Edmund Brudenell, of Deene Park, Northants 1928-2014

_,. Edmund Brudenell, who died 19 October, 2014, aged 85, spent almost three decades painstakingly restoring Deene Park, one of England's finest country houses. Mr Brudenell was a scion of the Marquesses of Ailesbury (Marquess, UK, cr 1821), a gt-grandson of the 3rd Marquess; born 24 Oct, 1928, son of George Lionel Thomas Brudenell (1880-1962), who in 1917 had assumed the surname of Brudenell in lieu of Brudenell-Bruce, by his wife the former Mary Julia Schillizzi (died 1972), descended from the Ralli baronets; married 1955, the Hon Marian Manningham-Buller (who died 10 Aug, 2013), scion of the Viscounts Dilhorne (Vis, UK, cr 1964), dau of the 1st Viscount Dilhorne (1905-80), by his wife the former Lady Mary Lindsay (1910-2004), scion of the Earls of Crawford & Balcarres; by whom he had issue, 2 sons and one daughter.

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Baroness Marples (d 2014)

_. The Baroness Marples, who died 1 November, 2014, aged 95, was the widow of the life peer the Baron Marples, PC (1907-78), who as Ernest Marples, PC, MP, was Conservative MP for Wallasey, and served as Minister of Transport; she was the former Ruth Alianore Dobson, dau of F.W. Dobson, of Nottingham, and married Marples in 1956, as his second wife. She was widowed in 1978. No issue of the union.

Funeral 21 Nov, followed by burial at Kensal Greem Cemetery.

Oriel Malet 1923-2014

The Lady Auriel Rosemary Malet Vaughan (known as Oriel Malet), who died 14 October, 2014, aged 91, was a gifted novelist, Bohemian, scion of the Earls of Lisburne (Ear, Ire, cr 1776).

She was born 20 January, 1923, third and youngest daughter of the 7th Earl of Lisburne (1892-1965), by his first wife, the former Maria Isabel Regina Aspasia de Bittencourt (who d 1944); 

She was unm. 

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Olivia Marianne Cavan-Lambart 1925-2014

_. Olivia Marianne Cavan-Lambart, who died at her home, 31 October, 2014, aged 89, was a scion of the Earls of Cavan (Earl, Ire, cr 1647), and was a half~sister of the 13th Earl of Cavan.

She was born 22 Oct, 1925, as Olive Lambart, daughter of Frederick Cavan Lambart 1902-63, by his first wife the former Adelaide Constance Butler; she later abandoned the Christian name of Olive; married 27 Dec, 1950 (divorced 1970), Ernest Ephraim Corrett, by whom she had issue, two sons, Paul and Graham.

Funeral at Farm Street Church, Mayfair, Friday 14 Nov.

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The 4th Viscount Samuel 1925-2014

_. The 4th Viscount Samuel (Peerage of the UK cr 1937), died 7 November, 2014, at Westport, Connecticult, aged 89, having enjoyed his possession of the peerage for just one month.

Lord Samuel, a verteran of the Second World War, who served in the fledgling Israeli armed forces in 1948, was a senior executive in the Royal/Dutch Shell Group for over 30 years. He succeeded to the peerage on the death of his elder brother, who was 92, on 7 Oct, 2014.

Dan Judah Samuel was born 25 March, 1925, younger son of the 2nd Viscount Samuel, CMG (1898-1978), by his wife the former Hadassah Goor (d 1986); married 1stly, 1957 (div 1977) Nonni Esther Gordon, dau of Max Gordon, by whom he had issue; married 2ndly, 1981 (div 1992) Heather Cumming, daughter of Angus Cumming, by whom he had further issue.

The Viscountcy now passes to the only son of his first marriage, the Hon Jonathan Herbert Samuel, who was born 17 Dec, 1965.

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Henderson/Barclay engagement

 The engagement was announced between David Brodie Henderson (born 16 November, 1970), scion on the Barons Faringdon, son of Capt Alan Brodie Henderson (born 30 July, 1933), The Welsh Guards, by his second wife Dame Fiona Douglas Pilkington, DCVO (1941-2006), sometime Lady-in-Waiting to HRH The Duchess of Kent, GCVO, and later to HM Queen Elizabeth II, & Katherine Elizabeth Barclay (born 1972), daughter of David William Barclay (born 29 November, 1942), head of that landed gentry family, of Higham, and his wife the former Celia Helen Cairns (1944-2021), scion of the Earls Cairns.

Cumberbatch/Hunter engagement

_. The engagement was announced 5 November, 2014, between Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born 1976), actor, descended from the Chaloner baronets (See Baron Gisborough, Burke's Peerage), son of Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch, actor as Timothy Carlton, by his wife the actress, Wanda Ventham, & Sophie Hunter, daughter of Mr Charles Hunter by his wife the former Anna Katharine Gow.

The bride-to-be is a granddaughter of the late Gen Sir Michael Gow, and descends from the Scott of Beauclerk baronets, and the Seely Barons Mottistone

Benedict Cumberbatch descends via Chaloner and Blakiston from King Edward IV.

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Rood/Nicolson engagement

.__ The engagement was announced 6 November, 2014, between Simon Alexander Rood (born 1985), only son of Mr Peter O. Rood, of Compton Dundon, Somerset, by his wife the former Jennifer J. Sims & Juliet Victoria Katharine Nicolson (born 1988), descended from the Royal House, scion of the Lords Saltoun (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1445), younger daughter of Capt Mark Malise Nicolson, of Cairnbulg Castle, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, by his wife the Hon Katharine Ingrid Mary Isabel FRASER, Mistress of Saltoun (b 11 Oct, 1957).

The bride to be is a granddaughter of the Lady Saltoun (a peeress in her own right), and the late Capt Alexander Arthur Alfonso David Maule Ramsay of Mar, and a great-granddaughter of HRH Princess Patricia of Connaught (afterwards Lady Patricia Ramsay), and a great-great granddaughter of HRH The Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught & Strathearn, son of HM Queen Victoria, &c.

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Dowager Baroness Hayter, MBE 1919-2014

_. The Dowager Baroness Hayter, MBE, who died 31 October, 2014, aged 95, was the widow of the 3rd Baron Hayter, KCVO, CBE (1911-2003).

She was the former Elizabeth Anne Rumbold, scion of the Rumbold baronets (Bt, cr 1779), & was born 25 Sept, 1919,daughgter of Thomas Arthur Rumbold; by his wife Rosemary Hazel Hampshire, and married the then George Charles Hayter Chubb, in 1940. Her husband succeeded as 3rd Baron his father's death, 3 March, 1967, and died 2 Sept, 2003.

Lady Hayter is survived by three sons, George, John and Charles and by a daughter, Sarah. The eldest son, George William Michael Chubb, b 9 Oct, 1943, is the fourth Baron Hayter.

Memorial Service at St Giles Church, Ashtead, Surrey, 13 Dec, 2014.

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Greenock/Malcolm engagement

_. The engagement was announced 1 November, 2014, between Alan George Cathcart, styled Lord Greenock (born 16 March, 1986), scion of the Earls Cathcart ( Earl, UK, cr 1814), only son and heir of the 7th Earl Cathcart (b 30 Nov, 1952), of Gateley Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, by his wife the former Vivien Clare Skinner (b 1954), & Camilla Petronell (Willa) Malcolm (born 1987), scion of the Malcolm baronets (Bt, NS, cr 1665), only daughter of Sir Alexander James Elton Malcolm, 13th Baronet (b 30 Aug 1956), of Brinecombe, Somerset, by his wife the former Virginia Elizabeth Coxon.

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The Duchess of Montrose, wife of the 8th Duke

_. Her Grace the Duchess of Montrose, wife of the 8th Duke of Montrose, died 29 October, 2014.

She was the former Catherine Elizabeth MacDonnel Young, daughter of Capt Norman Andrew Thompson Young, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, of Ottawa, and married the then James Graham, Marquess of Montrose, in 1970.

Her husband succeeded his father as 8th Duke in 1992. The Dukedom in the Peerage of Scotland was created in 1707.

The Duchess is survived by her husband and by her sons, the Marquess of Montrose, and Lord Ronald Graham, and a daughter, Lady Hermione.

Funeral to be at Dryman Church on Wednesday 5 November, 2014, followed by family burial at Buchanan Chuchyard.

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David Henry FitzRoy Somerset 1930-2014

_. David Henry FitzRoy Somerset, who died 25 October, 2014, aged 84, was a scion of the Barons Raglan ( Baron, UK, cr 1852); & was Chief Cashier Bank of England, 1980-88, &c; was born 19 June, 1930, son of Brig the Hon Nigel FitzRoy Somerset DSO, MC (1893-1990), by his wife the former Phyllis Marion Offley (who died 1979), and was a grandson of the 3rd Baron Raglan (1857-1921); married 16 Apr, 1955, Ruth Ivy, dau of Wilfred Robert Wildbur, by whom he had issue,  a daughter, Louise and a son, Henry.

Funeral at St Denys Church, Rotherfield, East Sussex, Friday 7 Nov, 2014.

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Richard Sackville Lane Fox 1933-2014

_._.Richard Sackville Lane Fox, who died 25 October, 2014, aged 81, was a scion of the Lane Fox family, of Bramham Park, West Yorkshire.

He was born 19 Sept, 1933, second son of Lt-Col Francis Gordon Ward Lane Fox (formerly Ward Jackson) (1899-1989), by his wife the Hon Marcia Agnes Mary Lane Fox (1904-80), eldest daughter of the 1st & last Baron Bingley; married 11 June, 1960, the Hon Janet Hamilton (b 8 Sept, 1936), only dau of the 3rd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, MC, by (1911-90) whom he had issue.

Funeral at St Mary's Church, Black Torrington, Friday 7 Nov, 2014.

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(Walter) Raleigh Trevelyan 1923-2014

_. {Walter} Raleigh Trevelyan, who died 23 October, 2014, aged, 91, was a scion of the Trevelyan baronets (Bt, cr 1661); & was a prolific author and historian acclaimed for his wartime memoir The Fortress and his biography of Sir Walter Raleigh.

He was born 6 July, 1923, son of Walter Raleigh Fetherstonhaugh Trevelyan 1893-1953, by his wife the former Olive Beatrice Frost; he was Capt, The Rifle Brigade; served in World War II (despatches); author; editorial director, Michael Joseph Ltd, &c. Unm.

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Hon Dorothy Anne Eustace 1926-2014

_. The Hon Dorothy Anne Eustace, who died 24 Oct, 2014, aged 88, was a younger daughter of the 1st (and last) Baron Percy of Newcastle 1887-1958 (ext 1958), by his wife the former Stella Katherine Drummond, and was a granddaughter of the 7th Duke of Northumberland, &c.

She was born in 1926, as Dorothy Anne Percy; married 1957, Maj Thomas Robert Hales Eustace, Royal Irish Fusilliers, by whom she had issue.

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Timpson/Turner engagement

_. The engagement was announced 30 October, 2014, between Mr Lawrence Rupert John Timpson (born 1974), son of the late Nicholas George Lawrence Timspon, by his wife the former Lady Selina Catherine Meade (born 1950), scion of the Earls of Clanwilliam (Earl, Ire, cr 1776), & Arabella Mary Claire Turner (born 1984), daughter of Mr Rodney John Turner, by his wife the former Hon Anne Mary Cameron (b 1953), scion of the Barons Rowallan (Baron, UK, cr 1911).

Lawrence Timpson descends from the Houston-Boswall baronets (Bart, UK, cr 1836).

Hon John Alexander Ladi Thynn (born 2014)

_. Emma Thynn, styled Viscountess Weymouth (born 1986), wife of Ceawlin Thynn, styled Viscount Weymouth (b 6 June, 1974), scion of the Marquesses of Bath, gave birth to a son and heir, the Hon John Alexander Ladi Thynn, in London, 26 Oct, 2014.

Viscount Weymouth is the son and heir of the 6th Marquess of Bath (b 6 May, 1932), of Longleat, by his wife, the former Anna Gyarmathy

Viscountess Weymouth is the former Emma Clare A. McQuiston (b 1986), daughter of Ladi Jadesimi & Mrs Suzanna McQuiston (nee________).

The bride is a half-sister of Iain McQuiston, husband of Lord Weymouth's aunt, Lady Silvy Cerne Thynne.

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Sir Edmund Vere Lacon, 8th Baronet 1936-2014

_. Sir Edmund Vere Lacon, 8th Baronet (Bt, UK, cr 1818), died 17 October, 2014. He was 78.

He was born 3 May, 1936, son of Sir George Vere Francis Lacon, 7th Bt (1909-1980), by his 1st wife the former Hilary Blanche Scott; succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father, 1980; married 7 Sept, 1963, Gillian, only dau of Jack Henry Middlemitch, by whom he had issue, a son Edmund Richard Vere, and a daughter, Anna Kathryn (b 1965).

His son, who was born 2 Oct, 1967, inherits the baronetcy.

Celebration of his life at St Peter's Church, Holton, Halesworth, Saturday 6 Nov 2014.

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Alexander Lumsden Bear Meysey-Thomspon (born 2014)

_. Lucy A.L. Meysey-Thompson, wife of James Leo Charles Meysey-Thompson (b 1979), descended from the Meysey-Thompson Baronets (cr 1874), gave birth to a son, Alexander Lumsden Bear, a brother for Christopher (Kit) Mark Buffalo, who was born 26 December, 2012.

James Meysey-Thompson is a son of the late Mark Kennedy Meysey-Thompson (1949-87) by his wife the former Catherine Diana Jane Herdman-Newton (now Mrs Rupert Nickols) and stepson of Mr Rupert Nickols, of Spellow Hill, North Yorkshire, and Lucy is a daughter of the late Mr A.J.B. Asplin and of Mrs Asplin, of Kilrenny, Fife. 

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Sir John Leigh Austin Hungerford Hoskyns, Knt 1927-2014

_. Sir John Hoskyns, who died 20 October, 2014, aged 87, was a scion of the Hoskyns Baronets (Bt, England, cr 1676), & was head of the Pime Minister's Policy Unit, 1979-82; Director-General, Institute of Directors, 1984-89; Knight Bachelor, 1982, &c.

John Leigh Austin Hungerford Hoskyns was born in 1927, son of Lt-Col Chandos Benedict Arden Hoskyns 1895-1940, by his wife the former Joyce Taylor (whpo d 1979); married 1956, Miranda, dau of Mr Tom Mott, by whom he had issue, sons Barnaby and Benedict, and a daughter, Tamasine.

Funeral at St Mary the Virgin, Edwardstone, Suffolk, 28 Oct.

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Ryecart/Gould engagement

. The engagement was announced 22 Oct, 2014, between Frederick William Hamlet (Freddie) Ryecart (born 1987), son of the actor Patrick Ryecart (b 9 May 1952), by his former wife the actress Marsha Fitzalan (aka Lady Marcia Mary Josephine George (nee Fitzalan-Howard), of Fawley, Oxfordshire), daughter of the late 17th Duke of Norfolk, KG, GCVO (1915-2002), & Alexandra I.S. Gould, daughter of Mr & Mrs Michael Gould, of Rotherwick, Hampshire.

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David Herbert Samuel, 3rd Viscount Samuel, OBE 1922-2014

_ Prof The 3rd Viscount Samuel, OBE, died 7 October, 2014. He was 92.

David Herbert Samuel was born 8 Jul 1922, son of the 2nd Viscount (1898-1978), by his wife the former Hadassah Goor (d 1986), dau of Judah Goor, of Tel-Aviv, Israel, and succeeded his father, 14 Nov, 1978.

David Samuel was Professor of Physical Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science.

He was married four times ~ firstly, 5 May 1950  (div. 1957) Esther Berelowitz, 2nd dau. of Jacob Berelowitz, of Cape Town, South Africa; married 2ndly, 14 Dec 1960 (div. 1979) Rinna Dafni (former wife of Reuben Dafni), dau. of Meir Grossman, of Herzliyah, Israel; married 3rdly; Jun 1980 (div. 1993) Veronika Grimm (former wife of Robert Grimm), dau. of Ernest Engelhardt, of Toronto, Canada; married 4thly, 8 Jul 1997 Eve Black, dau. of David Black, of San Francisco, California, USA.

Lord Samuel, Israel's only viscount, leaves two daughters, the. Hon Judith Samuel (b. 29 Jan 1951), from the first marriage, mar. 1987 Dr Daniel Daliot, of Tel Aviv, Israel, and has issue; and the  Hon Naomi Rachel Samuel (b. 27 May 1962), from the second marriage, who mar. 1992 Nir Wilf, of Haifa, Israel.

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Dowager Viscountess Hanworth 1918-2014

_. (Isolda) Rosamond Pollock, Dowager Viscountess Hanworth, widow of the 2nd Viscount, died 13 October, 2014. She was 97.

She was born Isolda Rosamond Parker, 26 June, 1918 (?), scion of the Earls of Macclesfield (Peerage of GB, cr 1721), second daughter of Geoffrey Parker (1880-1954), by his wife the former Isolda Mabel Cecil Craufurd, dau of Sir Charles Craufurd, 4th Baronet; and married 27 Apr, 1940, David Bertram Pollock, 2nd Viscount Hanworth 1916-96 (Peerage of the UK, cr 1936); she served WW2 ad a Snr Cmdr, ATS; was widowed 31 Aug, 1996, etc.

Viscountess Hanworth leaves issue, a son and a daughter, and was predeceased by another son. Her only surv son, is the 3rd Viscount Hanworth (b  16 Feb, 1946).

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The 11th Duke of Marlborough 1926-2014

. His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, 11th duke in the Peerage of England (cr 1702), died 16 October, 2014. He was 88.

John George Henry Vanderbilt (Sunny) Spencer-Churchill was born  13 Apr, 1926, elder son of the 10th Duke (1897-1972), by his wife the former Alexandra Mary Hilda Cadogan (1900-61), and succeeded to the Marlborough peerages and the Blenheim Palace estate, Oxfordshire, on his father's demise, 11 March, 1972.

The Duke of Marlborough was four times wed. His first marriage, 1951 (div 1960) was to Susan Mary Hornby (who died 2005). He married 2ndly, 1961 (div 1971), Athina Mary Onassis, former wife of Aristotle Onassis, and dau of Stavros Livanos; married 3rdly, 1972 (div 2008) Countess Dagmar Rosita Astri Libertas Douglas (b 1943); married 4thly, 2008, Mrs Lily Mahtani.

The duke is survived by his fourth wife and two children from the first marriage, Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill (b 1958), and Charles James, styled Marquess of Blandford (b 24 Nov, 1955), and by two children, Lord Edward (b 1974) and Lady Alexandra Spencer-Churchill (b 1977), from his third union.

The dukedom and numerous subsidiary peerages now devolve upon the duke's eldest surviving son, the Marquess of Blandford.

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3rd Viscount Allenby 1931-2014

_.The Viscount Allenby, who died 3 October, 2014, aged 83, was 3rd Viscount (Peerage of the UK, cr 1919), who sat as a hereditary crossbench peer in the House of Lords.

Michael Jaffray Hynman Allenby was born 20 May, 1931, only son of the 2nd Viscount Allenby (1903-84), by his first wife the former Gertrude Mary Lethbridge Champneys (who d 1988), and succeeded his father in the family honours, 17 July, 1984.

Lord Allenby married 29 Jul 1965, Sara Margaret (b 1942) d of Lt-Col Peter Milner WIGGIN (1907-94), scion of the Bts of that name, and Margaret Frances LIVINGSTONE-LEARMOUTH (1914-99) scion of that gentry family formerly of Parkhall, and had issue, a son, the Hon Henry Jaffray Hynman ALLENBY (b 29 Jul 1968), who married, 1996 Louise Victoria d of Michael GREEN of Sands Farm, Faringdon, Oxforshire, and has issue, two sons. 

Service of Thanksgiving on 12th November, 2014, at All Saints Church, Odiham.

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Hon Richard Arthur Louis Dillon 1948-2014

_. The Hon Richard Arthur Louis Dillon, who died 9 October, 2014, aged 65, was a scion of the Viscounts Dillon (Peerage of Ireland cr 1621), and was uncle, and heir presumptive, to the 22nd Viscount Dillon.

He was born 23 Oct, 1948, the second son of the 20th Viscount (1911-79), by his wife the former Irene Marie France du Plessis (who d 2008); married 24 May, 1975, the Hon Priscilla Frances Hazlerigg (b 1952), younger daughter of the 2nd Baron Hazlerigg, MC (1910-2002) (Peerage of the UK, cr 1945), by whom he had issue, a son Thomas (b 1983), and a daughter, Charlotte (b 1978).

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Earl of Cottenham to marry

_. The engagement was announced 7 October, 2014, between Mark John Henry Pepys, 9th Earl of Cottenham (born 11 Oct, 1983) (Peerage of the UK, cr 1850), son of the late 8th Earl of Cottenham (1948-2000), by his wife the former Sarah Lombard-Hobson (born 1951) (now Mrs Richard Ford, of London), & Miss Juan Du, daughter of Mr Yuming Du and Mrs Hanfen Li, of Kunming, China.

Lord Cottenham succeeded to the family honours on his father's death, 20 Oct, 2000.

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Aurelia Mary Elizabeth Fortescue (2014)

_. Olivia R. Fortescue (nee Rodgers), wife of James Adrian Fortescue (b 1978), scion of the Earls Fortescue (cr GB 1789), gave birth to a daughter, Aurelia Mary Elizabeth, 22 September, 2014, a sister for Isla.

Mr Fortescue is the only son of the Hon Seymour Fortescue (b 1942), of Chelsea, by his 1st wife the former Julia Pilcher (now Mrs Benjimin Bonas, of Morecote, Switzerland), and Olivia is the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Graham Rodgers, of Windsor. 

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Sir Nevil John Wilfrid Macready, CBE, 3rd Baronet 1921-2014

_. Sir Nevil John Wilfrid Macready, CBE, Bart, who died 27 September, 2014, aged 93, was the 3rd baronet, of Cheltenham, co Gloucester (Bt, UK, cr 1923).

He was born 7 Sept, 1921, son of Lieut-Gen Sir Gordon Nevil Macready, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO, MC, 2nd Baronet (1891-1956), by his wife Elisabeth (d 7 Dec, 1969), daughter of Maurice, 8th Duc de Noailles, of Paris, by his wife Yolande.

Succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's demise, 17 Oct, 1956; married 1949, Mary, daughter of Sir John Donald Balfour Fergusson, GCB, by whom he had issue, a son and three daughters. 

The son, Charles Nevil Macready (born 19 May, 1955), succeeds to the baronetcy.

Funeral at Holy Trinity Church, Crookham, Hampshire, Friday 10 Oct.

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William Peter Chippendale Keswick (born 2014)

_.Clare J. Keswick (née Davidson), wife of  Adam Keswick (b. 1973), gave birth to a son, William Peter Chippendale, in Hong Kong, 27 Septrember, 2014, a brother for Eda, who was b 11 Feb, 2008, and twins Irene and Rose, who were born 4 March, 2010.

Adam is the third son of Sir (John) Chippendale Lindley (known as "Chips") Keswick, of London, descended from the extinct Barons Lindley, by his wife, the former Lady Sarah Ramsay (b. 1945), & Clare is the daughter of Mr & Mrs Peter Davidson, of Rickford, Somerset. 

Adam Keswick is a grandson maternally of the 16th Earl of Dalhousie, KT, GCVO, GBE (1914-1999).

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Elizabeth Baroness Sudeley 1941-2014

_. Elizabeth Baroness Sudeley, who died 29 September, 2014, aged 72, was the first wife of the 7th Baron Sudeley (Peerage of the UK, cr 1838).

She was the former Hon Elizabeth Mairi Keppel, born 3 Nov, 1941, scion of the Earls of Albemarle (Peerage of England, cr 1696), elder daughter of Derek William Charles Keppel, styled Viscount Bury (1911-68), by his 1st wife the former Lady Mairi Elizabeth Vane-Tempest-Stewart, a dau of the 7th Marquess of Londonderry.

Her father was the eldest son of the 9th Earl of Albemarle (1882-1979).

She married 1stly, 1962, Alastair Michael Hyde Villiers (1937-2005), a scion of the Earls of Clarendon, by whom she had issue; married 2ndly, 1980 (div 1988), the 7th Baron Sudeley (born 17 June, 1939) (Peerage of the UK, cr 1838).

Lady Sudeley is survived by her children, Charles and Charlotte.

The funeral is at West London Crematorium, Monday 6 Oct.

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Byrne/Fitzherbert engagement

_. The engagement was announced 2 Oct, 2014, between Andrew J. Byrne, son of Mr G. Byrne, of Stockton Heath, Cheshire, and Mrs A. Binsley, of Tarrant Keyneston, Dorset, & the Hon Teresa Emily Fitzherbert (born 15 June, 1987), scion of the Barons Stafford (Peerage of England, cr 1640), elder daughter of the 15th Baron Stafford (born 13 Mar, 1954), of Swynnerton Park, Stone, Staffordshire, by his wife the former Katherine Mary Codrington.

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Emily Mary Fox-Pitt (born 2014)

_.Alice Fox-Pitt (nee Plunkett) wife of William S.L. Fox-Pitt (b 2 Jan 1969), noted British equestrian & scion of that landed family, gave birth to a daughter, Emily Mary, 16 September, 2014, a sister for Oliver, Thomas and Chloe. William is the son of  Mr Oliver Fox-Pitt (1932-2012), by his wife Marietta, and is a brother of Miranda, who is married to Peregrine Moncreiffe, brother of the Earl of Erroll. 

Alice is a daughter of Mr and Mrs David Plunkett.

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Deborah Fleury Bosville Macdonald of Sleat 1973-2014

. Deborah Fleury Bosville Macdonald of Sleat, who died 11 September, 2014, in Hammersmith, was a scion of the Bosville Macdonald baronets (Bt, NS, 1625, of Sleat, Isle of Skye); born in 1973, elder daughter of Sir Ian Godfrey Bosville Macdonald of Sleat, 17th Baronet, and 25th Chief of Sleat (b 1  8 Jul, 1947), by his wife the former Juliet Fleury Ward-Harrison.

She is survived by her parents and brother. Somerled, and sister Isabel.

A Thanksgiving Service will be held at St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, Monday 27 October, 2014.

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Robert Gerard Charles Noel 1928-2014

_. (Robert) Gerard Charles Noel, who died 23 September, 2014, was a scion of the Earls of Gainsborough (Earl, UK, cr 1841).

He was born in 1928, a son of Lt-Col Maurice Waldegrave Noel (1888-1958), by his wife the former Elisabeth Christine Edith Gairdner (d 1981). He married 1961 (div 1988) Gillian Margaret Halse, no issue. No issue.

Mr Noel was a freemason, Rosicrucian, Freeman of the City of London; Knight of Justice, Order of St Lazarus; Knight Grand Cross, Order of St Raphael; Knight, Order of the Temple of Jerusalem; late, Lieutenant, Royal Marines; stockbroker, &c.

Funeral at St Mary's Church, Newent, 7 Oct.

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The Rev 3rd Baron Wrenbury 1927-2014

_.The Rev. Lord Wrenbury, who died 27 September, 2014, aged 87, was the 3rd Baron (Peerage of the UK, cr 1915).

John Burton Buckley was born 18 June, 1927, son of the 2nd Baron Wrenbury (1890-1940), by his wife the former Helen Malise Graham (who died 1981); succeeded to the peerage on his father's death 74 years ago, 30 May, 1940.

He married 1stly, 1956 (div 1961), Carolyn Joan Maude Burn-Murdoch; married 2ndly, 1961, Penelope Sara Frances Fort, by whom he had issie, a son and two daughters. 

Lord Wrenbury was ordained in 1990.

The son, the Hon William Edward Buckley, born 19 June, 1966, succeeds as fourth baron. 

Funeral at St Giles' Church, Dallington, Saturday 11 Oct, 2014.

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James Algernon Foster Clotworthy (born 2014)

_.Olga Skeffington (nee Dixon-Brown), wife of the Hon Charles John Foster Clotworthy Whyte-Melville Foster Skeffington (b 7 Feb 1973), scion of the Viscounts Massereene & Ferrard, gave birth to a son, James Algernon Foster Clotworthy, 11 August, 2014, a brother for Tara Harriet Whyte-Melville Skeffington, who was b 7 February, 2012.  

Charles is the son and heir of the 14th Viscount Massereene & Ferrard (b 3 Jun 1940), of Chilham Castle, Canterbury, Kent, by his wife the former Anne Denise Rowlandson, and Olga is the eldest daughter of Capt Cecil Lewis Dixon-Brown, RM, and Mrs Dixon-Brown, of Chepstow Villas, Kensington.

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Davies-Jones/Inskip marriage

_. HRH The Duke of Cambridge was present on Saturday 27 September, 2014, at the marriage at Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, of Robert Henry M. Davies-Jones (born 1979), son of  Capt Peter Michael Davies-Jones, by his wife the former Gentian Gubbins-Mounsey-Heysham (b 1946), & Victoria Ann Inskip (b 1983), descended from a brother of the 1st Viscount Caldecote, daughter of Mr Owen Hampden Inskip (b 24 May, 1953), by his wife the Hon Clare Elizabeth Anne Inskip (nee Noel-Buxton), daughter of the 2nd Baron Noel-Buxton (1917-80) (Baron UK, cr 1930), by his 2nd wife, the former Margaret Elizabeth Cloete, dau of Stephanus Abraham Cloete, &c.

Robert Davies-Jones's mother is a  dau of Maj Richard Heysham GUBBINS-MOUNSEY-HEYSHAM (c1904-1960) of Castletown, Carlisle and Isabel Margaret (Peggy) d of Brig William Bradley Gossett BARNE CBE DSO (1880-1951) of Knightsbridge, London and Dorothy Isabel (1883-1973) d of Col Edward Donald MALCOLM of Poltalloch CB JP (1837-1930), sometime head of the Scots gentry family of that name.

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Mary Alice Olga Sophia Jane Scrivener 1919-2014

_. Mary Alice Olga Sophia Jane Scrivener, who died 20 September, 2014, aged 95, was descended from the Royal House, the last surviving great-granddaughter of Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge.

She was born in London, 4 June, 1919, a daughter of Robert Charlton Lane (1873-1943), by his wife the former Olga Mary Adelaide Fitzgeorge (1877-1928), who was a daughter of the Duke of Cambridge's illegitimate son, Sir Adolphus Fitzgeorge (1846-1922).

She married firstly, 1939 (div 1961) Edward Christopher Hohler (1917-97) s of Lt-Col Arthur Preston HOHLER DSO (1887-1919), sometime head of that gentry family of Long Crendon, and Laline Annette (1888-1969 , later Mrs Stanley Barry) d of William Harvey ASTELL (1860-96), sometime head of that gentry of Woodbury & Everton, and Hon Elizabeth Maria VEREKER (c1875-1958) d of 4th Viscount GORT, and had 2 sons and 2 daus. She married 2ndly 1962 Robert Stratford Scrivener (1919-2001) s of Sir Patrick Stratford SCRIVENER KCMG (1897-1966) and Margaret d of Walter DORLING.

Mrs Scrivener was the mother of four, Olga, Philippa, Frederick and Robert, grandmother of 13, great-grandmother of 13. Funeral (family flowers only) at St. Etheldreda’s, Fulham on Tuesday 7 October, 2014.

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Bessie Dorothy Ivy Rhodes

_. To Sarah Louise German & George Frederick Albert Rhodes, 27 Sept, 2015, at Harrogate, the birth of a daughter, Bessie Dorothy Ivy.

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Deborah Duchess of Devonshire 1920-2014

_, Deborah Duchess of Devonshire, for decades chatelaine of Chatsworth House, and the last surviving of the celebrated Mitford sisters, died 24 September, 2014. She was 94.

She was born the Hon Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford, 21 March, 1920, sixth daughter of the 2nd Baron Redesdale (1878-1958), by his wife the former Sydney Bowles (who died 1963).

Her sisters were (i) Nancy, writer; (ii) Pamela; (iii) Diana (Lady Mosley, wife of the British fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley); (iv) Unity, friend of Hitler; and (v) Jessica, writer.

'Debo' married, 19 Apr, 1941, the then Lord Andrew Cavendish, a younger son of the 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895-1950), by his wife the former Lady Mary Gascoyne-Cecil (d 1988), daughter of the 4th Marquess of Salisbury.

Her husband became heir to the Cavendish peerages and vast estates when his elder brother, William, Marquess of Hartington, was killed in action in 1944. Hartington had married Kathleen Kennedy, daughter of the US Ambassador to the Court of St James and a sister of the future US President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The marriage was childless.

Andrew Cavendish succeeded his father as 11th duke, 26 Nov, 1950, and died 3 May, 2004, aged 84.

Deborah Duchess of Devonshire is survived by one son, Peregrine, known as "Stoker" the 12th Duke of Devonshire, who was born in 1944, and by two daughters, Lady Emma Tennant and Lady Sophia Topley.

The funeral is expected to take place on the Chatsworth estate, Derbyshire.

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Colonel Geoffrey Ernald Sparrow, MC 1923-2014

. Colonel Geoffrey Ernald Sparrow, MC, who died  20 July, 2014, aged 91, was a former High Sheriff of Cheshire, and deputy lieutenant of the county.

He was born 26 Jan, 1923, only son of Lieutenant~Colonel W.G.K. Sparrow, of Birtles Old Hall, Chelford, Cheshire; and married 24 Sept, 1949, Elisabeth Joan Wilbraham (b 12 Aug, 1928), scion of the Wilbrahams of Delamere, daughter of Maj Edward Jack Wilbraham, MC (b 18 Nov 1895), ADC to HRH Prince Arthur of Connaught, Gov Gen of South Africa (1924), by his wife the former Evelyn Martin. 

Colonel Sparrow is survived by his wife and by their three sons, Geoffrey, Justin and Piers,

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Mark Fane de Salis 1965-2014

_. Mark Fane de Salis, who was murdered ~ shot dead on a beach in Libya ~ circa 2 January, 2014, aged 48, was a scion of the Fane de Salis landed family, of Bourne House, formerly of Portnall Park.

He was born in 1965, fifth son of Andrew Edmund Fane de Salis (b 15 Mar 1929), by his wife the former Dorothy Mary Lawton (died 2010).

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Spencer-Churchill/Goodbody marriage

_. The marriage took place 19 September, 2014, at The Chapel, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire between Lord Charles George William Colin Spencer-Churchill (born 13 July, 1940), scion of the Dukes of Marlborough, second son of the late 10th Duke of Marlborough (1897-1972), by his first wife the former Hon Alexandra Mary Hilda Cadogan (1900-61), scion of the Earls Cadogan, & Miss Sarah Goodbody.

It is Lord Charles's third marriage. His two previous unions ended in divorce.

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Charles Benedict István von Habsburg-Lothringen (born 2014)

_. Arabella Lucy Mary  von Habsburg-Lothringen (born 1975, nee Stafford Northcote), wife of Archduke Maximilian Philip von Habsburg-Lothringen (born 1974), gave birth to a son, Charles Benedict István, 28 August, 2014.

Maximilian is the 3rd & yst son of Archduke Géza Ladislaus Euseb Gerhard Rafael Albert Maria von HABSBURG (b 1940) and his 1st w Monika DECKER (b 1939). 

Arabella is a daughter of Hugh Cecil Camden STAFFORD NORTHCOTE (b 1938), scion of the earls of IDDESLEIGH, and Hilary Jane d of Col R J C Evans TD DL of Cage Hill, Stowe-by-Chartley.

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Temple/Motyer marriage

_. The marriage took place 13 September, 2014, at Healds Hall, of the Hon Rowan Caradoc Temple (born 1987), scion of the Earls Temple of Stowe (Peerage of the UK, cr 1822), son of the 9th Earl Temple of Stowe (b 11 September, 1955), by his wife the former Julie Christine Mainwaring, & Victoria Rose Motyer (born 1988), daughter of Mark Motyer by his wife the former Elisabeth A. Myers.

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Flaux/Combe engagement

 The engagement was announced 17 September, 2014, between Tobias Henry H (Toby) Flaux (born 1987), son of Sir Julian Flaux (born 11 May, 1955), and his wife the former Matilda Gabb, and Davina Barbara C. Combe (born 1987), scion of that landed family, daughter of of Michael Percy Oldham Combe (born 24 June, 1945), and his wife the former Elizabeth Taylor.

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Frere-Scott/Davies engagement

_. The engagement was announced 16 September, 2014, between Alexander Hugh Frere-Scott of Gala, Yr of Gala (b 8 Dec, 1982), son and heir of John Philip Henry Schomberg Scott, 13th of Gala (born 20 June, 1952), of Selkirkshire, Scotland, descended from the Marquesses of Lothian, by his wife the former Jacqueline Dawn Rae, & Lucinda J. Davies, daughter of Mr Lionel Davies and Mrs Sally Brumley, both of Leura, New South Wales, Australia.

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Pownall/Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe marriage

_.The marriage took place in Italy, 13 September, 2014, between Alan Pownall (born circa 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, &c).

The bride is known as Gabriella Wild, model turned actress &c. Her father's 1st wife, Lady Mary Gaye Curzon, is mother of Prince Harry's former girlfriend Cressida Bonas.

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Peter Timothy Robert Troughton (born 2014)

_.  Jessica Troughton (nee Carnevale), wife of Michael Troughton (b 1981), descended from the Earls of Strathmore, and a kinsman of HM The Queen, gave birth to a son, Peter Timothy Robert, in New York, 10 September, 2014.

Michael Troughton is a son of Mr and Mrs Peter Troughton, of Wanborough, Wiltshire, and Jessica, younger daughter of Dr and Mrs Robert Carnevale, of Providence, Rhode Island, USA. 

Claude George Bowes-Lyon, Earl of Strathmore 1855-1944
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Michael Bowes-Lyon 1893-1953
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Mary Bowes-Lyon 1932-
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Sarah Colman 1953-
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Michael Troughton 1981-

Pownall/Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe marriage

The marriage took place in Italy, 13 September, 2014, between Alan Pownall (born circa 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, &c).

The bride~to~be is known as Gabriella Wild, model turned actress &c. Her father's 1st wife, Lady Mary Gaye Curzon, is mother of Prince Harry's former girlfriend Cressida Bonas.

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Astor/Hargreaves marriage

__.The marriage has taken place (circa 11 September, 2014),between the Hon James Jacob (Jake) Astor (born 4 March, 1981), scion of the Viscounts Astor (Peerage of the UK, cr 1917), second son of the 4th Viscount Astor (b 27 Dec, 1951), by his wife the former Annabel Veronica Lucy Jones (descended from the Barons Clifford of Chudleigh), and Miss Victoria L. Hargreaves, elder daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Hargreaves and Mrs Charles Goodall.

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