Sandys/Warhurst engagement

_.The engagement was announced 28 September, 2019 between Edward M Sandys, scion of that landed family, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Myles Sandys, of Graythwaite Hall, Cumbria, and Lucy A. Warhurst, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jeffrey Warhurst, of Green Farm, Sutton-under-Brailes, Warwickshire.

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Turner/Jessel engagement

The engagement was announced 28 September, 2019, between Oliver Turner, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Turner, of Bushey Heath, Herts, and Camilla Alice Louise Jessel [born 1991], scion of the Jessel baronets, daughter of Mr Alastair John Jessel [born 1959], of Pembury, Kent, by his former wife the former Gail Alexandra Partridge [now Mrs Peter Hall, of Marden, Kent].

Camilla Jessel is a granddaughter of Sir Charles Jessel, 3rd Baronet.

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The 3rd Viscount Davidson 1934-2019

_. The 3rd Viscount Davidson died 27 September, 2019. He was 85.

Malcolm William Mackenzie Davidson was born 28 August, 1934, the second son of the 1st Viscount Davidson, GCVO, CH, CB, PC [1889-1970], by his wife the former Hon Frances Joan Dickinson, DBE [who was given a life peerage as Baroness Northchurch].

He married in 1970, Mrs [Evelyn[ Anne Carew Perfect, the second daughter of William Blackmore Storey, by whom he had issue, a son, Nicholas, and a daughter, Sophie.

Malcolm Davidson succeeded his elder brother as 3rd Viscount Davidson, 20 July, 2012.

His only son, the Hon [John] Nicholas Alexander Davidson, who was born in 1971, succeeds as 4th Viscount.

A Service of Thanksgiving takes place at All Saints' Church, Terling, Essex, 23 October, 2019.

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Ian Malcolm Grant MacIntyre, 17th Chieftain of Camus-na-h-Erie [1940-2019]

Ian Malcolm Grant MacIntyre, 17th Chieftain of Camus-na-h-Erie on 26th September in his 80th year. Beloved long-term companion of Anne, Countess of Dunmore, loving and adored father of Duncan, Annabelle and Abby, sorely missed by Katie, Rebecca and their families and by his grandchildren; Skye, Rosie, Zara, Poppy, Lily, Jack, Kitty, Lulu and Florrie.

Thanksgiving Service to be held at the Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh on Wednesday 16th October at 2 p.m. All welcome, family flowers only.

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Colonel Sir Robert Christie Stewart, KCVO [died 2019]

_. Colonel Sir Robert Christie Stewart, KCVO, who died 26 September, 2019, aged 93, was Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant for Kinross-shire, 1966-74; son of Maj Alexander Caldwell Stewart, by his wife the former Florence Hamilton Lighton, scion of the Lighton baronets; married 21 May, 1953, Ann Grizel Cochrane [born 26 June, 1932], scion of the Barons Cochrane of Cults, daughter of Air Chief Marshal the Hon Sir Ralph Cochrane [1895-1977], by his wife the former Hilda Frances Holme Wiggin [died 1982]; by whom he had issue, five children.

A funeral service will be held at Dollar Parish Church, 8 Oct, 2019.

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HRH Princess Beatrice of York engaged to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi

_. The engagement was announced 26 September, 2019, between Mr Edoardo Alessandro M. Mapelli Mozzi [born London 1 November, 1983], son of Count Alessandro [Alex] Mapelli Mozzi [born 1951], by his former wife the former Nicola Diana Burrows [born Feb 1956] [now Mrs Nikki Williams-Ellis, MBE], & HRH Princess Beatrice Elizabeth Mary of York [born London, 8 August, 1988], elder daughter of HRH The Prince Andrew, Duke of York [born 19 February, 1960], by his former wife the former Sarah Margaret Ferguson [born 15 October, 1959].

The marriage will be solemnized 29 May, 2020, at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, followed by a reception given by HM The Queen at Buckingham Palace. The Duke of York will give his daughter in marriage.

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Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead, QC, PC 1933-2019

_. The Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead, QC, PC, a former Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, died 25 September, 2019. He was 86.

Donald James Nicholls was born 25 January, 1933, the son of William Greenhow Nicholls [1902-93], by his wife the former Eleanor Jane Looney [1895-1939]; married 1960, Jennifer Mary Thomas [born 1935], daughter of William Ewart Chambers Thomas [1899-1973], by his wife the former Enid M. Jones, by whom he had issue, two sons and a daughter.

He was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1994 and created a life peer as Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead, of Stoke d'Abernon in the County of Surrey.

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Nathalie Brooke (née Benckendorff) [1923- 2019]

_. Nathalie Brooke (née Benckendorff) who died 16 September, 2019, aged 97, was the widow of art historian Humphrey Brooke, CVO [1914-1988], and was a granddaughter of Alexander Konstantinovich Benckendorff [1849-1917], the Russian Empire's last ambassador to the United Kingdom.

Nathalie's mother was the harpist Maria Korchinska. Her father was Count Constantine Benckendorff.

She leaves grandchildren Alexander and Nicholas Dale, Beatrice O'Connell and Leo Dugdale.

The funeral will be held at St Peter's Church, Clapham Manor Street, SW4 6BX, on 7 Oct.. Interment in Claydon, Suffolk at a later date.

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Charteris/Russell engagement

The engagement is announced between Michael J. Samuel Charteris [born 1991], scion of the Earls of Wemyss and March, son of Mr Martin Ian Charteris [born 1960], of Harare, Zimbabwe, by his wife the former Dr Helen Heath, and Rose Susanna Russell [born 1992], scion of the Barons Ampthill, daughter of the Hon John Hugo Trenchard Russell [born 1950] , of Dorset, and Mrs Susanna Russell [nee Merriam], of London.

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Bridgeman/Straker engagement

The engagement was announced 25 September, 2019, between the Hon Orlando Henry Geoffrey Bridgeman [born 11 April, 1983], fourth and youngest son of the 3rd Viscount Bridgeman [born 5 December, 1930], by his wife the former [Victoria] Harriet Lucy Turton, scion of that landed family, & Jacquetta Lucy Eyre Straker [born 1984], scion of that landed gentry family, eldest daughter of Nicholas David Barclay Straker [born 6 May, 1952], by his wife the former Victoria Eyre Gray [born 15 July, 1958].

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Romanov [Russia]/Georganta engagement

The engagement was announced 25 September, 2019, between Prince Rostislav Romanov [born 1985], scion of the Royal House of Russia, elder son of the late Prince Rostislav Rostislavavitch Romanov [1938-1999] by his wife the former Christia Ipsen [born 3 April, 1949 - now the Baroness Ampthill], and Foteini Maria Christina Georganta, daughter of the late Mr Philippos S. Georgantas and of Mrs Philippos Georganta, of Athens, Greece.

Prince Rostislav is a grandson of Prince Rostislav [1902-78], a great-grandson of Xenia, Grand Duchess of Russia [1875-1960], and a great-great-grandson of Alexander III, Tsar of Russia [1845-94] &c.

Prince Rostislav is the father of a son, Rostislav Georgante.

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7th Viscount Southwell 1930-2019

_. The 7th Viscount Southwell, a peer in the Peerage of Ireland, died 23 September, 2019, aged 89.

[Pyers] Anthony Joseph Southwell was born 14 September, 1930, son of the Hon Francis Joseph Southwell [1900-1953] by his wife the former Agnes Mary Annette Clifford, 
and succeeded to the family honours on the death of his uncle, the 6th Viscount, 18 November, 1960.

He married 3 Dec, 1955, Barbara Jacqueline Raynes, daughter of Andrew Raynes, of Harpenden, Co Hertford, by whom he had issue, two sons.

The peerages now devolve on the elder son, the Hon Richard Andrew Pyers Southwell, who was born 15 June, 1956.

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Daisy Juliet Doyne Vigors [born 2019]

_. Flora Vigors (born 1983, nee Gordon Lennox) wife of Nicholas Desmond D. Vigors (born 1983), and scion of the Dukes of Richmond & Gordon, gave birth to a daughter, Daisy Juliet Doyne, in Baden, 23 September, 2019, a sister for Oscar George Doyne, who was born 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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Anna Gascoyne-Cecil [died 2019]

_, Anna Gascoyne-Cecil, who died 30 August, 2019, was the actress Anna Sharkey, who appeared in The Avengers [1961], Rumpole of the Bailey [1978], &c. She was the second wife, and widow of actor Jonathan Cecil [1939-2011], a scion of the Marquesses of Salisbury, son of Lord David Cecil [1902-86], by his wife the former Rachel McCarthy.

She married Jonathan Cecil in 1976. There were no children of the marriage.

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Russell/Yoon engagement

_. The engagement was announced 23 September, 2019, between the Hon Edward Charles Stanley Russell [born 2 September, 1985], scion of the Barons Russell of Liverpool [cr 1919], elder son and heir of the 3rd Baron Russell of Liverpool [born 30 Aug, 1952], of Fulham, London, by his wife the former Dr Gilda F. Albano, & Dr Bella H. Yoon, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Stefano Yoon, of Seoul, South Korea.

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Sir Peter Forwood, 4th Baronet 1925-2019

_, Sir Peter Forwood, 4th and last Baronet, late the Welsh Guards, died 12 September, 2019. He was 93.

He was born 15 October, 1925, son of Arthur Noel Forwood [1881-1960] [3rd son of the 1st Baronet], by his second wife the former Hyacinth Pollard.

The baronetcy was created in 1895 for Sir Arthur Forwood, Conservative MP for Lancashire [SW] Ormskirk, who was secretary to the Admiralty 1886-92.

He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his cousin, Maj Sir Dudley Forwood, 3rd Baronet, in January, 2001. Sir Dudley was the sole Equerry to HRH The Duke of Windsor after his abdication in 1936 until the outbreak of the Second World War, and was present at the duke's marriage to Mrs Wallis Simpson, in France, in June, 1937.

He married in 1950, Helen Roy Murphy, daughter of James Murphy, MBE, FRCS, of Horsham Sussex, by whom he had six daughters.

The baronetcy now becomes extinct.

The funeral takes place at the Church of St Anthony & St George, Duncton, West Sussex, 4 October, 2019.

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Burton/Elkington engagement

 _. The engagement was announced 21 September, 2019, between Jonathan D.C. Burton, son of Mr & Mrs David Burton, of Seaton, co Devon, & Louise Alice Rosemary Elkington [born 1986], daughter of Robert John Elkington, of Sutton Scotney, co Hampshire, by his wife the former Mary Patricia Ashley Cooper [born 1953], scion of the Earls of Shaftesbury.

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David Rudyerd Wynn-Williams 1934-2019

_. David Rudyerd Wynn-Williams, who died 12 September, 2019, aged 85, was the father of Virginia, Duchess of Roxburghe, who lost her husband the 10th Duke, on 29 August.

He was born in 1934, son of Derwas Douglas W. Wynn-Williams [1907-98], by his wife the former Marjorie B. Cox; and married firstly, Shirley P. Maltwood [later wife of Christopher Edwards], daughter of Ryder Gardyne Maltwood, by his wife the former Nancy Kathleen Lewis; married secondly, Susie ______. He leaves two daughters from his first marriage, Virginia [born 1963, who married, as his second wife, the 10th Duke of Roxburghe [[1954-2019]] ], and Alison [born 1965].

 Private cremation followed by a Service of Thanksgiving and Celebration of his life at the Church of St Martin's of Tours, Martinstown, Dorset on 1 October, 2019.

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Dickinson/Selmon engagement

_. The engagement was announced 21 September, 2019, between Milo Clervaux Mancroft Dickinson [born 1989], son of Simon Clervaux Dickinson [born 1948], of Wortley House, Gloucestershire, descended from the Chaytor baronets, by his wife the former Hon Jessica Rosetta Mancroft [born 1954], scion of the Barons Mancroft, & Katharine Mary Selmon [born 1990], daughter of Charles R. Selmon [born 1961], of Faversham, Kent, by his former wife the former Gaie M. Morris [born 1960, now Mrs Rupert Loftie, of Pluckley, Kent].

Milo Dickinson is a grandson of the 2nd Baron Mancroft [1914-87].

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Sir Philip Haworth, 3rd Baronet 1927-2019

_. Sir Philip Haworth, 3rd Baronet died 3 September, 2019, aged 92.

He was born 17 January, 1927, son of Sir [Arthur] Geoffrey Haworth, 2nd Baronet, by his wife the former Emily Dorothea Gaddum, and succeeded to the baronetcy [created in 1911] upon the death of his father, 1987.

He married in 1951, Joan Helen Clark [died 2017], daughter of Stanley Percival Clark [1889-1954], of Ipswich, by his wife the former Ida Ethel Poole [1893-1986], by whom he had issue, four sons and one daughter.

The baronetcy now passes to his eldest son, Christopher, who was born 6 November, 1951.

A Memorial Service will be held at St Oswald’s Church, Lower Peover, near Knutsford, on 26 October, 2019.

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Codrington/Dalrymple engagement

_. The engagement was announced 21 September, 2019, between Major Hugo C. Codrington, of the Coldstream Guards, scion of that landed gentry family, son of Stephen Mark Codrington [born 1957], of Brightwalton, co Berkshire, by his wife the former Ursula J. Dawson, & Louisa Alice Clare Dalrymple [born 1990], scion of the Earls of Stair, daughter of Andrew David Dalrymple [born 1959], of Gifford, East Lothian, by his wife the former Bryony Winterton Major.

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James Charles Harold Sutherland Janson 1975-2019

_. James Charles Harold [Jamie] Sutherland Janson, who took his own life in September, 2019, was a scion of the Earls of Sutherland, one of the oldest peerages in the Peerage of Scotland.

He was born 6 September, 1975, a son of the Hon Martin Dearman Sutherland Janson [born 1947], by his wife the former Hon Mary Ann Balfour [born 1949], scion of the Barons Balfour of Inchyre.

He was a grandson paternally of the [24th] Countess of Sutherland, a peeress in her own right.

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The Lady Anne Sophia Berry 1919-2019

_. The Lady Anne Sophia Berry, who has died in Gisborne, New Zealand, aged 99, was a scion of the extinct Earls of Orford; born in 1919, as Lady Anne Sophia Walpole, daughter of the 5th Earl of Orford [1854-1931], by his second wife the former Emily Gladys Oakes [1891-1988]; married firstly, 1939, Col. Joseph Eric Palmer, CBE, TD, DL [1903-80]; married secondly, 1990, Robert James Berry.

She leaves two sons from her first marriage, John [born 1943], and Anthony [born 1945].

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Lady Henniker [died 2019]

_. Lady Henniker, who died 13 September, 2019, aged 70, was the wife of Sir Adrian Henniker, 9th Baronet.

She was the former Lorna Ann 'Annie' Britton, daughter of Stuart Britton, of Malvern House, Llandaff, Cardiff, and married Adrian Chandos Henniker [born 18 Oct, 1946] in 1971. She is survived by her husband and by two daughters, Victoria [born 1976], and Holly [twin, born 1976].

The Funeral Service will be held on 3 October, 2019, at the Priory Church of St Mary's, Monk Street, Abergavenny.

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Samuel Gathorne Gathorne Hardy [1936-2019]

_. Samuel Gathorne Hardy, who died 19 September, 2019, was a scion of the Earls of Cranbrook; born in 1936, yr son of Cdr the Hon Antony Gathorne Hardy [1907-78] by his first wife the former Ruth Elizabeth Thorowgood; married 1965, Grace D'Cruz, by whom he had issue.

Samuel Gathorne Hardy was a grandson of the 3rd Earl of Cranbrook.

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Archie Jonathan Charles Ponsonby [born 2019]

_. Joanna Kate Ponsonby [nee Sutton, born 1987], wife of Frederick Edward Ponsonby [born 1986], scion of the Ponsonby baronets, gave birth to a son, Archie Jonathan Charles, 19 September, 2019.

Fred Ponsonby is a younger son of Sir Charles Ponsonby, 3rd Baronet [born 1951], of Woodstock, co Oxford, by his wife the former Mary Priscilla Bromley Davenport, scion of that landed gentry family.

Joanna Ponsonby is a daughter of Robert Hiles Sutton [born 1954], of Newton Valence, co Hampshire, by his wife the former Caroline Jane Dewey [born 1955], daughter of Sir Anthony Dewey, 3rd Baronet [1921-2016]

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Eliza Beatrice Mary Henniker-Major [born 2019]

_. Sophie L. Henniker-Major [nee Short], wife of George Richard Henniker-Major [born 1985], scion of the Barons Henniker, gave birth to a daughter, Eliza Beatrice Mary, 18 September, 2019.

George is a son of John Alexander Henniker-Major [born 1952], by his wife the former Mary Mathiesen.

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Maj Colin Guy Napier Campbell [1930-2019]

_. Colin Guy Napier Campbell, who died 17 September, 2019, aged 89, was a scion of the Campbell baronets [cr 1815]; born 14 July, 1930, son of Colonel John Archibald Campbell [1898-1974], by his 1st wife the former Dorothy Field; married firstly, 17 July, 1965, Lucy Barnett, daughter of James A. Barnett, Jun; married secondly, 1987, as her second husband, Charmian Rachel Montagu Douglas Scott [1942-2009], scion of the Dukes of Buccleuch & Queensberry, daughter of Lord George Montagu Douglas Scott [1911-99], by his wife the formerMary Winona Mannin Bishop [1911-98], the portrait painter.

Colin Napier leaves two daughters from his first marriage, Georgina [b 1969], and Tessa [born 1971].

The funeral takes place at St Mary's Church, Charminster, Dorset, 12 Oct, 2019.

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Joshua Richard Hugo Nunn [born 2019]

_.Charlotte Catherine Mary Nunn [nee Ayles, born 1988], wife of Jack A.J. Nunn, gave birth to a son, Joshua Richard Hugo, 17 September, 2019.

Jack is the eldest son of Mr & Mrs Jeremy Nunn, of Kimpton, Hampshire, and Charlotte is a daughter of Dr Anthony Charles Murray Ayles, of Edinburgh, by his wife the former Catherine Rose Law [born 1962], scion of the Barons Ellenborough, a great-granddaughter of the 7th Baron.

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Sir [Charles Mansfield]Tobias Clarke, 6th Baronet 1939-2019

_. Sir [Charles Mansfield] Tobias Clarke, 6th Baronet, died 16 September, 2019. Sir Toby, as he was known, was the 6th holder of the baronetcy created for Queen Adelaide's physician in 1831.

He adopted the additional forename of Tobias in 1962 and succeeded his father in 1973.

He was a vice-president of the Standing Council of Baronetage, and founder of the The Baronets' Journal.

He was born 8 September, 1939, the son of Sir Humphrey Clarke, 5th Baronet and was educated at Eton, Christ Church, Oxford, La Sorbonne, and New York University.

He founded The Baronets' Journal in 1987 and from 1993 to 1996 he was chairman of the Standing Council of the Baronetage Bankers Trust Co.

Through his grandmother, Elfrida Roosevelt (Lady Clarke, wife of Sir Orme Bigland Clarke, Bt. CBE) he is related to U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. President Roosevelt is his first cousin, three times removed. He is also the second cousin, three times removed to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

He married firstly, 1971 [div 1979] Charlotte, daughter of Roderick Walter; married secondly, 1984,  [later div] Teresa Loraine Aphrodite de Chair, scion of that landed family, daughter of Somerset de Chair, and a sister-in-law of the Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg, PC, MP.

Sir Toby leaves three children from his second marriage, Theodora Roosevelt Clarke (born 4 August 1985), Augusta Elfrida Clarke (born 25 April 1987) and Olympic athlete Lawrence Somerset Clarke (born 12 March 1990).

The baronetcy now passes to his only son.

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Heard/Romanov engagement

 _. The engagement was announced 12 September, 2019, between Edward George W. Heard [born 1983], son of Mr William J. Heard, by his wife the former Laura A. Carter, & Princess Alexandra Romanov [born 1983], daughter of Prince Rostislav Romanov [1938-1999], by his wife the former Christia Ipsen [born 1949], daughter of Harold Noregaard Ipsen, of Chicago, USA, by his wife the former Lorraine Wrobel.

Princess Alexandra's mother later married in 2002, the 5th Baron Ampthill [born 27 May, 1947].

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Nicholas Banerji [born 2019]

_. The Hon Katharine Mary Banerji [nee Waldegrave, born 1980], wife of Indrojit Banerji, and scion of the Earls Waldegrave, gave birth to a son, Nicholas, 13 September, 2019, a brother for Samuel & Ellora.

Indrojit is the son of Sujit Banerji, of Bombay, who married in 2009, Katharine Waldegrave, daughter of the Baron Waldegrave of North Hill, life peer [born 1946], by his wife the former Linda Margaret Caroline Burrows, OBE [born 1952].

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The 5th Baron Northbourne 1926-2019

_. The 5th Baron Northbourne, who died 8 September, 2019, aged 93, was one of the hereditary peers elected to the House of Lords in 1999.

Christopher George Walter James was born 18 February, 1926, son of the 4th Baron Northbourne [1896-1982], by his wife the former Katherine Louise Nickerson [died 1980]; and succeeded to the peerage [created in 1884], on the demise of his father, 17 June, 1982.

He married 18 July, 1959, Aliki Louise Helene Marie-Synge Claudel, daughter of Henri Claudel, of Chatou-sur-Seine, France, by whom he had three sons, and one daughter.

He is succeeded in the peerage and baronetcy [which was cr 1791], by his eldest son, the Hon Charles Walter Henri James [born 14 June, 1960].

The funeral takes place at St Augustine's Church, Northbourne, 20 September, 2019.

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Liddell-Grainger/Wilks engagement

_. The engagement was announced 11 September, 2019, between Peter Richard Liddell-Grainger [born 1987], scion of that landed family, son of Ian Richard Peregrine Liddell-Grainger, MP, of Bicknoller, co Somerset [born 1959], by his wife the former Jill Nesbitt [born 1956], & Elizabeth Anne Wilks [born 1985], daughter of Dr Peter Robert Wilks, of Sandhill, co Surrey, by his wife the former Victoria Anne Morgan Woollam [born 1954].

Peter Liddell-Grainger is a great-great-grandson of Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone [1883-1981], who was a granddaughter of HM Queen Victoria.

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Sebastian Carter [born 2019]

_. Hannah Rose Carter [nee Gillingham, born 1982], wife of Robert E.R. Carter, gave birth to a third son, Sebastian, 10 September, 2019, a brother for Robert & Edward.

HRH The Duchess of Cambridge was present at the marriage in Wingfield, Suffolk, 28 April, 2012, Robert Carter, elder son of Mr & Mrs Robert Carter, of Langham, Norfolk, and Hannah Gillingham, elder daughter of Mr Timothy M. Gillingham, of Brundish, Suffolk, by his wife the former Helen Stanton.

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Christopher Ceri Alers Hankey 1944-2019

Christopher Ceri Alers Hankey, who died 29 August, 2019, aged 75, was a scion of the Barons Hankey.

He was born 25 March, 1944, the eldest son of the Hon Henry Arthur Alers Hankey, CMG, CVO (1914-1999), of Llandaff Barn, Eynsham, Oxford, and his wife the former Vronwy Mary Fisher (who died 11 May, 1998), and was a grandson of the 1st Baron Hankey, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC (1877-1963).

He married 1stly, 12 Sept, 1970 (div 1978), Eleanor Grace Christie Beckett, daughter of Maj. Charles John Christopher Beckett, and his wife the former Katharine Christie MacLeod (1921-2002), scion of that Scottish landed family, of Raasay; married 2ndly, 1980 (div 2000), Annick Perrucon, daughter of Robert Perrucon, of Annecy, France.

He leaves two sons and a daughter from his second marriage, Jonathan and Jason, and a daughter, Deborah.

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Major Jeremy Ingham Whitaker 1934-2019

_. Major Jeremy Whitaker, died 9 September, 2019, aged 84. The 17 year-old Lady Diana Spencer took up her first job as a nanny to his baby daughter, Alexandra, back in 1979, at his Land of Nod estate, at Headley Down, Hampshire.

Jeremy Inhgam Whitaker was born 10 November, 1934, son of Major Leith Ingham Tomkins Whitaker [1907-1971], by his wife the former Myrtle Clare Van de Weyer [1910-1997], a great-granddaughter of the 2nd Earl of Craven; he served in the Coldstream Guards; he married Philippa van Straubenzee [born 1944], scion of that landed family, daughter of Lt-Col Henry van Straubenzee [1914-2002], by his wife the former Angela Fenwick [1918-2000], descended from the Dukes of Manchester, by whom he had issue, a son Benjamin [born 17 Apr, 1979], and two daughters, Alexandra [born 27 June, 1975], and Camilla [born 31 May, 1980].

A Service of Thanksgiving will be held at St. Luke's Church, Grayshott on Tuesday 5 November 2019.

Princess Alexandra von Preussen 1947-2019

_. Princess Alexandra von Preussen [nee Blahova], who died 8 September, 2019, aged 71, was the wife of a member of a descendant of the Royal House of Prussia, Prince William Andrew von Preussen [born 14 Nov, 1947], a grandson of the last German Crown Prince and a great-grandson of Wilhelm II, German Emperor.

She was born Alexandra Blahova, 28 December, 1947, at Brno, Czechoslovakia, daughter of Frantisek Blahova by his wife the former Vlasta Dokoupilova, and married firstly, 17 Nov, 1972 [divorced 1979], Tom Alsbett [born 1949]; married secondly, 2 January, 1979, Prince William Andrew von Preussen [b 1947],  son of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Christoph, Prince of Prussia [1911-66], by his wife the former Lady Brigid Katherine Rachel Guinness [1920-95], daughter of the 2nd Earl of Iveagh [1874-1967].

She is survived by her husband and by a son, Friedrich Alexander [born 28 Nov, 1984]. and Tatiana Brigid Honor [Tanya] [born 16 Oct 1980].

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Mary Nancy Sarah Duckworth-Chad [born 2019]

_. Lucy Rose Duckworth-Chad [nee Greenwell, born 1979], wife of William George Christopher Duckworth-Chad [born 1975], scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a first daughter, Mary Nancy Sarah, 7 September, 2019, a sister for Kit [born 2012] and for Ned [who was born 2014].

William is a son of Anthony Nicholas George Duckworth-Chad , OBE [born 1942], by his wife the former Elizabeth Sarah Wake-Walker [born 1942], scion of the Walker baronets, and descended from the Earls Spencer.

William Duckworth-Chad is a second cousin of HRH The Duke of Cambridge and HRH The Duke of Sussex, all being great-grandchildren of the 7th Earl Spencer [1892-1975].

Lucy Duckworth-Chad is a daughter of Sir Edward Greenwell, 4th Baronet [born 1948].

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Eliza Jennifer Richmond-Watson [born 2019]

_. Laura Mary Richmond-Watson [nee Innes, born 1987], wife of Mark William Richmond-Watson [born 1987], scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a daughter, Eliza Jennifer, 25 August, 2019, a sister for Wilfred.

Mark R-W is a son of Colin Woodrow Richmond-Watson [born 1951], by his wife the former Penelope Cadbury [born 1957], scion of the eponymous chocolate manufacturing landed family.

Laura Richmond-Watson is a daughter of Peter David Innes [born 1952], a descendant of the Varons Westbury, by his wife the former Carolyn Ann Darley Blackwell [born 1956], daughter of Julian Blackwell, by his wife the former Jocelyn D. Wykeham.

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James Julius Wykeham Wickham [born 2019]

_. Elszabeth Wickham [née Luijckx) wife of Patrick David Wykeham Wickham [born 1972], gave birth to a son, James Julius Wykeham, 4 September, 2019, a brother to Thomas Reinier Wykeham, who was born 14 Apr, 2010, and for Henry Robin Wykeham, who was born 27 Feb, 2013.

Patrick Wickham is a son of Robin Herbert Wickham by his wife the former Teresa Marie Byrne, a granddaughter maternally of the 3rd Baron Lawrence.

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Prudence Mary Scott [nee Milligan] 1926-2019

_. Prudence Mary Scott died 1 September, 2019. She was a daughter of Capt [Robert] Grenville Henderson Milligan, RN [1894-1952], of Winscombe, co Somerset, by his wife the former Mary [Molly] Anderson Entwistle [1900-84]; married 1953, Peter Francis Scott, CBE [1917-2010], scion of the Scott baronets, by whom she had issue, a son and three daughters.

A private cremation Requiem Mass takes place at Our Lady of Victories, Kensington High Street, London, on 19 September, 2019.

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Agnew/Burton engagement

 _. The engagement was announced 7 September, 2019, between Jethro Luke Agnew [born 1988], scion of the Agnew baronets, son of [John] Stuart Agnew [born 1949], of Helhoughton, co Norfolk,  by his wife the former Diana Margaret Zoë Baker, & Elizabeth Burton, daughter of Dr Lee Burton, of Wells, Somerset, and Dr Helen Burton, of Rudham, Norfolk.

Jethro's father is heir presumptive to the baronetcy held by his cousin, Sir George Agnew, 7th Bt [born 1953]

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Gummer/Freeland engagement

_. The engagement was announced 7 September, 2019, between the Hon James Alun Selwyn Gummer [born 1990], son of the Baron Chadlington, life peer [born 1942], by his wife the former Lucy Rachel Dudley Hill [born 1957],  & Marigold Clare Freeland [born 1990], daughter of Rowan C.B. Freeland [born 1956], by his wife the former Davina A.C. Salisbury [born 1959].

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Isabella Rose Fetherston-Dilke [born 2019]

 _. Victoria Fetherston-Dilke [nee Silcock], wife of Edward Charles Fetherston-Dilke [born 1986], scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a daughter, Isabella Rose, 1 September, 2019.

Edward is a son of Michael Charles Fetherston-Dilke [born 1948], by his wife the former Rosemary Ann Keith [born 1951], descended from the Mann baronets.

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Telford/Blackett engagement

_. The engagement was announced 6 September, 2019, between Jonathan George M. Telford [born 1989], eldest son of Dr Richard S. Telford [born 1954], of Exmoor, co Devon, by his wife the former Lynn J. Smith, & [Camilla Harriet] Eve Blackett [born 1989], scion of the Blackett baronets, daughter of [John] Simon Blackett [born 1954], of Braemar, Aberdeenshire, by his wife the former Hon Geva Charlotte Caroline Winn [born 1955], daughter of the 5th Baron St Oswald [1919-1999], by his wife the former Denise Eileen Charlotte Loyd [b 1929], scion of that landed family.

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Robert Sackville Riseley [died 2019]

_. Robert Sackville Riseley, who died 30 August, 2019, aged 79; married in 1972, Anne Catherine Bower [born 1940], daughter of Sir Roger Herbert Bower, KCB, KBE [died 1990], by his wife the former Catherine Muriel Hotham [born 1908], scion of the Barons Hotham, who was raised to the rank of a baron's daughter on her brother's succession to the peerage, as 7th Baron, in 1923.

A service of thanksgiving will be held in Wyebridge, 18 September, 2019.

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Hon Richard John Rodney King 1943-2019

_. The Hon Richard King, who died in South Carolina, United States, 30 August, 2019, was born in 1943, son of the Baron King of Wartnaby [1918-2005], a life peer, sometime chairman of British Airways, by his 1st wife the former Lorna Kathleen Sykes [1914-69]; married 1985, Monika, daughter of Erich Boehm, of Florida, United States, by whom he had issue, a son, John-Erich.

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Elizabeth Caroline Tilden Whitelocke Buxton [died 2019]

_. Elizabeth Buxton [nee Abernethy], who died at Witney, co Oxford, 23 August, 2019, was a daughter of Douglas Allan Abernethy, FRCS; she married 9 Oct, 1965, Hugh Lawrence Buxton [1936-2005], scion of the Buxton baronets, son of Philip Olaf Buxton [1906-78], by his wife the former Ruth Christian Lawrence [1904-76], by whom she had a son, Guy [born 1969], and two daughters, Belinda [born 1967], and Anne [Nancy]  [born 1975]; a memorial service takes place at St Mary's Church, Swinbrook, 13 September, 2019.

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Timothy James Douro Hoare 1950-2019

_. Timothy Hoare, who died 31 August, 2019, was a scion of the landed gentry family of that name; born in 1950, son of Michael Douro Hoare [1925-2007], by his wife the former Valerie Anne James [b 1928]; married 1979 [div 1989], Linda Kinvara Cayzer [born 28 March, 1953], scion of the Barons Rotherwick, daughter of the Hon Michael Cayzer [1920-90], by his 1st wife the former Hon Patricia Helen Browne [1926-81], scion of the Barons Oranmore & Browne. Timothy James Douro Hoare leaves a son, Simon, born 1981.

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Leslie Melville/Camamile engagement

_. The engagement was announced 5 September, 2019, between John [Jack] Leslie Melville [born 1991], scion of the Earls of Leven & Melville, son of James Hugh Leslie Melville [born 1960], of Fife, by his wife the former Clare Jean Heywood-Lonsdale, scion of that landed family, descended from the Lords Rollo, & Amelia E.F. Camamile, daughter of Mr & Mrs Simon Camamile, of Lincolnshire.

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Liddell/Worssam engagement

_. The engagement was announced 5 September, 2019, between Patrick Edward Charles Liddell [born 1991], scion of the Barons Ravensworth, son of Edward Henry Liddell [born 1953], of Wandsworth, London, by his wife the Hon Anna Kinnaird, daughter of the 13th Lord Kinnaird, & Sarah C. Worssam, daughter of Mr & Mrs Monty Worssam, of Ashburnham, East Sussex.

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Greenaway/Floyd engagement

_. The engagement was announced 5 September, 2019, between Sir Thomas Edward Burdick Greenaway, 4th Baronet [born 3 April, 1985], son of the late Sir John Michael Burdick Greenaway, 3rd Baronet [1944-2015], by his wife the former Susan Margaret Birch, & Claire G.A. Floyd [born 1986], scion of the Floyd baronets, daughter of David Henry Cecil Floyd [born 2 Apr, 1956], of Bowerchalke, co Wiltshire, by his wife the former Caroline Anne Beckly.

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Marilyn, Lady Norton-Griffiths (died 2019)

 Marilyn, Lady Norton-Griffiths, who died 5 August, 2019, at Rutland City, Vermont, USA, was the widow of Sir John Norton-Griffiths, 2rd Baronet (1938-2017).

She was the former Marilyn Margaret Grimley, daughter of  South Blundellsands, Lancashire, and married 17 Oct, 1964, John Norton-Griffiths (born 4 Oct, 1938), son of Sir Peter Norton-Griffiths, 2nd Baronet (1905-1983), by his wife the former Kathryn Schrafft (1910-1980). Her husband, a first cousin of the disgraced former leader of the Liberal Party, Jeremy Thorpe, succeeded to the baronetcy, 13 October, 1983, and died 29 January, 2017.

Lady Norton-Griffiths was childless.

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Jopling/Goulding marriage

The marriage took place, 31 August, 2019, at York Minster, between Caspar William Fletcher Jopling (born 1992), son of the Hon Nicholas Mark Fletcher Jopling (b 1961), of North Yorkshire, by his former wife the former Jayne Mackay Benson (b 1966) (now Mrs Jayne Warde-Aldam, of North Yorkshire), & Elena Jane (Ellie) Goulding (born 30 Dec, 1986), the pop star Ellie Goulding, daughter of Arthur E.J. Goulding (born 1959), of Herefordshire, by his former wife the former Tracey L Clark (b 1964) (now Mrs Tracey Sumner).

Caspar Jopling is a grandson of the life peer Baron Jopling, PC (b 1930), who, as Michael Jopling, was Conservative MP for Westmorland 1964-83, and for Westmorland and Lonsdale, 1983-97, and was Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food, 1983-87.

Lady Jopling was the former Gail Dickinson, daughter of Ernest Dickinson, of Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

The wedding reception took place at Castle Howard, York.

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Hans Anders Rausing, KBE 1926-2019

_. Hans Anders Rausing, KBE, who died 30 August, 2019, aged 93, was a Swedish businessman and philanthropist based in the United Kingdom. He made his fortune from his co-inheritance of Tetra Pak, a company founded by his father Ruben Rausing, and the largest food packaging company in the world.

Born 25 March, 1926. In 1995 he sold his share of the company to his brother, Gad. In the Forbes world fortune ranking, Rausing was placed at number 83 with an estimated fortune of US$10 billion in 2011.

According to Forbes, he was the second richest Swedish billionaire in 2013. By the time of his death in August 2019, Forbes estimated the net worth of Rausing and his family to be $12 billion.

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Alfie Tom Winston Bartlam [died 2019]

-.Alfie Tom Winston Bartlam, who died 29 August, 2019, aged 7, was a descendant of the Baring Barons Northbrook.

He was a son of Edward A.A. Bartlam by his wife the former Lucinda Anne Baring [born 1980], scion of the Barons Northbrook, daughter of Nigel Baring [born 9 Aug, 1940], of Ardington, co Oxford, by his wife the former Jane Finola Byrne.

Alfie leaves a sister, Violet Lorna, born 24 March, 2011, and a brother, Kit.

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Denman/Chapple engagement

_. The engagement was announced 30 August, 2019, between Nicholas Thomas Stewart [Nick] Denman [born 1988], scion of the Barons Denman, eldest son of the Hon [Christopher] John [Johnny] Denman [born 1955], of Storrington, West Sussex, by his wife the former Jenny Bridget Allen, MVO, & Annika J.K. Chapple, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs Malcolm Chapple, of Frittenden, Kent.

Nick Denman is a grandson paternally of the 5th Baron Denman, CBE, MC [1916-2012].

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The 10th Duke of Roxburghe 1954-2019

_. His Grace the 10th Duke of Roxburghe, landowner, owner of Floors Castle, Kelso, has died there from cancer, 29 August, 2019. He was 64.

Guy David Innes-Ker was born 18 November, 1954, son of the 9th Duke of Roxburghe [1913-1974], by his second wife the former Margaret Elisabeth McConnel [later Mrs Jocelyn Hambro], and he succeeded to the family honours on his father's death on the grouse moor, 26 Sept, 1974.

Guy Innes-Ker was 10th Duke of Roxburghe [Peerage of Scotland 1707], 10th Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford [Peerage of Scotland, 1707], Earl of Roxburghe and Earl of Kelso [both in the Peerage of Scotland], 5th Earl Innes [Peerage of the UK], 10th Viscount Broxmouth [Peerage of Scotland], 14th Lord Roxburghe [Peerage of Scotland], 14th Lord Ker of Cessford and Cavetoun [Peerage of Scotland], 10th Lord Cessford and Overton [Peerage of Scotland],  & Premier Baronet of Nova Scotia [cr 1625].

He was twice married, firstly, 10 Sept, 1977 [divorced 1990] to the Lady Jane Meriel Grosvenor [born 8 Feb 1953], daughter of the 5th Duke of Westminster [1910-79] by his wife the former Hon Viola Maud Lyttelton [d. 1987]; married secondly, 3 Sept 1992, Virginia Mary Wynn-Williams, daughter of David Wynn-Williams.

The Duke is survived by his second wife and by two sons and a daughter from the first marriage, Charles, Marquess of Bowmont & Cessford, Lord Ted Innes-Ker, and Rosanagh, Viscountess Grimston [a bridesmaid at the marriage of the Duke of York and Sarah Ferguson]. He also leaves a son from the second marriage, Lord George Innes-Ker, and a daughter, Lady Isabella Innes-Ker.

The dukedom and other honours now devolve upon his eldest son, Charles Robert George Innes-Ker, styled Marquess of Bowmont & Cessford, who was born 18 February, 1981. The Floors estate is estimated at 60,000 acres, and the family fortune is worth £100m.

The new duke was briefly married to the Hon Charlotte Susanna Aitken [born 15 Feb, 1982], daughter of the 3rd Baron Beaverbrook [born 29 Dec, 1951]. The 11th Duke has a three year-old daughter from a relationship with an Iranian fashion designer.

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Townend/Mackintosh engagement

_. The engagement was announced 29 August, 2019, between Sam J. Townend, son of Mr & Mrs John Townend, of Copt Hewick, near Ripon, North Yorkshire, & Alice Lydia Mackintosh [born 1990], scion of the Mackintosh sweet manufacturing family of Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax, younger daughter of Nigel M. Mackintosh [born 1955], of Bath, by his wife the former Georgina E. Ward.

Alice's elder sister is the reality TV star Camilla Margaret [Millie] Mackintosh [born 1989].

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Caroline, Baroness Brassey of Apethorpe [died 2019]

_. Caroline, Baroness Brassey of Apethorpe, who died 27 August, 2019, aged 74, was the widow of the late 3rd Baron Brassey of Apethorpe, OBE, JP, DL [1932-2015].

She was the former Caroline Evill, third daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Godfrey Evill, of Elm Park Gardens, London, by his wife the former Nesta Herbert [1910-2002], and married, 17 October, 1978, as his second wife, David Henry Brassey, 3rd Baron Brassey of Apethorpe, son of the 2nd Baron [1905-67] by his first wife the former Crystal Gloria Gore [died 1962], a granddaughter maternally of the 1st Earl Sondes, &c.

By her husband, who died in May 2015, she had two daughters, the Hon Zoe [born 1980], and the Hon Chloe [born 1982].

A Thanksgiving Service takes place at St Leonard's Church, Apethorpe, 20 September, 2019.

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Agatha Rose Mahon [born 2019]

_. [Elizabeth] Poppy Mahon [nee Campbell, born 1985], wife of Myles [Mylo] Francis James Mahon [born 1980], scion of the Mahon baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Agatha Rose, 26 August, 2019, a sister for Beatrix Daisy, who was born 5 May, 2017.

Mylo Mahon is a son of Timothy Gilbert Mahon [born 1947], by his wife the former Penelope Telfer McDowell. Poppy Mahon is a daughter of Colonel Andrew P.W. Campbell, of Stobo, Peebleshire, by his wife the former Lady Fiona Erskine [born 1956], daughter of the 13th Earl of Mar and [15th] Earl of Kellie.

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Milburn/Hawes engagement

_. The engagement was announced 27 August, 2019, between [Edward] Jake Milburn [born 1987], scion of the Milburn baronets, second son of Sir Anthony Rupert Milburn, 5th Baronet [born 17 Apr, 1947], of Matfen, Northumberland, by his wife the former Olivia Shirley Catlow, & Camilla F. Hawes, youngest daughter of Mr Warwick Hawes, of Burkham, Hampshire, by his wife, Caroline.

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Chloe Courtauld [died 2019]

_. Chloe Courtauld, who has died aged 47, was a scion of the landed gentry family of that name; only daughter of Richard Courtauld, by his first wife Anthea [later Mrs Hugh Wodehouse]. She was predeceased in 2012 by a brother, Jamie.

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Pamela La Touche 1932-2019

_. Pamela La Touche, died at Exeter, 25 August, 2019; born in 1932, daughter of W.P. Hale, of Hove, co Sussex; married 1962, Michael Cotton La Touche [born 1931], scion of that Irish landed family, son of Lieutenant-Cdr Alexander Arthur Digges La Touche [1899-1982], by his wife the former Joan Cotton Marshall [1903-86], by whom he had a son and a daughter.

The funeral takes place at the Exeter & Devon Crematorium, 9 September, 2019.

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Sir Derek Birkin 1929-2019

_.Sir Derek Birkin, who died 25 August, 2019, aged 89, was a former chairman of RTZ.

John Derek Birkin was born 30 September, 1929 in South Elmsall, Yorkshire, England, son of Noah and Rebecca (Stranks) Birkin.

He was educated at Cranfield College, 1960; student, Administrative Staff College, Henley, England, 1965; student, Harvard University, 1969.

He married 1 Apr, 1952, Sadie Smith, by whom he had two children, Alison Jane, & Michael John.

Career:- Managing director, Velmar Ltd., Batley, England, 1966-1967; managing director, Nairn Williamson Ltd., Kirkcaldy, Scotland, 1967-1970; chairman, managing director, Tunnel Holdings Ltd., London, 1971-1983; deputy chief executive, The RTZ Corporation, London, 1983-1985; Chief Executive Officer, deputy chairman, The RTZ Corporation, London, 1985-1991; chairman, The RTZ Corporation, London, since 1991. Board directors Merck & Company, Inc., Whitehouse Station, New York, Carlton Communications, London, The Merchants Trust PLC, London, Unilever PLC, London, Royal Opera House, London.

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Henry Gerald Buckmaster [died 2019]

_. Henry Gerald Buckmaster, who died 23 August, 2019, aged 64, married in 1985, Julia Mary Hobhouse [born 1956], scion of the Hobhouse baronets, daughter of Hugh Cam Hobhouse [1917-87], by his wife the former Aline Rosemary Hunter Blair [1921-2010], scion of the Hunter Blair baronets.

He leaves s widow and three daughters, Rose, Camellia and Lily.

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Alicia Ingilby [born 2019]

_. Elizabeth Ingilby (nee Alder), wife of Joslan Richard Ryland Ingilby (born 7 Oct, 1986), scion of the Ingilby baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Alicia, 23 August, 2019.

Joslan, who married Elizabeth in 2018, is the second son of Sir Thomas Colvin William Ingilby, 6th Baronet (born 1955), of Ripley Castle, by his wife the former Emma Clare Roebuck Thompson.

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Oliver/Macpherson engagement

_. The engagement was announced 23 August, 2019, between Richard J. Oliver, son of Mr and Mrs John Oliver, of Smethcote, Shropshire, & Clementina Grace Stewart Macpherson [born 1989], daughter of Mr [Philip] Strone Stewart Macpherson [born 1948], of Armsworth, Hampshire, by his wife the former Hon Alexandra Grace Baring [born 1957], daughter of the 5th Baron Northbrook [1915-1990].

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Rohais, Lady Campbell 1937-2019

 _. Lady Campbell, who died 21 August, 2019, was the widow of Sir Ilay Campbell of Succoth, 7th [and last] Baronet [1927-2017].

She was born in 1937 as Margaret Minette Rohais Anderson, a daughter of James Alasdair Anderson [1900-1982], by his wife the former Lady Flavia Joan Lucy Giffard [1910-98], daughter of the 2nd Earl of Halsbury, and married Ilay Campbell in 1961.

Lady Campbell is survived by two daughters, Cecilia [born 1963] and Candida [born 1964]. The elder daughter is Lady Macgregor of Macgregor, wife of Sir Malcolm Macgregor of Macgregor, 7th Baronet, the younger daughter is the wife of Gerard Rafferty.

The funeral takes place at Cumlodden Parish Church,

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Palmer/Nickols engagement

_. The engagement was announced 21 August, 2019, between Joshua Palmer, son of Mr & Mrs Christopher Palmer, of Ogbourne St George, Wiltshire, & Honor Nickols, daughter of Charles Nickols [born 1951], of Galphay, near Ripon, North Yorkshire, and Mrs Nickols.

The bride-to-be is a granddaughter of Peter Richard Nickols [who d 1990], by his wife the former Cicely Rose Nevill [1915-2009], scion of the Marquesses of Abergavenny [a great-granddaughter of the 4th Earl of Abergavenny], &c.

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Wentworth-Stanley/Bonas engagement

_. The engagement was announced 18 August, 2019, between Harry David Wentworth-Stanley [born 1989], scion of that landed family, second son of Nicholas Philip Wentworth-Stanley [born 1954] by his former wife the former Clare Husted Steel [now Marchioness of Milford Haven], & Cressida Curzon Bonas [born 18 February, 1989], descended from the Earls Howe, daughter of Mr Jeffrey Bonas, by his former wife the former Lady Mary-Gaye Georgiana Lorna Curzon [born 21 February, 1947], daughter of the 6th Earl Howe [1908-1984].

Miss Cressida Bonas is a former girlfriend of HRH The Duke of Sussex, KCVO.

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Pocock/Walton marriage

_. The marriage took place 17 August, 2019, at St Brélade’s Parish Church, Jersey, between Thomas Raymond Le Fevre Pocock [born 1986], son of Mr Mark Edward Le Fevre Pocock [born 1944], of Winchester, co Hampshire, by his wife the former Joanna M Fox [born 1956], & Christina Frances Walton [born 1986], daughter of Alastair Henry Walton [born 1954], of Chelsea, by his wife the former Hon Mary Synolda Butler [born 1954], daughter of the 18th/28th Baron Dunboyne.

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The 6th Baron Kenyon 1947-2019

_. The Baron Kenyon, 6th holder of the peerage, died at his home, 17 August, 2019. He was 72.

Lloyd Tyrell-Kenyon was born 13 July, 1947, son of the 5th Baron Kenyon, CBE, JP, DL [1917-93], by his wife the former Leila Mary Cookson [died 2008]. His mother was a granddaughter maternally of Sir Alan Colquhoun of Luss, 6th Baronet.

He succeeded to the barony, created in 1788, and the baronetcy created four years earlier, on his father's death, 16 May, 1993.

He was President of Clwyd South Conservatives, and former Wrexham County Councillor for Overton.

Lord Kenyon married in 1971, Sally Carolyn Matthews, eldest daughter of Jack Frank Page Matthews, of Bury St Edmunds, co Suffolk, by whom he had two sons, Lloyd and Alexander.


He is succeeded in the peerage and baronetcy by his elder son, the Hon Lloyd Nicholas Tyrell-Kenyon, who was born 9 April, 1972.

The funeral takes place at St Chad's Church, Hanmer, 30 August, 2019.

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Marie-Therese Johnston [nee de Zulueta] 1955-2019

_. Marie-Therese Johnston [nee de Zulueta] who died 17 August, 2019, aged 64, was a granddaughter of the novelist Dame Daphne du Maurier.

She was born circa 1955, daughter of Maj Peter Paul John de Zulueta by his wife the former Tessa Browning.

Her grandfather, Lieut-Gen Sir Frederick Browning, GCVO [1896-1965] married Daphne du Maurier in 1932.

Her parents divorced and her mother's second husband, from 1970, is the 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. Marie-Therese was the wife of Robert Johnston, and mother of two sons, James and Nicholas.

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Sheila Grace Tollemache Dunlop 1917-2019

_. Sheila Grace Tollemache Dunlop [nee Arbuthnot], who died 16 August, 2019, aged 102, was a scion of the Arbuthnot baronets; born in 1917, a daughter of Lt-Col. Archibald Hugh Arbuthnot [1875-1957], by his wife the former Gertrude Alice Green [died 11 Nov, 1918], dau of the Rev Frederick Charles Green; married 9 April, 1942, Maj. Roy Dunlop [who died 1991], by whom she had issue, a son, Robert [born 1948], and two daughters, Caroline [born 1944] and Elspeth [1951-2014]; the funeral takes place at St Mary's Church, Aldingbourne, 30 August, 2019.

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Mária Erzsébet Ilona Anna Josefa Walpurga Lockwood 1944-2019

_. Mária Erzsébet Ilona Anna Josefa Walpurga "Mausi" Lockwood, who died 15 August, 2019, aged 74, was a scion of the Eszterházy dynasty.

She was born at Budapest, 12 Nov, 1944, daughter of Jozsef Mária Dániel Kazmer Ferenc Rudolf László János Evangelista Eustachius Eszterhazy [1917-80], by his first wife Elisabeth Princess zu Windisch-Grätz, a relative of Princess Michael of Kent.

Since the 17th century, the family were among the great landowner magnates of the Kingdom of Hungary during the time it was part of the Habsburg Monarchy and later Austria-Hungary.
During the history of the Habsburg empire, the Esterházys were consistently loyal to the Habsburg rulers. They received the title of count in 1626 and the Forchtenstein line received the title of Fürst (Ruling Prince) from the Holy Roman Emperor in 1712.

She married at Geneva, 10 September, 1976, John Sugden Lockwood [born 1938], who predeceased her.

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Marguerite Carolyn Mary Stoddart-Scott [born 2019]

_. Lauren Stoddart-Scott born 1983, nee Rumbold], wife of David Andrew K. Stoddart-Scott [born 1983], scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a daughter, Marguerite Carolyn Mary, 15 August, 2019.

David Stoddart-Scott is the son of John David Malcolm Stoddart-Scott [born 1943], of Arthington, West Yorkshire, by his wife the former Elizaberth Anne Machin; and Lauren is a daughter of Paul A. Rumbold, of Holcombe, Lancashire, by his wife the former Elaine Wild.

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Sophia Sally Mansfield [nee Ropner] 1959-2019

_. Sophia Sally Mansfield [nee Ropner], who died 14 August, 2019, aged 59, was a scion of the Ropner baronets; born 28 September, 1959, daughter of Jeremy Vyvyan Ropner [1932-2009], by his wife the former Sally Willcox; married 1991, Christopher John Mansfield, by whom she had issue.

She was a great-great granddaughter of Sir Emil Hugo Oscar Ropner, 1st Baronet [1838-1924].

A Service of Thanksgiving will be held at St Michael's Church, Broadway, 29 August, 2019.

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Juliet Elizabeth Mary Berkeley 1930-2019

_. Juliet Elizabeth Mary Berkeley, who died at her home in Worcestershire, 13 August, 2019, was a scion of the Berkeley landed family, of Berkeley Castle; born 6 June, 1930, daughter of Robert George Wilmot Berkeley [1898-1969], by his wife the former Hon Myrtle Emily Theresa Dormer [1907-1982], daughter of the 14th Baron Dormer [1864-1922]; she was unmarried; she had a sister, Rosalind [1928-2015], a nun, and a brother, Maj. Robert John Grantley Berkeley [1931-2017].

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Hon Zoë Leighton Stewart [nee Seager] 1928-2019

_. The Hon Zoë Leighton Stewart [nee Seager], who died 10 August, 2019, aged 91, was a scion of the Barons Leighton of Saint Mellons; born 28 April, 1928, daughter of the 1st Baron Leighton of Saint Mellons [1896-1963], by his wife the former Marjorie Gimson [died 1992]; married firstly, 31 March, 1955, Malcolm James Peniston [died 1981]; married 2ndly, 1984, Alan Carnegie Stewart [who predeceased her by three days]; she leaves issue from her first marriage, a son, Douglas, and two daughters, Angela and Rosemary.

A Service of Thanksgiving will take place at St James Church, Emsworth, 6 September, 2019.

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Michael Henry Stanhope Dormer 1930-2019

_. Michael Henry Stanhope Dormer, who died 29 July, 2019, aged 88, was a scion of the Barons Dormer; born 8 December, 1930, son of Robert Stanhope Dormer [1880-1960], by his wife the former Ebba Harline d'Ilberville Le Moyne Whyte [died 1961]; married 21 January, 1959, Daphne Margaret Battine [died 12 Oct, 2018], daughter of Capt Oswald James Battine [d 1938], by his wife the former Gwendolin Margaret Mary Grace MacRae, a granddaughter of the 3rd Marquess of Bute.

He leaves a son, Merlin, and two daughters, Leanda and Athena.

The funeral takes place at St Francis de Sales Church, Wash Common, Newbury, 27 August, 2019.

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Alan Carnegie Stewart [died 2019]

_. Mr Alan Carnegie Stewart, who died 7 August, 2019, aged 99, married in 1984, as her second husband, the Hon Zoë Leighton Seager [born 28 April, 1928], daughter of the 1st Baron Leighton of Saint Mellons [1896-1963].

The funeral takes place at St Ninian's Church, Castle Douglas, 22 August, 2019.

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d'Erlanger-Bertrand/Graham engagement

_. The engagement was announced 15 August, 2019, between Oliver Alexander [Ollie] d'Erlanger-Bertrand [born January 1992], son of Mr Leo Alexandre d'Erlanger-Bertrand [born 1963], of Wiltshire, by his wife the former Beverley Osborne, & Georgia, daughter of Mr & Mrs James Graham, of London.

Ollie d'Erlanger-Bertrand is a grandson of Alain Bertrand by his wife the former Tessa Edwina May d'Erlanger [who died 2008], and a great-nephew of Rodolphe d'Erlanger, who married Lady Caroline Cholmondeley [b 1952], dau of the 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley [1919-90].

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Joseph Peter Bradshaw Hopkins [born 2019]

_. Lucy Sarah Emma Hopkins [born 1984, nee Troughton], wife of Cabell Peter Bradshaw Hopkins, gave birth to a son, Joseph Peter Bradshaw, 9 August, 2019, a brother for Nancy [born 2015], and for Sylvia [born 2017].

Lucy Hopkins is a daughter of Peter John Charles Troughton, CBE, by his wife the former Sarah Rose Colman [born 1953], Lady-in-Waiting to HRH The Duchess of Kent 1990-2000, and Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire, and granddaughter of Sir Timothy Colman, KG, by his wife the former Lady Mary Cecilia Bowes Lyon [born 1932], sister of the 17th Earl of Strathmore, and a first cousin of HM The Queen.


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Ottilie Wanda Petal Pickering [born 2019]

_. Emma Catherine Pickering [nee Meysey-Thompson, born 1978], wife of James Guthrie Pickering [born 1977], gave birth to a daughter, Ottilie Wanda Petal, 26 July, 2019.

James is a son of Guthrie Pickering [born 1944], by his wife the former Vivienne Irish, and Emma Pickering is a daughter of Mark Kennedy Meysey-Thompson [1949-87], by his wife the former Catherine Diana Herdman-Newton, and descended from the Meysey-Thompson baronets.

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Alice Clementine Spalton [born 2019]

_. Clementine Rose Spalton [born 1984, nee Jepson-Turner], wife of James Michael Jackson Spalton [born 1983], gave birth to a daughter, Alice Clementine, 14 August, 2019, a sister for Jackson [born 2013], and for Grace [born 2015].

James Spalton is a son of David Spalton by his wife the former Catherine Bompas, and Clementine is a daughter of Anthony William Jepson-Turner, and a granddaughter of Maj Bertram William Jepson-Turner [1870-1954], by his wife the former Rosemarie Helen Lucas, scion of the Lucas baronets, daughter of Maj Sir Archibald Lucas, 2nd and last Baronet.

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Mairin [Moo] Broughton [nee de Courcy Wheeler] died 2019

_. Mairin [Moo] Broughton [nee de Courcy Wheeler]. descended from the Barons Craigmyle, died 14 August, 2019, in Portugal.

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Hon Matilda Grace Neville [born 2019]

_. The Baroness Braybrooke, wife of the 11th Baron Braybrooke [born 1977], gave birth to a daughter, the Hon Matilda Grace Neville, 13 August, 2019, a sister for Jemima and Edward.

Baroness Braybrooke is the former Selina Anne Kelway-Bamber [born 1989] daughter of Euan Glen Kelway-Bamber -born 1958], by his wife the former Laura Isabel Hester Morgan-Grenville [born 1961], scion of the Lords Kinloss.

Lord Braybrooke succeeded to the barony, created in 1788, on the death of his fourth cousin once removed, the 10th Baron, 5 June, 2017.

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Sir Michael James Harwood Harrison, 2nd Baronet 1936-2019

_.Sir Michael Harrison, 2nd Baronet, died 13 August, 2019. He was 83.

He was born 28 March, 1936, son of Sir [James] Harwood Harrison, 1st Baronet [1907-80], MP for the Eye Div of Suffolk, 1951-79, by his wife the former Peggy Alberta Mary Stenhouse [1907-93]; educated at Rugby; JP 1993; a member of Lloyd'sand a member of the Council of the Sail Training Assoc; Liveryman, of Mercer's Co [Master 1986-7]; Freeman of the City of London; Chairman, Berrite Ltd; succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's demise, 11 September, 1980; married 1967, [Rosamund] Louise Clive [born 1944], scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Edward Buxton Clive [1909-75]; issue: 2 sons, Edwin and Tristan, and 2 daughters, [Auriol] Davina and Priscilla.

The baronetcy now passes to his elder son, Edwin Michael Harwood Harrison, who was born 29 May, 1981.

The funeral takes place at St Andrew's Church, Hasketon, 3 September, 2019.

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Charlotte Henriette Lucy Simon [born 2019]

_.The Hon Emma Coralie Sarah Simon [nee Willoughby, born 1981], wife of Remco Simon, and scion of the Barons Middleton, gave birth to a daughter, Charlotte Henriette Lucy, 9 August, 2019, a sister for Frederik Willem Jacob, who was born 22 May, 2018.

Remco is a son of Mr & Mrs Willem Simon. Emma is a daughter of the 13th Baron Middleton (b 14 Jul, 1948), by his wife the former Hon Lucy Corinna Agneta Sidney, scion of the Viscounts De L'Isle.

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Janet Elizabeth Rosemary Hurry [nee Hoskyns-Abrahall] 1938-2019

_. Janet Elizabeth Rosemary Hurry [nee Hoskyns-Abrahall], who died 31 July, 2019, was a scion of the Hoskyns baronets, born in 1938, daughter of the Rt Rev Anthony Hoskyns-Abrahall, sometime Bishop Suffragan of Lancaster [1903-82], by his wife the former Margaret Ada Story [died 1986], a sister of Lord Buckton; she married 1962, Nicholas George Hurry, by whom she had issue.

A Requiem Mass will be held at St Michael and All Angels, Barnes, SW13, 15 August, 2019.

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The Baroness Gilbert 1929-2019

The Baroness Gilbert died 24 July, 2019. She was 89.  She was the widow of John William Gilbert, Labour MP for Dudley 1970-74 and for Dudley East 1974-97, Minister of State for Defence in the Callaghan Administration 1976-79, created a life peer in 1997 as Baron Gilbert, of Dudley in the County of West Midlands. Her husband died in 2013.

She was the former Jean Olive Ross-Skinner, born 14 Nov, 1929, daughter of William Milne Ross-Skinner,by his wife Olive Mary Caroline Pease [1906-80]; married 23 March, 1963, as his second wife, the abovementioned John Gilbert [1927-2013].

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John Dalziel Beveridge Smart, CVO 1932-2019

_. John Dalziel Beveridge Smart, CVO, Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire 2000-2007, died 12 August, 2019, his 87th birthday.

Born 12 August, 1932, at Edinburgh, son of George Beveridge Smart by his wife the former Christina Mary Anne MacDonald.

He was predeceased by his wife Valerie, and leaves issue, two sons, James and Robert.

A Thanksgiving Service takes place at St Laurence's Church, Laurencekirk, 30 August, 2019.

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Eveline Hilda Foster [nee Carr-Ellison] 1933-2019

_. Eveline Hilda Foster [nee Carr-Ellison], who died 12 August, 2019, aged 85, was a scion of the Carr-Ellison landed gentry family; born 15 November, 1933, daughter of Cuthbert Fenwicke-Clennell Carr-Ellison [1901-1969], by his wife the former Phyllis Cagtherine Craster [1908-95]; married in 1957, Peter John Foster, by whom she had three sons, Richard, Miles and Nigel.

The funeral takes place at St Michael & All Angels, Howick, Northumberland, 23 August, 2019.

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Berkeley/Stoddart engagement

_. The engagement was announced 13 August, 2019, between Robert Francis Berkeley [born  1989], scion of that landed family, son of the late Roger Maurice Berkeley [1961-2011], by his wife the former Victoria Selmon [now of Milstead, Kent], & Isabel K. Stoddart, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Mark Stoddart, of Cholsey, Oxfordshire.

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van Zeller/Smith engagement

_, The engagement was announced 13 August, 2019, between J.F. [Jonty] van Zeller second son of Nicholas Howard van Zeller, of Hovingham, York, by his wife the former Emma Ward Jones [born 1956], scion of the Jones baronets, & Kirsty M. Smith, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Hugh Smith.

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Phoenix Sunny Spencer-Churchill [born 2019]

_. Lady Edward Spencer-Churchill [nee Kimberly [Kimi] Hammerström], wife of Lord Edward Albert Charles Spencer-Churchill [born 1974], scion of the Dukes of Marlborough, gave birth to a son, Phoenix Sunny, 4 August, 2019.

Lord Edward is a younger son of the late 11th Duke of Marlborough [1926-2014], by his third wife, Countess Dagmar Rosita Astri Libertas Douglas [born 1943]; he married 4 July, 2018, Kimberly Hammerström. Lord Edward is a half-brother of the 12th Duke of Marlborough, of Blenheim Palace, co Oxford.

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Basil Douglas van Zeller [born 2019]

_. Emma Louise van Zeller [born 1987, nee Parker], wife of Edward Arundell van Zeller [born 1988], gave birth to a son, Basil Douglas, 5 August, 2019.

Edward van Zeller is a son of Nicholas Howard van Zeller, of Hovingham, York, by his wife the former Emma Ward Jones [born 1956], scion of the Jones baronets.

Emma van Zeller is a daughter of Charles Herbert Parker, of Cheriton, Hampshire, by his wife the former Victoria Kathleen Scott [born 1956], scion of the Scott baronets of Rotherfield.

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Duffell/Buckmaster engagement

_. The engagement was announced 12 August, 2019, between Charles B.R. [Charlie] Duffell, son of Lieutenant-General Sir Peter and Lady Duffell, of Britford, Wiltshire, & [Eleanor] Rose Buckmaster [born 1986], daughter of Henry G. Buckmaster, of Little Blakenham, Suffolk, by his wife the former Julia Mary Hobhouse [born 26 September, 1956], scion of the Hobhouse baronets, daughter of Hugh Cam Hobhouse [1917-87], by his wife the former Aline Hunter Blair [1921-2010].

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