The 13th Earl Ferrers (1929-2012)

_.The Earl Ferrers, a former Conservative government minister, died 13 November, 2012. He was 83. 
Robert Washington Shirley was born 8 June, 1929, son of the 12th Earl, by his wife the former Hermione Morley. 

Lord Ferrers was the 13th Earl (Peerage of GB, cr 1711); Viscount Tamworth (Peerage of GB, cr 1711), and was one of the senior most baronet's (Bart, England, 1611). 

Hw was a Lord in Waiting (Government Whip) in the administrations of Harold Macmillan and Sir Alec Douglas-Home, 1962-4; 1974-74; Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Foods 1974; Joint Deputy Leader of the Opposition, House of Lords 1976-79; High Steward, Norwich Cathedral, since 1979; Minister of State, Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Food 1979-83; Deputy Leader, House of Lords 1979-83 and 1988-97; Privy Councillor 1982; Deputy Lieutenant, Norfolk 1983; Minister of State, Home Office 1988-94, Department of Trade and Industry 1994-95 and Department of the Environment 1995-97; Sub-Warden, Winchester College, since 1998; elected to the House of Lords 1999; Grand Prior of England, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem/ 

He succeeded to the family honours on his father's death, 11 Oct, 1954; married 1951, Annabel Mary Carr, by whom he had issue, 2 sons and three daughters. The peerages and baronetcy devolve upon his Lordship's elder son, Robert William Saswalo Shirley, styled Viscount Tamworth, who was b 29 Dec, 1952.

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Weymouth/McQuiston engagement

_.The engagement has been announced in Nov 2012 between Ceawlin Thynn, styled Viscount Weymouth (b 6 June, 1974), son and heir of the 6th Marquess of Bath (b 6 May, 1932), of Longleat, by his wife, the former Anna Gyarmathy (b 27 Sept, 1943), & Emma Clare A. McQuiston (b 1986), daughter of Oladipo (Ladi) Jadesimi & Mrs Suzanna McQuiston (nee________).

The bride-to-be is a half-sister of Iain McQuiston, husband of Lord Weymouth's aunt, Lady Silvy Cerne Thynne.


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Eira Maud Evans-Bevan

_.Elizabeth Evans-Bevan (nee Saevareide), wife of Huw Evan Evans-Bevan (b 1971), scion of the Evans-Bevan Baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Eira Maud, 27 Oct, 2012, a sister for Magnus Evan, who was b 31 Oct, 2010. Huw is the yst son of Sir Martyn Evan Evans-Bevan, 2nd Baronet (b 1 Apr 1932), of Brecknock, by his wife the former Jennifer Jane Marion Stevens, & Elizabeth is a dau of Mr & Mrs Erling Saevareide, of Herøy, Norway. 

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Hon (Mildred Sophia) Noreen Drexel (1922-2012)

_.The Hon (Mildred Sophia) Noreen Drexel (nee Stonor), who died at Newport, Rhode Island, 6 November, 2012, aged 90, was the second daughter of Ralph Francis Julian Stonor, 5th Baron Camoys (Peerage of England, cr 1383), of Stonor Park, by his wife the former Mildred Sherman (d 1961); she was born 26 Oct, 1922, and married in 1941, John R. Drexel III, of New York City and Philadelphia, by whom she leaves issue.

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Hilton-Johnson/Guest marriage

_.The marriage has taken place in Normandy, France, of Mr Oliver Rupert Hilton-Johnson (b 1981), son of Mr Christopher Hilton-Johnson (b 1946), of Cottisford, Oxfordshire, and the late Mrs Hilton-Johnson (nee Lockheed), & the Hon Ilona Charlotte Guest (b 24 Feb 1985), scion of the Viscounts Wimborne (Visc. UK, cr 1918), daughter of the late 3rd Viscount Wimborne (1939-93), by his second wife, the former Venetia Margaret Quarry.

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Bishop Justin Welby's descent from royal bastard

__.Bishop Justin Welby, the Old Etonian Bishop of Durham, who is expected to be named as Archbishop of Canterbury, has a distinguished lineage which includes Marshal of the RAF Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, who was chief of the Air Staff though most of the Second World War, and he counts the Stuart kings among his ancestors.

Welby (b 6 Jan 1956), is eleven generations in descent from the Merrie Monarch King Charles II and his French mistress Louise Renee de Penancoet de Keroualle, via their son Charles Lennox, who was created Duke of Richmond. HRH The Duchess of Cornwall is also a Lennox descendant and thus a kinswoman of the primate-to-be.

The bishop's royal genes have been passed down from Welby's mother, Jane, Lady Williams of Elvel. Another collateral is the 18th century statesman Charles James Fox.

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The 3rd Baron Fisher (1921-2012)

_.The 3rd Baron Fisher, DSC died 31 October, 2012. He was 91. John Vavassour Fisher was born 24 July, 1921, son of the 2nd Baron by his wife the former Jane Morgan (who d 28 Jan 1955). Succeeded to the peerage (Baron UK, cr 1909), on his father's demise, 11 May, 1955. Married twice, firstly, 1949 (div 1969), Elizabeth Anne Penelope Holt; married 2ndly, 1970, the Hon Rosamund Anne Fairburn (nee Clifford), dau of the 12th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh. He is succeeded by the eldest son of his 1st marriage, the Hon Patrtick Vavassur Fisher (b 14 June, 1953).

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Tabitha Mary Autumn Bagge

_.Charlotte C.A. Bagge (nee Stride), wife of Alfred James John Bagge (b 1 July 1980), scion of the Bagge baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Tabitha Mary Autumn, 30 October, 2012. Alfred Bagge is the elder son of Sir Jeremy Bagge, 7th Baronet (b 21 June 1945) and Lady Bagge (descended from the Smith Barts, cr 1947), of Stradsett, Norfolk, and Charlotte is the elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley Stride, of Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire. 

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van Straubenzee/Percy engagement

_.The engagement has been announced between Mr Thomas Alexander van Straubenzee (b 1982  ), scion of that landed family, eldest son of Mr Alexander Henry van Straubenzee (b 1951), of Tanyard House, South Witham, Lincolnshire, by his wife the former Claire Sonia Fenwick (b 1954), and the Lady Melissa Jane Percy (b 20 May, 1987), daughter of Ralph George Algernon (Percy) 12th Duke of Northumberland (b 16 Nov 1956), of Alnwick Castle, by his wife the former Isobel Jane Percy (b 1959).

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Ossie Charles Bonas

_.The Lady Kate Eleanor Bonas (nee Fortescue, b 1979), daughter of the 8th Earl Fortescue, and wife of Olivier Henry Bonas (b 1971), gave birth to a son, Ossie Charles, 31 October, 2012.

Olivier Bonas is a descendant of the Barons Camoys, and is a son of Benjamin Reginald Francis Stonor Bonas (b 1940), by his former wife the former Jacqueline de Brabant.

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Violet Loveday Elizabeth Paravicini

._Katharine Paravicini (nee Acland), wife of Jack V.R. Paravicini (b 1981), gave birth to a daughter, Violet Loveday Elizabeth, 22 October, 2012, Jack Paravicini is a son of John C.R. (Jonny) Paravicini (b 1952), of Ibworth, Hampshire, by his wife the former ____Phillimore, and Katharine is a daughter of Mr Peter Acland, of Virginia, USA, and Mrs Amanda Acland, of Gittisham, Devon. 

Jack Paravcini is a grandson of Colonel Vincent Paravicini by his wife the former Jacqueline Christine Swinnerton Dyer (b posthumously 1918), scion of the Swinnerton Dyer Baronets (cr 1678). 

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Elizabeth Eleanor Celeste Rollo

_.Sophie Rollo {nee de Castella} wife of the Hon. Jamie Rollo, Master of Rollo (b. 1972), son and heir of the Lord Rollo, gave birth to a daughter, Elizabeth Eleanor Celeste (Lizzie), 27 October, 2012, a sister for  Kate, who was b 15 Apr, 2003, and for Charlie, who was b 1 May, 2005, and Rose who was b 8 March, 2007.

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Wilbur Michael John Baillie

_.Katie Baillie (nee Wright), wife of James Evan Baillie (b 3 Dec, 1975), scion of the Barons Burton (Peerage of the UK, cr 1897), gave birth to a son, Wilbur Michael John, 15 October, 2012.

James Baillie is the son of the Hon Evan Michael Ronald Baillie (b 1949), son and heir of the 3rd Baron Burton (b 1924).

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Leyla Atalanta Ward (b 2013)

_.Laura Juliet Ward (nee Sevier, b 1979), wife of the Hon Leander Grenville Ward (b 30 Oct, 1971), scion of the Earls of Dudley (Peerage of the UK, cr 1860), gave birth to a daughter, Leyla Atalanta, in Oct 2012. Laura is the only daughter of the late Roy J.R. Sevier, by his former wife Patricia Margaret Sanderson (who married 2ndly, 1993, Sir Peter Walker-Okeover, 4th Baronet 1947-2003). Leander Ward is the only surv. son of the 4th Earl of Dudley by his second wife the Rank starlet Maureen Swanson. -=-

Jane Walker-Okeover (1942-2012) sometime Extra Woman of the Bedchamber to the Queen Mother

_.Miss Jane Katherine Walker-Okeover, LVO, DL, who died 28 October, 2012, aged 69, was a scion of the Walker-Okeover Baronets (cr Baronet, UK, 1886), daughter of Sir Ian Peter Andrew Monro Walker-Okeover, 3rd Baronet, DSO, by his wife the former Dorothy Elizabeth Heber Percy (descended from the Dukes of Northumberland). She was born 2 Nov, 1942 and served as an Extra Woman of the Bedchamber to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother for 16 years.

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Wigram/Harding marriage

_.The marriage took place 6 October, 2012, at Poulton, Gloucestershire, between the Hon Harry Richard Clive Wigram (b 20 May, 1977), scion of the Barons Wigram (cr Baron UK, 1935), son of Maj the Hon Andrew Francis Clive Wigram, MVO (b 18 Mar 1949), heir to the peerage, sometime Equerry to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, by his wife Gabrielle Diana Moore, & Nicola J. Harding, daughter of Mr & Mrs Richard Harding.

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Sir Richard David Christopher Brooke, 11th Baronet (1938-2012)

_.Sir Richard David Christopher Brooke, 11th Baronet (Baronetcy E, cr 1662, of Norton Priory, co Chester), died 24 October, 2012. He was 74.

He was born 23 Oct, 1938, son of Sir Richard Neville Brooke, 10th Baronet (1915-1997), by his wife the former Lady Mabel Kathleen Jocelyn (d 27 Jun 1985), daughter of the 8th Earl of Roden, and succeded to the baronetcy on his father's death, 1997; married 1stly, 1963 (div 1976), Carola Marion Erskine Hill, and 2ndly, in 1979, Lucinda (nee Voelcker), and is succeeded in the baronetcy by the elder son (of the 1st marriage), Richard Christopher, who was b 10 July, 1966.

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Hay/Whitbread engagement

_.The engagement was announced 27 October, 2012, between Robert Alexander Hay (b 1976), scion of the Marquesses of Tweeddale (Peerage of Scotland, cr  1694), only son of Alexander Douglas Hay (b 1948), of Duns Castle, Berwickshire, by his wife the former Aline Mary Macdougall, & Sophia Juliet Whitbread (b 1982), scion of that landed (brewing) dynasty, yst daughter of Mr William Whitbread, of Dennington, Suffolk, by his wife the former ________Hall.

Marsham/Beaumont engagement

_.The engagement was announced in October, 2012, between the Hon Michael Julian Marsham (b 3 Mar 1979), second son of Julian Charles Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney (b 28 Mar 1948), of Gayton Hall, Norfolk, by his wife the former Catriona Anne Stewart (descended from the Barons Cochrane of Cults), & the Hon Lucy Harriet Beaumont (b 30 Apr 1981), eldest daughter of Wentworth Peter Ismay Beaumont, 4th Viscount Allendale (b 13 Nov 1948), of Bywell Castle, Northumberland, by his wife the former Theresa More O'Ferrall (descended from the Jackson Baronets), &c.

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Princess Madeleine of Sweden to marry Chris O'Neill

_.The engagement was announced in October 2012 between Christopher Paul O'Neill (b London, 27 June, 1974), son of the late Paul O'Neill (d 2004), by his wife the former Eva Maria Walter, & HRH The Princess Madeleine Therese Amelie Josephine of Sweden, Duchess of Halsingland & Gastrikland (b 10 June 1982), younger daughter of His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (b 13 Apr 1946) and Queen Silvia of Sweden (b 23 Dec, 1943).

Chris O'Neill is a half brother of Tatjana Schoeller, wife of (John) Henry Erland d'Abo (b 7 Oct 1953), scion of the landed family of that name, and a grandson maternally of John Henry Montagu (Manners) 9th Duke of Rutland.

The bride-to-be is a great granddaughter of Princess Margaret of Connaught, and a great-great granddaughter of HRH The Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught & Strathearn (Peerage of the UK, cr 1874; extinct 1943), third son of HM Queen Victoria, &c.

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