Constance Viscountess St Vincent, widow of 7th Viscount

_.Constance Viscountess St Vincent, who died 11 September, 2013, was the widow of the centenarian 7th Viscount St Vincent (1905-2006). She was the former Constance Phillida Anne Logan, daughter of Lt-Col. Robert Hector Logan, OBE, and married 1945, Ronald George James Jervis, 7th Viscount (Peerage of the United Kingdom, created 1801) son of the 6th Viscount (1859-1940).Her husband succeeded to the peerage on the demise of his father in 1940. His ancestor, Admiral Sir John Jervis, First Lord of the Admiralty 1801-04, was the celebrated naval commander who obtained a splendid victory over the Spanish Fleet at Cape St. Vincent. Lady St Vincent leaves issue. Her elder son, Edward, is the 8th Viscount. -=-

Cecily Isla Mary Stonor (born 2013)

_.The Lady Ailsa Fiona Stonor (b 1977, née Mackay) wife of the Hon (Ralph) William Robert Thomas Stonor (b. 10 Sept 1974), son and heir of the 7th Baron Camoys (Baron, England, cr 1383), and Baroness Camoys, gave birth to a daughter, Cecily Isla Mary, 7 September, 2013, a sister for Ralph (b 2007), and Henry (b 2009). Lady Ailsa is a daughter of the 4th Earl of Inchcape and the Countess of Inchcape. --==--.

Cleo Kinvara & Patrick Theodore Boucher (born 2013)

_.Katherine Kinvara (Katie) Boucher {nee Paravicini, born 1978} wife of Matthew J. Boucher, gave birth to twins, a daughter, Cleo Kinvara, and a son, Patrick Theodore, at Abu Dhabi, 22 Aug 2013, siblings for Sam. Matthew Boucher is the younger son of Mr Trevor Boucher, of Hong Kong, and Mrs Mavis Boucher, of Holland Park, London, and Katie is a daughter of Mr John Charles Rudolph Paravicini (b. 1952), of Dummer, Hampshire, descended from the Swynnerton-Dyer Baronets, by his wife the former Louisa Mary Phillimore (b 6 Mar 1954), scion of the Barons Phillimore (Baron, UK, cr 1918). -=-

Chow/FitzRoy engagement

__The engagement was announced 12 September, 2013, between Geoffrey B. Chow, third son of Mr & Mrs Frederick Chow, of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, USA, & Julia Rachel Caroline FitzRoy (born 1984), scion of the Barons Southampton (Baron GB, 1780), a descendant of King Charles II, youngest daughter of the Hon Edward Charles FitzRoy (born 8 July, 1955), of Morchard Bishop, Devon, by his wife the former Rachel Caroline Vincent Millett. The father of the bride~to~be is heir to the peerage. -=-

Northampton/Goodman marriage

_. The marriage took place in London, 4 September, 2013, between Spencer Douglas David Compton, 7th Marquess of Northampton (born 2 Apr, 1946) (Marquess, Peerage of the UK, cr 1812), of Castle Ashby, Northampton, and Compton Wynyates, Tysoe, Warwickshire, son of the late 6th Marquess of Northampton (1885-1978), by his 2nd wife, the former Virginia Lucie Heaton; & Tracy Goodman (born Devon, circa 1965). It is Lord Northampton's sixth marriage (I think). -=-

Guinness/Archibald marriage

_.The marriage has taken place in Scotland between Hector Guinness (born 1986), scion of the Barons Moyne (Baron Uk, cr 1932), son of the Hon Erskine Stuart Richard Guinness (b 1953), by his wife the former Louise Mary Elizabeth Dillon-Malone, & Miss Lucy Catherine Mary Archibald (born circa 1986). -=-

Sir Mark Annesley Norman, 3rd Baronet, DL 1927-2013

_.Sir Mark Annesley Norman, 3rd Baronet (Bart, UK, cr 1915), of Wicote Manor, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, died 9 September, 2013. He was 86. Sir Mark was a former High Sheriff of Oxfordshire and a deputy lieutenent for the county. He was born 8 Feb, 1927, son of Air Cdr Sir (Henry) Nigel St Valery Norman, 2nd Baronet, CBE (1897-1943), by his wife the former Patricia Moyra Annesley, scion of the Earls of Annesley. He succeeded to the baronetcy, 19 May, 1943, when his father was killed on active service; married 30 May, 1953, Joanna Camilla, dau of Lt-Col Ian James Kilgour, by his wife the former Aura Camilla Desmond Forestier-Walker, scion of the Forestier-Walker Baronets, by whom he had issue, three children. The baronetcy passes to his elder son, Nigel James, born 5 Feb, 1956. Service at St James, Ramsden, 25 Sept.

Sir Mark Annesley Norman, 3rd Baronet, DL 1927-2013

_.Sir Mark Annesley Norman, 3rd Baronet (Bart, UK, cr 1915), of Wicote Manor, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, died 9 September, 2013. He was 86. Sir Mark was a former High Sheriff of Oxfordshire and a deputy lieutenent for the county. He was born 8 Feb, 1927, son of Air Cdr Sir (Henry) Nigel St Valery Norman, 2nd Baronet, CBE (1897-1943), by his wife the former Patricia Moyra Annesley, scion of the Earls of Annesley. He succeeded to the baronetcy, 19 May, 1943, when his father was killed on active service; married 30 May, 1953, Joanna Camilla, dau of Lt-Col Ian James Kilgour, by his wife the former Aura Camilla Desmond Forestier-Walker, scion of the Forestier-Walker Baronets, by whom he had issue, three children. The baronetcy passes to his elder son, Nigel James, born 5 Feb, 1956. Service at St James, Ramsden, 25 Sept.

Belinda Joan Wake (nee Crossley)

_.Belinda Wake died 2 September, 2013, at Aboyne. She was born Belinda Joan Crossley, daughter of Charles Patrick Crossley, and married {1} Timothy Michael Nicholl; married {2} 1984, Roger Wake (1918-88), scion of the Wake Baronets (Baronet, England, cr 1621). She leaves issue from her 1st marriage. Celebration of her life takes place at Wester Davoch, 5 Oct. -=-

The Baron Hayhoe, PC 1925-2013

_.The Baron Hayhoe, PC, who died 7 September, 2013, aged 88, was a life peer and sometime Conservative MP. Bernard "Barney" John Hayhoe, Baron Hayhoe, was born 8 Aug, 1925. He served as Tory MP for Heston & Isleworth 1970-Feb 1974, and then for Brentford & Isleworth until he retired from the Commons in 1992. He had ministerial responsibility for the Army, 1979-81, the Civil Service Dept (1981), the Civil Service 1981-85, and DHSS, 1985-86, &c. Appointed to the Privy Council, 1985; knighted 1987; and made a life peer after his resignation from Parliament at the 1992 General Election, as Baron Hayhoe, of Isleworth, in the London Borough of Hounslow. -==-

Lady Eloise Anson: cousin of the Queen weds

_. The marriage took place on Saturday 7 Sept, 2013, at St Mary & St Bartholemew Church, Cranborne, Dorset, of 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 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. -=-

Ian Denzil Onslow 1929-2013

_.Ian Denzil Onslow, who died 27 August, 2013, aged 84, was a scion of the Earls of Onslow (Earl, UK, cr 1801). He was born in 1929 a son of Francis Robert Douglas Onslow (1878-1938), by his wife the former Mabel Strachan (d 1974), and was a younger brother of Cranley Onslow, Baron Onslow of Woking, KCMG (life peer) former Tory MP and sometime chairman of the influential 1922 Committee. He married in 1954, Marjorie Domville, by whom he had issue. Funeral at St Nicholas Church, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, 13 September. -=-

Cornwall-Legh/Tennant engagement

_.The engagement was announced 6 September, 2013, between the Hon George Henry Cornwall-Legh (born 1982), 3rd son of Richard Henry Cornwall-Legh, 6th Baron Grey of Codnor (b 14 May, 1936) (Peerage of England created 1397), of High Legh, near Knutsford, Cheshire, by his wife the former Joanna Storm Cayley, 7th dau of Sir Kenelm Cayley, 10th Baronet, & Miss Alison Tennant, daughter of Mr Rodney Tennant, of Middleham, North Yorkshire, and Mrs Tennant. -=-

Alice Mary de Lérisson Cazenove (born 2013)

_.Arabella Mary Cazenove (nee Cox, born 1980), wife of Richard James de Lérisson Cazenove (b 1974) scion of that landed family, gave birth to a daughter, Alice Mary de Lérisson, 10 August, 2013. Richard is the eldest son of Bernard Michael de Lérisson Cazenove (b 1947), by his wife the former Caroline June Moore. Arabella is the dau of Charles R B Cox, by his wife the former Belinda J Sheepshanks (b 1955) scion of that landed family, of Arthington Hall, dau of Charles Edward William Sheepshanks (1911-91, sometime housemaster at Sunningdale School), by his wife the former Mary Scholefield Nickson (novelist as 'Mary Sheepshanks' and 'Mary Nickson') d of Geoffrey Wigley NICKSON (d 1983, sometime housemaster at Eton College), and Janet Mary Dobie(d 1994), and sister of the Baron Nickson (b 1929, cr LP 1994). -=-

Madam McGillycuddy of the Reeks

_.Madam McGillycuddy of the Reeks, who died at Himeville, South Africa, 4 September, 2013, was the wife of the McGillycuddy of the Reeks, an old Etonian Irish chieftain, now living in Natal, South Africa. She was the former Wendy Spencer, daughter of George Spencer, JP, FRS, and married at Winwick, Northamptonshire, 4 Apr, 1964, Donough McGillycuddy (b 17 Dec, 1939). Her husband is a descendant of the old Kings of Munster, was an oarsman at Eton, and later served in the Irish Guards, &c. Madam McGillycuddy is survived by her husband and three children, Piers, Michael and Lavinia. -=-

Guy Thresher Speir (born 2013)

Lara Sophie Speir (b 1979, née Harrap), wife of Harry James Speir, scion of the Speir landed family, gave birth to a son, Guy Thresher, 30 Aug, 2013, a brother for Matilda Mary, who was born 3 March 2008. Harry is the younger son of Mr & Mrs Adrian Speir, of Melsonby, North Yorkshire, & Lara is the younger daughter of Mr Simon Richard Harrap (b. 1941) of Bentley, Hampshire, by his wife, the Hon. Diana Akers-Douglas, sister of the 4th Viscount Chilston. Lara Harrap's paternal grandfather, Michael Webster Harrap, married 1940, Cynthia Mary Darell (b. 1916), sister of Sir Jeffrey Lionel Darell, 8th Baronet, and granddaughter of Sir Lionel Darell, 5th Baronet. -=-

Lady Leslie, widow of Capt Sir Lindores Leslie, 9th Baronet

_.Lady Leslie, who died 30 August, 2013, was the widow of Capt Sir (Henry John) Lindores Leslie, 9th Baronet (Bt, NS, 1625). Her home for many years was at Otten Hall, Belchamp Otten, Sudbury, Suffolk. She was the former Colette Kathleen Cregan, daughter of Dr George Theodore Cregan, MC, Croix de Guerre, of Sloane St, SW1, and married Sir Lindores Leslie in 1950. There was a daughter of the marriage, Elizabeth, wife of Sir Richard Hyde Parker, 12th Bt, of Melford Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk. Since her husband's demise, 21 June, 1967, the baronetcy has been dormant. Funeral at St Ethelbert & All Saints' Church, Belchamp Otten, 10 Sept. -=-

Hugh Bernard Edward van Cutsem 1941-2013

_. Hugh Bernard Edward van Cutsem, who died 2 September, 2013, aged 72, was a conservationist, countryman, horse-breeder and confidant of the Prince of Wales. He was born 21 July, 1941, son of Bernard Richard van Cutsem (1916-1976), scion of a landed gentry family, by his wife the former Mary Compton (b 1919), descended from the Marquesses of Northampton; educated at Ampleforth; career:-->served in the Life Guards, investment manager with Hambro's; for some years he had the lease on Anmer Hall, on the Queen's Sandringham estate &c. Married 1971, Jonkvrouve Emilie Elise Christine van Ufford, by whom he had four sons, (i) Edward (b 1973), godson of the Prince of Wales, married to Lady Tamara Grosvenor, dau of the Duke of Westminster; (ii) Hugh (born 1974), married to Rose Astor; (iii) Nicholas (b 1977), married to Alice Hadden-Paton; (iv) William (b 1979), married to Rosie Ruck Keene. -=-

Cash/Cathcart engagement

The engagement was announced 3 September, 2013, between William R.P. Cash, son of Mr William Nigel Paul (Bill) Cash, MP, (b 10 May, 1940), of Upton Cressett, Shropshire, by his wife the former Bridget Mary Lee, & the Lady Laura Rosemary Cathcart (born 11 June, 1984), only daughter of Charles Alan Andrew Cathcart, 7th Earl Cathcart (b 30 Nov, 1952) (Peerage of the UK, cr 1814), of Gateley, Norfolk, and the Countess Cathcart (the former Vivien Clare Skinner). -=-

Kenilworth/Barchard marriage

.The marriage has taken place at St Nicholas Church, near Kenilworth Castle, between John Randle Siddeley, 4th Baron Kenilworth (Peerage of the UK, cr 1937) (born 16 June, 1954), son of the late 3rd Baron Kenilworth (1924-81), by his wife the former Jacqueline Paulette Gelpi (1926-2023), & Catherine Barchard (b Canada, circa 1976). It is Lord Kenilworth's third marriage. His bride, from Montreal, works for the charity, One Drop). Lord Kenilworth's son and heir, the Hon William Siddeley (b 24 Jan 1992), was best man. 

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Richardson/Hamilton-Smith engagement

_.The engagement was announced 3 September, 2013, between Mr Thomas D. Richardson, son of Mr & Mrs Adrian Richardson, of Pembrokeshire, and the Hon Kirsten Antonia Hamilton-Smith (b 17 January, 1981), daughter of the 3rd Baron Colwyn, CBE (b 1 Jan, 1942) (Peerage of the UK, cr 1917), of Berkshire, by his second wife, the former Nicola Jean Tyers. -=-

Sir David Paradine Frost, OBE 1939-2013

Sir David Paradine Frost, OBE, English journalist, comedian, writer, media personality and daytime TV game show host, died 31 August, 2013. He was 74. David Frost was born at Tenterden, Kent, 7 Apr, 1939, son of the Rev. W.J. Paradine Frost, by his wife Mona; educated Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; married 1981 (div 1982) actress Lynne Frederick (1954-94), widow of the actor Peter Sellers; married 2ndly, 19 March, 1983, the Lady Carina Mary Gabriel Fitzalan Howard (b 20 Feb, 1952), second daughter of the 17th Duke of Norfolk, KG, by whom he had three sons, Miles, Wilfred and George. -=-

Isobel Mary Rothwell Dunnington-Jefferson (born 2013)

_. Joanna Dunnington-Jefferson (nee Lee), wife of John Alexander Dunnington-Jefferson (born 1980), scion of the Dunnington-Jefferson Baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1958), gave birth to a daughter, Isobel Mary Rothwell, 1 Aug, 2013. John is the son and heir of Sir Mervyn Stewart Dunnington-Jefferson, 2nd Baronet (b 5 Aug 1943), of Wandworth, London, by his wife the former Caroline Anna Bayley, and Joanna is the daughter of Mr & Mrs James Lee, of Normanton, Nottinghamshire. -==-

Emily Rosalind Lowry Conolly-Carew (born 2013)

_. Sarah F. Maitland-Carew (nee Ball) wife of Edward Ian Conolly Maitland-Carew (b 1976), scion of the Barons Carew (Cr Ire, 1834), gave birth to a daughter, Emily Rosalind Lowry, 20 August, 2013. Edward is the elder son of the Hon Gerald Maitland-Carew, of Thirlestane Castle, Lauder, Berwickshire, by his wife the former Rosalind Averil Speke, and Sarah is the elder daughter of Colonel and Mrs Michael Ball, of Wootton, Kent. -==-

Hon Susan Elizabeth Foster 1935-2013

_.The Hon Susan Elizabeth Foster (nee Bridgeman), who died 26 August, 2013, aged 77, served as 'Lady in Waiting' to Lady May Abel Smith, wife of the Governor of Queensland 1958-60, and was a scion of the Viscounts Bridgeman (Peerage of the UK,, cr 1929). She was born 19 Oct, 1935, second daughter of Robert Clive Bridgeman, 2nd Viscount Bridgeman, KBE (1896-1982), by his wife the former Hon Mary Kathleen Lane Fox, dau of the 1st & last Baron Bingley; married 1 Aug, 1962, David Kenneth Dudley Foster, by whom she had issue, three sons. Lady May Abel Smith, was wife of Sir Henry Abel Smith, and a daughter of the Earl of Athlone, brother of Queen Mary, and a 1st cousin of King George VI, &c. Funeral at St Peter's RC Church, Ludlow, Shropshire, Friday 6 Sept.

Luke Edward Charlton (b 2013)

The Hon Edwina Laura Marguerite Charlton (nee Palmer), born 1982, scion of the Barons Palmer (Baron, UK, 1933), wife of Andrew Charlton, and daughter of the 4th Baron Palmer (b 8 Oct 1951), of Manderston, Duns, Berwickshire, has given birth to a son, Luke Edward, born in Singapore. Andrew Charlton is a friend of the Duke of Cambridge ~both were at prep school at Ludgrove. -=-

Rosemary Tyser (nee Scrope) 1947-2013

_.Rosemary Tyser (nee Scrope), who died 26 August, 2013, aged 66, was a scion of the Scrope dynasty, of Danby, co York, which can claim 5 Garter Knights, 2 bishops, one archbishop of York, a Lord Chancellor, 4 High Treasurers, and 2 Chief Justices, and the baronies of Scrope of Bolton and Scrope of Masham, &c. She was born 10 July, 1947, second of three daughters of Lt-Col Conyers Stephen Scrope, MC, by his wife the former Lady Mary Egerton, 3rd daughter of the 4th Earl of Ellesmere, MVO, and sister of the 6th Duke of Sutherland. She married 1976, Robert Patrick Tyser (born 1926 ~ died 17 Dec, 2006, aged 80), son of Walter Parkyns Tyser, of Gordonbush, Brora, co Sutherland, by his wife the former Jessie Quill. The funeral is at St Mary's Church, Kelso, Tues 3 September, 2013. -=-

Vernon/Crutchley engagement

_.The engagement was announced 29 Aug, 2013, between Charles E.A.P. Vernon, son of Mr Peter Vernon and Mrs Prue Vernon, of Gloucestershire, & Daisy Alice Crutchley (born 1986), daughter of the late Lieutenant Commander William Victor Percy Crutchley, RN (who d 2007), descended from the FitzRoy Barons Southampton (Baron, GB, 1780), by his wife the former Hon Penelope Anne O'Neill (b 1947), scion of the Barons O'Neill (Baron, UK, 1868), daughter of the Rt Hon Terence Marne O'Neill (1914-90), created a life peer as Baron O'Neill of the Maine, 1970. -=-

Lieutenant-Colonel John Drogo Montagu 1916-2013

_.Lieutenant-Col. John Drogo Montagu, of Freshwater, Isle of Wight, who died 18 August, 2013, aged 97, was a scion of the Dukes of Manchester (Duke, GB, cr 1719). He was born in 1916, son of John William Montagu (1877-1954), by his wife the former Violet Irene Shuter (who died 1970), and was educated at Exeter School, and RMC Sandhurst; Lt-Col, 2nd Punjab Regiment, Indian Army, served in the Far East 1939-45 (despatches); married 1952, Dorothy Boreham Chuter (died 1990), dau of C.E. Chuter, of Brisbane, Australia, by whom he had issue, Sally, Michael, Nigel, Richard and Felicity. The funeral takes place at All Saints' Church, Freshwater, 2 September, 2013. -=-

Davis/Lethbridge engagement

_.The engagement was announced 28 Aug, 2013, between Mr Gavin H. Davis, eldest son of Mr & Mrs Keith Davis, of Melbourne, Australia, & Rachael Elizabeth Mary Lethbridge (b 1986), youngest daughter of Sir Thomas Pelham Hector Noel Lethbridge, 7th Baronet (b 17 Jul, 1950) (Baronet, UK, cr 1804), of Newmarket, Suffolk, by his former wife, Susan Lady Lethbridge of Milverton, Somerset (nee Susan Elizabeth Rocke, dau of Lyle Rocke, of Maryland, USA), &c. -=-

Wilfred Douglas William Cable-Alexander (b 2013)

_. Claire Cable-Alexander (nee Whiteside), wife of Fergus William Antony Cable-Alexander (b 18 June, 1981), scion of the Cable-Alexander Baronets, gave birth to a son, Wilfred Douglas William, 22 Aug, 2013. Fergus is the son and heir of Sir Patrick Cable-Alexander, 8th Baronet (Bart, UK, cr 1809), b 19 Apr 1936, by his 2nd wife the former Jane Mary Lewis, and is a half-brother of Melanie Cable-Alexander who has a son by the 1st Earl of Snowdon, GCVO, &c. -=-

John Robert Maclean, DL 1951-2013

_.John Robert Maclean, DL, of Westfield House, Spynie, Elgin, Morayshire, who died 22 August, 2013, aged 62, was head of the landed gentry family of Maclean of Westfield, a cadet of the Macleans of Dochgarroch. He married in 1979, Veronica Mary (born 1954) dau of Evelyn Charles Lacy Hulbert-Powell (1914-85) by his wife the former Hon Philippa Catherine St Aubyn (b 1922) daughter of the 3rd Baron St Levan. He is survived by his wife and a son, Hugh Charles b 1984, who succeeds him as head of the family, and 2 daughters, Charlotte and Anastasia. -=-

Jacobi Hugh Macdonald-Buchanan (b 2013)

__.Poppy Augusta Macdonald-Buchanan (nee Fraser, born 1979), scion of the Lords Lovat, and wife of (Charles) Alexander Macdonald-Buchanan (b 1970), gave birth to a son, Jacobi Hugh, 20 Aug, 2013, abrother for Constance, Lorcan & Bertie. Alexander Macdonald-Buchanan is the fourth son of Mr Alexander James Macdonald-Buchanan, of The Tower House, Eccles, Berwickshire, and Mrs Elizabeth Macdonald-Buchanan (b 1939, nee Vivian Smith, scion of the Barons Bicester), of London SW3, & Poppy is a dau of the late Hon Hugh Alastair Joseph Fraser, by his wife the former Drusilla Montgomerie. Charles Alexander Macdonald-Buchanan is descended from the 1st (and last) Baron Woolavington. -==-

Oliver Birchall (b 2013)

Joanna Birchall (b 1973, née Douglas-Home), wife of Nicholas P. Birchall, and scion of the Earls of Home, gave birth to a son, Oliver,20 Aug 2013, a brother for William and James. Nicholas Birchall is the son of Mr and Mrs Julian Birchall, of Drumelzier, Peeblesshire, Scotland, and Joanna is the elder daughter of Mr Simon Douglas-Home, [b. 1947], of London, and Mrs Douglas-Home, & a granddaughter of the Hon. Edward Charles Douglas-Home, [b. 1920], & great-granddaughter of the 13th Earl of Home, KT, TD, [1873-1951], &c. -=-

Kate's university friend bags scion of Scottish landed gentry

_.The engagement was announced in July, 2013, between Mr George F. Wallace, scion of the landed family of Wallace of Candacraig, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, elder son of Mr Falconer Alexander Wallace (b 3 Mar, 1949), of Monks Eleigh, Suffolk, by his wife Laura, OStJ, & Miss Olivia Jane Bleasdale (born 1983), younger daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Jeremy Bleasdale, of Huttons Ambo, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Juliet Tudor. Miss Bleasdale is a close friend of the Duchess of Cambridge ~ from their university days. George Wallace is a distant cousin of the Duke of Cambridge. -=-

Arbuthnot-Leslie/Whittington engagement

_.The engagement was announced 24 Aug, 2013, between William Anthony Arbuthnot-Leslie (born 1982), elder son of Sebastian Anthony Arbuthnot-Leslie (born 1954, formerly Stainton), head of the landed family of the landed family of Leslie, of Warthill, Aberdeenshire, by his wife the former Candida Mary Sybil Weld (b 1956), scion of that landed family of Chideock, descended from the Earls of Verulam & Sarah Alexandra Whittington (b 1983), daughter of Mr Peter A. Whittington (b 1955), of Stuton, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Penelope A. Wilson. William's sister is the actress Rose Leslie, who played Ygritte in the TV series "Game of Thrones". -=-

Tomalin/Simmonds engagement

_.The engagement was announced 24 August, 2013, between Oliver J.M. Tomalin, only son of Mr & Mrs Michael Tomalin, of Highclere, Hampshire, & Rose Simmonds (born 1987), third daughter of Mr John Edward Simmonds, of Great Pednor, Buckinghamshire, by his wife the former Lady Caroline Knox (b 11 Dec 1948) only child of Thomas Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly, KCMG (d. 1988) (Earl, UK, cr 1831), by his wife the former Hermione Llewellyn, OBE. -=-

Lucas/Severn (nee Hanbury) engagement

_.The engagement was announced 24 Aug, 2013, between Mr William Lucas and Mrs Zahra Patricia Anne Severn (nee Hanbury, b 10 Apr, 1971), scion of that landed family, eldest daughter of Maj. Christopher Osgood Philip Hanbury (b 16 Feb, 1944), by his wife the former Bridget Anne Birch (b 1949). The marriage is to take place in the autumn. Zahra married 1stly, 1994, Mr Ross J. Severn (b 13 Apr, 1965), by whom she has issue. -=-

Maxey/Beaumont engagement

_.The engagement was announced 22 Aug, 2013, between Richard William Macfarlane Maxey (born February, 1978), youngest son of Philip Ernest Macfarlane Maxey (born 1947), of Longmeadow, Hertfordshire, by his wife the former Victoria I. Walduck (born circa 1950), & the Hon Alice Theresa Beaumont (born 1983), second daughter of the 4th Viscount Allendale (b 13 Nov, 1948) (Peerage of the UK, cr 1911), of Bywell Castle, Stocksfield-on-Tyne, Northumberland, by his wife the former Theresa Mary Magdalene More O'Ferrall. 

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Wilfred Kit Diggory Coode (b 2013)

_.Clare K. Coode (née Smales) wife of Edward R (Ed) Coode (b. 19 June, 1975), the Gold Medal winning Olympic oarsman, gave birth to a son, Wilfred Kit Diggory, 22 July, 2013, a brother for Beatrice Mary, who was b 11 Feb 2007, and for Ottilie Mary, b 16 Mar, 2009, and Jonathan Peter who was b 21 Dec, 2011. Ed Coode is the son of Jonathan Arundell Coode (b. 1938), scion of the Coode LG family formerly of Polapit Tamar, and descended from the Neave baronets, and Mrs Coode, of Lanhydrock, Cornwall, and Clare is the daughter of Mr Peter Smales, of Fontmell Parva, Dorset, and Mrs Mary-Joyce Smales, of Lymington, Hampshire. --==--

Allegra Annabel Astor (b 2013)

.Lohralee Astor (nee Stutz) wife of the Hon William Waldorf Astor (b 19 Jan 1979) , gave birth to a daughter, Allegra Annabel, 14 Aug, 2013, a sister for William Waldorf, who was b 4 May, 2012. The Hon William Astor is the elder son of the 4th Viscount Astor (b 27 Dec 1951), by his wife, the former Annabel Lucy Victoria Jones (descended from the Barons Clifford of Chudleigh), and Lohralee is a daughter of Mrs Lee Villas and Mr Serge-Alian Stutz. --=--

Kenyon-Slaney: twin boys

_. Christina Kenyon-Slaney (nee Macmillan), wife of Rupert David Kenyon-Slaney (b 1975), scion of the Barons Kenyon, gave birth to twin sons, Robert Duncan Thomas, and Orlando William Percy, 14 August, 2013. Rupert David is the son of Robert (Robin) Ivan KENYON-SLANEY (1926-84), scion of the barons KENYON and, through his mother, gs of the 3rd Duke of ABERCORN) by his wife Meriel Rose Afia, LVO (b 1940, now Mrs Peter Afia, of Hatton, Shropshire), dau of Capt Joseph Gurney Fowell BUXTON, scion of the Baronets of that name & Extra Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Alexandra the Hon Lady Ogilvy). Christina is a daughter of Professor and Mrs Duncan Macmillan, of Edinburgh. -=-

Angus John Mercer Nairne (b 2013)

_.Melissa . Mercer Nairne (née Wakeley), wife of Joseph Douglas (Joe) Mercer Nairne (b. 1980), scion of the Marquesses of Lansdowne, gave birth to a son, Angus John, 8 August, 2013, a brother for Fergus Grey, who was b 26 Sept, 2009, and for Florence Daisy, who was b 17 Apr, 2011. Joseph Mercer Nairne is the yr son of Lord Robert Mercer Nairne (b. 1947), by his wife, the former Jane Elizabeth Gordon, scion of the Marquesses of Huntly, & Melissa is the yr daughter of Mr & Mrs Timothy Wakeley. --==--

Dowager Viscountess Waverley, widow of 2nd Viscount

_. The Dowager Viscountess Waverley, who died 12 August, 2013, aged 88, was the widow of David Aslastair Pearson Anderson, 2nd Viscount Waverley 1911-90 (Peerage of the UK, cr 1952). She was the former Lorna Myrtle Ann Ledgerwood, daughter of Lt-Col Frederick Hill Ledgerwood, and Mrs Alfred John Home Ross, and married the then Hon David Anderson, 13 Nov, 1948. Her husband succeeded, to the viscountcy on the demise of his father, 4 Jan 1958, the 1st Viscount, who, as John Anderson, served in the wartime government of Winston Churchill successively as Lord Privy Seal, Home Secretary and Minister for Home Security {after whom is named the Anderson Shelter}, Lord President of the Council and Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was created a peer in 1952. Lady Waverley leaves a son, John, the 3rd viscount, and two daughters, Ida and Patricia. -=-

Mougouch Fielding 1921-2013

. Mougouch Fielding, who died 2 June, 2013, aged 92, was the former debutate who became the wife and muse of the Armenian-born artist, Arshile Gorky. She was born Agnes Magruder, 1 June, 1921, at Boston, Mass, daughter of Admiral John H. Magruder, of the US Navy, and married firstly, Arshile Gorky (1904-48), by whom she had 2 daughters; married secondly, in 1949 (div 1959), the Bostonian painter Jack Phillips, by whom she had 2 more daughters; married thirdly, 1978, Maj Alexander Wallace (Xan) Fielding, DSO (1918-91), the British author, translator, journalist, soldier, traveller, former husband of the Hon Daphne Vivian (scion of the Barons Vivian, cr UK 1841), son of Alexander Lumsden Wallace. -=-

Colonel Julian Patrick Fane, MC 1921-2013

_.Colonel Julian Patrick Fane, MC, late the Life Guards & the 12th Royal Lancers, who died 11 Aug, 2013, aged 92, was awarded the Military Cross for his part in the evacuation of Dunkirk. He was born 17 Feb 1921, son of Col Cecil Fane, CMG, DSO, and married 1stly 27 April, 1949, the Lady Ann Mary Lowther (b 30 April, 1927; died as the result of a motor accident in Germany, 23 Aug 1956), sister of the 7th Earl of Lonsdale; married 2ndly, in 1959, Diana Hill. From his 1st marriage he leaves two children, Diana and Anthony, and from the second marriage, two children, Alexandra and Andrew. The funeral is at St Mary's Church, Kintbury, Berkshire, 23 August, 2013. -=-

Lord Northbrook to wed

_.The engagement has been announced between Francis Thomas Baring, 6th Baron Northbrook (and 8th baronet) (b 21 Feb, 1954), son of the late 5th Baron Northbrook (1915-90), by his wife the former Rowena Margaret Manning, and Mrs Charlotte Pike. (more details to follow) -=-

The Baron Chitnis 1936-2013

_.The Baron Chitnis, Liberal party organiser, Head of the Liberal Party Organisation, 1966-69, and life peer, died 12 July, 2013. He was born Pratap Chidamber Chitnis, in London, 1st May, 1936. Married Anne Brand, 1964, created a life Baron inn 1977 as Baron Chitnis, of Rydedale in the County of North Yorkshire. -=-

Maj. Nigel Donald Peter Chamberlayne-Macdonald, CVO, OBE 1927-2013

_.Maj. Nigel Donald Peter Chamberlayne-Macdonald, CVO, OBE (formerly Macdonald of the Isles), who died 15 Aug, 2013, aged 86, was a scion of the Bosville Macdonald Baronets (Bt, NS, 1625) and was owner of one of Scotland's biggest and famous estates, the 80 square mile Knoydart estate. He was born in 1927, a yr son of Sir (Alexander) Somerled Angus Bosville Macdonald of Sleat, 16th Baronet. He assumed the additional surname of Chamberlayne in 1958 on his marriage to Penelope Mary Alexandra, daughter of Tankerville Chamberlayne, of Cranbury Park, Winchester. Maj Chamberlayne-Macdonald, of the Scots Guards, served as equerry and assistant private sec to the late Duke of Gloucester, was a Gentleman Usher to the Queen from 1979, High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1974, and a DL for Hants from 1975. From his marriage he leaves 4 children, Alexander, Diana (Countess of Lindsay), Frances and Tom. The funeral is at St Matthew's Church, Otterbourne, near Winchester, 21 Aug, 2013. -==-

Archibald/Cumani engagement

_.The engagement was announced 17 Aug, 2013, between Mr Robert Archibald, eldest son of Mr & Mrs James Archibald, of Scone, New South Wales, & Francesca Deepsea Cumani (born 1983), daughter of Mr Luca Matteo Cumani (b 7 Apr, 1949), the racehorse trainer, of Newmarket, by his wife the former Sara Doon Plunket (b 1957), scion of the Barons Plunket (Baron UK, 1827). -=-

Albert Andrew Lindsay (born 2013)

_.The Lady Amy Jane Lindsay (nee Gordon, b 1975), wife of Andrew James Ronald Lindsay, MBE (B 1977), gave birth to a son, Albert Andrew, 8 Aug, 2013, a brother for Geordie, Hector and Wilfred. Lady Amy is a daughter of the 13th Marquess of Huntly (b 4 Feb 1944) (Marquess, Scot, 1599), of Aboyne Castle, Aberdeenshire, by his 1st wife, the former Jane Elizabeth Angela Gibb, descended from the Viscounts Cowdray (Peerage, UK, 1917), &c. Andrew Lindsay is a son of Lt-Col and Mrs Stephen Lindsay.

Guest/Garton engagement

__.The engagement was announced 17 Aug, 2013, between Robert O.G. Guest, son of Mr & Mrs Charles Guest, of Edinburgh, & (Annabel) Rose Maria Francesca Garton (born 1984), daughter of Mr (Anthony) Juan Garton, of St Anne's, Alderney, by his wife the former Hon Annabel Jocelyne Hudson (born 1952), daughter of the 2nd (and last) Viscount Hudson (extinct 1963). -=-

Isabelle Beatrice Mary Penn (born 2013)

_. Francesca Penn (nee Boys), wife of Rory D.A. Penn (b 1980), descended from the Earls of Strathmore & Kinghorne, and a cousin of the Queen, gave birth to a daughter, Isabelle Beatrice Mary, 8 Aug, 2013, a sister for Eliza. Rory Penn is a son of Christopher Arthur Penn (b 1950), of Burnham Market, Norfolk, by his wife the former Sabrina Mary Colman (b 4 Feb 1955), & Francesca is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Boys, of Fulham, London. Rory Penn is a grandson maternally of Sir Timothy Colman, KG (b 19 Sept 1929) by his wife the former Lady Mary Cecilia Bowes Lyon (b 30 Jan 1932), Lady in Waiting to HRH Princess Alexandra, & a 1st cousin of HM Queen Elizabeth II. Rory's paternal grandfather was Lt-Col Sir Eric Penn, GCVO, a senior member of the Royal Household, who in turn was a nephew of Sir Arthur Penn, GCVO, stalwart of the court of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, &c. -=-

Order of Succession to the Throne, Aug 2013

THE LINE OF SUCCESSION Line of Succession as at Aug 2013 SOVEREIGN 1. The Prince of Wales 2. The Duke of Cambridge 3. Prince George of Cambridge 4. Prince Henry of Wales 5. The Duke of York 6. Princess Beatrice of York 7. Princess Eugenie of York 8. The Earl of Wessex 9. Viscount Severn 10. The Lady Louise Windsor 11. The Princess Royal 12. Mr. Peter Phillips 13. Miss Savannah Phillips 14. Miss Isla Phillips 15. Mrs. Michael Tindall 16. Viscount Linley 17. The Hon. Charles Armstrong-Jones 18. The Hon. Margarita Armstrong-Jones 19 The Lady Sarah Chatto 20. Mr. Samuel Chatto 21. Mr. Arthur Chatto 22. The Duke of Gloucester 23. Earl of Ulster 24. Lord Culloden 25. The Lady Cosima Windsor 26. The Lady Davina Lewis 27. Master Tane Lewis 28. Miss Senna Lewis 29. The Lady Rose Gilman 30. Master Rufus Gilman 31. Miss Lyla Gilman 32. The Duke of Kent 33. The Lady Amelia Windsor 34. Master Albert Windsor 35. Master Leopold Windsor 36. The Lady Helen Taylor 37. Mr. Columbus Taylor 38. Mr. Cassius Taylor 39. Miss Eloise Taylor 40. Miss Estella Taylor 41. The Lord Frederick Windsor 42. Miss Maud Windsor 43. The Lady Gabriella Windsor 44. Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy 45. Mr Alexander Ogilvy 46. Miss Flora Ogilvy 47. Mrs Marina Mowatt 48. Mr. Christian Mowatt 49. Miss Zenouska Mowatt 50. The Earl of Harewood

To Lord and Lady Frederick Windsor: a daughter, Maud

Lady Frederick Windsor, wife of the Queen's cousin, Lord Frederick Michael George David Louis Windsor (born 6 Apr, 1979), has given birth to a daughter, Maud Elizabeth Daphne Marina, in Los Angeles, United States. In a statement Prince and Princess Michael of Kent said: "Lady Frederick Windsor was yesterday safely delivered of a baby girl at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Centre in Los Angeles. The weight of the baby was 7lb. Lord Frederick Windsor was present at the birth. Lord Frederick is a grandson of the late Prince George, Duke of Kent, by his wife Princess Marina of Greece & Denmark. Lady Frederick Windsor is the former Sophie Lara Winkleman (born 5 Aug, 1981), actress, daughter of Mr Barry L.D. Winkleman, by his former wife the former Cynthia J. Black. Miss Windsor is the first male-line descendant of King George V to be born in the United States. The last Maud in the Royal Family was Prince Michael's great-aunt, Princess Maud, daughter of Edward VII, who married King Haakon of Norway. -=-

Hon Marian Cynthia Brudenell 1934-2013

_.The Hon Marian Cynthia Brudenell, who died 10 August, 2013, at Kettering, Northamptonshire, was a daughter of Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne (Peerage of the UK, cr 1964), Lord Chancellor in the governments of Harold Macmillan and Alec Douglas-Home, by his wife the former Lady Mary Lilian Lindsay, daughter of the 27th Earl of Crawford & Balcarres, KT. She was born 26 Nov, 1934, and married 8 Nov, 1955, Edmund Crispin Stephen James George Brudenell (b 24 Oct 1928), scion of the Marquesses of Ailesbury (Marquess, UK, cr 1821), by whom she had 2 sons, Robert and Thomas, and one daughter, Anna. Funeral at St Peter's Church, Deene, Northants on Thursday August 29th 2013. There will be no Memorial Service. -=-

Peter John de Appleby Moore, MC 1921-2013

_.Peter John de Appleby Moore, MC, who died 23 July, 2013, aged 91, won a Military Cross during the liberation of Italy in the Second World War, and was descended from the Barons Byron (Peerage, 1643). The Moore family were Lord of the Manor of Appleby in Leicestershire from 1599, but the estate there had been sold by an uncle before Peter's birth. He was born at Much Wenlock, 16 Dec, 1921; his grandfather, the Rev Charles Thomas Moore, was rector of Appleby from 1877 to 1922, and married Mabel Charlotte Byron, a granddaughter of the 7th Baron Byron (1789-1868). He married in 1957, Cynthia Mason, by whom he had three sons. -=-

Christopher Lewis (Larch) Loyd, MC 1923-2013

_.Christopher Lewis (Larch) Loyd, MC, soldier, landowner and horse racing enthusiast, who died 14 July, 2013, was head of the landed family ~ the Loyds of Lockinge Manor, Wantage, Berkshire ~; born there, 1 June, 1923, son of Arthur Thomas Loyd, OBE, , and educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge; awarded MC (1943); High Sheriff of Berkshire (1961); inherited Lockinge Manor; married 17 Dec, 1957 (div) Joanna Smith-Bingham (b 17 Nov 1936), scion of that landed family, of Mickleton Manor, by whom he had issue, 2 sons,Thomas (b 1959) and James (b 1966), and one daughter, Harriet (b 1962). -=-

Drew/Fergusson engagement

__.The engagement was announced 14 August, 2013, between Felix Hugh Drew (born 1985), son of the late Mr Rodney Drew and Mrs Teresa Drew (nee Miller), & Alice Mary Marama Fergusson (born 1986), scion of the Fergusson of Kilkerran Baronets (Baronet cr NS, 1703), a daughter of {the Hon} George Duncan (Geordie) Fergusson (b 30 Sept, 1955), Governor of Bermuda, of Government House, Bermuda, by his wife the former Margaret Sheila Wookey. Geordie Ferguson, who does not use his courtesy title, is a son of the late life peer the Baron Ballantrae, by his wife a scion of the Grenfell family, &c. -=-

Ferdinand James Mount Dugdale

_. Diana Dugdale (nee Redvers) wife of (Thomas) Joshua Stratford Dugdale (b 1974), scion of the Dugdale Baronets (cr 1936), gave birth to a son, Ferdinand James Mount, 10 July, 2013. Joshua Dugdale is the son of Sir William Stratford Dugdale, CBE, MC, 2nd Baronet (b 1922), of Blyth Hall, Warwickshire, by his 2nd wife the former Cecilia Mary Mount (b 1931), scion of the Mount Baronets (cr 1921) and Diana Dugdale is a daughter of John and Mary Redvers, of Hartpury, Gloucestershire. Joshua Dugdale is a 1st cousin of the Rt Hon David Cameron, MP, Prime Minister. -+-

Hon Gwenllian Philipps, OBE 1916-2013

_.The Hon Gwenllian Philipps, OBE, who died at Boughrood, Llyswen, Brecon, 4 Aug, 2013, was a daughter of the 1st Baron Milford (1974-1962), by his wife the former Ethel Georgina Speke; Unmarried. Appointed OBE (Civil), 1962; former Subaltern, ATS; JP for Radnorshire; County Councillor for Radnorshire 1959-64; High Sheriff of Radnorshire, 1970-71, &c. Funeral Service on Friday 9 August in Llanstephan Church, Boughrood. -=-

Graham/Baynes marriage

_.The marriage took place 3 August, 2013, at St Molio's Church, Shiskine, Isle of Arran, between Lord Calum Ian Graham (b 1958), younger son of the 7th Duke of Montrose (Duke, Scotland, cr 1707) (1907-92), by his 2nd wife, the former Susan Semple, & Mrs Estelle Baynes. Lord Calum is a half~brother of the 8th Duke of Montrose, of Auchmar, Drymen, Glasgow. -=-

Maybanks/Sidney engagement

__.The engagement was announced 9 August, 2013, between Charles Edward Maybanks (b 1981), son of the late Mr John C. Maybanks, by his wife the former Susan N. Burleton, now of Pimlico, London, and the Hon Sophia Mary Jacqueline Sidney (b 25 Feb, 1983), only daughter of Philip John Algernon Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle, MBE (b 21 Apr, 1945), of Penshurst Place, Tonbridge, Kent, by his wife the former Isobel Compton. -=-

Dolly Goldsmith (born 2013)

. _ Alice Miranda Goldsmith (nee Rothschild, born 1983), scion of the Barons Rothschild, wife of Zacharias Frank (Zac) Goldsmith (b 1975), descended from the Marquesses of Londonderry, gave birth to a daughter, Dolly, in circa August, 2013. Zac Goldsmith is the son of the late Sir James Goldsmith by his wife the former Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart (b 1934), and Alice is a daughter of the late Hon Amschel Mayor James Rothschild by his wife the former Anita Patience Guinness, scion of the merchant banking arm of the Guinness dynasty, &c. -=-

Annabel Harriet Hand (born 2013)

__. Georgina Alice Hand (born 1977, nee Bowes-Lyon) wife of Roger Hand, gave birth to a daughter, Annabel Harriet, 1 August, 2013. Roger Hand is the son of Mrs Anthony Hand and the late Mr Anthony Hand, & Georgina, a scion of the Earls of Strathmore & Kinghorne, is the daughter of David James Bowes-Lyon (b. 1947), by his wife, the former (Elizabeth) Harriet Colville (b. 1952), a goddaughter of HM Queen Elizabeth II, and a Lady-in-Waiting to HRH The Princess Royal since 1990, scion of the Viscounts Colville of Culross. -=-

Valentine and Lulu Guinness: divorce

The twenty seven year marriage of the Hon Valentine Guinness and his mercurial handbag designer wife, Lulu has ended in divorce. The Hon Valentine Guy Bryan Guinness (b 9 March, 1959), a younger son of the 3rd Baron Moyne (Peerage of the UK, cr 1932), married in 1986, Lucinda Jane (Lulu) Rivett-Carnac (born 1960) (scion of the Rivett-Carnac Baronets, Bt cr UK, 1836), dau of Cdr Miles Rivett-Carnac, of Martyr Worthy, Winchester, Hants, by his wife the former April Sally Villar. The Guinnesses, who have two daughters, Tara and Madeleine, have lived apart for several years. -=-

Pownall/Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe engagement

__.The engagement has been announced between Alan Pownall (born 30 Dec, 1986), and Miss Gabriella Zanna Vanessa Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (b 1989), scion of the Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe Baronets (Bt, cr UK, 1929), daughter of John Austen Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (b 14 Jul, 1947), by his 2nd wife, the former Vanessa Mary Theresa Hubbard (descended from the Dukes of Norfolk). The bride~to~be is known as Gabriella Wild, model turned actress &c. Gabriella's father's 1st wife, Lady Mary Gaye Curzon, scion of the Earls Howe, is mother of Miss Cressida Bonas, inamorata of HRH Prince Harry of Wales, &c. -=-

Jasper Jock Spurway (b 2013)

_.Clare Hermione Spurway (born 1977, nee Lochore), wife of Guy C. (Santa) Spurway, gave birth to a son, Jasper Jock, 2 August, 2013. Mr Spurway is the son of Mr & Mrs H.Spurway, of Linnhouse, West Lothian, & Clare is the dau of Capt. Hamish John Lochore (b 29 Jul 1943), of Burgie, Moray, (grandson maternally of Sir Robert Weston Brooke, 2nd Baronet, Cr. 1919), by his wife the former Pollyann Elise Hely-Hutrchinson (b 1942), scion of the Earls of Donoughmore. Capt Hamish Lochore, a friend of the Princess Royal and Capt Mark Phillips, stood sponsor at the christening of Peter Phillips at Buckingham Palace, Dec 1977. -=-

Marriage/Buxton engagement

__.The engagement was announced 7 August, 2013, between Rupert Neville .L. Marriage (b 1982), son of Mr Michael J. Marriage, of Ham, Wilts, by his wife the former Clare E. Richardson & Olivia Louise Buxton (born 1986), daughter of Mr (Aubrey) James Francis Buxton (b 1956), of Carlton, Cambridgeshire, by his wife the former Melinda Samuelson. The bride-to-be is a granddaughter of the Baron Buxton of Alsa (Life Peer, cr 1978), a scion of the Buxton Baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1840), &c. -=-

Stoddart/Fox-Pitt marriage

_.The marriage took place at Holy Cross Church, Goodnestone, near Dover, 20 July, 2013, between Sebastian Crawford A. Stoddart (born 1975), son of Mr Alastair Stoddart and Mrs 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. The bride is an old friend of the Duchess of Cambridge and was present at the Royal wedding in April, 2011. -=-

Ava Flora Kynaston Mainwaring (b 2013)

__.Sophie Ruth Flora Mainwaring (b 1976, nee Parry), wife of Giles Kynaston Mainwaring (born 1979), scion of that landed family, gave birth to a daughter, Ava Flora Kynaston, 24 July, 2013. Giles is the son of Robert Kynaston Mainwaring (b 1946) head of that gentry family of Oteley, by his wife (Margaret) Ann dau of Lt-Col J F Franklin, OBE of Penybont Hall, Oswestry, Shropshire Sophie is the daughter of Michael Gordon Croose Parry, by his wife the former Hon Anna Josephine (b 1950, dau of the 2nd Baron Banbury of Southam (1915-81), &c. -=-

Hon (Christian) Avril Curzon 1923-2013

_.The Hon (Christian) Avril Curzon, who died 1 August, 2013, aged 90, was a scion of the Viscounts Scarsdale (Peerage of the UK, cr 1911), of Kedleston Hall, Derby. She was born 24 Apr, 1923, only daughter of the Hon Francis Nathaniel CURZON (1865-1941), by his wife the former (Winifred) Phyllis Combe (1891-1961) d of Capt Christian COMBE, by his wife the former Lady Jane Seymour CONYNGHAM (d 1941), d of 3rd Marquess of CONYNGHAM (1825-82) and Lady Jane St Maur Blanche STANHOPE (d 1907) d of 4th Earl of HARRINGTON, &c. Her brother, Francis John Nathaniel Curzon succeeded to the family honours in 1977, and three years later she was raised to the rank of a viscount's daughter. She was unm. Funeral at All Saints' Church, Kedleston on Friday 9 August 2013. --==--

Dominick Roy Harrod 1941-2013

_.Dominick Roy Harrod, who died 4 Aug, 2013, aged 71, was sometime economics correspondent of the BBC and descended from the ffolkes Baronets (cr 1774). He was born at Oxford 21 Aug 1941, son of Sir (Henry) Roy Forbes Harrod, Knt (1900-78), economist, biographer of Keynes, by his wife the former Wilhelmine (Billa) Cresswell; married 1974, Christina Hobhouse, wby whom he had a son. His mother was a daughter of Capt Francis Joseph Cresswell (killed in action 1914), of Norfolk, by his wife the former Barbara ffolkes, DBE (1923), (b 1884, who married 2ndly, 1918, Gen Sir Edward Peter Strickland, KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, DL, of The Old Hall, Snettisham, Norfolk), daughter of Martin William Browne ffolkes (1849-1901), yr brother of Sir William ffolkes, 3rd Baronet, &c. -=-

Sir Hugh Cavendish Smith-Marriott, 11th Baronet 1925-2013

_.Sir Hugh Cavendish Smith-Marriott, 11th Baronet (Bt, GB, cr 1774), died 19 July, 2013. He was 88. He was born 22 March, 1925, son of Sir Ralph George Cavendish Smith-Marriott, 10th Baronet (1900-87 ) by his 1st wife, the former Phyllis Elizabeth Kemp (d 1932), dau of Richard Kemp, sometime Gov of HM Prison, Bristol. Succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's demise, 1987. Married 1953, Pauline Anne (d 1985), only dau of Frank Fawcett Holt, of Abbotsway, Bristol, by whom he had issue, a daughter, Julie Anne, b 1958. He is succeeded by his brother, Peter Francis, who was b 14 Feb 1927. Memorial Service at Holy Trinity Church, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, 19 Aug. -=-

Lt-Col Peter Orlando Ronald Bridgeman 1933-2013

_.Lt-Col. Peter Orlando Ronald Bridgeman, who died 25 July, 2013, at Fallodon, Northumberland, aged 80, was a scion of the Earls of Bradford (Earl, UK, cr 1815). His home was at Fallodon Hall, near Alnwick. He was born 9 May, 1933, the son of Colonel the Hon Henry George Orlando Bridgeman, DSO, MC (1882-1972), by his wife the former Joan Constable-Maxwell (d 1991), scion of the Lord Herries of Terregles (Lordship, Scotland, 1490). He was educated at Ampleforth. Lieutenant-Col, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (TA); married 1967, Sarajane, dau of Patrick Corbett, by whom he had issue, a son, Mark, and two daughters, Emma and Davina. The funeral takes place at St Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Alnwick, Monday 5 Aug. -=-

Juanita Virginia Sistare Carberry 1925-2013

_.Juanita Virginia Sistare CARBERRY, who died at Clapham, London, 27 July, 2013, from cancer,aged 88, was a daughter of John Evans-Freke (later Carbery) 10th Baron Carbery (1892-1970) (Peerage of Ireland, cr 1715), by his second wife the former Maia Ivy Anderson (d 1928), daughter of Alfred Anderson, of Nairobi, Kenya. Miss Carberry (who did not use her courtesy title) was twice married, and childless. According to the Daily Mail there will be no funeral. In the days before her demise she was visited by the German anatomist Gunther von Hagens ~ the much criticised so-called Dr Death who exhibits human corpses. -=-

Cayzer/Boynton engagement

__.The engagement has been announced between the Hon Herbert Robin (Bertie) Cayzer (b 10 Jul 1989), son and heir of (Herbert) Robin Cayzer, 3rd Baron Rotherwick (Peerage of the UK, cr 1939), of Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Oxfordshire, by his former wife the former Sara Jane McAlpine (scion of the McAlpine Bts): & Miss Allison Boynton (b Massachusetts, USA). -=-

Maj. Peter Edward Gerald Balfour 1921-2013

_.Maj. Peter Edward Gerald Balfour, late Scots Guards, who died 19 July, 2013, aged 92, was a scion of the landed family of Balfour of Balbirnie. He was born 8 July 1921, son of Col Edward William Sturgis BALFOUR CVO DSO OBE MC JP DL (1884-1955), 9th of Balbirnie, Fife, of that Scots gentry family, and Lady Ruth BALFOUR CBE (d 1967) d of 2nd Earl of BALFOUR PC (1853-1945), a cadet branch of this family, and Lady Elizabeth Edith LYTTON (1867-1942) d of 1st Earl of LYTTON GCB GCSI CIE PC (1831-1891). He married 1stly 1948 (div 1967) Lady Griselda Davina Roberta OGILVY (1924-1977) d of 7th Earl of AIRLIE KT GCVO MC (1893-1968) and had 2 sons and a dau. He married 2ndly, 1968 Diana Rosemary (b 1936 reg Q4 Essex) d of Charles George Gordon WAINMAN (1907-88) and Patience Violet (1911-2002, d of Maj Joshua Lister INGHAM JP (1874-1963), sometime head of that gentry family formerly of Blake Hall, and his former wife Violet Warburton WARBURTON-LEE (1888-1960, later Mrs Christopher Leyland, the gentry family formerly of Haggerston), scion of that gentry family of Broad Oak), and had a further son and dau. Funeral at Humble Kirk on Saturday 27 July, 2013. -=-

Philip Neil Erskine 1933-2013

_.Philip Neil Erskine, who died in South Africa, 23 July, 2013, aged 79, was a scion of the Earls of Buchan (Earl, Peerage of Scotland, cr 1469). He was a son of Gen Sir George Watkin Eben James ERSKINE GCB KBE DSO (1899-1965), scion of the earls of BUCHAN and Ruby (1904-74) d of Capt Sir Evelyn Andros DE LA RUE JP 2nd Bt (1879-1950). He married in 1960 his 1st cousin Alice Fiona (b 1941) d of Maj Edward Copleston RADCLIFFE (1898-1967), scion of that gentry family formerly of Warleigh, and Mona Ruth DE LA RUE (d 1974, d of Sir Evelyn de la Rue 2nd Bt aforementioned), and had 2 sons and a dau. He was briefly (1962-64) equerry to HRH The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester. -=-

Weld-Forester/Cumming engagement

_.The engagement was announced 27 July, 2013, between Alfred Charles Weld-Forester (born 1983), scion of the Barons Forester (Peerage of the Uk, CR 1821), second son of Anthony Edward Weld-Forester (b 1954), by his wife the former Joanna Mary Whiteley, & Julia, daughter of Mr & Mrs David Cumming. -=-

Susan Molesworth 1931-2013

_.Susan Molesworth (nee Fenn), who died 21 July, 2013, at Yeovil, was born in Cheshire in 1931, the daughter of Prof Harold Robert Backwell Fenn (1894-1974), by his wife the former Margaret Winter, and married in 1969, the Rev Canon Anthony Edward Nassau MOLESWORTH (b 1923), scion of the viscounts MOLESWORTH, and had a son and a dau. HRH The Countess of WESSEX is Canon Molesworth's 3rd cousin once removed (through their mutual descent from the Rev John Edward Nassau MOLESWORTH DD (1790-1877) gt gs of 1st Viscount). The funeral takes place at St Peter's Stourton Caundle, 31 July. -==-

Spearman/Orleans-Braganza engagement

_.The engagement was announced 26 July, 2013, between (Alexander) James Spearman (born 27 March, 1984), scion of the Spearman Baronets (Bt, cr 1840), son of Mr Lochain Alexander (Lochie) Spearman (b 9 Apr, 1952), of Perthshire, by his wife the former Pilin Garrigues, & HRH Princess Amélia Maria de Fátima Josefa Antonia Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga of Orleans Braganza (b Brussels, 15 March, 1984), eldest dau of HRH Prince Antônio João Maria José Rasso Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga of Orleans-Braganza (b Rio, 25 Jun, 1950), of Rio de Janeiro, by his wife the Princess Christine de Ligne (b 11 Aug 1955). Princess Amélia is descended from the Royal House of Brazil (descended from the Royal House of Portugal), &c. -=-

Knight/Boyle engagement

__.The engagement was announced 25 July, 2013, between Christopher T. Knight, son of Mr & Mrs William Knight, of Holland Park, London, & the Lady Davina Claire Theresa Boyle (b 1978), twin daughter of John Richard Boyle, 15th Earl of Cork (b 3 Nov, 1945), (Earl, Peerage of Ireland, 1620), of Lickfold House, Petworth, West Sussex, by his wife the former Hon Rebecca Noble, dau of the Baron Glenkinglas (life peer), scion of the Noble Baronets, &c. --=--

Turner/Cayzer engagement

__.The engagement was announced 25 July, 2013, between Frederick J.M. Turner, elder son of Mr & Mrs Michael Turner, of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, and the Hon Harriette Jane Cayzer (born 1986), only daughter of (Herbert) Robin Cayzer, 3rd Baron Rotherwick (b 12 Mar 1954), of Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire, by his former wife the former Sara Jane McAlpine (scion of the McAlpine Bts), of Chilston, Oxfordshire. -=-

+ James Robert More-Molyneux, OBE, DL

.James Robert More-Molyneux, OBE, DL, who died 19 July, 2013, was head of the landed family, of Loseley Park, near Guildford. Mr More-Molyneux, who served as a deputy lieutenant for Surrey, married 1948, Susan Bellinger, by whom he had issue, Michael More-Molyneux, now of Loseley Park. A Thanksgiving Service takes place at Guildford Cathedral, 17 September, 2013.

Bea Florence Crofton-Atkins (b 2013)

_.Katherine Crofton-Atkins (nee Inglefield descended from the Thompson Bts), wife of Charles Crofton-Atkins, scion of that landed family, gave birth to a daughter, Bea Florence, in Hong Kong, 18 July, 2013. Sister for Cleo. -=-

Hon Victor Anthony Ralph Brabazon Vivian 1940-2013

_. The Hon Victor Vivian, who died 10 July, 2013, in the south of France, aged 73, was a scion of the Barons Vivian (Baron UK, cr 1841). He was b 26 Mar, 1940, second son of the 5th Baron Vivian (1906-91) by his wife the former Victoria Oliphant, scion of that landed family. Married 11 Feb 1966, Inger Johanne, dau of Advokat Per Gulliksen, of Norway, by whom he had a son, Thomas and a daughter, Arabella. -=-

Maj. George Edward Villiers 1931-2013

Maj George Edward Villiers, who died 18 July, 2013, aged 81, was a scion of the Earls of Clarendon (Earl, cr 1776). He was born 23 Aug 1931, son of Algernon Edward Villiers by his wife the former Annie Augusta Merewether Massy, and was educated at Wellington and Brasenose Coll, Oxford. He married 25 Aug 1962, Anne Virginia Threlfall, by whom he had issue, 2 sons, Edward and Henry, and one daughter, Theresa. His daughter is the Conservative MP for Chipping Barnet and Northern Ireland Secretary. The funeral is at West London Crematorium, Kensal Green, 1 Aug. -=-

Welby/Bates engagement

The engagement has been announced between Peter Welby (b 1988), son of the Most Rev & Rt Hon Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury (b 6 Jan 1956), by his wife the former Caroline E. Eaton (b 1957), and Miss Jen Bates. 

Welby has a distinguished lineage which includes kinship with Marshal of the RAF Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, who was chief of the Air Staff though most of the Second World War, and he counts the Stuart kings among his ancestors. 

Welby is 12 generations in descent from the Merrie Monarch King Charles II and his French mistress Louise Renee de Penancoet de Keroualle, via their son Charles Lennox, who was created Duke of Richmond.

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Viola Idina Edith Sackville (b 2013)

.__Sophia Georgina M. Sackville (nee Akroyd, b 1984), wife of the Hon Edward Geoffrey Richard Sackville (b 6 Dec, 1980), scion of the Earls De La Warr (Earl GB, 1761), gave birth to a daughter Viola Idina Edith, in July, 2013. Edward is the 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 is a 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. -=-

The 7th Marquess of Anglesey 1922-2013

_.The 7th Marquess of Anglesey, of Plas-Newydd, Llanfairpwll, Anglesey, Gwynedd, died 13 July, 2013, aged 90. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Gwynedd from 1983 to 1989. George Charles Henry Victor Paget was born 8 Oct, 1922, son of the 6th Marquess (1885-1947), by his wife the former Lady Victoria Manners (d 3 Nov, 1946), daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland, and succeeded to the family honours on his father's death, 21 Feb 1947. Lord Anglesey was 7th Marquess in the Peerage of the UK (cr 1814), and Earl of Uxbridge, Baron Paget, of Beaudesert, and 10th Baronet, &c. He married 16 Oct, 1948, (Elizabeth) Shirley Vaughan Morgan, DBE, sometime chairman of the Broadcasting Complaints Commission, a kinswoman of the Duchess of Kent, daughter of Charles Langbridge Morgan, by whom he had issue, two sons and three daughters. The elder son, Charles Alexander Vaughan Paget, syled Earl of Uxbridge, who was born 13 Nov, 1950, now succeeds to the peerages and baronetcy. Private family cremation, followed by a private service at St Edwen's Church Llanedwen. A public Memorial Service will be held in Bangor Cathedral at a later date. -=-

29th Baron Dunboyne 1951-2013

_.The 29th Baron Dunboyne died 11 July, 2013. He was 61. John FitzWalter Butler was born 31 July, 1951, son of the 28th peer by his wife the former Anne Maria Mallet, and succeeded his father, 19 May, 2004, as 29th feudal baron (19th Baron by Letters Patent, cr 11 Jun 1541). He married 1975, (Diana) Caroline Williams, daughter of Sir Michael Williams, KCMG, by whom he had issue, a son, Richard Pierce Theobald, and three daughters, Genevieve, Imogen and Cleone. He is succeeded in the title by his son, who was born 5 July, 1983. Funeral Service at St. Denys' Church, Rotherfield on 25 July, 2013. -=-

George Nicholas Stuart Wallace (b 2013)

__.The Hon Camilla Harriet Wallace (nee Vivian), b 1976, wife of William S. Wallace, & scion of the Barons Vivian (Baron UK, cr 1841), gave birth to a son, George Nicholas Stuart, 7 June, 2013, a brother for Agatha. William is the elder son of Mr and Mrs Ian Wallace, of Winterslow, Wiltshire, and Camilla is the younger daughter of the late Brigadier the 6th Baron Vivian (b 11 Dec 1935; d 28 Feb 2004) by his 2nd wife, the former Carol Martineau. -=-

Grimthorpe/Benyon (nee Villiers) marriage

_.The marriage took place 14 June, 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, KG & 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. -=-

St George/Brudenell-Bruce marriage

_.The marriage took place in July, 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 Bute, 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. -=-

Janet Mary Baroness Deramore c1916-2013

_.Janet Mary, Baroness Deramore, who died 4 July, 2013, aged 97, was the wife of Richard Arthur de Yarburgh-Bateson, 6th (and last) Baron Deramore. She was the former Janet Mary Ware, who served as 3rd Officer, WRNS in the Second World War, a daughter of John Ware, MD, of Nether Close, Askham-in-Furness, and married the then Mr de Yarburgh-Bateson in 1948. They had an only child, a daughter. Her husband succeeded his brother, 23 Dec, 1964 as 6th holder of the peerage (B cr UK, 1885; Bt cr 1818). The family home for many years was at Heslington House, Aislaby, Pickering, North Yorkshire. Her husband died 20 Aug, 2006, when the peerage & baronetcy became extinct. Lady Deramore is survived by her dau, Ann Katharine, who was born in 1950. The funeral takes place at Banbury Crematorium, 15 Jul, 2013. -=-

Eric Gerald Stanley Gale (b 2013)

_.Claire Mary Gale (nee Pelly, b 1982), wife of Dr Andrew Gale, and scion of the Pelly Baronets (Bt, UK, 1840), gave birth to a son, Eric Gerald Stanley, 2 July, 2013. Dr Gale is a son of Malcolm and Heather Gale, of Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, and Claire is a daughter of Roland Des Voeux Pelly (b 1943), of Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex by his wife the former Diana Fitzgibbon. -=-

Hawkesbury/Davis marriage

__.The marriage took place shortly before 8 Jul, 2013, between Luke Marmaduke Peter Savile Foljambe, styled Viscount Hawkesbury (b 25 March, 1972), son and heir of the 5th Earl of Liverpool (b 14 Nov, 1944), of Holcombe Folly, Gloucestershire, by his 1st wife the former Lady Juliana Mary Alice Noel (b 27 Jan 1949), of Exton, Rutland, dau of the late 5th Earl of Gainsborough, & Miss Katharine F. (Katie) Davis, dau of Mr & Mrs Jeffrey Davis, of London. -=-

Lord Manton's heir to wed

__.The engagement was announced 6 July, 2013, between the Hon Thomas Nigel Charles David Watson (b 19 Apr, 1985), scion of the Barons Manton (Baron, UK, 1922), elder son and heir of Miles Ronald Marcus Watson, 4th Baron Manton (b 7 May, 1958), by his wife the former Elizabeth Adams Story, of Houghton Hall, Sancton, North Yorkshire, & Miss Rachael J. Woods, daughter of Mr & Mrs John Woods, of Benington, Hertfordshire. -=-

The Baron Campbell of Alloway, QC 1917-2013

_.The Lord Campbell of Alloway QC, life peer, died 30 June, 2013. He was 96. Alan Robertson Campbell was born 24 May, 1917; was legal adviser to his fellow prisoners at Colditz, where his skilful advocacy saved several from execution; QC (1965); a Recorder of the Crown Court 1976-89; cr a life Baron as Baron Campbell of Alloway, of Ayr in the District of Kyle and Carrick (1981), &c. Married 1stly, Diana Watson-Smyth, from whom he was div in 1953; married 2ndly, 1957, Vivien (who d 2010), daughter of Commander A.H. de Kantzow, DSO, RN; married 3rdly, 1 Sept, 2011, Dorothea, dau of the late Colonel Edward Berwick, by his wife the former Lady Elizabeth Harris, dau. of James Edward Harris, 5th Earl of Malmesbury by his wife the former Hon. Dorothy Gough-Calthorpe, d. of the 6th Baron Calthorpe, &c. He is survived by his 3rd wife and a daughter from his 1st marriage, the Hon Sarah Campbell, who was b 1950. -=-