Caroline Mary Steele [née McCorquodale, born 1987], wife of Thomas A.L. Steele, gave birth to a son, William Hamish Lindsay, 24 June, 2022.
Tom Steele is the son of Julian Steele, of Pitroddie, Perthshire. Caroline Steele is a scion of the McCorquodale landed family, daughter of Hamish Norman McCorquodale [born 1945], and his wife the former Mary Anne Cookson [born 1952], descended from the Brassey family, &c.
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The engagement was announced 9 July, 2022, between Guy Edward Weare Blakeney [born 1973], son of [Henry J] Mervyn Blakeney [born 1938], and his wife the former Verity Williams, and Leonie Kira E. Schroder [born 1974], daughter of the late [Baron] Bruno Lionel Schroder [1933-2019], descended from the Darell baronets, and his 1st wife Patricia Leonie Mary [Piffa] Schroder [nee Holt, born 1942].
Leonie Schroder married firstly 1997 [div 2014] Nicholas Francis Fane [1957-2014], scion of the Earls of Westmorland, by whom she had two sons, Jack and Charlie, and a daughter, Mara.
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[Katherine] Rose Tomalin [nee Simmonds, born 1987], wife of Oliver James Michael Tomalin, gave birth to a son, Ivo John Cooper, 1 July, 2022, a brother for Arthur and Hermione.
Oliver is the only son of Mr & Mrs Michael Tomalin, of Highclere, Hampshire.
Rose Tomalin is the third daughter of Mr John Edward Simmonds, of Great Pednor, Buckinghamshire, by his wife the former Lady Caroline Knox (b 11 Dec 1948) only child of Thomas Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly, KCMG (d. 1988) (Earl, UK, cr 1831), by his wife the former Hermione Llewellyn, OBE.
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The marriage took place 9 July, 2022, at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tetbury, Gloucester, between Mr William James Hosier [born 1998], son of Timothy Roger Bush Hosier [born 1968], and his wife the former Joanna Mary Roderick [born 1967], and Miss Stephanie Noelani Sandy Phillips [born 2 October, 1997], daughter of Capt Mark Antony Peter Phillips, CVO, ADC [born 22 September, 1948], and his second former wife Sandy Pflueger [born 1954].
The bride's father is the former husband of HRH The Princess Royal, Her father, Mark, is descended from the Tiarks landed gentry family.
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Carole Jane Stratton [nee Bouwens] died 30 June, 2022, aged 81. She was the former Carole Jane Bouwens, and married firstly, 1965, Christopher A.A.P Eugster [deceased]; married 2ndly, 2013, as his second wife, John Mark Stratton [born 1931], son of Capt Charles Michael Stratton [1906-1991], and his wife the former Anne Drummond [1911-95], scion of the Viscounts Strathallan, Earls of Perth.
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Sir John Dryden, 8th and 11th Baronet [Bts cr 1795 and 1733], died 29 June, 2022. He was 78.
John Stephen Gyles Dryden was born 26 September, 1943, son of Sir Noel Percy Hugh Dryden, 7th and 10th Baronet [1910-70], and his wife the former Rosamund Mary Scrope [1915-94], scion of that landed dynasty; and succeeded to both baronetcies on the death of his father, 23 March, 1970.
He married 10 April, 1970, Diana Constance Tomlinson [born 1944], daughter of Cyril Tomlinson, of Highland Park, Wellington, New Zealand, by whom he had issue, a son, Freddie, and a daughter, Caroline Diana Rosamund [born 1980]. The baronetcies now devolve upon his only son, [John] Frederick Simon Dryden, who was born 26 May, 1976.
The funeral takes place at Christ Church, Fairwarp, Uckfield, East Sussex, 18 July, 2022.
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The life peerage awarded to Professor Katherine Jane Willis, CBE, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baroness Willis of Summertown, of Summertown in the City of Oxford. Letters Patent, 8 July, 2022.
Katherine Jane Willis was born 16 January 1964, and is a biologist, who studies the relationship between long-term ecosystem dynamics and environmental change. She is Professor of Biodiversity in the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, and an adjunct Professor in Biology at the University of Bergen.
In 2018 she was elected as Principal of St Edmund Hall, and took up this position from 1 October. She held the Tasso Leventis Chair of Biodiversity at Oxford and was founding Director, now Associate Director, of the Biodiversity Institute Oxford. Baroness Willis of Summertown was Director of Science at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 2013 to 2018. Her nomination by the House of Lords Appointments Commission as a Crossbench life peer was announced on 17 May 2022.
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The engagement was announced 8 July, 2022, between David Frederick Payan Dawnay [born 1985], scion of the Viscounts Downe [descended from the 7th Visc], son of Charles James Payan Dawnay [born 7 Nov, 1946], of Symington, Lanarkshire, and his wife the former Sarah Stogdon [born 1951], and Daisy Louise Allsup [born 1989], daughter of Mark W. Allsup, of Kensington, London, and his wife the former Carina M. McMullan [born 1955].
David Dawnay is a grandson paternally of Capt Oliver Dawnay, CVO [1920-88], sometime private secretary and equerry to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and his 1st wife, Lady Margaret Dorothea Boyle [1920-2021], daughter of the 8th Earl of Glasgow [1874-1963].
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Marianna, Viscountess Monckton of Brenchley, who died 5 July, 2022, aged 93, was the widow of Maj-Gen the 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley [1915-2006].
She served as High Sheriff of Kent 1981-82, and was a director of Allied Malta Newspapers, &c.
She was the former Marianna Laetitia Bower, born in 1929, at Andover, Hampshire, daughter of Commander Robert Tatton Bower [1894-1975], and his wife the Hon Henrietta Mary Caribbea Strickland [1903-75], daughter of the 1st [and last] Baron Strickland [1861-1940]; and married 30 Dec, 1950, the then Hon Gilbert Walter Riversdale Monckton [born 3 Nov 1915], son of Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, GCVO, KCMG, MC, PC [1891-1965], and his 1st wife the former, Mary Adelaide Somes Colyer-Fergusson [1892-1964], scion of the baronets of that name.
Her husband succeeded his father, 9 January, 1965, and died 22 June, 2006.
Viscountess Monckton leaves issue, four sons and a daughter. Her eldest son, Christopher, is the 3rd Viscount. The daughter, Rosa, was a confidante of Diana, Princess of Wales, and wife of the Hon Dominic Lawson, the journalist, sometime editor of the Sunday Telegraph.
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Will it now be ostrich feathers, velvet robes and a garter for Boris Johnson? The departing prime minister could soon be appointed as a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. It is England's highest order of chivalry and an honour in the Queen's personal gift, and traditionally offered to a retiring premier.
It has long been tradition for a retiring prime minister to be offered the Garter. Of the Queen's prime ministers, Churchill [1953], Eden [1954], Wilson [1976], Callaghan [1987], Heath [1992], Thatcher [1995], Major [2005], and Blair [2022] were all elevated to the Order of the Garter.
Sir Anthony Eden, the Queen's second prime minister, holds the distinction of becoming a KG before taking office as premier. James Callaghan, who resigned in 1979, holds the distinction of accepting the accolade before his predecessor but one, Edward Heath, who resigned in 1974.
The Garter is limited to 24 non-royal Knights Companion. The new knights are invested at Windsor at the start of Royal Ascot week in June, and process from the castle to St George's Chapel in their splendid Garter robes.
Former Prime Ministers nearly always collect the Garter. Harold Macmillan declined the honour on his retirement in 1963, but accepted the Order of Merit and many years later an earldom. Alec Douglas-Home was already a Knight of the Order of the Thistle (Scotland's senior order of chivalry) when he became PM in 1963. Harold Wilson collected his Garter star and sash within weeks of his resignation in 1976, but Edward Heath waited 18 years after leaving Number 10 to receive his accolade. James Callaghan was dubbed after 8 years. Margaret Thatcher became a Lady of the Order in 1995, five years after being turned out of office, and her successor, John Major, collected his KG almost eight years after his resignation. The speed of their advancement depends on vacancies occurring, and their willingness to accept at any given time. It was reported over a decade ago that Tony Blair had declined the honour, if only in the short term. He was eventually dubbed over a decade after leaving Number 10.
It is not known whether Blair's successor, Gordon Brown, declined the honour, but Brown, a Scot, is likely to be a candidate for the Order of the Thistle.
It is likely that Boris will not be invited to joing England's highest order of chivalry until his immediate predecessors, David Cameron, and Theresa May, have been so dubbed. There are currently four vacancies amongst the Knights Companion.
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Claire Mary Gale (nee Pelly, b 1982), wife of Dr Andrew Gale, and scion of the Pelly Baronets (Bt, UK, 1840), gave birth to a son, Rowan Edgar Flowers Pelly, 19 June, 2022, a brother for Eric Gerald Stanley, born 2 July, 2013, and for Daphne Cordelia Dorothy, born 16 May, 2015.
Dr Gale is a son of Malcolm and Heather Gale, of Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset.
Claire Gale is a daughter of Roland Des Voeux Pelly (born 13 February, 1943), of Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex by his wife the former Diana Fitzgibbon.
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The engagement was announced 7 July, 2022, between the Hon Samuel Inigo Packer [born 1994], son of Sir Richard John Packer, KCB [born 18 August, 1944], of London, and Chilmark, Wiltshire, and his wife the life peer the Baroness Neville-Rolfe, DBE, CMG [born 2 January, 1953], & Miss Emma K. Thede, daughter of Mr & Mrs Michael Thede, of St Charles, Missouri, United States.
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The Hon Mrs Richard Neave, who died 25 June, 2022, aged 69, was the wife of the Hon Richard Patrick Sheffield Neave [born 12 Nov, 1947], scion of the Neave baronets, and son of the murdered Conservative government minister, Airey Neave.
She was born Elizabeth Mary Catherine Riddell, 19 November, 1952, daughter of Cuthbert Edward Alphonso Riddell [1907-1992], of Hermeston Hall, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, and his wife the former Estelle Mary Nash [1914-1999]; and married 1980, the Hon Richard Patrick Sheffield Neave [born 12 Nov, 1947], elder son of the Rt Hon Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave, MP, PC [1916-1979], and his wife, Diana Josceline Barbara Giffard [1919-1992], who was raised to the peerage of life, Aug 1979, as Baroness Airey of Abingdon.
She is survived by her husband and three sons, James [born 1983], Thomas [born 1985], and Matthew [born 1993].
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Verena Joan Elliott, who died 23 June, 2022, aged 86, was a scion of the Viscounts Downe.
She was born Verena Joan Dawnay, 16 February, 1936, the third daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Cuthbert Henry Dawnay, MC, JP [1891-1964], and his wife the former Marjorie Kathleen Loder [1897-1986], a granddaughter maternally of the 3rd Earl of Listowel [1833-1924; and married 19 April, 1958, John Antony de la Cour Elliott [who died 2012], son of Yule Elliott, by whom she had three daughters, Davina [born 1 May, 1962], Bridget [born 11 Nov 1964], and Felicity [born 7 Jul 1966].
William Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe > Hon Eustace Dawnay > Cuthbert Dawnay > Verena Dawnay [d 2022]
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Victoria, Lady Nugent, who died 14 June, 2022, aged 93, was the second wife and widow of Sir Robin Nugent, 5th Baronet.
She was the former Victoria Anna Irmgard Cartillieri, born 21 September, 1928, daughter of Dr Peter Cartillieri, and married in 1967, as his second wife, Robin George Colborne Nugent [born 11 July, 1925], son of Sir George Guy Bulwer Nugent, 4th Baronet [1892-1970], and his wife the former May Esther Bigsby [1896-1992]. Her husband succeeded his father in the baronetcy, 17 Aug, 1970, and died 26 November, 2006.
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Nicholai Olivia [Nicky] Rothschild [nee Hilton, born 5 Oct, 1983], wife of James Amschel Victor Rothschild (born 1985), scion of the Barons Rothschild (Peerage of the UK, cr 1885), has given birth to their third child and first son, Chasen, a brother for Lily-Grace, born in July, 2016, and for Teddy Marilyn, who was born 20 Dec, 2017.
Nicky Rothschild is the former wife of Todd Andrew Meister, & daughter of Richard Howard Hilton (born 17 Aug 1955), by his wife the former Kathleen Elizabeth Avanzino. Nicky is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton founder of the Hilton Hotels and is a younger sister of socialite Paris Hilton.
James Rothschild is the son of the late Hon Amschel Mayor James Rothschild (1955-1996) by his wife the former Anita Patience Guinness (born 7 Dec, 1957 ~ now Mrs James Wigan), scion of the Guinness brewing dynasty, and is a grandson of the 3rd Baron Rothschild.
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The Hon Yysabelle Williams, who died 24 May, 2022, aged 59, was a scion of the Barons Nunburnholme.
The Hon Yysabelle Alexandria Wilson was born 13 February, 1963, the fourth daughter [twin with her sister Ines] of the 4th Baron Nunburnholme [1928-1999], of Shillinglee Park, Chiddingfold, Sussex, and his wife the former Ines Delores Jeanne Walravens, Viscountess della Faille de Waerloos [1938-2019], daughter of His Excellency Gerard Walravens, sometime Belgian Ambassador to Turkey; and married 2003, Raymond Glynn Williams [born 1947], son of George Williams, and his wife the former Winifred Mabel Kerslake.
Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath > Lady Mary Thynne > 4th Baron Numburnholme > Hon Yysabelle Wilson [d 2022]
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HRH Prince Michael of Kent, GCVO, today celebrates his 80th birthday.
Prince Michael is a grandson of King George V and Queen Mary, and a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.
He was born at Coppins, Iver, Buckinghamshire, the country home of his parents, 4 July, 1942, the second son of HRH The Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund, 1st Duke of Kent, KG, KT, GCMG, GCVO, PC (born 20 December, 1902), and his wife HRH Princess Marina of Greece & Denmark, CI, GCVO, GBE (born 13 December, 1906), and was named Michael George Charles Franklin, his last name in honour of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was one of his godfathers.
At Prince Michael's christening on 4 August 1942, in the Private Chapel of Windsor Castle, his godparents were his paternal uncle King George VI; Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (for whom her son-in-law Prince Bernhard stood proxy); King Haakon VII of Norway (his great-uncle); the US President Franklin D. Roosevelt (for whom the Duke of Kent stood proxy); Frederica of Hanover, Hereditary Princess of Greece (his first cousin once removed, who was absent); Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (his paternal uncle, who was absent); the Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven (his paternal first cousin twice removed); and Lady Patricia Ramsay (his paternal first cousin twice removed).
His father, the Duke of Kent, died tragically a few weeks later in the Dunbeath air crash in Scotland on 25 August 1942, in which fourteen of the fifteen crew and passengers were killed.
His widowed mother lived on as a popular member of the British Royal Family and died at Kensington Palace, from a brain tumour, 27 August, 1968.
Princess Marina was the third and youngest daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, and his wife Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia. Her father was the third son of George I of Greece and Queen Olga, while her mother was the only daughter of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. Her father was a grandson of Christian IX of Denmark, while her mother was a granddaughter of Alexander II, Tsar of Russia.
Prince Michael was educated at Sunningdale, then Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
At the age of five, 20 Nov 1947, he was a page boy at the wedding of his cousin, Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, RN.
His Royal Highness joined the army and was commissioned into the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own), later the Roya Hussars (PWO), Commodore RNR, Grand Master of the Lodge of Mark Master Masons, and Provincial Grand Master of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Middlesex, in the United Grand Lodge of England. His elder brother, the Duke of Kent, has been Grand Master, the United Grand Lodge of England since 1967. Prince Michael is Hon Liveryman of the Clothworkers' Company, Leathersellers' Co, Scientific Instrument Makers' Co, Coach Makers and Coach Harness Makers' Co.
HRH saw service in Germany, Hong Kong, and Cyprus, where his squadron formed part of a United Nations peacekeeping force in 1971. Subsequent tours of duty, during a military career that spanned twenty years, included a number of appointments on the Defence Intelligence Staff. He retired from the Army with the rank of Major in 1981.
Prince Michael represented Queen Elizabeth II at the funeral of President Ahmed of India in 1977; and the at the funeral of President Makarios of Cyprus, 1977. He represented the Queen at the Independence of Belize in 1981, the funeral of King Sobhuza II of Swaziland, 1982; the Coronation of King Mswati III of Swaziland, 1986; Commonwealth President of the Royal Life Saving Society, President of the Royal Automobile Club, the Institute of the Motor Industry, SSAFA, Medical Commission on Accident Prevention, the Dogs' Home Battersea, the Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation, the National Eye Research Centre, the Kennel Club, the Institute of Road Safety Officers, and the Society of Genealogists, Patron of the Museum of Army Flying, the Veterans Car Club of Great Britain, the Thames Rowing Club, the Popular Flying Association, the Museum Trust Appeal, the Bermuda Maritime Museum, the David Shepherd Conservation Fund, the Carriage Foundation, the Brooklands Museum Trust Appeal, Founder of the Prince Michael Road Safety Award Scheme, Fellow of the Institute of the Motor Industry, Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Trustee of the National Motor Museum, &c.
Honorary military appointments: Canada - Canada Colonel-in-Chief, The Essex and Kent Scottish (14 November 2001 – present), United Kingdom: United Kingdom Honorary Commodore, Royal Naval Reserve (1 April 1994 – 2004), United Kingdom Honorary Commodore, Maritime Volunteer Service, United Kingdom Honorary Rear Admiral, Royal Naval Reserve (2004–2015), United Kingdom Honorary Vice Admiral, Royal Naval Reserve (9 March 2015 – present), United Kingdom Honorary Auxiliary Commodore, Royal Naval Auxiliary Service (1990), United Kingdom Commodore-in-Chief, Maritime Reserves (2006–present), United Kingdom Honorary Colonel, British Army (10 November 2010 – present), United Kingdom Senior Colonel, The King's Royal Hussars, United Kingdom Regimental Colonel, Honourable Artillery Company (2009–2012), United Kingdom Royal Honorary Colonel, Honourable Artillery Company (31 January 2012 – present). (member since 1981), United Kingdom Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Benson (27 June 2002 – 2012), United Kingdom Honorary Air Marshal of RAF Benson (1 March 2012 – present)
Prince Michael is fluent in French and has a working knowledge of German and Italian, and is a qualified interpreter of Russian.
In his younger years, Prince Michael was a competitive rower and bobsledder and was on the reserve list for Britain's bobsleigh team at the 1972 Winter Olympics.
In 2014 Prince Michael was successfully treated for prostate cancer.
Prince Michael is the recipient of the following orders:-
2 June 1953: Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal, 6 February 1977: Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal, 18 January 2001: Knight of Justice of the Most Venerable Order of Saint John (KStJ), 6 February 2002: Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal, 2 June 2003: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO), 4 July 1992: Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO), 6 February 2012: Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, 19 October 2015: Recipient of the Canadian Forces' Decoration (CD), 6 February 2022: Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal, 6 May 2023: Recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal.
Foreign awards: UN: Recipient of the United Nations Medal for UNFICYP (1971), Russia: Member of the Order of Friendship (4 November 2009 – 4 March 2022), Two Sicilies: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Francis I (19 August 2017), Peru: Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun (2 November 1994), &c.
Prince Michael married at Vienna, 30 June, 1978, Baroness Marie-Christine Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz, who was thereafter styled as HRH Princess Michael of Kent.
Eighth in line to the throne at the time of his birth, the Prince lost his right of succession following his marriage because Marie-Christine is a Roman Catholic and the Bill of Rights (1689) and the Act of Settlement (1701) excluded those who married Roman Catholics from the Succession. However, this provision was repealed by the Succession to the Crown Act (2013) and the Prince’s place in the Succession was reinstated.
Marie-Christine was born 15 January, 1945, daughter of Baron Gunther Hubertus von Reibnitz (1894-1983), and his wife, Maria Anna Carolina Franziska Walpurga Bernadette Gräfin Szapáry von Muraszombath, Széchysziget und Szapár . She was born on her mother's estate at Tachau (now Tachov), in Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). As a child she was taken to live in Australia and was educated there, and came to London in 1965.
On 25 May, 1971, Marie-Christine became engaged to Old Etonian banker Thomas Troubridge (born 26 December, 1939), scion of the Troubridge baronets. The couple had met on a boar hunt in Germany in 1969. Marie-Christine married Troubridge at Chelsea Old Church, London, 15 September, 1971. Her first cousin was a close friend of Prince William of Gloucester (1941-72), a first cousin of her future second husband. The childless marriage ended in divorce in the summer of 1977, and was later annulled by the Roman Catholic Church.
Prince Michael first met Marie-Christine in 1972 at Barnwell Manor, Northamptonshire, the home of his uncle and aunt, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester.
On 30 May, 1978 with days of the annulment of the Troubridge marriage , Prince Michael of Kent and Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz announced their engagement with the blessing of Queen Elizabeth II, the approval of the Privy Council and the Catholic Church.
That the Queen gave her cousin permission to marry a divorcee might seen prima facie, surprising. Since the Queen is supreme governor of the Church of England, which then opposed the remarriage of divorced people. It is said that at this time Her Majesty had declined to grant approval for the marriage of her cousin Prince William of Gloucester and his love Mrs Nicole Sieff. It was of course the wish of the Queen's uncle, King Edward VIII, to marry a divorcee that resulted in the Abdication Crisis of 1936. And in the 1950s the scandal of Princess Margaret's desire to marry the divorced Group Capt Peter Townsend had caused much heart ache for the Queen and her younger sister.
The wedding was celebrated at the Town Hall in Vienna. Guests included the Duke of Kent, his sister Princess Alexandra and her husband the Hon Angus Ogilvy, Lady Helen Windsor, Prince Michael's niece, and Princess Anne and Earl Mountbatten of Burma.
Because Prince Michael had announced that any children of the marriage would be brought up in the Anglican faith the Catholic authorities forbade a church wedding which had been planned to take place at the Schottenkirche, Vienna. The Vienna Boys' Choir had been engaged, ecclesiastical dignitaries were enrolled, and European royalty was said to be attending in their hundreds. This did not happen.
Following the civil wedding a dinner took place at the Schwarzenberg Palace. On 30 October, 1978 the Archbishop of Canterbury held a service of prayer and blessing at Lambeth Palace, and in 1983 Prince and Princess Michael finally went through a Catholic service at Archbishop's House, Westminster.
Prince and Princess Michael have two children, a son, Lord Frederick Michael George David Louis Windsor, born 6 April, 1979, at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, and a daughter Lady Gabriella Marina Alexandra Ophelia Windsor, born at St Mary's Hospital, 23 April, 1981 (Shakespeare's birthday hence her last forename). Under the terms of letters patent of King George V both the children rank as the children of a duke and were prefixed 'Lord' and 'Lady' from birth.
Lord Frederick married at Hampton Court, 12 September, 2009, the actress Sophie Lara Winkleman (born 5 August, 1980), and they have issue, two daughters, Maud Elizabeth Daphne Marina (born 15 Aug, 2013), and Isabella Alexandra Mary (born 16 January, 2016).
Lady Gabriella Windsor married 18 May, 2019, Thomas Henry Robin Kingston (born in 1978), son of (William) Martin Kingston QC by his wife Jill Mary Bache. Tom Kingston died from a self inflicted gun shot wound, 25 February, 2024, aged 45.
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[Victoria] Miranda Monro [nee Foster, born 1984], wife of Robert John Ewart [Bert] Monro [born 1985], gave birth to a son, Wilfred Hector William, 15 June, 2022, a brother for Ottilie Rose Victoria [born 11 Apr, 2017], and for Fenella Willow Clementine [born 29 Apr, 2019].
Bert Monro is a son of Major-General Hon Seymour Hector Russell Hale Monro, CBE, LVO [born 1950], and a grandson of the life peer the Baron Monro of Langholm [1922-2006].
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Dr Martin Barrington Mosse died 11 June, 2022, aged 72.
He was born 15 May, 1950, son of Commander John Pemberton Mosse, DSC, RN [1910-1995], and his wife the former Janetta Mary Barrington Simeon [1920-86], scion of the Simeon baronets. He married 14 January, 1989, the Rev Barbara Ann Corey, daughter of Kenneth Norman Corey [1927-97], and his wife Margaret Augusta Ledger [1928-2007].
Sir Richard Simeon, 2nd Baronet > Charles Simeon > Rev Geoffrey Simeon > Geoffrey Nelthorpe Simeon > Janetta Simeon > Dr Martin Mosse
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Edward William Ayshford Sanford, died 28 June, 2022. He was 93.
He was born 3 June, 1929, son of William Charles Ayshford Sanford [1905-1974], of Nynehead Court, Somerset, and his 1st wife the former Rosemary Jean Aileen Lindsay [1908-1968 ], scion of the earls of Crawford & Balcarres, by whom he had a son and a daughter.
26th Earl of Crawford > Maj. Hon. Robert Lindsay > Rosemary Lindsay > Edward Sanford
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James Edward Cory Liddell, who died in France, 21 June, 2022, aged 74, was a scion of the Liddell baronets [ancestors of the Barons Ravensworth]. He was born 13 July, 1947, son of Major Charles Henry Liddell [1917-1998], and his wife the former Pamela Mary Gibbs, scion of the Barons Aldenham & Hunsdon; and married in 1970, Rachel Anne De Pree, daughter of Major George De Pree [1909-1992], and his wife the former Barbara Jean Stewart [1915-2001], scion of the Earls of Galloway, by whom he had two sons, Tom [born 1977], Hugh [born 1980], and a daughter, Georgie [born 1975].
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The engagement was announced 2 July 2022, between Christopher Frederick Bethell [born 1988], scion of the Bethell landed gentry family, of Rise, son of William Anthony Bethell [born 18 May, 1957], of Arnold, Yorkshire, and his wife the former Elizabeth Anne Madden [born 1952], scion of that Irish landed gentry family, and Nicki G. Webb, daughter of Mr Michael Webb and Mrs Christopher Roupell, of Kintbury, Boxford.
William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor > Lady Jane Pleydell-Bouverie > William Bethell > Christopher Bethell
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Sophie Louise E. Kerr [born 1987, nee Neech], wife of Robert John Edward Kerr (born 1987), scion of the Marquesses of Lothian (Marquess, Scotland, cr 1701), gave birth to a son, Rupert Aubrey Michael, 27 June, 2022, a brother for Hugh Cornelius William, who was born 5 Aug 2019.
Sophie is the elder daughter of Mr Richard E. Neech, of Letheringsett Hill, Norfolk, by his wife the former Margaret A.L. Edmonds.
Robbie Kerr is the elder son of William Walter Raleigh Kerr (b 1950), of Melbourne, Derbyshire, by his wife the former Griselda Mary Hamilton-Baillie, scion of the Earls of Haddington.
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Richard Henry Alexander Southby, who died 24 June, 2022, aged 80, was a scion of the Southby baronets.
He was born 4 August, 1941, son of Lieutenant Commander Patrick Henry James Southby, RN [1913-2003], and his wife Lady Anne Adeline Hope [1914-2007], daughter of the 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, KG, KT, GCSI, GCIE, OBE, TD, PC, FRSE [1887-1952], sometime Viceroy of India1, &c.
He married 13 April, 1985, Nicola Claire Wallop Janson [born 29 May, 1959], daughter of Jonathan Michael Janson [1930-2015], and his wife the former Mary Wallop William-Powlett [1936-2021], scion of the Earls of Portsmouth, by whom he had issue, a son, Alexander [born 15 Jul 1987], and a daughter, Henrietta [born 22 June, 1989].
Cdr Sir Archibald Southby, 1st Bt > Lt-Cdr Patrick Southby > Richard Southby [d 2022]
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The engagement was announced 2 July, 2022, between Alexander D. Daley, eldest son of Mr & Mrs Timothy Daley, and Alice Camilla Campbell [born 1990], youngest daughter of Melfort Andrew Campbell, OBE [born June 1956], of Altries, Maryculter, Aberdeen, scion of the Adamson landed family, and the Campbell-Bannerman family, and his wife the Hon Lucy Nickson [born 8 July, 1959], daughter of the life peer, the Baron Nickson [born 27 Nov, 1929].
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The Hon Michael Christopher Gilbey, scion of the Barons Vaux of Harrowden, died 24 June, 2022. He was 72.
He was born 29 December, 1949, a younger son of the 10th Baron Vaux of Harrowden [1915-2002], and his wife the former Maureen Pamela Gilbey [1919-1999]; married 21 Aug, 1971, his cousin, Linda Gilbey [born 14 Oct, 1952], daughter of Arthur Sebastian Gilbey [1919-64], and his wife the former Jennifer Beryl Bruce [1924-1991]; by whom he had issue, three sons, Henry [b 7 Feb, 1973], Julian [b 1 May 1975], and William [b 18 Jul 1979].
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The Lady Sylvia Maltby, who died 29 June, 2022, aged 88, was a scion of the Earls of Malmesbury.
She was the former Lady Sylvia Veronica Anthea Harris, 17 May, 1934, elder daughter of the 6th Earl of Malmesbury [1907-2000], and his 1st wife the former Hon Diana Claudia Patricia Carleton [1912-90], daughter of the 2nd Baron Dorchester [1876-1963].
She married 28 July, 1956, John Newcombe Maltby, CBE [1928-98], scion of that landed gentry family, son of Air Vice-Marshal Sir Paul Copeland Maltby, KCVO, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC, DL [1892-1971], by whom she had issue, a son, William [born 5 Sept, 1959], and two daughters, Caroline [born 14 May, 1957], and Sophie [born 11 Nov 1963].
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Alison Audrey Primrose Windham [nee Curtis], who died 29 June 2022, aged 94, was the widow of William Ashe Dymoke Windham, of Glasbury, Powys, a scion of the Smith-Bowyer baronets.
She was the former Alison Audrey Primrose Curtis [born 23 Feb 1928], scion of the Curtis baronets, daughter of Maj. Philip Pinckney Curtis [1884-1974], and his wife the former Hélène Ellinor Clare Kidston [d 2005], scion of that landed gentry family, and married 9 June, 1956, William Windham, a British Olympian, having rowed for GB at the 1952 Olympic Games, born 2 April, 1926, the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Steuart Windham [1873-1958], of Shefford, Bedfordshire, and his wife the former Marjorie Russell Dymock [d 1971]. Her husband died 5 January, 2021, aged 94.
Mrs Windham leaves issue, two sons, Ashe [b 1957], and Charles [b 1960], and a daughter, Emma [b 1959].
Her elder son, Capt Ashe George Russell Windham, LVO, Irish Guards [b 11 July, 1957], was Temp Equerry to HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1980-82, and Exra Equerry to Her Majesty until her death in 2002.
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Winifred Ellen Mackey (nee Stuart), who died 10 June, 2022, aged 91, was a scion of the Earls of Castle Stuart.
She was born 21 Aug, 1929, daughter of Burleigh Athol Stuart (1904-1982), and his wife the former Winifred May Kerrison (died 1995); and married 5 Aug, 1950, John Robert Sinclair Mackey (who died 2019), by whom she had issue, one son, Andrew (b 1 May, 1956), and a daughter, Denise (b 16 May, 1952).
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Lindsey R. Macfarlane (nee Martin), wife since 2018 of Cosmo Pascoe Thomas Macfarlane (born 1987), gave birth to a son, Jasper Augustus T, in 2022.
Cosmo is the eldest son of Mr Thomas P. Macfarlane, of Combe, Somerset, and his wife the former Cathryn Harriet Windsor-Clive (born 8 November, 1958), scion of the Earls of Plymouth.
Lindsey Macfarlane is a daughter of Mr William Martin, of Pasadena, California, and Mrs Kelley Husby, of Houston, Texas.
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The engagement was announced 30 June, 2022, between Christopher H.L. Clark, son of Mr & Mrs David Clark, of Fulham, London, and Daisy Alice Crutchley [born 17 May, 1986], daughter of the late Lieutenant-Commander William Victor Percy Crutchley [1933-2007], of Dorset, and his 2nd wife the former Hon Penelope Ann O'Neill [born 15 Apr, 1947], daughter of the life peer the Baron O'Neill of the Maine, PC [1914-1990], a Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, a cadet branch of the Barons O'Neill &c.
The 1st and last Marquess of Crewe > Lady Annabel Crewe-Milnes > Terence O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine > Hon Penelope O'Neill > Daisy Alice Crutchley
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Constance Mary Alabama Gascoyne-Cecil, styled Viscountess Cranborne (born 24 July, 1990), wife of Robert Edward William Gascoyne-Cecil, styled Viscount Cranborne (born 18 Dec, 1970), gave birth to a daughter the Hon Edith Mary J Gascoyne-Cecil, in 2022.
Viscountess Cranborne is descended from the Earls of Onslow and Earls of Carnarvon, daughter of Julian Watson, and his wife the former Margaret Sophia Laura Waugh (born 20 June, 1962), daughter of Auberon Alexander Waugh (1939-2001), the author.
Viscount Cranborne, Robert Edward William Gascoyne-Cecil (born 18 December, 1970), is the eldest son and heir of the 7th Marquess of Salisbury, KG, KCVO (born 30 September, 1946), of Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, and his wife the former Hannah Ann Stirling (born 29 May, 1944).
The infant is a great-granddaughter of Vice-Admiral Sir Philip Alexander Watson, KBE, LVO (1919-2009), and a great-great-granddaughter of the novelist Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966), and his wife Laura Herbert (1916-1973), scion of the Earls of Carnarvon.
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Major George Richard Howard-Vyse, who died 23 June, 2022, aged 94, was head of that landed gentry family, formerly of Stoke.
He was born 31 December, 1927, the elder son of Lt-Col. George Aubrey Howard-Vyse, JP [1874-1953], of Nuwith House, Masham, North Yorkshire, and his wife the former Mary Frances Helena Dalton [1900-75], scion of that landed gentry family, of The Hutts, Grewelthorpe.
He was educated at Wellington, and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, and served in the Royal Artillery.
He married 27 Aug, 1960, Helen Jane [who died 22 Jan, 2021], elder daughter of Arthur Poyntz Bower [1896-1970], of Croft-on-Tees, Darlington, by his wife the former Edith Mary Turner [1896-1984].
H eis succeeded as head of the family by his son, Charles Aubrey [born 1962].
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The 2nd Viscount Dilhorne died 25 June, 2022. He was 90.
John Mervyn Manningham-Buller was born 28 February, 1932, son of Reginald Edward Manningham-Buller, MP, KC, PC [1905-80], sometime Conservative MP for Daventry and later Northampton, Law Lord, and Lord Chancellor in the administrations of Harold Macmillan and Sir Alec Douglas-Home 1962-64.
His father, who succeeded as Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller, 4th Baronet, in 1956, was created 1st Baron Dilhorne in 1962, and advanced to a viscountcy two years later, as 1st Viscount Dilhorne.
John Manningham-Buller's mother was the Lady Mary Lilian Lindsay [1910-2004], daughter of the 27th Earl of Crawford & Balcarres [1871-1940], and his wife the former Constance Lilian Pelly [d 8 Jan 1947], scion of the Pelly baronets.
He succeeded his father as 2nd Viscount Dilhorne and a baronet, 7 September, 1980.
He married firstly, 8 Oct, 1955 [div 1973] Gillian Stockwell, daughter of Colonel George Cochrane Stockwell, JP, of Alresford, Hampshire, and his wife the former Evelyn Dorothy Heywood; married 2ndly, 17 Dec, 1981, Professor Susannah Jane Gilchrist [nee Eykyn], former wife of Colin Gilchrist, and daughter of Commander William Canning Eykyn, RN.
Viscount Dilhorne leaves two sons and a daughter from his first marriage. The elder son, Major the Hon James Edward Manningham-Buller succeeds to the family honours.
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The engagement was announced 29 June, 2022, between Jack Auld Mactaggart [born 11 September, 1993], elder son and heir of Sir John Auld Mactaggart, 4th Baronet [born 21 January, 1951], of London, and Caroline, Lady Mactaggart [nee Caroline Emma Williams], also of London, and Miss Claudia Sophie Tripp [born Nov 1992], daughter of Mr & Mrs Alan Tripp, of Bramley, Surrey.
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_. Laura Serena Moore-Gwyn [nee Brown, born 1987], scion of the Brown baronets, and wife of George Augustus Joseph Moore-Gwyn [born 1987], scion of that landed family, gave birth to a son, Oscar David James, 12 June, 2022, a brother for Theodora Serena, who was born 3 June, 2019.
George Moore-Gwyn is the son of David John Howel Moore-Gwyn [born 1947], head of that landed family, by his wife the former Alison Frances White, LVO.
Laura is a daughter of James Benedict Brown [born 1956], by his wife the former Patricia Jardine Paterson.
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Susannah Clare Gordon Lennox (nee Coy, born 1984), wife of Hamish Charles Gordon Lennox (born 11 June, 1980), scion of the Dukes of Richmond and Gordon, gave birth to a son, Wilfred Charles, 20 June, 2022, a brother for Barnaby Charles, who was born 16 September, 2018.
Hamish Gordon Lennox, a descendant of King Charles II, is the son of Capt Michael Charles Gordon Lennox, OBE, RN (born 30 September, 1938), by his wife the former Jennifer Susan Gibbs, CVO (born 12 May, 1944), sometime Lady-in-Waiting to the late Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and then to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, scion of the Barons Aldenham & Hunsdon.
Susannah Gordon Lennox is a daughter of (Robert) Michael John Coy (born 1944), by his wife the former Janet M. Knight.
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The engagement was announced 29 June, 2022, between Johnny B. Savile, son of the late Keith Savile and Mrs Philippa Savile, of Tooting Bec, London, and Iona Katharine Warren [born 7 June, 1998], descended from the Kleinwort baronets, daughter of Charles Raymond Warren [born 14 Dec, 1963], of Cupar, Fife, and his wife the former Sarah Elizabeth Mather.
Sir Alexander Kleinwort, 1st Baronet > Ernest Kleinwort > Gillian Kleinwort > Charles Warren > Iona Warren
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The engagement was announced 29 June, 2022, between Guy Thomas Wheeler-Carmichael [born 1992], descended from the Carmichael baronets, son of George Alexander Wheeler-Carmichael [born 10 Sept, 1959], of Hyde, Gloucestershire, and his wife the former Marianne Jean Law [born 23 July, 1960] & Anna Lucinda Sherwood [born 1993], daughter of Simon E.H. Sherwood, of Bredenbury, Herefordshire, and his wife the former Hon Lucy Jane Hamilton-Russell [born 13 September, 1961], daughter of the late 10th Viscount Boyne [1931-95].
Guy Wheeler-Carmichael's descent from the Barons Ellenborough:-
Henry Law, 7th Baron Ellenborough > Hon Cecil Law > Marianne Law > Guy Wheeler-Carmichael
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Lucy India Clare Astor [nee Ponsonby, born 1991], wife of Thomas David Astor [born 1987], scion of the Barons Astor of Hever, gave birth to a daughter, Eva Piroska, 29 May, 2022.
Tom Astor is a son of [George] David Astor [born 8 July, 1958], of Ashbury, Wiltshire, by his late wife the former Marianne Piroska Julia Leche [1958-2019], and is a great-grandson of the 1st Baron Astor of Hever [1886-1971].
Lucy Astor, is a scion of the Ponsonby baronets, a daughter of Luke Arthur Ponsonby [born 15 July, 1957], of Ledwell, co Oxford, by his wife the former Nicola J. Guy, and is a granddaughter maternally of General Sir Roland Guy, GCB [1928-2005], and a granddaughter paternally of Sir Ashley Charles Gibbs Ponsonby, 2nd Baronet [1921-2010], and is a great-granddaughter of the 6th Marquess of Ormonde [1893-1971].
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The Lady Gillian Smith [née Cecil], who died 17 June, 2022, aged 87, was a scion of the Marquesses of Exeter.
She was born Lady Gilliam Moyra Katherine Cecil, 8 March, 1935, daughter of the British Olympian, the 6th Marquess of Exeter [1905-1981], of Burghley House, Stamford, and his first wife the Lady Mary Theresa Montagu-Douglas-Scott [1904-1984], daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry [1864-1935].
She married firstly, 23 Nov, 1954 [div 1978], Sir Giles Henry Charles Floyd, 7th Baronet [born 27 February, 1932], son of Sir John Duckett Floyd, 6th Bt [1903-1975], and his wife the former Jocelin Evadne Wyldbore-Smith [died 17 Jan, 1976]; she married 2ndly, 1979, George Michael Kertesz, son of Zultan Kertesz; and married 3rdly, 15 April, 2008, as his sedcond wife, Jeremy Fox Eric Smith [1928-2021], scion of that landed gentry family, brother of Fortune, Duchess of Grafton, GCVO [1920-2021], and son of Capt Evan Cadogan Eric Smith, and his wife the former Helen Williams.
From her first marriage she had two sons, David Henry Cecil Floyd [born 2 Apr, 1956], and the late Henry Edward Cecil Floyd [1958-2013].
Lady Gillian attended the 1953 Coronation as a train bearer to Lady Patricia Ramsay [aka Princess Patricia of Connaught]
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Mary Catherine Tulloch [nee Bonsor, born 1987], wife of Archie Seton Tulloch [born 1987], and scion of the Bonsor baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Chloe Nadine Emily, 4 June, 2022, a sister for Nina Catherine, who was born 30 December, 2020.
Archie Tulloch is a son of Edward Archibald Tulloch [born 1946], of Hopefield, East Lothian, and his wife, Catherine.
Mary Tulloch is the daughter of Sir Nicholas Cosmo Bonsor, 4th Baronet [born 9 December, 1942], of Liscombe, Buckinghamshire, and his wife the former Hon Nadine Marisa Lampson [born 23 Aug, 1948], daughter of the 2nd Baron Killearn [1919-1996].
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The engagement was announced 25 June, 2022, between Dr Loren S. Kock, son of Professor Richard A. Kock, of Harrietsham, Kent, and his wife the former Katharine L. Marburg, and Joanna Katharine Henley [born 1992], scion of the Barons Henley, daughter of [Robert Anthony] Nigel Henley [born 23 Aug, 1942], of Boldre, Hampshire, and his 2nd wife the former Anne Beadle, daughter of James Beadle.
Robert, 2nd Baron Henley > Rev Hon Robert Henley > Capt Charles Beauclerk Henley > Robert Stephen Henley > Robert Anthony Nigel Henley > Joanna Katharine Henley
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The engagement was announced 25 June, 2022, between Robert J Macpherson, son of Ms Eva Mnich and the late James Macpherson, of London, and Sabrina Caroline McEwen [born 1988], daughter of Christopher Angus McEwen, of East Bergholt, Suffolk, and his wife the former Coral Anne Chichester [born 7 January, 1954], daughter of Sir Edward John Chichester, 11th Baronet [1916-2007], and his wife the Hon Anne Rachel Pearl Douglas-Scott-Montagu [1921-2015], daughter of the 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu [1866-1929].
Walter, 5th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry > Henry, 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu > John, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu > Anne Douglas-Scott-Montagu > Coral Chichester > Sabrina McEwen
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Sebastian Yorke, who died 17 June, 2022, aged 88, was a scion of the Earls of Hardwicke [descended from the 1st Earl].
He was born 24 January, 1934, son of Henry Vincent Yorke [1905-1973], [the novelist Henry Green] and his wife the former Hon Adelaide Mary Biddulph [1901-1985], daughter of the 2nd Baron Biddulph [1869-1949]; and married firstly, 18 November, 1957] [div 1962], the Hon Emma Christina Tennant [1937-2017], daughter of the 2nd Baron Glenconner [1899-1983], and his second wife, the former Elizabeth Powell [died 2014]; married 2ndly, 1969 [div], Evelyn Barrau, daughter of Lewis Barrau; married 3rdly, 1993, Margaret A. Hick, who survivies him.
He leaves a son from his first marriage, Matthew Henry Yorke [born 24 November, 1958].
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Ambre Knatchbull [born Paris, 24 July, 1984], wife of the Hon Nicholas Charles Louis Norton Knatchbull, [born London, 15 May, 1981], scion of the Earls Mountbatten of Burma, has given birth to a son and heir, Alexander Nicholas J. Knatchbull, circa 24 June, 2022.
Nicholas, who does not use the courtesy title of Baron Brabourne, is the only son and heir of the 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma [born 8 Oct, 1947], of Broadlands, Hampshire, and his wife the former Penelope Meredith Eastwood [born 16 Apr, 1953]. He married at the family seat, Broadlands, Hampshire, 20 May, 2021, Ambre Pouzet, a French-born behavioural therapist, a 'mer-lesque' performing mermaid, according to the Daily Mail.
Nicholas's grandfather, Admiral of the Fleet the 1st Earl, beloved by the royal family as 'Uncle Dickie' was born 25 June, 1900.
Nicholas Knatchbull, a future 4th Earl Mountbatten of Burma is a godson of HRH The Prince of Wales. The birth of a son further secures the future of the earldom [created Peerage of the UK, 28 Oct 1947], the Barony of Romsey [created Peeerage of the UK, 28 Oct, 1947], the Barony of Brabourne [created Peerage of the UK, 26 May 1880], and the Baronetcy, of Mersham Hatch [Baronet of England, created 4 Aug, 1641]
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The engagement was announced 25 June, 2022, between Samuel Charles Cator [born 1992], scion of that landed gentry family of Woodbastwick Hall, son of the late Charles Cator [1959-2015], of Ranworth Norfolk, by his wife the former Jane Culverwell, and Miss Lavinia Anne Taylor [born 1994], daughter of Mr Christopher Compton Taylor [born 1955], of Sherriff Hutton, North Yorkshire, and his wife the former Jose Heather Stead [born 1959].
Samuel Cator's paternal grandfather, Francis Cator [1928-2007], married the Hon Jacquetta Storey [1930-2021], daughter of the life peer, the Baron Buckton [1896-1978], who was also a baronet.
Samuel's great-great aunt, Elizabeth Cator [1899-1959], was wife of the Hon Michael Bowes-Lyon [1893-1953], brother of HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, &c.
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The marriage took place 20 June, 2022, at Our Lady of Victories Church, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, between Charles Dominic O. Haddock [born 1993], youngest son of Mr & Mrs Neil Haddock, of London, and Caroline Daisy Colacicchi [born 1993], daughter of William M. Colacicchi [born 1954], of Bringhurst, Leicestershire, by his wife the former Clare Elizabeth Vivienne Clutterbuck [born 1958], scion of that landed gentry family.
The bride is a younger sister of Cecilia Mary Elizabeth Fitzalan Howard, Countess of Arundel & Surrey [born 1988], wife of the Duke of Norfolk's heir, and is a granddaughter paternally of Count Paul Edward Colacicchi.
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[William] Lawrence Banks, CBE, DL, died 14 June, 2022.
He was born in 1938, son of Richard Alford Banks, CBE [1902-1997], and his first wife the former Lillian Jean Walker [1912-74]; and married 1963, Elizabeth Christina Saunders [born 30 September, 1941], daughter of Capt Leslie Swain Saunders, DSO, RN [1896-1988], head of that Scots landed gentry family, and his wife the former Elizabeth Culme-Seymour [1904-1963], daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 4th Baronet, KCB, MVO [1867-1925]. He leaves two sons, Richard and Edward.
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The Court Circular of 23 June 2022, reports that Dame Elish Angiolini QC was received by The Queen when Her Majesty invested her with the Insignia of a Lady of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle.
The appointment of Dame Elish was announced earlier this month. She was born 24 June 1960, and is a Scottish lawyer who was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2011. Dame Elish served as Lord Advocate of Scotland between 2006 and 2011 as the first woman to hold the post and was also the first woman to hold the role of Solicitor General of Scotland, between 2001 and 2006. Dame Elish has led multiple government inquiries, and in November 2021 it was announced that she would head up the independent inquiry into the murder of Sarah Everard.
Since 2012, Dame Elish has served as Principal of St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford and Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University since 2017. She holds a visiting professorship at the University of Strathclyde, an honorary professorship at the University of Aberdeen and served as Chancellor of the University of the West of Scotland for eight years.
It is expected that the latest appontment to the Order of the Thistle will be installed at a ceremony in Edinburgh next month.
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Celia Eleanor Furness, who died tragically, 13 June, 2022, aged 21, was a scion of the Furness baronets.
She was born in 2001, the daughter of Michael Fitzroy Roberts Furness (born 12 October, 1962), heir apparent to the baronetcy, and his wife the former Katrine Louise Oxtoby, and was a granddaughter paternally of Sir Stephen Furness, 3rd Baronet (born 10 October, 1933).
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The engagement was announced 23 June, 2022, between Corentin Mahé, son of M. Christophe Mahé of Nantes and Mme Ghislaine Mahé of La Baule, Brittany, and Alice Harriet Servaes [born 1984], daughter of James William Servaes [born 14 Apr, 1948], of Mettingham, Suffolk, and his wife the former Harriet Barclay [born 1956], scion of that landed family of Higham.
Alice Servaes descends from the Vestey baronets:-
Sir Edmund Vestey, 1st Bt > Percy Charles Vestey > Patricia Vestey > James Servaes > Alice Servaes
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The Baroness Greengross, OBE, who died 23 June, 2022, aged 86, was an independent crossbench member of the House of Lords from becoming a life peer in 2000 until her death.
Sally Ralea Greengross [née Rosengarten], was born 29 June 1935. Awarded an OBE in the 1993 New Year Honours, Greengross was raised to the peerage as Baroness Greengross, of Notting Hill in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in 2000, sitting as a crossbencher.
Baroness Greengross was an independent crossbench member of the House of Lords from 2000 until her death in 2022 and Co-Chaired five All-Party Parliamentary Groups: Dementia, Corporate Social Responsibility, Bladder and Bowel Continence Care, Social Care and Ageing and Older People. She was the Vice Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on Choice at the End of Life and Longevity, and was the Treasurer of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Equalities. She was also Chair of the cross-party Intergenerational Fairness Forum. In December 2006, it was announced that she would be a Commissioner for the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
In 1959, she married Sir Alan David Greengross [1929-2018], who served as the final leader of the Conservative Party on the Greater London Council (GLC).
Baroness Greengross leaves three daughters and one son. Her husband died in August 2018. She was an honorary associate of the National Secular Society.
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Rollo Basil Arthur Beale, who died 7 June, 2022, aged 40, was descended from the Barons Vestey.
He was born in 1982, son of Stephen Dudley Norman Beale [born 1950], and his second wife the former Jo-Anna Mary Munt Cook, daughter of Arthur Harry Cook, of Wavendon, co Buckingham. He was unm.
William, 1st Baron Vestey > Hon George Ellis Vestey > Alice Vestey > Stephen Dudley Norman Beale > Rollo Beale [d 2022]
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The engagement was announced 23 June, 2022, between Robert Hugo Crosbie Dawson [born 1992], son of the late Thomas Crosbie Dawson [1956-2021], and his wife the former Hon Katherine Jane Joicey [born 20 Apr, 1959] [now the Hon Mrs Crosbie Dawson, of Pawston House, Mindrum, Northumberland], and Edwina Georgina S. Cox [born 1992], daughter of Maj Christopher John Godman Cox [born 13 March, 1957], of Banks Fee Farm, Longborough, Gloucestershire, and his wife, the former Charlotte A.J. MacEwen [born 1960]
Robert Crosbie Dawson is a grandson maternally of the late 4th Baron Joicey [1925-1993].
Edwina Cox is a descendant of the 3rd Baron Foley.
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The Baroness Peyton of Yeovil, who died 16 June, 2022, aged 101, was the widow of John Peyton, the Baron Peyton of Yeovil, PC [1919-2006].
Her husband was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Yeovil for over 31 years, from 1951 to 1983, and an early and leading member of the Conservative Monday Club. He served as Minister of Transport (later renamed Minister of Transport Industries in the Department of the Environment) in Edward Heath's administration from 1970 to 1974. He was a candidate for leader of the Conservative Party in 1975, losing to Mrs Margaret Thatcher.
Lady Peyton was born 12 February, 1921, as Mary Constance Wyndham, scion of the Barons Leconfield, daughter of Brigadier-General the Hon Everard Humphrey Wyndham, MC [1888-1970], and his wife the former Ruth Constance Astley [1900-84], scion of the Astley baronets. She was a granddaughter of the 2nd Baron Leconfield [1830-1901], and his wife the Lady Constance Evelyn Primrose [died 27 June, 1939], scion of the Earls of Rosebery.
Mary Wyndham married firstly, as his second wife, 20 June, 1945 [div 1966], Ralph Hamilton Cobbold [1906-87], scion of that landed gentry family, son of Col. Ralph Cobbold [who later assumed the surname of Sawle] [1869-1965], and his wife the former Minnie Diana Pitt [1865-1936]; she married 2ndly, 27 July, 1966, as his second wife, the abovementioned John Wynne William Peyton, MP, PC [born 13 Feb, 1919], son of Ivor Eliot Peyton [1863-1938], and his wife the former Dorothy Helen Elphinstone [1888-1977].
Her second husband was created a life peer as Baron Peyton of Yeovil, on leaving the House of Commons in 1983, and he died 22 November, 2006.
Lady Peyton of Yeovil leaves two children from her first marriage, David Cobbold [born 5 Oct, 1946], and Charlotte Ruth Cobbold [born 20 Aug, 1949].
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Georgina India R. Astor [born 1985, nee Wells], wife of James Edward Astor [born 10 January, 1976], scion of the Viscounts Astor, gave birth to a son, Jack John Huxley, 8 May, 2022, a brother for Margot Ines, born 19 September, 2019, and a half-brother for Olivia Alexandra, born in 2010, to Suzanne Lundgren Lloyd.
Georgie Astor is a daughter of Christopher Gerard Wells [born 1949], of Burbage, co Wiltshire, and his wife the former Annabelle L Howard [born 1955].
James Astor is a son of Michael Ramon Langhorne Astor [born 29 September, 1946], and his partner Pauline Murray-Jones.
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor > Maj Hon Sir John Jacob Astor > Michael Ramon Langhorne Astor > James Edward Astor > Jack John Huxley Astor [born 2022]
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The Lady Arabella Sackville, who died 18 June, 2022, aged 63, was a scion of the Earls De La Warr [Peerage of Gt Britain, cr 1761].
Lady Arabella Avice Diana Sackville was born 20 June, 1958, the only daughter of the late 10th Earl De La Warr [1921-1988], and his wife the former Anne Rachel Devas [who died 9 May, 2012]. Her father, the 10th Earl, died by his own hand, 9 Feb, 1988, aged 66. Her mother was descended maternally from the Campbell Bannerman landed gentry family.
Lady Arabella married 12 Oct, 1981 [div 1988], Count Giovanni Emo Capodilista Maldura, of Palazzo Grazioli, Rome, Italy. She is survived by two brothers, William, the 11th Earl De La Warr, and the Hon Tom Sackville, the former Conservative government minister.
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Edward Pereira, who died 12 June, 2022, aged 83, was head of that landed gentry family, formerly of Caversham Place.
He was born 10 August, 1938, son of Major George Cecil Pereira [1904-76], and his wife the former Nancy Adelaide Bagge [1907-1990], scion of that landed gentry family; and married 1stly, 1965 [div] Mrs Caroline Jennifer Mary Craig [nee Dixon] [1942-2015], daughter of Gerald Dixon, by his wife the former Kathleen MacDermott; married 2ndly, 1997, Penelope A. Wallace.
He leaves three daughters from his first marriage, Natasha Theresa, and Francesca Antonia [twins] born 1967, and Victoria Caroline Monica [born 1969].
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Dr Eleanor Bowes-Lyon [nee Harland], wife of Charles David Bowes-Lyon [born 1989], scion of the Earls of Strathmore & Kinghorne, gave birth to a daughter, Eva Rose, 19 June, 2022.
Charles Bowes-Lyon is a son of David James Bowes-Lyon [born 21 July, 1947], of Heriot, Midlothian, by his wife the former Elizabeth Harriet Colville, CVO [born 3 December, 1952], scion of the Viscounts Colville of Culross, and is descended from the 13th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne [1824-1904], who was the paternal grandfather of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
Charles's mother, Mrs David Bowes-Lyon has been a Lady-in-waiting to HRH The Princess Royal since 1990. She is a goddaughter of HM The Queen, and daughter of the late Sir John [Jock] Colville [1915-87], Private Secretary to the then Princess Elizabeth 1947-49, and later private secretary to Sir Winston Churchill.
Dr Eleanor L. [Ellie] Bowes-Lyon is a daughter of Mr and Mrs David Harland, of Dundrum, Dublin.
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Georgina Helen [Georgie] Dunlop [nee Spencer, born 1987], wife of [Robert] James [Jamie] Dunlop [born 1987], gave birth to a second daughter, Tallulah Elspeth, 14 June, 2022, a sister for Coco Florence, who was born 27 July, 2020.
Jamie Dunlop is a son of Robert Andrew Dunlop [born 1948], by his wife the former Catherine Jennifer Ewart, and is a grandson of Maj Roy Dunlop, MBE [1906-91], who married Sheila Gertrude Tollemache Arbuthnot [1917-2019], scion of the Arbuthnot baronets.
Georgie Dunlop is a daughter of Peter Kenneth Spencer and the former Stephanie Moira Russell.
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The marriage took place, at Basílica da Estrela, Lisbon, 4 June, 2022, between Barnaby Alexander Patrick Bracher [born 1993], son of Mr Garnet Piers Bracher [born 1963], of Putney, London, and his wife the former Candida Dorothy Drury-Lowe [born 1963], scion of that landed gentry family, and Madalena de Abreu, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jorge de Abreu, of Estoril, Portugal.
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Caroline Evelyn Hudson [nee Loyd], who died 13 June, 2022, aged 75, was a scion of Loyd landed family formerly of Monk's Orchard.
She was born 16 January, 1947, daughter of Capt Edward Percy Canning Loyd [1921-1977], and his wife the former June Cecilia Keppel [1924-2008], scion of the Earls of Albemarle; married 2 May, 1968, Anthony Havelock Hudson [born 25 Apr, 1946], son of Sir Havelock Henry Trevor Hudson [1919-96], and his 1st wife the former Elizabeth Home [1925-2014].
She was a descendant of the 2nd Earl of Albermarle, and a kinswoman of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall.
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The Dowager Lady McGrigor, who died 11 June, 2022, aged 94, was the widow of Sir Charles McGrigor, 5th Baronet [1922-2007].
She was born Mary Bettine Edmonstone, 28 September, 1927, eldest daughter of Sir Archibald Charles Edmonstone, 6th Baronet, of Duntreath [1898-1954], and his wife the former Gwendolyn Mary Field [who died 27 Nov, 1989], daughter of Marshall Field Jr [1868-1905], the Chicago department store millionaire.
She married 7 June, 1948, Sir Charles Edward McGrigor, 5th Baronet [1922-2007], son of Lt.-Col. Sir Charles Colquhoun McGrigor, 4th Baronet, OBE [1893-1946], and his wife the former Amabel Caroline Somers Cocks [died 1977]; by whom she had issue, two sons, James and Charles, and two daughters, Lorna and Kirsty.
She was widowed, 1 Oct, 2007, and the baronetcy passed to her elder son, James [born 19 Oct 1949].
The funeral service will take place at Glenorchy & Innishail Parish Church, Dalmally, 29 June 2022.
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The engagement was announced 18 June, 2022, between Jacob William Richard Studholme [born 11 June, 1993], younger son of Sir Henry William [Harry] Studholme, 3rd Baronet [born 31 January, 1958], of Perridge House, Longdown, co Devon, and his wife the former Sarah Lucy Rosita Deans-Chrystall, and Laura C.V. Parkes, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Tim Parkes, of Berghersh Place, Witnesham, co Suffolk.
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Catherine Zoë Spencer Churchill [nee Lancaster], who died from lung cancer, 10 June, 2022, aged 53, was the wife of Randolph Leonard Spencer Churchill [born 22 January, 1965], great-grandson of the Rt Hon Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, DL, FRS, RA [1874-1965], and scion of the Dukes of Marlborough.
She was the former Catherine Lancaster, daughter of Antony Lancaster, of Kensington, and his wife Heather, and married at Westerham, Kent, 21 March, 1992, Randolph Leonard Spencer Churchill, elder son of Winston Spencer Churchill, MP [1940-2010], and his 1st wife the former Mary Caroline ['Minnie'] d'Erlanger.
Mrs Churchill is survived by her husband and son, John Winston [born 30 March, 2007], and three daughters, Serena Barbara [born 12 May, 1996], Zoë [born 29 Oct, 1998], and Alice [born 28 Apr, 2003].
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The marriage took place, June, 2022, between Oliver Benjamin Birkbeck (born 3 Apr 1973), scion of the Birkbeck landed gentry family and descended from the Royal House, son of John Oliver Charles Birkbeck (born 22 June 1936) of Litcham Hall, Norfolk, by his wife the former Hermione Anne Dawes [born 5 Dec, 1941] {descended from the Armytage Bts} & the Hon Sophia Christian Fermor-Hekseth [born 1984], daughter of the 3rd Baron Hesketh [born 28 October, 1950], and his wife the Hon Claire Georgina Watson [born 7 January, 1952], daughter of the 3rd Baron Manton [1924-2003].
The couple have a son, Frankie, born in 2021.
It is Ollie Birkbeck's second marriage. His first, on 12 May, 2018, was to the Hon Laura Mary Trenchard [born 20 Dec 1987], daughter of the 3rd Viscount Tremchard [born 12 March 1951], and his wife the former Hon Fiona Elizabeth Morrison [born 11 Nov, 1954], daughter of the 2nd Baron Margadale [1930-2003].
Ollie is descended from King William IV and his mistress Dorothea Jordan:-
King William IV > George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster > William FitzClarence, 2nd Earl of Munster > Hon Harold FitzClarence > Lady Wilhelmina Joan FitzClarence > John Oliver Charles Birkbeck > Oliver Benjamin Birkbeck
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Blanca Daphne Leigh, died 7 June, 2022. She was a daughter of Paul Wansbrough, and married in 1988, Edward Harold Leigh [born 28 Apr, 1960], second son of Patrick Stephens Leigh [1926-2011], and his wife the former Bridget Anne Hastings [1928-2011], scion of the Earls of Huntingdon, by whom she had four sons, Benjamin [born 1989], Dominic [born 1991], Cosmo [born 1996], and Zak [born 2002].
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The engagement was announced 16 June, 2022, between Alastair William M. Dean [born 24 Nov, 1988], son of James FitzRoy Dean [born 4 Aug, 1954], of East Mere, Lincolnshire, and his former wife Charlotte Janet Rose Unwin [born 1963, now Mrs David Barrie, of Binley, Hampshire], and Olivia van Vrendenburch, second daughter of Mr and Mrs Hugo van Vredenburch, of Lucca, Italy.
The 3rd Baron Raglan > Hon Nigel Somerset > Susan Margaret Somerset > James Fitzroy Dean > Alastair Dean
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Sir Christopher Bellamy, QC, has been created a life peer on his appointment as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice. His peerage has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Bellamy, of Waddesdon, in the County of Buckinghamshire.
The only previous ‘Lord Bellamy’ was of course a fictional character Viscount Bellamy of Haversham, portrayed by actor David Langton in the long running TV series Upstairs Downstairs.
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Brenda Frances Hillier Thorold, who died 11 June, 2022, aged 92, was a scion of the Thorold baronets.
Brenda Frances Thorold was born 13 Aug, 1929, daughter of Edward Leofric Thorold [1898-1965], and his first wife the former Phyllis Frances Hills; amd married 1 Nov, 1947, Roy Hillier [1924-73], son of Arthur Charles Hillier, by whom she had two sons, Anthony and Nicholas.
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Mary Robinson Gillam [Robin] Hambro [née Boyer], who died 14 June, 2022, was the widow of Rupert Nicholas Hambro [1943-2021], scion of that landed gentry family.
She was a daughter of Francis Boyer, of Philadelphia, United States, and married in 1970, Rupert Nicholas Hambro, son of Jocelyn Olaf Hambro [1919-94], and his wife the former Ann Silvia Muir [died 1972], by whom she had a son, Jonathan [born 1974], and a daughter, Flora [born 1976].
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The Hon Robert Christopher Clive [Bertie] Wigram, who was killed in a road traffic accident, 13 June, 2022, aged 42, was a scion of the Barons Wigram [Baron, UK, cr 1935].
He was born 29 February, 1980, second son of the 3rd Baron Wigram, MVO [born 18 March, 1949], sometime Equerry to HRH The late Duke of Edinburgh, and his wife the former Gabrielle Diana Moore.
The funeral takes place at St Michael and All Angels, Poulton, Cirencester, 30 June, 2022.
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The marriage took place 11 June 2022, at Ripon Cathedral between Thomas Rhys Holliday [born 1992], younger son of Dr Jonathan J.C. Holliday [born 1956], of Windsor, Berkshire, by his wife the former Gwen M. Lewis, & Alexandra Theodosia Compton [born 23 July, 1992], scion of the Marquesses of Northampton, daughter of Richard Clephane Compton [born 18 April, 1957], of Newby Hall, near Ripon, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Lucinda Jane Astell Hohler [born 22 December, 1960], scion of that landed gentry family.
Alexandra Compton is a great-great-great granddaughter of the 4th Marquess of Northampton [1818-97]. Her great-grandfather Maj Edward Robert Francis Compton [1891-1977], of Newby Hall, married Sylvia Farquharson of Invercauld [1899-1950], and their elder son, Alwyne Compton [born 1 May, 1919], succeeded his mother in the clan chieftainship and became Alwyne Farquharson, 16th of Invercauld.The Queen has made two appointments to the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle. The Rt Hon Dame Elish Angiolini, and the Rt Hon George Reid are the latest recipients of Scotland's highest order of chivalry.
Dame Elish Angiolini QC [born 24th June 1960] is a Scottish lawyer who was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2011. Dame Elish served as Lord Advocate of Scotland between 2006 and 2011 as the first woman to hold the post and was also the first woman to hold the role of Solicitor General of Scotland, between 2001 and 2006. Dame Elish has led multiple government inquiries, and in November 2021 it was announced that she would head up the independent inquiry into the murder of Sarah Everard.
Since 2012, Dame Elish has served as Principal of St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford and Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University since 2017. She holds a visiting professorship at the University of Strathclyde, an honorary professorship at the University of Aberdeen and served as Chancellor of the University of the West of Scotland for eight years.
Sir George Reid [born 4th June 1939] is a Scottish politician, international aid director and academic. He was knighted in 2012 for services to Scottish politics and public life. He is currently a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Professorial Teaching Fellow at the University of Stirling.
In 2008 Sir George was appointed Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and then served as Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire from 2011 to 2014. He was elected Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament in 2003, following his elections as MSP for Ochil that year, for Mid-Scotland and Fife in 1999 and as MP for Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire in 1974.
Between Westminster and Holyrood, Sir George worked for 14 years in disasters and conflicts worldwide as Director of Public Affairs of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent in Geneva and as Director of the Global Campaign for the Victims of War. Since retirement from politics, he has been appointed an Electoral Commissioner and has chaired governance reviews in the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Welsh Parliament and of the National Trust for Scotland.
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The engagement was announced 10 June, 2022, between Archie Alexander Smyth-Osbourne [born 1994], scion of that landed gentry family, youngest son of Charles William Smyth-Osbourne [born 7 March, 1959], of Sulgrave, Northamptonshire, and his wife the former Joanna Mary Cubitt [born 27 May 1960], scion of the Barons Ashcombe, and Sasha Euphemia Holt [born 1993], elder daughter of Stephen J Holt [born 1957], of Holdenby, Northamptonshire, and his wife the former Euphemia Catherine N. Wrathall.
Henry Cubitt, 2nd Baron Ashcombe >Hon Charles Cubitt>Sir Hugh Cubitt>Joanna Mary Cubitt>Archie Smyth-Osbourne
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Michael Oliver Watson, who died 9 June, 2022, aged 95, was a scion of the Barons Manton [Peerage of the UK, cr 1922]. He was born 20 December, 1926, son of the Hon Alastair Joseph Watson [1901-55], and his wife the former Joan Cobbold [1902-88], scion of that landed gentry family; and married 7 December, 1950, Virginia Hoare[1927-2001], scion of that landed gentry family, by whom he had issie, two sons, Alastair [born 7 Nov, 1958], and George [born 16 Feb, 1962], and a daughter, Amanda [born 19 Dec, 1956].
Michael Watson was a grandson of the 1st Baron Manton [1873-1922].
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Sir William Antony John Reardon-Smith, 4th Baronet, died 8 June, 2022. He was 84,
Sir William was born 20 June, 1937, son of Sir William Reardon Reardon-Smith, 3rd Baronet [1911-95], and his 1st wife the former Nesta Florence Phillips [who died as result of an accident, 9 Sept, 1959]; and succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father, 13 June, 1995.
He married 4 Aug, 1962, Susan Wight Gibson, daughter of Henry Wight Gibson, by whom he had issue. The baronetcy now devolves upon his eldest son, William Nicholas Henry, who was born 10 June, 1963.
The baronetcy was created in 1920, for his ancestor, another Sir William, a shipowner.
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Revel Sarah Albert, OBE [nee Guest], the film producer, who died 8 June, 2022, aged 90, was a sion of the Barons Wimborne, and a cousin of Sir Winston Churchill.
She was born 14 September, 1931, daughter of the Hon Oscar Montague Guest [1888-1958], and his wife the former Kathleen Susan Paterson [1902-81]; and married 22 Aug, 1963, Robert Alan Albert, son of James Albert, wby whom she had issue, a son, Justin [born 19 Feb, 1965], and a daughter, Corisande [born 10 Mar 1967].
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The engagement was announced 11 June, 2022, between Sir George Edward Michael Bowen, 5th Baronet [born 27 December, 1987], son of the late Sir Mark Edward Mortimer Bowen, 4th Baronet [1958-2014], and Lady Bowen [nee Kerry Tessa Moriarty], of London, & Katherine Fretigny Pantin [born 1992], daughter of David F. Pantin, of London, and his wife the former Lorraine B. Mosley.
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Gabrielle De Trafford [nee Boone], died 1 June, 2022.
She was the former Gabrielle Boone, daughter of Major Ronald Edward Boone [1912-1997], of Rockcliffe House, Upper Slaughter, Gloucestershire, and his wife Susan Margaret Rose Kennard [1915-82], of the Kennard baronets; and married 24 September, 1966, Anthony Charles Everard De Trafford [1935-2018], scion of the baronets of that name, son of Hubert Edmund Francis De Trafford [1893-1974], and his wife the Hon Cecilia Victoria Strickland [1897-1982], daughter of the 1st [and last] Baron Strickland [1861-1940].
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James Spearman, who died 5 June, 2022, aged 57, was a scion of the Spearman baronets.
He was born 6 November, 1964, fourth son of Sir Alexander Cadwallader Mainwaring Spearman, Kt [1901-82], sometime Conservative MP for Scarborough and Whitby, and his 2nd wife the former Diana Josephine Ward [1921-2004], scion of the Ward baronets.
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Evelyn Louise Gladstone [nee Milligan, born 1983], wife of John Berenger Gladstone [born 3 March, 1983], scion of the Gladstone landed family of Capenoch, gave birth to a daughter, Honor, 19 May, 2022, a sister for Isla Clementine [born 19 Jan 2012], and twins William and Cecily [born 6 Nov, 2013].
Evelyn Gladstone is a daughter of Iain Anstruther Milligan, QC [born 1950], and his wife the former Zara Ann Louise Spearman [born 27 May, 1956], scion of the Spearman baronets.
John Berenger Gladstone is a son of Robert Hamilton Gladstone [born 17 July, 1953], head of that landed gentry family, and his wife the former Margaret Jane Bradford [born 6 Dec, 1953], scion of the Bradford baronets.
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The engagement was announced 8 June, 2022, between Alexander Robert Haldane [born 1995], son of Robert Mungo John Haldane [born 21 June, 1952], of Auchterarder, Perthshire, scion of that landed gentry family, and his wife the former Elizabeth Marion Eyres [born 1955], scion of that landed gentry family, and Leonora Ianthe Bell [born 10 June, 1995], daughter of Timothy Francis Bell, of Swinbrook, co Oxford, and his wife the former Eliza Fitzalan-Howard [born 17 November, 1964], scion of the Dukes of Norfolk.
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Sir Henry Grattan-Bellew, 5th Baronet, died 5 June, 2022. He was 89.
Sir Henry was born 12 May, 1933, son of Lt.-Col. Sir Charles Christopher Grattan-Bellew, 4th Baronet [1887-1948], and his wife the former Maureen Peyton Segrave, daughter of Sir Thomas Segrave; and was a baronet for 73 years having succeeded his father, 6 November, 1948.
He was three times wed, firstly, 27 April, 1956 [div 1966], to Naomi Morgan, daughter of Dr Charles Cyril Morgan; married 2ndly, 1967 [div 1974] Gillian Hulley; married 3rdly, 1978, Elzabe Amy Body, daughter of Henry Gilbert Body.
He is succeeded in the baronetcy by the only son of his second wife, Patrick Charles, born 7 Dec, 1971.
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Antony Francis Barrow, who died 6 June, 2022, was a scion of the Barrow baronets.
He was born in 1937, second son of Alfred Francis Lendon Barrow [1904-89], and his wife the former Ruth Mary Milsum [1914-2010]; and married in 1962, Alexa Skelton, daughter of Raleigh Skelton, by whom he had issue, a son, Kevin [born 1963], and a daughter, Katherine [born 1965].
Sir Francis Barrow, 4th Baronet > Alfred Barrow > Antony Barrow [d 2022]
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Count Manfredi della Gherardesca, who died 31 May, 2022, aged 60, at home at Castagneto Carducci, Italy, was the son of Count Palatine Guelfo della Gherardesca.
He was born in Florence, 5 Aug, 1961, and married at the Brompton Oratory, 26 September, 1998, Maria Theodora Marjorie Grafin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Scharffeneck [aka Dora Löewenstein] [born 11 July, 1966], daughter of Rupert Prinz zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Scharffeneck [1933-2014], who assumed the title Prinz zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, and his wife the former Josephine Lowry-Corry [born 26 Jan, 1931], scion of the Earls of Belmore. Prinz Rupert was the long-time financial manager of The Rolling Stones.
Manfredi della Gherardesca began his career in the art world as director of the L’Antiquaire & the Connoisseur Gallery in New York, followed by stints at Citibank’s private art advisory wing and as chairman of Sotheby’s Italy. He established MDG Fine Arts in London in 2000, and brought collectors together with galleries, institutions and auction houses. In 2016 he expanded into design and interiors, and he arranged a number of exclusive properties. He later ran his own art and design consultancy to help others navigate the maze that is the contemporary art market. He was also an art curator.
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Charlotte Emma Rosealeen Yonge-Clarke [nee Yonge, born 1988], wife of Thomas Richard [Tom] Yonge-Clarke [born 1988], gave birth to a son, Alfred Lionel, 11 May, 2022.
Tom is a son of Timothy Clarke and his wife the former Emma Murdoch. Charlotte is a daughter of Nicholas Patrick Yonge [born 1951], scion of that landed family, and his wife the Hon [Victoria] Sally Cooke [born 1956], daughter of the life peer the Baron Cooke of Islandreagh, OBE, DL [1920-2007], and his wife the former Alison Sheila Casement [1923-2015], scion of that landed gentry family.
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Ann Allen [née Roberts], who died 19 May, 2022, aged 85, was a scion of the Roberts baronets.
She was born 24 May, 1936, daughter of William Denby Roberts [1909-1966], and his wife the former Helen Fyans Fenwick [1910-1962]; and married 20 May, 1967, Richard Staines Allen [b 1930], by whom she had a son, Adrian [born 12 Nov, 1967], and two daughters, Alison [b 9 Jul 1975], and Sophie [b 18 Jul 1979].
Sir James Roberts, 1st Bt > Bertram Roberts > William Denby Roberts > Ann Roberts [ d 2022]
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Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Charles Coote Kaye,who died 26 May, 2022, aged 83, was descended from the Coote baronets.
He was born 17 July, 1938, son of Major Ronald Lesley Downing Kaye [1899-1982], and his wife the former Evelyn Gertrude Eyre Coote [1900-1960]; and married 1965, Fay Elizabeth Mew[born 1939], daughter of Joseph Harrie Mew [1901-1982], and his wife the former Joan Cecil Gold Watney [1911-1982], scion of that landed brewing family, by whom he had two sons, James and Ben.
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Rosie Jean B. Macpherson [née Atkinson, born 1989], wife of Charles Edward Ian Macpherson [born 1989], gave birth to a son, Albie Oliver Bewley, 24 May, 2022, a brother for Milo, who was born in 2020.
Rosie is a daughter of Nigel Atkinson. Charles Macpherson is a son of Nigel Charles Blake Macpherson, and his wife the former Georgina Lily Fleur Mountain [born 1 Aug, 1959], scion of the Mountain baronets, daughter of Sir Denis Mountain, 3rd Baronet [1929-2005].
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Jane Taylor Hoyer Millar [née Aldington], died 20 May, 2022.
She was born in 1931 a daughter of Colonel Harold John Aldington [1902-1976], of Henley-on-Thames, and his wife the former Ivy Margaret Taylor [1902-66]; and married 1956, Gurth Christian Hoyer Millar [1928-2014], kinsman of the Barons Inchyra, son of Major Edward George Hoyer Millar [1900-1949], by his wife the former Phyllis Edith Amy Wace [1900-57], scion of that landed gentry family, by whom she had two sons and a daughter.
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_. Abby Colquhoun [nee Charles, born 1982], wife of Andrew John Colquhoun [born 1983], descended from the Greenwell baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Lila Alice, 27 May, 2022, a sister for Angus Michael Alastair, who was born 30 April, 2021.
Abby is a daughter of Michael R. Charles, of Thorpe Satchville, Leicestershire.
Andrew Colquhoun is a son of Alastair Peter Colquhoun [born 3 May, 1941], of Winchester, Hampshire, and his wife the former Elisabeth Stanning.
Sir Bernard Greenwell, 2nd Baronet [1874-1939] > Ruth Greenwell [1916-2003] > Alastair Colquhoun [b 1941] > Andrew Colquhoun [b 1982] > Angus Colquhoun [b 2021]
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Lord Swinfen, the 3rd Baron, died 5 June, 2022. He was 83.
Lord Swinfen was one of the 42 hereditary peers elected to the House of Lords following the Blair reforms of 1999.
Roger Mynors Swinfen Eady was born 14 December, 1938, son of the 2nd Baron [1904-1977], and his 1st wife the former Mary Aline Farmar [died 30 Dec, 2002]; and succeeded to the peerage on the death of his father, 19 March, 1977.
The peerage was created in 1919 for his grandfather Charles Eady, a Lord Justice of Appeal 1913-18, and Master of the Rolls, 1918-1919, who died a couple of weeks after his peerage had been conferred.
The 3rd Baron married 24 October, 1962, Patricia Anne Blackmore, daughter of Frank Blackmore, of Dundrum, co Dublin, by whom he had issue a son, Charles, and three daughters, Georgina, Katherine and Arabella. The son, the Hon Charles Roger Peregrine Swinfen Eady, who was born 8 March, 1971, now succeeds to the peerage.
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The engagement was announced 3 June, 2022, between Harry Nathaniel Frederick Polhill [born Aug 1988], scion of that landed gentry family, son of Julian Arthur George Polhill [born 1956], of Renhold, Bedfordshire, head of that family, and Mrs Claire Polhill [nee Johnson], of Keysoe, Bedfordshire, & Eloise Victoria Halmshaw [born 1990], daughter of Christopher Cole Halmshaw [born 1954], of Redbourne, Lincolnshire, and his wife the former Victoria Elizabeth Wardell [born 1954].
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The engagement was announced 3 June, 2022, between Harry Nathaniel Frederick Polhill [born Aug, 1988], scion of that landed gentry family, son of Julian Arthur George Polhill [born 1956], of Renhold, Bedfordshire, and Mrs Claire Polhill [nee Johnson], of Keysoe, Bedfordshire, and Eloise Victoria Halmshaw [born 1990], daughter of Christopher Cole Halmshaw [born Oct 1954], of Redbourne, Lincolnshire, and his wife the former Victoria Elizabeth Wardell [born Feb 1954].
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The Duchess of Cornwall was received by The Queen June 1, 2022, when Her Majesty invested Her Royal Highness with the Insignia of a Lady Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
It was announced on 1 January, 2022, that Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall was to become a Royal Lady of the Most Noble of the Garter.
The appointment of Camilla to England's highest order of chivalry is a clear indication of the Queen's trust and confidence in her daughter-in-law. No wife of an heir to the throne has been so honoured in modern times. Recent tradition has seen the honour bestowed only on the Queen Consort.
In 1901 King Edward VII broke with tradition and gave the Garter to his wife, Queen Alexandra, in the days immediately after succeeding to the throne. Edward's son, King George V followed his father's example, and gave the Garter to his wife Queen Mary, when he succeeded to the throne in 1910. King George VI in turn bestowed the honour upon his Queen, the former Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, when he succeeded his brother following the abdication in 1936.
Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, later Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was given the Garter on the eve of his marriage to the then Princess Elizabeth, in November, 1947. Camilla's honour comes almost 17 years after her marriage to the Prince of Wales.
This mark of the Queen's favour comes six years after she appointed Camilla to the Privy Council, also an unprecedented move. It is believed that the Queen honoured her daughter-in-law in order to ensure that Camilla would be be enabled to attend an Accession Council, and thereby present to see her husband take the oath as King following the Queen's death.
'Garter Day' in June usually precedes the start of Royal Ascot. Camilla will join the ranks of royal Knights/ladies, including the Princess Royal, appointed in 1994, and the Queen's cousin, Princess Alexandra, appointed in 2003, the Dukes of Kent, Gloucester, York and Cambridge, and the the Earl of Wessex and Forfar. Prince Harry, a Knight of the Royal Victorian Order, is not a KG.
It has not been announced whether the Duchess of Cornwall will use the postnominals LG [for Lady of the Garter] or KG [for Knight of the Garter]. The Princess Royal and Princess Alexandra chose to use 'KG'.
Charlotte Wilmoth [nee Hearn], wife of George James Wilmoth [born 27 February, 1980], gave birth to a son, Frederick Lloyd, 25 May, 2022, a brother for Oscar Logan, who was born 28 February, 2020.
George Wilmoth is a son of Charles John Maitland Wilmoth, and his wife the former Fiona Susan Scott-Bowden [born 14 Oct, 1952], descended from the Price baronets.
Sir Francis Rose Price, 5th Baronet > Helen Joyce Price > Fiona Susan Scott-Bowden > George Wilmoth > Frederick Wilmoth
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Th engagement was announced 1 June, 2022, between Hector H. Bevan, eldest son of Mr & Mrs Hugh Bevan, of Farringdon, Hampshire, and Georgina E.C. Ffennell [born 1992], younger daughter of Simon Walter Hugh Ffennell [born 10 De, 1956], descended from the Earls of Harrowby, and his wife the former Lucinda Mary Ringrose-Voase [born 20 June, 1961], scion of that landed gentry family.
Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby > Hon Frederick Dudley Ryder > Rev Algernon Dudley Ryder > Lt Col Hugh Dudley Ryder > Jane Christine Ryder > Simon Ffennell > Georgina Ffennell
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