The Hon George Bruce, who died 7 April, 2022, aged 92, was a scion of the Lords Balfour of Burleigh. He was President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, 1991-1994.
George John Done Bruce was born 28 March, 1930, the second son of the 7th Lord Balfour of Burleigh [1883-1967], and his wife the former Violet Dorothy Evelyn Done [died 28 Oct, 1976]; and married in 2007, Mrs Jeanne Cowles Fleischmann, widow of Peter F. Fleischmann, of New York. His wife died in 2010.
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Françoise Fox-Pitt-Rivers [née Geoffroy], who died 15 April, 2022, was the third wife and widow of Professor Julian Alfred Fox-Pitt-Rivers [1919-2001], the social anthropologist and ethnographer, scion of that landed gentry family.
The former Françoise Geoffroy, she married in 1971, as his third wife, Prof Julian Fox-Pitt-Rivers [born 16 March, 1919], son of George Henry Lane Fox-Pitt-Rivers [1890-1966], and his first wife the former Hon Emily Rachel Forster, daughter of the 1st [and last] Baron Forster [1866-1936].
Her husband died 12 Aug, 2001.
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The Hon Mrs [Joan] Elizabeth Aitken, who died 15 April, 2022, aged 85, was the socialite wife of former Cabinet Minister Jonathan Aitken, and previously wife of actors Richard Harris and Sir Rex Harrison.
She was born 1 May, 1936, as Joan Elizabeth Rees-Williams, the daughter of David Rees-Williams, MP, PC [1903-76], Labour MP for South Croydon, 1945-50, and a member of the U.K. Mission to Sarawak in 1946. He was chairman of the Burma Frontier Areas Committee Enquiry in 1947, and held the office of Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Colonies in 1947. Rees-Williams held the office of U.K. Delegate to the United Nations from 1950, and was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Commonwealth Relations in 1950, and raised to the peerage as Baron Ogmore in that year. Her mother was Alice Alexandra Constance Wills [who died in 1998].
Elizabeth Rees-Williams married firstly, 9 February, 1957 [divorced 1969], the actor of stage and screen Richard St John Harris [1930-2002], by whom she had issue, three sons, Damian, Jared, and Jamie. She married secondly, 26 Aug, 1971 [divorced 1975], as his fifth wife, the actor of stage and screen Rex Carey Harrison [later Sir Rex Harrison] [1908-90]. She married thirdly, in 1981 [divorced 1985], as his second wife, Peter Michael Aitken [born 20 February, 1946], scion of the Barons Beaverbrook. She resumed the surname of Harris by deed poll in 1986. She married fourthly, 25 June, 2003, as his second wife, Jonathan William Patrick Aitken [born 30 Aug, 1942], cousin of her third husband, scion of the Barons Beaverbrook.
Elizabeth Aitken is survived by her fourth husband and her three sons, Damian Harris [born 2 Aug 1958], Jared Harris [born 24 Aug 1961], and Jamie Harris [born 15 May, 1963].
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The engagement was announced 16 April, 2022, between Oliver C. Nias, son of Simon Richard Nias [born 1963], of Frome, Somersetm, and his wife the former Denise Ann White [born 1957], and Catherine Helen [Biba] Whitbread [born 2 January, 1994], daughter of Charles Edward Samuel Whitbread [born 3 January, 1963], of Southill Park, Bedfordshire, of that landed gentry family, and his wife the former Jane Elizabeth Evans.
The 20th Baron Clinton > Hon Robert Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis > Helen Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis > Sir Samuel Whitbread > Charles Whitbread > Catherine [Biba] Whitbread
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Elizabeth Anne Liddell-Grainger [born 1985, nee Wilks] wife of Peter Richard Liddell-Grainger [born 6 May, 1987], scion of that landed family, gave birth to a son, Alfred Richard Henry, 4 April, 2022.
Elizabeth Liddell-Grainger is a 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 son of Ian Richard Peregrine Liddell-Grainger, MP for Bridgwater and West Somerset, of Bicknoller, co Somerset [born 23 February, 1959], by his wife the former Jill Nesbitt [born 1956],
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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The Lord Plumb, DL, a life peer, died 15 April, 2022, aged 97.
Charles Henry Plumb was born 27 March 1925. He was a British politician and farmer who went into politics as a leader of the National Farmers' Union. He later became active in the Conservative Party and was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He served as an MEP from 1979 to 1999, and was President of the European Parliament from 1987 to 1989, the only Briton to hold the post.
The Hon Thomas Ian Brassey, scion of the Barons Brassey of Apethorpe, died 7 April, 2022. He was 87.
He was born 14 June, 1934, the second son of the 2nd Baron Brassey of Apethorpe, MC, TD [1905-1967], and his 1st wife the former Crystal Gloria Gore [1906-1962]; and married 28 September, 1960, Valerie Christine Finlason, daughter of Alan David Finlason [1904-1980], and his wife the former Norah Christine Tutin [1908-1964], by whom he had a son, Thomas [b 20 Oct, 1971], and three daughters, Miranda [born 25 Feb, 1963], Louise [b 27 Oct, 1964], and Davina [born 24 Sept, 1969].
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Joan Isabella Bishop (nee Montagu Stuart Wortley), who died at the Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick, USA, 12 April, 2022, aged 93, was a scion of the Earls of Wharncliffe and aunt of the US-born 5th Earl.
She was born 20 July, 1928, the second daughter of Ralph Montagu Stuart Wortley (1897-1961), and his wife the former Isabella Wood; and married 1 Dec, 1951, Harry Atwood Bishop Jr (who died 1993), son of Harry Atwood Bishop, of Gorham, New Hampshire, United States, by whom she had issue, two sons, Harry Atwood 'Woody' Bishop III (born 1 Feb, 1957, deceased), and Alan Stuart Wortley Bishop (born 3 Jun 1959), and two daughters, Wendy Ann Isabella (now Mrs Gillespie) (b 16 Jun 1952), and Linda Walters (born 16 Oct, 1953).
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The engagement was announced 14 April, 2022, between James Christopher Hamilton Lighton [born 20 Oct, 1992], son and heir of Sir Thomas Hamilton Lighton, 9th Baronet [born 4 February, 1954], of Stopham, West Sussex, and his wife the former Belinda Jean Fergusson, & Xinlan Imogen Meng Rose [born 1993], only daughter of Jonathan Rose, of Marylebone, Londdon, and Mrs Wei Rose [nee Meng].
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Julia Cecil [nee Murless] who died 13 April, 2022, aged 80, was the first of the three wives of the legendary race horse trainer, Sir Henry Cecil [1943-2013], and was a popular Newmarket trainer in her own right.
The Wensleydale-born Julia Murless was born 14 February, 1942, daughter of the racehorse trainer Sir [Charles Francis] Noel Murless [1910-1987], of Warren Place, Newmarket, and his wife [nee Carlow]; and married 18 October, 1966 [divorced 1990], as the first of his three wives, Henry Richard Amherst Cecil [born 11 January, 1943], scion of the Barons Amherst of Hackney, a posthumous twin son of Lt-Col Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil [1914-killed in action 1942], and his wife the former Elizabeth Rohays Mary Burnett [1916-93], scion of the Burnett of Leys baronets, by whom she had issue, a son, [Arthur] Noel Amherst Cecil [born 3 Feb, 1973], and a daughter, Katrina Henrietta Amherst [Katie] Cecil [born 17 June, 1971]. Her former husband was knighted in 2011, and died 11 June, 2013.
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Emma Clare Orr-Ewing [nee McDowell], wife of Jack Alexander Bodley Orr-Ewing (born 1987), scion of the Orr Ewing baronets, gave birth to twin sons, Edgar William Bodley [Teddy], and Albert John Bagshawe [Bertie], 8 April, 2022, brothers for Martha Josephine Mildred, who was born 10 July, 2020.
Jack is the younger son of the Hon Robert James Orr-Ewing (b 1953), of Holland Park, London, by his wife the former Susannah Scott, daughter of Mark Bodley Scott.
Emma Orr-Ewing is the eldest daughter of Mr Christopher McDowell, of Berkhamsted, and Mrs Janey McDowell, of Henley-on-Thames.
Jack Orr-Ewing is a grandson of the Baron Orr-Ewing, OBE, life peer, descended from the Orr Ewing baronets.
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The engagement was announced 14 April, 2022, between Thomas Hugo [Tom] Morris-Eyton [born 1991], scion of that landed gentry family, son of [Robert] Anthony Morris-Eyton [born 1957], of Calvington, Shropshire, and his wife the former Clare L. Stuttaford, and Dr Isabel A. Cornell, daughter of Mr & Mrs Peter Cornell, of Horizons, Guernsey, Channel Islands.
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Michael Alastair Rumbold, who died 6 April, 2022, aged 78, was a scion of the Rumbold baronets.
He was born 6 July, 1943, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Alastair Gordon Rumbold [1914-1992], and his wife the former Tania Borzakovsky; amd married in 1976, Katharine Mary Cagney, daughter of Donal John Cagney, of Broadstairs, Kent, by whom he had issue, a son, Angus Michael [born 1982], and two daughters, Victoria [born 1977], and Lucinda [born 1979].
Sir Horace Rumbold, 8th Baronet > William Edwin Rumbold > Alastair Gordon Rumbold > Michael Rumbold [1943-2022]
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The engagement was announced 13 April, 2022, between James Michael [Jamie] Coats [born 1987], scion of the Coats baronets, son of Nicholas James [Nico] Coats [born 19 April, 1952], of Fulham, London, and his wife the former Belinda McKechnie [born 1957], & Sophie Grey Lane Fox [born 1991], scion of that landed gentry family, of Bramham Park, daughter of Capt Nicholas James [Nick] Lane Fox [born 25 December, 1963], and his wife the former Hon Rachel Monica Baring [born 29 June, 1967], scion of the eponymous banking family, daughter of the 2nd Baron Howick of Glendale [born 30 December, 1937].
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The Hon Mrs William Frankland [nee Anna Elizabeth R. Holder, born 1984], wife of the Hon William Thomas Assheton Frankland [born 23 July, 1984], gave birth to a son, Thomas, 9 April, 2022, a brother for Tallulah Grace, who was born 22 May, 2020.
Anna Frankland is a daughter of Derek Holder [born 1948], of Malvern, Worcestershire, by his wife the former Cheryl R. McCann [born 1952].
The Hon William Frankland is the son and heir of the 18th Baron Zouche [born 23 Feb, 1943], of Charlton Adam, Somerset, and Baroness Zouche [nee Sally Olivia Barton].
The peerage [pronounced 'Zooch'] is of great antiquity, and was created in the Peerage of England in 1308. William Frankland is also heir to his father's baronetcy [created in 1660].
The infant is a future 20th Baron Zouche.
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The Baroness Knight of Collingtree, DBE, who died 6 April, 2022, aged 98, was a Conservative peer, and as Dame Jill Knight, was Conservative MP for Birmingham Edgbaston, 1966-97.
She was born Joan Christabel Jill Christie, 9 July, 1923. In 1941, she joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF). Her unit served in Amiens, moving later to Hamburg, following the British advance, performing ground control of aircraft. She also appeared on British Forces Network radio.
She married 14 June 1947, Lt James Montague "Monty" Knight, RN.
Jill Knight was elected Conservative MP for Birmingham Edgbaston in 1966, a seat she held until she stood down at the 1997 election. She was appointed MBE in 1964, and advanced to DBE in 1985, and on leaving the Commons she was created a life peer as Baroness Knight of Collingtree, of Collingtree in the County of Northamptonshire. She retired from the Lords in 2016.
Jill Knight was a member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Race Relations and Immigration, 1969–72. For more than two decades she was an active member of the Conservative Monday Club and was an outspoken opponent of the Irish Republican Army. Following the February 1972 Aldershot bombing by the IRA she called for legislation to outlaw the IRA, and attacked supporters and sympathisers on the mainland. She was on the Select Committee for the Council of Europe from 1977, the Select Committee for Home Affairs from 1980 to 1983, Lady Chairman of the Lords and Commons All-Party Child and Family Protection Group from 1978, on the Conservative Back-bench Health and Social Services Committee from 1982 and Secretary to the 1922 Committee from 1983 to 1987. Knight was President of the West Midlands Conservative Political Centre from 1980 to 1983, and Lady Chairman of the Western European Union Relations with Parliaments Committee from 1984 to 1988. She also served on the Council of Europe (1977–88), and as Chairman of the British Inter-Parliamentary Union (1994–97).
She was Vice-Chairman of the Association of Conservative Peers from 2002 to 2005.
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Bianca Carla Guinness de Capell Brooke [née della Pura Onorati], died 8 April, 2022, aged 80.
She was born 26 July, 1941 in Padova, Provincia Di Padova, Veneto, Italy, daughter of Renzo Della Pura Onorati [1904-75] and his wife Isabella Rappini Di Casteldelfino [1913-86]; and married 17 September, 1966, Hugh Welby Guinness de Capell Brooke [1937-2014], a scion of the Guinness baronets and the De Capell Brooke Bts (ext), son of Gerald Richard de Capell Guinness (1889-1975), by his wife the former Desiree Anne Edna Welby (b 17 May, 1904), scion of the Welby-Gregory baronets. Her husband assumed the surname of de Capell Brooke in lieu of that of Guinness on succeeding to the estate of his cousin, Arthur de Capell Brooke, 1st Baron Brooke of Oakley. By her husband, who died 30 July, 2014, she had issue, a son, Alexander (born 27 May, 1968), and a daughter, Carolina (born 22 August, 1970).
Mrs Guinness De Capell Brooke was descended from Caroline Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon I, Emperor of France, &c.
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Lady Oppenheimer, who died 6 April, 2022, aged 95, was the widow of Sir Michael Oppenheimer, 3rd and last Baronet [1924-2020].
She was born [Laetitia] Helen Lucas-Tooth, 30 December, 1926, the elder daughter of Sir Hugh Vere Huntly Duff Munro-Lucas-Tooth, 1st Baronet [1903-85], Conservative MP for Hendon, 1945-70, by his wife the former Laetitia Florence Findlay [d 5 July, 1978], daughter of Sir John Findlay, 1st Baronet [1866-1930], &c
She married 12 July, 1947, Sir Michael Bernard Grenville Oppenheimer, 3rd Baronet [born 27 May, 1924], who had succeeded to the baronetcy, 26 Sept, 1933, son of Sir Michael Oppenheimer, 2nd Baronet [1892-1933], and his wife the former Caroline Magdalen Harvey [1899-1971], daughter of Sir Robert Grenville Harvey, 2nd Baronet [1856-1931].
Lady Oppenheimer was widowed, 17 April, 2020. She leaves issue, three daughters, Henrietta [born 24 Dec, 1954], Matilda [born 12 Jan, 1956], and Xanthe [born 13 July, 1958].
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The engagement was announced 9 April, 2022, between Thomas Gerrard Kennedy Cox [born 31 October, 1995], son of Simon Cox [born 10 Oct, 1962], of Hyde Park, London, and his wife the former Antonia N. Feuchtwanger [born 1963], and Iryna Plastun, daughter of Dr Mariia and Dr Victor Plastun, of Crimea.
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The engagement was announced 9 April, 2022, between Captain David Bairstow, younger son of Mr and Mrs Roland Bairstow, of Cockle Bay, Auckland, New Zealand, and Anna Rebecca Watson Stewart [born 1 May, 1987], daughter of Sir [John] Simon Watson Stewart of Balgownie, 6th Baronet [born 5 July, 1955], of Chiswick, London, and his wife the former Dr Catherine Stewart Bond.
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Georgina Charlotte Campbell [born 1989, nee Rumbellow] wife of Robert Francis [Robbie] Campbell [born 1988], scion of that landed family, gave birth to a daughter, Amelia Charlotte, 4 March, 2022.
Robbie is the third son of Ian Adair Campbell and his wife the former Nicola Frances Grant-Dalton [born 15 February, 1957], scion of that landed family, of Brodsworth Hall.
Georgina Campbell is a daughter of James W. Rumbellow [born 1945], and his wife the former Sarah Milward [Sally] Sawbridge-Erle-Drax [born 1948], scion of that landed gentry family,
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Chloe Charlotte Francklin [nee Maier, born 1989], wife of Henry Alexander John Francklin [born 1988], gave birth to a son, Hugo John Mavourn, 30 March, 2022, a brother for Edward Thomas Philip, who was born 29 October, 2019.
Henry is a son of William Alexander Mavourn Francklin, of Wicken House, co Northampton, by his wife the former Celina Lucinda Palmer [born 15 May, 1961]. scion of the Palmer baronets, daughter of Sir Geoffrey Palmer, 12th Baronet [born 30 June, 1936], by his wife the former Clarissa Mary Villiers-Smith [born 1938].
Chloe Francklin is a daughter of Thomas Maier.
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Simonne Alexandra Carter [nee Waller, later Beresford, born 1989], wife of Christopher Neil Carter, gave birth to a son, Rudolph Valentine, 5 April, 2022.
Christopher is the younger son of Mr Neil Carter, of Merton, co Oxford, and his wife Priscilla.
Simonne Carter is a daughter of Peter Waller and his former wife the former Evelyne D. Hoskin.
Simonne Carter took the name Beresford in lieu of Waller on her mother's second marriage in 1993 to Valentine Tristram de la Poer Beresford [born 10 Oct, 1965], of Dorchester, Dorset, scion of the Marquesses of Waterford.
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Victoria Fetherston-Dilke [nee Silcock], wife of Edward Charles Fetherston-Dilke [born 1986], scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a son, James Edward, 28 March, 2022, a brother for Isabella Rose, who was born 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.
Sir Edward Mann, 1st Bt > Maj William Edgar Mann > Penelope Jane Mann > Rosemary Anne Keith > Edward Fetherston-Dilke > James Edward Fetherston-Dilke
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Henrietta Valentine, wife of Patrick J. Valentine, gave birth to a daughter, Martha Morven Alexandra, 4 April, 2022, a sister for William Pridmore John [Bill] Valentine, who was born 5 February, 2020.
Patrick Valentine is the eldest son of Mr Richard Valentine, of London, and Mrs Gavin MacEchern, of Gloucestershire. He married firstly, at Alnwick, 26 February, 2011 [div] the Lady Catherine [Katie] Sarah Percy [born 23 June, 1982], elder daughter of the 12th Duke of Northumberland [born 16 Nov, 1956], of Alnwick Castle.
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Sarah Benyon [nee Procter], wife of the Hon Harry C.W. Benyon, descended from the Earls of Clarendon, gave birth to a son, Archie Philip William, 7 April, 2022.
Harry is the eldest son of the life peer the Baron Benyon [born 1960], of Englefield, Berkshire, by his former wife the former Emma Helen Villiers [born 16 Oct, 1963], scion of the Earls of Clarendon.
Sarah Benyon is the younger daughter of Mr & Mrs Philip Procter, of Skelton, York.
Harry Benyon is a grandson paternally of the late Sir William Benyon [1930-2014], a descendant of the Marquesses of Salisbury. His mother, Emma, is now the Baroness Grimthorpe, of Newmarket, Suffolk, second wife of the 5th Baron Grimthorpe [born 10 Nov, 1954]. Lady Grimthorpe is a descendant of the 1st Earl of Clarendon.
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Sarah Jane [Sally] Dundas, who died in Toronto, 10 March, 2022, aged 69, was a scion of the Earls [later Marquesses] of Zetland.
She was born 15 January, 1953, elder daughter of Sir Hugh Spencer Lisle Dundas, CBE, DSO, DFC, DL, RAF[1920-1995], and his wife the Hon Enid Rosamond Lawrence [born 19 June, 1924], daughter of Geoffrey Lawrence, 3rd Baron Trevethin & 1st Baron Oaksey, DSO, PC, KC [1880-1971], the Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, &c.
She married in Oct, 1977 [divorced 1994], Terence McGlade, son of Eugene McGlade, by whom she had issue, two daughters, Victoria Rose Clare [born 1983], and Charlotte Amanda [born 1984].
Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland [1766-1839] > Hon John Charles Dundas [1808-66] > Hon John Charles Dundas [1845-92] > Frederick James Dundas [1877-1950] > Sir Hugh Dundas [1920-95] > Sally Dundas [1953-2022]
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Simon Patrick Crichton, who died 1 April, 2022, aged 65, was a scion of the Earls of Erne.
He was born 28 August, 1956, third son of Colonel Richard John Vesey Crichton [1916-2002], late the Coldstream Guards, and his wife the former Yvonne Avril Catherine Worthington [d 2017]; and married in 1983, Fiona Jane Midwood, daughter of Colin Midwood, by whom he had issue, two sons, Edward [born 1989], Charles [born 1992], and a daughter, Georgina [born 1986].
The 4th Earl of Erne > Col Hon Sir George Crichton > Col Richard Crichton > Simon Crichton [d 2022]
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Christina Teresa Stobart, who died 30 March, 2022, aged 83, was a scion of the landed gentry family of that name; born 16 November, 1938, the elder daughter of Anthony Brydges Stobart [1903-1989], of The Tyddyn, Mold, Flintshire, by his wife Grafin Julia Helene Anna Maria Marzani [1911-1983], elder daughter of Graf Julius Albert Bernard Marzani, of Daiano, Villa Lagarina, Italy.
She was sister of Henry Albert [Harry] Stobart [born 25 June, 1940], and Christopher Gervas Stobart [b 29 Aug, 1941], and Janet [born 30 Oct, 1944].
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Nicholas John Johnston, died 11 March, 2022.
He was born in 1929, son of Capt Archibald Edward Johnston, CBE, RN [1885-1967], and his wife the former Isabel Pamela Shand [1895-1987]; he married 1958, Susanna Maria Chancellor [1935-2022], scion of that landed gentry family, who predeceased her husband by one week, daughter of Sir Christopher John Chancellor, CMG [1904-89], head of that family, and his wife the former Sylvia Mary Paget [1901-96], scion of the Paget baronets, and married 1958, Nicholas John Johnston [born 1929], scion of an Irish landed family, son of Capt Archibald Edward Johnston, CBE, RN [1885-1967], and his wife the former Isabel Pamela Shand [1895-1987], by whom she had four daughters, Clara [b 1960], married to a Weatherall whose sister married the late Earl of Strathmore; Lily [b 1962]; Rose [b 1963], and Silvy [b 1968], married to a Weatherall [brother of her sister's husband].
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The engagement was announced 6 April, 2022, between Dr William Edward Hotham [born 1995], son of Adrian Hotham, of Thorpe Audlin, West Yorkshire, and his wife the former Susan Cheesbrough, & Kate Annabel Pumphrey [born 6 September, 1995], scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Andrew Charles Pumphrey [born 18 September, 1965], of Hanmer, north Wales, and his wife the former Juliet Evelyn Blackett [born 11 November, 1965], scion of the Blackett baronets.
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Charlotte Louise Bryan [nee de Bathe], who died 9 March, 2022, aged 87, was a scion of the De Bathe baronets.
She was born 24 September, 1934, the daughter of Sir Christopher Albert de Bathe, 6th and last Baronet, pilot officer, RAF [Born 1905- killed in action, 3 June, 1941], by his wife the former Edna Winifred Terrell [1904-1988], daughter of Arthur Terrell, of Melbourne, Australia; and married 1967, [Arthur] Cyril Bryan.
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The Hon Mrs Edward Boscawen [née Warner], died 7 March, 2022. She was 95, and a scion of the Warner baronets.
Anne Philippa Warner was born 27 February, 1927, daughter of Colonel Sir Edward Courtenay Thomas Warner, 2nd Baronet [1886-1953], and his wife wife the Hon Nesta Douglas-Pennant [1888-1970], daughter of the 2nd Baron Penrhyn [1836-1907]. She married 14 July, 1951, the Hon [Henry] Edward Boscawen [1921-2015], third son of the 8th Viscount Falmouth [1887-1962], and his wife the former Mary Margaret Desiree Meynell [1894-1985], scion of the Viscounts Halifax; by whom she had issue, a son, Thomas [born 10 Feb, 1964], and two daughters, Sarah [born 13 March, 1958], and Jessica [born 14 June, 1960].
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Andrew Gerard Noel d'Abo, who died 8 March, 2022, aged 74, was a scion of that landed gentry family, of West Wratting Park.
He was born 5 January, 1948, third son of Major Edward Nassau Nicolai d'Abo [1914-2003], and his wife the former Dorothy Primrose Harbord [1919-2011], scion of the Barons Suffield; and married in 1980, Caroline Lydia Susan Burnham, daughter of Edward Burnham, of Haywards Heath, Sussex, by whom he had a son, Robert Edward Louis [Bertie] [b & d 1980], and two daughters, Polly [b 1983], and Phoebe [b 1989].
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Sir Charles Jessel, 3rd Baronet, farmer and nutrition consultant, died 1 April, 2022. He was 97.
Charles John Jessel was born 29 December, 1924, son of Sir George Jessel, 2nd Baronet [1891-1977], and his wife the former Muriel Gladys Chaplin [1884-1948], and he succeeded to the baronetcy [cr 1883], upon his father's death, 18 August, 1977.
Sir Charles, of Hastingleigh, Kent, married firstly, 9 June, 1956, Shirley Cornelia Waters [who died 23 Oct, 1977], daughter of John Waters, of Northampton; married 2ndly, in 1979 [div 1983], Gwendolyn Mary Devereux, daughter of Laurance Devereux, OBE, and widow of Charles Langer.
He served as a Lieutenant in the 15th/19th Hussars throughout the Second World War; Chairman of the Ashford Branch, of the National Farmers' Union 1963-64; Member of the Exec Committee of the Kent Branch of the NFU, 1960-73; President, Kent Branch of Men of the Trees 1979-85; Life Vice-President of the British Society of Dowsers, 1994 [Pres 1987-93]; Member, British Institute for Allergy and Environmental Therapy; a founding Director of the British Assoc of Nutritional Therapists, &c; JP for Kent 1960-78.
Sir Charles leaves two sons, George and Alastair, and a daughter, [Cornelia] Sarah from his first marriage. His elder son, George Elphinstone Jessel [who was born 15 Dec, 1957], now succeeds to the baronetcy.
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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, Rose Amelia, 21 March, 2022, a sister for Wilfred and Eliza.
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 Barons 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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The engagement was announced 2 April, 2022, between Charles Metcalfe [born 1991], eldest son of Toby Prideaux Metcalfe [born Oct 1956], of Newmains Farm, North Berwick, and his wife the former Noreen Margaret Lambert, and Sara Rose Dudgeon [born 1991], daughter of Charles Leighton Dudgeon, of Fala Mains, Blackshiels, and his wife the former Rose Joanna Dalrymple [born 6 May, 1962], scion of the Earls of Stair.
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The engagement was announced 2 April, 2022, between Shaun Harish Chande [born 1986], son of Harish Amratlal Chande [b 1948], and Tejal Sutaria, & Matilda A. [Tilly[ Cooper [born 18 July, 1988], daughter of Richard Devereux Burcombe Cooper [b 1943], and his wife the former Janet Lyle [born 27 September, 1944], scion of the Lyle baronets.
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Simon Albemarle John Cator, who died at Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Belgium, 14 March, 2022, aged 84, was a scion of that landed gentry family, of Woodbastwick Hall, Norfolk.
He was born 10 July, 1937, son of Lieutenant-Commander Peter Harry Cator, VRD, RNR [1908-79], and his wife the former Kythe Susan Blofeld [1909-94], scion of that landed gentry family; married Christiane van Ussel, by whom he had issue, a son, Nicholas.
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The engagement was announced 1 April, 2022, between Sidney John Hiscox [born 24 January, 1993], youngest son of Robert Ralph Scrymgeour Hiscox, of Rainscombe Park, Marlborough, Wiltshire, and his wife the former Lady Julia Elizabeth Meade [born 31 December, 1953], scion of the Earls of Clanwilliam, & Claudia Suzanne T. Lloyd [born 1992], eldest daughter of John Hardress Wilfred Lloyd, CBE [born 30 September, 1951], of West Hendred, Oxfordshire, head of that Irish landed family, and his wife the former Sarah L. Wallace.
Sidney Hiscox is a grandson maternally of the late 6th Earl of Clanwilliam [1914-1989]
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Laura Douglass [née Sebag-Montefiore], wife of Harry Archibald Braithwaite Douglass, and a member of the Sebag-Montefiore landed gentry family, gave birth to a son, Wilbur Robin, in 2022, a brother for Rupert Ivan Archibald, who was born 18 August, 2020.
Harry is a son of Robin Braithwaite Douglass (b Sept 1939) of Matfen, Northumberland.
Laura is a daughter of Charles Adam Laurie Sebag-Montefiore [born 1949], by his wife the former Pamela Mary Diana Tennant [born 1953], kinswoman of the Barons Glenconner, descended from the Tennant baronets.
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Antonia Charlotte Sebag-Montefiore (nee Ede, born 1989), wife of Archibald Edward Charles Sebag-Montefiore (born 27 May, 1987), scion of that lande gentry family, gave birth to a daughter, Agatha Ruth, in 2022, a sister for Nathaniel Charles, born in 2020.
Archibald is the son of Charles Adam Laurie Sebag-Montefiore (born 25 October, 1949), of Putney, and his wife the former Pamela Mary Diana Tennant (born 5 June, 1953), scion of the Barons Glenconner.
Antonia is a daughter of James Edward Ede (born 1949), of Wiltshire, and Mrs Sarah Ann Ede (nee Wilson), of Hampshire.
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Bianca McCorquodale (nee Moore), wife of George Edmund McCorquodale (born 17 November, 1984), scion of that landed family, and descended from the Earls Spencer, gave birth to a son, Joseph, 30 March, 2022, a brother for Sybil (born 12 May, 2017) and for Molly (born 31 January, 2020).
Bianca is a daughter of of Mr & Mrs Gavin Moore, of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She married 6 Aug, 2016, George McCorquodale, son of Neil Edmund McCorquodale (born 1951), of Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire, by his wife the former Lady (Elizabeth) Sarah Lavinia Spencer (born 19 March, 1955), scion of the Earls Spencer (Peerage of GB, cr 1765).
George McCorquodale is a first cousin of TRH The Prince of Wales and Duke of Sussex, &c, and is a grandson of the late 8th Earl Spencer.
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Lord Hazlerigg, the 3rd Baron, died 29 March, 2022. He was 70.
Arthur Grey Hazlerigg was born 5 May, 1951, son of the 2nd Baron Hazlerigg [1910-2002], and his wife the former Patricia Ethel Pullar [1915-72], and succeeded to the peerage on his father's death, 30 September, 2002. The title was created in 1945 for his grandfather, Sir Arthur Hazlerigg, 13th Baronet [cr 1622].
The family are descended from Sir Arthur Hesilrige/Haselrig, one of the Five Members, who sat in the Long and Short Parliaments for Leicestershire, commanded a Parliamentary regiment of cuirassiers, and in 1647 became Governor of Newcastle. In 1660 he half acquiesced in the Restoration of King Charles II, but died a prisoner in the Tower of London, 7 January, 1661. The 11th Baronet, in 1818, adopted the present spelling of the family surname.
He married firstly, 1986 [div 1998], Laura Dugdale [born 20 Sept, 1953], scion of the Dugdale baronets, daughter of Sir William Stratford Dugdale, 2nd Baronet [1922-2014], and his wife Lady Belinda Pleydell-Bouverie [1925-61], scion of the Earls of Radnor; married 2ndly, 1 September, 1999, Mrs Shan Chichester, former wife of Dermot Michael Claud Chichester [born 22 Nov, 1953], scion of the Marquesses of Donegall, and daughter of Alastair Ros McIndoe [1926-85] and his wife the former Eileen Campbell [d 2016].
Lord Hazlerigg is succeeded by the son of his first marriage, the Hon Arthur William Grey Hazlerigg [who was born 13 May, 1987].
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Dorothy Vernon Boyle, who has died 92, was a scion of the Egerton-Warburton family, descended from the Egerton baronets.
Dorothy Vernon Egerton-Warburton was born 3 November, 1929, the elder daughter of George Grey Egerton-Warburton [1899-1975], and his wife the former Ethel Vernon Drake-Brockman [who died 1995]; and married 9 September, 1954, Major John Gordon Boyle, 7th Gurkha Rifles, by whom she had two daughters, Angela [born 5 Nov, 1955], and Erica [born 4 Mar 1960].
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Capt Sir David Stewart, 7th Baronet, died 20 March, 2022. He was 86.
He was born 19 June, 1935, son of Sir Hugh Charles Godfray Stewart, 6th Baronet (1897-1994) and his 1st wife the former Rosemary Elinor Dorothy Peacocke (1902-86); and married 7 Nov, 1959, Bridget Anne Wood Sim, daughter of Patrick Wood Sim, by whom he had three daughters.
He succeeded to the baronetcy, 31 July, 1994, on the death of his father. The baronetcy was created in 1803 for his ancestor John Stewart, MP for County Tyrone 1802-06.
He is succeeded in the baronetcy by his half-brother, Hugh Nicholas Stewart, who was born 20 Apr, 1955.
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. Emma Jane Renshaw (nee Wentworth-Stanley, born 1981), wife of Rory Andrew Renshaw (born 1980), gave birth to a son, Miles Rory, 24 March, 2022, a brother for George Andrew, b 29 June, 2016, and Nicholas Michael [Nico], who was b 24 August, 2018.
Rory Renshaw, a scion of the Renshaw baronets, is a son of Wing-Commander Andrew Renshaw, by his wife the former Cherry Rose Russell, descended from the Chichester baronets.
Emma Renshaw, scion of the Wentworth-Stanley landed gentry family, is a daughter of David Wentworth-Stanley by his wife the former Jane Hall.
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The Hon Barbara Ormrod [nee FitzRoy], who died 24 March, 2022, aged 93, was a scion of the Viscounts Daventry, and a direct descendant of the Merrie Monarch King Charles II.
She was born 10 December, 1928, fourth daughter of the 2nd Viscount Daventry [1893-1986], and his wife the former Grace Zoë Guinness [1893-1978], scion of the eponymous brewing dynasty.
She married 18 April, 1952, Colonel Peter Charles Ormrod, MC [1922-2007], son of Maj James Ormrod [1883-1945] and his wife the former Winifred Selina Bulkeley [1886-1973], scion of the Bulkeley landed gentry family, by whom she had two daughters, Emma and Alice.
She was widowed 2 September, 2007.
King Charles II > 1st Duke of Grafton > 2nd Duke of Grafton > Lord Augustus FitzRoy > Charles, 1st Baron Southampton > George, 2nd Baron Southampton > Charles, 3rd Baron Southampton > Edward Algernon FitzRoy, MP > Robert FitzRoy, 2nd Viscount Daventry > Barbara FitzRoy [1928-2022]
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The 4th Baron Gainford died 12 March, 2022. He was 95.
George Pease was born 20 April, 1926, a younger son of the 2nd Baron Gainford (1889-1971) and his wife the former Veronica Margaret Noble (1900-95), scion of the Noble baronets.
He succeeded to the title, 4 April, 2013, on the death of his elder brother.
He married 18 January, 1958, Flora Daphne Dyce-Sharp (1924-2010), daughter of Neville Alexander Dyce-Sharp (1884-1942)and his wife the former Flora Macdonald (1897-1983), scion of that landed family and kinswoman of her namesake who aided in the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie after the rebellion of 1745.
He leaves a son and two daughters. The peerage (UK, cr 1917) is now inherited by his only son, the Hon Christopher Adrian Pease, who was born 1 Feb, 1960.
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Commander the 7th Earl of Effingham died 26 February, 2022, aged 82.
David Mowbray Algernon Howard was born 29 April, 1939, son of the Hon John Algernon Frederick Howard (1907-70) and his wife the former Suzanne Patricia Macassey (1918-89), and was descended in the direct male line from the 2nd Duke of Norfolk.
He succeeded his uncle, 22 Feb 1996, as 7th Earl of Effingham (cr 1837) and as 17th Baron Howard of Effingham (cr 1553/54).
He was twice married, firstly, 10 Oct, 1964 (div 1975) to Anne Mary Sayer (1938-2016), daughter of Harrison Sayer (1912-1980), and the former Hilda Mary Reynolds (1913-89), by whom he had issue, one son and heir; married 2ndly, 27 Dec, 1992, Elizabeth Jane Eccleston.
The Earldom and barony now pass to his only son, Edward Mowbray Nicholas Howard, who was born 11 May, 1971.
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._Rachel Colquhoun [nee Norris], wife of Fergus Alexander Mears Colquhoun (born 1991), scion of the Colquhoun baronets, of Luss, gave birth to a daughter, Freya Mary Heather Ann, 23 March, 2022, a sister for Torquhil James Alexander, born 23 May, 2020.
Rachel is a daughter of of Professor James & the Rev. Julie Norris, of Barrington, Cambridgeshire, and Fergus is a son of Sir Malcolm Colquhoun of Luss, 9th Baronet (b 20 Dec, 1947), by his 2nd wife, the former Katharine Mears.
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The Baroness Howe of Idlicote, CBE, life peer, Chairman of the Broadcasting Standards Commission 1997-99 [Chairman Broadcasting Standards Council 1993-97], died 22 March, 2022. She was 90.
She was born Elspeth Rosamund Morton Shand, 8 February, 1932, daughter of Philip Morton Shand [1888-1960], and his fourth wife the former Sybil Mary Sissons [1895-1970], and was a [half] aunt of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, KG, GCVO.
Elspeth Shand married 1953, [Richard Edward] Geoffrey Howe, QC, PC [1926-2015], later the Baron Howe of Aberavon, the Conservative Government minister, sometime Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary, &c., by whom she had issue, one son and two daughters.
All her life she was a committee woman, most notably chairing the Broadcasting Standards Commission from 1997 until 1999 and the Broadcasting Standards Council for four years before that. Her career was garlanded with honours, and in 2001 she was appointed to the House of Lords as Baroness Howe of Idlicote, of Shipston-on-Stour in the County of Warwickshire, in the first list of “people’s peers”. She and her husband – who had become Lord Howe of Aberavon in 1992 – were among the few couples to sit in the Lords each in their own right.
Lady Howe served as deputy chairman of the Equal Opportunities Commission from 1975 to 1979, and in various other capacities from 1980. She was later made chair of the Broadcasting Standards Commission. In the 1999 New Year Honours she was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). Lady Howe was a Justice of the Peace in Inner London from 1964 until her retirement from the Bench in 2002. She sat in the Youth Court at Camberwell where she was a bench chairman.
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Hilary Florence Burn-Callander [nee Brunt], died 19 March, 2022. She was 94.
She was born in 1927, daughter of Bernard Francis Brunt [1888-1949], of Hampstead, London, and his wife the former Florence Alexandra Butcher [1902-79]; and married in 1959, as his second wife, Roderick William Burn-Callander [1920-2001], scion of that landed gentry family, son of Alfred Burn-Callander [1880-1966], and his wife the former Edith Eleanor Burn [1900-73].
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Dorinda, Baroness Dunleath, who died 19 March, 2022, aged 92, was the widow of the 4th Baron Dunleath [1933-93].
She was born in 1930 as Dorinda Margery Percival, daughter of Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival, CB, CMG, DSO, MC [1888-1966], of Ware, Hertfordshire, and his wife the former Margaret Elizabeth MacGregor Greer [1897-1953], scion of that Irish landed family; and married 5 December, 1959, Charles Edward Henry John Mulholland, 4th Baron Dunleath [born 23 June, 1933], son and heir of the 3rd Baron Dunleath [1886-1956], and his wife the former Henrietta Grace D'Arcy [1892-1969]. Her husband had succeeded his father, 20 July 1956, as 4th Baron Dunleath [Peerage of the UK, cr 1892], and he died without issue, 9 January, 1993.
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The engagement has been announced between Sean Conlon (born circa 1970), the Irish American businessman, entrepreneur & TV personality, son of the late John Conlon & Margo Conlon, of Rathangan, County Mayo, & Imogen Elizabeth Somers Hervey-Bathurst (born 30 July, 1986), scion of the baronets of that name, eldest daughter of James Felton Hervey-Bathurst, CBE (born 8 December, 1949), Vice-Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire, of Eastnor Castle, and his 1st wife the Hon Sarah Rachel Peake (born 27 November, 1958), daughter of the 2nd Viscount Ingleby (1926-2008).
James Hervey-Bathurst’s second wife is the former Lucy Manners, sometime Lady-in-Waiting to Sarah, Duchess of York, and scion of the Dukes of Rutland.
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Brian Eardley-Wilmot, who died at his home in New Zealand, 6 March, 2022, aged 82, was a scion of the Eardley-Wilmot baronets.
He was born 24 Oct 1939, son of Stuart Jeffrey Eardley-Wilmot [1907-86], and his wife the former Isobel Mary Fleming [died 1994]; and married firstly, 1960 [div 1972], Margaret Robyn Doust, and married 2ndly, 1980, Maureen Jean Huddlestone.
He leaves issue from his first marriage.
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Dr Liz Shore, CB (Baroness Shore of Stepney), died 20 February, 2022.
She was the widow of Peter Shore, the Labour Cabinet minister, later life peer.
She was born Elizabeth Catherine Wrong, 19 Aug, 1927, daughter of the Canadian-born historian (Edward) Murray Wrong (1889-1928), and his wife Rosalind Grace Smith (1892-1984); and married 1948, Peter David Shore, Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Stepney 1964-74, and Stepney & Poplar 1974-83, who was created a life peer as Baron Shore of Stepney, on leaving the House of Commons. She was widowed, 24 September, 2001. She leaves four children.
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The Countess of Buchan, who died 10 March, 2022, was wife of the 17th Earl of Buchan.
The former Hilary Diana Power, was born in 1930, the only daughter of Sir Ivan Power, 2nd Baronet (1904-54), and his wife the former Nancy Hilary Griffiths (1906-94); and married 21 February, 1957, the 17th Earl of Buchan, possessor of one of Scotland’s senior earldoms (created in 1469), son of the 16th Earl (1899-1984) and his wife the former Christina Baxendale Woolner (1906-94), by whom she has two sons and two daughters.
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The 9th Viscount Falmouth, who died 7 March, 2022, aged 102, was the oldest living peer at his decease, and a former Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall.
Viscount Falmouth was a substantial landowner in Cornwall. The family estate at Tregothnan House, is situated near Truro, and has been in the Boscawen family for centuries.
George Hugh Boscawen was born 31 October, 1919, son of the 8th Viscount Falmouth (1887-1962), and his wife the former Mary Margaret Desiree Meynell (1894-1985), scion of that landed family, descended from the Viscounts (now Earls) of Halifax.
George Boscawen, a Captain in the Coldstream Guards, 1939-45, succeeded to the viscountcy (created Peerage of Gt Britain, 1720) on his father’s death, 18 February, 1962.
The title Viscount Falmouth was created for his ancestor who served as Groom of the Bedchamber to Prince George of Denmark, husband of Queen Anne. The 1st Viscount was also Warden of the Stannaries and Comptroller of the Household to King George I, 1714-20.
The 9th Viscount was Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall, 1977-94.
Lord Falmouth married 9 May, 1953, (Beryl) Elizabeth Price Browne (1925-2007), daughter of Arthur Harold Browne (1896-1977), by whom he had issue, four sons. The eldest son, the Hon Evelyn Arthur Hugh Boscawen (born 13 May 1955) succeeds as 10th Viscount.
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Sir Richard Hyde Parker, 12th Baronet [cr 1681], DL, of Melford Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk, died 14 March, 2022. He was 84.
Sir Richard was High Sheriff and DL, Suffolk, 1995.
Richard William Hyde Parker was born 5 April, 1937, son of Sir William Stephen Hyde Parker, 11th Baronet [1892-1951], and his wife the former Ulla Ditlef Nielson [1908-1998], and succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's death, 29 July, 1951.
He married 10 November, 1972, Elizabeth Jean Leslie [born 21 Apr, 1952], daughter of Sir Henry John Lindores Leslie, 9th Baronet [1920-67], and his wife the former Colette Kathleen Cregan [1917-2013], by whom he had one son, William [born 10 June, 1983], and three daughters, Beata [born 1973], Margaret [twin with sister Beata] [born 1973], and Lucy [born 1975].
He is succeeded in the baronetcy by his only son.
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The engagement has been announced between the Hon John Michael Oliver Eden (born 30 June, 1988), eldest son and heir of the 8th Baron Henley (born 22 Nov, 1953), and his wife the former Caroline Patricia Sharp (born 1958), and Helen Shepheard-Walwyn (born 1990), daughter of Simon Shepheard-Walwyn (born 1958), and his wife the former Christine Walker.
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Sir (Coles John) Jeremy Child, 3rd Baronet, the actor, died 7 March, 2022. He was 77.
He was born 20 September, 1944, the only son of Sir Coles John Child, 2nd Baronet (1906-71), and his wife the former Sheila Mathewson (died 1964), and was educated at Eton.
He succeeded to the baronetcy on his father’s death, in 1971, but did not use the title. Jeremy Child was thrice wed; firstly in 1971 (div 1976) to the actress Deborah Grant; then in 1978 (div 1986) to the dancer Jan Todd; and thirdly in 1987 to Elizabeth Morgan (who predeceased him in 2019).
The baronetcy now passes to his son from his second marriage, Coles John Alexander Child, who was born 10 May, 1982
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Charles Rupert De Bunsen, who died 11 March, 2022, aged 52, was a grandson maternally of the 6th Baron Carrington, KG.
He was born in 1970, son of Peter Noel De Bunsen [born 1935], descended from the Buxton baronets, and his wife the former Hon Alexandra Carington [born 11 Apr, 1943], daughter of the 6th Baron Carrington, KG, GCMG, CH, MC, PC, DL [1919-2018].
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. Amy Louise E. Brooksbank [nee Rodgers, born 1988], wife of Thomas George [Tom] Brooksbank (born 1988), scion of the Brooksbank baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Darcey Violet Ewing, 22 February, 2022, a sister for Wilfred Stamp Ewing Brooksbank, born, 7 July, 2020.
Thomas Brooksbank is the younger brother of Mr Jack Brooksbank, husband of HRH Princess Eugenie of York, and was best man at the Royal wedding in October, 2018. He is the son of George Edward Hugh Brooksbank (born 8 February, 1949), of Battersea, London, by his wife the former Nicola Newton [born 1953], a descendant paternally of the Meyrick baronets, and maternally of the Houssemayne du Boulay landed gentry family.
Amy Brooksbank is a daughter of Timothy A.E. Rodgers, of Taunton, Somerset, by his wife the former Susan Shave.
The Brooksbanks are of Yorkshire landed gentry stock who received a baronetcy in 1919. Tom and his brother Jack are descended from a younger son of the 1st baronet, Sir Edward Brooksbank, who was chairman of Barkston Ash Conservative Association for over 40 years.
Sir Nicholas Brooksbank, the 3rd Baronet, of Ryton Grange, near Malton, is married to the Hon Emma Wood, whose grandfather, the 1st Earl of Halifax, KG, was foreign secretary and a Viceroy of India.
Sir Nicholas's son, Charles Brooksbank, gave one of the readings at the wedding of cousin Jack and Princess Eugenie.
Ann, Lady Ricketts, who died 8 March, 2022, aged 74, was the widow of Sir Tristram Ricketts, 8th Baronet [1946-2007].
She was born in 1947, as Ann Lewis, daughter of Eric William Charles Lewis, CB [1914-81], and his wife the former Jessie Davies [1915-2018]; and married 2 August, 1969, Robert Tristram Ricketts [born 17 Apr, 1946], son of Sir Robert Cornwallis Gerald St Leger Ricketts, 7th Baronet [1917-2005], and his wife the former Anne Theresa Cripps [1919-98], scion of the Barons Parmoor. Her husband succeeded his father, 6 Oct, 2005, as the 8th baronet [cr 1828], and died circa 10 November, 2007.
She leaves a son, Sir Stephen Ricketts, 9th Bt [born 1974], and a daughter, Clare [born 21 Jan, 1977].
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Lucinda Eleanor Christine Warren (nee Beaumont, born 1991), wife of Michael Warren, and scion of the Viscounts Allendale, gave birth to a daughter, Agatha Jane Violet, in Paris, 8 March, 2022.
Lucinda is a daughter of Andrew John Blackett Beaumont (born 27 March, 1956), and his late wife Jane Margaret Weedon (1964-2020).
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Mark Richard Sykes, who has died aged 84, was a scion of the Sykes baronets of Sledmere, and descended from the Dukes of Bedford.
He was born 9 June, 1937, son of the writer Christopher Sykes (1907-86) and his wife the former Camilla Georgiana Russell (1912-83), scion of the Dukes of Bedford; and was educated at Downside and at Christ Church, Oxford.
He married 1stly 21 February, 1962 (div 1965), Helen Homweood, daughter of Dr Arthur Norman Homewood; married 2ndly 1968, Valerie Goad; and 3rdly, Alexandra Sotomayor.
Mark Sykes leaves six children, three sons, Thomas, Frederick and Joshua, and three daughters, Lucy, Victoria, and Alice.
Mark Sykes was a grandson of Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet.
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Susanna Maria Johnston [nee Chancellor], who died 3 March, 2022, aged 86, was a scion of the Chancellor landed gentry family.
She was born 28 Oct, 1935, daughter of Sir Christopher John Chancellor, CMG [1904-89], head of that family, and his wife the former Sylvia Mary Paget [1901-96], scion of the Paget baronets, and married 1958, Nicholas John Johnston [born 1929], scion of an Irish landed family, son of Capt Archibald Edward Johnston, CBE, RN [1885-1967], and his wife the former Isabel Pamela Shand [1895-1987], by whom she had four daughters, Clara [b 1960], married to a Weatherall whose sister married the late Earl of Strathmore; Lily [b 1962]; Rose [b 1963], and Silvy [b 1968], married to a Weatherall [brother of her sister's husband].
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Olwen Valerie Golding (nee Bridgeman), who died 7 March, 2022, aged 94, was a scion of the Earls of Bradford.
She was born 7 February, 1928, daughter of Reginald Francis Orlando Bridgeman (1884-1968), and his wife the former Olwen Elizabeth Jones (died 1985); and married 29 August, 1962, Dr Anthony Mark Barrington Golding (1928-2009), by whom she had sone son, Richard (born 30 June, 1965), and three daughters, Rosemary (b 20 July, 1963), Catherine (b 22 Jan, 1967), and Charlotte (b 28 March, 1970).
The 3rd Earl of Bradford > Hon Francis Charles Bridgeman > Reginald Francis Orlando Bridgeman > Olwen Valerie Bridgeman
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The Hon Camilla Frances Iona Cotton (born 1985, nee Bridges), wife of Edward D. Cotton, gave birth to a daughter, Ottilie Eleanor Sophia, 6 March, 2022.
Edward Cotton is the elder son of Mr Neil Cotton, of Fernhurst, west Sussex, and Mrs Christine Cotton, of Poole, Dorset.
The Hon Camilla Cotton is the middle daughter of the 3rd Baron Bridges (born 25 Jul 1954), of Berwick St John, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Angela Margaret Collinson.
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Sir Charles Gray, who died 3 March, 2022, aged 79, was a former Judge of the High Court, Queen's Bench Division.
Charles Antony St John Gray was born 6 July, 1942, son of Charles Herbert Gray and his wife Catherine Margaret Gray; he married 1stly, 1968 [divorced 1990] Rosalind Macleod Whinney, by whom he had one son and one daughter; married 2ndly, 1995, Susan, Lady Astor [nee Eveleigh, died 1997], former wife of Major the Hon Sir John Jacob Astor [1918-2000], scion of the Viscounts Astor, and daughter of Major Michael Eveleigh, of Lyddington, co Leicester. He married 3rdly, 2001, Cynthia Elizabeth Selby.
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The engagement was announced 8 March, 2022, between Dr Robin Birt, son of Sir Michael Cameron St John Birt, QC [born 25 August, 1948], 88th Bailiff of Jersey, by his wife the former Joan Frances Miller, and Aoibhinn Foley, daughter of Dr and Mrs Tom Foley, of Leighlinbridge, Ireland.
Donald Cameron of Lochiel, 22nd Chief of the Clan Cameron [1769-1832] > Rev Alexander Cameron > Ralph Abercromy Cameron [1839-1927] > Ralph Abercromby Cameron [1877-1952] > Mairi Araminta Cameron [b 1917 -] > Sir Michael Birt [b 1948] > Dr Robin Birt
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The Lord Remnant, CVO, 3rd Baron, died 4 March, 2022. He was 91.
James Wogan Remnant was born 23 October, 1930, son of the 2nd Baron Remnant [1895-1967], and his wife the former Norah Susan Wogan-Browne [died 1990]; and succeeded to the peerage [created in 1928], and the family baronetcy [created in 1917], on his father's death, 4 June, 1967.
Lord Remnant, who lived near Reading, in Berkshire, was appointed CVO in 1979.
He married 24 June, 1953, Serena Jane Loehnis [born 23 May, 1932], daughter of Commander Sir Clive Loehnis, KCMG, RN [1902-92], sometime Director of GCHQ, and his wife the former Rosemary Beryl Ryder [1909-2006], scion of the Earls of Harrowby, by whom he had issue, three sons, Philip, Robert and Hugo, and a daughter, Melissa. The eldest son, the Hon Philip John Remnant [born 20 Dec, 1954], now succeeds to the peerage and baronetcy.
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Anthony Merrik Burrell, who died 2 March, 2022, aged 53, was a scion of the Burrell baronets. He had been suffering from pancreatic cancer. Mr Burrell was a son-in-law of the late 12th Duke of Argyll.
He was born 10 January, 1969, son of Mark William Burrell [born 9 Apr, 1937], and his wife the former Margot Rosemary Pearce, and was a grandson of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Walter Raymond Burrell, p8th Baronet [1903-85], and his wife the former Hon Anne Judith Denman [1907-87], daughgter of the 3rd Baron Denman [1874-1954].
He married 18 Apr, 1998, at St Giles, Edinburgh, the Lady Louise Iona Campbell [born 26 Oct, 1972], the only daughter of the 12th Duke of Argyll [1937-2001], of Inveraray Castle, by his wife the former Iona Mary Colquhoun [born 22 June, 1945], daughter of Sir Ivar Colquhoun of Luss, 8th Baronet [1916-2008], and his wife the former Kathleen Nimmo Duncan [died 17 Apr, 2007].
Anthony Burrell is survived by Lady Louise, and by a son, Albert Westray [Bertie] [born 4 Feb, 2009], and a daughter, Teale Iona [born 11 Feb, 2005].
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The engagement was announced 8 March, 2022, between, the Hon Sam Richard Pepys [born 26 April, 1986], second son of the late 8th Earl of Cottenham [1948-2000], and his wife the former Sarah Lombard-Hobson [who married 2ndly, 27 June, 2007, Mr Richard Ford], & Miss Giorgia Delsante, daughter of Luca Delsante, and Adele Oppici, of Parma, Italy.
The Hon Sam Pepys is a younger brother of the 9th Earl of Cottenham [born 11 Oct, 1983], who is married to Christina. Lord and Lady Cottenham have a son, Charlie, Viscount Crowhurst [born in Shanghai, 20 Aug, 2020].
The Earldom of Cottenham was created in 1850, for Charles Pepys [1781-1851], a distinguished parliamentarian and lawyer, who was Lord High Chancellor 1836-41, and 1846-50. The famous 17th century diarist Samuel Pepys was a distant cousin.
Sam's grandfather, the 7th Earl [1907-68], married in 1933, the former Lady Angela Nevill [died 1980], daughter of the 4th Marquess of Abergavenny [1883-1954].
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The engagement was announced 8 March, 2022, between Piers Crosby P. Riley-Smith [born 1992], son of Tristram P.B. Riley-Smith [born 1954], of Fenn Ditton, Cambridgeshire, and his wife the former Louisa M.M.E. Mair [born 1957], and Antonia Sarah E. Lock [born 1990], daughter of Professor Andrew Lock, and Mrs Sally Cooper, of Bowness, Cumbria.
Piers Riley-Smith is descended from the Yorkshire brewing family [John Smiths of Tadcaster, and Samuel Smith Old Brewery, also of Tadcaster]. His grandfather, William Henry Douglas Riley-Smith (1914-1981), of Brewhurst, Loxwood, Billingshurst, West Sussex, married Elspeth Agnes Mary Craik-Henderson (1920-1990), daughter of Sir John Craft Henderson, and Ivie Hestor Mary Hertslet, daughter of Harry Lester Hertslet, MVO, of the Lord Chamberlain's Office.
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[Jocelyn] Octavia Grimston [nee Wayne, born 1987], wife of Alexander Rupert Ponsonby Grimston [born 1989], scion of the Barons Grimston of Westbury, gave birth to a son, Willoughby Rupert Blyth, 24 February, 2022, a brother for Theodore Alexander Frederick, who was born 16 October, 2019.
Alexander is the 2nd son of Major the Hon [Gerald] Charles Walter Grimston [born 1953], late the Scots Guards, by his wife the former Katherine Evelyn Kettle.Florence Rose Woodbine Naylor-Leyland [nee Houston] [born 25 June, 1989], wife of George Antony [Geordie] Naylor-Leyland [born 1989], scion of the baronets of that name, gave birth to a son, Stanley Wilfrid, 17 February, 2022.
Geordie Naylor-Leyland is a son of Sir Philip Naylor-Leyland, 4th Baronet [born 1953] and Lady Isabella Naylor-Leyland [nee Lambton, scion of the Earls of Durham].
Florence is a daughter of Charles Robson Hamilton Houston [born 16 Oct 1959], by his wife the former Emma Woodbine Parish [born 1957], of that landed gentry family.
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John Arthington Worsley, who died 2 March, 2022, aged 93, was a scion of the Worsley baronets, and a brother of HRH The Duchess of Kent.
He was born 15 July, 1928, the third son of Colonel Sir William Arthington Worsley, 4th Baronet [1890-1973], and his wife the former Joyce Morgan Brunner [1895-1979], scion of the Brunner baronets.
His two elder brothers were Sir Marcus Worsley, 5th Baronet [1925-2012], and Oliver Worsley [1927-2010]. His only sister, Katharine [born 22 Feb, 1933], married in 1961, HRH The Duke of Kent, KG [born 9 Oct, 1935].
He married 16 January, 1954, the Hon Carolyn Mary Wynyard Hardinge [1932-2007], daughter of the 4th Viscount Hardinge [1905-79], and his wife the former Margaret Elizabeth Arnott Fleming [died 1993], by whom he had issue, three sons Harry, Jonathan and Dickon, and two daughters, Willa and Katharine.
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Sheila Margaret Dickson [née Stroyan] died 24 February, 2022, aged 102.
She was the former Sheila Margaret Stroyan, born in 1919, scion of that Scottish landed gentry family, daughter of John Robert Anderson Stroyan [1890-1981], and his wife the former Margaret Ropner [1894-1927], scion of the Ropner baronets; married 4 March, 1943, David Rutherford Dickson [1917-1993], scion of that landed gentry family, son of William Collins Dickson [1876-1945], by whom he she had a son and three daughters.
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Anne Elise Proctor Beauchamp [nee Hewitt] died 3 March, 2022, aged 78.
She was a daughter of the Rev Thomas Hewitt [died 1965], of Worthing, Sussex, by his wife the former Daffodil Ann Thorne [1921-2007]; and married 30 Oct, 1965, the Rev Anthony Hazlerigg Proctor Beauchamp [born 25 February, 1940], scion of the baronets of that name, son of Sir Ivor Cuthbert Proctor Beauchamp, 8th Baronet [1900-1971], and his wife the former Caroline Muriel Densham [died 1987], descended from the Hazlerigg baronets; by whom she had issue, two sons, Guy and Julian and a daughter, Claire.
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The engagement was announced 5 March, 2022, between Louis William Markland de Montfort [born 1994], scion of that Irish landed gentry family, son of Mr Roger de Montfort, of Chiswick, London, and Mrs de Montfort [nee Bell], and Rose Cicely Frances Gibbon [born 1994], daughter of Mr & Mrs Thomas Gibbon, of Ashfield-cum-Thorpe, Suffolk.
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The engagement was announced 5 March, 2022, between Edward Charles Rolle Fane Trefusis [born 26 February, 1994], eldest son of the Hon Charles Patrick Rolle Fane Trefusis [born 21 March, 1962], of Heanton Satchville, Okehampton, co Devon, and his wife the former Rosanna Izat [born 1963], & Countess Caroline Anne Amalia zu Solms-Sonnenwalde [born 1994], second daughter of the late Count Alfred Otto Friedrich Graf zu Solms-Sonnenwalde [1932-2022], and his wife the former Christine Hüsmert [b 8 February, 1964].
Edward Fane Trefusis is a grandson paternally of the 22nd Baron Clinton, JP, DL [born 7 Oct, 1934]. Edward's father, Charles, is heir presumptive to the peerage [created 1298/99].
_. Louise Frances Elizabeth Spink [nee Agnew, born 1988], scion of the Agnew baronets, wife of Joshua James Tristan Spink [born 8 Dec, 1988], gave birth to a son, James Bertram Arthur, 25 February, 2022, a brother for Edward Horatio Derrick, who was born 15 July, 2019.
Joshua is a son of [Andrew D] Jonathan Spink by his wife the former Kathryn A [Katie] Armstrong. Louise is the daughter of James Brooks Close [Jim] Agnew [born 1953], by his wife the former Judith Dianne Gilbert.
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Camelia Aline Ingham [born 1988, nee Buckmaster], wife of Harry James Fraser Ingham [born 1988], gave birth to a son, Ferdinand Guy Buckmaster, 18 February, 2022, a brother for Leo Henry, who was born 31 January, 2020.
Harry Ingham is the son of Michael Ingham, of Wimbledon, London, by his wife the former Shirley Cairns, and Camelia Ingham is a daughter of Henry G. Buckmaster, of Little Blakenham, co Suffolk, by his wife the former Julia Mary Hobhouse [born 1956], scion of the Hobhouse baronets.
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Maureen Erskine [née Mahood], of Cupar, Fife, who died 15 February, 2022, aged 83, was a daughter of James Mahood, and married in 2000, as his second wife, Commander Angus Bruce Erskine, RN [1928-2006], scion of the Earls of Buchan. Her husband was son of Colonel Sir Arthur Erskine, GCVO, DSO [1881-1963], and his wife the former Rosemary Freda Baird.
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The engagement was announced 5 March, 2022, between Edward Charles Rolle Fane Trefusis [born 26 February, 1994], scion of the Barons Clinton, eldest son of the Hon Charles Patrick Rolle Fane Trefusis [born 21 March, 1962], of Heanton Satchville, co Devon, and his wife the former Rosanna Izat [born 1963], and Countess Caroline Anne Amalia zu Solms-Sonnenwalde [born 13 August, 1994], daughter of Count Alfred zu Solms-Sonnenwalde [1932-2022], and his wife the former Christine Hüsmert [b 8 February, 1964].
Edward Fane Trefusis is a grandson of the 22nd Baron Clinton [born 7 October, 1934]. His bride-to-be is a descendant of the 1st Earl of Portland:-
Hans Willem Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland [1649-1709] > William Bentinck, created 1732 Gf von Bentinck [1704-1774] > Jan Carel Gf von Bentinck [1763-1833] > Carel Anton Ferdinand Gf von Bentinck [1792-1864] > Willem Carl Philipp Otto Gf von Bentinck und Waldeck-Limpurg, Gf von Aldenburg [1848-1912] >Isabelle Grafn von Bentinck [1889-1981] > Count Alfred zu Solms-Sonnenwalde [1932-2022] > Countess Caroline [born 1994]
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The marriage has taken place between Angus Roberts (born 1992), son of Andrew Roberts, of Kenya, and his wife Caragh, & the Lady Viola Georgina Grosvenor (born 12 Oct, 1992), youngest daughter of the 6th Duke of Westminster, KG, CB, CVO, OBE, DL (1951-2016), and his wife the former Natalia Ayesha Phillips (born 8 May, 1959).
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[Mary] Abigail Salvesen [nee Elphinstone, born 1984], wife of Edmund Salvesen, and scion of the Elphinstone baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Esks, 28 February, 2022, a sister for Logie and Milo.
Edmund is a son of Mr & Mrs Andrew Salvesen, of Torphins, Aberdeenshire, & Abigail is a daughter of Charles Elphinstone (b 1958),of Edzell, Angus, and Mrs Lucy Elphinstone (nee Reynolds), of Cold Ash, Berkshire, dau of Maj. M.D. Reynolds, of Barnstaple, Devon.
The infant is a great-granddaughter of Sir John Elphinstone of Glack, 11th Baronet.
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Sir William James Lithgow, 2nd Baronet, died 28 February, 2022, aged 87.
Sir William, of Ormsary, co Argyll, was a director of the Royal Bank of Scotland, and was a member of the Queen's Body Guard for Scotland [Royal Company of Archers]. He was a baronet for 70 years.
He was born 10 May, 1934, son of Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet [1883-1952], GBE, CB, MC, TD, and his wife the former Gwendolyn Amy Harrison [1897-1975]. and succeeded to the baronetcy [created in 1925], on his father's death, 23 February, 1952.
He married [1] 31 January, 1964, Valerie Helen Scott [who died 1964], daughter of Denis Herbert Scott, CBE, of Westerham, Kent; married 2ndly, 29 September, 1967, Mary Claire Hill, DL [Argyll & Bute], daughter of Colonel Frank Moutray Hill, CBE, of East Knoyle, Salisbury, Wiltshire, by whom he had issue, two sons, James and John, and a daughter, Katrina. The elder son, James Frank Lithgow [born 13 June, 1970], succeeds to the baronetcy
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Caroline Davis [née Brocklebank], who has died aged 84, was a scion of the Brocklebank landed gentry family.
She was born 1 July, 1937, the eldest daughter of Thomas Anthony Brocklebank [1908-1984], of Westwell, Tenterden, Kent, and his wife the former Avril Cecile [Jane] Adler [1905-1995]; her father was a House Master at Eton, and a member of the 1933 Everest Expedition.
She married 11 Nov, 1961, the Rev Bernard Rex Davis, son of B.D. Davis, of Tuggerah Lakes, New South Wales, by whom she had two daughters Miranda and Sarah.
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David Alexander Robert Peel, who died 7 February, 2022, aged 81, was a scion of the Peels of Trenant Park, a landed gentry family.
He was born 12 November, 1940, the elder son of Major Robert Edmund Peel [1908-1951], and his wife the former Sheila Mary Slattery; and married in 1971, Patricia Muriel Essery, daughter of Capt Albert Edward Essery [1905-69], and his wife the former Dorothy Christine Baker [1911-1978], by whom he had two sons, Robert [b 1973], and William [b 1976].
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Susan Madeleine Murray, MBE [nee Stephenson], who died 15 February, 2022, aged 98, was a scion of the Stephenson baronets. She was born 10 January, 1924, elder daughter of William Raymond Shirecliffe Stephenson [1898-1977], and his wife the former Madeleine Rose Butterworth [1897-1990]; she married 26 February, 1949, Charles Graham Murray [1920-2018], son of Dr Charles Graham Murray, of Worksop, Nottinghamshire, by whom she had issue, three daughters, Elizabeth Susan [born 27 Mar, 1951], Jane Madeleine [born 26 Feb, 1953], and Anne Catriona [Dona] [born 21 Jan, 1955].
Lt.-Col. Sir Henry Stephenson, 1st Baronet [1865-1947] > William Stephenson [1898-1977] > Susan Madeleine Stephenson [1924-2022]
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June Baillie [née Cloudesley-Smith], died 11 February, 2022, aged 95.
She was born in 1926, a daughter of Arthur Cloudesley-Smith [1892-1987], and his wife the former Nancy Kathleen Case; and married 1stly, 16 Apr, 1953, Arthur Henry Bellingham [1926-1959], scion of the Bellingham baronets, son of Lieutenant-Col. Arthur Stuart Bellingham [1893-1969], and his wife the former Jean Arthur [died 1979]; she married secondly, 29 March, 1962, Lieutenant-Col. Ian Bruce Baillie [1928-1978], son of Major the Hon Arthur Malcolm Augustus Baillie [1896-1966], scion of ther Barons Burton, and his wife the former Rosemary Laycock.
Mrs Baillie leaves a son from her first marriage, the life peer, Henry, Baron Bellingham [born 29 Mar, 1955], former Tory MP for NW Norfolk, and a daughter, [Elisabeth] Alison, who married in 1989 [div], Richard Rowley [later Sir Richard Rowley, 9th Baronet]. From her second marriage she leaves two daughters, Katherine [Kitty] [born 5 Nov, 1962], and Sarah [b 3 June, 1964].
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William Farquhar [Bill] Acworth, who died 21 February, 2022, aged 87, was descended from the Buzzard baronets.
He was born 25 October, 1934, son of Commander Herbert William Acworth, RN [1907-1987], and his wife the former Isabel Mary Buzzard [1910-1999], daughter of Sir Edward Farquhar Buzzard, 1st Baronet, KCVO, FRCP [1871-1945].
Sir Edward Buzzard, 1st Bt, was Physician in Ordinary to King George V, King Edward VIII, and King George VI.
He married 9 May, 1964, Susan Henrietta Casement [born 30 July, 1944], scion of that Irish landed gentry family, daughter of Capt Roddie Casement, OBE, RN [1907-1987], and his wife the former Elisabeth Kathleen Greenwell [1908-2002], daughter of Sir Bernard Eyre Greenwell, 2nd Baronet [1874-1939], by whom he had issue, two sons, William [b 1965], James [b 1966], and a daughter, Anna [b 1970].
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William Edward Barry, who died 16 February, 2022, aged 84, was a scion of the Barry baronets.
He was born 6 January, 1938, son of Commander Hubert Wyndham Barry, RN [1898-1992], and his wife the former Violet Agatha Ruggles-Brise [1907-1994], scion of the baronets of that name; and married 21 May, 1965, Juliet Alexandra Sarah Musker [1941-2014], scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of James Herbert Lonsdale Musker [1907-1996], and his wife the former Rosemary Julian Maitland-Makgill-Crichton [1915-2010], scion of the Earls of Lauderdale, by whom he had a daughter, Catherine Jane [born 13 Nov, 1968].
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The engagement was announced 2 March, 2022 between Simon Victor Bowcock [born 1986], son of Martin Victor Bowcock [born 1955], of Reading, Berkshire, and his wife the former Diane Taylor, and Eliza Violet Daria Abel Smith [born 15 March, 1991], scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of David Francis Abel Smith [born 3 February, 1940], of Quenington, Gloucestershire, and his wife the former Lucy Marie Knox [born 1950].
Eliza Abel Smith is a cousin, several times removed, of HM The Queen, both being descended from the banker Abel Smith.
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Henry Lawrence Francis Faustmann, who died 11 January, 2022, aged 66, was descended from the Blomefield baronets.
He was born 3 June, 1955, son of Johan Frederick Faustmann [1925-2013], and his wife the former Dorothia Maria de Swart [1928-1997]. He was twice married [1] to Hedwig Jennifer Nusser [died 2021], and [2] to Judith Loraine Burnett, and leaves a son from his first marriage, Justin [born 9 Nov, 1980].
Sir Thomas Blomefield, 2nd Baronet [1791-1858] > Rev John Blomefield [1824-1908] > Lawrence Woodyeare Blomefield [1870-1956] > Sophia Blomefield [1900-45] > Johan Faustmann [1925-2013] > Henry Faustmann [1955-2022]
Anne [Hetty] Fethsrtonhaugh, who died 24 February, 2022, aged 93, was a scion of the Armytage baronets.
She was born Ann Armytage, 14 August, 1928, daughter of Capt Sir John Lionel Armytage, 8th Baronet [1901-1983], of Kirklees Park, West Yorkshire, and his first wife the former Evelyn Mary Jessamine Fox [1905-2000], descended from the Arbuthnot baronets; and married firstly, 16 Dec, 1948 [div 1960], Francis Richard Anson [1926-89], scion of the Earls of Lichfield; married secondly, 20 Nov, 1962 [div 1971], Philip Jordan Warburton-Lee [1927-2005], head of that landed gentry family; married 3rdly, 3 July, 1972, Maj David Henry Fetherstonhaugh [1924-1994], scion of that landed gentry family.
From her first marriage she had a son, Anthony [born 4 Nov 1951], and a daughter, Amanda [b 16 May, 1950], and from her second marriage, a son, John [born 19 Oct, 1963].
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Isabella Kate Davenport [nee Stanley, born 1986], wife of R. Guy Davenport, and scion of the Barons Stanley of Alderley and descended from the Thynne Marquesses of Bath, gave birth to a son, Miles Jack, 21 February, 2022, a brother for Scarlett Grace, who was born 27 January, 2020.
Guy is the younger son of Mr & Mrs Robert Davenport, of Kings Caple, Herefordshire, and Isabella is a daughter of Martin Thomas Oliver Stanley [born 24 June, 1957], of Sandbanks, Dorset, by his wife the former Georgina Mary Victoria Grimm [born 1957].
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