Marriage/Buxton engagement

__.The engagement was announced 7 August, 2013, between Rupert Neville .L. Marriage (b 1982), son of Mr Michael J. Marriage, of Ham, Wilts, by his wife the former Clare E. Richardson & Olivia Louise Buxton (born 1986), daughter of Mr (Aubrey) James Francis Buxton (b 1956), of Carlton, Cambridgeshire, by his wife the former Melinda Samuelson. The bride-to-be is a granddaughter of the Baron Buxton of Alsa (Life Peer, cr 1978), a scion of the Buxton Baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1840), &c. -=-

Stoddart/Fox-Pitt marriage

_.The marriage took place at Holy Cross Church, Goodnestone, near Dover, 20 July, 2013, between Sebastian Crawford A. Stoddart (born 1975), son of Mr Alastair Stoddart and Mrs Laini Stoddart (nee Rickard), & Alicia Helenita J. Lane Fox-Pitt (born 1981), scion of that landed family, daughter of the late Mr (William) Oliver Lane Fox-Pitt (1932-2011), by his wife the former Marietta Speed, and sister of the British Olympic equestrian, William Fox-Pitt. The bride is an old friend of the Duchess of Cambridge and was present at the Royal wedding in April, 2011. -=-

Ava Flora Kynaston Mainwaring (b 2013)

__.Sophie Ruth Flora Mainwaring (b 1976, nee Parry), wife of Giles Kynaston Mainwaring (born 1979), scion of that landed family, gave birth to a daughter, Ava Flora Kynaston, 24 July, 2013. Giles is the son of Robert Kynaston Mainwaring (b 1946) head of that gentry family of Oteley, by his wife (Margaret) Ann dau of Lt-Col J F Franklin, OBE of Penybont Hall, Oswestry, Shropshire Sophie is the daughter of Michael Gordon Croose Parry, by his wife the former Hon Anna Josephine (b 1950, dau of the 2nd Baron Banbury of Southam (1915-81), &c. -=-

Hon (Christian) Avril Curzon 1923-2013

_.The Hon (Christian) Avril Curzon, who died 1 August, 2013, aged 90, was a scion of the Viscounts Scarsdale (Peerage of the UK, cr 1911), of Kedleston Hall, Derby. She was born 24 Apr, 1923, only daughter of the Hon Francis Nathaniel CURZON (1865-1941), by his wife the former (Winifred) Phyllis Combe (1891-1961) d of Capt Christian COMBE, by his wife the former Lady Jane Seymour CONYNGHAM (d 1941), d of 3rd Marquess of CONYNGHAM (1825-82) and Lady Jane St Maur Blanche STANHOPE (d 1907) d of 4th Earl of HARRINGTON, &c. Her brother, Francis John Nathaniel Curzon succeeded to the family honours in 1977, and three years later she was raised to the rank of a viscount's daughter. She was unm. Funeral at All Saints' Church, Kedleston on Friday 9 August 2013. --==--

Dominick Roy Harrod 1941-2013

_.Dominick Roy Harrod, who died 4 Aug, 2013, aged 71, was sometime economics correspondent of the BBC and descended from the ffolkes Baronets (cr 1774). He was born at Oxford 21 Aug 1941, son of Sir (Henry) Roy Forbes Harrod, Knt (1900-78), economist, biographer of Keynes, by his wife the former Wilhelmine (Billa) Cresswell; married 1974, Christina Hobhouse, wby whom he had a son. His mother was a daughter of Capt Francis Joseph Cresswell (killed in action 1914), of Norfolk, by his wife the former Barbara ffolkes, DBE (1923), (b 1884, who married 2ndly, 1918, Gen Sir Edward Peter Strickland, KCB, KBE, CMG, DSO, DL, of The Old Hall, Snettisham, Norfolk), daughter of Martin William Browne ffolkes (1849-1901), yr brother of Sir William ffolkes, 3rd Baronet, &c. -=-

Sir Hugh Cavendish Smith-Marriott, 11th Baronet 1925-2013

_.Sir Hugh Cavendish Smith-Marriott, 11th Baronet (Bt, GB, cr 1774), died 19 July, 2013. He was 88. He was born 22 March, 1925, son of Sir Ralph George Cavendish Smith-Marriott, 10th Baronet (1900-87 ) by his 1st wife, the former Phyllis Elizabeth Kemp (d 1932), dau of Richard Kemp, sometime Gov of HM Prison, Bristol. Succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's demise, 1987. Married 1953, Pauline Anne (d 1985), only dau of Frank Fawcett Holt, of Abbotsway, Bristol, by whom he had issue, a daughter, Julie Anne, b 1958. He is succeeded by his brother, Peter Francis, who was b 14 Feb 1927. Memorial Service at Holy Trinity Church, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, 19 Aug. -=-

Lt-Col Peter Orlando Ronald Bridgeman 1933-2013

_.Lt-Col. Peter Orlando Ronald Bridgeman, who died 25 July, 2013, at Fallodon, Northumberland, aged 80, was a scion of the Earls of Bradford (Earl, UK, cr 1815). His home was at Fallodon Hall, near Alnwick. He was born 9 May, 1933, the son of Colonel the Hon Henry George Orlando Bridgeman, DSO, MC (1882-1972), by his wife the former Joan Constable-Maxwell (d 1991), scion of the Lord Herries of Terregles (Lordship, Scotland, 1490). He was educated at Ampleforth. Lieutenant-Col, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (TA); married 1967, Sarajane, dau of Patrick Corbett, by whom he had issue, a son, Mark, and two daughters, Emma and Davina. The funeral takes place at St Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Alnwick, Monday 5 Aug. -=-

Juanita Virginia Sistare Carberry 1925-2013

_.Juanita Virginia Sistare CARBERRY, who died at Clapham, London, 27 July, 2013, from cancer,aged 88, was a daughter of John Evans-Freke (later Carbery) 10th Baron Carbery (1892-1970) (Peerage of Ireland, cr 1715), by his second wife the former Maia Ivy Anderson (d 1928), daughter of Alfred Anderson, of Nairobi, Kenya. Miss Carberry (who did not use her courtesy title) was twice married, and childless. According to the Daily Mail there will be no funeral. In the days before her demise she was visited by the German anatomist Gunther von Hagens ~ the much criticised so-called Dr Death who exhibits human corpses. -=-

Cayzer/Boynton engagement

__.The engagement has been announced between the Hon Herbert Robin (Bertie) Cayzer (b 10 Jul 1989), son and heir of (Herbert) Robin Cayzer, 3rd Baron Rotherwick (Peerage of the UK, cr 1939), of Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Oxfordshire, by his former wife the former Sara Jane McAlpine (scion of the McAlpine Bts): & Miss Allison Boynton (b Massachusetts, USA). -=-

Maj. Peter Edward Gerald Balfour 1921-2013

_.Maj. Peter Edward Gerald Balfour, late Scots Guards, who died 19 July, 2013, aged 92, was a scion of the landed family of Balfour of Balbirnie. He was born 8 July 1921, son of Col Edward William Sturgis BALFOUR CVO DSO OBE MC JP DL (1884-1955), 9th of Balbirnie, Fife, of that Scots gentry family, and Lady Ruth BALFOUR CBE (d 1967) d of 2nd Earl of BALFOUR PC (1853-1945), a cadet branch of this family, and Lady Elizabeth Edith LYTTON (1867-1942) d of 1st Earl of LYTTON GCB GCSI CIE PC (1831-1891). He married 1stly 1948 (div 1967) Lady Griselda Davina Roberta OGILVY (1924-1977) d of 7th Earl of AIRLIE KT GCVO MC (1893-1968) and had 2 sons and a dau. He married 2ndly, 1968 Diana Rosemary (b 1936 reg Q4 Essex) d of Charles George Gordon WAINMAN (1907-88) and Patience Violet (1911-2002, d of Maj Joshua Lister INGHAM JP (1874-1963), sometime head of that gentry family formerly of Blake Hall, and his former wife Violet Warburton WARBURTON-LEE (1888-1960, later Mrs Christopher Leyland, the gentry family formerly of Haggerston), scion of that gentry family of Broad Oak), and had a further son and dau. Funeral at Humble Kirk on Saturday 27 July, 2013. -=-

Philip Neil Erskine 1933-2013

_.Philip Neil Erskine, who died in South Africa, 23 July, 2013, aged 79, was a scion of the Earls of Buchan (Earl, Peerage of Scotland, cr 1469). He was a son of Gen Sir George Watkin Eben James ERSKINE GCB KBE DSO (1899-1965), scion of the earls of BUCHAN and Ruby (1904-74) d of Capt Sir Evelyn Andros DE LA RUE JP 2nd Bt (1879-1950). He married in 1960 his 1st cousin Alice Fiona (b 1941) d of Maj Edward Copleston RADCLIFFE (1898-1967), scion of that gentry family formerly of Warleigh, and Mona Ruth DE LA RUE (d 1974, d of Sir Evelyn de la Rue 2nd Bt aforementioned), and had 2 sons and a dau. He was briefly (1962-64) equerry to HRH The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester. -=-

Weld-Forester/Cumming engagement

_.The engagement was announced 27 July, 2013, between Alfred Charles Weld-Forester (born 1983), scion of the Barons Forester (Peerage of the Uk, CR 1821), second son of Anthony Edward Weld-Forester (b 1954), by his wife the former Joanna Mary Whiteley, & Julia, daughter of Mr & Mrs David Cumming. -=-

Susan Molesworth 1931-2013

_.Susan Molesworth (nee Fenn), who died 21 July, 2013, at Yeovil, was born in Cheshire in 1931, the daughter of Prof Harold Robert Backwell Fenn (1894-1974), by his wife the former Margaret Winter, and married in 1969, the Rev Canon Anthony Edward Nassau MOLESWORTH (b 1923), scion of the viscounts MOLESWORTH, and had a son and a dau. HRH The Countess of WESSEX is Canon Molesworth's 3rd cousin once removed (through their mutual descent from the Rev John Edward Nassau MOLESWORTH DD (1790-1877) gt gs of 1st Viscount). The funeral takes place at St Peter's Stourton Caundle, 31 July. -==-

Spearman/Orleans-Braganza engagement

_.The engagement was announced 26 July, 2013, between (Alexander) James Spearman (born 27 March, 1984), scion of the Spearman Baronets (Bt, cr 1840), son of Mr Lochain Alexander (Lochie) Spearman (b 9 Apr, 1952), of Perthshire, by his wife the former Pilin Garrigues, & HRH Princess Amélia Maria de Fátima Josefa Antonia Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga of Orleans Braganza (b Brussels, 15 March, 1984), eldest dau of HRH Prince Antônio João Maria José Rasso Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga of Orleans-Braganza (b Rio, 25 Jun, 1950), of Rio de Janeiro, by his wife the Princess Christine de Ligne (b 11 Aug 1955). Princess Amélia is descended from the Royal House of Brazil (descended from the Royal House of Portugal), &c. -=-

Knight/Boyle engagement

__.The engagement was announced 25 July, 2013, between Christopher T. Knight, son of Mr & Mrs William Knight, of Holland Park, London, & the Lady Davina Claire Theresa Boyle (b 1978), twin daughter of John Richard Boyle, 15th Earl of Cork (b 3 Nov, 1945), (Earl, Peerage of Ireland, 1620), of Lickfold House, Petworth, West Sussex, by his wife the former Hon Rebecca Noble, dau of the Baron Glenkinglas (life peer), scion of the Noble Baronets, &c. --=--

Turner/Cayzer engagement

__.The engagement was announced 25 July, 2013, between Frederick J.M. Turner, elder son of Mr & Mrs Michael Turner, of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, and the Hon Harriette Jane Cayzer (born 1986), only daughter of (Herbert) Robin Cayzer, 3rd Baron Rotherwick (b 12 Mar 1954), of Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire, by his former wife the former Sara Jane McAlpine (scion of the McAlpine Bts), of Chilston, Oxfordshire. -=-

+ James Robert More-Molyneux, OBE, DL

.James Robert More-Molyneux, OBE, DL, who died 19 July, 2013, was head of the landed family, of Loseley Park, near Guildford. Mr More-Molyneux, who served as a deputy lieutenant for Surrey, married 1948, Susan Bellinger, by whom he had issue, Michael More-Molyneux, now of Loseley Park. A Thanksgiving Service takes place at Guildford Cathedral, 17 September, 2013.

Bea Florence Crofton-Atkins (b 2013)

_.Katherine Crofton-Atkins (nee Inglefield descended from the Thompson Bts), wife of Charles Crofton-Atkins, scion of that landed family, gave birth to a daughter, Bea Florence, in Hong Kong, 18 July, 2013. Sister for Cleo. -=-

Hon Victor Anthony Ralph Brabazon Vivian 1940-2013

_. The Hon Victor Vivian, who died 10 July, 2013, in the south of France, aged 73, was a scion of the Barons Vivian (Baron UK, cr 1841). He was b 26 Mar, 1940, second son of the 5th Baron Vivian (1906-91) by his wife the former Victoria Oliphant, scion of that landed family. Married 11 Feb 1966, Inger Johanne, dau of Advokat Per Gulliksen, of Norway, by whom he had a son, Thomas and a daughter, Arabella. -=-

Maj. George Edward Villiers 1931-2013

Maj George Edward Villiers, who died 18 July, 2013, aged 81, was a scion of the Earls of Clarendon (Earl, cr 1776). He was born 23 Aug 1931, son of Algernon Edward Villiers by his wife the former Annie Augusta Merewether Massy, and was educated at Wellington and Brasenose Coll, Oxford. He married 25 Aug 1962, Anne Virginia Threlfall, by whom he had issue, 2 sons, Edward and Henry, and one daughter, Theresa. His daughter is the Conservative MP for Chipping Barnet and Northern Ireland Secretary. The funeral is at West London Crematorium, Kensal Green, 1 Aug. -=-