Weld Forester/Rutherford engagement

The engagement was announced 6 Aug 2005, between Henry James (Harry) Weld Forester (b. 1981), scion of the Barons Forester, eldest son of Anthony Edward Weld Forester (b. 1954), of Gartmore, Stirlinghsire, by his wife the former Joanna Mary Whiteley, & Miss Sarah Rutherford, daughter of Mr & Mrs Lloyd Rutherford, of Stanley, County Durham/

Source: Daily Telegraph 6 Aug 2005

Makgill/Lo engagement

The engagement was announced 5 August, 2005, between the Hon. Robert Edward George Makgill (b. 1969), younger son of the late 13th Viscount of Oxfuird, by his first wife, and twin brother & heir presumptive of the 14th Viscount, & Miss Melissa A.R. Lo, daughter of Mr & Mrs Robert Lo, of Hong Kong.

Source: Daily Telegraph 5 Aug, 2005

Wingfield-Stratford-Johnstone/Hamilton Stewart engagement

The engagement was announced 25 July, 2005, between Dickon Wingfield-Stratford-Johnstone (b. 1978), scion of the Viscounts Powerscourt, son of Esme Edward Melville Wingfield-Stratford-Johnstone (b. 1950), of Bordeaux, France, by his wife the former Sara Birch Reynardson (of that BLG family), & Elizabeth Mary Hamilton Stewart, daughter of Mr & Mrs Peter Hamilton Stewart, of Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

Source: The Daily Telegraph 25 July 2005

Osborn/Elworthy engagement

The engagement was announced 29 July 2005, between Sir Richard Henry Danvers Osborn, 9th Baronet (cr 1662), b. 12 Aug 1958, son of the late Sir Danvers Lionel Rouse Osborn 8th Bt, and the former Constance Violette Rooke; & Belinda Mary Elworthy, younger daughter of the late Richard Elworthy and Mrs Elizabeth Norton.

Source: Daily Telegraph 29 July, 2005

Gathorne-Hardy/Ware engagement

The engagement was announced 10 Aug 2005, between the Hon. Argus Edward Gathorne-Hardy (b. 1973) younger son of the 5th Earl of Cranbrook, by his wife the former Caroline Jarvis (descended from the Earls of Clanwilliam), & Alexandra M. (Tilly) Ware, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs Trevor Ware, of Loscombe, Dorset.

Source: Daily Telegraph 10 Aug 2005

Sam George Oliver Walford

Lara Katherine (Lally) Walford (nee Chetwynd-Talbot, b. 1973), scion of the Earls of Shrewsbury, wife of Nicholas Walford, gave birth to a son, Sam George Oliver, 22 July, 2005, a brother for Ella. Mr Walford is the son of Mr Robert Walford, of Upavon, Wiltshire, and Mrs Richard Besley, of Suffolk, and Lally is a daughter of Major Mark Patrick Chetwynd-Talbot (b. 1941), late the Coldstream Guards, of Coxwold, North Yorkshire, by his wife, the former Elizabeth Anne Bateman.

Source: Daily Telegraph 27 July, 2005

Lucie Rose Campbell-Walter

Amelia Campbell-Walter [nee Lamb], wife of Jamie Campbell-Walter, gave birth to a daughter, Lucie Rose, 5 August, 2005, a sister for Harry Oliver,b. 15 March, 2004. Jamie is a son of Richard Campbell-Walter, of Hamble, Hampshire, scion of the landed gentry family of Campbell of Airds Bay, and is a nephew of Fiona Campbell-Walter who m. 1956, [div. 1965], Baron Heinrich Hans August Gabor Taszo Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kaszon [& is mother of Francesca who married into the Royal House of Austria]. Amelia Campbell-Walter is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Ronnie Lamb, of Fulmer, Buckinghamshire.


Source: Daily Telegraph 11 August, 2005

Charles Ludovic Percy Napier

Lucinda Napier (b. 1971, nee Ward) wife of the Hon. Nicholas Alexander John Napier (b. 1971), younger son of the 14th Lord Napier & Ettrick, gave birth to a son, Charles Ludovic Percy, 1 August, 2005, at Queen Charlotte's Hospital. Mrs Napier is a daughter of Simon Charles Vivian Ward (b. 1942), and a granddaughter of Maj. Vivian Horrocks Ward who married in 1935, Leila Penelope, only daughter of Sir Edward Oswald Every, 11th Baronet.


Source: The Times 10 Aug 2005

Rosie Jeanne Burke Roche

Phillipa Kate Victoria (Pippa) Roche (nee Long), wife of the Hon. (Edmund) Hugh Burke Roche (born 5 February, 1972), brother & heir presumptive of the 6th Baron Fermoy (and thus a first cousin of Diana Princess of Wales), gave birth to a daughter, Rosie Jeanne Burke, 21 June, 2005. 

Pippa Roche is a daughter of  Derek F.D. Long (born 1941), of Goldsborough, North Yorkshire, and his wife the former Elizabeth Rae McGregor.

Source: Daily Telegraph 29 July, 2005.

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Hector McEwen

Monica McEwen, wife of Hugo McEwen, gave birth to a son, Hector, 19 June, 2005, at Stockholm, a brother for Emma. The father here Hugo Gabriel McEwen (b. 1965), son of Alexander Dundas McEwen, b. 1935, (of the McEwen Baronets), by his wife Princess Cecilia, daughter of HSH the late Franz, 2nd Prince Weikersheim.

Hebe Rosalind Legge

Cressida Legge (nee Hogg), wife of the Hon. Henry Legge (b. 1968), younger son of the 9th Earl of Dartmouth by his first wife, the former Raine McCorquodale (afterwards Countess Spencer), gave birth to a 3rd daughter, Hebe Rosalind, 24 July, 2005, a sister for Violet (b. 9 Oct 2000) and Olivia Daisy (b. 11 July, 2002). Mrs Legge is a daughter of Sir Christopher Hogg, Kt, Chairman of Reuters.

Source: The Times 5 Aug 2005

Amber Daisy Huntington-Whiteley

Lucy Huntington-Whiteley (nee Pluck) wife of (George) Adam Huntington-Whiteley (b. 1971), scion of the Huntington-Whiteley Baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Amber Daisy, 27 July, 2005.

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Flora India Stourton

Susanna R. Stourton (b. 1977, nee Hanbury) wife since 2004 of Thomas Michael John Stourton (b. 1965), scion of the Barons Mowbray, Segrave & Stourton, gave birth to a daughter, Flora India, 29 July, 2005.

Samuel Edward Andrew Buxton

Rachel Buxton (nee Mulholland), wife of Harry Desmond Gascoigne Buxton (b. 1972) scion of the Buxton Baronets, gave birth to a son, Samuel Edward Andrew, 31 July, 2005.

Source: The Times 4 Aug 2005

Gerald Percy, cousin of the Duke of Northumberland

Gerald Percy, company director, sometime director of Lonrho, scion of the Dukes of Northumberland, died suddenly 18 July, 2005, after a brief illness, aged 77. He was b. 26 Apr, 1928, second son of Lord William Richard Percy (1882-1963) by his wife Mary, dau of Capt. George Sitwell Campbell Swinton (of that BLG family); married 1stly 1950 (divorced 1953), Alison Jannice, elder daughter of Sir Herbert Ribton Meredith, of Nairobi; married 2ndly, 30 Oct 1954, Jennifer (divorced 1975), daughter of John Home-Rigg ( he d. 6 Feb 1998, aged 75), by whom he had 2 sons and 2 daughters. (Lord Gerald's 2nd wife married as her second husband, Times 15 Nov, 1978, the 6th Marquis of Bute, KBE (1933-93)); married 3rdly, in London, 24 Jan, 1983, Miss Victoria T. Henderson, daughter of Dr and Mrs Roger Henderson, of London, formerly of Nairobi. (Times 25 Jan, 1983). He is survived by his 3rd wife and four children from his second marriage. The funeral took place on 29 July.

Source: Daily Telegraph 25 July, 2005

Patricia Ruck Keene

Patricia Ruck Keene, who died 25 July, 2005, was the widow of John Ruck Keene (of the BLG family Ruck Keene of Waterstock, formerly of Swyncombe House); and mother of Ben. The funeral took place at Cheltenham, 1 Aug 2005.

Source: The Times 27 July, 2005

Rosemary Eleanor Barclay

Rosemary Eleanor Barclay (nee Parker-Jervis), b. 1914, scion of the Viscounts St. Vincent, daughter of Maj. Edward Mainwaring Parker-Jervis, MC (1880-1935), by his wife Eleanor Dora Lyon; married 1940, Brig. Francis Peter Barclay, DSO, MC (of that BLG family); had 2 sons, Robin & Christopher; died 21 July, 2005.


Source: Daily Telegraph 26 July 2005

Lady Martin, widow of Sir Laurence Martin

Lady Martin, who died at Ipswich Hospital, 26 July, 2005, was the wife of Sir Laurence Martin, Kt, DL, Senior Adviser, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, since 2000 (Arleigh Burke Professor of Strategy, 1998-2000).She was the former Betty Parnall, and married Sir Laurence in 1951. the mother of a daughter, Jane, and a son, Bill.


Source: The Times 1 Aug 2005

Leonard Victor Ingrams, CBE

Leonard Victor Ingrams, CBE, who died suddenly, 27 July, 2005, aged 63, was a grandson materally of Sir James Reid, GCVO, KCB, VD, MD, 1st Baronet, Physician-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria, by his wife, the Hon Susan Baring, Maid of Honour to Queen Victoria, daughter of the 1st Baron Revelstoke. He was the son of Leonard St Clair Ingrams by his wife Victoria Susan Beatrice Reid; b. 1 Sept, 1941; married 1964, Rosalind Ann Moore; 1 son, 3 daughters. He was a younger brother of the former _Private Eye_ editor, Richard Ingrams another brother, Rupert, married the (18th) Baroness Darcy de Knayth, &c. Source:

Daily Telegraph 4 Aug 2005

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Sir Frederick Bolton, Kt, MC

Sir Frederic Bolton, Kt, MC, Chairman The Bolton Group, 1953-91; Chairman, Dover Harbour Board, 1982-88 (Member, 1957-62 & 1980-88),died 27 July, 2005. He was aged 84. Frederic Bernard (Tim) Bolton was born 9 March, 1921, the son of Louis Hamilton Bolton by his wife Beryl Dyer, and was educated at Rugby School. Career: - - ->>served in World War 2 with the Welsh Guards 1940-46 (awarded the MC in Italy in 1945); Northants Yeomanry, 1950-56; Membe of Lloyd's from 1945; Member of the Baltic Exchange from 1946; Chairman, Atlantic Steam Navigation Co and Subs, 1960-71; Director, BP Tanker Co,1968-82; Member, British Rail Shipping & International Services Board, 1970-82 (later Sealink UK Ltd); President, Chamber of Shipping of the UK, 1966; Member of Lloyd's Register of Shipping General Committee, 1961-86; Chairman, Ship and Marine Technol. Requirements Board, 1977-81; Chairman, British Ports Associaion, 1985-88; Chairman, Pilots' National Pensions Fund, 1991-94; Member, PLA, 1964-71; Member, national Ports Council, 1967-74; President, Institute of Marine Engineers, 1968-69 and 1969-70; President, British Shipping Federation, 1972-75; President, International Shipping Federation, 1973-82; President, General Council of British Shipping, 1975-76; President, British Marine League, 1985-91; &c. He was knighted in 1976. Sir Frederic married 1stly, 1950, Valerie Margaret Barwick, daughter of George Short Barwick, and granddaughter of Sir John Storey Barwick, 1st Baronet, by whom he had 2 sons. Mrs Bolton died in 1970; married secondly 1971, Vanessa Mary Anne Robarts, by whom he had 2 sons and 2 daughters.


Source: Daily Telegraph 2 Aug 2005