buxton, Baroness Buxton of Alsa (Life Peerage, 1978) scion of the Buxton Baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1840), by his 1st wife Pamela Mary Birkin, dau of Sir Henry Ralph Stanley Birkin, 3rd Baronet (Bt, cr UK, 1905).

-=-

Rachel Leila Douglas-Home, suo jure Baroness Dacre 1929-2012

_.Rachel Leila Douglas-Home, suo jure (27th) Baroness Dacre, holder of a peerage created by writ in 1321, died on Christmas Day, 2012, aged 83.

She was born the Hon Rachel Leila Brand, 24 Oct, 1929, elder daughter of the 4th Viscount Hampden (1900-65), who was also 26th Baron Dacre, by his wife the former Leila Seely (d 1976). She married in 1951, the playwright, the Hon William Douglas-Home (1912-92), a younger son of the 13th Earl of Home (1873-1951), by his wife Lady Lilian Lambton (d 1966), dau of the 4th Earl of Durham. Her husband was a younger brother of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister 1963-4, &c.

Her father died in 1965, and was succeeded in the viscountcy of Hampden by his younger brother and the barony of Dacre fell into abeyance between Rachel and her sister Tessa. The abeyance was terminated in her favour in 1970.

The peerage now devolves upon Lady Dacre's only son, the Hon James Douglas-Home, who was born 16 May, 1952, who married in 1979, the former Christine Stephenson [died 18 May, 2008], and has a daughter, Emily, born 7 Feb, 1983.


-=-

Gordon-Watson/Reardon engagement

_.The engagement was announced in 2012 between Charles Patrick Gordon-Watson (b 17 Dec, 1959), descended from the Gordons of Boveridge Park, son of the late Brigadier David Michael Lindsay Gordon-Watson, OBE, MC (1913-2002), by his wife the former Thalia A.R. Gordon, of East Blagdon, Cranborne, Dorset & Katherine Genevieve (Kate) Reardon, editor of Tatler, only daughter of Mr Patrick Reardon, of Montgomery, Wales, and Mrs Humphrey Wood, of Roborough, Devon, and Parsons Green, London.

Bloodstock agent Charlie Gordon-Watson is a first cousin of the Duchess of Beaufort, of Badminton, Avon.

-=-

Matilda Grace Denman

_.Victoria A. Denman (nee Horsfield), wife of Roland Sebastian Richard Denman (b 1977), scion of the Barons Denman (cr 1834), gave birth to a daughter, Matilda Grace, 28 December, 2012, a sister
for Oswald. Roland Denman is a son of Harold Deman (b 1922), of Hawkhurst, Kent, by his wife the former Lady Frances Esme Curzon (b 1939), & Victoria is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Gordon Horsfield, of Yearsley, North Yorkshire.Roland Denman is a grandson maternally of the 5th Earl Howe(1884-1964).

Macdiarmid/Rossetto engagement

_.The engagement was announced 1 January, 2013, between Capt Fergus Charles Ian Macdiarmid, The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish) (b 1987), son of Rory P.A. Macdiarmid, of Babcary, Somerset, by his wife the former Hon Lucinda Mary Joan Darling (b 1958), & Miss Christina Rossetto, yr dau of Mr & Mrs Renato Rossetto, of Calgary, Canada.

Capt Fergus Macdiarmid is a grandson maternally of Robert Charles Henry Darling, 2nd Baron Darling (1919-2003).

-=-

Sir Charles Henry McLeod, 3rd Baronet 1924-2012

_.Sir Charles Henry McLeod, 3rd Baronet has died (in December, 2012?) at the age of 88. He was born 7 Nov, 1924, 2nd son of Sir Murdoch Campbell McLeod, 2nd Bt, by his wife the former Annette Susan Mary Whitehead; succeeded to the baronetcy (cr UK, 1925) upon his father's demise, 21 Apr 1950; educated at Winchester; married 5 Jan 1957, (Anne) Gillian Bowlby (d 1978), scion of the Bowlby landed family and descended from the Viscounts Combermere, dau of Henry Russell Bowlby, by whom he had issue, one son and 2 daughters. Succeeded by his son, James Roderick Charles McLeod, b 26 Sept, 1960.


-=-