Hon. Lord Robertson

The Hon. Lord Robertson, TD, a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 1966-87, died 21 July, 2005. He was aged 92. Ian Macdonald Robertson was born 30 Oct, 1912, son of James Robertson and Margaret Eva Wilson, of Broughty Ferry, Angus, and Edinburgh, and was educated at Merchiston Castle School; Balliol College, Oxford; Cambridge University. Career: - - ->>served in WW2, 8th Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment); commissioned into the army in 1939; Captain, 44th Lowland Brigade (15th Scottish Division), in Normandy and NW Europe, and was mentioned in despatches; Member of the Faculty of Advocates, 1939; Advocate-Depute, 1949-51; QC Scotland, 1954; Sheriff of Ayr & Bute, 1961-66; Sheriff of Perth & Angus, 1966; Chairman, Medical Appeals Tribunal, 1957-63; Chairman, Scottish Joint Council of Teachers' Salaries, 1965-81; Chairman, Scottish Valuation Advisory Council, 1977-86; Member, Court of Session Rules Council; UK Representative, Central Council, International Union of Judges, 1974-87; Governor of Merchiston Castle School, 1954, Chairman 1970-96; Assessor on Court of Edinburgh University, 1967-81; Chairman, Edinburgh Centre of Rural Economy, 1967-85, &c. He married in 1938, Anna Love Glen (who died in 2002), daughter of Judge James Fulton Glen, of Tampa, Florida, United States; by whom he had one son and 2 daughters. A Service of Thanksgiving took place at Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, Saturday 30 July, 2005.

Source: The Times 25 July 2005

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Hon. Lord Morison

The Hon. Lord Morison, a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 1985-97, died at his home, 31 July, 2005. He was aged 74.Alastair Malcolm Morison was born 12 Feb, 1931, son of Sir Ronald Peter Morison, QC (Scotland) and was educated at Cargilfield; Winchester College, and Edinburgh University.Career: admitted to the Faculty of Advocates, 1956; QC (Scotland) 1968; Chairman, Medical Appeals Tribunal, 1972-85; Chairman, Performing Rights Tribunal, 1984-85, &c.He married (i) 1957, Lindsay Balfour Oatts (divorced 1977), by whom he had one son and one daughter; married (ii) 1980, Birgitte Hendil.The funeral service took place at St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, 9 Aug 2005


Source: Daily Telegraph 3 Aug 2005--

Rear-Admiral Raymond Tribe, CB, MBE, DL

Rear-Admiral Raymond Haydn Tribe, CB, MBE, DL, died at Moulsford, Oxfordshire, 29 July, 2005. He was aged 97.He was born 9 April, 1908, son of Thomas and Gillian Ada Tribe.Career: - - ->>Served in World War II (received the MBE (Mil) and was mentioned in despatches twice); Comander 1947; Captain 1955; Rear-Admiral, 1962; Inspector-General Fleet Maintenance, and Chief Staff Officer (Technical) to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet, 1962-65; retired from the Royal Navy in Sept, 1965; he received the Distinguished Battle Service Medal of the Soviet Union; a Berkshire County Councillor, 1970-77; appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Berkshire, 1975.He married in 1938, Alice Mary Golby. No children of the union.The funeral takes place at St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Compton Newbury,8 August, 2005

Source: Daily Telegraph 3 Aug 2005--

Dame Betty Ridley, DBE

Dame Betty Ridley DBE, MA, Third Church Estates Commissioner, 1972-81; a Church Commissioner, 1959-81, died at Winchester, 1 August, 2005. She was aged 95.She was born Mildred Betty Mosley, 10 September, 1909, daughter of the Rt Rev Henry Mosley, sometime Bishop of Southwell, and was educated at the North London Collegiate School; Cheltenham Ladies' College.Career: -->> Member of the General Synod of the Church of England, 1970-81, and its Standing Committee, 1971-81; Central Board of Finance, 1955-79; Member, Faculty Jurisdiction Commission, 1980-83; Vice-President, British Counci of Churches, 1954-56, &c.She was appointed DBE in 1975.She married in 1929, the Rev. Michael Ridley, Rector of Finchley (who died in 1953), and had three sons and one daughter.The funeral took place at Basingstoke Crematorium, 4 Aug, 2005.

Source:The Times 3 Aug 2005

Cdr. Godfrey Chenevix-Trench, DSC

Commander Godfrey Maxwell Chenevix-Trench, DSC, of Kelling, Holt, Norfolk, scion of the Barons Ashtown, died 29 July, 2005. Born in 1917 the son of Charles Godfrey Chenevix-Trench, CIE (1877-1964), by his wife Margaret May Blakesley; Commander Royal Navy (Retired), served in World War II, received DSC and Bar; later a history teacher; married 1945, Nancy Louise, daughter of the Rev.A. Clarkson Birch, of Cloughton, Scarborough, Yorks; by whom he had issue. A Memorial Service will be held at St Mary's Church, Kelling, 19 August, 2005.

Source: Daily Telegraph 3 August 2005

Elizabeth Lady Crossley

Elizabeth Lady Crossley, who died 29 July, 2005, at the age of 92, was the second wife, and widow, of Sir Kenneth Irwin Crossley, 2nd Baronet, JP, High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1919, who died in 1957. She was Elizabeth Joyce Shenton, daughter of E. Shenton, of Boxmoor, Hertfordshire, and married Sir Kenneth in 1954. The funeral took place at the West Wiltshire Crematorium, Semington, 10 August, 2005.


Source: Daily Telegraph 05 Aug, 2005

Dodo Wakeham

Dodo E.M. Wakeham, of Crowborough, Sussex, who died shortly before 27 July, 2005, aged 94, was the wife of Maj. C.E. Wakeham, of Durban, South Africa (a grandson of Talbot Baines Reed, the Victorian writer of boys' books); one daughter, Joanna; and one son Antony, who married,12 Oct, 1963, Marcia Elizabeth Lane Fox, dau of Colonel Francis and the Hon Mrs Lane Fox, and a granddaughter maternally of the 1st and last Baron Bingley. Mrs Wakeham's grandson, Richard Wakeham, was one of the protesters who successively entered the chamber of the House of Commons during the recent Foxhunting Bill, &c.


Source: Daily Telegraph 27 July, 2005

Mary Monica Constable-Maxwell-Scott

Mary Monica (Mamo) Constable-Maxwell-Scott, who died 28 July, 2005, aged 59, was a scion of the Lords Herries of Terregles (Peerage of Scotland cr. 1489-90). She was born 29 Oct, 1945, youngest of the 5 children of Herbert Francis Joseph Constable-Maxwell-Scott (1891-1962) by his wife the former Eileen Josephine Smail; 2 brothers, Simon and David, and 2 sisters, Aurea and Susan. The funeral took place at St George's Retreat Chapel, Ditchling Common, East Sussex, 10 August, 2005.

Source: Daily Telegraph 4 Aug 2005


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Timothy James Dashwood

Timothy James Dashwood, b. 1947, scion of the Dashwood Baronets (cr. 1684), son of Donald Cassels Dashwood, by his wife Rachel McAnally; married 1983, Katherine Ruth (Kate) Harris; 2 children, Peter & Annie; died from cancer, 25 July, 2005. The funeral took place at All Saints Church, Fleet, Hampshire, 1 Aug, 2005.

Source: Daily Telegraph 28 July, 2005

Air Commodore Sir Archie Winskill, KCVO

Air Commodore Sir Archibald Little (Archie) Winskill, KCVO, CBE, DFC and Bar, AE, Captain of The Queen's Flight, 1968-82, and Extra Equerry to Queen Elizabeth II, died at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, 9 Agust, 2005. He was aged 88.He was born 24 January, 1917, son of James Winskill.Career: - ->>Fighter Pilot in the Battle of Britain; European and North African theatres; evaded capture in enemy territory, in occupied France, 1941, and in Tunisia 1943; Post War: graduate Army Staff College; Flying College; Air Adviser to the Belgian Government; Station Commander, RAF Turnhouse & Duxford; Group Captain, Operations Germany; Air Attache at Paris; Director of Public Relations, Ministry of Defence (RAF); Captain of The Queen's Flight, 1968-82; received Freedom of the City of London, 1978.Awarded the DFC in 1941 (received Bar to DFC in 1943); appointed CBE in 1960; CVO in 1973, and advanced to KCVO in 1980.Sir Archie married in 1947, Christiane Amilie Pauline, daughter of M. Bailleux, of Calais, France,by whom he had one son (deceased) and one daughter.

Source: Daily Telegraph 11 August, 2005.


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Edith Hoare, widow of Capt. Julian Hoare

Edith Hoare (nee Temple), who died 19 July, 2005, at the age of 92, was the widow of Capt. Julian Hoare, RAOC, a scion of the Hoare of Stourton BLG family. She was the former Edith Temple, 3rd daughter of Colonel Frederck Charles Temple, CIE, CBE, VD, of Lewes, Sussex (of that BLG family), and married in 1933. She was the mother of a son, Rupert, and four daughters, Rosamond, Elizabeth, Angela and Frances.


Source: Daily Telegraph 26 July, 2005

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Lady Mitchell, wife of Sir David Mitchell, DL

Lady Mitchell, who died suddenly from heart failure, 5 August, 2005, aged 75, was the wife of Conservative MP Sir David Mitchell, and mother of the Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell.She was the former Pamela Elaine Haward, and married David Bower Mitchell in 1954. They had 2 sons, Andrew and Graham and one daughter, Suki, but they later separated (but did not divorce?).Her husband, who was knighted in 1988, was Minister of State for Transport, 1986-88.Lady Mitchell's elder son, Andrew, has been Conservative MP for Sutton Coldfield since 2001, and was MP for Gedling, 1987-97, and a junior minister in John Major's administation between 1995-97.A Servive of Thanksgiving takes place at St Margaret's Church, Westminster, Thursday 29 September, 2005.

Source: Daily Telegraph 12 Aug, 2005

Joan Lady Coates, widow of Sir Frederick

Joan Lady Coates, who died 10 August, 2005, at the age of 84, was the widow of Sir Frederick Gregory Lindsay Coates, 2nd Baronet (1919-1994).She was the former Joan Nugent Spinks, second of the three daughters of Major-General Sir Charlton Watson Spinks, KBE, DSO (b. 1877- d. 24 Oct, 1959), sometime Inspector-General of the Egyptian Army, by his wife, the former Marguerite Coleman, of Toronto, and married Sir Frederick, 20 Sept, 1940.She was widowed 24 June, 1994. She had issue, (i) Elizabeth Sara Ann, b. 12 January, 1941; (ii) Moira Louise, b. 23 January, 1945; & (iii) Sir David Charlton Frederick Coates, 3rd Baronet, b. 16 February, 1948.The funeral takes place at Affpuddle Church, Thursday 18 August, 2005.

Source: The Times 12 Aug 2005

Turner/Trevelyan engagement

The engagement was announced 21 July, 2005, between Julian Philip Charles Turner, son of Mr & Mrs Philip Turner, of Tynemouth, Tyne & Wear, & Amanda Fay [Min] Trevelyan [b. 1967], daughter of Edward Calverley Thornton Trevelyan [b. 1935], scion of the Trevelyan Baronets [created 1662], and Mrs Edward Trevelyan, of Stamfordham, Northumberland.

Monasterace/Butler-Adams marriage

The marriage took place at Chelsea Town Hall, London, 15 July, 2005, between Eduardo Tomacelli, only son of Riccardo and Irene Tomacelli Filomarino, Duca and Duchessa di Monasterace, of London SW1 and Naples, and Miss Sophie Butler-Adams, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs David Butler-Adams, of Holtby, Yorkshire.

Wilbraham/Butler-Adams marriage

The marriage took place, 24 June, 2005, in London, between Jocelyn Thomas Ralph Wilbraham (b. 1970), youngest son of Mr [Martin] John Wilbraham, of Thorganby, Yorkshire, and his former wife, the former Hon. Catherine Mary Sidney (b. 1942), now the Hon. Mrs Catherine Wass, of St Leonards, Hampshire, and Fiona M. Butler-Adams, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs David Butler-Adams, of Holtby, Yorkshire.
Jocelyn Wilbraham is a grandson maternally of the late 1st Viscount De L'Isle, VC, KG, GCMG, GCVO, PC (1909-91).

Philippa Viscountess Astor (1930-2005)

Philippa Viscountess Astor, who died 20 July, 2005, after a short illness, was the secnd of the three wives of the 3rd Viscount Astor [1907-66], of Cliveden, a peer embroiled in the Profumo Affair, 1963.
Philippa Victoria Hunloke was born at 2 Carlton Gardens, St. James's, London, 10 December, 1930 the eldest child & only daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Philip Hunloke [a descendant of King William IV & Mrs Jordan]. Hunloke's wife was Lady Anne Cavendish, daughter of the 9th Duke of Devonshire.
Philippa, who for 5 years previous to her nuptials, was working in theatrical stage management in reperory in London's West End, married at St. Columba's (Church of Scotland), Belgravia, London, 26 April, 1955 (divorced London 1960, Decree Nisi London 3 June, 1960), William Waldorf Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor,[b. Cliveden, Taplow, Buckinghamshire 13 Aug, 1907; d. Nassau, Bahamas 8 Mar, 1966, [son of the 2nd Viscount and of Nancy Viscountess Astor]
They had 1 child Hon. Emily Astor, born 1956; by her second husband James Anderson (grandson of James, 16th Earl of Perth) she has 2 sons & 2 daughters.

Sir Alastair Goodlad's peerage

The life peerage awarded to Sir Alastair Goodlad has been gazetted in the name, styleand title of Baron Goodlad, of Lincoln in the County of Lincolnshire.
Source: Daily Telegraph 21 July, 2005
Sir Alastair Robertson Goodlad, KCMG (1997), PC (1992), was appointed British High Commissioner to Australia in 2000; he was b. 4 July, 1943, son of Dr John Goodlad by his wife Isabel Sinclair, and was educated at Marlborough College; King's College, Cambridge (MA, LLB).
Career: Conservative MP for Northwich, Feb 1974-1983; Conservative MP for Eddisbury, 1983-99; Assistant Government Whip, 1981-82; a Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury, 1982-84; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Energy, 1984-87; Comptroller of HM Household, 1989-90; Deputy Government Chief Whip and Treasurer of HM Household, 1990-92; Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1992-95; Parliamentary Secretary to HM Treasury & Govt Chief Whip, 1995-97; Opposition front bench spokesman on International Development, 1997-98; &c.
He married in 1968, Cecilia Barbara, 2nd daughter of Colonel Richard Lumley Hurst, by his wife the former Lady Barbara Lindsay (of the Earls of Crawford & Balcarres), and has issue:-
(i) Magnus James Goodlad, b. 1972, educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford; engaged 30 Oct 2000, to Victoria, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Michael Manisty, of Devon. They have issue, one daughter, Flora Cecilia Charlotte, b. 6 August, 2004.
(ii) William Duff Goodlad, b. 1974, educated at Eton and Pembroke College, Oxford.

Cadbury/Naylor marriage

 The marriage took place in August, 2004, between Matthew J. Cadbury (born 1959), son of Sir [George] Adrian Hayhurst Cadbury, Kt (born 15 April, 1929), scion of the Cadburys of Northfield, by his first wife the former Gillian Skepper (died 1992), and Francesca M.L. Naylor (born January, 1964), daughter of Christopher Charles Francis Naylor (born Apr, 1929), and his wife the former Helen Lovelock Burke.

Francesca Naylor is a granddaughter of Maj-Gen Robert Francis Brydges Naylor, CB, CBE, DSO, MC (1889-1971), and his wife the Lady Mary Millicent Rachel Byng (1899-1985), daughter of the 6th Earl of Strafford (1862-1951).

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The Hon Hugh Roche weds Phillipa Long

 The marriage took place in North Yorkshire in the summer of 2004 between the Hon (Edmund) Hugh Roche (born 5 February, 1972), second son of the 5th Baron Fermoy (1939-1984), and his wife the former Lavinia Frances Elizabeth Pitman (born 18 April, 1941) (now wife of Nigel Edward Corbally Stourton, scion of the Barons Mowbray, Segrave & Stourton) & Phillipa Kate Victoria Long (born 1972), daughter of Derek F.D. Long (born 1941), of Goldsborough, North Yorkshire, and his wife the former Elizabeth Rae McGregor (born 1945).

The Hon Hugh Roche is the heir presumptive to his elder brother, the 6th Baron Fermoy (born 11 Oct, 1967), and is a first cousin of Diana, Princess of Wales.

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