Wolf Robert Snow (born 2014)

_.The Lady Edwina Louise Snow [nee Grosvenor], born 1981, scion of the Dukes of Westminster, wife of Daniel Robert Snow [b 3 Dec 1978], descended from the Earls Lloyd George of Dwyfor, gave birth to a son, Wolf Robert, in September, 2014, a brother for Zia, who was born 13 Oct, 2011.

 Lady Edwina is the 2nd dau of Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (b 22 Dec, 1951), (Peerage of the UK cr 1874), by his wife the former Natalia Ayesha Phillips (b 1959), descended from the Royal House of Russia, &c.

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The 8th Earl of Lisburne, DL 1918-2014

__, The Earl of Lisburne, DL, who died 2 September, 2014, aged 96, was the 8th Earl in the Peerage of Ireland (cr 1776).

John David Malet Vaughan was born 1 September, 1918, son of the 7th Earl (1892-1965), by his first wife the former Maria Isbael Regina Aspasia de Bittencourt (who died 1944), and was known by the courtesy title of Viscount Vaughan from birth until his father's death, 30 June, 1965.

Lord Lisburne married 4 Dec, 1943, Shelagh, 1st daughter of Timothy Alfred Macauley, of Montreal, by whom he had issue, three sons, David, Michael and John. The peerages now devolve upon his Lordship's eldest son, David John Francis Malet Vaughan, styled Viscount Vaughan, who was born 15 June, 1945.

Requiem Mass at St Peter's, Ludlow, 18 Sept, followed by funeral at St Afan's, Llanafan-y-Trawsgoed, Aberystwyth, 19 Sept.

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Archbishop of Canterbury to be present at burial of his relative, Richard III

__.  The most senior Roman Catholic archbishop in England and Wales will take part in services marking the reburial of the remains of King Richard III.

The Diocese of Leicester said the Roman Catholic archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin Welby, will be present when the monarch is laid to rest in March, 2015.

But when the bones of the last Plantagenet king are laid to rest on March 26, 2015  the poignant and moving ceremony will have special significance for Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury. For Welby is directly descended from Richard III's brother, Edward IV.

The primate descends from Edward IV's daughter, Elizabeth of York, who married Henry Tudor, Richard III's arch enemy, who was victorious at the Battle of Bosworth, who lifted Richard's bloody crown from the battlefield.

The Archbishop of Canterbury is seventeen generations in descent from Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, and is an ancestral nephew of the unfortunate King Richard. 

The archbishop's royal genes have been passed down from Welby's mother, Jane, Lady Williams of Elvel. 


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Mary Bridget Fetherstonhaugh Frampton (died 2014)

__. Miss Mary Bridget Fetherstonhaugh Frampton, who died 28 Aug, 2014, aged 86, was a scion of the Fetherstonhaugh Frampton landed family of Moreton, Dorchester.

She was born circa 1928, daughter of Cdr Roger Henry Charles Fetherstonhaugh Frampton (1899-1985), by his wife the former Bridget Sybil Findlay (1903-85). Miss F F worked as a personal assistant at the House of Commons.

Her grandfather Harry Rupert F F married in 1893, Violet Edith Millicent, dau of Colonel Fox Reeve, Coldstream Guards, by his wife the Hon Mrs Fox Reeve. &c.

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Nancy Amanda Chadwyck-Healey (born 2014)

__. The Hon Virginia Chadwyck-Healey (nee Fraser, b 1982), wife of Oliver Peregrine Chadwyck-Healey (b 1982), scion of the Chadwyck-Healey Baronets (cr UK, 1919), gave birth to a daughter, Nancy Amanda, 2 September, 2014.

Oliver is a son of Peregrine James Chadwyck-Healey (b 1950), by his wife the former Julia Mary Boughey (b 1952), scion of the Boughey Baronets, & Virginia is the only daughter of the 3rd Baron Strathalmond (b 22 Jul 1947), by his wife the former Amanda Rose Taylor.

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Blunt/Wellesley marriage

_. The marriage took place in Majorca, 6 September, 2014, between James Hillier Blount (James Blunt, the singer) (b 22 Feb, 1974), son of Mr Charles Blount, by his wife, Jane, & (Alexandrina) Sofia Wellesley (b 23 July, 1983), scion of the Dukes of Wellesley, a granddaughter of the 8th Duke, daughter of Lord John Henry Wellesley (b 20 Apr, 1954), of Majorca, Spain, by his wife the former Corinne Vaes (Corinne, Lady John Wellesley), &c.

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Cunningham-Reid/Warre engagement

__. The engagement was announced 6 September, 2014, between Mr R ("Boy") Cunningham Reid, son of Mr John Cunningham-Reid and Mrs Penelope Cunningham-Reid (nee Garner-Smith), and Miss Eugenie Antonia Warre (born 1983), descended from the Dukes of Devonshire, daughter of Mr Angus Warre (b 21 Feb 1943), scion of that landed family (of Gledfield) now of Uppark, Hampshire, and Mrs Gina Warre (nee Kliun), of London SW3.

Boy Cunningham-Reid is a kinsman of Alec Cunningham-Reid, who married the Hon Ruth Ashley, scion of the Barons Mount Temple. and sister of Edwina, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, &c.

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Henry William Jardine of Applegirth (born 2014)

_. Lady Jardine of Applegirth (nee Gemma Susanne L. Clish, b 1979), wife of Sir William Murray JARDINE OF APPLEGIRTH 13th Bt, 24th Chief of Clan Jardine (b 1984) gave birth to a son, Henry William, 29 August, 2014, a brother for Alexander, who was born 5 May, 2012.

Sir William is is the son of Sir Alexander Maule JARDINE OF APPLEGIRTH 12th Bt (1947-2008) & Mary Beatrice (b 1951, dau of Hon John Michael Inigo CROSS (1923-51, son of 1st Viscount CROSS by his CHARTERIS wife a scion of the Earls of WEMYSS & MARCH) and Sybil Anne, dau of Maj Thomas Prain Douglas MURRAY MBE TD DL of Templewood, Brechin by his wife a scion of the TOLER gentry family). 

Lady Jardine is the dau of Maurice CLISH (b 1934) and Margaret M TRAYNOR.

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Floyd/MacMillan engagement

_. The engagement was announced 4 September, 2014, between Capt Alexander Edward Floyd (born 1987), Irish Guards, scion of the Floyd baronets (Baronet, UK, cr 1816), third son of Robert Charles Floyd (born 1949), of Great Chalfield, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Patricia Jan Vigors, & Lucinda A. MacMillan, daughter of Mr & Mrs Ken MacMillan, of Killyleagh, County Down.

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Doris, Baroness Cromwell 1930-2014

 Doris, Baroness Cromwell, who died in 2014, was the widow of the 6th Baron Cromwell (1929-1982).

The Barony of Cromwell was created by Writ, 28 December, 1375, and spent 426 years in abeyance until 1923 when it was called out of abeyance in favour of the 6th Baron's grandfather.

Lady Cromwell was born Doris Vivian Penfold, the youngest daughter of Hugh de Lisle Penfold (1895-1977), of Milbourne Lane, Esher, Surrey, and a granddaughter of the Rev John Brookes Vernon Penfold (1864-1922), and his wife Maude Frances Carey (1865-1913), scion of that landed gentry family, formerly of La Ville-au-Roy, Guernsey.

She married 16 January, 1954, the then Hon David Godfrey Bewicke-Copley (born 29 May, 1929), son and heir of the 5th Baron Cromwell, DSO, MC, JP, DL (1893-1966), and his wife the former Freda Constance Cripps (who died 1979), only daughter of Maj Sir Frederick William Beresford Cripps DSO, of Ampney Park, Cirencester, co. Gloucester, by his wife Constance Agnes Wykeham MBE, 2nd dau. of Philip James Digby Wykeham, of Tythrop House, co. Oxford. Her husband succeeded his father as 6th Baron Cromwell, 21 October, 1966, and died 18 August, 1982.

Lady Cromwell leaves issue, two sons, Godfrey and Thomas, and two daughters, Anne and Davina. The elder son, Godfrey John Bewicke-Copley (born 4 March, 1960), is the 7th Baron Cromwell.

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Graham/Sandbach marriage

__ The marriage took place at Colerne, Gloucestershire, 30 August, 2014, between Thomas W. Graham, son of Mr & Mrs Alan Graham, of Monte Carlo, & Alexandra C.L. Sandbach, daughter of Mr Colin P.L. Sandbach (born 1956), of Shaftesbury, Dorset, By his first wife (married 1982) the former Nicola J.L. Howard, now Mrs James Archibald, of Mustique, West Indies.

The bride's stepfather, James Archibald is the interior designer on Mustique, and an old friend of the parents of the Duchess of Cambridge.

Alexandra Sandbach's father married 2ndly, in 1990, Nicola Susan Grout-Smith (b 1958), a granddaughter maternally of Sir John Beresford Baddeley, 3rd Baronet (Bt, UK cr 1922)

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Stephenson/Harbord engagement

__.The engagement was announced 1 September, 2014, between Charles Anthony Stephenson, younger son of Mr & Mrs Simon Stephenson, of Brecon, Powys, & Sophie India Charlotte Harbord (born 1986), scion of the Barons Suffield (Peerage, GB, cr 1786), only daughter of Mr Jeremy Julian Harbord (born 1953), of Chirton, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Monique Katherine Marie Fetherstonhaugh (scion of that landed family), elder dau of Maj Theobald Henry Robert Fetherstonhaugh.

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2nd Baron Brain 1926-2014

_. The Lord Brain, who died 15 August, 2014, aged 87, was the 2nd Baron (Peerage of the UK, cr 1962).

He was Christopher Langdon Brain, born 30 Aug, 1926, son of the 1st Baron by his wife the former Stella Langdon-Down (died 1993), and succeeded to the peerage on his father's demise, 29 Dec, 1966.

Lord Brain married 11 Apr, 1953, Susan Mary Morris, by whom he had 3 daughters, Nicola, Fiona and Naomi.

The peerage now passes to his younger brother, Prof the Hon Michael Cottrell Brain, who was born 6 Aug, 1928.

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Mann/Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilkington engagement

__.The engagement was announced 30 August, 2014, between Charles James Mann, elder son of the late Maj A.J. Mann, and the late Mrs C.H. Mann, of Horncliffe, Northumberland, & Mrs Katya Teresa Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilkington (nee Clemence, born 1971), former wife of Richard Milborne Swinnerton Pilkington (b 4 Sept 1964), scion of the baronets of that name (Bt, NS, cr 1635), and daughter of Terence J. Clemence (b 1939), of London, SWI, by his wife the former Patricia Kirby.

Katya Pilkington's sisters are Claudia, the Viscountess Rothermere, wife of the 4th Viscount, and Sarah, Lady Thatcher, second wife of Sir Mark Thatcher, 2nd Baronet {and former wife of Lord Francis Russell, scion of the Dukes of Bedford}. 

Katya's former husband is the son and heir of Sir Thomas Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilkington, 14th Baronet.

Katya's aunt was the British songstress Kathy Kirby (1938-2011).

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August Albert Brooke Trotter (born 2014)

__.The Hon Asia Brooke Trotter (nee Mackay, b 1980), scion of the Earls of Inchcape, wife of Andrew D. Trotter, gave birth to a son, August Albert Brooke, 26 August, 2014, a brother for Octavia and Arlo.

Andrew Trotter is the youngest son of Mr Douglas Trotter, of Eaglesfield, Cumbria, and Mrs Margaret Trotter, of Ullock, Cumbria, and the Hon. Asia Trotter is a daughter of the Baron Tanlaw (life peer, b. 1934) of Tanlawhill, Dumfriesshire, and Baroness Tanlaw (nee Rina Siew Yong, of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) .

Lord Tanlaw is the yst son of the 2nd Earl of Inchcape.

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Sir Ralph Harry Carr-Ellison, KCVO 1925-2014

__. Sir Ralph Harry Carr-Ellison, KCVO, Lord Lieutenant of Tyne & Weat 1984-2000, died 26 August, 2014. He was 88. Sir Ralph was head of the landed gentry family of Carr-Ellison, of Hedgeley Hall, near Alnwick, Northumberland.

He was born 8 Dec, 1925, eldest son of John Campbell Carr-Ellison (1897-1956), by his 1st wife the former Daphne Hermione Indica Cradock; married 1stly  23 May, 1951,Mary Clare McMorrough Kavanagh (d 1996), scion of that landed family (whose sister married a Duke of Leinster), by whom he had issue; married 2ndly, Gay____.

Funeral at St Maurice's Church, Eglingham, near Alnwick, Thurs, 4 September.

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Baroness Thomson of Monifieth (d 2014)

_. The Baroness Thomson of Monifieth, who died 22 Aug, 2014, aged 88, was the widow of George Morgan Thomson, a Labour Cabinet minister who became a Liberal Democrat spokesman in the House of Lords (life peer). 

She was Grace Jenkins, daughter of Cunningham Jenkins, of Glasgow, and married George Thomson (b 16 Jan 1921) in 1948. Her husband was Lab MP for E Dundee, 1952-72, Minister of State and the Foreign Office under Harold Wilson; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1966-67, and again 1969-70, Sec of State for Commonwealth Affairs, 1967-68, Minister without portfolio, 1968-69; PC (1966); cr a lifer as Baron Thomson of Monifieth, 1977; appointed a Knight of the Order of the Thistle (1981); he died 3 Oct, 2008.

Lady Thomson leaves 2 daughters, Caroline and Ailsa.

Funeral at St Mary's, Putney, 5 Sept, 2014.

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Cator/Schorah engagement

. The engagement was announced 27 Aug, 2014, between Lt Benjamin Hugo Cator (born 1988), scion of that landed family, eldest son of Mark Cator (born 1960), of Ranworth, Norfolk, by his wife the former Hon Isabel Alicia Claire Crossley (b 1964), scion of the Barons Somerleyton (B, UK, cr 1916), & Miss Sophie Gillian Schorah, youngest daughter of Anthony and Janet Schorah, of Falmouth, Cornwall.

Benjamin Cator is a grandson maternally of the late 3rd Baron Somerleyton.

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Erskine/Cowan engagement

_. The engagement was announced 26 August, 2014, between the Hon Montagu John Erskine (born 17 January, 1966), second son of the 17th Earl of Buchan (b 4 Jul, 1930) (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1469), of Bath, Avon, by his wife the former Hilary Diana Cecil Power (scion of the Power Bts, 1924), & Miss Elizabeth A. Cowan, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs William D. Cowan, of Casper, Wyoming.

It is Mr Erskine's second marriage. He married firstly, in 1997, Rachel Elizabeth Pryor (b 1966), scion of that landed family.

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Blakeley/Kidd marriage

_. The marriage has taken place in West Sussex, between Capt David Michael Blakeley (b 14 May, 1978), son of Mr Michael Blakeley, by his wife the former Jean Jenkins, & Jodie Elizabeth Kidd (born 25 Sept, 1978), descended from the Barons Beaverbrook (Baron UK, cr 1917), former wife of Aidan Butler, and younger daughter of John Edward Aitken Kidd (born 12 Dec, 1944), by his wife the former Wendy Madeleine Hodge (b 1941) (descended from the Hodge baronets, Bt, UK, cr 1921).

Jodie Kidd's elder sister is the Countess of Mornington, a future Duchess of Wellington.

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Nicholas Lyulph Russell, 6th Earl Russell 1968-2014

_. Nicholas Lyulph Russell, the 6th Earl Russell (Peerage of the UK, cr 1861), died 17 August, 2014. He was 45.

He was born 12 Sept, 1968, elder son of Conrad, 5th Earl Russell (1937-2004), by his wife the former Elizabeth Franklin Saunders (d. 30 Jan 2003); and succeeded to the peerage on his father's death, 13 Oct, 2004. He was unmarried.

The earldom now passes to his younger brother, the Hon John Francis Russell, who was born 19 Nov, 1971.

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Vita Mary Bourne-Arton (born 2014)

. Willa Bourne-Arton (nee Watson), wife of Thomas Charles D. (Tom) Bourne-Arton (born 1980), scion of that landed family (of Tanfield Lodge, near Ripon, North Yorks), gave birth to a daughhter, Vita Mary, 14 August, 2014. 

Tom is a son of Simon Nicholas Bourne-Arton, QC (b 5 Sept, 1949), of West Tanfield, North Yorkshire, and Mrs Bourne-Arton (nee Diana Carr-Walker).

Willa is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Antony Watson, of Milden, Suffolk.

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Timothy Claud Heywood-Lonsdale (1937-2014)

_.Timothy Claud Heywood-Lonsdale, who died 16 August, 2014, was a scion of that landed gentry family and a first cousin of the Duchess of Devonshire.

He was born in 1937, a son of Lt-Col Arthur HEYWOOD-LONSDALE (1900-76) by his wife, Jean Katharine (1907-96) d of Hon Claud Eustace HAMILTON-RUSSELL (1871-1948, s of 8th Viscount BOYNE (1830-1907) and Lady Katherine Frances SCOTT (d 1903) d of 2nd Earl of ELDON), and Maria Lindsay (1878-1963) d of Sir Lindsay WOOD 1st Bt. 

He m 1964 Jennifer Elizabeth (b 1935 reg Q3 Norfolk) d of William BECK of The Grange, Tabley, Knutsford, Cheshire, and had two sons.

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Hon Finnian Anson (born 2014)

. The Countess of Lichfield (nee Lady Henrietta Tamara Juliet Conyngham, born 1976), wife of the Queen's cousin the 6th Earl of Lichfield (b 19 Jul 1978), gave birth to a second son, 

the Hon Finnian Anson, 12 August, 2014, a brother for (Thomas) Ossian Patrick Wolfe Anson, styled Viscount Anson, who was born 20 May, 2011. 

Lord Lichfield, son of the photographer 5th Earl by his Grosvenor wife (see Westminster D), married in 2009, Lady Henrietta Conyngham (b 1976), daughter of the 8th Marquess Conyngham and the Marchioness Conyngham, &c.

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Candida Rose Lycett Green 1942-2014

_. Candida Rose Lycett Green, who died 19 August, 2014, aged 71, was an author, journalist and conservation campaigner, the daughter of the Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman, CBE (1906-84), by his wife the former Penelope Valentine Hester Chetwode, scion of the barons Chetwode. 

She married in 1963, Rupert William Lycett Green (b 1938), scion of the Green baronets, son of Lt-Cdr David Lycett Green (1890--1962), by his wife the former Angela Courage (afterwards Baroness Grimthorpe) (d 1992).

Candida Lycett Green is survived by her husband and children, Lucy, Imogen, Endellion, David and John.

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Angela Pauline Bruce-Gardyne (nee Fane) 1936-2014

__. Angela Pauline Bruce-Gardyne, who died 16 August, 2014, aged 78, was as scion of the Earls of Westmorland (Peerage of England cr 1624), and wife of Lieutenant-Commander (Kenneth) Patrick Bruce-Gardyne, RN,  (b 13 Nov, 1933), of the Old Rectory, Meonstoke, scion of that landed family.

She was born 9 June, 1936, descended from the 8th Earl of Westmorland, a daughter of Charles William Fane (1904-76), by his wife the former Pauline Margaret Blackie (d 1994), and married Patrick Bruce-Gardyne, 11 Apr, 1964, by whom she had issue.

Funeral at St Andrew's Church, Meonstoke, Hampshire, 26 Aug, 2014.

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Rory Christopher Earle Welby-Everard (born 2014)

__.Henrietta I.S.G. Welby-Everard ((née Snook) wife of Guy John Earle Welby-Everard (b 1979), scion of the Welby Baronets (cr 1801), gave birth to a son, Rory Christopher Earle, 15 August, 2014, a brother for Eliza Virginia Rose, who was b 24 February, 2012.

Guy is the son of Colonel Hugh Earle Welby-Everard, MBE (b 1944) by his late wife the former Virginia Gresley Morris (Mrs Binna Welby-Everard) and stepson of Mrs Miranda Welby-Everard, of Winchester, and Henrietta is a twin daughter of Colonel and Mrs Anthony Snook, of Petworth. 

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Chuka Umunna: his political and aristocratic ancestry

_. Chuka Umunna, Labour MP for Streaham, and shadow Buisness Secretary, hailed in the Press as the 'black Blair' and tipped to be Britain's first black prime minister has a rich English political ancestry, which includes radical 19th century politicians, advocates for the abolition of slavery, peers, and prominent businessmen.

Umunna was born in 1978 to a Nigerian, Bennett Umunna, who married Patricia Milmo, daughter of the High Court judge Sir Patrick Milmo

When studying for his MA at Nottingham Law School was Umunna aware that the statue of the radical Victorian statesman in the town was a member of his own family?

It has been revealed that Umunna is closely related to Arnold Morley, a barrister and Liberal politician who served under Gladstone, and Morley's father, Samuel, the philanthropist, political radical and abolitionist.

The Morleys were prominent hosiery manufacturers. One kinsman was Francis Morley, of Breadsall Priory, Derbyshire.

Cousins of Umunna include the Barons Hollenden, raised to the peerage in 1912. The first Lord Hollenden was Governor of the Bank of England in the Edwardian era. The Hollenden  connection links Umunna to the aristocratic Earls of Buckinghamshire, and to writer Evelyn Waugh's first wife the "she Evelyn".

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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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