Joan Lady Nixon (died 2018)

._Lady Nixon, who died 23 December, 2018, aged 99, was the widow of Sir Christopher Nixon, 3rd Baronet, MC (1918-78).

She was the former Joan Lucille Mary Brown, daughter of Robert Felix Mervyn Brown, of Rangoon, Burma, and married Maj Sir Christopher in 1949. She was widowed in 1978, and is survived by three daughters, Anne, Mary and Sally,

 Requiem mass at St Edward's Catholic Church, Sutton Park, Guildford, Wednesday 16th January 2019.

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Angus Gilbert Ludovic Colyer Monckton (born 2018)

_. Emma Louise Elliot Monckton (nee Baxter, born 1988), wife of Edward Gervase Monckton (born 1988), scion of the viscounts Monckton of Brenchley, gave birth to a son, Angus Gilbert Ludovic Colyer, 23 December, 2018.

Lt Edward Monckton is a son of the Hon Anthony Monckton (b 1960), by his wife the former Philippa Susan Wingfield (b 1962), scion of the viscounts Powerscourt.

Emma Monckton, scion of the Scots landed gentry family of that name, is a daughter of Angus Baxter (born 1956), by his wife the former Julie Teresa Tatham, descended from the Barons Digby.

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Lt-Col Hugh Geoffrey Robert Boscawen 1954-2018

_. Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Geoffrey Robert Boscawen, who died 22 December, 2018, was a scion of the Viscounts Falmouth; born in 1954, son of the Rt Hon Robert Boscawen, MP, PC (1923-2013), by his wife the former Alice Mary Codrington (1924-2013), scion of the Codrington baronets; married 1981, Alexandra Marie-Monique Eden, descended from the Eden baronets, by whom two sons, Veryan and Aldwyn.

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Baron Ashdown of Norton Sub-Hamdon, CH, GCMG, KBE, PC 1941-2018

_. The Baron Ashdown of Norton Sub-Hamdon, CH, GCMG, KBE, PC, died 22 December, 2018, aged 77.

Lord Ashdown, as the Rt Hon Paddy Ashdown, was Leader of the Liberal Democrats, 1988-99.

Jeremy John Durham Ashdown was born 27 Feb, 1941, son of John and Lois Ashdown; married 1962, Jane Courtenay, by whom he had one son and one daughter.

Created a life peer, 2001; Sworn of the Privy Council (1989); KBE (2000); GCMG; CH, etc.

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3rd Baron Tryon, OBE, DL 1940-2018

_. The 3rd Baron Tryon, OBE, DL, died at his home in Wiltshire, 22 December, 2018. He was 78.

Anthony George Merrik Tryon was born 26 May, 1940, son of the 2nd Baron Tryon, PC, GCVO, KCB, DSO (1906-76), by his wife the former Etheldreda Josephine Burrell (1909-2002), scion of the Burrell baronets; he married 1973, Dale Elizabeth Harper (1948-97), daughter of Henry Preston Barrington (Barry) Harper (1909-86), of Melbourne, Australia, by his wife the former Jean Irene McMurray-Wallace, by whom he had two sons and two daughters.

Lord Tryon was educated at Eton, served as a Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II, 1954-56; Captain Wessex Yeomanry, 1972; Director of Lazard Brothers and Co, 1976-83; appointed OBE, 2001.

He is succeeded in his peerage (created in 1940), by his eldest son, the Hon Charles George Barrington Tryon, who was born 15 May, 1976.  Charles is a godson of the Prince of Wales and also served as a Page of Honour to the Queen.

The funeral takes place at St Andrew's Church, Great Durnford, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, 7 January, 2019.

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Barttelot/Clarke engagement

_. The engagement has been announced 20 December, 2018, between Capt Hugo Ravenscroft Barttelot, Coldstream Guards (born 7 Apr, 1990), scion of the Barttelot baronets, son (and heir) of Robin Ravenscroft Barttelot (born 15 Dec, 1943), of Fittleworth, West Sussex, by his wife the former Teresa Greenlees, & Charlotte Elizabeth Clarke, daughter of Mr & Mrs Steven Clarke, of Woodcroft, Chepstow, Monmouthshire.

Capt Barttelot's father is heir presumptive to his elder brother Sir Brian Barttelot, OBE, 5th Baronet.

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Hon Charmaine Elizabeth Violet Cecilia Bissill 1930-2018

_. The Hon Charmaine Bissill (nee Wilson) who died 17 December, 2018, aged 88, was a scion of the Barons Nunburnholme.

She was born Charmaine Elizabeth Violet Cecilia Wilson, 4 August, 1930, daughter of the 3rd Baron Nunburnholme (1904-74), by his first wife the former Lady Mary Beatrice Thynne (1903-74), Lady of the Bedchamber to HM Queen Elizabeth, 1937-47, third daughter of the 5th Marquess of Bath.

She married 19 January, 1957, William Rippon Bissill (died 1983), by whom she had issue.

The funeral takes place at St Thomas Church, Aslockton, Nottinghamshire, 21 December, 2018.

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Robin Helen (Bobbie) Parsons (died 2018)

_. Robin Helen (Bobbie) Parsons, who died 15th December, 2018, was the first wife of the late 10th Baron Braybrooke (1932-2017).

She was the former Robin Helen Brockhoff, daughter of Thomas Adolph Brockhoff, of Rose Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and married 29 July, 1955 (div 1974) as his first wife, the then Hon Robin Henry Charles Neville, son of the 9th Baron Braybrooke (1897-1990).

Her husband succeeded as 10th Baron Braybrooke, 12 Feb 1990, and died 5 June, 2017. She married secondly, Christopher Parsons (deceased), of Bath, Avon.

Bobbie Parsons is survived by four daughters from her marriage to Lord Braybrooke. A fifth daughter predeceased her in 1980. Her second daughter, the Hon Caroline (Cazzy) Neville, married in 1995, the 19th Earl of Derby.

The funeral takes place at the Abbey Church of St Mary and St Melor, Amesbury, 8 January, 2019.

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Lady Ulick Browne (died 2018)

_.  Lady Ulick Browne, who died 18 December, 2018, aged 84, was the mother of the 12th Marquess of Sligo.

She was the former Fiona Glenn, daughter of John Glenn, of East Grinstead, Surrey and married 1962, Capt Lord Ulick Browne (1915-79), a younger brother of the 10th Marquess of Sligo. Her husband was granted the rank and precedence of the younger son of a Marquess, in 1953.

Lady Ulick Browne is survived by her son Sebastian, who succeeded his cousin as 12th Marquess of Sligo, in 2014, and a daughter, Ulicia.

A Memorial Service takers place at St Mary The Boltons, London, 11 January, 2019.

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Robin Alexander Craig Linzee Gordon 1930-2018

_. Robin Linzee Gordon died 17 December, 2018, aged 88. He was born 25 Oct, 1930, son of Commodore Robert Gordon Hood Linzee (1900-73), by his wife the former Hon Ellinor Aileen Cecil Craig (1907-78), daughter of the 1st Viscount Craigavon (1871-1940), who, as James Craig, was Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.

Mary Helena Kenyon-Slaney 1932-2018

_. Mary Helena Kenyon-Slaney, who died 12 December, 2018, aged 86, was the wife of (William) Simon Rodolph Kenyon-Slaney (born 1932), a former High Sheriff of Shropshire, scion of the Barons Kenyon.

She was born in 1932, Mary Helena Bridgeman, scion of the Earls of Bradford, a daughter of the Hon Henry George Orlando Bridgeman (1882-1972), by his wife the former Joan Constable-Maxwell (died 1991), scion of the Lords Herries of Terregles.

She was a granddaughter of the 4th Earl of Bradford. She married Simon Kenyon-Slaney in 1960, by whom she had issue.

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Hon Amelie Mary Tanya Shirley (born 2018)

_. Camilla Shirley, styled Viscountess Tamworth (b 1985), wife of William Robert Charles Shirley, styled Viscount Tamworth (b 10 Dec, 1984), gave birth to a daughter, the Hon Amelie Mary Tanya, 11 December, 2018, a sister for the Hon Francesca Alice Hermione, who was born 7 June, 2016.

 

Viscount Tamworth is the elder son and heir of Robert William Saswalo Shirley, 14th Earl Ferrers (b 29 Dec 1952), of Ditchingham Hall, Norfolk, by his wife the former Susannah Mary Sheepshanks.

 

Viscountess Tamworth is the former Camilla Lutyens, descended from the Earls of Lovelace, yst dau of the late Richard David Lutyens (b 1 Jul 1948- d. 1994), and Mrs Richard Lutyens (nee Mary A.J.P. Drabble), of Kensington, London.

 

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Leo James Christopher Lubbock (born 2018)

_. Claire E. Lubbock (nee Felgate), wife of Richard Christopher Sinclair Lubbock (born 1983), scion of the Barons Avebury (Baron UK, cr 1900), gave birth to a son, Leo James Christopher, 11 December, 2018.

Richard Lubbock is the only son of (Rupert) James Gordon Lubbock (born 1948), of Wandsworth, London, by his wife the former Miranda Jane McNeile.

Claire Lubbock is the eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Malcolm Felgate, of Cape Town, South Africa.

 

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Phebe Modupe-Ojo

_.Maddison May Modupe-Ojo (nee Brudenell, born 16 May, 1994) wife since 2015 of Oladuwa Olamide Modupe-Ojo, gave birth to a daughter, Phebe, 15 December, 2018, a sister for Daphne, who was born 26 November, 2016.

Maddison is the eldest child of Jeremy Alexander Rothwell Brudenell (born 2 April, 1960) by his former wife the former Edwina Victoria Louise Hicks (born 24 December, 1961), daughter of David Nightingale Hicks (1929-98) by his wife the Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Mountbatten (born 19 Apr, 1929), younger daughter of Admiral of the   Fleet the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-79).

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Sheila Viscountess Knutsford 1927-2018

The Viscountess Knutsford, who died 6 December, 2018, aged 91, was the wife of the 6th Viscount Knutsford.

She was born the Hon Sheila Constance Portman, 25 June, 1927, a daughter of the 5th Viscount Portman (1898-1942), by his wife the former Hon Sybil Mary Douglas-Pennant (1901-75), a scion of the Barons Penrhyn; married  8 May, 1951, Michael Holland-Hibbert, 6th Viscount Knutsford (born 27 December, 1926) by whom she had issue.

 A Thanksgiving service takes place on Wednesday, 16 January 2019, at St John the Baptist Church, Aldenham, Hertfordshire.

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Maj Richard James Gillow Reynolds 1933-2018

Maj. Richard James Gillow Reynolds, late the Irish Guards, who died 13 December, 2018, aged 84, was descended from the Reynolds baronets. His home was Leighton Hall, near Carnforth, Lancashire.

He was born 16 January, 1933, elder son of James Roskell Reynolds [1904-82], and his wife the former Helen Mary Gillow [1907-1977], scion of the Gillow landed family of Leighton Hall, who succeeded to the Leighton Hall estate on the death of her father, Charles Richard Gillow [1871-1923].

He married 30 April, 1968, [Caroline] Susan [Suzi] Kenyon, DL, daughter of Geoffrey Terence Kenyon, of London, by whom he had issue, two daughters, Katherine [born 14 May, 1971], and Lucy [born 1975].

The younger daughter, Lucy, wife of Daniel Arthurs, succeeded to Leighton Hall.

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Shirley Lady Codrington (died 2018)

_. Shirley Lady Codrington, who died 12 December, 2018, was the fourth, and final wife of Sir Simon Codrington, 3rd Baronet (1923-2005).

She was the former Shirley Ann Davis, born circa 1943, daughter of Percival Lionel Davis, and married 1989, Sir Simon Francis Bethell Codrington, 3rd Baronet. Her husband died 17 August, 2005, aged 82.

Service at Haycombe Crematorium, Bath, 28 January, 2019.

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Nina Cecily Hamilton Stubber (born 2018)

Camilla Julia Margaret Hamilton Stubber (nee Trotter, born 1983), wife of Henry James Hamilton Stubber (born 1984) scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a daughter, Nina Cecily, 13 November, 2018.

Henry Hamilton Stubber is a son of Mr James Hamilton Stubber, of Aughentaine, County Tyrone, by his wife the former Carola E. A. Savill.

Camilla Hamilton Stubber is a daughter of the late Martin Frederick Trotter (who d. 2009) by his wife  the former Georgina Lavinia Blunt (born 1945), daughter of Sir Richard Blunt, 11th Baronet.

Graham-Watson/France-Hayhurst engagement

The engagement was announced 12 December, 2018, between Florian Nicholas Graham-Watson (born 6 December, 1986) late the Irish Guards, sometime equerry to HRH The Duke of Cambridge, scion of the Graham-Watson landed gentry family, son of Mr Andrew FitzJames Graham-Watson (born 1957), of Longworth, Oxfordshire, by his wife the former Brigitte Jeanson, of Paris, & Serena, daughter of Mr & Mrs James France-Hayhurst, of Bunbury Heath, Cheshire.

The newly engaged couple had a son, Arnaud James, born 25 July, 2018.

Florian Graham-Watson was appointed Prince William’s equerry shortly after HRH took up his appointment as Royal Colonel of the Irish Guards.

The Duchess of Abercorn 1946-2018

Her Grace The Duchess of Abercorn, descendant of the Russian Tsars, close friend of the Duke of Edinburgh, died in London, 10 December, 2018. She was 72.

She was born Alexandra Anastasia Phillips, 27 February, 1946, in Arizona, the eldest daughter of Lt-Col Harold Pedro Joseph Phillips (1909-80), of Checkenden Court, Reading, by his wife the former Georgina Wernher, a great friend of the Queen, daughter of Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Baronet, of Luton Hoo, by his wife Countess Anastasia (Zia) de Torby, daughter of HIH Grand Duke Michael of Russia.

Zia Wernher was granted by Royal Warrant, 1 Sept, 1917, the style and precedence of the daughter of an Earl. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh shared the racing interests of Lady Zia, and for a number of years they celebrated their wedding anniversary at Luton Hoo.

Alexandra’s father, Harold Phillips, was a cousin of Janet Mercedes Bryce, who married the 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven, best man at the wedding of the Queen and Prince Philip.

Sarah Bradford in her biography of the Queen states that Sacha Abercorn was Earl Mountbatten of Burma’s ‘favourite goddaughter.’ Her godmother was Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent.

Alexandra, known as Sacha, had one brother, Nicholas, a year her junior, who inherited Luton Hoo, the Wernher family seat in Bedfordshire, and committed suicide in 1991.

She had three sisters, Fiona, Marita and Natalia. The youngest of the sisters married, in 1979, Gerald Grosvenor, the 6th Duke of Westminster.

She married 20 October, 1966, in the presence of the Queen, James Hamilton, styled Marquess of Hamilton, who was born in 1934, and succeeded his father in 1979 as 5th Duke of Abercorn.

The duke was a Lord Steward of the Household to the Queen, and appointed a Knight of the Garter in  1999.

The Duchess’s home was Barons Court, County Tyrone. She is survived by the duke, and by two sons and a daughter.

The private funeral will be followed by a memorial service in the Spring of 2019.

Michael David Carrick-Buchanan of Drumpellier & Corsewall (1939-2018)

Michael David Carrick-Buchanan of Drumpellier and Corsewall, head of that Scots landed
 family, died 3 December, 2018, aged 79.

He was born 6 Nov, 1939 son of David Richard Carrick-Buchanan, of Drumpellier, Coatbridge, and Corsewall, near Stranraer; by his wife the former Cinderella Beatrix Staveley, scion of that landed family of Stainley Hall, North Yorkshire,

He married in 1965, Jytte, daughter of Kat Simonsen, of Virun, Denmark, by whom he had issue.

Mr Carrick-Buchanan traced his ancestry to the lairds of Buchanan in the 15th century.

George Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce (born 2018)

The Hon Joanna Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce (born 1985, nee Heriot Maitland), scion of the Earls of Lauderdale, and wife of the Hon Nicholas Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce (born 16 February, 1986), scion of the Barons Thurlow, gave birth to a son, George, 18 November, 2018.

The Hon Nicholas Cumming-Bruce is the son and heir of the 9th Baron Thurlow (born 1952), and the infant George is heir to his father.

Joanna Cumming-Bruce is a daughter of Patrick Heriot-Maitland.

The Cumming-Bruces have a daughter, Isla, born in 2016.

Claudia Iveigh D’Oyly More Nisbett (born 2018)

Charlotte More Nisbett (nee Davison) wife of William More Nisbett, descended from the Earls of Stair, gave birth to a daughter, Claudia Iveigh D’Oyly, 3 December, 2018.

Lady Bennett, widow of Sir Reginald Bennett

Lady Bennett, who died 4 December, 2018, was the widow of Sir Reginald Bennett (1911-2000).

She was the former Henrietta Crane and married Reginald Frederick Brittain Bennett in 1947.

Her husband was Conservative MP for Gosport and Fareham 1950-74, and after boundary changes MP for Fareham, 1974-79.

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Douglas George Alfred Hickman (born 2018)

_. Alicia Lorraine Hickman (nee Newson, born 1982), wife of Charles Patrick Alfred Hickman (born 1983), scion of the Hickman baronets, gave birth to a second son, Douglas George Alfred, 9 December, 2018, a brother for Hugh James Alfred, who was born in 2016.

Charles Hickman is the son and heir of Sir Richard Hickman, 4th Baronet (born 1949), by his wife the former Heather Mary Elizabeth Moffett.

Alicia Hickman is a daughter of Derek L. Newson (born 1948), by his wife the former Lorraine T. Griffin (born 1950).

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7th Earl of Ranfurly 1929-2018

The Earl of Ranfurly died 4 December, 2018.He was 89.

Gerald Francoys Needham Knox was the 7th Earl
of Ranfurly, Viscount Northland, Baron Welles & Baron Ranfurly.

He was born 4 January, 1929, son of Capt John Needham Knox, RN (1890-1967) by his wife Monica, daughter of Maj-Gen Sir Gerald Kitson, KCVO, CB, CMG.

He married 22 Jan, 1955, Rosemary Beatrice Vesey Holt, the only daughter of Air Vice Marshal Felton Vesey Holt, CMG, DSO, RAF, by whom he had issue.

Succeeded to the peerages in 1988 on the death of his kinsman.

Lord Ranfurly is succeeded by his elder son Edward John Knox, styled Viscount Northland, who was born 21 May, 1957.

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Copley/Manners engagement

The engagement was announced 7 December, 2018, between Jack A.T. Copley (born 1989) son of Robert Copley, of London, descended from the Earls of Loudoun, and Mrs Diana Copley (nee Wingfield), of Great Barrington, Gloucestershire, a scion of the Viscounts Powerscourt, & Zoe Mary Manners (born 14 November, 1989), scion of the Barons Manners, eldest daughter of Charles Henry Manners (born 1957), of Woodend, Gloucestershire, by his wife the former Nichola Thompson.

The bride to be descends from the 1st Baron, a Solicitor General & Lord Chancellor of Ireland, who was a grandson of the 3rd Duke of Rutland.

Anne Marie, Baroness Lucas of Chilworth - obituary

Anne Marie, Baroness Lucas of Chilworth, who died 29 November, 2018, at Southampton, was the widow of Michael William George Lucas, 2nd Baron Lucas of Chilworth (1926-2001).

She was the former Anne Marie Buck, and married 9 June, 1955. She is the mother of the 3rd Baron.

Hon Mrs Nancy Henniker-Major 1919-2018

The Hon Mrs Nancy Henniker-Major, who died 2 December, 2018, aged 99, was the widow of the Hon Richard Arthur Otway Henniker-Major (1917-2003), scion of the Barons Henniker.

She was born 10 July, 1919, a daughter of Sir John Stainton by his wife the former Hon Janet Dewar (1895-1979), daughter of the 1st Baron Forteviot, of the Dewar whisky distilling family.

She married 22 June, 1946, the Hon Richard (Dick) Henniker-Major, son of the 7th Baron Henniker, by whom she had issue.

The funeral tales place at the Church of St Peter & St Paul, Pulborough.

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Hon Charlotte Mary Mansell-Jones 1947-2018

The Hon Charlotte Mansell-Jones, who died 20 November, 2018, aged 71, was a scion of the Barons Piercy.

She was born Charlotte Mary Piercy, 24 May, 1947, eldest daughter of the 2nd Baron Piercy (1918-91), of Elford, Staffordshire,  by his wife the former Oonagh Lavinia Baylay, a descendant of the Earls of Lucan.

She married firstly, 14 Nov, 1966 (div 1985) Paolo Emilio Taddei, fifth son of Enrico Taddei, of Florence, by whom she had a son, Guido, and daughter, Caroline; married secondly, 1985, William Guy David Ropner (1924-2015), scion of the Ropner baronets, by whom she had a son, Nicholas; married thirdly, 29 Oct, 2018, Richard Mansell-Jones (born 1940).

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Cecilia Lady Dugdale (1931-2018)

Cecilia Lady Dugdale, who died 4 December, 2018, aged 87, was the widow of Sir William Dugdale, 2nd Baronet, CBE, MC (1922-2014), and was aunt of the former prime minister, David Cameron.

She was born Cecilia Mary Mount in 1931, daughter of Lieut-Col. Sir William Malcolm Mount, 2nd Baronet (1904-93) by his wife the former Elizabeth Llewellyn (1904-94); her younger sister, Mary, born in 1934, is David Cameron’s mother.

She married in 1967, as his second wife, Sir William Dugdale, Bt, of Blyth Hall, Coleshill, Birmingham, & 24 Bryanston Mews, W1, sometime chairman of Aston Villa Football Club, by whom she had a son, Thomas, and daughter, Adelaide.

The funeral takes place at the Church of Our Lady, Mereval, Atherstone, 19 Dec, 2018.

Belinda Baroness Somerleyton, OBE (1939-2018)

Belinda Baroness Somerleyton, OBE, who died 1 December, 2018, aged 79, was the former chatelaine of Somerleyton Hall, the Italianate mansion near Lowestoft, Suffolk.

She was the fomer Belinda Loyd, born in 1939, a daughter of Vivian Graham Loyd, MC (1894-1972), by his wife the former Phyllis Mary Tringham (1907-97); married 1963, Savile William Francis Crossley, 3rd Baron Somerleyton, GCVO (1928-2012), of Somerleyton Hall, Lowestoft, by whom she had a son, Hugh (born 1971), the 4th Baron, and four daughters.

Her husband was a senior member of the Royal Household as Master of the Horse, 1991-99.

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Boyd-Thomas/Leigh-Pemberton engagement

The engagement was announced 6 December, 2018 between Major William E. Boyd-Thomas, The Blues and Royals, son of Mr Richard Boyd-Thomas, of Clifford Chambers, Warwickshire & Mrs Lisa Thomas, of Leyster, Herefordshire, & Letitia Jane Leigh-Pemberton (born 1989) scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of the Hon James Henry Leigh-Pemberton (born 1956) of Trewhitt, Northumberland, by his wife, the former Catarina Elizabeth Cowan.

The bride-to-be is a granddaughter of the late Baron Kingsdown, KG, PC (1926-2013), life peer, Governor of the Bank of England 1983-93.

Son of Sir Thomas and Lady Ingilby marries

The marriage took place 12 Nov, 2018, at Ripley Castle, near Harrogate, North Yorkshire, between Joslan Richard Ryland Ingilby (born 7 Oct, 1986), scion of the Ingilby baronets, second son of Sir Thomas Colvin William Ingilby, 6th Baronet (born 1955), of Ripley Castle, by his wife the former Emma Clare Roebuck Thompson, and Elizabeth _______.

Joslan’s elder brother is married and has a daughter.

Ottilie Winifred Lord (born 2018)

Lady Philippa Mimi Jacqueline Henrietta Lord (nee Howard, born 1985), wife of Archie Lord, gave birth to a daughter, Ottilie Winifred, 16 November, 2018.

Lady Philippa is a daughter of the 21st Earl of Suffolk & Berkshire (b 27 March, 1935), of Charlton Park, Malmesbury, by his 3rd wife, the fomer Linda Paravicini (an ex wife of Viscount Bridport).

Toby Francis Henry Jessel 1934-2018

Toby Jessel, who died 3 December, 2018, aged 84, was the Conservative MP for Twickenham, and a great-grandson of the 1st Viscount Bearsted, founder of Shell.

He was born Toby Francis Henry Jessel, 11 July, 1934, son of Cdr Richard Frederick Jessel, DSO (1902-88) by his wife the former Winifred Mary Levy (1905-77), Lord Bearsted’s granddaughter.

His elder brother was Oliver Jessel, chairman of numerous companies in the family Jessel Group.

Toby Jessel was Tory MP for Twickenham 1970-97.

He married firstly, 1967 (div 1973) Philippa Jephcott, by whom he had a daughter, Sarah, who died aged six in 1976; married 2ndly 1980, Eira Gwen Heath.

Baroness Brandon of Oakbrook (died 2018)

The Baroness Brandon of Oakbrook, who died 26 November, 2018, was the widow of life baron Lord   Brandon of Oakbrook, MC, PC, a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.

She was the former Jeanette Rosemary Janvrin, and married the then Henry Vivian Brandon in 1955.
She was the mother of three sons and a daughter.

Cosima Dora Vestey (born 2018)

The Hon Martha  Rose Vestey (nee Beaumont, born 1986), wife of the Hon Arthur George Vestey (born 1985), scion of the Barons Vestey, gave birth to a daughter, Cosima Dora, 30 November, 2018, a sister for Frank.

Arthur is the second son of the 3rd Baron Vestey, GCVO, by his second wife the former Celia Knight.
Martha Vestey is the third daughter of the 4th Viscount Allendale by his wife the former Theresa More O’Ferrall.

Lewis Robin Godfrey-Faussett (born 2018)

_. Constance Ruth Sina Godrey-Faussett (nee Mackworth-Young, born 1990), wife of Thomas Oscar Godfrey-Faussett (born 1990), scion of that landed family, gave birth to a son, Lewis Robin, 4 December, 2018.

Thomas is the elder Prof Peter Fermor Godfrey-Faussett (b 1959) and Dr Rachel Baggaley (b 1959), of Geneva, Switzerland.

Constance is the younger daughter of Dr Charles Gerard Mackworth-Young (b 1954), by his wife the former Lady Iona Sina Lindsay (b 1957), daughter of the 29th Earl of Crawford & Balcarres.

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Matilda Julia Mary Macpherson (born 2018)

_. Louisa Mary Macpherson (née Gibbs) wife of Jamie Gordon Macpherson, and scion of the Barons Aldenham & Hunsdon, gave birth to a daughter, Matilda Julia Mary, 30 Nov, 2018, a sister for Georgia (b 2014), and Beatrice (b 2016).

Jamie (born 1984) is the son of Dr John Macpherson, of Troon, Ayrshire.

Louisa is a dau of John Kenneth Andrew Gibbs (b 1948).

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Bridget, Lady Cook (died 2018)

_. Bridget, Lady Cook, who has died at her home in Jersey, aged 97, was the seventh wife of Sir Francis Cook, 4th Baronet (1907-78).

She was the former Bridget Brenda Lynch, born circa 1921, daughter of Thomas David Lynch, of County Galway. She married firstly, Capt John Barclay Polland, RNVR; married secondly, 3 Dec, 1956, the six-times divorced Sir Francis Ferdinand Maurice Cook, 4th Baronet, who died in 1978.

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Hon Maurice David Henry Howard 1936-2018

_. The Hon Maurice Howard, who died 22 November, 2018, aged 82, was a scion of the Earls of Suffolk & Berkshire.

Maurice David Henry Howard was born 3 November, 1935, the second son of the 20th Earl of Suffolk & Berkshire (1906-41), of Charlton Park, Malmesbury, by his wife the Chicago-born Mimi Forde-Pigott, the ballet dancer Mimi Crawford (who died 22 February, 1966); educated at Eton; married 1978, Catherine Mary Victoria Summers (b 1945), daughter of Greville Summers by his wife the former Edith Anne Swan, by whom he had a daughter, Annabel Frances Victoria, who was born 1979.

The funeral takes place at the Church of St John the Baptist, Charlton Park, Malmesbury, Wilts, 6 December, 2018.

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Wyndham/Vallespir engagement

_. The engagement was announced 28 November, 2018, between the Hon George Ronan Valentine Wyndham (born 31 July, 1983), son and heir of the 2nd Baron Egremont (born 21 Apr, 1948), of Petworth House, West Sussex, by his wife the former (Audrey) Caroline Nelson, & Cruz Maria Vallespir, daughter of Mr & Mrs Manuel Vallespir Machado, of Santiago, Chile.

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Baroness Trumpington, PC 1922-2018

_. The Baroness Trumpington, PC, died 26 November, 2018, aged 96.

She was born Jean Alys Campbell-Harris in 1922, a daughter of Arthur Edward Campbell-Harris, MC, by his wife the former Doris Marie Robson; married 1954, William Alan Barker (who died in 1988) by whom she had one son.

Educated privately in England and France. Career: was a Land Girl on the estate of the Rt Hon David Lloyd George, MP 1940-41; with the Foreign Office at Bletchley Park, 1941-45; European Central Inland Transport Org, 1945-49; Secretary to Viscount Hinchinbrooke, MP (later the disclaimed Earl of Sandwich) 1950-2; Conservative Councillor, Cambridge City Council, Tumpington Ward, 1963-73; Mayor of Cambridge, 1971-72; Deputy Mayor 1971-73; on Cambridgeshire County Council, Trumpington Ward, 1973-75; created a life peer as Baroness Trumpington, of Sandwich in the County of Kent, 1980; a Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip) 1983-85, and 1992-97; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, DHSS 1985-87, MAFF 1987-89; Minister of State, MAFF, 1989-92; UK Delegate to United Nations Status of Women Commission, 1979-82; Member of the Air Transport Users' Committee, 1972-80, Chairman 1979-80; Member of the Board of Visitors HM Prison Pentonville 1975-81; Member of the Mental Health Review Board 1975-81; President of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools 1980-89; Steward of Folkestone Racecourse 1980-92; Hon Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College Cambridge 1980; &c.

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Cressida Thiela Patricia Hanbury (born 2018)

_. Yoanna Thiela Hanbury (nee Otto), wife of Charles Osgood Philip Hanbury, scion of that landed family, gave birth to a daughter, Cressida Thiela Patricia, 25 November, 2018, in London, a sister for Cara Bridget Anna, who was born 10 Jan, 2017.

Charles Hanbury is a son of Maj Christopher Osgood Philip Hanbury (b 1944), of Hungerford, Berkshire, by his wife the former Bridget Anne Birch.

Yoanna Hanbury is the only daughter of Dr Yorck Otto, of Munich, Germany, & Her Serene Highness Princess Anna zu Oettingen-Wallerstein, of Wallerstein, Germany.

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Frederick Minshull Stockdale 1947-2018

_. Frederick Minshull Stockdale, who died 23 November, 2018, aged 71, was a scion of the Stockdale baronets; born 20 May, 1947, yr son of Sir Edmund Stockdale, 1st Baronet (1903-89), by his wife the former Hon Louise Fermor-Hesketh (1911-94), scion of the Barons Hesketh; married (1) 1970 (div 1989) Joanna Lennox Harvey; married (2) 1992, Adele Elizabeth Lavinia Mason; Freddie Stockdale leaves issue from both marriages.

Memorial Service at Warbleton Parish Church, 6 December, 2018.

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Count Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi: Princess Beatrice's boyfriend

_ What do we know about Count Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi? The millionaire property developer is reported to be the new love of Princess Beatrice of York, 30, granddaughter of the Queen.

Count Edoardo Alessandro M Mapelli Mozzi (known as Edo) was born in Westminster, 1st November, 1983, son of Count Alessandro (Alex) Mapelli Mozzi, and his former wife the former Nicola Diana [Nikki] Burrows. He has an elder sister Natalia Alice, born in 1981, wife of Mr Tod Yeomans.

His father, who was born in 1951, is a British Olympian, an Alpine skier, took part in several events at the 1972 Olympic Games.

Edo's grandfather was Count Gian Paolo Mapelli Mozzi (1922-80), Italian aristocrat, who married Gigliola Stoppani. Count Gian Paolo was a son of Count Luigi Mapelli Mozzi (1894-1948), who married Nobile Maria Mercedes Baroli.

Count Luigi was a son of Count Paolo Mapelli Mozzi (1854-1921), who married Enrichetta Tarsis dei Conti di Castel d'Agogna (1866-1941). Count Paolo was the son of Count Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi (1815-79) who married Nobile Ippolita Giulino dei Conti di Vialba.

The Mapelli Mozzi name came about from the marriage of Count Alessandro's father, Nobile Gerolamo Mapelli (1785-1842) with Angela Mozzi.

Edo's mother married as her second husband Christopher M.H. Shale, a British businessman and Conservative politician, friend of former prime minister David Cameron. Mr Shale died from natural causes at Glastonbury, in June, 2011. Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie and their parents the Duke and Duchess of York attended Mr Shale's funeral. Mrs Shale married thirdly, the sculptor David Williams-Ellis, a great nephew of Clough Williams-Ellis, the architect.

Mrs Williams-Ellis was awarded the MBE in David Cameron's resignation honours.

Edo has a half-brother, Albemarle Christopher M.H. Shale, ten years his junior.

The Mapelli Mozzi family have several connections to the British aristocracy. Edo's cousin, Edward Ankarcrona, son of Countess Margaretha Mapelli Mozzi, married in 2006, Lady Lucinda Savile, a daughter of the Earl and Countess of Mexborough.

Although he enjoys the title of "Count" he is a British subject and technically cannot use a foreign title in this country. Foreign styles and titles were confined to those who received a Royal Warrant from King George V in 1932.

It is reported that Edo has a two-year-old son, Christopher Woolf "Wolfie", from a previous relationship.

Karen Peta Whyte (died 2018)

_. Mrs Karen Peta (Kaka) Whyte, died 16 November, 2018.

She was born in 1956, a daughter of Peter Humphreys by his wife Rowena Seton, and married firstly, 1992 (divorced 1999) Charles Montagu Liddell-Grainger (born 1960), a descendant of Queen Victoria, a son of David Ian Liddell-Grainger (1930-2007), scion of that landed family, byhis wife the former Anne Mary Sibylla Abel Smith (born 1932), daughter of Col Sir Henry Abel Smith, KCVO (1900-93), by his wife the former Lady May Helen Cambridge (1906-94), daughter of the 1st Earl of Athlone (1874-1957), by his wife HRH Princess Alice of Albany (1883-1981) only daughter of HRH The Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, yst son of HM Queen Victoria.

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Ralph Edward George Gordon (b 2018)

_. Alice Sophie Elizabeth Gordon (born 1987), wife of James Alexander Douglas Gordon (born 1984), scion of the Marquesses of Huntly, gave birth to a son, Ralph Edward George, 15 November, 2018, a brother for Florence Imelda Rose, who was born in 2016.

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Death of Baroness Morris of Castle Morris

_.Baroness Morris of Castle Morris, who died 15 November, 2018, was the widow of the life peer Baron Morris of Castle Morris (1930-2001).

 The funeral service will be held at St Hugh's Church, Foolow, Derbyshire, on Friday 30th November, 2018, followed by Interment at St Lawrence's Churchyard, Eyam.

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Cayzer/Ford engagement

_. The engagement was announced 15 Nov, 2018, between the Hon (Henry) Alexander Cayzer (born 1991) second son of the 3rd Baron Rotherwick (b 1954), of Oxfordshire, by his former 1st wife the former Sara Jane McAlpine (b 1961, scion of the McAlpine baronets) now Mrs Sara Cayzer, also of Oxfordshire, & Delaney L Ford, daughter of Mr James Ford, of California, USA, and Mrs Gina Mayo, also of California.

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Samuel Oscar Vestey (born 2018)

_. Violet Gweneth Vestey (nee Henderson, born 1985), scion of the Barons Faringdon, and wife of the Hon William Guy Vestey (born 23 Aug, 1983), gave birth to a son, Samuel Oscar, 7 November, 2018, a brother for Ella.

The Hon William Vestey is the son and heir of the 3rd Baron Vestey (b 1941), of Stowell Park, Gloucestershire, by his second wife, the former Celia Elizabeth Knight.

Mrs Vestey is a daughter of the late Gavin Adrian Alexander Henderson (1944-91), by his wife the former Juliet Victoria Baring (b 1953), scion of the Earls of Cromer.

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Lady Flora Mary Isabella Fitzalan Howard (born 2018)

 _. The Countess of Arundel & Surrey (nee Cecilia Ccolacicchi, born 1988), wife of Henry Miles Fitzalan Howard (b 3 Dec, 1987), gave birth to a daughter, Lady Flora Mary Isabella Fitzalan Howard, 10 November, 2018.

The Earl of Arundel & Surrey is the eldest son and heir of the 18th Duke of Norfolk (b 1956), of Arundel Castle, Sussex, Earl Marshal and Premier Duke in the Peerage of England, by his wife the former Georgina Gore (b 1962) (scion of the Earls Temple of Stowe).

The Countess of Arundel & Surrey is a daughter of William M Colacicchi (b 1954), of Leicestershire, by his wife the former Clare Elizabeth Vivienne Clutterbuck (b 1958), and is descended from the Barons Somers, and is a granddaughter paternally of Count Paul Colacicchi.

If Lady Flora proves to be the only child of her father then she will one day inherit the ancient Barony of Beaumont.

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Poyner/Lindsay engagement

_. The engagement was announced 6 November, 2018, between, James Stephen Poyner (born 1984), son of Mr Terence B Poyner, of Flintshire, by his wife the former Cynthia M Woods, & Alice Rose Lyttelton Lindsay (born posthumously in 1988), scion of the Earls of Crawford & Balcarres, only child of the late Major Hugh Charles Lyttelton Lindsay (1953-88) sometime equerry to HM The Queen, by his wife the former Sarah Patricia Brennan, MVO (born 1952) now Mrs Paul Horsley, of Salisbury.

Alice Lindsay is a goddaughter of HRH The Prince of Wales. Her father was killed skiing with the Prince of Wales at Klosters in March, 1988.

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The 27th Baron De Clifford 1928-2018

_. The Lord De Clifford, 27th Baron, possessor of one of the oldest peerages of England, died 2 November, 2018. He was 90.

He was born John Edward Southwell Russell, 8 June, 1928, the elder son of the 26th Baron De Clifford, OBE (1907-82), by his first wife the former Dorothy Evelyn Meyrick (who died in 1987).

His father, the 26th holder of the peerage, was the last member of the House of Lords to be tried by his peers for felony (a manslaughter case), and was acquitted. He had married Dorothy Meyrick, a daughter of the notorious Irish-born nightclub owner, Mrs Kate Meyrick (1875-1933). Mrs Meyrick married three of her daughters into the nobility. One became Countess of Kinnoull, another became Countess of Craven, and the third, Dorothy, became Lady De Clifford.

John Russell succeeded his father as 27th Baron, 3 January, 1982. The peerage was created by Writ in 1299, and is one of the oldest peerages on the Roll.

Lord De Clifford married 27 June, 1959, Bridget Jennifer Robertson. No issue of the marriage.

The peerage now passes to Lord de Clifford’s nephew, Miles Edward Southwell Russell, who was born 7 August, 1966.

A Service of Thanksgiving for Lord De Clifford’s life takes place at the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Poughill, on 21 November, 2018.

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7th Baron Skelmersdale 1945-2018

_. Lord Skelmersdale, the 7th Baron, who has died aged 73, was. deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, and a junior minister in Conservative governments.

He was born the Hon Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 2 April, 1945, son of the 6th Baron Skelmersdale (1896-1973) by his wife, the former Ann Quilter (died 1974), and succeeded to the peerage, created in 1828, upon his father’s death, 21 July, 1973.

Lord Skelmersdale served as a Lord-in-Waiting (Government Whip) in the House of Lords 1981-86; was Parliamentary Under Secretary: Dept of Employment 1986-87, Dept of Health & Social Security 1987-88, Dept of Social Security 1988-89, Northern Ireland Office, 1989-90; Deputy Chairman of Committees, House of Lords 1991; Deputy Speaker 1996; elected to the Lords as a Conservative hereditary peer, 1999.

Lord Skelmersale married in 1972, Christine Joan Morgan, by whom he had issue.

The peerage now devolves upon his Lordship’s son, the Hon Andrew Bootle-Wilbraham, who was born 9 August, 1977.

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Death of former Cabinet secretary Lord Heywood of Whitehall

- Former Cabinet Secretary Baron Heywood of Whitehall, who has died from cancer, sadly makes history as the life peer to have enjoyed the shortest tenure of a peerage - nine days....

From The Gazette: 

THE QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 26 October 2018 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon Sir Jeremy John Heywood, K.C.B., C.V.O., by the name, style and title of BARON HEYWOOD OF WHITEHALL, of Glossop in the County of Derbyshire

Wolfe George Peter Tryon (b 2018)

—.Nina Tryon (nee Farnell-Watson) wife of the Hon Edward Henry Tryon (born 1979), scion of the Barons Tryon, gave birth to a son, Wolfe George Peter, 17 Oct, 2018, a brother for Mila Dale and Isabella Anna. 

The Hon Edward Tryon is the younger son of the 3rd Baron Tryon, by his wife the late Dale Harper, close friend and confidante of HRH The Prince of Wales.

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