Anthony More O'Ferrall

Anthony More O'Ferrall, who died 20 January, 2006, aged 94, was a scion of the Irish landed family of that name. Members of the More O'Ferrall clan have married into the peerage including Susan, wife of the 3rd Baron Beaverbrook, and her sister, Theresa, wife of Viscount Allendale. Another member of the family married a daughter of an Earl of Listowel.

Source: Daily Telegraph 24 January, 2006

Mervyn Jones/Cooper-Key engagement

The engagement was announced 23 January, 2006, between Matthew C. Mervyn-Jones, son of Mr & Mrs Philip Mervyn-Jones, of Knowl Hill, Berkshire, & Pandora Lorna Mary Cooper-Key (b. 1973), daughter of the late (Kevin) Esmond Peter Cooper-Key (1943-85), by his first wife the former Lady Mary Gaye Georgiana Lorna Curzon (b. 1947), daughter of the late 6th Earl Howe.
Pandora's paternal grandfather Sir (Edmund Mc) Neill Cooper-Key, Knt (who d. 1981), a descendant of the Wigram Baronets, married in 1941, the Hon. Lorna Peggy Vyvyan Harmsworth (b. 1920), daughter of the 2nd Viscount Rothermere.



Source: The Times 23 January 2006

von Kaltenborn/Upton engagement

The engagement was announced 16 January, 2006,between Noel S. von Kaltenborn, eldest son of Baron Stefan von Kaltenborn, of Gascony, France, and Mrs Robert Clarke, of Beaminster, Dorset, and Emily S.E. Upton, daughter of Mr & Mrs Nicholas Upton, of Ditchling, Sussex.

Source: Daily Telegraph 16 January, 2006

Theresa Weld-Blundell

Theresa Weld-Blundell, who died at St John's Hospice, 16 January, 2006, aged 79, was a scion of the Weld-Blundell BLG family.
The Requiem Mass and interment takes place at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Chipping, Lancashire, 24 January, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 20 January 2006

Lady Meyer

Lady Meyer, who died at her home 11 January, 2006, was the widow of Sir Anthony Meyer, 3rd Baronet, (1920-2004), a former Conservative MP who, repelled by Margaret Thatcher's confrontational style and her attitude to Europe, he insisted on standing against her for the party leadership in 1989. Her husband failed to oust Mrs Thatcher from office, as he knew he would, but as he said later: "It made the unthinkable thinkable."
Her husband was Conservative MP for Eton and Slough, 1964-66; Conservative MP for West Flintshire, 1970-83; and for Clwyd North West, 1983-92. He succeeded to the baronetcy (created in 1910) on the demise of his father, 1935.
Lady Meyer was the former Barbadee Violet Knight, the only child of A. Charles Knight, JP, FSA, of Lincoln's Inn, London WC, and Herne Place, Sunningdale, Ascot, and married Anthony Meyer in 1941.
She is survived by one son, Sir (Anthony) Ashley Frank Meyer, 4th Baronet, b. 23 August, 1944, and three daughters.

Source: The Daily Telegraph 21 January, 2006

Garton/Inch engagement

The engagement was announced 21 January, 2006, between Anthony William Garton (b. 1974), son of (Anthony) Juan Garton, of St Anne's, Alderney, by his wife the former Hon. Annabel Jocelyne Hudson (b. 1952), & Alexandra C.M. Inch, daughter of Mr Mark Inch, of Paris, and Mme. Sybille de la Ferrière, also of Paris.
Anthony Garton is a grandson maternally of the 2nd Viscount Hudson (extinct 1963).

Source: Daily Telegraph 21 January, 2006

Fitzherbert/Rao engagement

The engagement was announced 20 January, 2006, between George Fitzherbert, scion of that BLG family, son of Giles Fitzherbert, CMG (b. Dublin, 8 Mar 1935), of County Wexford, Ireland, sometime British Ambassador to Venezuela, by his 1st wife the former (Evelyn) Margaret Waugh (b. 1942; d. 1986), and Anushka Rao, daughter of Dr and Mrs Ravindra Rao, of Bangalore, India.
George Fitzherbert is a grandson maternally of the author Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh, of that BLG family, by his wife the former Laura Herbert (b. 1916), daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Aubrey Nigel Henry Molyneux Herbert, MP (1880-1923), 2nd son of the 4th Earl of Carnarvon.

Source: Daily Telegraph 20 Jan 2006

Stopford Sackville/Anning engagement

The engagement was announced 19 January, 2006, between Thomas Nigel Stopford Sackville (b. 1968), scion of the Earls of Courtown, son of Lionel Geoffrey Stopford Sackville (b. 1932), of Lowick, Northamptonshire, by his 1st wife, the former Susan J. Coles, (now Mrs Tim Rathbone, of Battersea, London), daughter of Jenkin Coles, of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, & Charlotte I. Anning daughter of Mr John Anning, of South Moulton, Devon, and Mrs Bayfield Collison, of Yallingup, Western Australia.


Source: Daily Telegraph 19 January, 2006

Roper Curzon/Pearse Wheatley engagement

The engagement was announced 19 January, 2006, between the Hon. Peter Michael Alexander Roper-Curzon (b. 1977), one of the 10 children of the 20th Baron Teynham (b. 1928), of Pylewell Park, Hampshire, by his wife, the former Elizabeth Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, scion of the Earls of Dundee, & Victoria-Eugenia Pearse Wheatley, daughter of Mr Robin Pearse Wheatley, of Chelsea, and Senora Victoria-Eugenia Perez de Ascanio y Zuleta de Reales, of Fulham, and Madrid, Spain.

Source: Daily Telegraph 19 January, 2006

Max/Norman engagement

The engagement was announced 18 January, 2006, between Richard Max, second son of Mr & Mrs Anthony Max, of Orchard House, Holyport, & Emily Kate (b. 1975), the adopted daughter of Bryan Montagu Norman, scion of that BLG family, of Moor Place, Much Hadham, by his former wife, the former June Marsham-Townshend (b. 1942), sion of the Earls of Romney. June Marsham-Townshend married (ii)1980, Sir Ian Niall Rankin, 4th Baronet; & (iii) 11 April 2001, Prince Nikita Lobanov-Rostovsky.

Source: Daily Telegraph 18 Jan 2006

Hon Olivia Parsons

Lady Oxmantown, wife of Laurence Patrick Parsons, styled Lord Oxmantown, [b. 31 March, 1969], son and heir of the 7th Earl of Rosse, and the Countess of Rosse, of Birr Castle, County Offaly, gave birth to a daughter, the Hon. Olivia Rose Xuewei Parsons, 8 January, 2006. Lady Oxmantown is the former Miss Anna Lin, daughter of Mr & Mrs Qicai Lin, of Tianjin, China. Lord Oxmantown is a nephew of the 1st Earl of Snowdon, GCVO. His father is Snowdon's half-brother.

Source: Daily Telegraph 21 Jan 2006

Hon Mary Watt

The Hon. Mary Watt, who died 19 January, 2006, was a daughter of the 1st Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax (1891-1964) Chairman of John Mackintosh & Sons, toffee manufacturers, of Halifax; by his wife Constance Emily Stoneham (d. 1975).
She was born in 1927, and married 1949, (Charles) Michael Watt (deceased), by whom she had three children, Charles Jonathan (b. 1950), Henry Donald (b. 1962), and Susan Mary (b. 1953); she was also grandmother of Lizzie, Henry, Teddie, Max, Meliss, Alexander, Daniel, Tara, Tashy and Tally. She was a JP for Norwich.
Thanksgiving Service to be held on Friday, 27 January, 2006, at St Remigius Church, Hethersett, Norwich.

Source: Daily Telegraph 20 January, 2006

Fiona Viscountess St Cyres

Fiona Viscountess St. Cyres, who died 16 January, 2006, from cancer, was the first wife of John Stafford Northcote, 5th Earl of Iddesleigh (b. 15 Feb 1957).
She was Fiona Caroline Elizabeth Wakefield, daughter of Paul Alan Campbell Wakefield, of Barcelona, Spain, and sister of Robert, Julian, Justin, Samantha and Victoria; and married the then Viscount St. Cyres as his first wife in 1983. They divorced in 1999.
She leaves a son, Thomas Stafford Northcote, styled Viscount St. Cyres, b. 5 Aug 1985; and the Lady Elizabeth Rose Adele Northcote, b. 1989.
The funeral takes place at the Church of St Francis, Ascot , 27 January, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 20 January, 2006

Giles Arthington Worsley

Giles Arthington Worsley, who was b. 22 March 1961; died 17 January, 2006, aged 44, was a nephew of HRH The Duchess of Kent. He was the second son of Sir William Marcus John Worsley, 5th Baronet (b. 6 April, 1925), by his wife the Hon. Bridget Assheton (1926-2004), daughter of the 1st Baron Clitheroe. He enjoyed a distinguished career as an architectural historian and critic, most recently for the Daily Telegraph which he joined as architectural correspondent in 1998. He married in 1996, Joanna Beaufort Pitman (b. 1963), then a journalist on The Times, scion of that BLG family, and a great-granddaughter of the 1st Baron Luke (Her grandmother, the Hon Margaret Beaufort Lawson Johnston married Sir Isaac Pitman). He is survived by his wife, by whom he had three daughters (one daughter Emma Sylvia, was b. 13 Oct, 2000). Another daughter was born in the street outside the Portland Hospital, if my memory serves me correctly.

Source: Daily Telegraph 20 January, 2006

Llewellyn/Jurgenson engagement

The engagement has been announced between Sir David St. Vincent (Dai) Llewellyn, 4th Baronet, (b. 2 April, 1946) elder son of Sir Henry (Harry) Morton Llewellyn, 3rd Baronet, CBE, DL (1911-1999), by his wife the Hon. Christine Saumarez (b. 1916), daughter of the 5th Baron de Saumarez; & Mrs Chrstel Jurgenson, a divorcee, a Swedish-born interior designer.
It will be Sir Dai's second marriage. He married in 1980 (divorced 1987) Vanessa Hubbard (b. 1958), descended from the Earls of Lindsey & Abingdon, and a niece of the 17th Duke of Norfolk, by whom he has 2 daughters. Vanessa married secondly, John Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, of the Baronets of that name.
Sir Dai's younger brother and heir presumptive is Roddy Llewellyn, sometime love of HRH The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.

Source: Daily Mail 16 January, 2006

Hon George Andrew Lawson Johnston

The Hon. (George) Andrew (Andy) Lawson Johnston, who died suddenly in hospital, 16 January, 2006, aged 61, was a younger son of the 2nd Baron Luke, KCVO, TD (1905-96), by his wife the former Barara Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, of the Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe Baronets.
He was born in 1944, and married 1968, Sylvia Josephine Ruth, daughter of Michael Richard Lloyd Hayes, and a descendant of the Shelley Baronets (created in 1611).
He is survived by his wife and children, Justin (b. 1971), Giles Spencer (b. 1974), Tania Georgiana (b. 1977), and Daniel George (b. 1978) and grandchildren, Zara, Jake and Arran.
The funeral takes place at Strathdon Parish Church, 23 January, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 19 January, 2006

Vallance/Bogö engagement

The engagement was announced 18 January, 2006, between the Hon. Edmund William Thomas Vallance, son of the Baron Vallance, of Tummel (b. 20 May, 1943), and The Baroness Vallance, of Sutton Valence, Kent, and Ulrika Elisabeth Fredrika Bogö, daughter of Herr Perarne Bogö and Fru Christina Bogö, of Kalmar, Sweden.

Source: The Times 18 January, 2006

Stair/Stonor engagement

The engagement was announced 18 January, 2006, between John David James (Jamie) Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair (b. 4 September, 1961), eldest son of the late 13th Earl of Stair, KCVO, MBE (1906-96), by his wife the former Davina Katharine Bowes Lyon (b. 1930), & the Hon. Emily Mary Julia Stonor (b. 1969), daughter of the 7th Baron Camoys, GCVO, PC (b. 16 Apr 1940), Lord Chamberlain of HM Royal Household and Chancellor of the Royal Victorian Order, 1998-2000, by his wife, the former Elisabeth Mary Hyde Parker (b. 1939).
The Earl of Stair is a great-nephew of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. His grandfather was HM's yr brother, Sir David Bowes Lyon. Emily Stonor's brother, the Hon (Ralph) William Robert Thomas Stonor (b. 10 Sept 1974), married in 2004, Lady Ailsa Fiona Mackay (b. 1977), daughter of the 4th Earl of Inchcape and the Countess of Inchcape

Source: The Times 18 January, 2006

Jeremy Hew Philipps

Jeremy Hew Philipps, of Picton Castle, Haverfordwest, Dyfed, scion of the Barons Milford, died suddenly, 12 January, 2006.
Old Etonian Mr Philipps was chairman of Laurence Philipps and Co Ltd; a member of Lloyds, and a landowner.
He was born in 1931, the son of Maj the Hon. Richard Hanning Philipps, MBE, late the Welsh Guards, of Picton Castle, sometime Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire, by his wife the former Lady Marion Violet Dalrymple, JP, a daughter of the 12th Earl of Stair.
http://www.castlewales.com/picton.html
He married in 1959, Susan, daughter of H.E.B. Gundry, of Grange, Honiton, Devon, by whom he had two daughters, Clare Marion, b. 1961, now Mrs Nicholas Lumsden, and Nicola, b. 1964.
Mr Philipps was a grandson paternally of the 1st Baron Milford (1874-1962) (created a Baronet in 1919, and a peer in 1939). The 1st Baron was the 6th son of the Rev. Canon Sir James Erasmus Philipps, 12th Baronet (this baronetcy is now in the possession of the Viscount St Davids).
The funeral takes place at St. Mary's Church, Haverfordwest on Wednesday, 25 January, 2006, followed by interment at Picton.

Source: Daily Telegraph 18 January, 2006

Hubert Clement Hungerford Pollen

Hubert Clement Hungerford Pollen, late the Indian Army, who died 8 January, 2006, aged 92, was a scion of the Pollen Baronets (created 1795). He was born in 1913, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Clement Hungerford Pollen (1869-1934) by his wife Mabel Brenda Dumbleton; married 1954, Quita, daughter of A. Edward Baker, of Salop, and of Fiji. No issue.
The funeral takes place at Holy Trinity Church, Church Crookham, on Friday 27 January, 2006.
Source: Daily Telegraph 18 January, 2006