Margaret Jean (Mollie) Haynes (died 2019)

_. Margaret Jean (Mollie) Haynes (nee McClure), died 6 January, 2019. She was a daughter of Ivor Herbert McClure (died 1981), by his former wife the former Beatrice Eliott-Drake Briscoe (1897-1989), scion of the Briscoe baronets; married firstly 1952 (div 1957), Ronald George Sholto Douglas (1926-96) scion of the Earls of Morton; married secondly ______ Haynes. She leaves issue, sons Roderick and Malcolm, and a daughter, Fiona.

 A Celebration Service to take place at Mortonhall Crematorium, Pentland Chapel on 21 January, 2019. 

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Tulloch/Bonsor engagement

_. The engagement was announced 7 January, 2019, between Archie S. Tulloch, son of Mr & Mrs Edward Tulloch, of Hopefield, East Lothian, & Mary Catherine Bonsor (born 1987), scion of the Bonsor baronets, daughter of Sir Nicholas Cosmo Bonsor, 4th Baronet (b 9 Dec 1942), of Liscombe, Buckinghamshire, by his wife the former Hon Nadine Marisa Lampson (b 23 Aug 1948), daughter of the 2nd Baron Killearn (1919-96), &c.

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Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland, PC 1937-2019

_. The Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland, life peer, died 6 January, 2018. He was 81.

As Derek Foster he was Labour MP for Bishop Auckland 1979-2005, and was the Opposition Chief Whip 1985-95, and Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1995-97. In Blair's first administration he was briefly an under secretary in the Cabinet Office, resigned 1997.

Derek Foster was sworn of the Privy Council in 1993 and created a life peer as Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland in 2005.

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Arthur Charles North Dalrymple Hamilton (born 2019)

_. Sarah Elizabeth Dalrymple Hamilton (born 1990, nee Burnford), wife of Major Edward J.R. Dalrymple Hamilton, the Scots Guards (born 1986) scion of the Earls of Stair, gave birth to a son, Arthur Charles North, 6 January, 2019.

Maj Dalrymple Hamilton is the second son of Colonel (North) John Frederick Dalrymple Hamilton, OBE, of Bargany, Ayrshire, by his wife the former Sally-Anne How.

Sarah Dalrymple Hamilton is the elder daughter of Mr Michael J. Burnford, of Itchenor, West Sussex, by his wife the former Anne Carter.

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Pamela Marcia Mason 1923-2019

_. Pamela Marcia Mason died 5 January, 2019. She was 95, and descended from the Wigan baronets.

She was born in 1923, daughter of Capt Paul Randle Feilden Mason (who died 1944), by his wife the former Joyce Madeline Wigan, daughter of Arthur Lawford Wigan (1868-1944), third son of Sir Frederick Wigan, 1st Baronet.

The funeral takes place at Beetham Hall Crematorium, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, 23 January, 2019.

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Richard Geoffrey Stewart Whittington 1941-2019

_. (Richard Geoffrey) Stewart Whittington died 5 January, 2019. He was born in 1941 son of Geoffrey W. Whittington (1909-51), by his wife the former Norah Ward (b 1912); married 1976, Sara Georgina Fitzpatrick (b 1948) d of Lt-Gen Sir (Geoffrey Richard) Desmond Fitzpatrick, GCB, GCVO, DSO, MBE, MC (1912-2002) and his 1st w Mary Sara Campbell (1917-96, d of Sir Charles Ralph CAMPBELL of Auchinbreck 12th Bt (1881-1948)).

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Davies/Wiggin engagement

_. The engagement was announced 5 January, 2019, between Ryan G. Davies, son of Mr Geraint Davies, of Siginstone, Vale of Glamorgan, and the late Mrs Charmaine Davies, & Cecilia Charlotte Wiggin (born 1984), scion of the Wiggin baronets, daughter of the late Sir Charles Wiggin, 5th Baronet (1949-2012), by his wife the former Mary Chambers (now Mary, Lady Wiggin, of Hill Head, Hampshire).

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Hon Jennet Parker Campbell 1927-2019

_. The Hon Jennet Parker Campbell [nee Adrian, born 1927], who died 3 January, 2019, was a scion of the Barons Adrian; born 1927, daughter of the 1st Baron Adrian OM [1889-1977], by his wife the former Hester Agnes Pinsent, DBE, BEM [died 1966];  married in 1953, Peter Watson Campbell, by whom she had issue.

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Powell/Brodie engagement

_. The engagement was announced 4 January, 2019, between Nicholas S (Nick) Powell, younger son of Mr & Mrs John Powell, of Folkestone, Kent, and Elizabeth Sarah Brodie (born 1989), daughter of Peter Adam William Brodie, of Eglwys Cross, Whitchurch, Shropshire, by his wife the former Hon Vanessa Nathalie Mary Hawke (born 1957),  daughter of the late 10th Baron Hawke (1904-92).

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Ritchie/von Sachsen-Altenburg engagement

_. The engagement was announced 3 January, 2019, between William P.A. Ritchie, son of Mr & Mrs Keith Ritchie, of Sevenoaks, Kent, & Sofia von Sachsen-Altenburg, daughter of Henning Sachsen-Altenburg (born 1968), of Sunningdale, Berkshire,and Mrs Henning Sachsen-Altenburg.

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Agar/Parkes engagement

_. The engagement was announced 3 January, 2019 between Max John Andrew Agar (born 1986) scion of the Earls of Normanton, son of the Hon Mark Sidney Andrew Agar (b 1948), of Dorset, by his wife the former Arabella Clare Gilbey, & Tessa L. Parkes, eldest daughter of Mr Christopher Parkes, of Oxfordshire, & Mrs Sheridan Parkes, of Surrey.

Max Agar is a nephew of the 6th Earl of Normanton.

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Canning/Hayhurst engagement

_. The engagement was announced 3 January, 2019, between the Hon Stratford George Edward De Redcliffe Canning (born 7 February, 1990), scion of the Barons Garvagh, son and heir of the 6th Baron Garvagh (born 12 Feb, 1953), of Marlborough, Wiltshire, by his late wife the former Julia Margery Morrison Bye (died 2009), & Miss Anoushka L. Hayhurst, daughter of Mr & Mrs Keith Hayhurst, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

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Philippa Susan St George Plunket 1941-2018

_. Philippa Plunket (born 1941, nee Daly), who died 31 December, 2018, was the widow of David Archer Lee Plunket (1936-97), scion of the Barons Plunket.

She was born posthumously, in 1941, daughter of Squadron Leader (Bernard) Brian St George Daly (1909-41), by his wife the former Betty Patricia Markes (1909-2006); married 1964, David Archer Lee Plunket (1936-97) s of David Pierce Conyngham Plunket (1908-56), by whom she had issue.

Funeral at Lichfield Crematorium, Fradley, Wednesday 23 January, 2019.

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Tom Howard Edmundson (born 2018)

Annabel Frances Victoria Edmundson (born 3 December, 1979, nee Howard), wife of Simon Edmundson, and scion of the Earls of Suffolk & Berkshire, gave birth to a son, Tom Howard Edmundson, in 2018, a brother for Emma Mimi, born in 2015.

Annabel is the only child of the Hon Maurice David Henry Howard (born 3 November, 1936), and his wife the former Catherine Mary Victoria Summers (born 1945).

Annabel Edmundson is a granddaughter of the late 20th Earl of Suffolk & (13th) of Berkshire (1906-41). She married Simon Erich Edmundson in 2011.

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Tobias James Darymple-Hamilton (born 2018)

Lucinda Catherine Dalrymple-Hamilton (nee Goucher), wife of Hew North Robert Dalrymple-Hamilton [b 1981], scion of the Earls of Stair [Peerage of Scotland, cr 1703], gave birth to a son, Tobias James, in 2018.

Hew is the elder son of  Mr [North] John Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, OBE, TD [b 1950], of Bargany, Ayrshire, by his wife the former Sally-Anne How, & Miss Lucinda Catherine Goucher [b 1987],  daughter of Mr James T. Goucher, of Baden Hall, Staffordshire, by his wife the former Deborah C. Chambers.

Hew's father is a member of the Queen's Body Guard for Scotland [Royal Company of Archers] and was a Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1964-66.

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Hon Isla Olivia Jane Douglas-Home (born 2018)

 Sally Antoinette Douglas-Home, styled Lady Dunglass (born 1989, nee Underhill), wife of Michael David Alexander Douglas-Home, styled Lord Dunglass (born 30 November, 1987), gave birth to a daughter, the Hon Isla Olivia Jane, in 2018.

Lord Dunglass is a son of the 15th Earl of Home, KT, CVO (born 20 November, 1943), of the Hirsel, Coldstream, by his wife the former Jane Margaret Williams-Wynne [born 20 February, 1949], scion of the baronets of that name, the second daughter of Colonel John Francis Williams-Wynne, CBE, DSO, of Peniarth, Tywyn, Gwynedd. 

Lady Dunglass is a daughter of Group Capt. Gregory B.P. Underhill, of Churchdown, Gloucestershire, by his wife the former Olivia R. Canning.

The infant is a great-granddaughter of the 14th Earl of Home, KT, who disclaimed his peerages for life in 1963, and was Prime Minister, 1963-64, later Foreign Secretary as Sir Alec Douglas-Home, and a life peer as Lord Home of the Hirsel, &c.

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Hon Sarah Frances Cokayne 1981-2018

 The Hon Sarah Frances Cokayne, who died in 2018, was a daughter of the 4th Baron Cullen of Ashbourne (born 28 Nov, 1950), and his 1st wife the former Baudilia Medina Negrin, of Caracas, Venezuela. She was born in 1981, and was unmarried.

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Hon Eileen Esther Adams (nee Handcock) 1931-2018

 The Hon Eileen Esther Adams (nee Handcock), who died 24 December, 2018.

She was born 14 November, 1931, daughter of the 7th Baron Castlemaine (1904-73), and his wife the former Rebecca Ellen Soady (who died 25 Jan, 1978); and married 12 Oct, 1959, Flight Lieutenant Terence Frank Adams, son of Joseph Adams, by whom she had two sons, Patrick and Niall, and a daughter, Siobhan.

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Earl of Uxbridge marries Katherine Rose

 The marriage took place in 2018 between Benedict Dashiel Thomas Paget, styled Eal of Uxbridge [born 11 April, 1986], son and heir of the 8th Marquess of Anglesey [born 13 November, 1950], of Plas Newydd, and the Marchioness of Angesey [nee Georgeanne Elizabeth Elliott Downes], and Miss [Elizabeth] Katherrine Rose [born March, 1990], daughter of Christopher S. Rose, and his wife the former Susan P. Middleton.

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Flora Sally Elphinstone (born 2018)

 Rosie Elphinstone (nee Davies), wife of the Hon Fergus David Elphinstone (born 1985), scion of the Lords Elphinstone, gave birth to a daughter, Flora Sally, in 2018, a sister for Hamish Frederick, who was born 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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Eloise Irene B. Linday (born 2018)

 The Hon Mrs Alexander Lindsay (nee Sophie Camu), wife of the Hon Alexander Walter Lindsay [born 1961] [scion of the Earls of Crawford & Balcarres, gave birth to daughter, Eloise Irene B. Lindsay, in 2018, a sister for Leo Alain, born in 2016.

Alexander Lindsay is the second son of the 29th Earl of Crawford PC [b 5 Mar 1927],  of Colinsburgh, Fife, by his wife the former Ruth Beatrice Meyer-Bechtler/

Sophie Valerie B.D. Lindsay [born 1976], is a daughter of Mr Alain Camu, of Brussels, Belgium, by his former wife the former Irene De Marotte De Montigny (now Mrs Irene Beard, of Notting Hill).

Sophie is a granddaughter maternally of Baudouin de Marotte de Montigny [1894-1973], by his wife the Comtesse Elisabeth de Liedekerke de Pailhe [1897-1993].

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Flora Romany Heathcoat Amory (born 2018)

Thierry Heathcoat Amory (nee Kelaart), wife of Patrick Thomas Heathcoat Amory (b 1979), scion of the Heathcoat Amory baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Flora Romany, in Oxfordshire, in 2018, a sister for Joseph (born 2014), and for Atticus (born 13 April, 2016).

Patrick 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 is the daughter of the late Paul Kelaart and Mrs Anne Kelaart, of Nettlebed, Oxon.

Thierry Heathcoat Amory is a childhood friend of HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, who attended the Heathcoat Amory marriage in 2012. Michael Middleton, father of the duchess, gave the bride away.

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Henry Douglas Hungerford Compton, styled Baron Wilmington [born 2018]

Emilia Jasmine G. Compton, styled Countess Compton [born 1979], wife of Daniel Bingham Compton, styled Earl Compton [born 16 January, 1973], gave birth in 2018 to a son and heir, Henry Douglas Hungerford, styled Baron Wilmington.

Countess Compton is a daughter of [John] Patrick Hungerford, by his wife the former Gabriele Bagusat.

Earl Compton is the 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.

Henry is Lord Compton's third child. 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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Mary Countess of Gainsborough 1925-2018

-.Mary Countess of Gainsborough, who died 30 December, 2018, aged 93, was the widow of the 5th Earl of Gainsborough (1923-2009), of Exton, Leicestershire, and was a scion of the Barons Mowbray, Segrave & Stourton.

She was born Mary Stourton, 24 Sept, 1925, a daughter of Maj the Hon John Stourton (1899-1992), byh his first wife the former Kathleen Alice Gunther; & she was a granddaughter of the 24th Baron Mowbray.

She married 23 July, 1947, Anthony Gerard Edward Noel, 6th Earl of Gainsborough, a descendant of King William IV and the actress Dorothea Jordan. He died 29 December, 2009.

The countess was mother of eight children, including the 7th Earl, born in 1950, and a daughter Lady Juliana, who married the 5th Earl of Liverpool.

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Matthew David Pelly 1977-2018

_. Matthew David Pelly, who died 29 December, 2018, aged 41, was a scion of the Pelly baronets, and cousin of royal wingman, Guy Pelly.

He was born in 1977, son of Hugh John Wordsworth Pelly (born 1945), by his wife the former Jane Mary Fergusson (born 1949), scion of that landed gentry family; 

A service of thanksgiving takes place at St John the Baptist Church, Ebbesbourne Wake, Salisbury on Sarturday 2nd February, 2019.

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Oona Iris Methuen-Campbell (born 2018)

 Catherine Margaret Jane Methuen-Campbell (nee Fellowes, born 1977), wife of Thomas Rice Mansel Methuen-Campbell [b 1977], scion of the Barons Methuen, gave birth to a daughter, Oona Iris, in 2018.

Thomas Methuen-Campbell is the son of the late Mr Christopher Paul Mansel Methuen-Campbell by his second wife, the former Judith Anne Crowther, of Penrice, Gower.

Catherine Methuen-Campbell is a scion of the Fellowes landed gentry family, and descended from the Viscounts Hampden. She is a daughter of Thomas William Fellowes [b 1945], of Barking, Suffolk, by his second wife, the former Rosamund Isabelle van Cutsem, scion of that landed family.

Thomas Methuen-Campbell is the half-brother and heir pres. of Lord Methuen.

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Jonathan Martin Edwin Sandys 1975-2018

_. Jonathan Martin Edwin Sandys, who died 29 December, 2018, in a London hospital, was a great-grandson of the Rt Hon Winston Churchill, KG, Prime Minister 1940-45, and 1951-55.

He was born in 1975 a son of the Hon Julian George Winston Sandys, QC (1936-97), by his wife the former Elisabeth Jane Martin (b 1943), and was a grandson of the Rt Hon Duncan Sandys, life peer as Baron Duncan-Sandys (1908-87), by his first wife Diana Spencer-Churchill (1909-63), daughter of Sir Winston Churchill by his wife the former Clementine Hozier.


Jonathan Sandys was married his American wife Sara, and settled in Houston, Texas, and leaves a widow and two children.

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Peter Denis Hill-Wood 1936-2018

_. Peter Denis Hill-Wood, who died 28 December, 2018, was a scion of the Hill-Wood baronets.

Mr Hill-Wood was chairman of Arsenal Football Club.

He was born 25 February, 1936, son of Denis Hill-Wood (died 1982), and a grandson of Samuel Hill-Wood, MP.

Peter's mother, the former Mary Smith, was a granddaughter of Sir Everard Hambro, of the eponymous merchant banking dynasty; married 1971, Sally Andrews, by whom he had two sons and a daughter.

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Coke/Sanatinia engagement

_. The engagement was announced 29 December, 2018, between the Hon Rupert Henry John Coke (born 1975), younger son of the late 7th Earl of Leicester, CBE (1936-2015), of Holkham Hall, Norfolk, by his first wife the former Valeria Phyllis Potter, daughter of Leonard Arthur Potter (1910-69), by his wife the former Phyllis May Clara Higginson; & Dr Rahil Sanatinia, daughter of Mr Sanatinia and Mrs Mohimi.

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William Charles Mullenger Sawyer (born 2018)

_.Elizabeth Jane Cecil Sawyer (nee Brassey, born 1978), wife of Nicholas Charles Mullenger Sawyer (born 1977), gave birth to a son, William Charles Mullenger, 28 December, 2018, a brother for Eleanor, who was born 2015.

Nicholas Sawyer is a son of David R M Sawyer (b 1941) by his wife the former (Heather) Wilma E Davies (b 1941).

Elizabeth Sawyer is a daughter of Linda Pinnock and granddaughter of Lt-Col Hon Peter Esme Brassey (1907-95) by his wife the former Lady Romayne Elizabeth Algitha Cecil, OBE (1915-2001), d of 5th Marquess of Exeter KG (1876-1956).

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Dowager Countess Bathurst 1928-2018

_. The Dowager Countess Bathurst, widow of the 8th Earl, died 27 December, 2018.

She was the former Gloria Wesley Clarry, daughter of Harold Edward Clarry (1893-1982), of Vancouver, Canada, by his wife the former Emmaline Florence Moore (1899-1986); she married firstly, 1965, David Francis Rutherston (1925-75); married secondly, 1978, Henry Allen John Bathurst, 8th Earl Bathurst (1927-2011).

The funeral will take place at St Kenelm's Church, Sapperton, 11 January, 2019.

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Professor Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, 16th Baronet, KBE 1927-2018

_. Professor Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, 16th Baronet, KBE, FRS, Chief Executive of the Universities Funding Council 1989-91; academic; sometime Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, died 26 December, 2018, aged 91.

Henry Peter Francis Swinnerton-Dyer was born 2 Aug, 1927, son of Sir Leonard Swinnerton Dyer, 15th Bt, by his wife the former Barbara Brackenbury (died 1990), daughter of Hereward Brackenbury, CBE; succeeded to the baronetcy (created in 1678) on his father's demise, 1975.

Sir Peter married 1983, Dr Harriet Crawford, archaeologist, the elder dau of the Rt Hon Sir Patrick Browne, OBE, TD, PC, no issue of the marriage.

Sir Peter was appointed KBE in 1987. FRS, 1967.

The baronetcy now passes to a distant kinsman, David Dyer-Bennet (born 1954), of Minneapolis, United States, descended from the third son of the 9th baronet.

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Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, GCVO, 10th Baronet 1926-2018

_. Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, GCVO, 10th Baronet, late Major the Grenadier Guards and Lord Lieutenant of East Lothian, died 26 December, 2018, aged 92.

Hew Fleetwood Hamilton-Dalrymple was born 9 April, 1926, son of Sir Hew Clifford Hamilton-Dalrymple, 9th Baronet (1889-1959), by his wife the former Dorothea Dyce Nicol Thorne (1893-1979); married 1954, the Lady Anne-Louise Mary Keppel (1932-2017), daughter of the 9th Earl of Albemarle (1882-1979) by his second wife the former Diana Cicely Grove (1909-2009).

Sir Hew is survived by four sons.

He served as Captain General and Gold Stick, Queen's Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers); appointed CVO (1974), KCVO (1985), and GCVO (2001). He was Lord Lieutenant of East Lothian  1987-2001.

Sir Hew is succeeded by his eldest son, Hew Richard Hamilton-Dalrymple, who was born 3 September, 1955.

The funeral Mass takes place at the Church of Our Lady, Star of the Sea, North Berwick, 4 January, 2019.

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