_. The 2nd Viscount Blakenham died 8 January, 2018. He was 79.
Michael John Hare was born 25 January, 1938, son of the 1st Viscount Blakenham (1911-82), by his wife the former Hon Beryl Nancy Pearson (1908-94), scion of the Viscounts Cowdray; married 12 Jan 1965, his cousin, Marcia Persephone Hare, a granddaughter of the 4th Earl of Listowel, by whom he had issue.
Lord Blakenham is succeeded in the viscountcy by his only son, the Hon Caspar Hare (b 8 Apr, 1972).
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Tuesday, January 09, 2018
d'Erlanger/Bosshard engagement
_. The engagement was announced 9 January, 2018, between Hugh Robin d'Erlanger (born 1976), younger son of Mr Robin Gerard d'Erlanger, of Hensleigh, Devon, by his wife the former Hon Mary Elizabeth Josephine Pellew (born 1947), scion of the Viscounts Exmouth, & Susanne K. Bosshard, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs Felix Bosshard, of Monchaltorf, Zurich, Switzerland.
Hugh d'Erlanger is a grandson maternally of the late 9th Viscount Exmouth.
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Hugh d'Erlanger is a grandson maternally of the late 9th Viscount Exmouth.
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The Baroness Hemingford, OBE (1933-2018)
_.The Baroness Hemingford, OBE, who died 8 January, 2018, aged 84, was the wife of the 3rd Baron Hemingford (b 1934), of Hemingford Abbots, Huntingdon.
She was the former Jennifer Mary Toresen Bailey, daughter of Frederick William Bailey, of Kent Rd, Harrogate, and married then then Hon (Dennis) Nicholas Herbert in 1958. He succeeded to the peerage (cr 1943) in 1982.
Lady Hemingford leaves a son and three daughters, and twelve grandchildren.
The funeral is at St Margaret's Church, Hemingford Abbots, Wednesday 17 January, 2018.
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She was the former Jennifer Mary Toresen Bailey, daughter of Frederick William Bailey, of Kent Rd, Harrogate, and married then then Hon (Dennis) Nicholas Herbert in 1958. He succeeded to the peerage (cr 1943) in 1982.
Lady Hemingford leaves a son and three daughters, and twelve grandchildren.
The funeral is at St Margaret's Church, Hemingford Abbots, Wednesday 17 January, 2018.
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Monday, January 08, 2018
Mackintosh/Du Val de Beaulieu engagement
__. The engagement was announced 8 January, 2018, between the Hon Thomas Harold George Mackintosh (b 8 Feb, 1985), son and heir of the 3rd Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax (b 9 Sept, 1958), by his former wife the former Elizabeth Lakin (now Mrs Leonard van Geest), & Olivia Stephanie M. Du Val de Beaulieu (born 1990), daughter of Henry Godefroid Andre Marie Du Val de Beaulieu, of Apsley, Hampshire, by his wife the former Deborah Colver.
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Saturday, January 06, 2018
Jillian Sarah Fortescue (c1942-2018)
_. Jillian Sarah Fortescue (nee Valpy), who died 5 January, 2018, aged 75, was the first wife of Sir David Alwyn Gore-Booth, KCMG, KCVO (1943-2004), diplomat, scion of the Gore-Booth baronets.
She was the former Jillian Sarah Valpy, younger daughter of James Wyatt Valpy, and married David Gore-Booth in 1964. They divorced in 1970. From the marriage she leaves a son, Paul Wyatt Julian Gore-Booth, who was b. 1968.
From a later marriage to ____Fortescue, she leaves a son, James.
Funeral at Lambeth Crematorium, London, 16 January, 2018.
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She was the former Jillian Sarah Valpy, younger daughter of James Wyatt Valpy, and married David Gore-Booth in 1964. They divorced in 1970. From the marriage she leaves a son, Paul Wyatt Julian Gore-Booth, who was b. 1968.
From a later marriage to ____Fortescue, she leaves a son, James.
Funeral at Lambeth Crematorium, London, 16 January, 2018.
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Friday, January 05, 2018
Orr-Ewing/McDowell engagement
_. The engagement was announced 5 January, 2018, between Jack Alexander Bodley Orr-Ewing (born 1987), scion of the Orr Ewing baronets, younger son of the Hon Robert James Orr-Ewing (b 1953), of Holland Park, London, by his wife the former Susannah Scott, daughter of Mark Bodley Scott, & Emma Clare McDowell, eldest daughter of Mr Christopher McDowell, of Berkhamsted, and Mrs Janey McDowell, of Henley-on-Thames.
Jack Orr-Ewing is a grandson of the Baron Orr-Ewing, OBE, life peer.
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Jack Orr-Ewing is a grandson of the Baron Orr-Ewing, OBE, life peer.
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Thursday, January 04, 2018
Mary Christine Hambro (died 2018)
_. Mary Christine Hambro, who died 3 January, 2018, was the third wife, and widow of Richard Alexander Hambro (1946-2009), scion of the eponymous landed banking family.
It was as Mary Briggs that in 1993 she wed Richard Hambro, second son of Jocelyn Olaf Hambro (1919-94), by his 1st wife the former Ann Silvia Muir (d 1972). He died 25 April, 2009.
Richard Hambro had married 1stly, 1973 (div 1982), the Hon Charlotte Clementine Soames (b 17 Jul 1954, who married 2nd 15 Apr 1989, the 3rd Earl Peel), dau of the Baron Soames (life peer) (1920-87), by his wife the former Mary Spencer-Churchill (b 15 Sept 1922), dau of the Rt Hon Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965); married 2ndly, 1984 (div 1992), Juliet Mary Elizabeth Harvey, daughter of Major Thomas Cockayne Harvey by his wife the former Lady Katharine Mary Coke, dau of the Earl of Leicester.
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It was as Mary Briggs that in 1993 she wed Richard Hambro, second son of Jocelyn Olaf Hambro (1919-94), by his 1st wife the former Ann Silvia Muir (d 1972). He died 25 April, 2009.
Richard Hambro had married 1stly, 1973 (div 1982), the Hon Charlotte Clementine Soames (b 17 Jul 1954, who married 2nd 15 Apr 1989, the 3rd Earl Peel), dau of the Baron Soames (life peer) (1920-87), by his wife the former Mary Spencer-Churchill (b 15 Sept 1922), dau of the Rt Hon Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965); married 2ndly, 1984 (div 1992), Juliet Mary Elizabeth Harvey, daughter of Major Thomas Cockayne Harvey by his wife the former Lady Katharine Mary Coke, dau of the Earl of Leicester.
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Wednesday, January 03, 2018
Ned William Hunter Osgood Hanbury (born 2018)
__. Victoria Hanbury (nee Bigge), wife of George Christopher Osgood Hanbury {b 6 Nov, 1987}, scion of that landed family,
gave birth to a son, Ned William Hunter Osgood, 2 January, 2018.
George Hanbury is the son of Maj Christopher Osgood Philip Hanbury (b 1944), of Shefford Woodlands, Berkshire, by his wife the former Bridget Anne Birch, & Victoria Hanbury is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Peter Bigge, of Whorlton, co Durham.
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gave birth to a son, Ned William Hunter Osgood, 2 January, 2018.
George Hanbury is the son of Maj Christopher Osgood Philip Hanbury (b 1944), of Shefford Woodlands, Berkshire, by his wife the former Bridget Anne Birch, & Victoria Hanbury is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Peter Bigge, of Whorlton, co Durham.
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Tuesday, January 02, 2018
Hon Mrs Francis Hepburne Scott (d 2017)
_. The Hon Mrs Francis Hepburne Scott, who died 31 December, 2017, aged 92, was the widow of the Hon Francis Hepburne Scott, MC, a brother of the 10th Lord Polwarth.
She was the former Marjorie Hamilton Ross, daughter of Horatio John Ross (and descended from the Lighton baronets), and married in 1946. She leaves issue.
A Service of Thanksgiving will be held at Lilliesleaf Kirk, Monday 5 Feb, 2018.
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She was the former Marjorie Hamilton Ross, daughter of Horatio John Ross (and descended from the Lighton baronets), and married in 1946. She leaves issue.
A Service of Thanksgiving will be held at Lilliesleaf Kirk, Monday 5 Feb, 2018.
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Major-General Charles Alexander Ramsay 1936-2017
_. Major General Charles Ramsay, late the Royal Scots Greys and the Queen's Body Guard for Scotland, scion of the Ramsay baronets (cr 1806), died 31 December, 2017, aged 81.
He served in the Royal Scots Greys; Major General 1984; member of the Queen's Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers), &c.
Charles Alexander Ramsay was born 12 Oct, 1936, the second son of Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, KCB, KBE, MVO (1883-1945), by his wife the former Margaret Helen Menzies.
His father was Naval Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Expeditionary Force, who was killed in an aeroplane accident in France, 2 Jan, 1942.
He married 1 Aug, 1967, the Hon Mary Margaret Hastings MacAndrew (b 1942), daughter of the 1st Baron MacAndrew, by his second wife the former Mona Mitchell. He leaves a widow and two sons, William and Charles, and two daughters, Rowena and Camilla.
Funeral at St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Kelso, Thursday 25 January, 2018.
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He served in the Royal Scots Greys; Major General 1984; member of the Queen's Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers), &c.
Charles Alexander Ramsay was born 12 Oct, 1936, the second son of Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, KCB, KBE, MVO (1883-1945), by his wife the former Margaret Helen Menzies.
His father was Naval Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Expeditionary Force, who was killed in an aeroplane accident in France, 2 Jan, 1942.
He married 1 Aug, 1967, the Hon Mary Margaret Hastings MacAndrew (b 1942), daughter of the 1st Baron MacAndrew, by his second wife the former Mona Mitchell. He leaves a widow and two sons, William and Charles, and two daughters, Rowena and Camilla.
Funeral at St Andrew's Episcopal Church, Kelso, Thursday 25 January, 2018.
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Monday, January 01, 2018
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