Hon Harry Aeneas Hugo Mackay (born 2014)

_The Lady Reay (nee Mia J. Ruulio), wife of the 15th Lord Reay (b 20 March 1965), gave birth to a second son, the Hon Harry Aeneas Hugo Mackay, 10 July, 2014, a brother for the Hon Alexander and the Hon Iona Mackay.

Lord Reay {Peerage of Scotland, cr 1628} is the son of the 14th Lord Reay (1937-2013), of Whittington Hall, Lancashire, by his 1s wife the former Hon Annabel Thérese Fraser (now the Hon Lady Keswick, of Oare House, Wilts), 2nd dau. of the 15th Lord Lovat.

Lady Reay is the elder dau of Mr & Mrs Markus Ruulio, of Helsinki, Finland.

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Lovett/Palmer-Tomkinson engagement

__.The engagement was announced 18 August, 2014, between Thomas A. Lovett, son of Mr & Mrs Neil Lovett, of North Leigh, Oxfordshire, & Jessica Clare Palmer-Tomkinson (born 1985), scion of that landed family, and descended from Smiths of Midhurst {& thus a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II}, younger daughter of Mr Jeremy James Palmer-Tomkinson (b 4 Nov, 1943), of Great Shoddesden, Hampshire, by his wife the former Clare Jemima Leveson (b 1948).

The bride-to-be is a 1st cousin of Santa Sebag-Montefiore, the writer, and of socialite,Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, &c.

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Goldsmith/Jones engagement

_. The engagement has been announced between Benjamin James {Ben} Goldsmith (born 1980), son of the late Sir James Michael Goldsmith (1933-97), by his wife the former Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart (b 1937), scion of the Marquesses of Londonderry (Marquess, Ire, 1816), & Miss Jemima Jones (b circa 1987), model, daughter of Edward Jones, acthitect, by his wife, Margot, and sister of film-maker Quentin Jones, &c.

Ben Goldsmith is a grandson maternally of the 8th Marquess of Londonderry. His first marriage which ended in divorce was to Kate Emma Rothschild, scion of the Barons Rothschild.

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Sir Neil Westbrook, CBE (d 2014)

_. Sir Neil Gowanloch Westbrook, CBE, racehorse breeder, owner, &c, died 13 August, 2014, aged, 97. He married 15 Feb, 1945, Mary Joan Fraser (b 29 Oct, 1922), dau of Sir William Fraser, CBE (1888-1970), by his wife the former Mary McLintock, sister of Sir William McLintock, 1st Baronet (Bt, UK, cr 1934).

Westbrook displayed a major commitment to Flat racing and breeding for more than half a century. He was a generous supporter of training and education within the industry, and was a Trustee of the Wavertree Charitable Foundation.

Chairman and Managing Director of Central Manchester Holdings Ltd from 1960 to 2005, Sir Neil owned numerous horses, including the 2002 St. Leger winner Bollin Eric, who went on to stand at The National Stud. He was based in the Isle of Man.

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Brooksbank/Lawson engagement

__.The engagement was announced 16 Aug, 2014, between (Florian) Tom Charles Brooksbank (born 9 Aug, 1982), scion of the Brooksbank baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1916), son and heir of Sir (Edward) Nicholas Brooksbank, 3rd Baronet (b 4 Oct, 1944), of Menethorpe, Malton, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Hon Emma Myrtle Mary Anne Wood (b 1949), scion of the Earls of Halifax (Earl UK, cr 1944), & Tiffany-Rose Lawson, daughter of Mr Russell Lawson, of Invergargill, New Zealand, by his wife Judith.

Tom Brooksbank is a grandson maternally of the late  life peer the Baron Holderness (who was 2nd surv son of the 1st Earl of Halifax) &c.

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Dewhurst/Rose Price marriage

_. The marriage took place, 2 Aug, 2014, at St Mary's, Sudeley, Gloucestershire, between Robert Edward Charles Dewhurst (born 1984), son of Mr Charles Frederick  Dewhurst (b 1946), of Cheltenham, Glos, descended from the Warren Baronets (cr Ire, 1784), and Mrs Dewhurst, & Katherine Leila Sarah Rose Price (born 1985), scion of the Price Baronets (Bt, cr 1815), daughter of Thomas Geoffrey) Timothy ROSE PRICE (b 1948), of Trengwainton, Cornwall, by his wife the former Leila Anne Katherine (b 1952) d of Maj Sir Richard Guy Carne RASCH 3rd Bt (1918-96) and his DENT-BROCKLEHURST 1st wife from that gentry family of Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire.

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Barton Roger Wallop William-Powlett 1938-2014

_. Barton Roger Wallop William-Powlett, who died suddenly at his home while playing tennis, 7 August, 2014, aged 76, was a scion of the Earls of Portsmouth (Earl GB, 1743).

He was born 14 January, 1938, son of Maj Peter de Barton Vernon Wallop William-Powlett, MC (1903-88), by his wife the former Hon Katherine Keyes, daughter of the 1st Baron Keyes (Baron UK, cr 1943), and married 29 Aug,1962, Judith, daughter of Colin Silk, by whom he had issue.

Valediction will take place, 18 Aug, 2014, at The Christian Centre, Clavering, Essex.

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Wellesley/Haggie engagement

_. The engagement was announced 14 August, 2014, between Mr Gerald Valerian Wellesley (born 1981), scion of the Dukes of Wellington (Duke, UK, cr 1814),  son of Lord John Henry Wellesley (born 1954), of Madrid, by his wife the former Corinne Vaes (now Corinne, Lady John Wellesley, of London), & Miss Kate M.S. Haggie, daughter of Mr & Mrs David Haggie, of Jonannesburg, South Africa.

Gerald Wellesley is a grandson of the 8th Duke of Wellington, KG (b 2 July, 1915)

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Rothschild/Hilton engagement

_. The engagement has been announced between James Amschel Victor Rothschild (born 1985), scion of the Barons Rothschild (Peerage of the UK, cr 1885), son of the Hon Amschel Mayor James Rothschild (1955-96) by his wife the former Anita Patience Guinness (b 1957 ~ now Mrs James Wigan), & Miss Nicholai Olivia "Nicky" Hilton (b 1983), former wife of Todd Andrew Meister, & daughter of Richard Howard Hilton (b 17 Aug 1955), by his wife the former Kathleen Elizabeth Avanzino.

The bride-to-be is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton founder of the Hilton Hotels and is a younger sister of socialite Paris Hilton.

James Rothschild is a grandson of the 3rd Baron Rothschild.

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Baroness Keith of Castleacre (d 2014)

. The Baroness Keith of Castleacre, who died 12 August, 2014, aged 91, was the fourth wife, and widow, of the life peer the Baron Keith of Castleacre (1916-2004).

Lady Keith was the main female beneficiary under the will of J Paul Getty.

She was the former Penelope A. Steele, dau of Maj Gerald Steele, and married firstly, in 1942, John Harvey Trevor Boteler (b 1908, d); 2ndly, in 1944, to Robert Kitson (1918-96), 3rdly, in 1973, as his 2nd wife, Group Capt Patrick David de Laszlo (1909-80). They later divorced. She married fourthly, 2 Feb, 2002, as his fourth wife, Kenneth Alexander Keith, the Baron Keith of Castleacre (Life Peer 1979), who died 1 Sept, 2004.

Her daughter, Juliet Kitson, was the first wife of the 8th Marquess Conyngham.

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Elizabeth Houssemayne du Boulay (d 2014)

__. Elizabeth Houssemayne du Boulay, who died 11 August, 2014, was the wife of Roger William Houssemayne du Boulay (b 30 Mar, 1922), scion of that landed family, of  Donhead Hall, &c.

She was the former Elizabeth Home, daughter of Brigadier Francis Wyville Home, by his wife the former Molly Smyth (later Lady Pile), and married firstly, in 1944, Sir Havelock Henry Trevor Hudson (b 1919, d 1996), sometime chairman of Lloyds, son of Savile Hudson, from whom she was later divorced; married 2ndly, 30 Jan, 1957, Roger Houssemayne du Boulay, of the Colonial Service and later of the Foreign Service.

She leaves a son, Anthony Havelock Hudson, from her first marriage, and a daughter, Sophia, born in 1959, from the second marriage.

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Drew/Fergusson marriage

__.The marriage took place, 9 Aug, 2014, at Crown Court Church of Scotland, Covent Garden, London, between Felix Hugh Drew (born 1985), son of the late Mr Rodney Drew and Mrs Tereesa 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.

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Alexander Robert Spencer Churchill (born 2014)

_. Charlotte Mary Spencer-Churchill (born 1984, nee Baber), wife of John (Jack) Gerard Averell Spencer CHURCHILL (b 1975), scion of the Dukes of Marlborough (Duke, England, cr 1702), gave birth to a son, Alexander Robert Spencer, 30 July, 2014, a brother for Edward and Emilia.

Jack Churchill is a son of Winston Spencer CHURCHILL (1940-2010, gs of the Prime Minister and gt gt gs of 7th Duke of MARLBOROUGH) and his 1st w Mary (Minnie) Caroline (b 1940) d of Sir Gerard John Regis Leo (Pop) d'Erlanger, CBE (1906-62) and Gladys Florence (1906-85) d of Maj Herbert Joseph SAMMUT (c1867 - ka 1915) and Florence _ (1879-1979). 

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Iris Lara St George (born 2014)

_. Florence Anne-Marie St George (nee Brudenell-Bruce, born 21 Nov, 1985), wife of Henry Edward Hugh St George (born 1983), gave birth to a daughter, Iris Lara,  22 July,2014.

Henry St George is the 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, a scion of the Marquesses of Ailesbury, is a 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. 

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Baron Ernest George Frederick van Tuyll van Serooskerken ~ deceased

__. Baron Ernest George Frederick van Tuyll van Serooskerken died 12 July, 2014, at The Hague, Netherlands. He was 75.  A family will links to the British peerage _ viz the extinct Earls of Athlone (Ext 1844),  the extinct Dukes of Portland (ext 1990), the Dukes of Beaufort and the Sheffield baronets. One of the family features in the ancestry of Samantha Cameron, wife of the Prime Minister, &c.

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Miranda Jane Chisenhale-Marsh 1942-2014

_.Miranda Jane Chisenhale-Marsh, who died 7 August, 2014, aged 72, was the wife of North Yorkshire landowner, Anthony Guy Swaine Chisenhale-Marsh, head of that landed family of Gaynes Park, and was descended from the Hambro banking family.

She was born in 1942, a daughter of John William Richard Woodroffe, of The Glebe House, Sacombe, Ware, Hertfordshire, by his wife the former Patricia Hambro, and married Anthony Chisenhale-Marsh, 7 Nov, 1961.

She is survived by her husband and three children, Guy, Vanda and Kate.

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Hobart/Hardwick engagement

__.The engagement was announced 7 August, 2014, between Charles Hampden Hobart (born 1986), scion of the Hobart baronets (Bt UK, cr 1914), & descended from the Earls of Buckinghamshire (Earl, GB 1746), son of Anthony  Hampden Hobart (born 1956), of London, by his former wife the former Katherine Anne Willis Fleming, scion of that landed family (now Mrs Katherine O'Conor, of Chawton, Hampshire), & Stephanie J. Hardwick, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Michael Hardwick, of Manaton, Devon.

Charles Hobart's uncle, Sir John Hobart, 4th Baronet, is heir pres to the earldom of Buckinghamshire.

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Nancy Margaret, Baroness Maclay c1908-2014

_. Nancy Margaret Maclay, Baroness Maclay, who died 3 August, 2014, in her 106th year, was the widow of the 2nd Baron Maclay, KBE 1899-1969 (Peerage of the UK, cr 1922).

She was b circa 1908, the former Nancy Margaret Greig, daughter of Robert Coventry Greig, of Renfrewshire, and married the then Joseph Maclay in 1936. He  died in 1969.

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Holman/Fisher engagement

__. The engagement was announced 7 Aug 2014, between Charles Anthony Holman (born 1986), son of Maj Anthony Holman, of Westerham, Kent, by his late wife the former Hon Elizabeth Marjorie Plumb, and Nicola E. Fisher, daughter of Mr & Mrs Gary Fisher, of Collingham, West Yorkshire.

Charles Holman is a grandson of the life peer the Baron Plumb (Cr 1987).

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Theodore Archibald Armour Chisholm (born 2014)

__. C.E. (Daisy) Chisholm (nee Prince), wife of Hugh Archibald John Chisholm (born 1976), gave birth to a son, Theodore Archibald Armour, in New York, 17 July, 2014, a brother for Horatio Frederick Colin, who was b in New York, 27 July, 2011.

Hugh Chisholm is the son of Mr Colin Chisholm by his wife the former Hon Caroline Elizabeth Wyndham (b 1951), scion of the Barons Egremont (B, UK, cr 1963 ~ Baron Leconfield cr UK 1859), daughter of the 1st Baron Egremont, &c.

Daisy Chisholm is a daughter of Frederick H. Prince, of Washington DC, and of Newport, RI, United States.

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Theodore Philip Noel Remnant (born 2014)

__.Sabine Mirabel Jemima Remnant (b 1983), wife of  Edward James Remnant (b 2 Jul 1981), scion of the Remnant Barons (B, UK, cr 1928) gave birth to a son, Theodore Philip Noel, 31 July, 2014.

Edward Remnant is the  son of the Hon Philip John Remnant (b 1954), heir app to the Remnant barony, by his wife the former Caroline Elizabeth Clare Cavendish, scion of the Dukes of Devonshire, & Sabine is a  dau of Dominic Noel Miles Charles David Kelly (b 1953), b his wife the former Miranda Macklin. 

Sabine Remnant is a granddaughter paternally of Bernard Kelly by his wife the former Lady Mirabel Fitzalan-Howard, sister of the 17th Duke of Norfolk, KG, &c.


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Lascelles/Cartlidge marriage

 _.The marriage took place, circa August, 2014, at Harewood House, near Leeds, between the Hon Edward David Lascelles (born 19 Nov, 1982), third son of the 8th Earl of Harewood (b 21 Oct, 1950) (Peerage of the UK, cr 1812), of Harewood House, Leeds, West Yorkshire, by his 1st wife the former Margaret Rosalind Messenger (b 15 Apr, 1948), and Miss Sophie Emma Cartlidge (born 20 November, 1986), daughter of Mr Nigel George Cartlidge [born 1954] by his wife the former Katharine A.C. Hall.

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Fairfax/von Habsburg-Lothringen engagement

_. The engagement was announced 2 Aug, 2014, between Alexander Thomas Digby Fairfax (born 1986), scion of of the Lords Fairfax of Cameron (Peerage of Scotland cr 1627), son of the Hon Hugh Nigel Thomas Fairfax (b 1958), by his wife the former Victoria Janet Neave, scion of the Neave baronets (Bt, GB, cr 1795), & the Countess  Karoline Sidonie Elisabeth von Habsburg-Lothringen (b 6 Sept, 1984), scion of the Royal House of Austria (See Tuscany, Grand Dukes), daughter of Count  Christoph Heinrich von Habsburg-Lothringen (b 1944), by his wife the former Ebba von Mohrenschildt (b 1949).

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Cayzer/Coutts Donald engagement

_. The engagement was announced 2 Aug, 2014, between the Hon Avon Arthur Cayzer (b 1968), a younger son of the late 2nd Baron Rotherwick (Baron UK, cr 1939), of Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire, by his wife the former Sarah Jane Slade (scion of the Slade Baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1831), & Anna Charlotte Coutts Donald (b 1981), daughter of William F.J. Coutts Donald (b 1930), of Owslebury, Hampshire, by his wife the former Priscilla M. Aldington (b 1943).

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Nigel Hamilton Harding-Newman 1947-2014

_. Maj. Nigel Hamilton Harding-Newman, late the Royal Artilllery, who died 26 July, 2014, aged 67, was a scion of the Harding-Newman landed family, formerly of Nelmes. He was born 12 March, 1947. the son of  Colonel Richard John Harding Newman, CBE (1911-2013), by his wife the former Eileen Grace Stern, descended from the Dukes of Hamilton & Brandon. Maj Harding-Newman leaves a widow, Mandy (nee Elsden), and two sons, William and Thomas.

Thanksgiving Service at St Martin's Church, Osmaston, 11 August, 2014.

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Fred Charles Robert Leigh (born 2014)

_. Alice Rose Leigh (b 1979, nee Lowther), wife of Charles D.G. Leigh, and scion of the Lowther baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1824), gave birth to a son, Fred Charles Robert, 23 July, 2014, a brother for Nancy.

Charles Leigh is the eldest son of Mr Robert Leigh, of London, and Mrs Dermot Blundell, of Wichenford, Worcestershire, & Alice is the only daughter of Colonel Sir Charles Douglas Lowther, 6th Baronet (b. 1946), of Erbistock Hall, Wrexham, by his 2nd wife, the former Florence Rose Cramsie.

The 1st Baronet was a brother of the 1st Earl of Lonsdale.

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Hugh Welby Guinness de Capell Brooke 1937-2014

___. Hugh Welby Guinness de Capell Brooke, who died 30 July, 2014, aged 76, was a scion of the Guinness baronets and the De Capell Brooke Bts (ext). He was born 2 Oct, 1937, son of Gerald Richard de Capell Guinness (1889-1975), by his wife the former Desiree Anne Edna Welby (b 17 May, 1904), scion of the Welby-Gregory baronets; assumed the surname of de Capell Brooke in lieu of that of Guinness on succeeding to the estate of his cousin, Arthur de Capell Brooke, 1st Baron Brooke of Oakley, 1976; married 17 Sept, 1966, Bianca Carla Renzo, by whom he had issue, a son, Alexander (b 1968), and a daughter, Carolina (b 1970).

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Alan Lillingston 1935-2014

_. Alan Lillingston, of Mount Coote, Kilmallock, co Limerick, who died 26 July, 2014, aged 79, was a scion of the Inge-Innes-Lillingston landed family of Thorpe Constantine.

He was born 27 Feb, 1935, and educated at Eton, only son of Capt Luke Theodore Lillingston (1907-44), by his wife the former Susan Margaret Trelawney Seaton (d 1952). He married 12 July, 1962, the Lady Vivienne Margaret Nevill (b 15 Feb, 1941), second daughter of the 5th Marquess of Abergavenny, KG (1914-2000), by his wife the former Mary Patricia Harrison (Patricia Marchioness of Abergavenny, DCVO), by whom he had issue,two sons, Luke and Andrew, and two daughters, Georgina and Sophie.

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Sir Claude Arthur Philip Mallet du Cros, 3rd Baronet 1922-2014

_. Sir Claude Philip Arthur Mallet Du Cros, 3rd Baronet, died at Ballaugh, Isle of Man, 24 July, 2014. He was 91.

Sir Claude {Bart, UK, cr 1916} was born 27 Dec, 1922, son of Sir Philip du Cros, 2nd Baronet (1898-1975), by his 1st wife the former (Matilda) Dita Mallet, dau of Sir Claude Coventry Mallet, CMG.

Succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's demise, 1975; married (1) 20 June, 1953 (div 1974), Christina Nancy, former wife of George Tordoff, and daughter of F.R. Bennett, of Spilsbury, Lincolnshire, by whom he had one son, Julian. He married 2ndly, 1974 (div 1982) Margaret Roy, daughter of Roland James Frater, of Gosforth, Northumberland.

The baronetcy is now inherited by his son, Julian Claude Arthur Mallet du Cros, who was born 23 Apr, 1955.

Funeral at Douglas Borough Crematorium, Isle of Man, 1st Aug, 2014.

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Cornwall Legh/Jones engagement

__.The engagement was announced 22 July, 2014, between the Hon Kenelm Michael Cornwall-Legh (b 12 Apr, 1978), 2nd son of the 6th Baron Grey of Codnor, DL (b 14 May, 1936), (Peerage of England cr 1397), of High Legh House, Knutsford, Cheshire, by his wife the former Joanna Storm Cayley (b 1947), scion of the Cayley Baronets (cr 1661), & Miss Victoria Jones, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Howard Jones, of Foxton, Cambridge.

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Ottilie Beatrix Vernon Harcourt (b 2014)

.__Joanna N. Vernon-Harcourt (nee Hall), wife of the Hon Oliver Thomas Vernon-Harcourt (b 1977) , 3rd son of  the 11th Baron Vernon (b 20 Oct, 1939), (Baron, GB, cr 1762) by his wife the former Cherry Corbin, gave birth to a daughter, Ottilie Beatrix, 9 July, 2014, a sister for Poppy, Edward and Albert.

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

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Houssemayne du Boulay/Alexander engagement

_. The engagement was announced 18 July, 2014, between James Hardinge Houssemayne du Boulay (b 5 Sept, 1972), scion of that landed family, son of Robin Bernard Houssemayne du Boulay (b 5 Jul, 1944), by his former wife the former Tanya Theresa  Judge ~ now Lady Lowson, wife of Sir Ian Patrick Lowson, 2nd Baronet, & the Lady Rose Margaret Alexander (b 23 Apr, 1982), scion of the Earls Alexander of Tunis (Peerage of the UK, cr 1952), a goddaughter of the late Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, elder daughter of the 2nd Earl Alexander of Tunis (b 30 June, 1935), by his 2nd wife the former Hon Davina Mary Woodhouse, LVO (b 12 Apr, 1955), daughter of the 4th Baron Terrington (1915-98).

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The 7th Baron Methuen 1931-2014

_. The 7th Baron Methuen (Peerage of the UK, cr 1838), died 9 July, 2014. He was 82.

Robert Alexander Holt Methuen was born 22 July, 1931, a younger son of Anthony Paul Methuen, 5th Baron (1891-1975), by his wife the former Grace Durning Holt (d 1972), and succeeded to the peerage on the death of his elder brother, 24 Aug, 1994.

Lord Methuen was one of the elected hereditayr peers (Lib Dem) and served as a deputy Speaker, House of Lords.

He was twice married, firstly, 10 May, 1958 (div 1993) Mary Catherine Jane Hooper, daughter of the Archdeacon of Ipswich; married 2ndly, 8 Jan, 1994, Magrit Andrea Hadwiger.

Lord Methuen leaves two daughters from his 1st marriage, Charlotte & Henrietta.

The peerage now devolves upon his Lordship's cousin, James Paul Archibald Methuen-Campbell, who was born 25 Oct, 1952.

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Sir (William) John Colfox, 2nd Baronet 1924-2014

_. Sir (William) John Colfox, 2nd Baronet (Bart, UK, cr 1939), died 12 July, 2014. He was 90.

He was born 25 Apr, 1924, son of Sir (William) Philip Colfox, MC, 1st Baronet (1888-1966), by his wife the former Mary Frances Symes-Bullen, scion of that landed family, dau of Lt-Col John Symes-Bullen.

He married 13 January, 1962, Frederica Loveday Crutchley, scion of that landed family, only dau of Admiral Sir Victor Crutchley, VC, KCB, DSC, DL, by whom he had issue, two sons and two daughters.

John Colfox succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's demise, 8 Nov, 1966. He in turn is succeeded by his elder son, Philip John, who was born 27 Dec, 1962.

Funeral at Symondsbury Church, 23 July, 2014.

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{Jeremy} Ulick Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo 1939-2014

_. The 11th Marquess of Sligo (Peerage of Ireland, cr 1800), died at his home, Westport House, County Mayo, 13 July, 2014. He was 75.

He was born Jeremy Ulick Browne, 4 June, 1939, son of the 10th Marquess (1908-91), by his wife the former Jose Gauche, dau of William Gauche, and was styled Earl of Altamont from 1952. He succeeded to the peerages on the death of his father, 11 Sept, 1991.

Lord Sligo married 26 Oct, 1961, Jennifer June Lushington Cooper, only dau of Maj George Derek Cooper, MC, by his first wife  the former Pamela Armstrong-Lushington-Tullochj, by whom he had five daughters.

The marquess is succeeded by his cousin, Sebastian Ulick Browne, a great~grandson of the 5th Marquess of Sligo.

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North Edward Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton of Bargany 1922-2014

 North Edward Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, of Bargany, CVO, MBE, DL, who died 8 July, 2014, aged 92, was a scion of the Earls of Stair.

He was born 17 February, 1922, the second son of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton, KCB (1890-1974), and his wife the former Gwendolen Peek ( 1890-1974); and married firstly, 23 July, 1949, the Hon Mary Helen Colville (1922-1981), daughter of the 1st Baron Clydesmuir, GCIE, PC (1894-1954), & his wife the former Agnes Anne Bilsland (1896-1970), scion of the Bilsland baronets; and married 2ndly, 1983, Mrs Geraldine Inez Antoinette Beech (who died 2009), widow of Maj Rowland Beech, and daughter of Maj. Frank Harding. He leaves two sons from his first marriage, North John Frederick (born 7 May, 1950), and James Hew Ronald (born 4 Dec, 1955).

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Death of Lady Raglan, wife of the 6th Baron

_. The Baroness Raglan, who died at her home 5 July, 2014, was the wife for 58 years of Geoffrey Somerset, 6th Baron Raglan (born 29 Aug, 1932) (Peerage of the UK, cr 1852).

She was the former Caroline Rachel Hill, the only daughter of Colonel (Edward) Roderick Hill, DSO, and married the then Geoffrey Somerset, 6 Oct, 1956. Her husband, a younger son of the 4th Baron (1885-1964), succeeded to the peerage on the death of his elder brother, 24 January, 2010. 

Lady Raglan is survived by her husband and by 2 daughters, Belinda and Lucy. Her only son, the Hon Arthur Geoffrey Somerset, who was b 27 Apr, 1960, died 25 July, 2012.

A Service of Celebration of her life will be held at St Denys Church, Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordshire, 6 Aug, 2014.

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Burwell/Llewellyn marriage

_.The marriage took place, 12 July, 2014, in Hampshire, between Thomas Burwell and Arabella Dominica Llewellyn (born 1983), second daughter of the late Sir David St Vincent (Dai) Llewellyn, 4th Baronet (1946-2009) (Bt cr UK 1922), by his 1st wife Vanessa Mary Theresa Hubbard (descended from the Dukes of Norfolk) (now Mrs John Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, scion of the Bts of that name), &c.

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Coughtrie/Smith-Bingham engagement

__.The engagement was announced 14 July, 2014, between James Thomas Coughtrie (b 1986), son of Mr & Mrs Douglas Coughtrie, of Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear, and Charlotte Louisa Smith-Bingham (born 1987), scion of that landed family, daughter of Mr Kim Smith-Bingham (b 1957), of Co Tipperary, by his former wife the former Fiona Macdonald-Buchanan (descended from the extinct Barons Woolavington) (now Mrs Fiona Quirk. of Chitterne, Wilts).

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Death of Joan, Baroness Clydesmuir, widow of the 2nd Baron

_. Joan Baroness Clydesmuir, who died 9 July, 2014, at Whim Hall, Lamancha, was the widow of the 2nd Baron Clydesmuir, KT, CB, MBE (1917-96) (Peerage of the Uk, cr 1948).

She was the former Joan Marguerita Booth, 1st daughter of Lieutenant-Col Ernest Brabazon Booth, DSO, of Darver Castle, co Louth, and married the then Ronald John Bilsland Colville, 10 Apr, 1946. Her husband succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Clydesmuir, 31 Oct, 1954, and died 2 Oct, 1996.

Lady Clydesmuir leaves issue, 2 sons. The elder son, David (b 8 Apr, 1949) os 3rd holder of the peerage.

A Thanksgiving Service will be held at Biggar Kirk, Friday 18 July, 2014.

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Capt North Edward Frederick Dalrymple Hamilton of Bargany, CVO, MBE, DSC 1921-2014

__.Capt North Edward Frederick Dalrymple Hamilton, CVO, MBE, DSC, who died suddenly at Ayr, 8 July, 2014, aged 92, was a scion of the Earls of Stair (Earl, cr 1703). Capt Dalrymple Hamilton, of Bargany, Girvan, Ayrshire, a close friend of HM The Queen, was executive officer, Royal Yacht Britannia 1958-60, 

He was born 17 Feb, 1922, a godson of the then Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor), son of Admiral Sir Frederick Dalrymple Hamilton, KCB 1890-1974, by his wife Gwendolen (d 1974), dau of Sir Cuthbert Peek, 2nd Baronet. A sister, Graeme Elizabeth, born in 1926, was a goddaughter of the then Duchess of York (afterwards Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother) &c.

He married 1stly, 23 July, 1949, the Hon Mary Helen Colville (d 1981), daughter of the 1st Baron Clydesmuir, PC, GCIE, by whom he had issue; married 2ndly, 1983, Geraldine Inez Antoinette, widow of Maj Rowland Beech, MC, and dau of Maj Frank Harding.

He leaves two sons from his 1st marriage, North John Frederick, who served as a Page of Honour to the Queen Mother 1964-66, and James Hew Ronald.

Funeral at Dailly Church, Friday 11 July.

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Baroness Farnham 1939-2014

__. The Baroness Farnham, who died at her home, 3 July, 2014, was the wife of Simon, 13th Baron Farnham (Barony in the Peerage of Ireland, cr 1756).

She was the former Karol Anne Prior-Palmer, a dau of Maj~Gen George Erroll Prior-Palmer, CB, DSO, of Appleshaw House., Andover, Hampshire, and married Simon Kenlis Maxwell in 1964. Her husband succeeded his elder brother as thirteen baron, 22 March, 2001.

Lady Farnham is survived by her husband, two sons, and one daughter.

Funeral at St Edward's Church, Stow-on-the-Wold, Glos, 28 July, 2014. 

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John Cheape (born 2014)

___. 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, John. 5 July, 2014.

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. 

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Mary Duchess of Roxburghe 1915-2014

Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe, who died 2 July, 2014, aged 99, was the first wife of the late George, 9th Duke of Roxburghe (1913-74), and was a scion of the extinct Marquesses of Crewe.

The Duchess was a patron of the Royal Ballet.

She was born Lady Mary Evelyn Crewe-Milnes (23 March, 1915), youngest daughter of the 1st Marquess of Crewe, KG, PC (1858-1945), by his second wife, the former Lady Margaret Primrose (1881-1967), daughter of the 5th Earl of Rosebery.

She married 24 Oct, 1935 (div 1953), the 9th Duke of Roxburghe. No issue. The Duchess held the Queen's canopy at the Coronation of King George VI, 12 May, 1937, and must be one of the last surviving of those in Westmister Abbey on that day.

Funeral at St Mary's, West Horsley, 21 July, 2014

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Gordon/Tatham engagement

_.The engagement was announced 5 July, 2014, between Lord Sam Dudley Gordon (b 1985), scion of the Marquesses of Aberdeen & Temair (Peerage of the UK, cr 1916), second son of the 7th Marquess of Aberdeen & Temair (b 31 Mar, 1955), of Haddo, Aberdeenshire, and the Marchioness of Aberdeen & Temair (nee Joanna Clodagh Houldsworth. descended from the Earls of Morton), & Isobel R. Tatham, daughter of Mr & Mrs Simon Tatham, of Bath, Somerset.

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Runewitsch/Leigh-Pemberton engagement

_. The engagement was announced 4 July, 2014, between Rupert Runewitsch, son of Mr & Mrs Jay Runewitsch, of London, & Lucinda Rose Leigh-Pemberton (born 1987), scion of that landed family, daughter of the Hon James Henry Leigh-Pemberton (b 1956),of Milstead, Kent, by his wife the former Catarina Elizabeth Cowan, dau of John Cowan. Lucinda Leigh-Pemberton is a granddaughter of the late life peer the Baron Kingsdown, KG, PC 1927-2013, Governor of the Bank of England 1983-93, &c.

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Blaise Edmund Robin Hardman (b 2014)

__. Joanna E.C. Hardman (nee Rumboll), wife of Thomas D.B. Hardman, descended from Cameron of Lochiel, gave birth to a son, Blaise Edmund Robin, 25 June, 2014, a brother for Agatha, and for Hermione (b 2012).

Thomas Hardman is the only son of Mr Blaise Noel Anthony Hardman (b. 24 Dec 1939), of Stapleford, Wiltshire, by his wife, the former Caroline Cameron, daughter of Sir Donald Cameron of Lochiel, KT, Chief of the Clan Cameron, & Joanna is the youngest daughter of Mr Robin Rumboll, of St Lawrence, Jersey, and Mrs Guy Lort-Phillips, of Grouville, Jersey, 2nd wife of Guy Stewart Lort-Phillips (b. 1930), scion of that LG family (who is the grandson maternally of Gut Stewart St. Aubyn, of the Barons St. Levan.

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Lady Cecilia Norah Page 1917-2014 (nee Stopford)

_. Lady Cecilia Norah Page (nee Stopford), who died 18 June, 2014, aged 96, was a scion of the Earls of Courtown (Peerage of Ireland, cr 1762).

She was born 7 September, 1917, fourth daughter (twin with her sister Moyra) of the 7th Earl of Courtown (1877-1957), byt his wife the former Cicely Mary Birch; married 3 May, 1947, Cdr Thomas Frederick Philip Urquhart Page, RN (who died 24 Oct, 1994), scion of that landed family, son of Sir Leo Page, by whom she had issue, a son and two daughters.

Funeral at the Church of St Andrew & St Peter, Toller Porcorum, Dorset, 2 July, 2014.

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Sonja Baroness Hollenden c1919-2014

_. Sonja, Baroness Hollenden, who died 24 June, 2014, aged 95, was the widow of Gordon Hope-Morley, 3rd Baron Hollenden (1914-99) (Peerage of the UK, cr 1912).

She was the former Sonja Sundt, daughter of Thorlf Sundt, of Bergen, Norway, and married Gordon Hope-Morley, 27 Oct, 1945. Her husband succeeded as 3rd Baron on the death of his uncle in Oct 1977, and he died 12 April, 1999. The couple had three sons, Ian,now 4th holder of the barony, Robin (deceased) and Andrew.

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Christopher Gordon Edward Stopford 1953-2014

_. Christopher Gordon Edward Stopford, who died 23 June, 2014, aged 60, was a scion of the Earls of Courtown (Earl, Ireland, cr 1762), a grandson of the 7th Earl (1877-1957)

He was born 18 Dec, 1953, second son of the Hon Edward Richard Barrington Stopford (1914-90), by his wife the former Ann Marie Elizabeth Douglas Henderson, dau of Brig. Harold Henderson, CBE.

Mr Stopford, who was unm, is survived by a brother, Michael, and a sister, Penelope.

Funeral at the Chilterns Crematorium, Amersham, Bucks, 8 July.

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Jack Richard H. Hannon (born 2014)

 Jemima Alice Charlotte Hannon (nee Ensor, born Aug 1982), wife of Richard Michael Hannon Jr (born 24 September, 1975), gave birth to a son, Jack Richard H. Hannon, in 2014, a brother for Eliza Scarlet (born in 2012).

Richard, the racehorse trainer, is a son of Richard Michael Hannon Snr (born 1945), the racehorse trainer, of Everleigh, Wiltshire, by his wife Josephine.

Jemima Hannon is a daughter of Peter Richard Ensor (born 1948), of Marlborough, Wiltshire, and his wife the former Hon Sarah Campbell (born 1950), daughter of the life peer the Baron Campbell of Alloway, ERD, QC (1917-2013), and his first wife the former Diana Watson-Smyth.

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+ Elizabeth Philippa Shelley c1933-2014

_. Elizabeth Philippa Shelley, who died 16 June, 2014,  aged 81, was the former wife of Philip Spencer Shelley, a scion of the Shelley baronets (Bt, England, cr 1611).

She was the former Elizabeth Philippa Lewellen, daughhter of Leonard George Edward Lewellen, of Nairobi, and married Mr  Shelley as his 2nd wife in 1968 and divorced a decade later. She leaves two daughters by Mr Shelley.

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Douglas-Scott-Montagu/Daoust engagement

__. The engagement was announced 25 June, 2014, between the Hon Jonathan Deane Douglas-Scott-Montagu (born 1975), scion of the Barons Montagu of Beaulieu (Baron, UK, cr 1885), son of the 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (born 20 Oct, 1926), of the Palace House, Beaulieu, Hampshire, by his second wife, the former Fiona Margaret Herbert, & Miss Nathalie Daoust (born circa 1977), daughter of Armand and Yolande Daoust, of Montreal, Canada.

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Hon Marjorie Amy (Molly) Walker-Munro 1927-2014

. The Hon Marjorie Amy (Molly) Walker-Munro (nee Biddulph), who died 22 June, 2014, at Easter Logie, aged 86, was a scion of the Barons Biddulph (Baron, UK, cr 1903).

She was born 17 Dec, 1927 the elder daughter of the 3rd Baron Biddulph (1898-1972), by his wife the former Lady Amy Louise Agar (who d 1983), dau o the 4th Earl of Normanton; married 15 Jan, 1947, Thomas Ian Michael Walker-Munro (d 1965), scion of the Munro baronets, son of Maj Ian Charles Ronald Walker-Munro.

Service of Thanksgiving at St Catharine's Church, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Friday 8 Aug 2014.

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Hewson/Pethybridge engagement

_. The engagement was announced 24 June, 2014, between George P.D. Hewson, son of Mr David Hewson, of the Gers, France, & Mrs Anne Hewson (nee Greenaway, of the Barts of that name), of Shefford Woodlands, Berkshire, & Flora Louise Pethybridge (born 1987), descended from the Barons Hawke (Baron, GB, cr 1776), younger daughter of Mr Timothy John Pethybridge, of London, by his wife, the former Hon Olivia Mary Hawke (b 1955) seventh daughter of the 9th Baron Hawke (1901-85), &c.

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Isabella Rosemary Hutt (born 2014)

_. Emily Jane Hutt (b 2 July, 1983, nee McCorquodale), a cousin of the Duke of Cambridge & Prince Harry, wife of James T.R. Hutt, has given birth to a daughter, Isabella Rosemary, 18 June, 2014.

James is the son of Mr & Mrs Christopher Hutt, of Fen Ditton, Cambridge, & Emily, descended from the Earls Spencer, is dau of Neil Edmund McCorquodale [b 1951] (descended from the Earls of Westmorland), by his wife the former Lady [Elizabeth] Sarah Lavinia Spencer [b 19 Mar 1955], dau of the late 8th Earl Spencer by his first wife the former Hon Frances Roche, scion of the Barons Fermoy, &c. 

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Hon Lady Cooper-Key 1920-2014

_. The Hon Lady Cooper-Key, who died at south Kensington, 18 June, 2014, aged 93, was a scion of the Viscounts Rothermere (Visc, UK, cr 1919).

She was born the Hon Lorna Peggy Vyvyan Harmsworth, 24 Oct, 1920, the elder daughter of the 2nd Viscount Rothermere (1898-1978),by his 1st wife, the former Margaret Hunam Redhead; married 11 Jan, 1941, Maj Sir Neill Cooper~Key, MP (who d 1981), scion of that landed family, son of Capt Edmund Cooper~Key, CB, MVO, RN, by whom she had issue.

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Beamish/Dacre engagement

_.  The engagement was announced 21 June, 2014, between Charles William Beamish, son of Mr Victor Noel Beamish (b 1953)  and the late Mrs Janey Beamish (d 19 Sept, 2007), of Knappach, Kincardineshire, & Emily Douglas-Home, (29th) Baroness Dacre {Peerage of England, cr 1321), (b 7 Feb, 1983), only child of the late 28th Baron Dacre (1952-2014), by his wife the former Christina Stephenson (d 2005).

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