The 7th Baron Lyveden 1938-2017

___. The 7th Baron Lyveden died at his home in New Zealand, 18 December, 2017.

Jack Leslie Vernon was born 10 November, 1938; married 11 Nov, 1961,  Lynette June Lilley, daughter of William Herbert Lilley, of Auckland, New Zealand, by whom he had issue, a son and two daughters. The UK peerage now delvolves upon his only son, the Hon  Colin Ronald Vernon, who was born 3 Feb 1967.

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Dowager Baroness Rockley 1938-2017

_. The Dowager Baroness Rockley, who died 19 December, 2017, aged 79, was the widow of the 3rd Baron Rockey.

She was born Lady Sarah Primrose Beatrix Cadogan, 23 February, 1938, the eldest daughter of the 7th Earl Cadogan (1914-97), by his first wife the former Hon Primrose Lilian Yarde-Buller (d 1970), daughter of the 3rd Baron Churston.

She married 18 Nov, 1958, the then Hon James Hugh Cecil (b 5 Apr, 1934), son and heir of the 2nd Baron Rockley (1901-76, by his wife the former Anne Margaret Meade-Fetherstonhaugh (d. 1980), scion of the Earls of Clanwillian. Her husband succeeded as 3rd Baron Rockey, 6 Jan, 1976, and died 5 December, 2011.

Lady Rockley leaves a son, Anthony, the 4th Baron, and two daughters.

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Hon Matthew Henry Beaumont 1933-2017

__. The Hon Matthew Beaumont, who died 16 December, 2017, aged 84, was a scion of the Viscount Allendale, the fourth son of the 2nd Viscount Allendale, KG, CB, CBE, MC (1890-1956), of Bywell Hall, Northumberland, by his wife the former Violet Lucy Emily Seely, scion of the Seely baronets; married firstly 14 Apr, 1959 (div 1972), Anne Christine Margaret, elder daughter of Gerald Hamilton, married 2ndly, 1973, Belinda Jane Elizabeth Cuthbert, scion of that landed family, eldest daughter of Harold David Cuthbert, of Beaufront Castle, Hexham. From his first marriage he had a son, Justin, and a daughter, Charlotte, who pre-deceased him. His daughter was wife of Lord Cardross, son and heir of the 17th Earl of Buchan.

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Amelia Sophia Weatherall 1929-2017

_. Amelia Sophia (Sophy) Weatherall, who died 16 December, 2017, aged 87, was a scion of the Keswick landed family, and was a one-time mother-in-law of the MP Nicholas Soames, & was mother of Isobel, Countess of Strathmore & Kinghorne.

She was born 27 December, 1929, daughter of David Johnstone Keswick, CMG (1901-76), by his wife the former Nony Barbara Pease (1900-69), scion of that landed family; married 1955, Capt Anthony Anthony Edward Weatherall (1924-2013), of Cowhill, Dumfries, son of Lt-Col Nigel Weatherall by his wife the former Gladys Victoria Drabble, by whom he had issue, Catherine (who was the first wife of the Hon Sir Nicholas Soames, MP), Percy, Isobel (who was the first wife of the 18th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne), and Benjamin.

Thanksgiving Service at the Crichton Memorial Church, Dumfries, Wednesday 3 January, 2018.

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Maj Andrew Beatty Houstoun, OBE, MC, DL (died 2017)

_. Major Andrew Beatty Houstoun, OBE, MC, DL, died at Dundee, 16 December, 2017.

Maj Houstoun was a son of William McAulay Houstoun, of Sachel Court, Cranleigh, Surrey; married 14 Aug, 1953, Mary Elizabeth Spencer-Nairn (b 1931), only daughter of Sir Douglas Spencer-Nairn, 2nd Baronet, by whom he had issue, four sons, William, David, Alexander (Sandy), and Neil.

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Lady Patricia Mary Charlemont Kingsbury 1919-2017

_. The Lady Patricia Kingsbury, who died 16 December, 2017, aged 98, was a scion of the Earls of Ypres, and was a granddaughter of Sir John French, the 1st Earl of Ypres, the First World War military leader.

Lady Patricia Mary Charlemont French was born 6 July, 1919, the only daughter of the then John Richard Lowndes French (1881-1958), by his first wife the former Olivia Mary John (died 1934), a descendant of the Earls of Cavan.

Her grandfather, Field Marshal Sir John French was created a viscount in 1916, and an earl in 1922, in which year her father assumed the courtesy title of Viscount French. Three years later, in 1925, her father succeeded as 2nd Earl of Ypres.

Lady Patricia married 24 January, 1942, Henry Edmund Roland Kingsbury (1913-80), scion of that landed family, by whom she had issue, two sons, Philip & Gerald.

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Obituary: Hon Mrs Angela Campbell-Preston

Obituary: Sir Peter Watkin Williams

Kathryn Baroness Vestey (died 2017)

__. Kathryn Lady Vestey, who died 13 December, 2017, was the first wife of the 3rd Baron Vestey, KCVO, Master of the Horse to the Queen.

She was the former Kathryn Mary Eccles, daughter of John Eccles, of Moor Park, co Hertford, and married Lord Vestey, 11 Sept, 1970. They divorced in 1981.

Lady Vestey leaves two daughters, the Hon Saffron Idiens, and the Hon Flora Hall.

Funeral at Cheltenham Crematorium, Wednesday 27 December, 2017.

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Theodore Calcutta MacGregor Aird (born 2017)

Emily Kate Aird (née Pritchard-Gordon, b 1979), wife of Rory Aird, gave birth to a son, Theodore Calcutta MacGregor, 12 December, 2017, a brother for Humphrey, Lily and Gilo, and a half-brother for Jimmy.

Emily is the 2nd dau of Giles William Pritchard-Gordon (b 22 May 1947), of Slaugham Park, Sussex, by his wife the former Veronica Smyth, dau of Ronald Victor Smyth, of Epsom, Surrey; and granddaughter of William Herbert Alexander Pritchard-Gordon (d 1987). 








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Alexander James Macdonald-Buchanan 1931-2017

_. Alexander James Macdonald-Buchanan, who died 11 December, 2017, from Alzheimer's Disease, aged 86, was a grandson maternally of the 1st (and last) Baron Woolavington.

He was born in 1931, a son of Major Sir Reginald Narcissus Macdonald-Buchanan, KCVO, of Cottesbrooke Hall, Northampton, by his wife, Catherine, only child of Lord Woolavington; married 26 April, 1960, Elizabeth Vivian Smith (b 1939), scion of the Barons Bicester, a dau of Maj Hugh Adeane Vivian Smith, MBE, by his wife the former Lady Helen Primrose, daughter of the 6th Earl of Rosebery. Mr Macdonald-Buchanan leaves a widow and four sons, Hugh, James, Nicholas and Charles.

The funeral will take place at St Anne, Scottish Episcopalian Church, Strathpeffer, Ross-shire, Friday 5 January, 2018.

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Sir Hereward Wake, 14th Baronet, MC (1916-2017)

_. Sir Hereward Wake, 14th Baronet, MC, who died 11 December, 2017, aged 101, was the head of an ancient family, one of the few surviving families of the old pre-parliamentary Anglo-Norman baronage. His baronetcy, one of the oldest, was created by King James 1 in 1621.

He was born 7 Oct, 1916, the son of Sir Hereward Wake, 13th Bt, CB, CMG, DSO (1876-1963), by his wife the former Margaret Winifred (Daisy) Benson, and succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's death, 4 Aug, 1963.

He married 6 February, 1952, Julia Rosemary, younger daughter of Capt Geoffrey William Martin Lees, by whom he had issue, a son and three daughters.

Sir Hereward was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1955.

The baronetcy now passes to his only son, Hereward Charles Wake, born 22 Nov, 1952, who married in 1977, Lady Doune Mabell Ogilvy, the eldest daughter of the 13th Earl of Airlie, KT.

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Martha Grace Crofton-Atkins (born 2017)

_. Katherine Crofton-Atkins (nee Inglefield), wife of Charles Crofton-Atkins, scion of that landed family, gave birth to a daughter, Martha Grace, in Hong Kong, 5 December, 2017, a sister for Cleo.

 

 

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Arthur Nicholas Bond Chapman (born 2017)

_. Laetitia Clare Chapman (nee Musgrave, born 1980), wife of Oliver B. Chapman, gave birth to son, Arthur Nicholas Bond, 9 Dec, 2017, a brother for Wilf.

Oliver Chapman is a son of the late Mr Peter Chapman and Mrs Peter Chapman, of Somerton, Somerset, and Laetitia Chapman is a 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).

Mrs Chapman's sister, Arabella (b 1982), was briefly the teenage squeeze of HRH The Duke of Cambridge.


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Rowland Bruce Ranald Critchley (1961-2017)

_. Rowland Bruce Ranald Critchley, who died 9 December, 2017, aged 54, was a son-in-law of Sir Richard Storey, 2nd Baronet.

He was born 27 March, 1961, a son of Lt-Col Ian Ranald Critchley, by his wife the former Isabel Mary Hamilton {descended from Arbuthnott]; married 1988, Elisabeth Storey (b 1964), daughter of the Hon Sir Richard Storey, Bt, by whom he had issue, three children.

Funeral at St James' Church, Muthill, 19 December, 2017.

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Obituary: Lord Ingelwood

Jake Charles Winston Spencer-Churchill (born 2017)

__. Scarlett Spencer-Churchill (nee Strutt, born 1985), wife of Alexander David Spencer Churchill (born 1983), scion of the Dukes of Marlborough (Peerage of England cr 1702), gave birth to a son, Jake Charles Winston, 8 December, 2017.

Alexander Spencer-Churchill is the third son of the late Lord Charles George William Colin Spencer Churchill (1940-2016), of London, by his 2nd wife the former (Elizabeth) Jane Wyndham (b 1948), scion of the Barons Egremont & Leconfield.

Scarlett Spencer-Churchill is a scion of the Barons Belper (Peerage of the UK, cr 1856), daughter of Henry Clavering Tollemache Strutt (b 1953), of Stutton, Suffolk, and Mrs Athena Strutt, also of Stutton.
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Agnes James Morley (born 2017)

_. Olivia Morley {nee French}, wife of William Everard Hugh Morley (born 1980), gave birth to a daughter, Agnes James, 8 December, 2017.

William is the son of Geoffrey John Morley (b 1948), of Mount Ulston, Jedburgh, by his wife the former Christian Aline Arbuthnot (b 1950), scion of the Arbuthnot baronets. His maternal grandfather was Sir Hugh Arbuthnot, 7th Bt.

Olivia is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Richard French, of Le Malardier, Dordogne, France.

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Foale/Grimond engagement

The engagement was announced 8 December, 2017, between James Spencer (Jamie) Foale (born 1986), younger son of Dr Rodney Alan Foale (born 1946), of London, and his former wife Lady Emma Cecile Dewe Mathews (nee Gordon, born 26 May, 1953), scion of the Marquesses of Aberdeen & Temair, & Georgia Celia Grimond (born 1983), daughter of the Hon John Jasper Grimond (born 1946), of Oxfordshire, and his wife the former Roberta Katherine (Kate) Fleming (born 1946), scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Lt-Col Robert Peter Fleming (1907-1971), and his wife the actress Dame Celia Johnson, DBE (1908-1982).

Jamie Foale is a grandson of the late 6th Marquess of Aberdeen & Temair (1920-2002).

Georgia Grimond is a granddaughter of the life peer the Baron Grimond (1913-1993) who as Jo Grimond was Leader of the Liberal Party.

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Peter Tyndall Walwyn, MBE 1933-2017

_. Peter Walwyn, a racehorse trainer with a string of classic victories, died 7 December, 2017, following a stroke.

Peter Tyndall Walwyn was born 1 July, 1933, son of Charles "Taffy" Walwyn, MC, DSO, by his wife the former Gertrude Cowland; married 1960, Virginia Gaselee, daughter of Lt-Col Auriol Gaselee, by his wife the former Myra Randolph, by whom he had issue, a son, Edward, and a daughter, Kate.

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