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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Hon David Layton dies

The Hon David Layton, who has died, was the son of the 1st Baron LAYTON (cr UK 1947) and Eleanor Dorothea daughter of Francis Beresford Plumptre OSMASTON. He married
1st 1939 (div 1972) Elizabeth, dau of Rev Robert Miller GRAY, of Hampstead and had two sons: Jonathan Francis b 1942 married with two sons and a dau; and Mark Oliver b 1944 and unmarried (according to Debrett’s but note Burke’s has him married to Penelope HAMILTON, no issue); and a dau Hilary Ruth b 1947 and unmarried. David Layton married 2nd 1972 Joy PARKINSON. He was heir presumptive to his nephew, the 3rd Baron, a place now taken by his eldest son. His younger brother survives him. He is the Hon Christopher Walter LAYTON b 1929 and thrice married with one son (John Stephen b 1955, unm) and four daus. He and his son occupy the final 4th and 5th
positions in the line of succession to the barony.

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+ Hon Sonia Hammond-Maude (nee Peake)

_.The Hon Sonia Hammond-Maude (nee Peake), who died 30 July, 2009, was a dau of the 1st Viscount Ingleby and Lady Joan Rachel de Vere CAPELL (dau of 7th Earl of Essex) and married 1st 1946 (div 1958) (the man who later became) the 12th Marquess of Tweeddale and is the mother of the present Marquess. She married 2nd 1966 Maj Michael William Vernon HAMMOND-MAUDE.

Carola Eloise Philippi dies

Telegraph notice: August 6th 2009
PHILIPPI
Carola Eloise (née Ramsden) peacefully at home 2nd August 2009.
Beloved wife of Robert and much loved mother of Sebastian and Jeremy.
Thanksgiving Services 13th August, 11.30 a.m. St James Church, Muthill
and 25th September, 3 p.m. St Michael & All Angels, Ednam, Lincs. No
flowers.
Carola Eloise Philippi died 2 Aug 2009. She was the dau of John St Maur RAMSDEN (1902-ka1948) and Lady Catherine Mary Clemintina HEATHCOTE-DRUMMOND-WILLOUGHBY (1906-96, dau of 2nd Earl of ANCASTER (now Barons Willoughby de Eresby)) and the granddau of Sir John Frescheville Ramsden 6th Bt (1877-1958) and Joan (d 1974) scion of the Buxton Bts. She m 1st 1961 George Fillmore MILLER III of Princetown, Mass and had a son (Maj Sebastian St Maur MILLER b 1965 and married with a son and a dau). She m 2ndly 1974 Robert E J PHILIPPI son of Col George Philippi of Madrid and had another son (James Jeremy George PHILIPPI b 1975 and married with a son). Her eldest son now takes his mother's place as co-heir to Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (b 1934, unm), the other co-heir being Sir George John Aird 4th Bt (b 1940, married with a son (m 2007) and two daus (one of whom is married with 2 daus)). It is between these two and their heirs that any future abeyance will have to be terminated.

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Carola Eloise Philippi dies

Telegraph notice: August 6th 2009
PHILIPPI
Carola Eloise (née Ramsden) peacefully at home 2nd August 2009.
Beloved wife of Robert and much loved mother of Sebastian and Jeremy.
Thanksgiving Services 13th August, 11.30 a.m. St James Church, Muthill
and 25th September, 3 p.m. St Michael & All Angels, Ednam, Lincs. No
flowers.
Carola Eloise Philippi died 2 Aug 2009. She was the dau of John St Maur RAMSDEN (1902-ka1948) and Lady Catherine Mary Clemintina HEATHCOTE-DRUMMOND-WILLOUGHBY (1906-96, dau of 2nd Earl of ANCASTER (now Barons Willoughby de Eresby)) and the granddau of Sir John Frescheville Ramsden 6th Bt (1877-1958) and Joan (d 1974) scion of the Buxton Bts. She m 1st 1961 George Fillmore MILLER III of Princetown, Mass and had a son (Maj Sebastian St Maur MILLER b 1965 and married with a son and a dau). She m 2ndly 1974 Robert E J PHILIPPI son of Col George Philippi of Madrid and had another son (James Jeremy George PHILIPPI b 1975 and married with a son). Her eldest son now takes his mother's place as co-heir to Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (b 1934, unm), the other co-heir being Sir George John Aird 4th Bt (b 1940, married with a son (m 2007) and two daus (one of whom is married with 2 daus)). It is between these two and their heirs that any future abeyance will have to be terminated.

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Sir Edward Archdale, 3rd Baronet, dies

Captain Sir Edward Folmer Archdale, 3rd Baronet, of Riversdale (Co. Fermanagh),
on Friday 31st July after a long illness, aged 87 years. Mentioned in
Dispatches in 1940.—(HMS Sabre, Dunkirk) and awarded the DSC in 1943
(HMS Unbroken, Mediterranean petrols 1942-43). Survived by two
children and three grandchildren. Service to be held at 2 p.m. on
Thursday 13th August at St. Mary's Church, Caterham, Surrey CR3 5RA.
Family flowers only please. Donations, if so desired, to The Stroke
Association (www.stroke.org.uk) Enquiries n...@nickarchdale.com or
07837 518928 "Frango infractus".

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Maj Victor Ronald Seely - dies

Major Victor Ronald Seely, who has died aged 68 was a scion of the Seely Baronets.

He is the son of Maj Sir Victor Basil John SEELY 4th Bt (1900-80) and
his 3rd wife Mary Frances Margaret dau of William Ronald COLLINS of
South Kensington. He married 1972 Annette Bruce dau of Lt-Col J. A. D.
McEWEN, of Salperton House, Salperton, Cheltenham and had an only son
WILLIAM VICTOR CONWAY b 16 Sept 1983 (unm), who succeeds his father as
the present 5th Bt's heir presumptive.

Lord Milo Douglas

Lord Milo Douglas, the second son of the Marquess of Queensberry, has died aged 34, after leaping from the roof of a council tower block.

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Paulette Howard-Johnston 1904-2009

Mrs Paulette Howard-Johnston (nee Helleu), who has died aged 104, was the dau of the French artist Paul Helleu and Alice Guerin. She
married in 1955, as his 3rd wife, Rear-Admiral Clarence Dinsmore
"Johnny" Howard-Johnston CB DSO DSC. He was the son of John Howard-
Johnston and Countess Pierre de Breuil de St Germain and had married
1stly Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa HAIG, eldest dau of FM 1st Earl
Haig & Hon Dorothy Maud dau of 3rd Baron Vivian. (The late Duchess of
Gloucester and the present Duke of Edinburgh stood sponsors to their
elder and younger sons respectively.)

Mrs Howard-Johnston was a Chevalier of the Légion d' honneur and an
Officier des Arts et des Lettres.

Sir John Barry Salusbury-Trelawny, 13th Baronet

Sir John Barry Salusbury-Trelawny, 13th Baronet Trelawny of Trelawne, died suddenly at home 29th July 2009.

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Sasha Joan Leatham

Henrietta Leatham (nee Walder-Smith), wife of Patrick Hawke Leatham
(b. 1974), gave birth to a daughter, Sasha Joan, 3 Aug 2009, a sister
for Sophia Louise, who was b 17 October, 2006, & for Scarlett Rose,
who was b. 5 December, 2004.

Patrick is the eldest son of Mr Philip Leatham, of Gloucestershire,
and the Hon. Mrs Sanders, of Wiltshire; & Henrietta is a daughter of
Mr Reginald Walder-Smith & Mrs Franco Morganti, of Surrey.


Patrick is a scion of the Leatham BLG family, and descended
(paternally) from Henry Seymour Berry, 1st & last Baron Buckland,
(1877-1928), who left five daughters at his decease.


Patrick's mother is the former Hon. Rowena Margaret Hawke, fifth of
the seven daughters of the late 9th Baron Hawke (1901-85), m. (i)
1971, William Philip Leatham, & (ii), 1990, William T. Sanders. The
Hon Mrs Sanders is/was Lady-in-Waiting to HRH Princess Michael of
Kent.


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Henry William Robert Stonor

The Lady Ailsa Fiona Stonor (b 1977, née Mackay) wife of the Hon
(Ralph) William Robert Thomas Stonor (b. 10 Sept 1974), son and heir
of the 7th Baron Camoys and Baroness Camoys, gave birth to a son,
Henry William Robert, 29 uly, 2009, a brother for Ralph Thomas William
Peter, who was b 1 June, 2007. Lady Ailsa is a daughter of the 4th
Earl of Inchcape and the Countess of Inchcape.

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Sir James St Clair-Ford, 7th Bt

Sir James St Clair-Ford, 7th Baronet, died 3 Aug 2009, aged 57.

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Sir James St Clair-Ford, 7th Bt

Sir James Anson (Jim) St Clair-Ford, 7th Baronet, died 3 August 2009, aged 57.

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Gavin Richard Perceval-Maxwell

Gavin Richard Perceval-Maxwell, scion of the Landed Gentry family of that name, died 30 July, 2009, aged 85.

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Valerie Wellesley

Valerie Wellesley, who died 7 Aug 2009, was the fourth wife of the Hon. Henry Gerald
Valerian Francis Wellesley (1907-1981), son of the 3rd Earl Cowley and his third wife the Hon. Millicent Florence Eleanor Wilson, herself daughter of Charles Henry Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme and Florence Jane Helen Wellesley. (Florence was the daughter of Colonel William Wellesley, son of the Hon. Rev. Gerald Valerian Wellesley, son of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington, who was the father of the 1st Duke of Wellington and of Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley).

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Henry Archie Alexander Butter

Agnieszka Butter (nee Szeluk), wife since 2006 of Charles Harold
Alexander Butter (b 10 Apr 1960), scion of that LG family of
Pitlochry, descended from the Royal House of Russia, gave birth to a
son, Henry Archie Alexander, 27 July, 2009, a brother for Julia
Davinia, who was b 20 Dec 2006.

Charles Butter is a brother of the Countess of Dalhousie and a 1st
cousin of the Duchesses of Abercorn and Westminster.


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Muir/Richardson engagement

_.The engagement ws announced 8 Aug 2009 between John Alexander Hector
Muir (b 1976),scion of the Muir Baronets (cr UK 1892), son of Mr James
Francis Muir (b 1948), of Blair Drummond, Stirling, and his former
wife the former Griselda Stainton (now wife of Aidan Cuthbert, of that
LG family of Beaufront Castle, Hexham, Northumberland) dau of Sir
Anthony Stainton, KCB, QC; & Elizabeth A. Richardson, daughter of Mr
and Mrs Stuart Richardson, of Ashtead, Surrey.

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Fraser/Taylor engagement

_.The engagement was announced 7 Aug 2009 between Raoul Alastair
Joseph Fraser (b 1980), scion of the Lords Lovat, only son of the Hon
Hugh Alastair Joseph Fraser (b 1947) and Mrs Fraser of Balblair House,
Beauly, Inverness-shire, and Catherine D. Taylor, elder daughter of
the late Mr James Taylor and of Mrs Joy Taylor, of Dulwich.

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Orr/Verney engagement

The engagement was announced 1 Aug 2009 between Alexander R.W. Orr,
youngest son of Mr and Mrs Anthony Orr, of Bossut, Belgium, and
Camilla Anne Verney (b 1981), scion of the Verney Baronets (cr 1818)
youngest daughter of Harry Ulick Dennis Verney (b 1940), of Cheriton,
Hampshire, by his wife the former Sarah Fane Ricketts.

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Dugdale/Redvers engagement

_.The engagement was announced 31 July, 2009 between (Thomas) Joshua
Stratford Dugdale (b 1974), scion of the Dugdale Baronets (cr 1936),
son of Sir William Stratford Dugdale, CBE, MC, 2nd Baronet (b 1922),
of Blyth Hall, Warwickshire, by his 2nd wife the former Cecilia Mary
Mount (b 1931), scion of the Mount Baronets (cr 1921) and Diana
Redvers, daughter of John and Mary Redvers, of Hartpury,
Gloucestershire.

Joshua Dugdale is a 1st cousin of the Rt Hon David Cameron, MP, Leader
of the Conservative Party.


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