Stewart-Liberty/Stewart-Richardson engagement

__.The engagement was announced 4 June, 2013 between Tom Constantine Stewart-Liberty (b 1974), scion of that landed family, son of Richard Justin Stewart-Liberty (b 1946), head of the family, of The Lee, Buckinghamshire, by his wife the former Margaret Alice Woolley, now of Oxford & Iona Stewart-Richardson, scion of the Stewart-Richardson baronets (Bt, Nova Scotia, cr 1630) daughter of Miss Janie Stewart-Richardson, of North Creake, Norfolk. -=-

Sir (Atwell) Graham Lake, 10th Baronet 1923-2013

_.Sir (Atwell) Graham Lake, 10th Baronet (Bt, GB, cr 1711), died 25 May, 2013. He was 89. He was born 6 Oct, 1923, & married 1983, Mrs Katharine Margaret Lister, dau of D.W. Last. No issue. he was in the Colonial Admin Service (Sec to Govt of Tonga 1950-53), British High Comm New Delhi, 1966-68; FCO 1969-72. The baronetcy passes to his younger brother, Edward Geoffrey Lake, who was b 17 Jul 1928, and is married with issue. Funeral at Oxford Crematorium, 10 June.

Hon George Henry Charles Alton Chetwynd-Talbot (b 2013)

__.Polly Elizabeth Chetwynd-Talbot, styled Viscountess Ingestre (b 1978, nee Blackie), wife of James Richard Charles John Chetwynd-Talbot, styled Viscount Ingestre (b. 11 January, 1978), gave birth to a son, the Hon George Henry Charles Alton Chetwynd-Talbot, 3 May, 2013, a brother for Matilda (b 2008), Rose (b 2010) and Flora (b 2011). Viscount Ingestre is the son and heir of the 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury & Waterford & Talbot (b. 1952), Premier Earl (on the Roll) in the Peerages both of England and Ireland, of Wanfield Hall, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, and the Countess of Shrewsbury & Waterford & Talbot, & Polly is the younger daughter of Mr Henry Blackie, of Saffron Walden, Essex, by his wife the former ____Giuntella. -=-

Hon William Southwell Russell 1930-2013

_.The Hon William Southwell Russell, who died 24 May, 2013, was brother and heir pres of the 27th Baron De Clifford (Peerage of England, cr 1299). He was born 26 Feb, 1930, son of Edward Southwell Russell, 26th Baron de Clifford, OBE (1907-82), by his 1st wife the former Dorothy Evelyn Meyrick (who d 1987); married 1961, Jean Brodie, dau of Neil Brodie Henderson (descended from the Madden Baronets), by whom he had issue. A Thanksgiving service takes place at Holy Trinity, Long Newnton, Gloucestershire, 14 June. Mr Russell's son, Miles Edward Southwell Russell, who was born 7 Aug 1966, is now heir pres to his uncle's barony. -=-

Murray/Gilbert engagement

_.The engagement was announced 30 May 2013 between Andrew Dalrymple Petrocokino Murray of Murraythwaite, yr, son of Mr and Mrs Anthony Murray of Murraythwaite, Dumfriesshire, and Arabella Katharine Elizabeth Gilbert, daughter of Mr and Mrs Geoffrey Gilbert, of Compton, Devon. -==-

Robert Henry Charles Vernède

-. Fiona Vernède (nee Bromet), wife of John M.Vernède, gave birth to a son, Robert Henry Charles, 25 May, 2013, a brother for Caroline. John is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles Vernède, of Hawkhurst, Kent, and Fiona is the youngest daughter of the late Mr John Bromet, of Wighill, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Charlotte Imogen Woollcombe Bromet (nee Smith) b. 30 Aug 1943, daughter of Geoffrey Roy Holland Smith, of Oxton Hall, Tadcaster, (of the Tadcaster brewing family Samuel Smiths) by his wife Rosamond Margaret Stirling Woollcombe (of the landed family Woollcombe formerly of Ashbury). Fiona Vernède's brother, Edward Bromet, married the Hon Victoria Neville, fourth daughter of the 10th Baron Braybrooke, and a sister of the Countess of Derby, &c.

von Hof/Vernon engagement

_.The engagement was announced 29 May, 2013, between Mr Reinhart von Hof, son of the late Mr Norbert von Hof and Mrs Norbert von Hof, of Limavady, Co Londonderry, & Miss Emma Mary Vernon (b 1983), scion of the Barons Lyveden (Baron UK 1859), daughter of (Hugh) Richard Mervyn Vernon (b 1947), of Stairaird, Ayrshire, by his wife the former Hon Victoria Arthur (b 1946), daughter of the 3rd Baron Glenarthur, OBE (1909-1976) (Peerage of the UK, cr 1918). -=-

Elaine Felicia Straker (nee Peat)

_.Elaine Felicia Straker died 22 May, 2013, aged 86. She was a daughter of Charles Urie Peat (1892-1979), of Wycliffe Hall, Barnard Castle, Co Durham, by his wife the former Ruth Martha Pulley, and married 17 Jul, 1948, Hugh Charles Straker, RN (b 19 Oct 1926), of Caldwell, Richmond, North Yorkshire, scion of that landed family of Stagshaw, son of Hugh Alister Straker (b 1900) of Ponteland, Northumberland. Mrs Straker was the mother of 4 sons and 1 daughter. The funeral is at St Mary's Church, Wycliffe village, 7 June, 2013. Mrs Straker was a granddaughter of Sir William Barclay Peat, CVO -=-

Lord Terrington's heir to wed

_.The engagement was announced 29 May, 2013, between the Hon Jack Henry Lehmann Woodhouse (born 7 Dec, 1978), scion of the Barons Terrington (Peerage of the UK, cr 1918), son and heir of Professor the 6th Baron Terrington, MB, BS, FRCS (b 20 Sept, 1946), by his wife the former Hon Anna Philipps (b 1954), dau of the 3rd Baron Milford, & Miss Helena C. Bushman, daughter of Mr Richard Bushman, by his wife Harriet. -=-

Lady Margaret Fortescue 1923-2013

_.The Lady Margaret Fortescue, who died 25th May, 2013, aged 89, was a daughter of the 5th Earl Fortescue, KG, CB, OBE, MC, PC (1888-1958), (Ear; cr GB, 1789) by his wife the former Hon Margaret Helen Beaumont, CBE (1892-1958), dau of the 1st Viscount Allendale (Visc UK, cr 1911); she was born 13 Dec, 1923; married 1948 (div 1968) Bernard van Cutsem (b 1916, d 1975), head of that landed family, son of Henry Harcourt van Cutsem, by whom she had issue, 2 daughters, Eleanor (b 1949), wife of the 9th Earl of Arran, and Rosamund (b 1952). A Thanksgiving service takes place at St Paul's, Filleigh, 3 June. Both the Earl and Countess of Arran have lost their mother's in recent days. -=-

Morshead/Nicolson marriage

_.The marriage took place, 25 May, 2013, at St Peter's, Fraserburgh, between Charles Christopher Thomas Morshead (b 1981), elder son of Mr Samuel R. Morshead, of St Fillans, Perthshire and Mrs Annabelle C.E. Morshead (nee Bates), of Langley-on-Tyne, Northumberland, and Miss Louise Alexandra Patricia Nicolson (b. 1984), scion of the Lords Saltoun (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1445), elder daughter of Capt Mark Malise Nicolson, of Cairnbulg Castle, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, by his wife the Hon Katharine Ingrid Mary Isabel FRASER, Mistress of Saltoun (b 11 Oct, 1957). The bride is a granddaughter of the Lady Saltoun (a peeress in her own right), and the late Capt Alexander Arthur Alfonso David Maule Ramsay of Mar, and a great-granddaughter of HRH Princess Patricia of Connaught (afterwards Lady Patricia Ramsay), and a great-great granddaughter of HRH The Duke of Connaught, son of HM Queen Victoria, &c. -=-

Hewitt/Carr engagement

_.The engagement was announced 24 May, 2013, between Mr Dominic Hewitt (b 1980), son of Mr Geoffrey Hewitt, of Surrey, by his wife the former Jennifer J. Pettley (b 1946), & Miss Polly Catherine Alice Carr (born 1985), daughter Mr Francis Christopher (Fred) Carr, of London and Gloucestershire, by his wife the former Corinna Elizabeth Wake-Walker (b 1957), scion of the Walker Baronets, daughter of Lt-Cdr Cedric Collingwood Wake-Walker, RN (1923-2013), by his wife the former Margaret Iona Letitia Maclean (b 1928). -=-

Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert, Landgrave of Hesse 1926-2013

_. Moritz Friedrich Karl Emmanuel, The Landgrave of Hesse, a third cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, who died 23 May, 2013, aged 86, was head of the Royal House of Hesse. Born 6 Aug 1926, son of Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse (1896-1980), by his wife Princess Mafalda of Italy (1902-44), daughter of Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy; he was adopted by his cousin, Prince Ludwig of Hesse & By Rhine, 24 Dec, 1960; married 1964 (div 1974), Princess Tatiana zun Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (b 1940), by whom he had issue. He is succeeded as head of the Royal House of Hesse by his son, Heinrich, who was born 17 Oct 1966. -=-

Lt-Cdr Cedric Wake-Walker, RN 1923-2013

_.Lieutenant-Commander Cedric Collingwood Wake-Walker, RN, of Terwick, West Sussex, who died 22 May, 2013, aged 89, was a scion of the Walker Baronets of Oakley House (Bt, UK, cr 1856). He was born 23 Aug, 1923, a son of Admiral Sir (William) Frederic Wake-Walker, KCB, CBE (1888-1945) by his wife the former Muriel Elsie Hughes (d 1963), dau of Sir Collingwood Hughes, 10th Baronet (cr 1773); he married in 1949, Iona Maclean, dau of Capt John Cassilis Maclean, RN, by whom he had issue, a son and 2 daughters. Career:-->served in WWII, and in the Korean War, 1950-51 (despatches); Assistaqnt Gen Sec to the Comite International Radio Maritime, &c. His elder brother, Christopher, married in 1944, Lady Anne Spencer, daughter of the 7th Earl Spencer, and an aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, &c. The funeral is at St Peter's Church, Terwick, 5 June. -=-

Zara Romilly Rose Mace

_. Alice Rachel Mace ((née Chadwyck-Healey, born 1977), wife of William N. Mace, and scion of the Chadwyck-Healey Baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1919), gave birth to a daughter, Zara Romilly Rose, 15 May, 2013, a sister for Monty Peregrine, was was born 28 Oct, 2010. William Mace is the elder son of Mr Daniel Mace, of Winterbourne Monkton, Wiltshire, and Mrs Marlie Mace, of Kinnerton, Radnorshire, and Alice is the elder daughter of Mr Peregrine Chadwyck-Healey (b 1950), of Calne, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Julia Mary Boughey, scion of the Boughey Baronets, and a cousin of Sarah Duchess of York. ==

Cameron/Maitland-Robinson engagement

_.The engagement was announced 23 May, 2013, between Hamish John Cameron (born 1985), scion of the Camerons of Lochiel, son of John Alastair Nigel Cameron (b 1954), of London, by his wife the former Julia Wurtzburg (now Mrs Julia Cameron, of Micheldever, Hampshire), and Joanna Alice Maitland-Robinson (b 1987), daughter of Aidan James Maitland-Robinson, of Wiltshire, by his wife the former Hon Susannah Jane Henderson (b 1963), daughter of the 3rd Baron Faringdon (b 1937). -=-

+ Margaret Fetherstonhaugh, of Kirkoswald

._Margaret Fetherstonhaugh, who died at her home, 18 May, 2013, aged 71, was the wife of Timothy Ross Fetherstonhaugh (b 19 Jan 1936), sometime High Sheriff of Cumbria, head of that landed gentry family of Kirkoswald, Cumbria. She was the mother of Tim and Jane. The funeral is at St Oswald's Church, Kirkoswald, 30 May. -=-

Gordon-Watson/Reardon marriage

_.The marriage took place in May, 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. -=-

Buchanan/Evetts marriage

__.Miss Philippa Middleton, sister of the Duchess of Cambridge attended the marriage on Saturday 18 May, 2013, at Wherwell, Hampshire, between Mr Christopher Patrick E. Buchanan (born 1979), son of the late Mr Gray Hugo Buchanan (1948-2005) and Mrs Sarah Anne Buchanan (nee Hanbury, born 1950?), of Ellisfield, Hampshire, and Miss Verity Anne Evetts (born 1977), daughter of the late Michael J. Evetts and Mrs (Margarita )Susan S. Evetts (nee Wright), of Wherwell, Hampshire. Christopher Buchanan is a grandson of William Gavin Buchanan who married 1947 (div 1955) Diana Elizabeth Cunliffe-Owen (b 1 Aug 1928), dau of Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen,1st Baronet (Bt cr UK, 1920). I can locate a Sarah Anne Hanbury (b 15 Sept 1950), scion of the landed family of Hanbury of Kingston Maurward, dau Antony Hanbury, by his wife the former Elizabeth Anne Leatham, scion of that landed family. --=-

Fiona Countess of Arran, widow of the 8th Earl

_.Fiona Countess of Arran, who died at Castle Hill, Devon, 16 May, 2013, was the widow of the 8th Earl of Arran (1910-83). She was born Fiona Bryde Colquhoun, 1st daughter of Sir Ian Colquhoun of Luss, 7th Baronet, KT, DSO, by his wife the former Geraldine Bryde Tennant, and married 11 June, 1937, the Hon Arthur Strange Kattendyke Gore, younger son of the 6th Earl of Arran, KP, PC (1868- d 19 Dec 1958), by his 1st wife Baroness Maud Jacqueline Marie Beauclerk van Kattendyke (d 6 Mar 1927), who succeeded as 8th Earl of Arran on 28 Dec, 1958, his elder brother having enjoyed the family honours for 9 days. Her husband died 23 Feb, 1983. She leaves issue, including the 9th Earl of Arran, who was b 14 Jul 1938. Lady Arran's funeral takes place on Friday 24 May, 2013, at St Paul's Church, Filleigh, near South Molton, Exeter, Devon. -=-

Geoffrey Clive Howell Shakerley 1935-2013

__.Geoffrey Clive Howell Shakerley, who died 11 May, 2013, aged 77, was a scion of the Shakerley Baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1838), a kinsman of Sir Nicholas Shakerley,7th Bt. He was born in 1935, son of Colonel Peter Francis Shakerley, OBE (1906-94), by his wife Alison May (d 1992), dau of Alexander Sands. He married in 1965, Rosanna Ruth, dau of Thomas Barneby, of Duloe, Cornwall, by whom he had issue. Funeral at St Willow's Church, Lanteglos by Fowey, Cornwall, 23 May. -=-

Robert Horace Sebag-Montefiore c1921-2013

_.Robert Horace Sebag-Montefiore, who died at Dorchester, 10 May, 2013, aged 91, was a scion of the Sebag-Montefiore landed family, formerly of East Cliffe Lodge. He was born circa 1921, son of Capt William Sebag-Montefiore, MC (1885- ), by his second wife, the former Marguerite Maude Joseph, dau of Horace Joseph, of Montreal, Canada (and sister of Capt Sebag-Montefiore's 1st wife Sybil Matilda (who had d 11 Jun 1917). He was husband of Joan and father of David and Kate. The funeral is at Weymouth Crematorium, Thurs 23 May. -=-

Desmond Andrew John Hanbury-Tracy 1928-2013

_. (Desmond) Andrew John Hanbury-Tracy, who died 12 May, 2013, aged 84, was the third cousin and heir pres to the 7th Baron Sudeley (Baron UK, cr 1838). He was born 30 Nov, 1928, son of Maj Claud Edward Frederick Hanbury-Tracy-Domville (1904-87), who assumed by deed poll, 1961, the additional surname of Domville; by his 1st wife, the former Veronica Mary Cunard (d 1985) scion of the Cunard Baronets. He married 1stly, 1957 (div 1966) Jennifer Lynne, dau of Dr Richard Hodges; married 2ndly, 1967, Lilian, daughter of Nathaniel Laurie; married 3rdly, 1988, Mrs Margaret Cecilia White, daughter of Alfred Henry Marmaduke Purse. He had a son from his first marriage, and another son from the second. The elder son, Nicholas Edward John Hanbury-Tracy, born 13 Jan 1959 is now heir to Lord Sudeley, who was born 17 June, 1939. -=-

9th Earl of Shannon 1924-2013

_. The Earl of Shannon, who died at his home in Berkshire, 9 May, 2013, aged 88, was the 9th Earl in the Peerage of Ireland (created 1756), Viscount Boyle and Baron Castle Martyr, and was Baron Carleton in the Peerage of Gt Britain. He was the former husband of the TV announcer and actress Katie Boyle. Richard Bentinck Boyle was born 23 Oct, 1924, son of the 8th Earl of Shannon (1900-63), by his wife the former Marjorie Walker (d 1981), and succeeded to the family honours, 29 Dec, 1963. He married firstly, 1947 (div 1955) Donna Catherine Irene Helen (Katie Boyle), daughter of the Marchese Demetrio Imperiali di Francavilla; secondly, 1957 (div 1979), Susan Margaret Hogg (descended from the Marquesses of Lothian); and married 3rdly, 1994, Almine, dau of Rocco Catorsia de Villiers, of Cape Town, and had issue from the second marriage, one son and two daughters. He is succeeded in the peerages byb his only son, Richard Henry John, styled Viscount Boyle, who was born 19 January, 1960. The funeral is the be held at The Minster, Croydon, 21 May. -=-

Prideaux/van Lynden engagement

_.The engagement was announced 16 May 2013 between George Prideaux, younger son of Mr and Mrs James Prideaux, of Gateley, Norfolk, and Baroness Iona van Lynden, youngest daughter of Baron and Baroness Van Lynden, of Ballimore, Argyll. -=-

Theodora Charlotte Virginia Delahunty

__.Charlotte Delahunty (nee Catt), wife of Damian John Richard Delahunty (b 1976), gave birth to a daughter, Theodora Charlotte Virginia, 10 Apr, 2013, a sister for Milo Algernon Jack, who was b 5 September, 2010. Damian Delahunty is the son of Mr Kevin Delahunty, of Stockley, Calne, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Arabella Lilian Virginia Sykes (b 1950), daughter of Sir (Mark Tatton) Richard Sykes, 7th Baronet, of Sledmere, East Yorkshire (Bt cr GB, 1783). Charlotte is a daughter of Mr Christopher Catt, of Northington, Hampshire and Mrs Gillian Catt, of London. -=-

14th Lord Reay 1937-2013

_.The 14th Lord Reay (and 14th Baronet), Chief of the Clan Mackay and Baron Mackay von Ophemert (in the Netherlands), died 10 May, 2013. He was 75. Hugh William Mackay was born 19 Jul 1937, son of the 13th Lord Reay (1905-63), by his wife the former Charlotte Mary Younger, and succeeded to the peerage and baronetcy on his father's demise, 10 March, 1963. Sometime Member of the European Parliament at Strasbourg, a Lord in Waiting, Under Sec Dept of Trade and Industry in the administrations of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, &c; elected to the House of Lords in 1999, and was Deputy Speaker. He married 1stly, 1964 (div 1978) the Hon Annabel Fraser, dau of the 15th (de facto) Lord Lovat; married 2ndly, 1980, the Hon Victoria Isabella Warrender, only dau of the 1st Baron Bruntisfield, and had issue from both marriages. The family honours now devolve upon his Lordship's elder of the first marriage, the Hon Aeneas Simon Reay, Master of Reay, who was born 20 March, 1965. Funeral at St Michael's Church, Whittington, Lancashire, 23 May. -=-

Ross/Jenkinson engagement

_.The engagement was announced 15 May 2013 between Hector W.J. Ross, only son of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir (Walter Hugh) Malcolm Ross, GCVO (b 27 Oct 1943), of Kirkcudbritghtshire, Extra Equerry to HM The Queen, Master of the Household to HRH The Prince of Wales, and Lady Ross, & Samantha Emma Jenkinson (born 1983), only daughter of Sir John Banks Jenkinson, 14th Baronet (b 16 Feb 1945) (Bt, cr E, 1661), of Hawkesbury, Badminton, Gloucestershire, by his wife the former Josephine Mary Marshall-Andrew. -=-

Obituary: Colonel Noel Wild

Harold Denman 1922-2013

_.The Hon Harold Denman, who died 8 May, 2013, aged 91, was a scion of the Barons Denman (Baron, Peerage of the UK, cr 1834), & was b 26 Jan 1922, second son of the Hon Sir Richard Douglas Denman, 1st Baronet 1876-1957 (Bt, cr UK, 1945), by his 2nd wife, the former Mary Radley Spencer. In 1971 his elder brother, Sir Charles Denman, 2nd Bt succeeded to the peerage; married 1976, Lady Frances Esme Curzon (b 8 June, 1939), a great-aunt of Prince Harry's girlfriend, Cressida Bonas, daughter of the 5th Earl Howe (1884-1964), and former wife of Derek Alan Whiting, by whom he had issue, one son, Roland Sebastian Richard Denman, who was born in 1977. Service of Thanksgiving to take place at St Michael's Church, Playden, Rye, East Sussex, 12 June. -=-

Talbot-Ponsonby/Rogers engagement

_. The engagement was announced 14 May, 2013, between (Charles) Henry FitzRoy Talbot-Ponsonby (born 1981), scion of the Earls of Shrewsbury & Waterford (Premier Earl on the Roll in Peerages both of England & Ireland), eldest son of Nigel Edward Charles Talbot-Ponsonby (b 1946), of Langrish, Hampshire, by his wife the former Robina Helen Bruce (scion of the Earls of Elgin & Kincardine), & Vanessa V. Rogers, second daughter of Lt-Col. John Rogers, of Merrion, Pembrokeshire, and Mrs Penelope Rogers, of Cattistock, Dorset. -=-

Amelia Beatrice Bacon

_.India Mary Bacon (nee Ward), wife of Nathaniel John Bacon (b. 1978) scion of the Bacon Baronets (cr. 1611 & 1627) gave birth to a daughter, Amelia Beatrice, 11 Apr, 2013, a sister for Harry Walter Arthur, who was born 22 Nov, 2010. Nathaniel Bacon is the son of Christopher Nicholas Bacon (b. 1945) of Framsden, Stowmarket, Suffolk,by his wife, the former Margaret Anne Craig, & India is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Joseph Ward, of Carrington, Lincolnshire. -=-

Penelope Linda Wrightson 1940-2013

_.Penelope Linda Wrightson, who died 7 May, 2013, aged 72, was b 21 Dec, 1940, the eldest daughter of Sir John Garmondsway Wrightson, 3rd Baronet (1911-83), by his wife the former Hon Rosemary Monica Dawson (1913- d ?), daughter of the 1st (and last) Viscount Dawson of Penn, PC, GCVO, KCB, KCMG (Peerage of the UK, Extinct, 1945).

John / Wake-Walker marriage

_. The marriage took place, 11 May, 2013, at St Stephen's Church, Bath, 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. -=-

Daughter for a cousin of the Queen

—. Adrienne (Kiki) Leschallas (nee Quarles van Ufford), wife of Andrew J.P. Leschallas (b 1970), a kinsman of Her Majesty The Queen, gave birth to a daughter on 9 May, 2013. Andrew is a son of James Leschallas (b 1943), of Cranmore, Somerset, by his wife the former Rosemary Elizabeth Elphinstone (b 1947), a cousin of HM The Queen, & Kiki Lescahhlas is the former Jonkvrouwe Adrienne (Kiki) Quarles van Ufford, daughter of the late Jonkheer Alexander Quarles van Ufford, MVO, and Baroness Antoinette van Lynden, of De Poll, the Netherlands. -=-

Hon Mrs Robert Boscawen, JP 1924-2013

Mary Alice Boscawen (nee Codrington), JP, who died in Somerset, 2 May, 2013, aged 89, was a scion of the Codrington Baronets (Bt, cr GB, 1721), and wife of the Rt Hon Robert Thomas Boscawen (b 1923), scion of the Viscounts Falmouth (Visc, cr GB, 1720) and sometime Conservative MP for Somerton & Frome. She born 1924, a daughter of Col Sir Geoffrey Ronald Codrington, KCVO CB CMG DSO OBE TD (1888-1973), and Cecilia Mary (1900-79) d of Ernest James Wythes, CBE DL JP (1868-1949) sometime head of that gentry family, formerly of Copped Hall, Epping, and Aline (c1870-1951) d of Sir John Henry Thorold, 12th Bt (1842-1922) and Hon Alexandrina Henrietta Matilda Willoughby (1845-1931) dau of 8th Baron Middleton. She married 1949 Rt Hon Robert Thomas Boscawen, PC,MC (b 1923), Conservative MP for Wells 1970-83, and for Somerton and Frome, 1983-92, a Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury 1980-83, Vice-Chamberlain HM Household, 1983-86, Comptroller of HM Household 1986-88, Govt Whip 1979-88, &c. younger brother of the present 9th Viscount Falmouth. Funeral Service on Thursday 16th May, 2013, at Wells Cathedral.

van Cutsem/Ruck Keene marriage

._The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were present on Saturday 11 May, 2013, at Ewelme, Oxfordshire, for the marriage 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, daughter of David Kenneth Lancelot Ruck Keene (b 1948), of Troy, Oxfordshire, scion of that landed family, of Waterstock, formerly of Swyncombe House, by his wife the former Tania Wild (b 1955). Emilie Elise Christine van Ufford is the daughter of Jonkheer Pieter Quarles van Ufford. The Quarles van Uffords were created Dutch barons in 1815, and are descended from William, Lord of the Barony of Quarles c1420 Scotland. -=-

Francis Archer (Frank) Windsor-Clive 1922-2013

Francis Archer (Frank) Windsor Clive, who died 2 May, 2013, aged 90, was a scion of the Earls of Plymouth (Earl, Peerage of the UK, cr 1905). He was born in 1922, son of Lt-Col George Windsor-Clive, CMG (1878-1968), by his wife Sidney Guendolen Lacaita (d 1935); was educ at Eton; Capt, Coldstream Guards, served in WW2 (wounded, mentioned in despatches); married 1stly, 1945, Anne Gertrude Longueville, dau of Lt-Col Francis Longueville, DSO, MC; by whom he had issue; married 2ndly, 2004, Alice J. Blatch (d 2013). Service of Thanksgiving will take place 7 June, at St Mary's Church, Bromesberrow, Gloucestershire. 

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Tyrwhitt/Gamborg engagement

_.The engagement was announced 11 May, 2013, between St John Thomas Anthony Tyrwhitt (b 1980), scion of the Tyrwhitt Baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1919), son of John Edward Charles Tyrwhitt (b 1953), of Putney, London, by his wife the former Melinda Ngaire Towell, & Miss Nina Cecilia Gamborg (b 1983), daughter of the late Mr Paul Edward E Gamborg (1947-2003), and Mrs Paul Gamborg, of Fulham, London (nee Angela Crompton b 1953, dau of John Bell Crompton, by his wife the former Rachel Joan Christie, scion of the Christie of Jervaulx landed family). -=-

Walker-Okeover/Clapperton engagement

._The engagement was announced 11 May, 2013, between (Patrick) Ralph Walker-Okeover (b 1982), scion of the Walker-Okeover Baronets (Bt cr UK 1886), younger son of the late Sir Peter Ralph Leopold Walker-Okeover, 4th Baronet (1947-2003), by his former wife the former Catherine Mary Maule Ramsay (now Mrs Andrew Lukas, of Wyck Rissington, Gloucestershire), scion of the Earls of Dalhousie, & Jennifer Elizabeth (Jennie) Clapperton (b 1985), daughter of Mr David Clapperton (b 1949), of Bunbury, Cheshire, and Mrs Vanessa Martin, of Audlem, Cheshire. -=-

Bentley/Kettle engagement

_.The engagement was announced 11 May, 2013, between James William Nicholas Bentley (b 1982), son of (Charles) James Sharp Bentley, of Oxford, by his wife the Hon Victoria Elizabeth Mansfield (b 1957), of Battersea, London, and Abigail Jane Kettle (b 1986), only daughter of Mr & Mrs Anthony Kettle, of Bolton, Lancashire. James Bentley is a grandson maternally of (John Edward) Terence Mansfield, 5th Baron Sandhurst (1920-2002) (Peerage of the UK, cr 1871). -=-

Diana Cicely Countess of Albemarle, DBE 1909-2013

_.Diana Cicely Countess of Albemarle, DBE (1956), who died 6 May, 2013, aged 103, was the second wife, and widow of the 9th Earl of Albemarle, MC. Lady Albemarle was born Diana Cicely Grove, 6 Aug 1909, daughter of Maj John Archibald Grove, and married 24 Feb 1931, Walter Egerton George Lucian Keppel, 9th Earl of Albemarle (1882-1979). There was one daughter of the marriage, Lady Anne-Louise Mary Keppel, who was b 17 Mar 1932 (wife of Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, Bt). She was Chairman: Development Commission, 1948-74, The Drama Board, 1964-78; Norfolk County Organiser, WVS 1939-44; Chairman, Executive Committee, Nat Fed of Women's Institutes 1946-51; Vice-Chairman, The British Council, 1959-74; &c. Her husband died in 1979. -=-

Birth of a daughter to Viscount & Viscountess Andover

__.The Viscountess Andover (nee Victoria Hamilton), wife of Alexander Charles Michael Winston Robsahm Howard, styled Viscount Andover (b 17 Sept 1974), gave birth to a daughter, the Hon Eloise Victoria Rose Mimi Howard, 1 May, 2013. Viscount Andover is the son and heir of the 21st Earl of Suffolk & Berkshire (b 1935), by his former wife the former Anita Fugelsang (now Countess of Harrington, wife of the 12th Earl), & the Viscountess Andover is a dau of Mr James Hamilton and Mrs Paul Deans. -=-

Princess Editha Marie Gabrielle Anna of Bavaria 1924-2013

_. Her Royal Highness Princess Editha Marie Gabrielle Anna of Bavaria, who died 4 May, 2013, aged 88, was a daughter of Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria (1869-1955)by his wife Princess Antonia of Luxembourg, and was a granddaughter of Ludwig III, King of Bavaria (1845-1921), who married in 1868, Marie Theresia, Archduchess of Austria-Este, Princess of Modena, who succeeded her paternal uncle Francesco V, Duke of Modena, as representative and heir general of Charles I, King of England, and as such was regarded by British legitimists as "Queen Mary IV & III". Princess Editha was born 16 Sept 1924, the Crown Prince's seventh daughter, and was twice wed, 1stly in 1946, to Tito Brunetti (1905-54), and 2ndly, 1959, Prof Gustav Schimert (1910-90). -=-

Stewart-Lockhart/Hamilton-Dalrymple engagement

_.The engagement was announced 9 May, 2013, between James Alexander Stewart-Lockhart (born 1984), son of Mr Clive Stewart-Lockhart, of Shalbourne, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Jane N. Baer (b 1959), & Effie Charlotte Hamilton-Dalrymple (b 1986), scion of the Hamilton-Dalrymple Baronets (Bt, cr, Nova Scotia, 1698), daughter of Robert George Hamilton-Dalrymple (b 1959), of Gifford, East Lothian, by his wife the former Anna Mary Gibson. The bride-to-be is a granddaughter paternally of Sir Hew Fleetwood Hamilton-Dalrymple, KCVO, 10th Baronet, of Leuchie, North Berwick, East Lothian, by his wife Lady Anne-Louise Mary Keppel, dau of the 9th Earl of Albemarle, &c. -=-

William Edward Nelson

_.Laura Clare Nelson (née Wentworth-Stanley, b 1978), wife of Robert Nelson, and scion of the Wentworth-Stanley landed family gave birth to a son, William Edward, 24 April, 2013, a brother for Rory David, who was born 4 Nov, 2010. Laura is the dau of (David) Michael WENTWORTH-STANLEY (b 1952, scion of that gentry family and gt gt gt gs of the 3rd Earl of ERNE and scion of the Marquesses of WATERFORD) and Jane (dau of Lt- Col Thomas Armitage HALL OBE, scion of the Barons DUFFERIN & CLANDEBOYE &c) -=-

Araminta Victoria Laugher

_. The Hon Alice Mary Laugher (nee Bethell, born 1979), scion of the Barons Westbury (Baron UK, 1861), wife of Wilfrid Alban Francis Laugher, gave birth to a daughter, Araminta Victoria, 6 May, 2013, in Dubai. Wilfrid Laugher is the only son of Mr Robin Laugher and the late Mrs Victoria Laugher, and the Hon Alice Laugher is the 1st daughter of Maj. the 6th Baron Westbury, MBE (b 29 May 1950), by his former wife the former Caroline Mary Palmer (b 1952), (now Mrs Mark Dickinson), a granddaughter maternally of the 2nd Viscount Churchill. ==

Rosemary Leonora Ruth Seys 1913-2013

_.Rosemary Leonora Ruth Seys, who has died aged 99, was a scion of the Barons Rothschild (Peerage of the UK, cr 1885). She was born Rosemary Leonora Ruth de Rothschild, 21 Sept, 1913, daughter of Maj Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, OBE (1882-1942), by his wife the former Marie-Louise Eugenie Beer (died 1975); she married 1stly, 3 Jul 1934 (div 1942), Maj the Hon Denis Gomer Berry (1911-83), 2nd son of the 1st Viscount Kemsley (Peerage of the UK, cr 1945), by whom she had issue; married 2ndly, 18 Feb 1942, Maj John Anthony Seys (1914-89), scion of that landed family, 2nd son of Godfrey William Seys, or Wirewoods Green, Chepstow, Gloucestershire, by whom she had further issue. -=-

The Baron Northfield 1923-2013

_.The Baron Northfield, life peer, died 26 April, 2013. He was 89. (William) Donald Chapman was born 25 Nov, 1923, & served as a Cambridge City Councillor, 1945-47; Gen Sec of the Fabian Society 1948-53, Chairman HM Development Commissioners, 1973-79, and of Telford New Town Development Corporation, 1975-87, Lab MP for the Northfield Div of Birmingham, 1951-70, cr a life peer as Baron Northfield, of Telford co Shropshire, 1975. -=-

Lady Eileen Cecil Theo Fitton 1916-2013

_.The Lady Eileen Cecil Theo Fitton (nee Paulet), who died in Canada, 3 May, 2013, aged 95, was a sister of the 17th Marquess if Winchester, Premier Marquess of England (Peerage cr 1551). She was born in 1916, 2nd daughter of Maj Charles Standish Paulet, MVO (1873-1953), by his wife the former Lillian Jane Charlotte Fosbery, and was raised to the rank of the daughter of a marquess in 1970. Her brother Richard succeeded as 17th Marquess on the demise of his kinsman in 1962, and died unm 5 Mar 1968. Lady Eileen was twice wed, 1stly in 1941, to Harry Evan Martin, who died 1946, and secondly, in 1949, to Joseph Fitton, who died in 1996. She leaves issue from both marriages. -=-

Rear-Admiral Morgan Charles Morgan-Giles (1914-2013)

_.Rear-Admiral Morgan Charles Morgan-Giles, Knt, DSO, OBE, GM, DL, who was born 19 June, 1914, died 4 May, 2013. He was a highly decorated naval officer, sometime Conservative MP for Winchester, and father of Baroness Killearn, wife of the 3rd Baron. -=-

Wilbur Lampson

_Emily Lampson (née Watkins) wife of the Hon Miles Henry Morgan Lampson (b 10 Dec 1977), gave birth to a son, Wilbur, 17 April 2013, a brother for Alfred, who was b 22 September 2009, and for Grace Melita June, who was b 10 Feb, 2011. The Hon Miles Henry Morgan Lampson is the son and heir to Victor Miles George Aldous [Lampson], 3rd Baron Killearn (b 9 Sep 1941), by his wife the former Melita Amaryllis Pamela Astrid Morgan- Giles, 2nd dau. of Rear Adm Sir Morgan Charles Morgan-Giles DSO OBE GM MP, of West Tytherley, Salisbury, co. Wiltshire --==--

George Cheape

___. Louisa Cheape (nee Blair), wife of Henry Bruce Iain Ismay Cheape (b 1980), the 8th head of the gentry family of Strathtyrum and heir to his father as 3rd of Fossoway, gave birth to a son, George, 29 April, 2013. Henry Cheape is the son of Angus Geoffrey Bruce Ismay Cheape, late the Scots Guards, of Kinross, by his former wife the former Emma Margaret Tennant (b 1954 now Lady Stevens, wife of Sir Jocelyn Stevens, Knt), scion of the Barons Glenconner, & Louisa Cheape is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Hew Blair, of Earlston, Berwickshire. -=-

Francis David Playfair Barran

_.Deborah Barran (nee Kimbell), wife of (Laurence) Edward (Ned) Barran (b 1977), scion of the Barran Baronets, gave birth to a son, Francis David Playfair, 24 Apr, 2013, a brother for Agnes Catherine. who was born 26 Feb, 2011. Ned Barran is the 2nd son of Julian Mark Lechmere Barran (b 1947), of Welham, Somerset, by his 1st wife the former Mary Playfair (now Mrs Nicholas Padfield, of Chelsea), and Deborah Barran is the daughter of Mr and Mrs David Kimbell, of Ecchinswell, Hampshire. --==--

Leather/Whitfield engagement

_.The engagement was announced 2 May, 2013, between Giles N.F. Leather, younger son of Mr Michael Leather, of Garvald, East Lothian, and Mrs Belinda Leather, of Childer Thornton, Wirral, Cheshire, & Melanie Katherine Whitfield (born 1976), only daughter of Mr Michael Whitfield, of Ewelme, Oxfordshire, by his wife the former Hon Deborah Mary Vaughan-Morgan (b 1944), daughter of the life peer Baron Reigate (aka Sir John Vaughan-Morgan, 1st Baronet). -=-

Manning/Agnew of Lochnaw engagement

_.The engagement was announced 2 May, 2013, of Mr Charles Manning, son of Mr & Mrs M. Manning, of Herefordshire, and Isabel Sevilla Wilhelmina Agnew of Lochnaw, scion of the Agnew of Lochnaw Baronets (Bt, Nova Scotia, cr 1629), eldest daughter of Sir Crispin Hamlyn Agnew of Lochnaw, 11th Baronet (b 13 May, 1944), of Edinburgh, by his wife, the former Susan Rachel Strang Steel (b 1952), scion of the Steel of Philiphaugh Baronets (Bt, cr UK, 1938), dau of Jock Wykeham Strang Steel (1914-91) by his wife the former Lesley Graham (b 1921- ), scion of the Graham Baronets (Bt, cr UK, 1906). -=-

Pelly/Noble marriage

_.The marriage took place in London, 16 April, 2013, of Dr Michael Desmond Elliot Pelly (b 30 Oct, 1954), member of the Pelly family of baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1840), son of Desmond Aubrey Stanley Pelly (1919-93), by his wife the former Patricia de Pass, daughter of Colonel Guy de Pass, DSO, OBE, & Miss Elizabeth (Libby) Noble. -=-

Jasper Guy D'Oyly Acloque

_. Keziah Acloque (nee Kelsey), wife of Alexander John Sebastian Acloque (born 1978), descended from the Barons Howard De Walden (Peerage of England, cr 1597), gave birth to a son, Jasper Guy D'Oyly, 27 April, 2013. Alexander Acloque is the only son of the late Guy Acloque by his wife the former Camilla Anne Bronwen Scott-Ellis (b 1 Apr 1947), now of Alderley, Gloucestershire, fourth daughter of the late John Osmael Scott-Ellis, 9th Baron Howard de Walden (1912-99), by his 1st wife the former Countess Irene Harrach (d 1975). Kezia Acloque is a daughter of Mr Alan Kelsey, of London, and Mrs Sarah Kelsey, of Chelsworth, Suffolk. -=-

Son of Aga Khan to wed Kendra Spears

__.The engagement has been announced between HH Prince Rahim Aga Khan (b 12 Oct 1971), descended from the Barons Churston (Peerage UK, cr 1858), eldest son of His Highness The Aga Khan, by his wife the former Sarah Frances Croker Poole (b 28 January, 1940), & Kendra Spears (b 5 Aug 1988), Seattle-born fashion model. -=-

Francis Thomas Donald Blake

_.Claire Louise Blake (nee Donald), wife of (Francis) Julian Blake(b 17 Feb, 1971), scion of the Blake Baronets (Bt, UK, 1907, of Tillmouth Park, Cornhill, Northumberland), gave birth to a son, Francis Thomas Donald, 25 April, 2013. Julian Blake is the son and heir of Sir (Francis) Michael Blake, 3rd Baronet (b 11 Jul 1943), of Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, by his wife the former Joan Miller, and Claire Blake is a daughter of James Donald, of Cupar, Fife. -=-

James/Cuthbert engagement

.The engagement was announced 29 Apr, 2013, between Adam H. James, son of Mr & Mrs Christopher James, of Odiham, Hampshire, and Mary Belinda (Mollie) Cuthbert (b 1984) third daughter of (John) Aidan Cuthbert (b 1934), head of that landed family, of Beaufront Castle, Hexham, Northumberland, by his former wife Lady Victoria Lucy Diana Percy (b 1949), of Alnwick, Northumberland, daughter of the 10th Duke of Northumberland. -=-

Marsham/ Beaumont marriage

_.The marriage took place at Hexham Abbey, 27 Apr, 2013, between the Hon Michael Julian Marsham (b 3 Mar 1979), second son of Julian Charles Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney (b 28 Mar 1948), of Gayton Hall, Norfolk, by his wife the former Catriona Anne Stewart (descended from the Barons Cochrane of Cults), & the Hon Lucy Harriet Beaumont (b 30 Apr 1981), eldest daughter of Wentworth Peter Ismay Beaumont, 4th Viscount Allendale (b 13 Nov 1948), of Bywell Castle, Northumberland, by his wife the former Theresa More O'Ferrall (descended from the Jackson Baronets), &c. -=-

Hon James Michael Edward Bruce, CBE 1927-2013

_.The Hon James Michael Edward Bruce, CBE (1992), sometime chairman of Game Conservancy, who died 22 April, 2013, was a scion of the Earls of Elgin & Kincardine, the second son of the 10th Earl of Elgin & Kincardine, KT, CMG, TD (1881-1968), by his wife the Hon Dame Katherine Elizabeth Cochrane, DBE (d 1989), daughter of the 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults. He was born 26 Aug, 1927; married 1stly, 29 Jul 1950 (div 1974), the Hon (Margaret) Jean Coats (b 11 Oct, 1928) , only daughter of the 2nd Baron Glentanar (1894-1971) (Ext); married 2ndly,1975, Morven-Anne Macdonald (d 1994); married 3rdly, 2000, Mrs Mary Elizabeth Hamilton. He leaves issue from his first marriage. Service of Thanksgiving at St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth, Friday 3 May. -=-

Viscount Boyne marries Miss Julia Howard

_.The marriage took place at Greystoke Castle, Cumbria, 20 April, 2013, of Gustavus Michael Stucley Hamilton-Russell, 11th Viscount Boyne (b 27 May, 1965) son of the late 10th Viscount Boyne, KCVO (1931-95), of Burwarton, Bridgnorth, Salop, by his wife the former Rosemary Anne Stucley (scion of the Stucley Baronets), & Miss Julia Howard. Lord Boyne married firstly, in 1991, Lucy, daughter of George Potter, by whom he has three children. I have scanned the Greystoke branch of the Howard Family (Dukes of Norfolk) for a Julia Howard and can't seem to locate her. Is the bride Julia Frances Howard (b 3 Oct 1964), dau of Sir John Philip Howard, 6th Baronet, of Corby Castle, Carlisle? -==-

Lt.-Gen. Sir Steuart Pringle, 10th Baronet, KCB 1928-2013

_.Lieutenant-General Sir Steuart Pringle, 10th Baronet, Commandant General, The Royal Marines 1981-84, died 18 April, 2013. He was 84. He was born 21 July, 1928, son of Sir Norman Pringle, 9th Baronet (1903-61), by his wife the former Winifred Olive Curran, and succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's death, 8 Feb, 1961. Married 5 September, 1953, Jacqueline Marie, only child of Wilfrid Hugh Gladwell, by whom he had issue. The baronetcy (Bt cr 1682, Nova Scotia) passes to his elder son, Simon Robert Pringle, who was born 6 January, 1959. He was appointed KCB (Mil) 1982. -=-

Lord Stirrup's Garter

Air Chief Marshal Lord Stirrup was been appointed a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, St George's Day, 2013. Lord Stirrup, 63, fills one of the the three vacancies in the order left by the deaths of the Duke of Grafton, Viscount Ridley and Baroness Thatcher. Lord Stirrup will be invested at Windsor on the Monday before the start of Royal Ascot week in June. -=-

Death of Princess Elisabeth of Hesse

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse, who died 12 Apr, 2013, aged 69, was a former wife Prof Prince Otto of Hesse (1937-98), a great-great grandson of Queen Victoria. She was born Elisabeth Bonker,at Rumburg, Czechoslovakia, 31 Jan 1944, daughter of Wilhlem Bonker by his wife Elisabeth Nagel, and married Prince Otto (morganatically) 28 Dec 1988. The marriage ended in divorce in 1994. Isn't it pretentious and silly for long dethroned Royal Houses not to recognise the marriages of their members with commoners as equal? Surely all the wives of current heirs of the existing thrones in Europe and Scandinavia would (except Britain) have been regarded as morganatic or unequal in days of old? -==-

Vassar-Smith/Newhouse engagement

_.The engagement was announced 20 April, 2013, between Richard Rathborne Vassar-Smith (b 29 Dec 1975), elder son and heir of Sir John Rathborne Vassar-Smith, 4th Baronet (b 23 Jul 1936), of Wantage, Oxfordshire, by his wife the former Roberta Elaine Williamson, & Lydia Louisa G. Newhouse (b 1981), daughter of Mr Philip J. Newhouse, of London, by his wife the former Linda Wright. -=-

Mary Countess of Bessborough 1915-2013

_.Mary Countess of Bessborough, who died 13 April, 2013, in Philadelphia, USA, aged 98, was the widow of Frederick, 10th Earl of Bessborough (1913-1993). She was born Mary Munn, at Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA, 3 March, 1915, daughter of Charles A. Munn, of New York, and married Lord Bessborough in 1948. There was one daughter of the marriage, Lady Charlotte (b 1949). On her husband's death he was succeeded in the family honours (except the UK earldom which became extinct) by his cousin, Arthur Ponsonby. A private funeral is to take place at Stansted Park, Hampshire, 26 Apr, 2013. -=-

Great grandson for the Duke of Wellington

_. Natasha Doone Halliday (nee Wellesley, b 1975), scion of the Dukes of Wellington, and wife of Mr C.Tom Halliday, gave birth to a son, Samuel George, 29 March, 2013. Tom Halliday is a son of Mr & Mrs Christopher Halliday, of Westbury, Shropshire, & Natasha is the 1st daughter of Lord Richard Gerald Wellesley (b 1949), of Marston St Lawrence, Oxfordshirem by his wife the former Joanna Sumner. Natasha is a granddaughter of the 8th Duke of Wellington, KG, LVO, OBE, MC (b 1915), and the late Duchess of Wellington, MBE. -=-

Lewis/Sempill engagement

_.The engagement was announced 19 April, 2013, between Mr Christopher N. Lewis, eldest son of Mr & Mrs N. Lewis, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, & the Hon Cosima Sempill (b 1983), daughter of the 21st Lord Sempill born 25 Feb, 1949 (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1489), of Leith, Edinburgh, by his wife, the former Josephine Anne Edith Rees. -=-

2nd Baron Balfour of Inchrye 1924-2013

_.The Baron Balfour of Inchrye died 14 April, 2013. He was 88. Ian Balfour was born 21 December, 1924, son of Harold Harington Balfour, MC, Conservative MP for the Isle of Thanet Div of Kent, May 1929-June 1945, who was created a peer as Baron Balfour of Inchrye in 1945, by his 1st wife Diana Blanche Harvey (d 1982) daughter of Sir Robert Grenville Harvey, 2nd Baronet. He succeeded to the peerage on his father's death, 1988. Married 1953, Josephine Maria Jane Bernard (b 1934, d 2007), scion of the Earls of Bandon, daughter of Morogh Wyndham Percy Bernard (1902-77), by his wife the Hon Diana Pearl Dundas, dau of the 7th Viscount Melville, by whom he had one daughter, the Hon Roxane Balfour, who was born in 1955. The peerage now becomes extinct. -=-

Clementine Rose Lovell Taylor

. Leonie Carrina R. Taylor (nee Buxton, b 1979), wife of James Geoffrey Bethune (Jamie) Taylor (b 1979), gave birth to a daughter, Clementine Rose Lovell, 5 April, 2013. James Taylor is a son of Mr Michael Taylor, of London, by his wife the former Hon Sarah Lovell Rippon (b 1950), second daughter of the Baron Rippon of Hexham, PC, QC (Life peer); and Leonie is a daughter of Lt-Col. Charles J. Buxton, of Overstrand, Norfolk, by his wife the former Veronica J.M. Paterson-Morgan. -=-

Rivett-Carnac/Kiuchi marriage

_.The marriage took place in Tokyo, Japan, 12 April, 2013, between Sir Jonathan James Rivett-Carnac, 10th Baronet (born 1962), elder son of Commander Sir Miles Rivett-Carnac, 9th Bt, RN (1933-2009), by his wife the former April Sally Villar, now April, Lady Rivett-Carnac, of Alresford, Hampshire, & Miss Reiko Kiuchi, daughter of Setsuko Kiuchi San, of Tokyo, Japan. The baronetcy was created in 1836 (UK). Sir Jonathan is a brother of Lulu Guinness. -=-

MacLaren/Bromage engagement

_.The engagement was announced 17 Apr, 2013, between Lieut Louis MacLaren, Scots Guards, third son of The MacLaren of MacLaren, Chief of the Clan MacLaren, and Madam MacLaren, and Miss Isabelle Bromage, yr daughter of Mr & Mrs David Bromage, of Gretton. -=-

George William Sholto Callander

_.Alice Julie Callander (nee Agar), wife of James Edward Callander (b 1979), scion of the Burn-Callander of Prestonhall landed family, gave birth to a son, George William Sholto, 5 Apr, 2013. James Callander is a son of Lt-Col Richard Callander (b 1950), by his wife the former Lady Mary Pamela Douglas (b 1950), daughter of the 21st Earl of Morton. Alice is a dau of William Agar, of Penshurst, Victoria, Australia. -=-

Sir Richard James Dashwood, 9th Baronet 1950-2013

_.Sir Richard James Dashwood, 9th Baronet (of Kirtlington Park, Oxfordshire, Bt, cr 1684), died at Adderbury, 14 April, 2013, aged 63. He was born 14 Feb, 1950, son of Sir Henry George Massy Dashwood, 8th Baronet (1908-72), by his wife the former Susan Mary Montgomerie-Charrington, scion of that landed gentry family, and succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's demise, 1972. He was educated at Eton. Married 1984 (div 1993) Kathryn Anne Mahon, dau of Frank Mahon, of Eastbury, Newbury, Berks, by whom he had issue, a son Frederick George Mahon Dashwood, born 29 January, 1988, who now succeeds to the baronetcy. -==-

Frederick Malcolm Alastair Riddell

_.Cecilia Frances Stephanie (Lily) Riddell (née Napier, b 1976), scion of the Lords Napier & Ettrick, wife of A.J.M. (Jamie) Riddell, gave birth to a son, Frederick Malcolm Alastair, 11 March, 2013, a brother for Archie Roderick James, who was b 12 Nov, 2009. Jamie is the eldest son of Mr and Mrs Alastair Riddell, of Glen Lyon, Perthshire, and Cecilia is the youngest daughter of the Hon ( Charles) Malcolm Napier (b. 1933), of Bardmony, Alyth, Perthshire, by his wife the late Lady Mariota Cecilia Murray, yr daughter of the 7th Earl of Mansfield & Mansfield. --==--

Wilbur Thomas Rippon Browne

_.Victoria Browne (nee Howard-Vyse, born 1980), a scion of the Howard-Vyse landed family of Langton, North Yorkshire, and wife of Charlie Browne, gave birth to a son, Wilbur Thomas Rippon, 29 March, 2013. Charlie Browne is a son of Mr & Mrs Peter Browne, of Flempton, Suffolk, and Victoria (Vicky) is the dau of Lt-Col John Cecil Howard-Vyse (born 1947), of Burneston, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Jennifer Anne Collin. -=-

Third son for the Earl and Countess of Clarendon

_.The Countess of Clarendon (née Bryonie Leask), wife of the 8th Earl of Clarendon (b 12 Feb 1976), gave birth to a third son, the Hon Cosmo Thomas Laurence Villiers, 21 March, 2013, a brother for Edward George James, Lord Hyde, who was b 17 Apr 2008, and the Hon Frederick Henry Alexander Villiers, who was born 29 Oct 2009. The Countess of Clarendon is a dau. of Maj General Anthony de Camborne Lowther Leask CB CBE, of Stibb Green, Burbage, co. Wiltshire (by his wife Heather Catherine Moir), only son of Lieut General Sir Henry Lowther Ewart Clark Leask KCB OBE DSO, of 9 Glenalmond House, Manor Fields, London SW15, Governor of Edinburgh Castle 1969-72, by his wife Zoe de Camborne Paynter, dau. of Col William Patterson Paynter DSO. -==-

Charlotte Flavia Whitbread

_Sarah Whitbread (née Prest), wife since 2000 of William Whitbread, scion of the landed family of that name, gave birth to a sixth daughter, Charlotte Flavia, 1 March, 2013, a sister for Ottilie, Rose, Verena, Amelia and Cecily. -==-

Molly Lady Kennard

_.Molly Lady Kennard, who died 5 April, 2013, was the second wife of Sir George Arnold Ford Kennard, 3rd Baronet (1915-99). She was born Molly Jesse Rudd Wyllie, daughter of Hugh Wyllie, of Fishbourne, Sussex, and married 1stly, Ivor William Miskin, and then 2ndly, Sir George, in 1958. The marriage ended in divorce in 1974. She leaves 2 children from her first marriage. -=-

Sackville/Akroyd marriage

_.The marriage took place at Bodenham, 6 Apr, 2013, of the Hon Edward Geoffrey Richard Sackville (b 6 Dec, 1980), second son of William Herbrand (Sackville) 11th Earl De La Warr (b 10 Apr, 1948), of Buckhurst Park, Sussex, by his wife the former Anne Leveson; & Sophia Georgina M. Akroyd (b 1984), daughter of the late Mr Mark T.S. Akroyd, by his wife the former Camilla E.L. Milton, now Mrs Christian Dangerfield, of Pencombe, Herefordshire. -=-

Theo Oliver James Tollemache

Sophie Tollemache (nee Johnstone, b 1981), wife of the Hon Edward John Hugo Tollemache (b 12 May 1976), scion of the Barons Tollemache, gave birth to a second son, Theo Oliver James, 5 April, 2013, a brother for Ralph. Edward Tollemache is the eldest son of the 5th Baron Tollemache (Peerage of the UK, cr 1876), and he served as a Page of Honour to HM The Queen, 1988-90. -==-

Beatrice Laura Bethan Peto

_.Sara Peto (nee Jones), wife of Mark Edward Peto (b 1971), scion of the Peto Baronets, gave birth to a second daughter, Beatrice Laura Bethan, 5 Apr, 2013, a sister for Charlotte Daphne Sophia, who was b 2011. -=-

Rose Mary Blossom Cecil

_.Anna Cecil (nee Whistler), wife of Michael John Amherst Cecil (b 1977), scion of the Barons Amherst of Hackney (UK, 1892), gave birth to a daughter, Rose Mary Blossom, 6 March, 2013. Michael Cecil is the younger son of Mr John Strongbow Amherst (Bow) Cecil (b 1939), and Mrs Cecil, of Honington, Warwickshire, and Anna is the younger daughter of Major and Mrs Michael Whistler, of Broadmayne, Dorset. ==

Beare/Durrant engagement

_.The engagement was announced 13 Apr, 2013, between Capt Charles Henry Lyell Beare (born 1984), Welsh Guards, yr son of Mr Julian Lyell Beare (b 1951), of Cowden, Kent, by his wife the former Charlotte Julia Mary Elborne (descended from the Viscounts Galway) and Judith Kate Durrant (b 1986), daughter of {Graham} Michael Durrant, of Wardour, Wilts, by his wife Dr Pamela H. Durrant (nee Swingler). -=-

Anne Duchess of Norfolk 1927-2013

_.Anne Duchess of Norfolk, who died 8 April, 2013, aged 85, was a founder of the hospice movement in the UK, and was the widow of the 17th Duke of Norfolk, KG (1915-2002), England's premier duke and Earl Marshal. She was born Anne Mary Teresa Constable Maxwell, 30 Aug 1927, a scion of the Lords Herries of Terregles, daughter of Wing Cdr Gerald Constable Maxwell, DFC (1895-1959), by his wife the former Caroline Burns Carden (died 1984). She married in 1949, the Hon Miles Fitzalan Howard, eldest son of the 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop by his wife the Baroness Beaumont, who held the peerage in her own right. Her husband succeeded his mother as 12th Baron Beaumont in 1971, and his father as 4th Baron Howard of Glossop in 1972, and his kinsman as 17th Duke of Norfolk in 1975. He died 24 June, 2002. The duchess leaves 2 sons, Edward, the 18th Duke of Norfolk and Lord Gerald Fitzalan Howard, and three daughters, the Countess of Balfour, the actress Marsha Fitzalan and Lady Carina, wife of Sir David Frost. -=-

Salvesen/Elphinstone marriage

The marriage took place, 13 Apr, 2013, in Aberdeenshire, between Edmund Salvesen, son of Mr & Mrs Andrew Salvesen, of Torphins, Aberdeenshire, & (Mary) Abigail Elphinstone (b 1984),scion of the Elphinstone Baronets (cr Nova Scotia, 1701), daughter of Charles Elphinstone (b 1958),of Edzell, Angus, and Mrs Lucy Elphinstone (nee Reynolds), of Cold Ash, Berkshire, dau of Maj. M.D. Reynolds, of Barnstaple, Devon. The bride is a granddaughter of Sir John Elphinstone of Glack, 11th Baronet. -=-

The 4th Baron St Levan, DSC 1919-2013

_The 4th Baron St Levan, DSC, who died 7 April, 2013, aged 94, was the driving force behind the St Aubyn family's bequest of St Michael's Mount to the National Trust. John Francis Arthur St Aubyn was born 23 Feb, 1919, son of Francis Cecil St Aubyn, 3rd Baron St Levan (1895-1978), by his wife the former Hon Clementina Nicolson (died 1995)sister of the politician, biographer and writer Sir Harold Nicolson, and scion of the Barons Carnock. Succeeded to the barony (cr UK, 1887) and baronetcy (cr UK, 1866), on his father's demise, 10 July, 1978. Married Dec 1970, Susan Maria Marcia Kennedy (d 21 Feb, 2003), daughter of Maj Gen Sir John Kennedy, of Temple Sowerby Manor, Penrith, Cumberland. There were no children of the marriage. The peerage and baronetcy devolve upon his Lordship's nephew, James Piers Southwell St Aubyn, who was born 6 June, 1950. -=-

Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM 1925-2013

>The Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, Prime Minister, May 1979-Nov, 1990, died in London, 8 April, 2013. She was 87.

3rd Baron Gainford (1921-2013)

_.The Baron Gainford, who died at Marlow, Buckinghamshire, 4 April, 2013, aged 91, was 3rd holder of the peerage created in 1917. He was born Joseph Edward Pease, 25 Dec, 1921, son of the 2nd Baron (1889-1971), by his wife the former Veronica Margaret Noble, scion of the Noble Baronets (cr 1902); educated at Eton & Gordonstoun; FRGS; married 1953, Margaret Theophila Radcliffe Tyndale, dau of Henry Edmund Guise Tyndale, by whom he had 2 daughters, Joanna and Virginia.

Lord Gainford is succeeded in the peerage by his younger brother, the Hon George Pease, who was born 20 Apr, 1926.

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Portman/Leonhardt engagement

_.The engagement was announced in April, 2013, between Edward Berkeley Portman (born 1983), scion of the Viscounts Portman (Visc, UK, cr 1873), son of Lt-Col Michael Berkeley Portman (b 1947), of Port Hill, Bideford, Devon, by his wife the former Penelope Jane Bishop, & Maria (Pepa) daughter of Mr & Mrs Thomas Leonhardt, of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Chichester/Hamilton engagement

_.The engagement was announced in Apr, 2013, between Rory Alastair St Clair Chichester (born 1985), scion of the Marquesses of Donegall (Marquess, Ireland, cr 1791), son of the late Dermot Michael Claud Chichester, by his second wife the former Shan McIndoe (now Lady Hazlerigg) of Noseley, Leicestershire, & Arabella Hamilton Palmer, dau of Mr & Mrs David Palmer, of Whitchurch, Hampshire.

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Nina Amelia Vestey

_.Chloe N.H. Vestey (nee Sievwright) wife of Benjamin John (Ben) Vestey (b 1979), scion of the Barons Vestey (UK 1922), gave birth to a daughter, Nina Amelia, 29 March, 2013, a sister for Sophia Isabella, who was born 20 April, 2011. 

Ben is the son of the Hon Mark William Vetey (b 1943), of Foxcote, Gloucestershire, by his wife the former Rose Amelia Clifton (See Bruce Baronets, Cr 1804), and Chloe is a daughter of Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs David Sievwright, of Burbage, Wiltshire.

 

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Death of Lady Rashleigh, wife of Sir Richard Rashleigh, 6th Baronet

._ Lady Rashleigh, who died at her home, 30 March, 2013, was chatelaine of Menabilly, Cornwall, the Georgian house from which Daphne Du Maurier drew her 'Manderley' in her classic novel 'Rebecca'.

Lady Rashleigh was the wife of Sir Richard Harry Rashleigh, 6th Baronet (b 8 Jul 1958), (Bart, UK, cr 1831), of Menabilly, Parr, Cornwall.

Lady Rashleigh was born Emma Felicity Clare McGougan, the elder daughter of the late John McGougan, of London, by his former wife the former Jennifer Dyke (who married 2ndly, 1987, Sir Antony Arthur Acland, KG, GCMG, GCVO (scion of the Acland Baronets, cr UK, 1890).

She is survived by her husband and two children.






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New private secretary for HRH Prince Harry

_. Prince Harry, increasing his work load as a senior member of the Royal Family,  has appointed a private secretary. The fellow is Capt Edward Lane Fox, 36, late the Blues & Royals, scion of the Lane Fox family, of Bramham Park, Boston Spa, West Yorkshire.

Edward Lane Fox, an army officer for several years and from a family long associated with the army, is the third and youngest son of the late George and Victoria Lane Fox, of Bramham Park, and was born in 1976.

Capt Lane Fox has two elder brothers, Nick, who now runs the family estate, and is married to Rachel Baring, a member of banking family, and James.

Edward's paternal grandmother was the Hon Marcia Agnes Mary Lane Fox (b. 4 Sept, 1904-d. at Leeds, West Yorkshire, 9 January, 1980), eldest of the four daughters of the first Baron Bingley (1870-1947); she married 3 Oct, 1929, Lt-Col Francis Gordon Ward-Jackson,Vice-Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, 1968-74 (b. 14 Oct, 1899, d. 1989, aged 89) (who assumed the surname of Lane Fox in lieu of Jackson by deed poll in 1937).
 
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Lyburn/Campbell Adamson engagement

_.The engagement was announced 3 Apr, 2013, between Peter J. Lyburn, son of Mr & Mrs Graeme Lyburn, of Coupar Angus, Perthshire, & Rosemary Jane (Rosie) Campbell Adamson (b 1987), daughter of Hugh Campbell Adamson, of Stracathro, Angus, by his wife the former Hon Alison Mary Elliott (b 1957), daughter of the Baron Elliott of Morpeth (life peer), &c.

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Daughter for Sam and Louisa Parker Bowles

_.Louisa M. Parker Bowles (nee Arnold), wife of Sam William Francis Parker Bowles [b 1981], scion of the Earls of Macclesfield, gave birth to a daughter, Poppy Elsbeth Rose, 29 March, 2013.

Sam Parker Bowles is a son of Simon Humphrey Parker Bowles [b 1941] by his wife the former Carolyn Potter, and is a nephew of Brig Andrew Parker Bowles, former husband of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall.

Louisa is a daughter of Professor Roslyn Arnold, of Sydney, Australia [Roslyn Mary ARNOLD Dip Ed, BA, MA, MEd, PhD, Sometime Dean and Head of School. University of Tasmania]

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Diana Mary Miller, suo jure Baroness Fauconberg & Conyers 1920-2013

_. Diana Mary Miller (nee Pelham), suo jure Baroness Fauconberg & Conyers, died 2 March, 2013. She was 92. She was born 5 July, 1920, as Lady Diana Mary Pelham, elder daughter of the 5th Earl of Yarborough (who was 14th Baron Conyers and 7th Baron Fauconberg), by his wife the former Nancy Brocklehurst(d 1977). On her father's demise, 7 Feb, 1948, his baronies fell into abeyance between his two daughters, and the abeyance terminated, 17 May, 2012, with the death of the younger daughter, Lady June Wendy Lycett. Lady Diana married 15 Nov, 1952, Robert Miller, of Harare, Zimbabwe, who died in 1990. Lady Fauconberg & Conyers had two daughters, the Hon Marcia Anne MILLER, renamed on adoption as Anthea Theresa LYCETT (b 21 June 1954). She was adopted by her mother's sister. She is unm and lives in Gloucestershire, and the Hon Beatrix Diana MILLER (b 23 Aug 1955). She m 1991 Simon William JONES ARMSTRONG (d 2012) and has two sons: Guy William Robert (b 1996) and Matthew Charles (b 1998). They live in Kenya. The peerages now fall into abeyance between the Hon Anthea Lycett and the Hon Beatrix Diana Armstrong. -=-