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William Frederick Chancellor Graham (1963-2018)

 _. William Frederick Chancellor Graham, who died 31 January, 2018, aged 54, was a scion of the Graham baronets (cr 1906).

He was s of Colin Hugh Campbell Graham TD (b 1940), scion of the Bts of that name cr 1906, and his 1st w Kathleen Joanna (Jan) (b 1943 ref 685/1 1150 Haymarket) d of David CHANCELLOR [?(c1912-1955) of Pencaitland, East Lothian by his 1939 m (reg Q3 London) to Kathleen Mary BOURKE (1904-79)].

He m 1st 1989 Victoria L d of John Richmond BEASLEY of Shipton-under-Wychwood, and had a son and a dau as above. He m 2nd 2004 Lucy Victoria d of Michael GURNEY, [?and had a dau, (Phoebe) Lola M (b c2006 reg Q1 Gloucestershire)].

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Sir Brian Patrick McMahon, 8th Baronet 1942-2018

_. Sir Brian McMahon, 8th Baronet, died 30 January, 2018, at his home in South Africa.

Brian Patrick McMahon was born 9 June, 1942, the elder son of Sir William Patrick McMahon, 7th Baronet [1900-1977], by his wife the former Ruth Stella Kenyon-Slaney [1909-82], scion of the Barons Kenyon.

He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father, 5 January, 1977.

Sir Brian married in 1981 [divorced 1991], Kathleen Joan Hopwood. No issue of the marriage.

Sir Brian was predeceased by his younger brother, and heir presumptive, Shaun Desmond McMahon, and the title, created in 1817, now passes to a nephew, Patrick John Westropp McMahon, who was born 7 February, 1988.

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Oscar George Doyne Vigors (born 2018)

_. Flora Vigors (born 1983) wife of Nicholas Desmond D. Vigors (born 1983), and scion of the Dukes of Richmond & Gordon, gave birth to a son, Oscar George Doyne, in Baden, 26 January, 2018.

Nick Vigors, scion of the Irish landed family of that name, is the eldest son of Mr Patrick Mervyn Doyne Vigors, of London, and Mrs Patrick Vigors (nee Dinah F. Burrows), of Stapleford, Wiltshire.

Flora Vigors  is a daughter of David Henry Charles Gordon Lennox (b 1935), of Saxham Hall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, by his wife the former Elizabeth Stirling, daughter of Sir William Gurdon Stirling, GCB, CBE, DSO.

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Scarlett Rose Miller (b 2018)

Lara Jade Miller (nee Slazenger), wife of David Edward Benyon Brooke Miller (born 1978), has given birth to a daughter, Scarlett Rose, in Dublin, a sister for Nathaniel, Patrick, Martha and Charlie.

David Miller is a son of Dr (Thomas) Nigel MILLER and Hon Honor Leslie Brooke BROOKE (b 1941) d of the LP Baron BROOKE OF CUMNOR (d 1984) and sister of the LP Baron BROOKE OF SUTTON MANDEVILLE CH. He m 2002 Lara Jade d of Peter SLAZENGER of Enniskerry, co Wicklow.

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Eliza Jemima Lovett (born 2018)

__. Jessica Clare Lovett (nee Palmer-Tomkinson, born 1985), wife of Thomas (Tom) A. Lovett, gave birth to a daughter, Eliza Jemima, 24 January, 2018.

Tom Lovett is the son of Neil Lovett, of North Leigh, Co Oxford. Jessica is a daughter of Jeremy James PALMER-TOMKINSON (b 1943), scion of the TOMKINSON gentry family formerly of Franche Hall, and of the SMITH gentry family of Midhurst, by his 1982 m (reg Q3 London) to Clare Jemima LEVESON (b 1948, d of Arthur Edmund LEVESON (1908-81, scion of the DUFFERIN & AVA barons, DARNLEY & CHICHESTER earls, AILESBURY marquesses, LEEDS dukes etc) of Ropley, Hampshire and Margaret Ruth MAUDE (1920-2012)).

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Jack Brooksbank/Princess Eugenie of York engagement

_. The engagement was announced 22 January, 2018, between Mr Jack Christopher S(tamp) Brooksbank (b 1986), scion of the Brooksbank baronets, elder son of Mr George Edward Hugh Brooksbank (b 8 Feb 1949), by his wife the former Nicola J Newton (b 1953), & HRH Princess Eugenie Victoria Helena of York (b 23 Mar, 1990), younger daughter of HRH The Duke of York, KG (b 1960), by his former wife the former Sarah Margaret Ferguson, scion of the Fergusons of Dummer.

Eugenie and Jack are closely related ~ Jack is descended from the Coke Earls of Leicester, as is Sarah Duchess of York, and the late Hon Sir Angus Ogilvy.

 

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Jennifer Baroness Plunket 1929-2018

_. Jennifer Baroness Plunket, who died 20 January, 2018, aged 88, was the widow of the 8th Baron Plunket (1925-2013).

She was the former Jennifer Bailey Southwell, daughter of Bailey Southwell of Crocodile Leap Farm, Olivenhourpoort, South Africa, and married the then Hon Robin Rathmore Plunket, 8 Nov, 1951. Her husband was a younger son of the 6th Baron Plunket (1899-1938), by his wife the former Dorothe Mabel Lewis. Her husband succeeded his brother in the peerage, 28 May, 1975, and died 16 Nov, 2013, when he was succeeded by his younger brother, Shaun, the present peer.

 Funeral at St Margaret's, Westminster on Monday 5th February 2018.

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Caspian Hicks (b 2018)

_. Katalina Hicks (nee Sharkey), wife of Ashley Hicks (born 1963), scion of the Earls Mountbatten of Burma, gave birth to a son, Caspian Donald, 21 January, 2018.

The infant is a grandson of Lady Pamela Hicks and a great-grandson of the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma.

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Hon Jean Helen Heywood-Lonsdale 1926-2018

_. The Hon Jean Helen Heywood-Lonsdale (nee Rollo), who died 20 January, 2018, aged 91, was a scion of the Lords Rollo (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1651).

She was born 2 December, 1926, daughter of Maj the 12th Lord Rollo (1889-1947), by his first wife the former Maud Chetwynd-Stapylton; married 7 Oct, 1952, Lieut-Col. Robert Henry Heywood-Lonsdale (1919-2009), scion of that landed family, & a kinsman of the Duchess of Devonshire, son of Col John Pemberton Heywood-Lonsdale, by whom she had issue, a son and three daughters.

A Service of Thanksgiving takes place at All Saints Church, Churchill, Oxfordshire, Saturday 10 Feb, 2018.

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Lady Jardine Paterson (1924-2018)

_. Lady Jardine Paterson, who died 19 January, 2018, aged 93, was the widow of Sir John Jardine Paterson (1920-2000).

She was born Priscilla Nicolson, daughter of Sir Kenneth Nicolson (1891-1964) by his wife the former Mignon Shuttleworth.

Service of Thanksgiving at Norton Bavant, 16 March, 2018.

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Pollington/Findlay engagement

_. The engagement was announced 20 January, 2018, between John Andrew Bruce Savile (born 1959), styled Viscount Pollington, elder son of the 8th Earl of Mexborough (b 1931), by his first wife the former Lady Elizabeth Hariot Grimston (1939-87), scion of the Earls of Verulam, and Mrs Norma Isolde Findlay (born 1963), daughter of Mr John Phoenix.

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Cookson/Vestey engagement

_. The engagement was announced 19 January, 2018, between Edward Peter Cooksoon (born 1988) son of Robert Cookson, of Manor Farm, Upper Slaughter, by his wife the former Hon Angela Mary Martyn-Hemphill (b 1953), scion of the Barons Hemphill, & the Hon Mary Henrietta Vestey (born 1992), daughter of the 3rd Baron Vestey (b 1941), of Stowell Park, Gloucestershire, by his second wife the former Celia Elizabeth Knight (b 1949).


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Elizabeth Mary Bird {nee Vavasour} 1917-2018

_. Elizabeth Bird, who died 18 January, 2018, aged 100, was a scion of the Vavasour baronets.

Elizabeth Mary Vavasour was born 13 Aug, 1917, the elder daughter of Sir Leonard Pius Vavasour, 4th Baronet (1881-1961), by his wife the former Ellice Margaret Nelson (d 1965); married firstly, 6 Apr, 1940, Lt Michael John Priaulx Walters, RN, younger son of Lt-Col Hubert Walters, of Guernsey. Her first husband was killed in action in April, 1941. She married secondly, 19 Sept, 1942, Brigadier Garth Raymond Godfrey Bird, son of Herbert William Bird, and had issue by both marriages.

The funeral takes place at St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Mayfield, Friday 2 February, 2018.

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Peter John Pitman 1928-2018

_. Peter John Pitman, who died 17 January, 2018, aged 89, was a scion of that landed family.

He was a son of Sir Isaac James Pitman (1901-85) by his wife the former Hon Margaret Beaufort Lawson Johnston (1907-83), daughter of the 1st Baron Luke; married 1958, Jennifer J Holmes, by whom he had issue.


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Inglefield/Bethell engagement

_. The engagement was announced in January, 2018, between Frederick Thomas Christopher Inglefield (born 1982), scion of that landed gentry family, youngest son of Christopher Samuel Inglefield (b 1936), by his former wife Susan Lilias Turcan (now Lady Inkin), & the Hon Rose Bethell (born 1984), daughter of the 6th Baron Westbury (b 1950), by his 1st wife the former Caroline Mary Palmer (b 1953), descended from the Viscounts Churchill.

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Dowager Marchioness of Normanby (1920-2018)

_. The Dowager Marchioness of Normanby, who died 15 January, 2018, aged 97, was the widow of the 4th Marquis of Normanby, KG, CBE (1912-94), and was a scion of the Barons Moyne.

She was born the Hon Grania Maeve Rosaura Guinness, 14 Apr, 1920, daughter of the 1st Baron Moyne (1880-1944), by his wife the former Lady Evelyn Erskine, daughter of the 14th Earl of Buchan, and married 10 Feb 1951, Oswald Phipps, 4th Marquis of Normanby, sometime Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, by whom she had issue, two sons and five daughters. The elder son, Constantine, born in 1954, is the 5th Marquis.

Requiem Mass to be held at St Hedda’s RC Church, Egton Bridge, near Whitby, North Yorkshire at 12 noon on Wednesday 24th January, 2018.

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Coleman/Lindesay-Bethune engagement

_. The engagement was announced 15 January, 2018, between Jack Coleman, son of Mr & Mrs Terry Coleman, of Clapham, London, & the Lady Alexandra Penelope Lindesay-Bethune (born 1988), scion of the Earls of Lindsay, daughter of the 16th Earl of Lindsay (b 1955), of Upper Largo, Fife, by his wife the former Diana Mary Chamberlayne-Macdonald, scion of that landed family.

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Docherty/Chichester engagement

_. The engagement was announced 12 January, 2018 between Lieut William P.T. Docherty, Royal Marines, son of Commodore and Mrs Paul Docherty, of Fareham, Hampshire, & Alicia Vesta Anne Chichester (born 1991), scion of the Chichester baronets, daughter of Lieutenant-Commander Mark Arlington Raleigh Chichester, RN (b 1957), of Congresbury, Somerset, by his former wife the former Adrienne Valmai Cook (now Mrs Adrienne Varley, of Honiton, Devon).

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Pelham/MacThomas engagement

_. The engagement was announced 12 January, 2018, between Charles Thomas Pelham (born 1987), scion of the Earls of Chichester, son of Henry Thomas Pelham (b 1943), of Kilmington, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Sarah E. Charlton, & Amy E.S. MacThomas of Finegand, daughter of The MacThomas and Madam MacThomas of Finegand.

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Hinchliffe/Elletson engagement

_. The engagement was announced 12 January, 2018 between Charlie R. Hinchliffe, eldest son of Mr & Mrs Roger Hinchliffe, of East Sussex, & Laura Katherine Elizabeth Elletson (b 1985), elder daughter of Philip Roger Chandos Elletson, of Huish, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Lady Alexandra Susan Marquis (b 1961), daughter of the 2nd Earl of Woolton (1922-69), by his second wife the former Cecily Josephine Gordon-Cumming, scion of the baronets of that name.

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Dean/Hamilton engagement

_. The engagement was announced 12 January, 2018, between Charles Dean, son of the late Mr Martin Dean and Mrs Michael Wyndham, of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, and the Hon Alexandra Maria Hamilton (born 1987), daughter of the 13th Lord Belhaven & Stenton (b 27 Feb 1927), of Pimlico, London, by his third wife the former Malgorzata Hruzik-Mazurkiewicz.

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Baroness Ross of Marnock 1923-2018

 The Baroness Ross of Marnock, died 4 January, 2018, aged 94.

The former Elizabeth Jane Elma Aitkenhead was born 6 March, 1923, daughter of J. Aitkenhead, of Ayr, and married in 1948, William Ross (born 7 April, 1911), later  Baron Ross of Marnock, MBE, PC, who was the longest serving Secretary of State for Scotland, holding office from 1964–1970 and again from 1974–1976, throughout the premiership of Sir Harold Wilson.

Her husband represented Kilmarnock until the 1979 general election, when he was created a life peer as Baron Ross of Marnock, of Kilmarnock in the District of Kilmarnock and Loudoun.

She was widowed, 10 June, 1988. She leaves two daughters.

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Moore/Buxton engagement

_. The engagement was announced 10 January, 2018, between Mr Marcus A. Moore, younger son of Mr Graeme Moore, of Kirklevington, North Yorkshire, and Mrs Joanne Foggett, of Middleton St George, County Durham, & Laura Elizabeth Verena Buxton (born 1990), scion of the Buxton baronets, only daughter of Mr Joseph William Henry Buxton (b 1943), of Sopworth, co Wilts, by his second wife the former Ann Boggis-Rolfe.

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Turner/Fitzherbert engagement

_. The engagement was announced 10 January, 2018, between Harry Turner, third son of Mr & Mrs Michael Turner, of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, and the Hon Camilla Rose Jane (Millie) Fitzherbert (born 1989), scion of the Barons Stafford, younger daughter of the 15th Baron Stafford (b 13 Mar 1954), of Swynnerton Park, Staffordshire, by his wife the former Katharine Mary Codrington.

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2nd Viscount Blakenham 1938-2018

_. The 2nd Viscount Blakenham died 8 January, 2018. He was 79.

Michael John Hare was born 25 January, 1938, son of the 1st Viscount Blakenham (1911-82), by his wife the former Hon Beryl Nancy Pearson (1908-94), scion of the Viscounts Cowdray; married 12 Jan 1965, his cousin, Marcia Persephone Hare, a granddaughter of the 4th Earl of Listowel, by whom he had issue.

Lord Blakenham is succeeded in the viscountcy by his only son, the Hon Caspar Hare (b 8 Apr, 1972).

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d'Erlanger/Bosshard engagement

_. The engagement was announced 9 January, 2018, between Hugh Robin d'Erlanger (born 1976), younger son of Mr Robin Gerard d'Erlanger, of Hensleigh, Devon, by his wife the former Hon Mary Elizabeth Josephine Pellew (born 1947), scion of the Viscounts Exmouth, & Susanne K. Bosshard, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs Felix Bosshard, of Monchaltorf, Zurich, Switzerland.

Hugh d'Erlanger is a grandson maternally of the late 9th Viscount Exmouth.

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The Baroness Hemingford, OBE (1933-2018)

_.The Baroness Hemingford, OBE, who died 8 January, 2018, aged 84, was the wife of the 3rd Baron Hemingford (b 1934), of Hemingford Abbots, Huntingdon.

She was the former Jennifer Mary Toresen Bailey, daughter of Frederick William Bailey, of Kent Rd, Harrogate, and married then then Hon (Dennis) Nicholas Herbert in 1958. He succeeded to the peerage (cr 1943) in 1982.

Lady Hemingford leaves a son and three daughters, and twelve grandchildren.

The funeral is at St Margaret's Church, Hemingford Abbots, Wednesday 17 January, 2018.

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Mackintosh/Du Val de Beaulieu engagement

__. The engagement was announced 8 January, 2018, between the Hon Thomas Harold George Mackintosh (b 8 Feb, 1985), son and heir of the 3rd Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax (b 9 Sept, 1958), by his former wife the former Elizabeth Lakin (now Mrs Leonard van Geest), & Olivia Stephanie M. Du Val de Beaulieu (born 1990), daughter of Henry Godefroid Andre Marie  Du  Val de Beaulieu, of Apsley, Hampshire, by his wife the former Deborah Colver.

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Jillian Sarah Fortescue (c1942-2018)

_. Jillian Sarah Fortescue (nee Valpy), who died 5 January, 2018, aged 75, was the first wife of Sir David Alwyn Gore-Booth, KCMG, KCVO (1943-2004), diplomat, scion of the Gore-Booth baronets.

She was the former Jillian Sarah Valpy, younger daughter of James Wyatt Valpy, and married David Gore-Booth in 1964. They divorced in 1970. From the marriage she leaves a son, Paul Wyatt Julian Gore-Booth, who was b. 1968.

From a later marriage to ____Fortescue, she leaves a son, James.

Funeral at Lambeth Crematorium, London, 16 January, 2018.

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Orr-Ewing/McDowell engagement

_. The engagement was announced 5 January, 2018, between Jack Alexander Bodley Orr-Ewing (born 1987), scion of the Orr Ewing baronets, younger son of the Hon Robert James Orr-Ewing (b 1953), of Holland Park, London, by his wife the former Susannah Scott, daughter of Mark Bodley Scott, & Emma Clare McDowell, eldest daughter of Mr Christopher McDowell, of Berkhamsted, and Mrs Janey McDowell, of Henley-on-Thames.

Jack Orr-Ewing is a grandson of the Baron Orr-Ewing, OBE, life peer.

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Mary Christine Hambro (died 2018)

_. Mary Christine Hambro, who died 3 January, 2018, was the third wife, and widow of Richard Alexander Hambro (1946-2009), scion of the eponymous landed banking family.

It was as Mary Briggs that in 1993 she wed Richard Hambro, second son of Jocelyn Olaf Hambro (1919-94), by his 1st wife the former Ann Silvia Muir (d 1972). He died 25 April, 2009.

Richard Hambro had married 1stly, 1973 (div 1982), the Hon Charlotte Clementine Soames (b 17 Jul 1954, who married 2nd 15 Apr 1989, the 3rd Earl Peel), dau of the Baron Soames (life peer) (1920-87), by his wife the former Mary Spencer-Churchill (b 15 Sept 1922), dau of the Rt Hon Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965); married 2ndly, 1984 (div 1992), Juliet Mary Elizabeth Harvey, daughter of Major Thomas Cockayne Harvey by his wife the former Lady Katharine Mary Coke, dau of the Earl of Leicester.

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Ned William Hunter Osgood Hanbury (born 2018)

__. Victoria Hanbury (nee Bigge), wife of George Christopher Osgood Hanbury {b 6 Nov, 1987}, scion of that landed family,
gave birth to a son, Ned William Hunter Osgood, 2 January, 2018.

George Hanbury is the son of Maj Christopher Osgood Philip Hanbury (b 1944), of Shefford Woodlands, Berkshire, by his wife the former Bridget Anne Birch, & Victoria Hanbury is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Peter Bigge, of Whorlton, co Durham.

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Hon Mrs Francis Hepburne Scott (d 2017)

_. The Hon Mrs Francis Hepburne Scott, who died 31 December, 2017, aged 92, was the widow of the Hon Francis Hepburne Scott, MC, a brother of the 10th Lord Polwarth.

She was the former Marjorie Hamilton Ross, daughter of Horatio John Ross (and descended from the Lighton baronets), and married in 1946. She leaves issue.

A Service of Thanksgiving will be held at Lilliesleaf  Kirk, Monday 5 Feb, 2018.

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Major-General Charles Alexander Ramsay 1936-2017

_. Major General Charles Ramsay, late the Royal Scots Greys and the Queen's Body Guard for Scotland, scion of the Ramsay baronets (cr 1806), died 31 December, 2017, aged 81.

He served in the Royal Scots Greys; Major General 1984; member of the Queen's Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers), &c.

Charles Alexander Ramsay was born 12 Oct, 1936, the second son of Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, KCB, KBE, MVO (1883-1945), by his wife the former Margaret Helen Menzies.

His father was Naval Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Expeditionary Force, who was killed in an aeroplane accident in France, 2 Jan, 1942.

He married 1 Aug, 1967, the Hon Mary Margaret Hastings MacAndrew (b 1942), daughter of the 1st Baron MacAndrew, by his second wife the former Mona Mitchell. He leaves a widow and two sons, William and Charles, and two daughters, Rowena and Camilla.

Funeral at St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Kelso, Thursday 25 January, 2018.

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Obituary: Lord Ferrier (1992)

Obituary: Countess Fitzwilliam

Obituary: Lord Fletcher

Obituary: John Spencer Churchill (1992)

Obituary: Maurice Lucie-Smith

Obituary: Lt-Col Sir Berowald Innes of Balvenie, Bt (1988)

Obituary: Lord Jessel (1990)

Obituary: Lord Kahn

Obituary - Hon Melinda Jackson (1983)

Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia

Memorial Service: Lord Colyton

White (Annaly)/Garnett marriage

Obituary: Sir John Armytage (1983)

Obituary: Sir Thomas Armstrong

Obit: Kinta Beevor

Marriage: Earl of Ancram and Lady Jane Fitzalan Howard

Requiem Mass: Lord Lovat

Requiem Mass; The Master of Lovat and the Hon Andrew Fraser

Obituary: Major Aubrey Davidson-Houston

Eloise Inca Bradley (born 2017)

 Alexandra Louise Bradley (born 1982, nee Heffler), wife since 2012 of James Henry Southall Bradley (born 1982), gave birth to a daughter, Eloise Inca, in 2017, a sister for Felix Acer Bradley, born in 2015.

Alexandra Bradley is a daughter of Ross Jean Heffler (1952-2015), and his wife the former Lady Tara Francesca FitzClarence (born 6 August, 1952), eldest daughter of the 7th Earl of Munster (1926-2000), and his first wife, the former Louise Margaret Diane Delvigne, daughter of Louis Delvigne, of Liège, Belgium.

 James Bradley is a son of Christopher A. Bradley, and his wife the former Christine M. Southall.

The infant is a descendant of King William IV and Dorothea Jordan:-

King William IV > George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster > Capt Hon George FitzClarence > Charles FitzClarence, VC > Edward FitzClarence, 6th Earl of Munster > Anthony FitzClarence, 7th Earl of Munster > Lady Tara FitzClarence > Alexandra Heffler > Eloise Bradley (b 2017)

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Deane/Overton marriage

 The marriage took place in 2017, between the Hon Jonathan FitzMaurice Deane (born 7 June, 1986), son and heir of the 9th Baron Muskery (born 26 March, 1948), and Baroness Muskery (nee Rita Brink), & Kim Overton.

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Earl of Burford marries Sarah Davenport

 The marriage took place in 2017 between the Earl of Burford and Sarah Davenport.

Charles Francis Topham de Vere Beauclerk, styled Earl of Burford (born 22 February, 1965), married firstly, 29 Dec 1994 Louise Ann Beatrice Fiona Robey, 1st daughter of Col Malcolm Vernon Robey, and has issue, a son, the Hon James Malcolm Aubrey Edward de Vere Beauclerk, styled Lord Vere of Hanworth (who was born 2 August 1995). 

The Earl of Burford is the son and heir of the 14th Duke of St Albans (born 19 January, 1939), and his first wife the former Rosemary Frances Scoones.

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Rufus Augustin Baillie (born 2017)

 Christelle Baillie (nee Gardella), wife of the Hon Hamish Michael Baillie (born 20 March, 1979), scion of the Barons Burton, gave birth to a third son, Rufus Augustin, in 2017, a brother for Fergus Louis, who was born 2013, and for Archibald Victor, born in 2014.

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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Corbett-Winder/Goad marriage

The marriage took place in 2017, between Tom Lyon Corbett-Winder (born 1987), scion of that landed gentry family, son of William Lyon Corbett-Winder (born 1950), of Vaynor Park, Montgomeryshire, and his wife the former Fiona Catherine Hogg (born 1956), & Matilda Rose Goad (born 1989), daughter of Geoffrey Wanklyn Goad (born 1945), and his wife the former Emma Mary Meade-Fetherstonhaugh (born 2 July, 1951), scion of the Earls of Clanwilliam.

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Minna Tollemache (born 2017)

Princess Florence Jessica von Preussen (b 28 July, 1983), scion of the Royal House of Prussia, & wife of the Hon James Henry Timothy Tollemache (b 28 Aug, 1980), scion of the Barons Tollemache (Baron, UK, cr 1876), gave birth to a daughter, Minna, in 2017, a sister for Sylvie Beatrice Selina, who was born 2 March, 2016.

The Hon James Tollemache is the second son of the 5th Baron Tollemache (b 13 Dec, 1939), of Helmingham Hall, Stowmarket, Suffolk, by his wife the former Alexandra Dorothy Jean Meynell (descended from the Earls of Halifax).

Princess Florence is a daughter of Prince (Frederick) Nicholas von Preussen (b 3 May, 1946), by his wife the former Hon Victoria Mancroft (b 1952), scion of the Barons Mancroft (Baron, UK, cr 1937).

 Victoria, Queen of Great Britain 1819-1901 &1840

Albert von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha 1819-1861 

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Friedrich III, Kaiser von Deutschland 1831-1888 

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Wilhelm II, Kaiser von Deutschland 1859-1941 &1881

Auguste Victoria von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg 1858-1921 

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Wilhelm von Preußen 1882-1951 &1905

Cecilie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1886-1954 

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Friedrich von Preußen 1911-1966 &1945

Brigid Guinness 1920-1995 

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Ramsay/Park marriage

 The marriage took place in 2017 between Christopher Ramsay (born 18 Feb, 1984), scion of the Earls of Dalhousie, son of the Hon John Ramsay (born 9 Aug, 1952),and nhis wife the former Louisa Jane d'Abo (born 8 January, 1955), and Lauren Park.

Christopher Ramsay is a grandson paternally of the 16th Earl of Dalhousie, KT, GCVO (1914-1999).

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Rufus Peter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott [born 2017]

 Lady Charles Montagu Douglas Scott [nee (Frances) Flora Jane Summerfield, born 1986], wife of Lord Charles David Peter [Charlie] Montagu Douglas Scott [born 1987], scion of the Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry, gave birth to a son, Rufus Peter Francis, in 2017.

Lord Charlie Montagu Douglas Scott is the second son of the 10th Duke of Buccleuch, KT [born 14 February, 1954], and his wife the former Lady Elizabeth Marian Frances Kerr [born 8 June, 1954], scion of the Marquesses of Lothian. 

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Hamish Frederick Elphinstone (born 2017)

Rosie Elphinstone (nee Davies), wife of the Hon Fergus David Elphinstone (born 1985), scion of the Lords Elphinstone, gave birth to a son, Hamish Frederick, in 2017.

Fergus is the third son of the late 18th Lord Elphinstone (1953-1994), and his wife the former Willa Mary Gabriel Chetwode (born 25 May, 1954), scion of the Barons Chetwode.

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Orde-Powlett/Gibson marriage

The marriage took place in 2017, between the Hon Nicholas Mark Orde-Powlett (born 1985), scion of the Barons Bolton (Baron, GB, cr 1797), third son of the 8th Baron Bolton (b 14 Feb, 1954), of Bolton Hall, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Philippa Anne Tapply, & Elena Rose Gibson (born 1987), daughter of Mr & Mrs David Gibson, of Barleythorpe, Rutland.

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Primrose Ashley Gray Seth-Smith 1921-2017

_. Primrose Seth-Smith, who died at Leigh, Dorset, 30 December, 2017, was a scion of that landed gentry family.

She was born 19 January, 1921.

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Cleo Lascelles [born 2017]

_. Laura Lascelles [nee Bailey], wife of Thomas Robert Lascelles [born 7 September, 1982], scion of the Earls of Harewood, and descended from the Royal House of Windsor, gave birth to a daughter, Cleo, in 2017.

Thomas Lascelles is the only son of the Hon [Robert] Jeremy Hugh Lascelles [born 14 February, 1955], by his first wife, the former Julie Baylis [born 19 July, 1957], and is a grandson of the 7th Earl of Harewood, KBE [1923-2011], and a great-grandson of HRH The Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood [1897-1965], and a great-great-grandson of HM King George V [1865-1936].

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Dorrien Smith/Monson marriage

 The marriage took place in 2017 between Michael Horace Dorrien Smith (born 11 March, 1987), scion of that landed gentry family of Tresco Abbey, second son of Robert Arthur Dorrien Smith (born 15 May, 1951), and his former wife the former Lady Emma Windsor-Clive (born 13 February, 1954), scion of the Earls of Plymouth, & the Hon Isabella Monson (born 10 July, 1986), daughter of the 12th Baron Monson (born 19 October, 1955), and his first wife the former Hilary Martin.

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FitzGerald/Tellwright marriage

_. The marriage took place in 2017, between Mr Edward FitzGerald (b 1988), scion of the Dukes of Leinster and heir pres to his uncle, the 9th Duke of Leinster, only son of the late Capt Lord John FitzGerald (1952-2015), by his wife the former Barbara Zindel, & Laura Caroline [Flo] Tellwright [born 1987], yr dau of Mr (William) Kirkland Tellwright [born 1956], of Shropshire, by his wife the former Hon Caroline Fiona Fitzherbert (b 1956), second dau of the 14th Baron Stafford (1926-86).

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Earl Compton marries Emilia Hungerford

 The marriage took place in 2017 between Daniel Bingham Compton, styled Earl Compton [born 16 January, 1973], son and heir of the 7th Marquess of Northampton [born 2 Apr, 1946], of Castle Ashby and Compton Wynyates, by the first of his six wives, Baroness Henriette Luisa Maria Bentinck, and Emilia Jasmine G. Hungerford [born 1979], daughter of [John] Patrick Hungerford, by his wife the former Gabriele Bagusat.

It is Earl Compton's second marriage. He has two daughters, Lady Anastasia and Lady Theodora, from his first marriage in 2001, to [Elizabeth] Lucy Cardozo, daughter of Lieutenant-Col Benedict Cardozo.

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Cosmo Waymouth (born 2017)

 The Lady Eloise Anne Elizabeth Waymouth (nee Anson, born 1981), wife of the writer & actor Louis Alexander Philip Waymouth (b 1978), gave birth to a son, Cosmo, in 2017.

Louis is a son of Mr Nigel Waymouth by his late wife the former Lady Victoria Mary Verenia Braganza Yorke (1947-2004).

Lady Eloise is the younger daughter of the late Thomas Patrick John, 5th Earl of Lichfield (1939-2005) of Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire, by his wife the Lady Leonora Mary Grosvenor, daughter of the 5th Duke of Westminster. She is a descendant of the 14th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne, and a cousin of HM Queen Elizabeth II, and is a goddaughter of HRH The Princess Royal.

Louis Waymouth is a grandson maternally of Philip Grantham Yorke, 9th Earl of Hardwicke (1906-74). 

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Minnie Fiona Morley (born 2017)

 The Hon Natasha Fiona Morley (nee Allsopp, born 1986), wife of Capt William Frederick Duncan (Billy) Morley, The Blues & Royals (born 1984), gave birth to a daughter, Minnie Fiona, in 2017.

Capt Morley is a son of Mr Jonathan Derek Morley, by his wife the former Davina Mary Sheffield (b 1 March, 1951), scion of the Sheffield baronets.

The Hon Natasha Morley, a scion of the Barons Hindlip (Baron, UK, cr 1886), is the youngest daughter of the 6th Baron Hindlip & the late Baroness Hindlip.

Capt Billy Morley's mother is a former girlfriend of the Prince of Wales. His father is a brother of Miranda, Duchess of Beaufort. Natasha Morley is a sister of Kirstie Allsopp, the tv presenter, &c.

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Ivo Antony Vesey (born 2017)

 The Hon Cosima Frances Vesey (born 1988), partner of Andre Balazs, gave birth to a son, Ivo Antony Vesey, in 2017.

Cosima Vesey is the only daughter of the 7th Viscount de Vesci (born 8 Oct, 1955), & his wife the former Sita-Maria Arabella de Breffny, dau. of Brian de Breffny, of Castletown Cox, co. Kilkenny, by his wife the Maharaj Kumari Jotsna Devi, dau. of HH Maharajadhiraja Bahadur Sir Uday Chand Mahtab of Burdwan, KCIE. 

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Major-General Bernard Gordon-Lennox, CB, MBE 1932-2017

-. Major-General Bernard Gordon-Lennox, CB, MBE, late the Grenadier Guards, who died 27 December, 2017, aged 85, was a scion of the Dukes of Richmond & Gordon, descended from the Merrie Monarch King Charles II & Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth.

Bernard Charles Gordon-Lennox was born 19 Sept, 1932, elder son of Lt-Gen Sir George Charles Gordon-Lennox, KBE, CB, CVO, DSO (1908-88), by his wife the former Nancy Brenda Darell (who d 1993), daughter of Maj Sir Lionel Darell, 6th Bt, DSO; married, 20 Nov, 1958, Sally-Rose, the only daughter of John Weston Warner, of the Old Rectory, Stanton, Worcestershire, by whom he had issue, three sons, Edward, Angus & Charles.

Thanksgiving Service at the Guards Chapel, London, Friday 23 March, 2018.


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Francis Guy Percy Wyndham 1927-2017

_. Francis Wyndham, writer and journalist and scion of the Barons Leconfield, died 28 December, 2017, aged 93.

Francis Guy Percy Wyndham was born 2 July, 1924, the son of Lt-Col Guy Percy Wyndham, CB, MVO (1865-1941), by his second wife the former Violet Lutetia Leverson (1890-1979), daughter of Ernest David Leverson (1852-1921), and Ada Esther Moses (1862-1933), the novelist Ada Leverson. He was unm.

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Bronwen, Viscountess Astor 1930-2017

_. Bronwen, Viscountess Astor, who died 28 December, 2017, aged 87, was the fashion model _Bronwen Pugh_ and widow of the 3rd Viscount Astor.

She was born in 1930, as Janet Bronwen Alun Pugh, the youngest daughter of His Honour Sir (John) Alun Pugh (1894-1971), of the Old Rectory, Dunsfold, Surrey, by his wife the former Kathleen Mary Goodyear, and married, 14 Oct, 1960, as his third wife, William Waldorf Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor, of Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, who had been a figure in the Profumo Affair of 1963. Her husband died 8 March, 1966. The marriage produced two daughters, Janet, born in 1961, since September, Duchess of Richmond & Gordon, wife of the Duke of Richmond & Gordon, and a daughter, Pauline, born in 1964.

Lady Astor's step-son is the current 4th Viscount Astor.

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Sir Robert Bayley Emilius Laurie, 7th Baronet 1931-2017

_. Sir Robert Laurie, 7th Bt, died 27 Dec, 2017.

Ian Ronald Malcolm 1946-2917

_. Ian Malcolm, who died on Christmas Day 2017, aged 71, was a scion of the Malcolms of Poltalloch, the Scots landed family, asnd descended from the Dukes of Wellington.

Ian Ronald Malcolm was born 25 March, 1946, elder son of Colin Ronald Malcolm (1906-59), by his wife the former Ruth Margaret Poyer Lewis, daughter of Sir William Lewis, OBE, of that landed family.

Mr Malcolm's grandfather, Ronald Malcolm (1876-1949) was chairman of the royal bankers, Coutts & Co.

Mr Malcolm married in 1988, the Hon Annabel Mary Adelaide Norrie (b 1945), scion of the Barons Norrie, daughter of the 1st Baron Norrie, GCMG, GCVO, DB, DSO, MC (1893-1977). No children.

A Service of Thanksgiving takes place at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, Tuesday 23 January, 2018.

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Hon Hugh Toby Eady 1941-2017

_. The Hon Hugh Toby Eady, who died 24 December, 2017, aged 76, was a scion of the Barons Swinfen (Peerage of the UK, cr 1919).

He was born 28 February, 1941, the second son of the 2nd Baron Swinfen (1904-77), by his first wife the former Mary Aline Farmar (the writer Mary Wesley, CBE 1912-2002), daughter of Colonel Harold Farmar, CMG, DSO.

Mr Eady leaves a widow, Xinran.

Private funeral followed by a Memorial Service at the London Book Fair in the Spring of 2018.

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James Cecil Seager Warman (born 2017)

_. Susanna Maud Warman (born 25 March, 1981, nee Joicey-Cecil), scion of the Marquesses of Exeter, wife of Jake M.G.S. Warman, gave birth to a son, James Cecil Seager, 26 December, 2017.

Jake Warman is the son of Mr Alister S. Warman, of London, & Mrs Mary Anne Guthrie-Warman (nee Mary Anne Guthrie), of Vancouver, Canada.

Susanna Warman is the second daughter of James David Edward Joicey-Cecil (b 24 Sept, 1946), of Milton Abbas, Dorset, by his wife the former Jane Susanna Brydon Adeley.

Susanna Warman is a kinswoman of Her Majesty the Queen. Her grandfather, Edward Wilfred George Joicey-Cecil, married 1945, Rosemary Luisa Bowes Lyon (1915-89), a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, daughter of Capt the Hon Fergus Bowes Lyon (1889-1915), a brother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

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Inigo Norton Sebastian Mountbatten Hooper (born 2017)

_. The Lady Alexandra Victoria Edwina Diana Hooper (b 5 December, 1982) wife of Thomas Edward Huntly Hooper, and scion of the Earls Mountbatten of Burma, gave birth to a son, Inigo Norton Sebastian Mountbatten, 21 December, 2017.

Lady Alexandra is the elder but only surviving daughter of the 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma (b 1947) of Broadlands, Hampshire, by his wife the former Penelope Meredith Eastwood (b 1953).

Inigo is the first grandchild for Earl and Countess Mountbatten.

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh attended the wedding, 25 June, 2016, at Romsey Abbey, of Lady Alexandra and Mr Hooper.  The bride was given in marriage by the Prince of Wales due to the illness of the bride's father.

The Duke of Edinburgh stood as godfather to Lord Mountbatten, then Norton Knatchbull, at his christening 70 years ago.

Brodie heirs may lose inheritance

Van Straubenzee/Jenks engagement

__. The engagement was announced 22 December, 2017, between Charles Anthony van Straubenzee (born 1988), scion of that landed family, third son of Alexander Henry van Straubenzee (born 1951), of South Witham, Lincolnshire, by his wife the former Claire Sonia Fenwick (born 1954), & Daisy Philippa Jenks (born 1991), elder daughter of Philip Richard Jenks, of Churt, Surrey, by his wife the former Alexandra Ulrike Wilson Nicol, daughter of Alexander J.W. Nicol by his wife Christine von Canstein.


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Crofton/von Maltzahn engagement

_. The engagement was announced 22 December, 2017, between Henry Morgan Crofton (b 1979), son and heir of Sir Edward Crofton, 9th Baronet (b 26 Jul, 1945), of of Rake, Hampshire, by his wife the former Emma Victoria Mildred Dashwood, scion of the Dashwood baronets, and Baroness Sophie von Maltzahn, daughter of Baron & Baroness Imre von Maltzahn, of Shelswell Park, Oxfordshire.

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Duke of Northumberland killed in action

Foale/Clark engagement

__. The engagement was announced 21 December, 2017, between Archie Alexander Foale (b 17 Sept, 1984), eldest son of Dr Rodney Alan Foale, of London, by his former wife the former Lady Emma Cecile Gordon (b 26 May, 1953, now Lady Emma Dewe Mathews, of London) & Sarah Clark, only daughter of the late Roger Clark and of Mrs Clark, of Culverthorpe, Lincolnshire.

Archie Foale is a grandson, maternally, of the late 6th Marquess of Aberdeen & Temair.

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The 7th Baron Lyveden 1938-2017

___. The 7th Baron Lyveden died at his home in New Zealand, 18 December, 2017.

Jack Leslie Vernon was born 10 November, 1938; married 11 Nov, 1961,  Lynette June Lilley, daughter of William Herbert Lilley, of Auckland, New Zealand, by whom he had issue, a son and two daughters. The UK peerage now delvolves upon his only son, the Hon  Colin Ronald Vernon, who was born 3 Feb 1967.

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Dowager Baroness Rockley 1938-2017

_. The Dowager Baroness Rockley, who died 19 December, 2017, aged 79, was the widow of the 3rd Baron Rockey.

She was born Lady Sarah Primrose Beatrix Cadogan, 23 February, 1938, the eldest daughter of the 7th Earl Cadogan (1914-97), by his first wife the former Hon Primrose Lilian Yarde-Buller (d 1970), daughter of the 3rd Baron Churston.

She married 18 Nov, 1958, the then Hon James Hugh Cecil (b 5 Apr, 1934), son and heir of the 2nd Baron Rockley (1901-76, by his wife the former Anne Margaret Meade-Fetherstonhaugh (d. 1980), scion of the Earls of Clanwillian. Her husband succeeded as 3rd Baron Rockey, 6 Jan, 1976, and died 5 December, 2011.

Lady Rockley leaves a son, Anthony, the 4th Baron, and two daughters.

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Hon Matthew Henry Beaumont 1933-2017

__. The Hon Matthew Beaumont, who died 16 December, 2017, aged 84, was a scion of the Viscount Allendale, the fourth son of the 2nd Viscount Allendale, KG, CB, CBE, MC (1890-1956), of Bywell Hall, Northumberland, by his wife the former Violet Lucy Emily Seely, scion of the Seely baronets; married firstly 14 Apr, 1959 (div 1972), Anne Christine Margaret, elder daughter of Gerald Hamilton, married 2ndly, 1973, Belinda Jane Elizabeth Cuthbert, scion of that landed family, eldest daughter of Harold David Cuthbert, of Beaufront Castle, Hexham. From his first marriage he had a son, Justin, and a daughter, Charlotte, who pre-deceased him. His daughter was wife of Lord Cardross, son and heir of the 17th Earl of Buchan.

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Amelia Sophia Weatherall 1929-2017

_. Amelia Sophia (Sophy) Weatherall, who died 16 December, 2017, aged 87, was a scion of the Keswick landed family, and was a one-time mother-in-law of the MP Nicholas Soames, & was mother of Isobel, Countess of Strathmore & Kinghorne.

She was born 27 December, 1929, daughter of David Johnstone Keswick, CMG (1901-76), by his wife the former Nony Barbara Pease (1900-69), scion of that landed family; married 1955, Capt Anthony Anthony Edward Weatherall (1924-2013), of Cowhill, Dumfries, son of Lt-Col Nigel Weatherall by his wife the former Gladys Victoria Drabble, by whom he had issue, Catherine (who was the first wife of the Hon Sir Nicholas Soames, MP), Percy, Isobel (who was the first wife of the 18th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne), and Benjamin.

Thanksgiving Service at the Crichton Memorial Church, Dumfries, Wednesday 3 January, 2018.

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Maj Andrew Beatty Houstoun, OBE, MC, DL (died 2017)

_. Major Andrew Beatty Houstoun, OBE, MC, DL, died at Dundee, 16 December, 2017.

Maj Houstoun was a son of William McAulay Houstoun, of Sachel Court, Cranleigh, Surrey; married 14 Aug, 1953, Mary Elizabeth Spencer-Nairn (b 1931), only daughter of Sir Douglas Spencer-Nairn, 2nd Baronet, by whom he had issue, four sons, William, David, Alexander (Sandy), and Neil.

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Lady Patricia Mary Charlemont Kingsbury 1919-2017

_. The Lady Patricia Kingsbury, who died 16 December, 2017, aged 98, was a scion of the Earls of Ypres, and was a granddaughter of Sir John French, the 1st Earl of Ypres, the First World War military leader.

Lady Patricia Mary Charlemont French was born 6 July, 1919, the only daughter of the then John Richard Lowndes French (1881-1958), by his first wife the former Olivia Mary John (died 1934), a descendant of the Earls of Cavan.

Her grandfather, Field Marshal Sir John French was created a viscount in 1916, and an earl in 1922, in which year her father assumed the courtesy title of Viscount French. Three years later, in 1925, her father succeeded as 2nd Earl of Ypres.

Lady Patricia married 24 January, 1942, Henry Edmund Roland Kingsbury (1913-80), scion of that landed family, by whom she had issue, two sons, Philip & Gerald.

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Obituary: Hon Mrs Angela Campbell-Preston

Obituary: Sir Peter Watkin Williams

Kathryn Baroness Vestey (died 2017)

__. Kathryn Lady Vestey, who died 13 December, 2017, was the first wife of the 3rd Baron Vestey, KCVO, Master of the Horse to the Queen.

She was the former Kathryn Mary Eccles, daughter of John Eccles, of Moor Park, co Hertford, and married Lord Vestey, 11 Sept, 1970. They divorced in 1981.

Lady Vestey leaves two daughters, the Hon Saffron Idiens, and the Hon Flora Hall.

Funeral at Cheltenham Crematorium, Wednesday 27 December, 2017.

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Theodore Calcutta MacGregor Aird (born 2017)

Emily Kate Aird (née Pritchard-Gordon, b 1979), wife of Rory Aird, gave birth to a son, Theodore Calcutta MacGregor, 12 December, 2017, a brother for Humphrey, Lily and Gilo, and a half-brother for Jimmy.

Emily is the 2nd dau of Giles William Pritchard-Gordon (b 22 May 1947), of Slaugham Park, Sussex, by his wife the former Veronica Smyth, dau of Ronald Victor Smyth, of Epsom, Surrey; and granddaughter of William Herbert Alexander Pritchard-Gordon (d 1987). 








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Alexander James Macdonald-Buchanan 1931-2017

_. Alexander James Macdonald-Buchanan, who died 11 December, 2017, from Alzheimer's Disease, aged 86, was a grandson maternally of the 1st (and last) Baron Woolavington.

He was born in 1931, a son of Major Sir Reginald Narcissus Macdonald-Buchanan, KCVO, of Cottesbrooke Hall, Northampton, by his wife, Catherine, only child of Lord Woolavington; married 26 April, 1960, Elizabeth Vivian Smith (b 1939), scion of the Barons Bicester, a dau of Maj Hugh Adeane Vivian Smith, MBE, by his wife the former Lady Helen Primrose, daughter of the 6th Earl of Rosebery. Mr Macdonald-Buchanan leaves a widow and four sons, Hugh, James, Nicholas and Charles.

The funeral will take place at St Anne, Scottish Episcopalian Church, Strathpeffer, Ross-shire, Friday 5 January, 2018.

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Sir Hereward Wake, 14th Baronet, MC (1916-2017)

_. Sir Hereward Wake, 14th Baronet, MC, who died 11 December, 2017, aged 101, was the head of an ancient family, one of the few surviving families of the old pre-parliamentary Anglo-Norman baronage. His baronetcy, one of the oldest, was created by King James 1 in 1621.

He was born 7 Oct, 1916, the son of Sir Hereward Wake, 13th Bt, CB, CMG, DSO (1876-1963), by his wife the former Margaret Winifred (Daisy) Benson, and succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's death, 4 Aug, 1963.

He married 6 February, 1952, Julia Rosemary, younger daughter of Capt Geoffrey William Martin Lees, by whom he had issue, a son and three daughters.

Sir Hereward was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1955.

The baronetcy now passes to his only son, Hereward Charles Wake, born 22 Nov, 1952, who married in 1977, Lady Doune Mabell Ogilvy, the eldest daughter of the 13th Earl of Airlie, KT.

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