Sir Geoffrey Adam Shakerley, 6th Baronet 1932-2012

_.Sir Geoffrey Adam Shakerley, 6th Baronet, who died suddenly, 3 December, 2012, aged 79, was a society photographer who married a cousin of the Queen.

He was born 9 Dec, 1932, son of Maj Sir Cyril Shakerley, 5th Baronet (1897-1970), by his wife the former Elizabeth Averil Eardley-Wilmot, scion of the Eardley-Wilmot Baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1821); succeeded to the baronetcy (cr UK, 1838), on his father's demise, 1970.

He married 1stly, 3 Jul 1962, the actress Virginia Maskell (who d. 25 Jan 1968); married 2ndly, 1972, Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Anson (b 7 Jun 1941), the party planner, scion of the Earls of Lichfield (Peerage of the UK, cr 1831), sister of the late 5th Earl of Lichfield (1939-2005), daughter of Lt-Col Viscount Anson (1913-58), by his 1st wife, Anne Ferelith Fenella Bowes Lyon (1917-80), scion of the Earls of Strathmore & Kinghorne ,later wife of Prince Georg of Denmark, and a niece of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, &c. He and Lady Elizabeth were divorced in 2009, after many years apart, and he married 3rdly, 2010, Virginia  (nee Hobson) former wife of_____.

Sir Geoffrey leaves 2 sons, Nicholas and Peter, from his first marriage, and a daughter, Fiona, from his 2nd marriage. The elder son, Nicholas Simon Adam, born 20 Dec, 1963, inherits the baronetcy.

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Michael Charles Brand 1925-2012

_.Michael Charles Brand, who died 30 Nov, 2012, at the age of 87, was a scion of the Viscounts Hampden (Peerage UK, cr 1884), and was a grandson maternally of the 5th Earl of Rosslyn (Peerage of the UK, cr 1801). He was born in 1925 a son of Lieut.-Col. John Charles Brand, DSO, MC (1885-1929), by his wife the former Lady Rosabelle Millicent St Clair-Erskine (d 1956); married in 1953, the Hon Laura Caroline Beatrice Smith (b 1931), a daughter of the 3rd Viscount Hambleden (Peerage of the UK, cr 1891), by whom he had issue.

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Przewozniak / St John engagement

_.The engagement was announced 4 December, 2012, between Alexander A.B. Przewozniak, son of Mr & Mrs Janusz Przewozniak, of Hampstead, London, & Melissa Lucy Amanda St John (b 1986), daughter of Mr Robert William St John, of Clapham, London, by his wife the former Hon Vanessa Margureite Palmer (b 1954), daughter of Raymond Cecil Palmer, 3rd Baron Palmer, OBE (Peerage of the UK, 1933; Bt UK, 1916).

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Baby for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

 _.The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a baby in the summer of 2013. The royal baby will be born third in line and in direct succession to the throne after the Prince of Wales and Duke of Cambridge.

He or she will one day be head of the armed forces, supreme governor of the Church of England and subsequently head of state of 16 countries.


Under the terms of the letters patent laid down by King George V in 1917 only the eldest son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales is born a prince with the HRH handle.

A son would be born HRH Prince (Christian name) of Cambridge.

If the baby is girl then under the 1917 ruling she will be born Lady (Christian name) Windsor but it is expected that Her Majesty the Queen will make an announcement next year regarding the titles to be borne by the children of the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge. A princess (and future Queen) would be known as HRH Princess _______of Cambridge.



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Hon Nicholas Assheton 1934-2012

_.The Hon Nicholas Assheton, who died 27 Nov, 2012, as the result of a fall, was a scion of the Barons Clitheroe (Peerage of the UK, cr 1955). He was born 23 May, 1934, a younger son of the 1st Baron Clitheroe (1901-84), by his wife the former Hon Sylvia Benita Frances Hotham (d 1991), scion of the Barons Hotham (Peerage of Ireland, cr 1797). Nicholas Assheton married in 1960, Jacqueline Harris, a daughter of Air Marshal Sir Arthur (Bomber) Harris, 1st Baronet,by whom he had issue. Career:-> sometime a member of the London Stock Exchange and a deputy chairman of Coutts, Treasurer and Exta Equerry to HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1998-2002, &c.

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Rufus Gilman: grandson for the Duke & Duchess of Gloucester

The Lady Rose Victoria Birgitte Louise Gilman (b. 1 Mar 1980), daughter of Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, and wife of George Gilman, gave birth to a son, Rufus, in late Oct/Nov 2012, a brother for Lyla, who was born in July, 2010.

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Maj Thomas Edward St Aubyn, CVO, DL 1923-2012

_.Maj. Thomas Edward St Aubyn, CVO, DL, who died 29 November, 2012, aged 89, was a scion of the Barons St Levan (Baron, UK, cr 1887).

He was born 13 June, 1923, a son of Capt the Hon Lionel Michael St Aubyn, MVO (1878-1965), sometime Equerry to HRH The Duchess of Albany, by his wife the former Lady Mary Theresa Parker (1881-1932), daughter of the 3rd Earl of Morley (1843-1905).

He married 21 Nov, 1954, Henrietta Mary, daughter of Sir Henry Gray Studholme, 1st Baronet, CVO, MP, by whom he had issue.

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Sir Hugh Reid, 3rd (and last) Baronet 1933-2012

_.Sir Hugh Reid, 3rd (and last) Baronet, died in County Galway, 20 November, 2012. He was 78. He was born 27 Nov, 1933, at Locharron, Ross-shire, the son of Sir Douglas Neilson Reid, 2nd Baronet, by his wife the former Margaret Brighton Young Maxtone, and succeeded his father in the baronetcy (cr 1922) in 1971. He was unmarried and the title now becomes extinct. Sir Hugh is survived by his sister, Joan Quinn, who is the mother of sixsons and four daughters. Sir Hugh was buried in the old churchyard at Locharron. -=-

Habershon / Clifford engagement

_.The engagement was announced in Nov 2012 between Mr James W. Habershon, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Richard Habershon of Castle Cary, Som. and the Hon Georgina Apollonia Clifford (b 20 June, 1983) only daughter of Thomas Hugh Clifford, 14th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (Peerage of England, cr 1672) of Ugbrooke Park, Chudleigh, South Devon, by his former wife the former Muriel Suzanne Austin.

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5th Baron Denman, CBE, MC 1916-2012

_.Charles Spencer Denman, 5th Baron Denman, CBE, MC, died 21 November, 2012, aged 96. He was b 7 Jul 1916, son of Sir Richard Denman, 1st Baronet (a descendant of the 1st Baron), by his 1st wife the former Helen Christian Sutherland; succeeded his father in the baronetcy (cr UK, 1945), 22 Dec, 1957, and his cousin in the peerage (cr UK, 1834), 21 Mar 1971; married in 1943, Sheila Ann Stewart (d 1987), by whom he had issue, three sons and one daughter. MC (1942), CBE (1976). He is succeeded in the peerage and baronetcy by his eldest son, the Hon Richard Thomas Stewart Denman, who was b 4 Oct 1946.

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Sir William James Denby Roberts, 3rd Baronet 1936-2012

Sir William James Denby Roberts, 3rd Baronet, who died 23 November, 2012, aged 76, was formerly of Combwell Prioty, Kent, and Strathallan Castle, Perthshire. He was born in 1936, son of Sir James Denby Roberts, 2nd Bt, OBE, whom he succeeded in 1973. The baronetcy was created in 1909 (UK).

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Sonia Isabel Jane Hunter of Hunterston, widow of clan chief

_.Sonia Isabel Jane Hunter of Hunterston, who died in Paris, 20 November, 2012, aged 82, was the widow of Neil Aylmer Hunter, 29th of Hunterston (1926-1994). She was the former Sonia Furlong and married in 1952. Her husband, born Neil Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick, scion of that Scottish landed family, succeeded as head of the family on the death of his aunt, Eleanora, the 28th of Hunterston (nee Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick), who died in 1984. 

Sonia's husband assumed the surname of Hunter of Hunterston and was recognised in the surname and arms of Hunter of Hunterston by Lord Lyon King of Arms in 1969.

She leaves six sons, Charles, Robert, Nigel, John, Angus and Richard and one daughter, Pauline, Madam Pauline Hunter of Hunterston of that Ilk, 30th Laird, who was recognised as Chief of the Clan Hunter and 30th Laird in 1995.

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Lady Serena Jane Kettlewell 1940-2012

_.The Lady Serena Jane Kettlewell (nee Dundas), who died 22 November, 2012, aged 72, was a scion of the Marquesses of Zetland (Marquess cr UK, 1892). She was born 10 Sept, 1940, daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Zetland (1908-89), of Aske, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former (Katherine Mary) Penelope Pike (1914-2003), and was a granddaughter of the 2nd Marquess,KG (1876-1961), sometime Secretary of State for Burma and for India, and Lord Lieutenant for the North Riding of Yorkshire.

She married 15 Aug, 1964, Capt Nigel Ion Charles Kettlewell, RN, son of Cdr Charles Kettlewell, RNR, by whom she had issue, a son, Robert, and two daughters, Melissa and Charlotte.

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Chapman/Musgrave engagement

_.The engagement was announced 27 Nov, 2012, between Mr Oliver B. Chapman, son of the late Mr Peter Chapman and Mrs Peter Chapman, of Somerton, Somerset, and Miss Laetitia Clare Musgrave (b 1980), daughter of Maj Nicholas Musgrave (b 1948), of Stroud, Gloucestershire, lately executive manager of the Cirencester Polo Club, by his wife the former Clare E. Nesbitt (b 1956).

The bride to be has a sister, Arabella (b 1982), briefly the teenage squeeze of Prince William, and a brother, Rory (b 1991).

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Howard Douglas Talbot 1948-2012

 Howard Douglas Talbot died 11 November, 2012, aged 64.  He was a scion of the Earls Talbot of Henshol [cadets of the noble Earls of Shrewsbury].

He was born 22 February, 1948, the second son of Brian Harvey Talbot (1912-2008), and his wife the former Katherine Hughes (died 1977); and married 28 July, 1972, Christine Ann Dutton, daughter of W.A.A. Dutton, of Hoole Bank, Cheshire, by whom he had issue, a son, Charles (born 1981), and two daughters, Bridget (born 1975), and Sophie (born 1977). 

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Anne Voss-Bark (1928-2012)

_.Anne Voss Bark (nee Bennett), actress and proprietor of the Arundell Arms, Devon, who died 18 November, 2012, aged 84, was a scion of the Bennett Baronets (Bt, UK, 1929), a daughter of Sir (Charles) Wilfrid Bennett, 2nd Baronet. She was born 7 Oct 1928; married 1stly, 1961, Gerald Norman Fox-Edwards; 2ndly, 1974, Conrad Lyddon Voss-Bark; and leaves issue from her first union, Adam (b 1962), and Jane (b 1964).

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Rugge-Price/Pope engagement

_.The engagement was announced 21 Nov, 2012, between (Robert) Jake Rugge-Price (b 1982), scion of the Rugge-Price Baronets (Bart cr UK, 1804), son of (Anthony) Jeremy Rugge-Price (b 1940), of Orford, Suffolk, by his 3rd wife, Mrs Carolyn Rugge-Price (nee Beaumont), of London, & Louisa A.S. Pope, yst daughter of the late Lieutenant-Col. Julian Pope, and Mrs Julian Pope, of Upton Grange, Tetbury, Gloucestershire.

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Camilla Belle Pollen

_.Jennifer L. Pollen (nee Kyte), wife of William Richard Hungerford Pollen (b. 28 June 1976), scion of the Pollen Baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Camilla Belle, 15th Nov, 2012, a sister for Zach.

William Pollen is the eldest son of Sir Richard John Hungerford Pollen, 8th Baronet (b. 3 Nov 1946), of Bramshott Chase, Hampshire, and Lady Pollen, and Jennifer Pollen is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Vance Kyte, of Hale, Cheshire.

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Frederick Henry Campbell Ferrier

_.Henrietta M Ferrier (née Burnell-Nugent) wife of Nicholas O.C. Ferrier, gave birh to a son, Frederick Henry Campbell, 19 Oct, 2012, a brother for William and Hugh. Nicholas Ferrier is the son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Ferrier, & Henrietta is a dau of Vice-Admiral Sir James Michael Burnell-Nugent (b 19 Nov 1949), sometime Second Sea Lord and C-in-C Home Command and Flag Aide-de-Camp to The Queen, of Sheepham, Devon, by his wife the former Henrietta Mary Woods. Henrietta is a granddaughter maternally of the Rt Rev Robin Woods, KCMG, KCVO (1914-97), sometime Dean of Windsor and Domestic Chaplain to HM The Queen, and later Bishop of Worcester, by his wife the former Henrietta ("Etta") Marian Wilson (d 8 Feb 2005, aged 88). 

Crichton-Stuart/Menkynova engagement

_.The engagement was announced 15 November, 2012, between Frederick James (Freddie) Crichton-Stuart (b 1981), scion of the Marquesses of Bute (Marquess, GB, 1796), son of (Patrick) James Crichton-Stuart (b 1954), of London, by his 1st wife, the former Amanda Mary Howell Williams (now Mrs Charles Vere Nicoll), of St Barthelemy, French West Indies, & Lenka Menkynova, yst dau of Mr & Mrs Stanislav Menkyna, of Modra, Slovakia.

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