Priscilla Mary Chester-Master (née Lutyens) 1931-2023

 Priscilla Mary Chester-Master (née Lutyens), died 8 January, 2023, aged 91.

She was born in 1931, a daughter of Capt. Francis Murray Bernard Lutyens, MC (1895-1955), of Posingford, Hartfield, Sussex, and his wife the former Mary Isabella Crawford (1905-2022); and married in 1951, Richard Thomas George Chester-Master (1927-1994), head of that landed gentry family, son of Lieutenant-Colonel William Alfred Chester-Master (1903-63), and his wife the former Patience Mary Streeter, by whom she had four sons, William, Luke, Francis and Ben.

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Timothy Rowland Morley, FRCS 1939-2023

 Timothy Rowland Morley, FRCS, died 11 January, 2023, aged 83.

He was born 18 March, 1939, son of Henry Seaward Morley, FRCP (1897-1961), of Midhurst, Sussex, and his wife the former Alison Kathleen Hill, scion of the Viscounts Hill; and married 20 Aug, 1966, Mary Elspeth Holbourn Adeney, daughter of Noel Frederick Adeney, FRCS, by whom he had issue, a son, David (born 1969), and a daughter, Nicola (born 1968).

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The Lady Martha Veronica Bruce, OBE 1921-2023

 The Lady Martha Veronica Bruce, OBE, who died 22 January, 2023, aged 101, was a scion of the Earls of Elgin & Kincardine.

Lady Martha was sometime a Lady-in-waiting to HRH The Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood.

She was born 7 November, 1921, the eldest daughter of the 10th Earl of Elgin, KT, CMG (1881-1968), assistant Private Secretary to Secretary of State for the Colonies 1905-08; CMG 1919; Grand Master Mason of Scotland 1921-72; Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1925 and 1926; Knight of the Thistle 1933; Lord Lieutenant of Fife 1935-65; President, Empire Exhibition Glasgow 1938, by his wife the former Hon Katherine Elizabeth Cochrane, DBE (died 1989).

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Honor Ada Hardwick Boyd-Bowman (born 2022)

 Annabel Honor Hardwick Boyd-Bowman (nee Matterson, born 1989), wife of Thomas Boyd-Bowman, and descended from the Child baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Honor Ada Hardwick, 13 December, 2022.

Thomas is a son of Mr & Mrs Robert Boyd-Bowman, of Hanoi, Vietnam.

 Annabel is a daughter of Charles John Hardwick Matterson [born 26 December, 1960], of Polstead, Suffolk, and his wife the former Elizabeth Caroline McGregor Moffatt [born 1962].

Sir Coles John Child, 2nd Baronet [1906-71] > Honor Diana Child [b 1936-  ] > Charles Matterson [b 1960] > Annabel Matterson [b 1989] > Honor Boyd-Bowman (born 2022)

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Leslie Melville/Clay engagement

 The engagement was announced 24 January, 2023, between George William Leslie Melville (born 1993), scion of the Earls of Leven & Melville, second son of James Hugh Leslie Melville (born 5 November, 1960), of Fife, and his wife the former Clare Jean Heywood-Lonsdale (born 15 July, 1961), scion of that landed gentry family, and Serena Daisy Lockwood Clay (born 17 May, 1993), middle daughter of Mr Jeremy Mark Lockwood Clay (born 1961), of Kent, and his wife the former Caroline S. Bird.

George's mother, Clare, is a cousin of the Duchess of Devonshire.

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Soames/Cator engagement

 The engagement was announced 24 January, 2023, between Jack Winston T. Soames (born 22 September, 1994), a great-grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, second son of the Hon Rupert Christopher Soames [born 18 May, 1959], of Cuddington, Buckinghamshire, by his wife the former Camilla Rose Dunne, scion of that landed family, and Eleanor Camilla Cator (born 22 June, 1995), scion of that landed family, third daughter of the late Charles Francis Cator (1959-2015), of Ranworth, Norfolk, and his wife the former Jane Culverwell.

Sir Mark Adair Hodson, 8th Baronet 1964-2023

 Sir Mark Adair Hodson, 8th Baronet, died 18 January, 2023, aged 58.

Sir Mark is the third Hodson baronet to die in the past nine months. His uncle, Sir Michael, the 6th Baronet, died 8 April, 2022, and his father, Sir Patrick, the 7th Bt, died 21 July, 2022.

He was born 9 April, 1964, eldest son of Sir Patrick Hodson, 7th Baronet (1934-2022), and his wife the former June Shepherd-Cross, and succeeded to the baronetcy (Ireland, cr 1789), on his father's demise, 21 July, 2022.

He married in 1991, Kathleen Mary Florence Bissill, daughter of William Rippon Bissill, and his wife the former Hon Charmaine Elizabeth Violet Cecilia Wilson (1930-2018), daughter of the 3rd Baron Nunburnholme (1904-74), and his wife the former Lady Mary Beatrice Thynne (1903-74), daughter of the 5th Marquess of Bath (1862-1946), &c.

Sir Mark leaves a widow, and a daughter, Charlotte (born 1996), and a son, Edward Charles Adair Hodson (born 7 May, 1998), who now succeeds as 9th baronet.

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Catherine Anna Reed 1960-2023

 Catherine Anna Reed, who died 18 January, 2023, the day after her 63rd birthday. She was descended maternally from the Backhouse baronets.

She was born 17 January, 1960, the elder daughter of Arthur Wreford Reed (1932-1989), and his wife the former Jenifer Ann (Jenny) Backhouse (born 24 March, 1938), daughter of Major Sir John Edmund Backhouse, 3rd Baronet (1909-1944). 

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Diarmaid Hugh Douglas-Hamilton 1940-2023

 Diarmaid Hugh Douglas-Hamilton, who died in Beverly, Massachusetts, USA, 19 January, 2023, aged 82, was a scion of the Dukes of Hamilton & Brandon. 

He was born 17 June, 1940, 1st son of Squadron Leader Lord David Douglas-Hamilton (1912-1944), and his wife the former Ann Prunella Stack, OBE (1914-2010); & was a grandson of the 13th Duke of Hamilton & Brandon (1862-1940); and married 1stly, 14 Oct, 1967 (div 1982) Margaret Barlow Hambrecht; and married 2ndly, 1983, Margaret Mary Spencer, daughter of Duncan MacGlashan Spencer, of New York, United States. he is survived by his second wife and two step-children.

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Trotter/Smilga engagement

 The engagement was announced 23 January, 2023, between Algernon David B. Trotter (born 1987), scion of that landed gentry family of Mortonhall, son of Gerald Richard Trotter (born 6 Dec, 1946), of Westminster, London, and his wife the former Caroline D.B. Sheppard (born 1951), and Ieva Smilga, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Andis Smilga, of Valmiera, Latvia.

The 15th Earl of Eglinton > Lady Edith Mary Montgomerie > Lt-Col John Trotter > Gerald Richard Trotter > Algernon Trotter

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Aitchison/Rule engagement

 The engagement was announced 23 January, 2023, between Harry Walter Jeremy Aitchison (born 16 May, 1994), scion of the Aitchison baronets, only son of Jeremy David Aitchison (born 10 Apr, 1959), of Duncton, West Sussex, and his wife the former Ruth Mary Timmis, & Catherine Lucy Rule (born circa 1995) daughter of Douglas Rule, of Monks Eleigh, Suffolk, and the late Sarah Rule (nee Clayton).

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Mainwaring-Burton/Leatham engagement

 The engagement wasannounced 21 January, 2023, between Archie J. Mainwaring-Burton (born 24 July, 1986), scion of that landed gentry family, elder son of Guy Anthony Mainwaring-Burton (born 4 November, 1956), of St John, Jersey, Channel Islands, and his wife the former Bridget Mary Riley (born 5 January, 1958), descended from the Viscounts Molesworth, & Charlotte Elisabeth Leatham (born 1989), scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Mark Leatham (born 1955), of Lyons Gate, Dorset, and his late wife the former (Elisabeth) Joanna (Jojo) Blake (1963-2014).

The 8th Viscount Molesworth > Hon Andalusia Molesworth > Lt-Col Christopher Riley > Maj John Riley > Bridget Mary Riley > Archie Mainwaring-Burton

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Speers/Conyngham engagement

 The engagement was announced 21 January, 2023, between Cian Speers, son of Jonny and Susan Speers, of Monkstown, Co Dublin, & the Lady Tamara Jane Conyngham (born 17 April, 1991), daughter of the 8th Marquess Conyngham (born 23 May, 1951), of Slane Castle, Co Meath, and his second wife the former Lady Iona Charlotte Grimston (born 25 October, 1953), daughter of the 6th Earl of Verulam (1912-1973).

Lady Tamara has an elder half-brother, Alexander, styled Earl of Mount Charles (born 30 Jan, 1975), and a half sister, Lady Henrietta (born 1976), wife of the 6th Earl of Lichfield (born 19 July, 1978).

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Fears grow for missing aristocrat

 Concern is growing for the safety of Constance Dorothea Marten (born 1987) who disappeared with Mark Gordon and their two-day-old child after abandoning their car on the M61. Miss Marten is a great-granddaughter of the 3rd Baron Alington. 

The couple abandoned their burning car on the hard shoulder of the M61 and fled – an aristocrat, a sex offender, and their baby, born just one or two days before. From the inferno near Bolton, thought to have destroyed all their belongings, they travelled first to Liverpool, then to Harwich in Essex, to Colchester and on to East Ham station in east London, over the course of two days.

That blurry CCTV footage from 7 January, 2023, is the last confirmed sighting of 35-year-old Constance Marten, the heiress’s face wrapped in a red scarf, her baby swaddled inside her coat. Alongside her is 48-year-old convicted rapist Mark Gordon, his head covered and bowed away from the camera. Police, concerned for the health of the baby, have been searching for the couple, but they are thought to have with them a large amount of cash, allowing them to stay off the grid.

So just how did Marten, whose father was a page of honour to Queen Elizabeth II, go from gracing the pages of society bible Tatler to being on the run with a man who, after burgling and raping a woman as a teenager, spent 20 years imprisoned in Florida before being deported to Britain?

Marten’s father, Napier Anthony Sturt Marten (born 28 March, 1959) points to an estrangement that began when his daughter met Gordon, tearing her away from family and friends to embark on an itinerant life. Making a heartfelt plea to Constance through The Independent newspaper, Napier – his voice wavering with emotion – told his daughter: “Darling Constance, even though we remain estranged at the moment, I stand by, as I have always done and as the family has always done, to do whatever is necessary for your safe return to us.

Constance is a granddaughter of the Hon Mary Anna Sibell Elizabeth Marten, OBE, (nee Sturt), who died at Crichel, Wimborne, Dorset, 18 January, 2010, aged 80. She was a a scion of the extinct Barons Alington (dau of the 3rd Baron), & was a goddaughter of HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother & was a close friend of the Queen & Duke of Edinburgh; she was born in London 12 September, 1929, as the Hon Mary Anna Sturt, dau of the 3rd Baron Alington (1896-1940), by his wife the former Lady Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper, dau of the 9th Earl of Shaftesbury, KP,GCVO, sometime Lord Steward to the Household of King George V & Queen Mary, by his wife Lady Constance Sibell Grosvenor (d 1957), a great friend of Queen Mary, dau of Earl Grosvenor, and sister of Bendor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, &c. Her marriage to Lieutenant-Commander George Gosselin Marten, MVO, DSC, RN, son of Vice-Admiral Sir Francis Marten, KBE, CB, CMG, CVO, took place at Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, 25 Nov 1949. He was an equerry to King George VI, and the marriage was attended by King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duchess of Kent, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone and Major-General the Earl of Athlone. The Hon Mrs Marten was High Sheriff of Dorset in 1989. 

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The 3rd Baron Hemingford 1934-2022

 Lord Hemingford, the 3rd Baron, died 17 December, 2022, aged 88.

Dennis Nicholas Herbert was born 25 July, 1934, son of the 2nd Baron (1904-1982), and his wife the former Elizabeth McClare Clark (d 29 July, 1979); and succeeded to the peerage (created, UK, 1943), on his father's death, 19 June, 1982.

 His grandfather was the politician Sir Dennis Herbert, who served as a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from 1931 to 1943. His father, the second Baron, notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdon and Peterborough from 1968 to 1974.

Lord Hemingford was Assistant Washington correspondent for The Times between 1961 and 1965. He was Middle East correspondent between 1966 and 1968, and was deputy features editor between 1968 and 1970. He was editor of the Cambridge Evening News, 1970-1974. He was editor director of Westminster Press between 1974 and 1992.He was appointed Fellow, Royal Society of Arts (F.R.S.A.) in 1989. He was deputy chief executive of Westminster Press between 1992 and 1995.His home was The Old Rectory, Hemingford Abbots, Huntingdonshire.

Lord Hemingford married firstly, 8 November, 1958, Jennifer Mary Toresen Bailey, CBE (who died 8 Jan, 2018), daughter of Frederick William Bailey, of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, by whom he had issue, a son, Christopher, and three daughters, Elizabeth, Caroline and Alice. He married 2ndly, in 2020, Jill Paton Walsh, who died 18 October, 2020, aged 83, who was a novelist ranging from children’s stories to Dorothy Sayers mysteries. Her novel Knowledge of Angels was turned down by 19 British publishers, but the Booker Prize judges thought differently and shortlisted it. Lady Hemingford was born Gillian Bliss, in North Finchley, 29 April, 1937, the oldest of four children of John Llewellyn Bliss, an engineer and pioneering television cameraman, and his wife Patricia (Patsy).  

His only son, the Hon Christopher Dennis Charles Herbert (born 4 July, 1973), now succeeds as 4th Baron Hemingford.

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Cecil Edward Guinness, CVO 1924-2022

Cecil Edward Guinness, CVO, who died 29 December, 2022, aged 98, was a scion of the eponymous Irish brewing dynasty.

Guinness was educated at the University of Belfast and the School of Brewing, Birmingham University. Edward began his career as a junior brewer in 1945 and rose to become the Director of Guinness and the Vice Chairman of Guinness International. He served as Chairman of the UK Trustees of the Duke of Edinburgh Commonwealth Study Conferences for many years and often remarked that the program had “a profound effect on my future thinking and indeed my life”. Guinness served as a Patron and Director on numerous Boards including the Trustees Queen Elizabeth, Foundation for Disabled People, International School of Creative Art, Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine, Dame Alice Owens School Potters Bar, and the Wine and Spirit Trades Benevolent Society. He was a published author, having penned The Guinness Book of Guinness, Fulmers Fallen (co-author), and A Brewers Tale, Memoirs.

He was born in 1924, son of John Cecil Cope Jenkinson Guinness (1890-1970), and his wife the former Betty Davies (1902-1976); and married in 1951, Elizabeth Thompson, by whom he had three daughters, Charlotte (born 5 Nov, 1955),  Henrietta (born 1957), and Diana (born circa 1962).

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Raphael Henry Philip de Laszlo (born 2022)

 Lydia Alice de Laszlo (born 1980), a descendant of the Dukes of Norfolk, gave birth to a son, Raphael Henry Philip, 12 December, 2022.

Lydia is a daughter of Martin Richard de Laszlo (1940-2017), and his wife the former Mary Gwendolen Freeman (born 1 February, 1945), daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel John Edward Broke Freeman (1910-1986), and his wife Lady Winefride Alice Fitzalan Howard (1914-2006), daughter of the 15th Duke of Norfolk (1847-1917).

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Sir Samuel Whitbread, KCVO 1937-2023

 Sir Samuel Whitbread, KCVO, who died 17 January, 2023, aged 85, was chairman of the family brewing company Whitbread plc for eight years, and was Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire from 1991 to 2012.

Samuel Charles Whitbread was born 22 February, 1937, scion of that landed gentry family, son of Major Simon Whitbread (1904-1985), and his wife the former Helen Beatrice Margaret Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (1917-2006), scion of the Barons Clinton.

He married 31 August, 1961, Jane Mary Hayter, daughter of Charles William John Hugh Hayter, by whom he had issue, three sons, Charles (born 3 Jan, 1963), Henry (b 2 Feb, 1965), and William (b 29 July, 1966), and a daughter, Victoria (b 1969).

Whitbread served on the board of the eponymous brewing company from 1972 until 2001, and was a director of  Whitbread Farms Ltd from 1985 and was also a director of Whitbread Investments and Sun Alliance. He served as a magistrate for Bedfordshire from 1969, served as High Sheriff of the county for the 1973–74 year, and in 1974 was appointed a deputy lieutenant and returned as a county councillor (serving on the council until 1982). He was also chairman and later president of the Mid-Bedfordshire Conservative Association. From 1991 to 2012, Whitbread was also Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire, during which time he received three royal visits and two honorary doctorates. He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1994 and of the Society of Antiquaries in 2007. In 2012, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.

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Mulgrave/Lyster engagement

 The engagement was announced 18 January, 2023, between John Samuel Constantine Phipps, styled Earl of Mulgrave (born 26 November, 1994), elder son and heir of the 5th Marquis of Normanby (born 24 February, 1954), of Mulgrave Castle, near Whitby, North Yorkshire, and his wife the former Nicola Shulman, & Rosa Frances Lyster, daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Lyster, of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Rohays Georgina Galitzine 1952-2023

 Rohays Georgina Galitzine, wife of Prince Alexander Galitzine, and a descendant of the Royal House of Romanov, died 7 January, 2023. She was 70.

Rohays was a descendant of Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia, and was a close friend of members of the British Royal Family. She had numerous British aristocratic links. A sister of the Countess of Dalhousie, and a first cousin of the late Duchess of Abercorn, and of Natalia, Duchess of Westminster.

She was born Rohays Georgina Butter, 9 April, 1952, the third daughter of Maj Sir David Butter, KCVO (1920-2010), and his wife the former Myra Alice Werhner (1925-2022), scion of the Wernher baronets, a close friend from childhood of the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and a member of Queen Elizabeth II's inner circle of friends, who died only weeks before Her Majesty. 

Rohays Butter married 7 May, 1988, Prince Alexander Peter Galitzine (born 6 September, 1945), son of Maj Prince George Galitzine (1916-1992), and his 1st wife Anne Marie, Baronin von Slatin (1916-2007), by whom she had issue, Princess Sasha Alice Natalia (born 10 Feb, 1989), and Princess Nadhezda Georgina (born 9 July, 1990).

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Rory Corbin Darroch-Thompson (born 2022)

 Jamie Barys, wife of Duncan Darroch-Thompson (born 1986), scion of the Darroch of Gourock landed gentry family, gave birth to a son, Rory Corbin, 16 December, 2022, in Singapore, a brother for (Duncan) Hamish, who was born 14 November, 2020.

Duncan is a son of Matthew John Thompson, later Darroch-Thompson (born 1954), and his wife Claire Nicola Darroch (born 23 December, 1956), daughter of Duncan Darroch of Gourock, 8th of Gourock (1931-2011).

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Andrée Marie Noel (née Duchen) (died 2023)

Andrée Marie Noel (née Duchen) died 12 January, 2023, aged 94.

She was born circa 1928, a daughter of Pierre Duchen, of Bayonne, France. She married 22 December, 1977, as his second wife, Colonel Archibald Charles William (Archie) Noel (1914-1997), scion of the Earls of Gainsborough, son of Major the Hon Charles Herbert Francis Noel (1885-1947), a William IV descendant, by his wife the former May Dick (1884-1964).

The funeral takes place at the Brompton Oratory, 31 January, 2023.

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The Hon (Patrick) Christopher Orde-Powlett 1931-2023

 The Hon Christopher (Kit) Orde-Powlett, who died 11 January, 2023, aged 91, was a scion of the Barons Bolton.

(Patrick) Christopher Orde-Powlett was born 9 April, 1931, younger son of the 6th Baron Bolton (1900-1963), and his wife the former Victoria Mary Villiers (1903-1933), scion of the Earls of Clarendon and a descendant of the 19th century prime minister Lord John Russell.

He married 29 September, 1962, (Elizabeth) Jane Kent, daughter of Arthur Spencer Kent, by whom he had issue, two daughters, Rosamund Jane (b 22 July, 1964), and (Heather) Victoria (born 5 Feb, 1966).

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Müller/Johnson-Wheeler engagement

The engagement was announced 14 January, 2023, between Patrick A. Müller, only son of Mr Jürgen  and Mrs Johanna Korb-Müller of Giessen, Germany, & Lara Lettice Johnson-Wheeler (born 1993), descended from the Royal House of Württemberg, daughter of the Rt Hon (Alexander) Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, MP, PC (born 19 June, 1964), Prime Minister & First Lord of the Treasury, 2019-2022, & his former wife the former Marina Claire Wheeler, KC (born 18 August, 1964).

Miss Johnson-Wheeler is a direct descendant of the House of Hanover:-

George II, King of Gt Britain & Ireland

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Frederick, Prince of Wales

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Princess Augusta of Gt Britain & Ireland

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Princess Auguste Caroline Friederike Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

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Prince Paul Heinrich Karl Friedrich August of Württemberg

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Karolina von Rottenburg 

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Hubert Freiherr von Pfeffel

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Marie Luise Freiin von Pfeffel

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Irene Williams

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Stanley Johnson

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Boris Johnson

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Lara Lettice Johnson-Wheeler

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Holt/Bourne-Arton engagement

 The engagement was announced 14 January, 2023, between Thomas Harrison Holt (born 1986), son of James Harrison Holt (b 1936), and his late 2nd wife, the former Mary Allison Thomas (1947-2020), of Ravenswick, North Yorkshire, and Holly Emma Bourne-Arton (born 17 December, 1994), scion of that landed family, of Tanfield, North Yorkshire, daughter of Richard William Bourne-Arton (born 1966), of Tanfield, and his wife the former Daphne Elizabeth Benson (born 1964).

Thomas Holt's firs marriage, 28 Dec, 2016, was to Lucinda Caroline Egerton (b 30 Aug, 1982), scion of that landed gentry family.

Susan Joan Constable Maxwell (nee Davies) (died 2022)

 Susan Joan Constable Maxwell (nee Davies) died 30 December, 2022. The daughter of W. Trevor Davies, of Pontllanfraith, Monmouthshire, she married 20 January, 1962, Wing Commander Michael Hugh Constable Maxwell, DSO, DFC (1917-2000), scion of the Lords Herries of Terregles, son of the Hon Bernard Constable Maxwell (1848-1938), of Beauly, Inverness-shire, and his second wife the Hon Alice Mary Charlotte Fraser (1870-1958), scion of the Lords Lovat, by whom she had two sons, Hugh Peter (b 16 May, 1963), and Thomas Bernard (b 1 Dec, 1966).

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Sir Michael Rawlins, GBE, MD, FRCP 1941-2023

  Sir Michael Rawlins, GBE, who died 1 January, 2023, aged 81, was a clinical pharmacologist and emeritus professor at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. During his medical career he chaired several executive agencies including the Committee on Safety of Medicines from 1993 to 1998.

He was born 28 March, 1941, son of the Rev Jack Rawkins (d 9 July, 1946), of Northwood, Stoke on Trent, by his wife the former Evelyn Daphne Douglas-Hamilton (1916-2003), scion of the Dukes of Hamilton & Brandon; and married 3 Aug, 1963 (div 2005), Elizabeth Cadbury Hambly (b 8 September, 1940), scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Edmund Henry Hambly (1914-85), of Treharrock, Port Isaac, Cornwall, and his wife the former Elizabeth Mary Cadbury (1912-2004), scion of that eponymous chocolate manufacturing landed gentry family, by whom he had three daughters.

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Lawes/Alexander engagement

 The engagement was announced 14 January, 2023, between Tobias Edward Robert (Toby) Lawes (born 1992), son of Jeremy Charles Lawes (born 1957), of Beer, Devon, and Gillian (Gilly) Lawes (nee Crowhurst), of Wickhambrook, Suffolk, & Clare Rose Alexander (born 24 December, 1994), daughter of Nicholas Walter Alexander, of Kinneston, Fife, by his wife the former (Sara) Rose Pumphrey (born 4 March, 1962), scion of that landed gentry family.

Sir Frederick Alfred Aykroyd, 1st Baronet > Frederic Howard Aykroyd > Joanna Jane Aykroyd > Sara Rose Pumphrey > Clare Rose Alexander

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Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Ivor Amphlett, MVO, MBE

 Lt Col (retired) Gordon Ivor Amphett, MVO, MBE, late the Royal Regiment of Wales, died at Brecon Hospital, 10 January, 2023.

Lt-Col Amphlett paid a vital role in shaping the future military career of the present King. 

The then Prince Charles was appointed Colonel-in-Chief of the new regiment in early 1969, his first Army appointment. The amalgamation parade of the two regiments took place in Cardiff Castle in early 1969, in front of HRH. The point of formation of the new regiment - the Royal Regiment of Wales-  is taken as the point at which Prince Charles placed the new regimental green goat-coat upon Taffy the goat-mascot, replacing the Welch Regiment’s red one. The goat-coat had been worked by the Royal College of Needlework. Postcards of Prince Charles in the new regiment’s uniform taken at the occasion were still many years later. Amphlett, the then Regimental Sergeant Major, WO1 Gordon Amphlett - was awarded his subsequent MVO decoration - a royal honour in the personal gift of the monarch -for the effectiveness and good humour in teaching the young Prince of Wales (now HM The King) to salute and for his preparedness and poise for the parade.

On July 1, 1969, Prince Charles went to Carnarvon Castle, where his mother invested him as Prince of Wales. Charles wore the uniform of Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Regiment of Wales for the ceremony. The newly-formed regiment lined the route on the day at Carnarvon.

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de Ferranti/Wentworth-Stanley engagement

 The engagement was announced 14 January, 2023, between Ludovic Sebastian de Ferranti (born May, 1986), son of Adrian Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti (born 24 December, 1958), and his wife the former Christian Roome, & Louisa Clare Wentworth-Stanley (born 1993), scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Nicholas Philip Wentworth-Stanley (born 1954), and his former 1st wife, Clare Husted Steel (born 2 September, 1960), now Marchioness of Milford Haven, 2nd wife of George Ivar Louis Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven (b 6 June, 1961).

Ludovic de Ferranti has numerous descents from the peerage, including the Gore Earls Temple of Stowe, the Earls of Eglinton & Winton, and Earls of Stair, etc. His father, Adrian, is a first cousin of Georgina, Duchess of Norfolk, first wife the current 18th Duke of Norfolk, GCVO.

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Sir Anthony Henry John Rawlinson, 5th Baronet 1936-2023

 Sir Anthony Rawlinson, 5th Baronet, has died aged 86.

Anthony Henry John Rawlinson was born 1 May, 1936, son of Sir Alfred Frederick Rawlinson, 4th Baronet (1900-68), and his wife the former Bessie Ford Emmett (d 1996); and succeeded to the baronetcy (cr UK, 1891), on his fagther's demise, 15 June, 1969.

He married 1stly, 2 Apr, 1960 (div 1967), Penelope Byng Noel (1939-2016), descended from the Noel Bts, daughter of Rear-Admiral Gambier John Byng Noel, CB (1914-95), and his wife the former Joan Stevens (d 2002). married 2ndly, 1967 (div 1976), Pauline Strickland Hardy, daughter of John Holt Hardy; and married 3rdly, 1977 (div 1997), Helen Leone Kennedy, daughter of Thomas Miller Kennedy, and married 4thly, 2013, Mrs Rosalind Snaith (nee Everett). 

Sir Anthony had a son and a daughter from his first marriage, Alexander and Caroline, and a son, Rupert, from his second marriage, and a son, Christopher from his third marriage. The eldest son, Alexander Noel Rawlinson (born 15 July, 1964), succeeds to the baronetcy.

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Christina Mary Strutt (nee Amoroso Centeno) died 2022

 Christina Mary Strutt (nee Amoroso Centeno) died 28 December, 2022, aged 68.

She was a daughter of Dr Eric Amoroso Centeno, and married in 1980, Major Stephen Mark Alisair Strutt (born 18 July, 1948), scion of the Barons Rayleigh, son of Stephen Alastair Strutt (1918-49), and his wife the former Felicity Anne MacDonnell, by whom she had issue, a son, Edward (born 1985), and a daughter, Catherine (b 1983).

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(David Laurence) Jeremy Booth 1932-2023

Jeremy Booth died 4 January, 2023, aged 90.

He was born in 1932, son of John Lionel Booth (1893-1966), and his wife the former Mary Kathleen Read (1901-96); and married 22 October, 1977 (div.), as her first husband, Sylvia Dorothy Turton (born 1947), scion of that landed gentry family of Kildale Hall and Upsall, daughter of Major Ralph Meredyth Turton, TD (1908-1988), and his wife the former Mary Blanche Chetwynd-Stapylton (1910-2009), scion of the Viscounts Chetwynd.

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Robert Weston Howard 1928-2023

 Robert Weston (Robin) Howard, who died 3 January, 2023, aged 94, was head of that landed gentry family, of Ashmore; he was born 19 Apr, 1928, son of Henry Weston Howard, CBE (1899-1981), and his wife the former Christian Alice Eugenie Askwith (who died 1981), scion of that landed gentry family; & married 1957, Mary Lennard-Jones (born 1930), daughter of Sir John Lennard-Jones, KBE (1894-1954), and his wife the former Kathleen Mary Lennard, by whom he had two sons, and three daughters. 

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Francis Charles Joseph Radcliffe 1939-2023

 Francis Charles Joseph Radcliffe, who died 1 January, 2023, aged 83, was a scion of the Radcliffe baronets, formerly of Rudding Park, Harrogate.

He was born 2 October, 1939, son of Charles Joseph Basil Radcliffe (1900-83), and his wife the former Kathleen Norah Anne Percy (who d 1994), daughter of Norman Percy; and married 17 Aug, 1968 (div 1982), Nicolette Helen Randag, daughter of Eugene Randag, of Butler's Cross, Buckinghamshire, by whom he had issue, a son, Edward (born 1969), and two daughters, Colette (b 1971), and Alexandra (b 1972).

Caroline Egeria Malise Muir 1929-2023

 Caroline Muir, who died 8 January, 2023, aged 93, was a scion of the Graham baronets, of Esk, descended from the 2nd Bt.

Caroline Egeria Malise Graham was born 14 August, 1929, daughter of Colonel Fergus Reginald Winsford Graham, DSO, MC (1884-1961), and his wife the former Egeria Marion Spottiswood Baker (who d 1 Apr, 1975); and married 30 December, 1952, Colonel Thomas Wemyss Muir (1923-2004), of The Queen's Dragoon Guards, son of Capt William Hugh Muir, MC, of The King's Dragoon Guards, by whom she had issue, a son, James, and three daughters, Elizabeth, Sarah, and Alexandra.

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Hugo David Montague Morley-Fletcher 1940-2022

 Hugo David Morley-Fletcher, who died 30 December, 2022, aged 82, was a grandson maternally of the 11th Marquess of Tweeddale.

Morley-Fletcher was one of Britain's leading experts in ceramics, and author of numerous publications on the subject. As a porcelain expert he appeared on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow.

He was born in September, 1940, son of Lieutenant-Colonel David Morley-Fletcher (1910-71), and his wife the former Lady Christine Daphne Hay (1919-2000), daughter of the 11th Marquess of Tweeddale (1884-1967).

He married firstly, 14 January, 1967 (div 1980), Josceline Mary Phillimore (born 7y January, 1946), scion of the Barons Phillimore, daughter of Sir Henry Josceline Phillimore, OBE, PC (1910-74), a Lord Justice of Appeal, and his wife the former Katharine Mary Maude Roxby; married 2ndly, in 1980, Belinda Mary David, daughter of William Miles David, of Ponefract, West Yorkshire.

He leaves issue from his first marriage, a son, Gifford (born 13 June, 1969), and a daughter, Hester (born in 1972), and a daughter from his second marriage, (Isabella) Frances (born 1981).

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Charles Edmund Macnaghten 1937-2023

 Charles Edmund Macnaghten, who died 6 January, 2023, aged 85, was a scion of the Macnaghten baronets; born 4 April, 1937, third son of Sir Antony Macnaghten of Macnaghten, 10th Baronet (1899-1972), and his wife the former Magdalene Fisher. 

He married 25 September, 1976, (Mary) Jane Saunders, daughter of John Saunders, by whom he had issue, two children, a son, Alexander, and a daughter, Mary. He is also survived by a step-daughter, Elizabeth.

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Edwina Sylvia Bonn (née de Winton-Wills) 1933-2023

 Edwina Sylvia Bonn (née de Winton-Wills), who died at Pitlochry, 8 January, 2023, aged 89, was a scion of the Wills baronets, and the first wife of the 7th Marquess of Ailesbury.

She was born 13 March, 1933, second daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ernest Edward de Winton Wills, 4th Baronet (1903-1983), late the Scots Guards, of Meggernie Castle, and his first wife the former Sylvia Margaret Ogden (d 26 Jan 1946); she married 1stly, 17 March, 1952 (div 1961), Michael Sydney Cedric Brudenell-Bruce, then styled Viscount Savernake (born 31 March, 1926) (now the 8th Marquess of Ailesbury), son of the late 7th Marquess (1904-74), and his 1st wife Joan Houlton Salter (d 24 July, 1937); married 2ndly, 1963, Major Christopher Leslie Leo Bonn, Welsh Guards (1928-2008), scion of that landed family, sometime Equerry to HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, son of Major Walter Basil Louis Bonn (1885-1973), and his wife the former Leopoldina Theodora Davidson (1894-1974), scion of that landed gentry family.

From her first marriage she leaves issue, a son, David, styled Earl of Cardigan (born 12 Nov, 1952), and two daughters, Lady Sylvia Brudenell-Bruce (born 19 June 1954), and Lady Carina Brudenell-Bruce (born 13 Jan 1956), and from her second marriage, a son, Philip (born 9 Feb 1964), and three daughters, Melissa, Camilla and Melanie.

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Muriel Anne Hamer (née Radclyffe) 1929-2023

 Muriel Anne Hamer (née Radclyffe), who died 8 January, 2023, aged 94, was a scion of the Radclyffe landed gentry family; born 1929, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Montague Frederick Radclyffe, OBE, MC (1883-1967), and his wife the former Audrey Muriel Worthington (1906-94), scion of that landed gentry family, and a granddaughter maternally of the 8th Earl of Aylesford (1851-1924); married 1951, Colonel Peter Meredith Hamer, OBE (1926-90), son of Major Geoffrey Meredith Hamer (1890-1976), and his wife the former Betty Yates (1899-1982), by whom she had issue, three sons, Charles, William and Edward.

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Piers Rogers 1947-2023

 Piers Rogers died 3 January, 2023, aged 75. He was a son of Geoffrey Glencross Rogers (1912-82), and his wife the former Davida Mackinnon (1916-83), & married 1974, Miriam Anne Croft (born 31 Oct, 1948), scion of the Croft baronets, daughter of Major Richard Arthur FitzRoy Page Croft (1910-1997), and his 1st wife the former Felice Amy Peggy McClymont (1915-85); by whom he had issue, a son, Samuel (b 1978), and a daughter, Scarlett (b 1980).

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Juliet Marian Guest (née James) 1931-2022

Juliet Marian Guest (née James), died 19 December, 2022, aged 91.

She was born in 1931, a daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Morton James (1885-1942), and his wife Juliette; and married 8 December, 1951, Patrick Henry Guest (1927-2016), scion of the Barons (later Viscounts) Wimborne, son of Major the Hon Oscar Montague Guest (1888-1958), and his wife the former Kathleen Susan Paterson (1902-1982), a granddaughter maternally of the 14th Earl of Huntingdon (1841-1885), by whom she had issue, three sons, Peter (b 2 Nov, 1952), Matthew (b 5 Apr, 1954), and David (b 15 July 1960).

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Cotterell/Straker engagement

 The engagement was announced 11 January, 2023, between George Dominic Geers Cotterell (born 23 Apr, 1994), second son of Sir Henry Richard Geers Cotterell, 7th Baronet (born 22 August, 1961), of Garnons, Herefordshire, and his first wife the late Carolyn Suzanne Beckwith-Smith (1955-99), scion of that landed gentry family, sometime Extra Lady-in-Waiting to HRH The Duchess of York, & Alice Straker, scion of that landed family of Stagshaw, youngest daughter of Colonel Matthew Adam Straker (born 1954), of Abbey Dore, co Hereford, and his wife the former Jane Clare Anthony (b 1966).

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Mason/Gurney engagement

The engagement was announced 11 January, 2023, between Thomas J. Mason, eldest son of Christopher Mason, of Whittlebury, Northamptonshire, and his wife Johanna, and Olivia Kate Gurney (born 1987), daughter of Jonathan Kendal James Gurney, of Wicken, Northamptonshire,  and his wife the former Margaret Rose Wilson (born 11 January, 1957), daughter of Sir Thomas Douglas Wilson, 4th Baronet (1917-1984), and his wife the former Pamela Aileen Hanmer (1923-2004),s cion of the Hanmer Bts.

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Constantine II, King of the Helenes 1940-2023

 The death has been announced of Constantine II, former King of the Hellenes. He was 82. King Constantine died in Athens, 10 January, 2023.

King Constantine, godfather of the Prince of Wales, was doubly descended from Queen Victoria, and a second cousin and close friend of King Charles III. 

He was born in Rome, 2 June, 1940, son of King Paul (1901-64), and his wife Princess Frederica of Hanover (1917-81). Both his parents were descendants of Queen Victoria.

He succeeded to the throne of the Hellenes on the sudden death of his father, King Paul, 6 March, 1964, and reigned until the abolition of the Greek monarchy, 1 June, 1973. A referendum of 8 Dec, 1974 confirmed the abolition of the monarchy.

King Constantine married at Athens, 18 Sept, 1964, HRH Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark (born 30 Aug, 1946), a younger daughter of HM King Frederik IX of Denmark (1899-1972), and his wife Princess Ingrid of Sweden (1910-2000), by whom he had issue, three sons, Crown Prince Pavlos, Prince Nikolaos, and Prince Philippos, and two daughters, Alexia and Theodora.

The eldest son, Crown Prince Pavlos (born 20 May, 1967), is now claimant to the throne of the Hellenes. He married 1 July, 1995, Marie-Chantal Miller (b 17 September, 1968), and has issue, 4 sons and one daughter.

King Constantine's sister, Sophie, is the wife of King Juan Carlos I, King of Spain 1975-2014.

Queen Victoria > Victoria, Princess Royal > Sophie of Prussia > King Paul > King Constantine

Queen Victoria > Victoria, Princess Royal > Wilhelm II German Emperor > Viktoria-Luise of Prussia > Frederica of Hanover > King Constantine

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Frances Mary Curwen (nee Holman) 1927-2022

Frances Mary Curwen (nee Holman), died 21 December, 2022, aged 95.

The former Frances Mary Holman married in 1952, Nicholas Francis Curwen (1923-2018), scion of that landed gentry family of Workington Hall,  son of the Rev Stanley Patricius Lamplugh Curwen (1876-1965), and his wife the former Lilian Frances Skinner (1891-1933), a granddaughter maternally of the 7th Earl of Bessboeough (1821-1906), &c.

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John Loraine Cherry 1939-2022

 John Loraine Cherry died 28 December, 2022, aged 83.

He was born in 1939, son of Wing Commander John Cherry, CBE, RAAF, and his first wife the former Corise Helen Margaret Rankin, scion of the extinct Rankin bts; married 1972, Priscilla Mary Vyvyan (b 16 Oct, 1941), scion of the baronets of that name, daughter of Frederick Richard Vyvyan (1913-1991), and his wife the former Barbara Jones, by whom he had issue, a son, Tarquin (b 1974), and a daughter, Amanda (b 1978).

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Alastair Lynas Grant Rice 1936-2023

 Alastair Lynas Grant Rice died 3 January, 2023, aged 86. He was born in 1936, son of William George Leonard Rice, MBE, of Muir of Ord, Ross-shire, and married 20 June, 1964, Wendy Elizabeth D'Arcy (born 16 December, 1939), scion of that Irish landed gentry family, daughter of Cecil Vivian Robert D'Arcy (1905-1995), and his wife the former Margery Mary Bailey (1904-1997), by whom he had issue, Julie (b 18 Sept 1965) and Craig (b 24 Aug 1967).

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Margaret, Viscountess Stuart of Findhorn (1932-2023)

 Margaret, Viscountess Stuart of Findhorn, who died 5 January, 2023, was the third wife and widow of the 2nd Viscount Stuart of Findhorn (1924-99). She was 90.

She was the former Margaret Anne Du Cane, she was born in 1932, daughter of Commander F. Peter du Cane, CBE, RN (1901-84), of Seamark, Glendore, Co Cork, head of that landed gentry family, and his wife the former Victoria Geraldine Pole-Carew (1904-87), scion of the Pole baronets; and married 25 September, 1979, David Randolph Moray Stuart, 2nd Viscount Stuart of Findhorn (born 20 June, 1924_, son of James Stuart, the 1st Viscount, CH, MVO, MC, PC (1897-1971), sometime Govt Chief Whip, Sec of State for Scotland, cr a Visc in 1959, by his wife the former Lady Rachel Cavendish, OBE (died 2 Oct, 1977), 4th daughter of the 9th Duke of Devonshire, KG, GCMG, GCVO, PC (1868-1938). Her husband succeeded as 2nd Viscount Stuart of Findhorn, 20 Feb, 1971, and died 24 Nov 1999.

Hugh Lupus, 1st Duke of Westminster > Lady Elizabeth Harriet Grosvenor > Lady Beatrice Frances Elizabeth Butler > Victoria Geraldine Pole-Carew > Margaret Anne Du Cane (d 2023)

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Hughes/Morgan engagement

 The engagement was announced 9 January, 2023, between Charles Oliver Edmund Hughes (born 12 November, 1989), second son of the late Roger Hughes and his wife the former Laura Charlotte Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born 12 September, 1959), of Llanarth, Monmouthshire, and Claire A.S.E. Morgan, younger daughter of Nigel Morgan, of Sutton Scotney, Hampshire, and his wife Eve.

Charles Hughes is descended from the Barons Saye & Sele.

The 14th Baron Saye & Sele (1885-1968) > Very Rev Hon Oliver Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (1926-2011) > Laura Fiennes (b 1959) > Charles Hughes (b 1989)

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Ellen Lascelles, a George V descendant, to marry

A descendant of the Royal House of Windsor has announced her engagement on her Instagram account.

It is something of a first in that it will be the first same-sex marital alliance for a descendant of King George V and Queen Mary.

Ellen Mary Lascelles (born 17 December, 1984), is the elder daughter of the Hon Jeremy Lascelles, and is a granddaughter of the late 7th Earl of Harewood (1923-2011), who was George V's eldest grandchild.

Ellen is a great-granddaughter of Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood (1897-1965).

On her Instagram account Ellen announced: "On New Year's Day Chan asked me to marry her, and turned what was an incredible 2022, turned into an even more incredible 2023. Two proposals in one day ... plus a cat ring to seal the deal until we get a real engagement ring made. One week later and I'm still floating on a love cloud."

Ellen's bride-to-be is Chantelle McPherson.

Ms Lascelles, who is in line of succession to the throne, and lives in Australia, has two children from a previous relationship with Michael G. Hermans, a son, Jack Marley Hermans (born 21 March, 2016), and a daughter, Penny Moon Hermans (born 1 March, 2018).

 In 2018 Ellen's fourth cousin, Lord Ivar Alexander Michael Mountbatten (born 9 March, 1963),  a descendant of Queen Victoria, and younger brother of the Marquess of Milford Haven, entered into a same-sex marriage with his partner, James Coyle, thought to be the first such union for a descentant of the Queen Empress.

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Elcock/Buchan engagement

 The engagement was announced 7 January, 2023, between Thomas Humphrey Elcock (born 1993), son of Dr David Humphrey Elcock (born September, 1962), of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and his wife the former Sarah Elizabeth Clark, & (Katherine) Amilia Buchan (born 1992), scion of the Barons Tweedsmuir, youngest daughter of the Hon (Charles Walter) Edward Ralph Buchan (born 5 Aug, 1951), of Kington Langley, Wiltshire, & his wife the former Fiona Jane Carlisle, descended maternally from the Thursby-Pelham family.

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Curtis/Holding engagement

 The engagement was announced 7 January, 2023, between George Edward Curtis (born 31 Oct, 1980), son and heir of Sir Edward Philip Curtis, 8th Baronet (born 25 June, 1940), of Ludlow, Shropshire, and his late wife the former Catherine Mary Armstrong (who died 16 January, 2015); and Chloe Chandra Holding (born May 1984), daughter of John E. Holding, of Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, and Mrs Holding.

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Rev Canon David Savile Yerburgh 1934-2022

The Rev Canon David Savile Yerburgh died 16 December, 2022. He was 88

He was born 10 June, 1934, son of the Rev Oswald Rochfort Yerburgh (1900-66), and his wife the former Cicely Joan Savile (1901-1981), scion of that landed family, who descended from the Wrey baronets.

Sir Bourchier Wrey, 7th Bt > Eleanor Elizabeth Wrey > Henry Bourchier Osborne Savile > Charles Cornelius Savile > Cicely Joan Savile > Peter Charles Yerburgh

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Troubridge/Wadham engagement

 The engagement was announced 7 January, 2023, between Nicholas Douglas St Vincent Troubridge (born 27 Apr, 1993), younger son of Sir Thomas Richard Troubridge, 7th Baronet (born 23 January, 1955), of Elsted, West Sussexm and his wife the former Hon Rosemary Douglas-Pennant (born 26 Oct, 1957), and India Wadham, youngest daughter of Justin John Wyndham Wadham, of Newmarket, Suffolk, and his wife the former Juliana M.T. Macdonald Walker.

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Bailey/Smith engagement

 The engagement was announced 7 January, 2022, between Harry Dominic Bailey (born 1989), son of Kim Charles Bailey (born 25 May, 1953), descended from the Courage landed gentry family, and Tracey Louise Bailey (nee Sutton, born 1969), of Chilton Foliat, Berkshire, & India Smith, daughter of Hunter and Carol Smith, of Benhall, Suffolk.

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Susan Meriel Wood (née Chenevix-Trench) 1925-2022

 Susan Meriel Wood (née Chenevix-Trench), who died 30 December, 2022, aged 87, was a scion of the Barons Ashtown. 

She was born 8 September, 1925, daughter of Brigadier Ralph Chenevix Trench, CB, OBE (1885-1974), and his wife the former Meriel Edith Jelf (1890-1985); and married 8 July, 1950, Oscar Patrick Wood (1924-1994), son of Sydney Herbert Wood, CB, MC (1884-1958), and his wife the former Phyllis Hope Taunton (1895-1982), by whom she had two sons, Charles (b 12 Mar, 1955), and Silas (b 14 Apr, 1965), and a daughter, Lucy (b 27 Dec, 1956).

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Portal/Escriba engagement

The engagement was announced 7 January, 2023, between William Jonathan Francis Portal (born 1 Jan, 1987), son and heir of Sir Jonathan Francis Portal, 6th Baronet (born 13 Jan, 1953), of Ashe, Hampshire, and Lady Portal (nee Louisa Caroline Hervery-Bathurst, born 25 Sept, 1959), scion of the baronets of that name, and Rhea Escriba, the only daughter of Mr and Mrs R. Escriba, of Cebu, Philippines.

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Smith/Irvine-Fortescue engagement

 The engagement was announced 7 January, 2023, between Mr T.J. (Tim) Smith, elder son of Andrew Smith, of Aberystwyth, and Mrs Patricia Smith, of Solihull, & Juliet Irvine-Fortescue (born 3 Aug, 1991), descended from the Barons Fortescue, daughter of Maj Grenville Archer Irvine-Fortescue (born 4 Nov, 1954), of Auchindoir, Aberdeenshire, and his wife the former Virginia Townsend.

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Archie James Robert Harris (born 2022)

 The Hon Sophie Caroline Harris (née Remnant, born 19 Jan, 1986), wife of Benjamin Loudon Harris (born 1986), and scion of the Barons Remnant, gave birth to a son, Archie James Robert, 20 December, 2022.

Sophie is a daughter of the 4th Baron Remnant (born 20 Dec, 1954), and his wife the former Caroline Elizabeth Clare Cavendish (b 16 June, 1956), scion of the Dukes of Devonshire.

Benjamin is a son of Colin Robert Harris (b 1953), of Frant, East Sussex, and his wife the former Elizabeth Catherine Vose (b 1951).

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Godfrey Charles Inverforth Holdsworth 1927-2022

 Godfrey Charles Inverforth Holdsworth, who died 21 December, 2022, aged 95, was a grandson maternally of the 1st Baron Inverforth.

He was born in 1927, son of Godfrey Holdsworth, MC (who died 22 Apr, 1934), and his wife the former Hon. Andrina Forrestdale Weir (1894-1967), fourth of the five daughters of the 1st Baron Inverforth, PC (1865-1955).

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Jennifer Hales Pakenham Mahon (nee Batten) 1932-2022

 Jennifer Hales Pakenham Mahon (nee Batten) died 31 December, 2022, aged 90.

She was born in 1932, a daughter of Gordon Batten, and married 15 Aug, 1953, Major Nicholas Hales Pakenham Mahon (1926-2012), scion of that landed gentry family, and descended from the Barons (later Earls of) Longford, son of Wilfrid Stuart Atherstone Hales (later Hales Pakenham Mahon) (1897-1980), and his wife the former Olive Pakenham Mahon, by whom he had issue, Hugh (b 12 Dec 1957), and two daughters, Henrietta (born 18 Jan, 1956), and the late Nicola (B & d Dec 1954).

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Saner/Trefusis engagement

The engagement was announced 7 January, 2023, between Christopher D. Saner, younger son of Mr and Mrs Peter Saner of Ferring, West Sussex, & Eleanor Rachel Trefusis (born 26 September, 1995), scion of the Barons Clinton, third daughter of the Rev Charles Rodolph Trefusis (born 1 Sept, 1961), of Woodbridge, Suffolk, and his wife the former Catherine Dudgeon, daughter of Brian Christopher Dudgeon (1923-96), and his wife the former Patricia Mary Biggart (1930-90).

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Rocco James Elgin Talbot-Ponsonby (born 2022)

 Agnes Jane Talbot-Ponsonby (née Morrell, born 1989), wife of James Nigel Edward Talbot-Ponsonby (born 1986), scion of the Talbot Earls of Shrewsbury, gave birth to a son, Rocco James Elgin, 1 November, 2022.

Agnes, a scion of the Morrell landed gentry family, is a daughter of David J.G. Morrell (born 1959), and his wife the former Sarah L.M. Wookey.

James Talbot-Ponsonby is a son of Nigel Edward Charles Talbot-Ponsonby (born 24 September, 1946), and his wife the former Robina Helen Bruce (born 27 May, 1952), scion of the Earls of Elgin & Kincardine.

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James Dalglish Guthrie, KC 1950-2022

James Dalglish Guthrie, KC, who died 26 December, 2022, aged 72, was a scion of that Scottish landed gentry family, of Craigie; born in Feb 1950, son of Major Ronald Dalglish Guthrie (1909-1982), and his wife the former Nina Llewelyn (1913-1987); and was a brother of the life peer, the Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, GCB, LVO, OBE (b 1938); married 1981, Lucille Gay Page-Roberts (born 1952), daughter of Nigel Wyndham Page-Roberts (1921-2002),a nd his wife the former Sylvia M. Harwood, by whom he had issue.

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Edward John Mansel Child-Villiers 1935-2022

Edward John Mansel Child-Villiers, who died 31 December, 2022, aged 87, was a scion of the Earls of Jersey, a grandson of the 8th Earl.

He was born 29 April, 1935, son of Squadron Leader the Hon (Edward) Mansel Child-Villiers (1913-80), and his first wife the former Mary Barbara Frampton (1914-1991); and married 2 June, 1958, Celia Elinor Vadyn Green (born 1936), descended from the Blake baronets, daughter of Cyril Hall Green and his wife Elinor Joyce Blake, by whom he had issue, two sons, Alexander (born 24 Aug, 1961), and Roderick (1963-2014).

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Capt Geoffrey van Cutsem 1944-2022

 Capt Geoffrey Neil van Cutsem, late the Royal Horse Guards, scion of that landed gentry family, died 30 December, 2022. He was 78.

He was born 23 November, 1944, the second son of Bernard Henry Richard van Cutsem (1916-75), of Exning, Suffolk, and his 1st wife, and as her first husband, the former Mary Compton (1919-89), scion of the Marquesses of Northampton.

He married firstly, 30 Oct, 1969 (div 2003), Sarah (Sally) McCorquodale (1948-2008), scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Alastair McCorquodale (1925-2009), of Stoke Rochford, near Grantham, by his wife the former Rosemary Sybil Turnor (1924-2015), scion of that landed family. Sarah McCoruodale's brother, Neil married in 1980, Lady Sarah Spencer, sister of Diana, Princess of Wales. Geoffrey van Cutsem married 2ndly, 2006, Mrs Lucy Hester Price (nee Cartwright) (she died 29 Nov, 2008). In 2012 he married, as his third spouse, Mrs Elizabeth Georgina Gail Jewson (born 19 Oct, 1952), scion of the Earls of Clarendon, former wife of Edward Rivers R. Jewson (b 1953), and daughter of William Nicholas Somers Laurence Hyde Villiers (1916-2000), and his wife the former Mary Cecilia Georgina Weld-Forester (1917-2002), scion of the Barons Forester.

Georffrey van Cutsem, of Old Somerby, Grantham, leaves two daughters from his first marriage, Sophie (born 5 Aug, 1975), and Zara (born 11 December, 1978), wife of Henry Robert Anthony Noel, by courtesy Viscount Campden, DL (born 1 July, 1977), son and heir of the 6th Earl of Gainsborough.

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Margaret Colquhoun Gull (née Berger) 1923-2022

Margaret Gull (née Berger), died 15 December, 2022, aged 99.

She was born in 1923, daughter of Capt Capel Colquhoun Berger (1879-1941), of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, descended from the Colquhoun baronets of Luss, and his wife the former Winifred Violet Levett-Scrivener (1895-1981), scion of that landed gentry family, and married 1957, John Evelyn Gull (1914-1997), scion of the Gull baronets, son of Sir William Gull, 2nd Baronet (1860-1922), and his second wife Evelyn Louise Snagge (d 1914), by whom she had issue.

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Loyd/Kwan engagement

 The engagement was announced 5 January, 2023, between James Canning Loyd (born 1 September, 1988), scion of the Loyd landed gentry family formerly of Monk's Orchard, elder son of David William Arnold Loyd (born 4 January, 1949), of Mildenhall, Wiltshire, and his wife the former Anabel Laura Dorothy Morrison (born 31 Dec, 1955), scion of the Barons Margadale, & Stephanie Rachael May Wah Kwan, daughter of Mr and Mrs Steve Kwan of Whitebridge, New South Wales.

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Patricia Frances Marigold (Mally) Bullard 1928-2022

 Patricia Frances Marigold Bullard (nee Read), died 30 December, 2022. She was 94.

A daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert John Read, of Hapton Hall, Tharston, Norfolk, and his wife the former Helen Dorothy Winifred Vernon (1899-1942), scion of the Vernon baronets; she married 1951, Gerald Humphrey (Gerry) Bullard (1916-89), descended maternally from the Barclays of Higham.

Mally Bullard leaves issue, three sons, John Gerald (b 1952), William (born 1954), and Samuel (b 1959).

Sir William Vernon, 1st Baronet > William Allen Vernon > Helen Vernon > Mally Read

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Hoyland/Pole-Carew engagement

 The engagement was announced 5 January, 2023, between Jack Nicholas Hope Hoyland (born 9 March, 1986), elder son of Philip John Hoyland, of Hawnby, North Yorkshire, and his wife the former Hon Henrietta Mary Vivian (born 4 Apr, 1963), scion of the Barons Vivian, & Tatiana Cicely Alice Pole-Carew (born 12 April, 1993), descended from the Barons Lyttelton, elder daughter of (Gerald Anthony) Peregrine Pole-Carew (born 2 September, 1957), of Piddlehinton, Dorset, and his wife the former Georgina Elizabeth Moir Harris.

Jack Hoyland is a grandson maternally of the 6th Baron Vivian (1935-2004), and his first wife the former Catherine Joyce Hope (now Countess of Mexborough).

The 1st Baron Lyttelton > Hon Caroline Anne Lyttelton > William Henry Pole-Carew > Charles Edward Pole-Carew > Gerald Ayshford Pole-Carew > Christopher Gerald Pole-Carew > Peregrine Pole-Carew > Tatiana Pole-Carew

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Lady Nevile, OBE 1923-2022

 Lady Nevile, OBE, who died 31 December, 2022, aged 99, was chatelaine of Aubourn Hall, a 16th-century manor house, near Lincoln. She was the widow of Sir Henry Nevile, KCVO (1920-1996), a Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire for 20 years.

The family seat at Aubourn Hall was designed by architect James Smythson, was built for Sir John Meres between 1587 and 1628. It has been the home of the Nevile family since the 17th century. 

She was born in 1923, the former Jean Rosita Mary Torr, daughter of Cyril James Wenceslas Torr and wife the former Maude Mary Winifred Walpole (1897-1968) (later wife of Vicomte Théophile de Lantsheere).

She married in 1944, Henry Nicholas Nevile (born 13 March, 1920), scion of that landed gentry family, the elder son of Charles Joseph Nevile (1883–1930), of Wellingore in Lincolnshire, and his wife Muriel Margaret, daughter of the diplomat Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Conor, GCB, GCMG. Her husband was Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, 1975-1995, and appointed KCVO in 1992. He died 20 Oct, 1996.

Lady Nevile leaves issue, two sons, Christopher and Hugh, and three daughters, Sarah, Elizabeth and Jill.

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Boyd/Drysdale engagement

 The engagement was announced 3 January, 2023, between Arthur William Boyd (born 1994), scion of the Barons Kilmarnock, younger son of the Hon Jonathan Aubrey Lewis Boyd (born 1 Oct, 1956), of Newton, Lincolnshire, and his wife the former Annette Madeleine Constantine, & Victoria R. Drysdale, younger daughter of Michael Drysdale, KC, of Brisbane, Australia, and Mrs Drysdale.

King William IV > Lady Elizabeth FitzClarence > the 19th Earl of Erroll > 20th Earl of Erroll > 21st Earl of Erroll > 6th Baron Kilmarnock > Hon Jonathan Boyd > Arthur Boyd

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The 7th Baron Camoys, GCVO, PC, DL 1940-2023

 The 7th Baron Camoys, GCVO, PC, DL, who died 4 January, 2023, aged 82, was a City banker who became Lord Chamberlain at an acutely sensitive time in the modern evolution of the monarchy. He was seated at Stonor Park, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.

Lord Camoys was Prime Warden, Fishmongers' Company 1992-93; a Lord in Waiting 1992-98; Deputy Lieutenant of Oxfordshire 1994; Privy Councillor 1997; Lord Chamberlain and Chancellor of the Royal Victorian Order 1998-2000; GCVO 1998; a Permanent Lord-in-Waiting 2000.

(Ralph) Thomas Campion Sherman Stonor was born 16 April, 1940, son of the 6th Baron Camoys, DL (1913-76), and his wife the former Mary Jeanne Stourton (who died in 1987), scion of the Barons Mowbray, Segrave & Stourton. He succeeded his father in the barony, 9 March, 1976.

The peerage was created in the Peerage of England by Writ of Summons in 1383, and on the death of the 2nd Baron, 12 Aug, 1426, it fell into abeyance and so remained for 413 years, until the termination of the abeyance, on 14 Sept, 1839.

The 7th Baron married 11 June, 1966, Elizabeth Mary Hyde Parker (born 3 Sept, 1939), scion of the Parker baronets, the only daughter of Sir William Hyde Parker, 11th Baronet, of Melford Hall, Long Melford, by his wife the former Ulla Ditlef Nielsen, by whom he had issue, a son, William, and three daughters, Alina, Emily and Sophia.

The son the Hon (Ralph) William Robert Thomas Stonor (born 10 September, 1974), succeeds as the 8th Baron Camoys.

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Ella Iris Arthur (born 2022)

 Annabel J Arthur (née Hudleston), wife of Anthony James Arthur (born 1979), and scion of the Hudleston landed family, gave birth to a daughter, Ella Iris, 17 December, 2022, a sister for Joseph James Charles (born 10 Nov, 2018), and Iona Bridget (b 2 March, 2017).

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Richard Ker Slingsby Bethell 1928-2022

 Capt Richard Ker Slingsby Bethell, RN, OBE, died 9 December, 2022, aged 94.

He was born 4 August, 1928, scion of the Barons Westbury, son of Major Vivian Lionel Slingsby Bethell (1897-1967), and his wife the former Joan Ker Manwell (1907-85); and married 29 July, 1953, Anne Rosemary Frost, daughter of Harry Frost, of Amwell, Hertfordshire, by whom he had three daughters, Helena, Theresa and Jane.

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Mary-Anne Dixey (née Trevor-Roper) 1954-2022

 Mary-Anne Dixey (née Trevor-Roper), who died 28 December, 2022, aged 68, was a scion of the Barons Teynham; born 15 December, 1954, eldest daughter of Anthony Dacre Trevor-Roper (1921-1986), and his wife the former Amy Frances Collins (1930-2005); and married 1stly, in 1982 (div) Michael John Frederick Charles Buswell; married 2ndly, 2000, Charles Dixey.

She leaves a son from her first marriage, Jonathan Charles Buswell (b 1982).

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Deborah Susan Sinclair-Stevenson (née Walker-Smith) 1941-2022

 Deborah Susan Sinclair-Stevenson (née Walker-Smith), died 26 December, 2022. She was 81, and a scion of the Walker-Smith baronets; she was born 15 June, 1941, daughter of Sir Derek Walker-Smith, 1st Baronet (1910-92), created a life peer as Baron Broxbourne, and his wife the former Dorothy Ellen Mary Etherton (1906-1999); and married 10 June, 1965, Christopher Terence Sinclair-Stevenson, son of George Sinclair-Stevenson, of Hong Kong.

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Mariota Maud Bosanquet 1923-2022

 Mariota Maud Bosanquet, scion of that landed gentry family, died 27 December, 2022, aged 99.

She was born in 1923 a daughter of Major Arthur Rivers Bosanquet, MC (1890-1971), and his wife the Lady Katherine Ethel Carnegie, daughter of the 10th Earl of Southesk (1854-1941); she was an artist, and unm.

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Mary Moore (née Goschen) 1948-2022

 Mary Moore (née Goschen), who died 13 December, 2022, aged 74, was a scion of the Goschen family now represented by Viscount Goschen; she was born 18 January, 1948, daughter of Brigadier Geoffrey William Goschen (1911-1988), and his wife the former Mary Ernestine Morrison-Bell (1910-2002), scion of the baronets of that name; and married in 1973, David Robson Moore (1947-1987), by whom she had issue, a son, Nathaniel (born 1974), and a daughter, Roxanne (born 1977).

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Margaret Colquhoun Gull (née Berger) 1923-2022

 Margaret Colquhoun Gull (née Berger), died 15 December, 2022, aged 99. 

She was born in 1923, a daughter of Capt Capel Colquhoun Berger (1879-1941), of Harfield, Hertfordshire, and his wife the former Winifred Violet Levett-Scrivener (1895-1981), scion of that landed gentry family; and married 27 Apr, 1957, John Evelyn Gull (1914-1997), a younger son of Sir William Cameron Gull, 2nd Baronet (1860-1922), and his second wife the former Evelyn Louise Snagge (d 1914), by whom she had issue, two sons and a daughter.

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Sir John Kemp Barlow, 3rd Baronet 1934-2022

 Sir John Kemp Barlow, 3rd Baronet, died 30 December, 2022, aged 88.

Sir John was a former Joint Master of Foxhounds, Cheshire, and chairman of Majedie Investment plc. He was chairman of Thomas Barlow & Brothers Ltd.

He was born 22 Apr, 1934, son of Sir John Denman Barlow, 2nd Baronet (1898-1986), and his wife the former Hon Diana Helen Kemp (1904-86), daughter of the 1st Baron Rochdale (1866-1945), and succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's death, 1986.

Sir John was twice wed, firstly, 30 June, 1962 (div 1998), Susan Horsbrugh-Porter (1936-2012), scion of the baronets of that name, daughter of Colonel Sir Andrew Horsbrugh-Porter, 3rd Baronet (1907-1986), and his wife the former Annette Mary Browne-Clayton (1908-1992); married 2ndly, 21 May, 1998, Pauline Margaret Bancroft.

Sir John leaves four sons from his first marriage, William, David, Michael and Charles. The eldest son, (John) William Marshall Barlow (born 12 March, 1964), succeeds to the baronetcy.

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Joaquin Patrick Napier Bunbury (born 2022)

 Alice L. Bunbury (nee Martin), wife of Henry Michael Napier Bunbury [born 4 March,1980], gave birth to a son, Joaquin Patrick Napier, 22 December, 2022.

Henry is the elder son and heir of Sir Michael William Bunbury, KCVO, 13th Baronet [born 29 December, 1946], of Rendlesham, co Suffolk, by his wife the former Caroline Anne Mangnall [born 1951].

Alice is the only daughter of Mr Julian Martin and the late Mrs Wishy Martin, of Cappoquin, Co Waterford.

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George Campbell Wilkinson 1930-2022

George Campbell Wilkinson, died 27 December, 2022, aged 92.

He was born in 1930, son of Colonel George Edward Wilkinson, MC, DL, of Wylam, Northumberland; and married 23 November, 1963, Joan Mary Thornton Trevelyan (born 13 February, 1932), scion of the Trevelyan baronets, daughter of John Thornton Trevelyan (1898-1970), and his wife the former Anne Georgina Wardale (1904-89), by whom he had issue, a son who was born and died in 1967, and a daughter, Anne Margaret (born 16 March, 1965).

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Edward Sutton (born 2022)

 Elizabeth Jane B. Sutton (nee Snow, born 1988), wife of Hugo George Richard Sutton [born 1990], scion of the Sutton baronets, gave birth to a son, Edward, 25 November, 2022.

Hugo is a son of Maj. Richard Charles Sutton [born 6 Feb, 1955], of Ansty Cross, Dorset, and his wife the former Jane Elizabeth Bird.

Elizabeth Sutton is a daughter of Mr & Mrs David Snow, of Pencoyd, Herefordshire.

Sir Richard Sutton, 2nd Bt [1799-1855] > Rev Augustus Sutton [1825-85] > Gilbert Sutton [1858-1929] > John Sutton [1892-1982] > Cdr Richard Sutton [b 1922] > Maj Richard Sutton [b 1955] > Hugo Sutton [b 1990] > Edward Sutton [born 2022]

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McKie/Campbell engagement

The engagement was announced 31 December, 2022, between Joseph Fraser McKie (born 1988), son of Richard J. McKie (born 1961), of Wimborne, Dorset, and his wife the former Susan Havelock, & Catherine Janet Denman (Kitty) Campbell (born 10 November, 1994), eldest daughter of Sir James Alexander Moffat Bain Campbell, 9th Baronet (born 23 September, 1956), of Kilbryde, Perthshire, and his wife, Lady Campbell, the former Carola Jane Denman (born 22 Apr, 1963), scion of the Denman baronets.

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Hanbury/Robson engagement

 The engagement was announced 31 December, 2022, between Jack Harry Benjamin Hanbury (born 1994), scion of the Hanbury landed gentry family, son of James Anthony Christopher Hanbury (born 1964), of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, and Mrs Lucy Hanbury (nee Hudson), of Brightwalton, Berkshire, and Helena H. Robson (born 27 January, 1993), twin daughter of Hugo John Robson (born 20 June, 1962), of Chelsea, descended from the Smith landed gentry family, and his wife the former Josephine Heard.

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Hilary Vernon Lees (nee Harbord) 1937-2022

 Hilary Vernon Lees (nee Harbord) died 13 December, 2022, aged 85.

She was born in 1937, daughter of John Gilbert Harbord (1904-1984), and his wife the former Audrey Hope Anderson Martin (1913-2002); and married 23 April, 1960, Edmund Campbell D'Olier-Lees (1929-2020), of Coaley, Dursley, Gloucestershire, scion of the Lees baronets, son of John Rutherford D'Olier-Lees (1887-1972), and his wife the former Margery Scott (1894-1975), by whom she had issue.

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Pearson-Jones/Davies-Cooke engagement

 The engagement was announced 31 December, 2022, between Dr Thomas W. Pearson-Jones, only son of Wyn Pearson-Jones (born 1953), of Rhewl Fawr, Flintshire, & Clara Louise Davies-Cooke (born 21 July, 1995), scion of the Cooke baronets, middle daughter of Richard Piers Davies-Cooke (born 1 July, 1960), of Gwysaney Hall, Flintshire, and Mrs Sarah Jane Davies-Cooke (nee Latham, born 1964), of Gwysaney, Flintshire.

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Cox/Scotts engagement

 The engagement was announced 31 December, 2022, between Frederick Alastair (Freddie) Cox (born 27 November, 1992), youngest son of David Arthur Cox, of Kettins, Perthshire, and his wife the former Sarah Elizabeth Buchan-Hepburn (born 17 Apr, 1960), and Alice Victoria R. Scotts (born 1994), second daughter of Roger George Newton Scotts (born 1963), of Putney, London, and his wife the former Nicola (Nicky) Chattle.

Freddie Cox is a grandson maternally of Sir John Alastair Trant Kidd Buchan-Hepburn, 7th Baronet (1931-2022)

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Daughter for Lord and Lady Max Percy

Lady Max Percy [nee Princess Nora Amelie Claudia Christiana Maria Notgera zu Oettingen, born 10 June, 1990], wife of Lord Max Ralph Percy [born 26 May, 1990], gave birth to a second daughter in December, 2022, a sister for Romy Jane, who was born 31 July, 2019.

Lord Ralph is the second son of the 12th Duke of Northumberland [born 16 Nov, 1956], of Alnwick Castle, and Syon House, by his wife the former Isobel Jane Miller Richard.

Lady Max Percy is the third daughter of Albrecht Ernst Otto Joseph Maria Notger, Prince of Oettingen Oettingen & Oettingen-Spielberg, by his wife the former Angela Jank.

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Hon Carola Hudson (nee Browne) 1932-2023

 The Hon Carola Hudson (nee Browne), who died 6 December, 2022, aged 90, was a scion of the Barons Kilmaine.

She wsas born 17 May, 1932, daughter of the 6th Baron Kilmaine (1902-1978), and his wife the former Wilhelmina Phyllis Arnott (who died 21 Sept, 2002); and married 30 April, 1960, John Michael Carlyon Lowry Hudson, son of Herbert Hudson, of Tikokino, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, by whom she had issue, two sons, John (b 25 Sept, 1961), and Thomas (b 19 Nov, 1963), and a daughter, Phyllida (b 5 March, 1966).

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Seymour/Tigan engagement

 The engagement was announced 31 December, 2022, between Hugo Frederick James Seymour (born 1988), scion of the Marquesses of Hertford, eldest son of Hugh James Seymour (born 10 March, 1956), of London, and his late 1st wife the former Felicity Anne Elise Webber (1958-1993), & Alexandra Tigan, daughter of Gheorghe Tigan, of Arad, Romania, and his wife Titiana.

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West/Seely engagement

 The engagement was announced 31 Dec, 2022, between Andrew Christian West (born 1990), son of (John) Gordon West, of Sussex, and his wife the former Sharon Hill, and India Grace St Paul Seely (born 1992), scion of the Seely baronets, daughter of Hugo Michael David St Paul Seely (born 1961), of Oxfordshire, and his wife the former (Julia) Caroline Milner.

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Neate/Threlfall marriage

The marriage took place 22 December, 2022, at Huntsham Court, Devon, between Mr V.F.P (Felix) Neate, and Rebecca Jane Threlfall (born 1989), scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Christopher Richard Threlfall (b Oct 1963), and his wife the former Susan G. Starkie.

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Major Mark Frederick Hakon Scrase-Dickins 1936-2022

Major Mark Frederick Hakon Scrase-Dickins, CMG, scion of that landed gentry family, died 10 November, 2022, aged 86. He was a direct descendant of the 1st Marquess of Northampton and from the Merrie Monarch, King Charles II.

He was born 31 May, 1936, son of Wing-Commander Alwyne Rory MacNamara Scrase-Dickins, RAF (1898-1983), and his seconbd wife the former Ingeborg Oskara Fredrrika Gunilla Wijk (1901-1993); and married in 1969, Martina Viviane (Tina) Bayley (born 1944), daughter of Percy Harold Bayley, of Brighton, by whom he had a son, William, and two daughters.

Maj Scrase-Dickins, a soldier turned diplomat, was appointed CMG in 1991. He was a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Sussex in 2004, High Sheriff from 2003 to 2004 and president of St John Ambulance, Sussex, from 2005 to 2011.

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Alby Arthur Birkbeck (born 2022)

The Hon Sophia Christian Birkbeck (nee Fermor-Hesketh, born 1984), wife of Oliver Benjamin Birkbeck (born 3 Apr 1973), scion of the Birkbeck landed gentry family, gave birth to a son, Alby Arthur, in the autumn of 2022, a brother for Frankie, who was born in 2021.

Oliver Birkbeck is descended from the Royal House of Hanover, 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 Birkbeck is a 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].

Oliver Birkbeck was married previously, 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 > Alby Birkbeck

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Baron Wim van Lynden (died 2022)

Baron Wim van Lynden died 19 December, 2022, aged 74. He was the husband of Miranda Mary Macrae (born 21 January, 1951), scion of that landed gentry family, eldest daughter of John Duncan Hervey Macrae of Ballimore, 24th Constable of Eilean Donan, a descendant of the Marquesses of Bristol, by whom he had issue, Melanie, Lara, Tristan, Poldy and Iona.

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Lady Chloé Françoise Carnegie (born 2022)

The Countess of Southesk (born 6 March, 1990), wife of Charles Duff Carnegie, styled Earl of Southesk (born 1 July, 1989), gave birth to a daughter, Lady Chloé Françoise Carnegie, 15 December, 2022.

The Earl of Southesk is the eldest son and heir of the 4th Duke of Fife [born 3 March, 1961], of Kinnaird Castle, Angus, and of the Duchess of Fife [nee Caroline Anne Bunting, born 13 November, 1961].

The Countess of Southesk (nee Camille Ascolli) is a daughter of Roberto Ascoli [born 1961], by his wife the former Valerie Ledoux.

Lord Southesk is a great-great-great grandson of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.

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Hon Roderick Christopher Duncan John Mackenzie (born 2022)

JulIa Jean Isabel Mackenzie, styled Viscountess Tarbat, wife of Colin Ruaridh Mackenzie, styled Viscount Tarbat [born 7 September, 1987], gave birth to a son, the Hon Roderick Christopher Duncan John, in 2022.

Viscount Tarbat is the son and heir of the 5th Earl of Cromartie [born 12 June, 1948], of Castle Leod, Strathpeffer, Ross-shire, and the Countess of Cromartie [nee Janet Clare Harley].

Viscountess Tarbat is a daughter of Duncan Black, and his wife Margaretha.

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