Cdr Christopher Henry Fothergill, RN 1921-2014

_. Cdr Christopher Henry Fothergill, RN, who died 21 February, 2014, aged 92, was descended from the Earls of Radnor. He was b 15 Oct, 1921, son of Capt Henry Maclean Fothergill by his wife the former Lucy Bouverie-Pusey, scion of the Earls of Radnor, and married 6 Feb, 1965, Linda Kathleen Browne (b 2 May, 1930), a co~heir to the Barony of Braye (Peerage of England, cr 1529), dau of Claude Henry Browne by his wife Vera Cecilia ( a granddaughter of the 5th Baron Braye). Cdr Fothergill leaves 2 sons, Nicholas and Alexander. 

His elder son is destined to succeed as Baron Braye.

Funeral at St Lawrence Church, Chobham, Surrey, 13 Mar.

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Hon (John) Vincent Weir 1935-2014

_. The Hon (John) Vincent Weir, scion of the Barons Inverforth (Baron UK, cr 1919) who died 15 February, 2014, aged 79, was late chairman of the Weir Group, and heir presumptive to his nephew, the 4th Baron Inverforth.

He was born 8 Feb, 1935, second son of the 2nd Baron Inverforth (1897-1975 ), by his wife the former Iris Beryl Vincent, and was yr brother of the 3rd Baron (1932- 1982). He was educated at Malvern, and was unm.

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Twin grandsons for the Earl & Countess of Verulam

_. Gallia Sylvianne Eleanore Grimston {nee McDermott}, wife of the Hon Hugo Guy Sylvester Grimston (b 5 Nov, 1979), scion of the Earls of Verulam (Earl, cr UK, 1815), gave birth to twin sons, Lorcan Sebastian and Hector Sylvester, 31 January, 2014, brothers for Merlin Charles, who was born 5 Aug, 2010.

Hugo is the second son of the 7th Earl of Verulam (b 21 Apr, 1951), of Gorhambury, St Albans, Hertfordshire, by his wife the former Dione Angela Smith, Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, scion of the Smith landed family, and kinswoman nof HM The Queen, &c. 

Gallia is the eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Keith McDermott.

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de Pauw/Hervey engagement

_. The engagement was announced 22 February, 2014. between Christophe de Pauw, son of M Patrick de Pauw and of Mme Marie-Helene Simon, of Brussels, and the Lady Isabella Frederica Louisa Hervey (born 9 March, 1982), scion of the Marquesses of Bristol (Marquess, UK, cr 1826), younger daughter of the late 6th Marquess of Bristol (1915-85), by his 3rd wife the former Yvonne Marie Sutton.

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Camilla Alice Fitzalan Howard (b 2014)

_. Caroline E. Fitzalan Howard (nee Taylor), wife of Edward Michael Fitzalan Howard (b 1979), scion of the Dukes of Norfolk, gave birth to a daughter, Camilla Alice, 12 Feb, 2014, a sister for Ella.

Edward is the son of Colonel Thomas Fitzalan Howard, of North Elmham, Norfolk, by his 1st wife the former Penelope Jan Walters (now Mrs Jeremy Jones, of Low Marishes, North Yorkshire), and Caroline is a daughter of Mr Andrew Taylor, of Binham, Norfolk, and Mrs Anne Taylor, of Foulsham, 

Norfolk.

Edward is a grandson of the late Maj-Gen Lord Michael Fitzalan Howard (1916-2007), and a great-nephew of the 17th Duke of Norfolk, KG (1915-2002).


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The 2nd Baron Moran, KCMG 1924-2014

_. The 2nd Baron Moran, KCMG, who died at King Edward VII Hospital for Officers, London, 14 February, 2014. He was 89.

He served as British Ambassador to Hungary and Portugal and was British High Commissioner to Canada, 1981-84.

Lord Moran was the son of Dr Charles McMoran Wilson, Winston Churchill's personal physician, who was ennobled in 1943.

Richard John McMoran Wilson was born 22 Sept, 1924, son of the then Dr Charles Wilson by his wife the former Dorothy Dufton, who died in 1983.

Succeeded to the barony on his father's demise, 12 Apr, 1977. Elected to the House of Lords in 1999.

Married 29 Dec, 1948, Shirley Rowntree Harris, dau of George Harris, MC, of Bossal Hall, co York, by whom he had issue, 2 sons, James & William, and a daughter, Juliet.

The peerage devolves upon his elder son, the Hon James McMoran Wilson, who was born 6 Aug, 1952, who is married to a scion of the Barons Polwarth, and is father of 2 sons.

Funeral at St Cewydd's Church, Aberedw, Sat 22 Mar.

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The 7th Viscount Hardinge 1960-2014

_. The 7th Viscount Hardinge (Peerage of the UK, cr 1846), died suddenly, 11 February, 2014. He was 54.

Andrew Hartland Hardinge was born 7 January, 1960, a younger son of the 5th Viscount Hardinge (1929-1984), by his 1st wife, the former Zoe Ann Molson, and succeeded to the family honours on the death of his elder brother, Charles, 6th Viscount, who died 18 Jan, 2004, aged 47.

The 7th Viscount married in 1990, Sophia Mary Bagnell, dau of Capt William David Armstrong Bagnell, by whom he had issue, 2 sons, Thomas and Jamie, and one daughter, Melissa.

The son, Thomas Henry de Montarville Hardinge, who was born 19 June, 1993, now succeeds as 8th Viscount, and 10th Baronet (cr 1801).

Sir Jeremy John Fortescue Boles, 3rd Baronet 1932-2014

_. Sir Jeremy John Fortescue Boles, 3rd Baronet, died 15 February, 2014, aged 82.

The baronetcy was created in 1922 for Dennis Boles, Conservative MP for Wellington Div of Somerset 1911-18, and for Taunton 1918-21.

He was born 9 Jan, 1932, son of Capt Sir Gerald Fortescue Boles, 2nd Baronet, who died on active service, 9 Apr, 1945, by his wife the former Violet Blanche Hall Parlby, scion of that landed family.

He married 1stly,16 Apr, 1955 (div 1970), Dororthy Jane Worswick, by whom he had issue; married 2ndly, 1970 (div 1981)Elizabeth Gildroy Shaw; married 3rdly, 1982, Mrs Marigold Aspey (nee Seckington).

He is survived by three children of the 1st marriage, a son, Richard Fortescue Boles, who was born 12 Dec, 1958, who now succeeds to the baronetcy, and a yr son David (b 1967), and a dau, Sarah Jane (b 1956).

Funeral at Bishop's Lydeard, Somerset, 3 Mar, 2014.

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Marjorie Elizabeth Zinn (née de Vere Beauclerk) 1926-2014

 Marjorie Elizabeth Zinn, who died 8 February, 2014. She was a scion of the Dukes of St Albans.

Marjorie Elizabeth de Vere Beauclerk was born 5 March, 1926, daughter of Amelius de Vere Aubrey Beauclerk (1894-1974), and his wife the former Phoebe Davies (1909-1983); and married 20 June, 1964, Ellis John Zinn (died August, 1966).

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Maj. Henry Irvine-Fortescue 1922-2014

_.Maj. Henry Irvine-Fortescue, who died 15 February, 2014, aged 91, was a scion of the Earls Fortescue (Earl, GB, cr 1789). He was born in 1922, a son of Lt-Col William Grenville Irvine-Fortescue, MC {and Bar}, Royal Engineers (1897-1980), by his 1st wife the former Joan Evelyn Mary Powell; married 1stly, Bridget Unity Awdry (d 1981), daughter of Colonel Edmund Portman Awdry, by whom he had issue; married 2ndly, 1983 (div 1987) Anne van Gruisen. Funeral at St Thomas's Church, Delph, Saddleworth, Lancs, 28 Feb.

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Lady Mary Cecilia Clayton 1917-2014

_. The Lady Mary Cecilia Clayton, who died 13 February, 2014, aged 96, was a first cousin of Her Majesty the Queen.

She was born Mary Cecilia Leveson-Gower, 12 Dec, 1917, first child of the Hon William Spencer Leveson-Gower (1880-1953), a younger son of the 2nd Earl Granville (Peerage of the UK, cr 1833), by his wife the former Lady Rose Constance Bowes Lyon, GCVO (d 1967), an elder sister of HM Queen Elizabeth, consort of King George VI.

In 1939 her father succeeded his brother as 4th Earl Granville. The 4th Earl, KG, KCVO, was sometime Gov of N Ireland; Vice~Admiral. who was created KG in Dec, 1952., and who d. 25 June, 1953.

Lady Mary's younger sibling was the late 5th Earl Granville 

She married 7 July, 1956, Samuel Wittewronge Clayton, yr son of Brig-Gen Sir Gilbert Faliingham Clayton, KCMG, KBE, CB, by whom she had issue a son, Gilbert (b 1958), and a daughter Rose (1960).

A Service will be held at the Royal Chapel of All Saints, Windsor Great Park, Friday 7 March.

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Angela Galliers-Pratt 1926-2014

_. Angela Galliers-Pratt (nee Cayzer), who died 18 Feb, 2014, aged 87, was a scion of the Cayzer baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1904); she was born 6 Mar 1926, daughter of Sir Charles Cayzer, 3rd Baronet (1896-1940), by his wife the former Beatrice Eileen Meakin (d 1981); married 19 Apr, 1950, Anthony Malcolm Galliers-Pratt, by whom she had three sons, Rupert, Nigel and Anthony. Her grandson, George Galliers-Pratt, recently married in a high profile society wedding, Arabella Musgrave. friend of the Duke of Cambridge, &c.

The funeral service is at Kinpurnie, Angus, Monday 24 Feb.

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Pollen/Alexe engagement

_. The engagement was announced 18 February, 2014, between Jonathan Charles H. Pollen (born 1979), scion of the Pollen baronets ((Bt, GB, 1795), second son of Sir Richard John Hungerford Pollen, 8th Baronet (b 3 Nov, 1946), of Bramshott Chase, Hampshire, by his wife the former Christine Mary Agnew, & Georgiana M. Alexe, dau of Mrs Dana Alexe, of Valenii de Munte, Romania.

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Rocco & Aubrey More-Molyneux (b 2014)

_. Sophia L.H. More-Molyneux (nee Lintott), wife of Alexander G. More-Molyneux, scion of that landed family, gave birth to twins, Rocco & Aubrey, 26 January, 2014, brothers for Cressida.

Alexander is the eldest son of Mr and Mrs Michael More-Molyneux, of Loseley Park, Guildford, and Sophia is the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Guy Lintott, of Shroton, Dorset. 

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Orlando Warley Benton Jones (b 2014)

_. Kimberley Benton Jones (nee Amerigo), wife of Alastair Frederick Malcolm Benton Jones (b 1981), scion of the Jones baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1919), gave birth to a son, Orlando Warley, 6 February, 2014, a brother for Savannah Lily, who was b 13 Dec, 2011.

Alastair is the 3rd son of Sir Simon Benton Jones, 4th Baronet (b 11 Sept, 1941), by his wife the former Margaret Fiona Dickson.

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Isla Rivett-Carnac (b 2014)

_. Lady Rivett-Carnac (nee Reiko Kiuchi), wife of Sir Jonathan James Rivett-Carnac, 10th Baronet (born 1962), gave birth to a daughter, Isla, 14 Feb, 2014.

Sir Jonathan is the elder son of Commander Sir Miles Rivett-Carnac, 9th Bt, RN (1933-2009), by his wife the former April Sally Villar, now April, Lady Rivett-Carnac, of Alresford, Hampshire, & Reiko is a daughter of Setsuko Kiuchi San, of Tokyo, Japan. 

The baronetcy was created in 1836 (UK). Sir Jonathan is a brother of Lulu Guinness.

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Major-General David Boyd Alexander-Sinclair of Freswick, CB 1927-2014

_. Major-General David Boyd Alexander-Sinclair of Freswick, died 7 Feb, 2014, aged 86. Old Etonian Alexander-Sinclair was born 2 May, 1927; was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade in 1946. He was GOC 1st Armoured Div from 1975, and Chief of Staff, UK Land Forces in 1978. His last military role was Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley, 1980-82. Married 1958, Ann Ruth Daglish, by whom he had issue, 2 sons and one daughter. Service of Thanksgiving at St Peter's Church, Hammersmith, London, 26 Feb, 2014.

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Ludovic Henry Nicholas Raphael Savile (b 2014)

_.  Victoria Sian Savile (b 1979, nee Forman Hardy), wife of the Hon James Hugh Hope John Savile (b. 21 Aug 1976), scion of the Earls of Mexborough, gave birth to a second son, Ludovic Henry Nicholas Raphael, 7 February, 2014, a brother for Arthur.

James Savile is a son of the 8th Earl of Mexborough (b 6 May 1931), by his 2nd wife Mrs Catherine Joyce Vivian (former wife of Nicholas Crespigny Laurence [Vivian], 6th Baron Vivian), yst. dau. of James Kenneth Hope CBE, of West Park, Lanchester, Co. Durham, & Victoria is a dau of Mr & Mrs Nicholas Forman Hardy, of Car Colston, Nottinghamshire.

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Michael Duncan Alec Cunningham-Reid 1928-2014

. Michael Cunningham-Reid, who died at his home at Karen, Nairobi, Kenya, 10 Feb, 2014, was a nephew of Edwina Countess Mountbatten of Burma.

Michael Duncan Alec Cunningham-Reid was born in 1928, son of Capt Alec Stratford Cunningham-Reid (1895-1977), by his first wife the former Hon Ruth Mary Clarisse Ashley (later Lady Delamere), daughter of Wilfred Ashley, 1st and last Baron Mount Temple, by his wife the former Amalia Mary Maud Cassel, heiress daughter of the millionaire financier Sir Ernest Cassel.

Cunningham-Reid's aunt Edwina Ashley married Lord Louis Mountbatten in 1922.

He married firstly, in 1954, Mary Bilyard-Leake, by whom he had issue, a son, Duncan, and a daughter, Fiona; married 2ndly, 1964 Dorothea Helen Walton; m.3rd 1974 Dorothie Elfride Blumenkamp.

The funeral will take place at Hippo Point Estate, Lake Naivasha, Kenya, Sunday 16 February.

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Galliers-Pratt/Ward engagement

_.The engagement was announced 12 February, 2014, between Frederick Hugh Galliers-Pratt (b 1981), son of  Rupert Anthony Galliers-Pratt (b 1951), of Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, by his wife the former Alexandra Mary Rose, & Charlotte B. Ward, daughter of Mr & Mrs Andrew Ward, of Great Ayton, North Yorkshire.

Frederick Galliers-Pratt is a grandson of Anthony Malcolm Galliers Galliers-Pratt, who married 19 Apr 1950, Angela Cayzer (b 1926), daughter of Sir Charles William Cayzer, 3rd Baronet (1896-1940). 

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