Philippa Margery Warde-Norbury 1938-2015

_. Philippa Margery Warde-Norbury, who died 10 January, 2015, aged 76, was a scion of the Cooke baronets {Bt, E, 1661, of Wheatley Hall, Yorks}, and was widow of Tony Warde-Norbury, of that landed family, of Hooton Pagnell Hall, &c.

She was born in 1938, dau of Col Philip Ralph Davies-Cooke, of Owston Hall, Yorks, by his wife {and kinswoman} the former Kathleen Mabel Davies-Cooke, OBE (who d 1994), and married 15 April, 1961, Capt. (William George) Antony (Tony) Warde-Norbury (1936-2014), late Coldstream Guards, a scion of the Warde-Aldam landed family of Hooton Pagnell, Healey & Frickley.

Her husband, who died 1 January, 2014, aged 77, was born 13 March, 1936, son of Maj Harold George Norbury, later Warde-Norbury (1899-1974), of  Hooton Pagnell Hall, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, by his wife the former Mary Betty Warde-Aldam (b 27 Mar, 1909 -  d 1978). Mary Betty Norbury received the Hooton Pagnell estate as a gift from her father, Col William St Andrew Warde-Aldam, in 1952, and she and her husband assumed the surname of Warde-Norbury by Royal Licence in 1958.

She leaves issue ~ William Mark Antony, born 29 Jul, 1962, (who succeeded to the Hooton Pagnell estate some years ago) and Alistair George, b 1966.

Funeral at All Saints' Church, Hooton Pagnell, South Yorkshire, Tues 27 Jan, 2015.

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Hon Caroline Elizabeth Maud Partridge (nee Cust) 1928-2015

_. The Hon Caroline Partridge, who died 13 January, 2015, aged 86, was a scion of the Barons Brownlow (Baron, GB, cr 1776).

She was born the Hon Caroline Elizabeth Maud Cust, 5 Oct, 1928, the only daughter of the 6th Baron Brownlow, DL (1899-1978), of Belton House, near Grantham, by his 1st wife the former Katherine Kinloch, scion of the Kinloch baronets (Bt, Novia Scotia, 1686). Her father, a Lord in Waiting to King Edward VIII, accompanied the then Mrs Wallis Simpson to France during the Abdication Crisis, 1936, &c.

She married 15 May, 1954 (div 1973), John Arthur Partridge, son of Claud Partridge, by whom she had issue. She was Mayoress of Grantham, 1950-51.

Funeral at Belton Church, Belton, Lincs, 27 January, 2015.

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Wolfe Murray/Rowland engagement

_. The engagement was announced 14 January, 2015, between Rory James Wolfe Murray (born 1965), scion of the Murray baronets of Blackbarony (Baronetcy of NS, cr 1628), son of the late James Archibald Wolfe Murray, by his former 1st wife, the former Lady Diana Lucy Douglas Home (born 1940), scion of the Earls of Home (Earl, Scot, cr 1605), & Sophie L. Rowland, daughter oif Maj Graeme Rowland, and of Mrs Elizabeth Rowland, MBE, of Cirencester, Glos.

Rory Wolfe Murray married firstly, in 1987, Marion Zorab, by whom he has issue. He is a grandson maternally of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, the Prime Minister 1963-64 (aka the disclaimed 14th Earl of Home, and later Baron Home of the Hirsel, &c.)

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Theodore Alfred James Montagu (born 2015)

_.The Hon Pollyanna Mary Clare Montagu (b 1981, nee Harmsworth), wife of Lieutenant Timothy B.E.P. Montagu, RN (b 1982), gave birth to a son, Theodore Alfred James, at Winchester, 7 January, 2015, a brother for Amelia Faye Julia, who was born 8 March, 2011.

 

Timothy Montagu is the son of Peter Edward Gerald Body by his wife the former Lady Julia Frances Montagu (now deceased), and Pollyanna is the youngest dau of the 3rd Baron Harmsworth and Baroness Harmsworth.

Lt. Montagu has been adopted by his uncle and aunt, the 11th Earl and Countess of Sandwich.

 

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George Richard Heathcoat Amory (born 2014)

_. Lucy Heathcoat Amory (nee Reid), wife of Simon Charles Heathcoat Amory (b 1982), scion of the Heathcoat Amory Baronets (Baronet, UK, cr 1874), gave birth to a son, George Richard, 30 December, 2014, a brother for Arthur.

Simon is the elder son of Charles William Heathcoat Amory (b 1945), of South Molton, Devon, and Mrs Harmony Joanna Heathcoat Amory (nee Lyell), of Wylye, Wiltshire, and Lucy Heathcoat Amory is the elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Reid, of Harpenden, Hertfordshire. 

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Camilla Dorothy Leigh-Pemberton (born 2015)

_.Saskia Anne Leigh-Pemberton (b 6 Aug 1977, nee Stirling-Aird), wife of Charles D. Leigh-Pemberton, scion of the landed family of that name,(and nephew of the life peer Baron Kingsdown, KG, PC), gave birth to a daughter Camilla Dorothy, 10 January, 2015, a sister for Elizabeth Helen, who was born 6 December, 2012.

Charles Leigh-Pemberton is a son of Nigel Leigh- Pemberton (b 1929), of Barfrestone, Kent, and Mrs Leigh-Pemberton, and Saskia, a scion of the LG family of Stirling-Aird of Kippendavie (descended from Stirling of Keir), is the 2nd daughter of Patrick Kenneth Stirling-Aird (b 10 Aug 1943), of Dunblane, Perthshire, by his wife the former Elizabeth Susan Wakeham.

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Richard John Hannay Meade, OBE 1938-2015

_. Richard John Hannay Meade, OBE, equestrian, Olympic horse~man, who died 8 January, 2015, aged 76, was a former squeeze of the Princess Royal.

He was born 4 December, 1938, son of John Meade (1907-2005), by his wife, nee Watts; married 1977, Angela Dorothy Farquhar (b 1948), scion of the Farquhar baronets (Bt, GB, 1796), by whom he had issue, 3 sons and one dau. He is survived by his wife and two sons, James and Harry, and by a daughter, Lucy.

(The Telegraph obit says he's Richard John Hannay Meade, but Debrett's says "Hassan" not Hannay.)

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Anne Louise Hoare (nee Deterding) 1926-2015

. Anne Louise Hoare {nee Deterding}, who died 5 January, 2015, aged 88, was the widow of Col Ronald Jack Hoare, OBE (b 1913)....

She was born 4 Oct, 1926, daughter of Ronald Deterding (1900-57), of Kelling Hall, Holt, Norfolk, by his wife, the former Ethel Louise Philbrick (1902-91) ~~~  Kin of Sir Henry Deterding, founder of Royal Dutch Shell ???

She married Colonel Hoare in 1948. Mother of Louise, Christopher & Marty.

Funeral at St Michael's Church, Inkpen, Berkshire, Friday 23 January, 2015.

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Fitzherbert-Brockholes/Dallas engagement

_. The engagement was announced 9 January, 2015, between Thomas Antony (Tom) Fitzherbert-Brockholes (born 1985), scion of the landed family of Claughton, son of Francis Joseph Fitzherbert-Brockholes (b 18 September, 1951), & Mrs Fitzherbert-Brockholes (nee Watts), & Katherine Delphine (Katie) Dallas (born 1986), daughter of James A. Dallas, of Ramsbury, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Annabel D. Hope.

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John Paget Chancellor 1927-2014

_. John Paget Chancellor, who died 31 December, 2014, aged 87, was a publisher, author and bibliophile, descended from the Paget baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1886).

He was born 1 July, 1927, son of Sir Christopher John Chancellor, CMG (who d 1989), by his wife the former Sylvia Mary Paget, OBE (daughter of the 2nd baronet); married 1959 (div 1968) the Hon (Mary) Alice Joliffe, (b 1937), daughter of the 4th Baron Hylton (Baron UK, cr 1866), by whom he had issue, a son (John) Edward Horner (Eddie) Chancellor (b 1962) married to Martin Amis's former wife Antonia; &  daughters ~ Isabel Rose (b 1959), Katharine Sylvia Anthony (b 1961), who married the writer Will Self and then the restaurateur Rowley Leigh, and Anna Theodora (b 1965), the actress Anna Chancellor.

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Dungarvan/Davy engagement

_. The engagement was announced 7 January, 2015, between Rory Jonathan Courtenay Boyle, styled Viscount Dungarvan (born 10 Dec, 1978), son and heir of the 15th Earl of Cork & Orrery (b 1945) (Peerage of Ire, cr 1620), of Lickfold, West Sussex, by his wife the former Hon Rebecca Juliet Noble (b 1950) (see Glenkinglas, Life Peerage & Noble Bts), & Lucinda Julia Davy (born 1982), younger daughter of Mr Julian C.K. Davy, of St Just in Roseland, Cornwall, by his wife the former Alison S. Black.

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Willoughby/Summers engagement

_. The engagement was announced 7 January, 2015, between the Hon Charles Edward Henry Willoughby (born 1986), scion of the Barons Middleton (Baron GB, cr 1711), second son of the 13th Baron Middleton (b 1948), of North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Hon Lucy Sidney (b 1953), scion of the Viscounts de L'Isle (Visc UK, cr 1956), & Isobel Grace Summers (b 1985), daughter of the late Mr Richard Summers and of Mrs Summers (nee Bedborough) , of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

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Williams/Harbord-Hamond engagement

_. The engagement was announced 7 January, 2015, between Robert E.M. Williams, son of Mr & Mrs Tim Williams, of Waldron, East Sussex, & Alice Mary E. Harbord-Hamond (born 1986), scion of the Barons Suffield (Peerage of GB, cr 1786), daughter of the Hon John Edward Richard Harbord-Hamond (born 1956), of Wandsworth, London, by his wife the former Katharine Margaret Lucy Seymour (born 1959), scion of the Marquesses of Hertford, &c.

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Nicholas Fabio Stanley Bond (born 2014)

_.Fabiana Bond (nee Marenghi Vaselli, born Rome 16 Jan, 1982), wife of Harry Piers S. Bond (b 1976), descended from the Earls Fitzwilliam (extinct 1979), gave birth to a son, Nicholas Fabio Stanley, 18 December, 2014, a brother for Philip Robert Shaw, who was b 15 March, 2013.

Harry is the elder son of Ian Robin Stanley Bond (b 1940), by his wife the former Caroline Louise Faber, and Fabiana is a daughter of il Conte Marco Fabio Marenghi Vaselli,Conte di Gorgascura (b Rome, 18 Nov, 1953) and Donna Patrizia dei principi Ruspoli Memmo, of Rome.

Harry Bond's sister, Candida, is Viscountess Petersham, wife of the Earl of Harrington's heir.


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Hon Angela Margo Hamar Delevingne 1912-2014

_. The Hon Angela Delevingne, who died 30 December, 2014, aged 102, was a scion of the Viscounts Greenwood (Peerage of the UK, cr 1937; extinct 7 Jul 2003).

She was born Angela Margo Hamar Greenwood, 8 July, 1912, eldest daughter of Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood (1870-1948), by his wife the former Margery Spencer (who d 1968); married 4 Nov, 1937, (Dudley) Edward Delevingne (d 1974), son of Edward Charles Delevingne, of Beckenham, Kent, by whom she had issue, two sons and two daughters.

Her brothers were the 2nd Viscount Greenwood (d 1998), and 3rd Viscount (d 2003). Her granddaughters are the socialites/models/actresses Chloe, Poppy and Cara Delevingne.

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Ford/Smallwood engagement

_. The engagement was announced 6 January, 2015, between Sebastian Ford, son of Mr & Mrs Augustine Ford, of Kew, London, & Eleanor Bluebell Smallwood (born 1982), daughter of Christopher Marten Smallwood, of Melbury Abbas, Dorset, and the Hon Mrs Kirsty Jane Smallwood (b 1947, nee Aitken), of Glastonbury, Somerset, scion of the Barons Beaverbrook (Peerage of the UK, cr 1917), daughter of the late 2nd Baron Beaverbrook (who disclaimed his peerage for life in 1964, and who d 1985), by his 2nd wife the former Ursula Jane Kenyon-Slaney (scion of the Barons Kenyon).

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2nd Baron Strang 1922-2014

_. The 2nd (and last) Baron Strang, died 19 December, 2014. He was 92.

Colin Strang, was born 12 June, 1922, son of the 1st Baron Strang, GCB, GCMG, MBE (1893-1978), by his wife the former Elsie Wynne Jones (d 23 Sept, 1974), and succeeded to the barony (cr 1954), on his father's demise, 27 May, 1978. 

Lord Strang was Lecturer in Philosophy, Queen's Univ, Belfast 1951-53, and King's College, Newcastle 1953-75; Prof of Philosophy, Univ of Newcast;le 1975-82, Dean of Faculty of Arts, Univ of Newcastle 1976-79, &c.

He was three times wed and elaves a daughter Caroline, from the 2nd union. The peerage now becomes extinct.

Funeral at Brodick Church, Isle of Arran, Monday 29 Dec.

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William Shand Kydd 1937-2014

_. William Shand Kydd, who has died (Dec 2014) aged 77, was the younger half-brother of Peter Shand Kydd, sometime step-father of Diana, Princess of Wales.

He was born in 1937, a son of Norman Shand Kydd (1895-1962), of Horton Hall, Horton, Buckinghamshire. 

Bill Shand Kydd married Christina Muriel Duncan, a daughter of Maj Charles Moorhouse Duncan, by his wife the former Thelma Winifred Watts, and a sister of Veronica Countess of Lucan, wife of the elusive 7th Earl of Lucan. He leaves 2 children, Caspar and Lucinda. His daughter is Lady Kleinwort, wife of Sir Richard Kleinwort, 7th Baronet.

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8th Duke of Wellington, KG, LVO,OBE, MC (1915-2014)

_. The 8th Duke of Wellington (Peerage of the UK, cr 1814), died at his home at Stratfield Saye, near Basingstoke, 31 December, 2014. He was aged 99.

Arthur Valerian Wellesley was born 2 July, 1915, son of the 7th Duke of Wellington (1885-1972), by his wife the former Dorothy Violet Ashton (d 1956), and succeeded to the family honours on his father's demise. 4 Jan, 1972.

The duke married 28 Jan, 1944, Diana Ruth McConnel (d 1 Nov, 2010), by whom he had issue, four sons and one daughter.

He is succeeded by his eldest son, (Arthur) Charles Valerian Wellesley, Marquess of Douro, who was born 19 August, 1945, and is married to Princess Antonia von Preussen, descended from Wilhelm III, German Emperor (and thus from Queen Victoria).

The Duke of Wellington's funeral takes place 8 January, 2015.

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11th Baron Vaux of Harrowden 1940-2014

_. The 11th Baron Vaux of Harrowden (Peerage of England, cr 1523), died suddenly 16 December, 2014. He was 74.

Anthony William Gilbey was born 25 May, 1940, eldest son of the 10th Baron Vaux of Harrowden (1915-2002), by his wife (and cousin) the former Pamela Maureen Gilbey (b 1919), and succeeded his father in the peerage, 3 Aug, 2002.

Lord Vaux married in July, 1964, Beverley Anne Walton, daughter of Charles Alexander Walton, of Cooden, co Sussex, by whom he had issue. He is succeeded as 12th Baron by his elder son, the Hon Richard Hubert Gordon Gilbey, who was born 16 March, 1965.

The funeral took place at Harrowden, 22 Dec, 2014.

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Archibald Victor Baillie (born 2014)

Christelle Baillie (nee Gardella), wife of the Hon Hamish Michael Baillie (born 20 March, 1979), scion of the Barons Burton, gave birth to a son, Archibald Victor, in 2014, a brother for Fergus Louis, who was born 2013.

Hamish Baillie is the 2nd son of the 4th Baron Burton (b. 19 Mar, 1949), of Glencoe, NSW, by his former wife Lucinda Law (now Lady Lister-Kaye, of House of Aigas, Inverness-shire).

Christelle is the former Mlle. Christelle Gardella, daughter of M and Mme Gérard Gardella, of Paris. 

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Joseph Heathcoat Amory (born 2014)

Thierry Heathcoat Amory (nee Kelaart), wife of Patrick Thomas Heathcoat Amory, scion of the baronets of that name, gave birth to a son, Joseph, born in 2014.

Patrick Thomas Heathcoat Amory, is the third son of Sir Ian Heathcoat Amory, 6th Baronet (cr UK, 1874), of Tiverton, Devon, by his wife the former Frances Louise Pomeroy, scion of the Viscounts Harberton.

Thierry Heathcoat Amory is a daughter of the late Paul Kelaart and Mrs Anne Kelaart, of Nettlebed, Oxon. Thierry is a close friend of HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, and at her nuptials in 2012 she was given in marriage by the duchess's father, Michael Middleton.

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Fran Lascelles: son for Tewa & Cynthia Lascelles

_. Cynthia Lascelles [nee Ramirez], wife of Tewa Ziyan Robert George Lascelles (b 8 June, 1985), scion of the Earls of Harewood, and descended from the Royal House of Windsor, gave birth to a son, Fran, in 2014.

Tewa is a son of the Hon James Edward Lascelles (b 5 Oct, 1953), by his second wife the former Lori (Shadow) Susan Lee (b 29 Aug, 1954, d) & is a grandson of the late 7th Earl of Harewood, KBE (1923-2011), and a great-grandson of HRH The Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood (1897-1965), only daughter of HM King George V, &c.

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Maxey/Beaumont marriage

The marriage took place in 2014, between Richard William Macfarlane Maxey (born February, 1978), youngest son of Philip Ernest Macfarlane Maxey (born 1947), of Longmeadow, Hertfordshire, by his wife the former Victoria I. Walduck (born circa 1950), & the Hon Alice Theresa Beaumont (born 1983), second daughter of the 4th Viscount Allendale (b 13 Nov, 1948) (Peerage of the UK, cr 1911), of Bywell Castle, Stocksfield-on-Tyne, Northumberland, by his wife the former Theresa Mary Magdalene More O'Ferrall. 

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Cosima Calliope Colville (born 2014)

Isabelle C. Colville (nee Winkler), wife since 2013 of the Hon Edmund Carleton Colville [b 14 Jul 1978], gave birth to a daughter, Cosima Calliope, in 2014, a sister for Maya Calypso, who was born in 2012.

Edmund is a son of the late 4th Viscount Colville of Culross, QC, by his 2nd wife, the former Margaret Birgitta Norton.

Isabelle is a daughter of Dr & Mrs Joachim Winkler, of Zurich.

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Daer & Shortcleuch/Van Baal marriage

 The marriage took place in 2014 between John Andrew Douglas-Hamilton, Master of Selkirk, styled Lord Daer and Shortcleuch (born 8 February, 1978), eldest son and heir of the 11th Earl of Selkirk, PC (born 31 July, 1942), and his wife the former Hon Priscilla Susan Buchan, scion of the Barons Tweedsmuir, & Marlene Yvonne Van Baal.

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3rd Baron Mountevans 1943-2014

_. The 3rd Baron Mountevans (Peerage of the UK, cr 1945), died 21 December, 2014. He was 71.

Edward Patrick Broke Andvord Evans was born 1 Feb, 1943, son of the 2nd Baron Mountevans (1918-74), by his wife the former Deirdre Grace O'Connell (d 16 Sept, 1997), and succeeded to the peerage on the death of his father, 12 Dec, 1974.

Lord Mountevans marrieds 20 Jul, 1974, Johanna Maria Keyzer, dau of Antonius Franciscus Keyzer, of The Hague, Netherlands. No issue.

He is succeeded in the title by his younger brother, the Hon Jeffrey Richard de Corban Evans, who was born 13 May, 1948.

Funeral at All Saints' Church, Milford-on-Sea, Monday 12 January, 2015.

Hon Isla Astrid Florence Wrottesley (b 2014)

_. The Baroness Wrottesley, wife of the 6th Baron Wrottesley (born 10 Aug, 1968), gave birth to a daughter, the Hon Isla Astrid Florence Wrottesley, in Zurich, 16 Dec, 2014, a sister for the Hon Victor, the Hon Magnus, and the Hon Luca.

Lord Wrottesley marr. 2001 Sascha Antoinette d of Urs SCHWARZENBACH of Oxfordshire and Switzerland. 

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3rd Baron Bicester 1932-2014

_. The 3rd Baron Bicester (Peerage of the UK, cr 1938), died 11 December, 2014, aged 82.

Angus Edward Vivian Smith, 3rd holder of the peerage, was born 20 Feb 1932, second son of Lt-Col the Hon Stephen Edward Vivian Smith (1903-52), by his 1st wife the former Eleanor Hewitt, and succeeded to the barony on the demise of his uncle, the 2nd Baron, 15 Jan, 1968.

Lord Bicester was unmarried. The peerage now devolves upon his younger brother, the Hon Hugh Charles Vivian Smith, who was born 8 Nov, 1934.

The funeral takes place at York Minster, 8 January, 2015.

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Hon Alfred Wellesley (b 2014)

Jemma Madeleine Wellesley, styled Countess of Mornington (nee Kidd, b 20 Sept 1974), wife of Arthur Gerald Wellesley, styled Earl of Mornington (b 31 Jan 1978), gave birth to a son, the Hon Alfred Wellesley, 10 December, 2014, a brother for Arthur Darcy, styled Viscount Wellesley, and the Lady Mae Madeleine Wellesley, 

 The infant is a grandson for the Marquess of Douro and the Marchioness of Douro (nee von Preussen, a
descendant of Queen Victoria, via the German Emperor William II); and  a great-grandson for the 8th Duke of Wellington, KG, LVO, OBE, MC, DL (b 2 Jul 1915).

The Countess of Mornington is a descendant paternally of the Barons Beaverbrook and descended maternally from the Hodge Bts.

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Goldsmith/Jones marriage

_. The marriage took place, 19 December, 2014, of  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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McCorquodale/Moore engagement

_. The engagement was announced 19 December, 2014, between George McCorquodale (born 1984), scion of that landed family, son of Mr Neil Edmund McCorquodale, of Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire, by his wife the former Lady (Elizabeth) Sarah Lavinia Spencer (born 1955), scion of the Earls Spencer (Peerage of GB, cr 1765), & Miss Bianca Moore, daughter of Mr & Mrs Gavin Moore, of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

George McCorquodale is a first cousin of TRH The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry of Wales, &c, and is a grandson of the late 8th Earl Spencer.

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Soto/Arbuthnott engagement

__. The engagement was announced 19 December, 2014, between Juan Esteban Soto, son of Senor Juan Esteban Soto, and Senora Maria Luz Hormazabal, of Santiago, Chile, and the Hon Rachel Sarah Arbuthnott (born 1979), scion of the Viscounts of Arbuthnott (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1641), second daughter of the 17th Viscount of Arbuthnott (b 1950), of Kincardineshire, by his wife the former Jill Mary Farquharson.

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Lady Barbara Maureen Ricardo 1921-2014

_. The Lady Barbara Maureen Ricardo, who died 13 December, 2014, aged 93, was a scion of the Earls of Wharncliffe (Earl, UK, cr 1876).

She was the former Lady Barbara Maureen Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, born 26 Aug, 1921, third daughter of the 3rd Earl of Wharncliffe (1892-1953), of Wortley Hall.,near Sheffield, by his wife the former Lady Maud Lillian Elfrida Mary Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, scion of the Earls Fitzwilliam (ext 1979), eldest dau of the 7th Earl Fitzwilliam, KCVO, DSO.

Lady Barbara's brother, the 4th Earl of Wharncliffe died in 1987 when his peerages passed to a distant cousin in the United States.

She married 23 June, 1943, David Cecil Ricardo, only son of Maj Louis Ferdinand Ricardo, by whom she had issue, two sons, Dorrien and Richard.

Funeral at St Leonard's Church, Wortley, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 6 January, 2015.

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Michael Wyndham Norton Hughes-Hallett 1926-2014

_. Michael Wyndham Norton Hughes-Hallett, who died 13 December, 2014, aged 88, was a scion of that landed family, formerly of Higham. He was born 10 Nov, 1926, son of Lt-Col James Vavasour Hughes-Hallett (b 1899), by his wife the former Marjorie Collard; married 19 Oct, 1948, Penelope Anne, elder dau of Capt Sydney George Fairbairn, MC, of Patience Close, Steventon, Hampshire, by whom he had issue. __.Funeral at St Lawrence's Church, Barton on the Heath, 9 January, 2015.

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Ilsa Chandos-Pole (died 2014)

_. Ilsa Jill Chandos-Pole, who died 12 December, 2014, aged 100, was the widow of the late Maj John Walkelyne Chandos-Pole (b 4 Nov, 1913), sometime head of the Chandos-Pole landed family, of Radbourne Hall, Kirk Langley, Derbyshire. She was Ilsa Jill Barstz, daughter of Emil Ernst Barstz, of Zurich, and married Maj Chandos-Pole, 19 March, 1947. She had two children, son Peter Sacheverell, born 21 Feb, died 22 Feb, 1949, and a daughter, (Margaret) Anne, born 20 Nov, 1952. She is survived by her daughter, Annie, and two grandchildren, Edward and Charlie. The funeral takes place at St Andrew's Church, Radbourne, Derbys, 7 January, 2015.

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Eaves/Keir marriage

_. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended the marriage, at Chelsea Old Church, 13 December, 2014, of Mr Thomas Edward Eaves, son of Mr & Mrs Roger Eaves, of Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, & Miss Elizabeth Helen (Libby) Keir, daughter of Mr & Mrs Kenneth Keir, of Pinkneys Green, Berkshire.

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Sarah Anne Staples 1951-2014

_. Sarah Anne Staples, who died at Swindon, 3 December, 2014, aged 63, was the sister of Capt Mark Phillips, first husband of the Princess Royal, and a descendant of the Tiarks landed family, formerly of Foxbury.

She was born Sarah Anne Phillips, 25 March, 1951, only daughter of Maj Peter William Garside Phillips, MC (1920-98), by his wife the former Anne Patricia Tiarks (1926-88), and married 9 May, 1981, Francis A. (Frank) Staples, son of Maj A.J. Staples.. No issue of the marriage.

Funeral at the Church of St Peter & St Paul, Great Somerford, Wiltshire, Friday 19 December, 2014.

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Owen/Hulse engagement

__. The engagement was announced 9 December, 2014, between Frederick G. Owen, son of Barry & Susanne Owen, of Cheshire, & Roseanne E. Hulse (b 1989) scion of the Hulse baronets (Baronet, GB, cr 1739), daughter of (Edward) Michael Westrow Hulse (b 1959), of Hampshire, by his wife the former Doone A. Brotherton.

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Howard/Childs engagement

_. The engagement was announced 5 December, 2014, between the Hon Bernard Nicholas Howard (b 1976), son of the Baron Howard of Lympne,CH, PC, QC, life peer (b 1941)  who as Michael Howard was a Conservative MP and leader of the Conservative party, by his wife the former Sandra Clare Paul, fashion model, daughter of Wing Cdr Saville Paul (see Earls of Home) & Miss E.A. (Betsy) Childs, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs Larry Childs, of Birmingham, Alabama.

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Elizabeth Ann Baroness Kennet (d 2014)

_. Elizabeth Ann Baroness Kennet, who died 30 November, 2014., aged 91, was the widow of Wayland Hilton Young, 2nd Baron Kennet (1923-2009) (Peerage of the UK, cr 1935).

She was the former Elizabeth Ann Adams, daughter of Capt Bryan Fullerton Adams, DSO, RN, of Hacheston, Suffolk, and married the then Wayland Young in 1948. Her husband succeeded to the peerage in 1960, and died 7 May, 2009.

Lady Kennet leaves issue, a son, William Aldus Thoby Young, 3rd Baron Kennet, and five daughters. 

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Baroness Soulsby of Swaffham Priory (died 2014)

_. The Baroness Soulsby of Swaffham Priory, who died 30 November, 2014, was the wife of the life peer (Ernest Jackson) Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby {b 23 Jun, 1926}, and step-mother of John & Katrina Soulsby. Her husband, an academic, was professor of Animal Pathology, University of Cambridge, 1978-93, created a life peer as Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Priory, of Swaffham Priory, co Cambridge, in 1990.

She was the former (Georgina Elizabeth) Annette Williams, daughter of John Whitmore Williams, of Cambridge, and married Lord Soulsby in 1962.

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Patricia Mary Culme-Seymour (died 2014)

_. Patricia Mary Culme-Seymour, who died 27 November, 2014, aged 86, was the second wife &widow of the late Lt-Cdr Gerald Henry Hobart Culme-Seymour, RN (1914-73), scion of the Culme-Seymour baronets (Bart, UK, cr 1809).

She was the former Patricia Mary Hewetson, daughter of Edward Pearson Hewetson, JP, of The Craig, Windermere, and married firstly, 12 Jan 1952 (div 1958), the 3rd Viscount Cross (1920-2004) ( Visc, UK, cr 1886), by whom she had issue, 2 daughters, Venetia and Nicola; married 2ndly, 1960, Gerald Ciulme-Seymour, by she had another daughter, Caroline.

Funeral at the Priory, Cartmel, Cumbria, 9 Dec, 2014.

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Lady Juliet Margaret Townsend, DCVO 1941-2014

_. The Lady Juliet Margaret Townsend, DCVO, who died 29 November, 2014, aged 73, was a scion of the extinct Earls of Birkenhead (Ext 1985), and served as Lady-in-Waiting to HRH The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, 1965-71, and later as Extra Lady-in-Waiting until HRH's death in 2002.

She was the former Lady Juliet Smith, born 9 Sept, 1941, a granddaughter of F.E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead; daughter of the 2nd Earl of Birkenhead (1907-75), by his wife the former Hon Sheila Berry, scion of the Viscounts Camrose, and a Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent.

Lady Juliet married 1970, John Richard Townsend, by whom she had issue, three daughters, Eleanor, Alice and Margaret.

A Memorial Service is to take place at All Saints', Northampton.

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William Gascoyne-Cecil (born 2014)

  Lady James Gascoyne-Cecil, wife of the Marquess of Salisbury's second son, Lord James Richard Gascoyne-Cecil (born 1973), gave birth to a second son, William, 5 Nov, 2014, a brother for Thomas Richard James, who was born in 2009.

Lady James is the former Alexandra Issa. She married Lord James on 23 March, 2007.

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Emma Mary Adeona Merrylees (born 2014)

_. The Hon Sophie Emma Merryless (nee Lyttelton, born 1978), wife of George Frederick Merrylees, and scion of the Viscounts Cobham (Visc, GB, cr 1718), gave birth to a daughter, Emma Mary Adeona, 14 November, 2014, a sister for Alfred, who was born in 2011.

George Merrylees is  a son of Mrs Joan Merrylees, of Portloe, Cornwall, and of the late Mr John Merrylees. The Hon Sophie Merrylees is a daughter of the 12th Viscount Cobham (b 23 Oct 1947), and Viscountess Cobham, of Hagley, Worcestershire.

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Romana McEwen (died 2014)

_. Romana McEwen (nee von Hofmannsthal), who died 23 Nov, 2014, was the widow of  Roderick (Rory) McEwen (1932-82), scion of the McEwen baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1953). She was born circa 1935, a daughter of Raimund von Hofmannsthal by his 1st wife the forner Ava Alice Muriel Astor (1902-56), and married Rory McEwen, 15 Apr, 1958, by whom she had issue, a son, Adam, and three daughters, Flora, Samantha and Christabel. The youngest daughter was first wife of the Earl of Durham and is now the wife of musician/TV presenter Jools Holland.

Requiem Mass at St James's Church, Spanish Place, Tues 2 Dec, 2014.

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The (14th) Lady Herries of Terregles 1938-2014

_. The Lady Herries of Terregles, who died 23 November, 2014, aged 76, was the fourteenth holder of the Lordship in the Peerage of Scotland (Lordship, Scot, cr 1490), and was widow of the cricketer Colin Cowdrey.

She was born Lady Anne Elizabeth Fitzalan Howard, 12 June., 1938, eldest of the four daughters of Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk (and 13th Lord Herries), KG, GCVO, GBE 1908-75, by his wife Lavinia Duchess of Norfolk, LG (nee Strutt) d 10 Dec, 1995, scion of the Barons Belper.

She succeeded to her father's Lordship of Herries of Terregles on his demise, 31 January, 1975; and married in Sept, 1985, as his second wife, the England Test cricketer, Colin Cowdrey, CBE (afterwards a life peer as Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, 1932-2000).

Lady Herries is succeeded in the Lordship by her next sister, the Lady Mary Katherine Mumford, DCVO, (b 14 Aug 1940), a widow, long~serving Lady~in~Waiting to HRH Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy.

A Service of Thanksgiving takes place at the Cathedral Church of Our Lady and St Philip Howard, Arundel, west Sussex, Tuesday 16 Dec, 2014.

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Hobbs/Arundell engagement

_. The engagement was announced 27 November, 2014, between  Edward J.B. Hobbs, elder son of Mr & Mrs John Hobbs, of Wandsworth, London, & Emily Rose Arundell (born 1988), scion of the Barons Talbot of Malahide (Baron, Ire, cr 1831), second of the four daughters of the Hon Richard John Tennant Arundell (b 28 Mar, 1957), heir app to the peerage, of Wardour, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Jane Catherine Unwin.

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Lochie Frederick Lloyd Fitzwilliams (b 2014)

_. Annabel Fitzwilliams (nee Glynne-Percy), wife of Logie Fitzwilliams, gave birth to a son, Lochie Frederick Lloyd, 19 Nov, 2014, a brother for Honor and Arlo.

Logie Charles Lloyd (b 1980) is the son of Duncan John Lloyd FITZWILLIAMS (b 1943, scion of that gentry family of Cilgwyn) and his 2nd w Annie dau of Rex WILLIAMS.

Annabel is d of Richard GLYNNE-PERCY and Fiona A (b 1955, reg Q1 Windsor) d of Maj-Gen (Andrew) Patrick Withy MacLELLAN CB MBE (b 1925) and Kathleen Mary d of Capt Robert Armstrong BAGNELL (c1908-69), of Hindhead.

Dalkeith/Cobbe marriage

__.The marriage took place, 22 November, 2014, between Walter John Francis Scott, formerly Montagu Douglas Scott, styled Earl of Dalkeith (b 8 Aug, 1984), elder son and heir of the 10th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, KBE, DL (b 1954), by his wife the former Lady Elizabeth Marian Frances Kerr (b 1954), scion of the Marquesses of Lothian, & Elizabeth Honor Cobbe (born 1986), scion of that Irish gentry family of Newbridge House, Dublinounger younger daughter of Mr Hugh Michael Thomas Cobbe (b 1942), of East Woodhay, Hampshire, by his wife the former Katherine Elizabeth Chichester, dau of Charles Chichester. 

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Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, the Duchess of Alba 1926-2014

Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, the Duchess of Alba, has died at the age of 88 in Seville.

The holder of 14 Grandezas de España titles, the highest rank in Spanish nobility, she was the head of the House of Alba and a well-known society figure.  She was 18th Duchess of Alba de Tormes, Duchess of Berwick (the Dukedom recognized by the Crown of Spain is descendable through female lines, though the original Jacobite dukedom was not); was born at Madrid, 28 mAR, 1926;  married 1stly at Seville, 12 Oct 1948, Pedro Luis Martinez de Irujo (1919-72); married 2ndly, 2 Mar, 1978, Jesus Aguirre Ortiz de Zarate (1934-2001); married 3rdly, 5 Oct, 2011, Alfonso Diez Carabantes (born 15 Nov, 1950). She leaves six children, (1) Carlos, b 1949; (2) Alfonso (b 1950); (3) Jacobo (b 1954); (4) Fernando, b 1959; (5) Cayetano, b 1963, and (6) Eugenia, b 1968.

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Windsor-Clive/Llewellyn engagement

_.The engagement was announced 20 Nov, 2014, between the Hon Robert Other Ivor Windsor-Clive (born 25  March, 1981), scion of the Earls of Plymouth (Earl, UK, cr 1905), son and heir of Ivor Edward Other Windsor-Clive, styled Viscount Windsor (b 19 Nov, 1951), of Ludlow, Shropshire, by his wife the former Caroline Anne Nettlefold, a granddaughter maternally of the 2nd Viscount Scarsdale (Visc, UK, cr 1911); & Alice Llewellyn, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Henry Llewellyn, of Oakford, co Devon.

Robert Windsor-Clive's father is heir app to to the 3rd Earl of Plymouth.

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Lady Caroline Victoria Gosling 1937-2014

_. The Lady Caroline Victoria Gosling, who died 15 November, 2014, aged 77, was a scion of the Earls of Halifax (Earl, UK, cr 1944), a daughter of the 2nd Earl, and granddaughter of the 1st Earl, who was Foreign Secretary in the years of appeasement.

She was born Caroline Victoria Wood, 10 Sept, 1937, eldest daughter of the 2nd Earl of Halifax (1912-80), of Garrowby, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Ruth Alice Hannah Mary Primrose (d 1989), scion of the Earls of Rosebery (Earl, Scotland cr 1703); she married 1stly, 29 April, 1958, Randle Joseph Feidlen (div 1970), descended from the Viscounts Hampden, son of Maj-Gen Sir Guy Feilden, KCVO, CB, CBE, DL, by whom she had issue; married 2nd, 1970, as his second wife, John Valentine Gosling (1913-2007), scion of that landed family. She was widowed, 1 Feb, 2007.

Lady Caroline leaves a son, Randle Feidlen, and a daughter, Fiona Bryant. A daughter, Virginia, predeceased her in 1994. Her brother, Peter, is 3rd Earl of Halifax.

Service of Thanksgiving at All Saints', Dulverton, Friday 28 Nov, 2014.

Mounsey-Heysham/Graham Cooper engagement

_.The engagement was announced 17 November, 2014, between Ben Mounsey-Heysham, scion of that landed family, of Castletown, near Carlisle, son of Mr & Mrs Giles Mounsey-Heysham, of Castletown, Cumbria, & Emma Graham Cooper, daughter of Mr & Mrs Thomas Graham Cooper, of Exton, Rutland.

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Matheson/Dudley-Cooke engagement

_.The engagement was announced 18 November, 2014, between Andrew William Fergus Matheson (b 12 March, 1985), scion of the Matheson baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1882), son of Lieutenant-Col Alexander Fergus Matheson, Yr of Matheson (b 26 Aug, 1954), of Brightwalton, Berkshire, by his wife the former Katharine Davina Mary Oswald; & Dr Alexandra L. Dudley-Cooke, yst dau of Mr & Mrs Robert Dudley-Cooke, of St Mawes, Cornwall.

Andrew Matheson is a grandson paternally of Sir Fergus Matheson of Matheson, 7th Bt, and a grandson maternally of Sir Michael Oswald, KCVO, by his wife the former Lady Angela Cecil, LVO, dau of the 6th Marquess of Exeter, &c.

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Margot Anna Stanley (b 2014)

_. Katherine Louise Stanley (born 1983, nee Heriot Maitland), wife of (Charles) Douglas Llewellyn Stanley (b 1982), and scion of the Earls of Lauderdale (Earl, Scot, cr 1647), gave birth to a daughter, Margot Anna, 1 November, 2014.

Douglas Stanley, descended from the 13th Earl of Derby (Earl, England, cr 1485), is the son of Mr Martin John Llewellyn Stanley (b 1952), and Mrs Stanley, of Oxted, Surrey, and Katherine is the eldest daughter of Patrick Richard Heriot Maitland (b 1947) of Fossoway, Kinross, by his wife the former Marilyn Lois Grant.

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Ingilby/Nicholson marriage

_. The marriage took place 11 October, 2014, at Ripley, near Harrogate, North Yorkshire of James William Francis Ingilby (born 15 June, 1985), scion of the Ingilby baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1866), son and heir of Sir Thomas Colvin William Ingilby, 6th Baronet (b 17 July, 1955), of Ripley Castle, by his wife the former Emma Clare Roebuck Thompson (b 1960), &  Jacqueline Sara, middle daughter of Mr and Mrs Jonathan Nicholson, of Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

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Sir William Stratford Dugdale, CBE, MC, DL, 2nd Baronet 1922-2014

_. Sir William Stratford Dugdale, CBE, MC, DL, 2nd Baronet, who died 13 November, 2014, was a Warwickshire landowner, sometime Chairman of the Nat Water Council, and uncle of the Prime Minister, David Cameron.

He was born 29 Mar, 1922, son of Sir William Francis Dugdale, 1st Bt (1872-1965), by his wife the former Margaret Gilmour (d 1965), dau of Sir Robert Gordon Gilmour, 1st Baronet; succeeded to his father's baronetcy (created 1936) 18 Apr, 1965; married  1st 1952 Lady Belinda PLEYDELL-BOUVERIE (d 1961) d of 7th Earl of RADNOR and had a son and 3 daus. He married 2nd 1967 Cecilia Mary (b 1931) d of Sir William Malcolm MOUNT 2nd Bt TD (1904-93, grandfather of Prime Minister David CAMERON) and had a further son and a dau. He is succeeeded  in the baronetcy by his eldest son, William Matthew Stratford Dugdale, who was born 22 Feb, 1959.

Funeral and Committal on Friday 28th November 2014 at .— 12 noon Merevale Church, Merevale Lane, Atherstone.

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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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