_. Emelia Gore Browne [nee White], wife of Frederick Henry Gore Browne, scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a son, Inigo Seton, 3 October, 2019.
Emelia is the elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Philip White, of Hambledon, Hampshire, and Freddie Gore Browne is the elder son of James Anthony Gore Browne [born 26 May, 1947], of Tugby, co Leicester, by his wife the former Jane Anne Dickson.
Freddie is a great-grandson of General Sir Henry Loyd who married Lady Moyra Brodrick [1897-1982], scion of the extinct Earls of Midleton.
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Saturday, October 19, 2019
Friday, October 18, 2019
Veronica Rose Theresa Wolseley 1928-2019
_. Veronica Rose Theresa Wolseley, who died 6 October, 2019, aged 90, was a scion of the Wolseley baronets; born 22 October, 1928, daughter of William Ralph Joseph Wolseley [1887-1977], by his wife the former Ruth Gertrude Hargreaves [died 1962].
The funeral takes place at Christ Church, Knightley, 28 Oct, 2019
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The funeral takes place at Christ Church, Knightley, 28 Oct, 2019
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Francesca Elizabeth Winefride Wainwright [born 2019]
_. Hermione Wainwright [nee Elwes, born 1987], wife of Timothy Wainwright, and scion of the Elwes landed gentry family, gave birth to a daughter, Francesca Elizabeth Winefride, 11 October, 2019.
Timothy is a son of Mr & Mrs John Wainwright, of Wilpshire, Lancashire, & Hermione is a daughter of Jonathan Valentine Elwes (b 19 Jan 1950), of Lydlinch, Dorset, by his wife the former Louisa J. Robson.
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Timothy is a son of Mr & Mrs John Wainwright, of Wilpshire, Lancashire, & Hermione is a daughter of Jonathan Valentine Elwes (b 19 Jan 1950), of Lydlinch, Dorset, by his wife the former Louisa J. Robson.
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Thursday, October 17, 2019
Susan Mary Geraldine Batten 1931-2019
_. Susan Mary Geraldine Batten [nee Portal], who died 5 October, 2019, was a scion of the Portal family of baronets, and an aunt of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin Welby.
She was born in 1931, the daughter of Lieutenant-Col Gervase Edward Portal [1890-1961], by his wife the former Iris Mary Butler [1905-2002], daughter of Sir Montagu Butler, KCSI, CB, CIE, CVO, CBE [1873-1952].
She married in 1954, James Macdonald Batten, son of Gordon James Batten, MBE, by whom she had issue.
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Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Ruth Hunt created Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green
_.Ruth Hunt's peerage title has been announced.
Ruth Elizabeth Hunt, Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green (born 12 March 1980) is a prominent Welsh administrator who was Chief Executive of UK-based lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans equality charity Stonewall, the largest LGBT equality body in Europe, from 2014 until her resignation in 2019.Hunt was nominated for a life peerage and Crossbench member of the House of Lords in the 2019 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours. Her life peerage was gazetted in the name, style and title of Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green, of Bethnal Green in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, on 16 October 2019.
She was formerly President of the Oxford University Student Union.
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Bartlett/Clarke engagement
_. The engagement was announced 16 October, 2019, between Hugh Alistair Bartlett [born 1994], son of Andrew D. Bartlett [born 1957], of Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire, by his wife the former Hon Charlotte Trewlove Ashton [born 1960], and Eleanor Mary Floyer Clarke [born 1993], daughter of Martin J Clarke, of Kings Norton, Birmingham, by his wife the former Frances Layton [born 1961].
Hugh Bartlett is a grandson maternally of the 3rd Baron Ashton of Hyde [1926-2008].
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Hugh Bartlett is a grandson maternally of the 3rd Baron Ashton of Hyde [1926-2008].
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James Wyndham John Hughes-Hallett, CMG 1949-2019
_. James Wyndham John Hughes-Hallett, CMG, who died 12 October, 2019, aged 70, was a scion of that landed gentry family.
He was chairman of the Swire Group 2005-2005, and brother of the writer Lucy Hughes-Hallett.
He was appointed CMG in 2012.
He was born 10 September, 1949, son of Michael Wyndham Norton Hughes-Hallett [1926-2014], by his wife the former Penelope Anne Fairbairn, elder dau of Capt Sydney George Fairbairn, MC, of Patience Close, Steventon, Hampshire.
He married firstly, 1991 [div 2009] Lizabeth Louise Betsy Hall, dau of Lt-Colonel Albert Hall, of Tacoma, Washington; married secondly, 2016, Katrina Elizabeth Repka, by whom he had two daughters, Molly and Amy.
He leaves a widow, his two daughters, and stepdaughter Delaney.
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He was chairman of the Swire Group 2005-2005, and brother of the writer Lucy Hughes-Hallett.
He was appointed CMG in 2012.
He was born 10 September, 1949, son of Michael Wyndham Norton Hughes-Hallett [1926-2014], by his wife the former Penelope Anne Fairbairn, elder dau of Capt Sydney George Fairbairn, MC, of Patience Close, Steventon, Hampshire.
He married firstly, 1991 [div 2009] Lizabeth Louise Betsy Hall, dau of Lt-Colonel Albert Hall, of Tacoma, Washington; married secondly, 2016, Katrina Elizabeth Repka, by whom he had two daughters, Molly and Amy.
He leaves a widow, his two daughters, and stepdaughter Delaney.
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Capt Philip Anthony Foxwood 1935-2019
_. Capt Philip Foxwood, late the Coldstream Guards, who died 11 October, 2019, aged 84, was descended from Ibrahim Pasha, Viceroy [or Wali] of Egypt under the Ottoman Empire.
He was born in 1935, as Philip Ali Fazil, the son of Maj Ibrahim Fazil [1901-78], & Kate Stevens [1902-73], and was grandson of Prince Ali Haidar Fazil [1875-1925], and was descended from Ibrahim Pasha, Wali of Egypt.
Captain Philip Ali Fazil joined the British army, assumed the surname of Foxwood, and served with the Coldstream Guards, attained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in late 1955, before progressing to become Captain in late 1961.
His career with No 1 (Guards) Independent Parachute Company began in late 1961. During three years with the Coy he was deployed to Cyprus in January 1964. He was also represented the Guards Para Coy Sports Team.
He remained active in the veterans community, as part of the Guards Parachute Association.
He married Rose Mary Reece, daughter of Clifford Mansel Reece, QC [1894-1973] by his wife the former Catherine Barbara Hathorn [1898-1974], and was father of a son, the Rev Hugo Foxwood.
The funeral takes place at St James's Church, Ramsden, Oxfordshire, 8 Nov, 2019.
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He was born in 1935, as Philip Ali Fazil, the son of Maj Ibrahim Fazil [1901-78], & Kate Stevens [1902-73], and was grandson of Prince Ali Haidar Fazil [1875-1925], and was descended from Ibrahim Pasha, Wali of Egypt.
Captain Philip Ali Fazil joined the British army, assumed the surname of Foxwood, and served with the Coldstream Guards, attained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in late 1955, before progressing to become Captain in late 1961.
His career with No 1 (Guards) Independent Parachute Company began in late 1961. During three years with the Coy he was deployed to Cyprus in January 1964. He was also represented the Guards Para Coy Sports Team.
He remained active in the veterans community, as part of the Guards Parachute Association.
He married Rose Mary Reece, daughter of Clifford Mansel Reece, QC [1894-1973] by his wife the former Catherine Barbara Hathorn [1898-1974], and was father of a son, the Rev Hugo Foxwood.
The funeral takes place at St James's Church, Ramsden, Oxfordshire, 8 Nov, 2019.
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Saturday, October 12, 2019
Bowes-Lyon/Harland engagement
The engagement was announced 12 Oct, 2019, between Charles David Bowes-Lyon [born 1989], scion of the Earls of Strathmore & Kinghorne, son of David James Bowes-Lyon [born 21 July, 1947], of Heriot, Midlothian, by his wife the former Elizabeth Harriet Colville, CVO [born 3 December, 1952], scion of the Viscounts Colville of Culross, & Dr Eleanor L. Harland, daughter of Mr and Mrs David Harland, of Dundrum, Dublin.
Charles Bowes-Lyon is descended from the 13th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne [1824-1904], who was the paternal grandfather of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
Charles's mother, Mrs David Bowes-Lyon has been a Lady-in-waiting to HRH The Princess Royal since 1990. She is a goddaughter of HM The Queen, and daughter of the late Sir John [Jock] Colville [1915-87], Private Secretary to the then Princess Elizabeth 1947-49, and later private secretary to Sir Winston Churchill.
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Charles Bowes-Lyon is descended from the 13th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne [1824-1904], who was the paternal grandfather of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
Charles's mother, Mrs David Bowes-Lyon has been a Lady-in-waiting to HRH The Princess Royal since 1990. She is a goddaughter of HM The Queen, and daughter of the late Sir John [Jock] Colville [1915-87], Private Secretary to the then Princess Elizabeth 1947-49, and later private secretary to Sir Winston Churchill.
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Mowafi/Asquith marriage
_. The marriage took place at Chelsea Old Town Hall, 12 July, 2019, and at Cairo, Egypt, 11 October, 2019, between Adam Mowafi, son of Tarek and Rawya Mowafi, & Gabriela Elizabeth Louise Asquith [born 1989], scion of the Earls of Oxford & Asquith, elder daughter of the Hon Sir Dominic Asquith [born 1957], by his wife the former Louise Elizabeth Cotton.
The bride is a granddaughter of the late 2nd Earl of Oxford & Asquith [1916-2011], and is a great-great granddaughter of H.H. Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford & Asquith, KG, Prime Minister, 1908-16.
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Friday, October 11, 2019
Ann, Baroness Aberconway [died 2019]
_. Ann, Baroness Aberconway, who died 5 October, 2019, aged 95, was the widow of the 3rd Baron Aberconway [1913-2003].
She was Ann Lindsay Aymer, daughter of Alexander Lindsay Aymer, of New York City, and married firstly, Major Robert Lee Bullard III, of Atlanta; married secondly, 15 Oct, 1949, as his second wife, the Hon Charles Melville McLaren, son and heir of the 2nd Baron Aberconway [1879-1953], by his wife the former Christabel Mary Melville Macnaghten [1890-1974]. Her husband succeeded his father, 23 May, 1953, as 3rd Baron Aberconway, and he died 4 Feb, 2003.
Lady Aberconway leaves a daughter from her first marriage, Robin, Countess of Onslow, who married in 1964, the 7th Earl of Onslow [1938-2011], and a son from the second marriage, the Hon Michael Duncan McLaren, who was born in 1958.
Funeral at St. Martin’s Church, Eglwysbach, at 9.30 a.m. on Friday 18 October, 2019, followed by a cremation.
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She was Ann Lindsay Aymer, daughter of Alexander Lindsay Aymer, of New York City, and married firstly, Major Robert Lee Bullard III, of Atlanta; married secondly, 15 Oct, 1949, as his second wife, the Hon Charles Melville McLaren, son and heir of the 2nd Baron Aberconway [1879-1953], by his wife the former Christabel Mary Melville Macnaghten [1890-1974]. Her husband succeeded his father, 23 May, 1953, as 3rd Baron Aberconway, and he died 4 Feb, 2003.
Lady Aberconway leaves a daughter from her first marriage, Robin, Countess of Onslow, who married in 1964, the 7th Earl of Onslow [1938-2011], and a son from the second marriage, the Hon Michael Duncan McLaren, who was born in 1958.
Funeral at St. Martin’s Church, Eglwysbach, at 9.30 a.m. on Friday 18 October, 2019, followed by a cremation.
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Thursday, October 10, 2019
Middleton/Thevenet engagement
_. The engagement has been announced between James William Middleton [born 15 April, 1987], only son of Michael Middleton [born 23 June, 1949], by his wife the former Carole Elizabeth Goldsmith [born 31 January, 1955], and Alizee Thevenet [born circa 1990], daughter of Jean-Gabriel Thevenet.
James is the brother of HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, GCVO, and descends from the Conyers baronets.
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James is the brother of HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, GCVO, and descends from the Conyers baronets.
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Georgiana Elizabeth Clowes 1939-2019
_. Georgiana Elizabeth Clowes [nee Cavendish], who died 8 October, 2019, aged 80, was a scion of the Dukes of Devonshire, and sister of the Baron Cavendish of Furness, a life peer.
She was born in 1939, daughter of Richard Edward Osborne Cavendish [1917-1972], by his wife the former Pamela June Thomas [1918-2006]; married 1968, Andrew Henry Clowes [born 1942], scion of that landed gentry family, son of Colonel Sir Henry Clowes, KCVO, DSO [1911-1993], by his wife the former Diana Katherine Kerr [1916-2010]. She is survived by Mr Clowes, and two children, Dickon and Emma.
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She was born in 1939, daughter of Richard Edward Osborne Cavendish [1917-1972], by his wife the former Pamela June Thomas [1918-2006]; married 1968, Andrew Henry Clowes [born 1942], scion of that landed gentry family, son of Colonel Sir Henry Clowes, KCVO, DSO [1911-1993], by his wife the former Diana Katherine Kerr [1916-2010]. She is survived by Mr Clowes, and two children, Dickon and Emma.
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Spring/Namih engagement
The engagement is announced between the Hon Frederick John Otway Spring [born 1987], son of Richard John Grenville Spring, Baron Risby [born 24 Sept, 1946], life peer, by his former wife the former Hon Jane Elizabeth Henniker-Major [born 6 July, 1954] [now the Hon Mrs Jane Spring], and Carina M. Namih, daughter of Mr Adonis Namih and Dr Rena Millet.
Frederick's father was Tory MP for Bury St Edmunds 1992-97, and for west Sussex 1997-2010, and was cr a life peer, in 2010, as Baron Risby, of Haverhill in the County of Suffolk.
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Frederick's father was Tory MP for Bury St Edmunds 1992-97, and for west Sussex 1997-2010, and was cr a life peer, in 2010, as Baron Risby, of Haverhill in the County of Suffolk.
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Robertson/Hill engagement
__. The engagement was announced 10 Oct, 2019, between Alexander McK. Robertson, son of Mr Charles M. Robertson, of London, and Mrs Janie Robertson [nee Waite], of Wiltshire, and the Lady Isabella Diana Juliet Hill [born 3 April, 1991], eldest daughter of the 9th Marquess of Downshire [born 4 Feb, 1959], of North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Diana Jane Bunting [12 Sept, 1962].
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Wednesday, October 09, 2019
Arader/Hambro marriage
_. The marriage took place in the summer of 2019, between Walter Arader IV, son of Mr Graham Arader III and Mrs ValliJean Carter [nee ValliJean Hartrampf], of the United States, and Tatiana Hambro [born 15 October, 1989], scion of the Hambro landed gentry family, second daughter of the Hon Charles Edward Hambro [born 20 Nov, 1959], by his wife the former Nicole J. Nicholas.
Tatiana Hambro is a granddaughter of the life peer, Charles Eric Alexander Hambro, Baron Hambro [1930-2002], by his wife the former Rose Evelyn Cotterell [1932-2006], scion of the Cotterell baronets.
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Tatiana Hambro is a granddaughter of the life peer, Charles Eric Alexander Hambro, Baron Hambro [1930-2002], by his wife the former Rose Evelyn Cotterell [1932-2006], scion of the Cotterell baronets.
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Monday, October 07, 2019
Worcester [Beaufort]/Yorke-Long engagement
_. The engagement was announced 7 October, 2019, between Henry Robert Fitzroy [Bobby] Somerset, styled Marquess of Worcester [born 20 January, 1989], elder son & heir of the 12th Duke of Beaufort [born 22 May, 1952], of Badminton House, by his former wife, Tracy, Duchess of Beaufort [born 22 Dec 1958], of Badminton, Gloucestershire [who is known as Tracy, Marchioness of Worcester], and Lucy Eleanor Yorke-Long [born 23 June, 1986], only daughter of Mr Jonathan Crispin Yorke-Long [born Oct 1951], of Old Stratford, Northamptonshire, by his wife the former Charlotte Rose Fownes-Luttrell [born 1954].
Lucy Yorke-Long descends from the Williams & Peek baronets, the Luttrells of Dunster, and the extinct Earls of Midleton.
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Lucy Yorke-Long descends from the Williams & Peek baronets, the Luttrells of Dunster, and the extinct Earls of Midleton.
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Saturday, October 05, 2019
Higson/Dupree engagement
_.The engagement was announced 5 Oct, 2019, between Toby Patrick Higson [born 1989], son of William Stewart Higson [born 1939] of Fulham, London, by his wife the former Geraldine Anne Duffy [born 1947], & Tamara Cornelia Dupree [born 1985], scion of the Dupree baronets, daughter of Michael John Dupree [1947-2011], by his wife the former Alexandra Columbia Telfer-Smollet [born 1956], scion of that landed family, daughter of Michael Anthony Telfer-Smollett [1925-2008], by his wife the former Cornelia Duryea.
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Thursday, October 03, 2019
The 12th Lord Balfour of Burleigh 1927-2019
_. The Lord Balfour of Burleigh, 12th Lord [but for the attainder] & 8th Lord, has died at Edinburgh, aged 92.
He was a chartered engineer; Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and sometime Chancellor of Stirling University.
Lord Balfour of Burleigh's peerage, in the Peerage of Scotland, was created in 1607, for his ancestor, Sir Michael Balfour, who died in 1619.
He was born Robert Bruce, 6 January, 1927, son of the 11th Lord Balfour of Burleigh [1883-1967], by his wife the former [Violet] Dorothy Evelyn Done, MBE [died 1976], and succeded to the peerage on his father's death, 4 June, 1967.
Lord Balfour of Burleigh married firstly, 30 Oct, 1971 [divorced 1993] Mrs Jennifer Brittain-Catlin, daughter of E.S. Manasseh, by whom he had two daughters, Victoria and Ishbel; married secondly, 29 Aug, 1993, Dr Janet Morgan [born 1945], daughter of Dr Frank Morgan.
Lord Balfour, of Brucefield, Clackmannan, is succeeded in the peerage by his elder daughter, the Hon Victoria Bruce-Winkler, who was born 7 May, 1973. She married in 2002, Dr Mikhail Boris Winkler, of Dunblane, by whom she has issue, two daughters. Lady Balfour is only the second female to possess the title in its four hundred year-old history.
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He was a chartered engineer; Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and sometime Chancellor of Stirling University.
Lord Balfour of Burleigh's peerage, in the Peerage of Scotland, was created in 1607, for his ancestor, Sir Michael Balfour, who died in 1619.
He was born Robert Bruce, 6 January, 1927, son of the 11th Lord Balfour of Burleigh [1883-1967], by his wife the former [Violet] Dorothy Evelyn Done, MBE [died 1976], and succeded to the peerage on his father's death, 4 June, 1967.
Lord Balfour of Burleigh married firstly, 30 Oct, 1971 [divorced 1993] Mrs Jennifer Brittain-Catlin, daughter of E.S. Manasseh, by whom he had two daughters, Victoria and Ishbel; married secondly, 29 Aug, 1993, Dr Janet Morgan [born 1945], daughter of Dr Frank Morgan.
Lord Balfour, of Brucefield, Clackmannan, is succeeded in the peerage by his elder daughter, the Hon Victoria Bruce-Winkler, who was born 7 May, 1973. She married in 2002, Dr Mikhail Boris Winkler, of Dunblane, by whom she has issue, two daughters. Lady Balfour is only the second female to possess the title in its four hundred year-old history.
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Tuesday, October 01, 2019
Charles Freeman Cayzer (born 2019)
Allison Cayzer (nee Boynton), wife of the Hon Herbert Robin (Bertie) Cayzer (b 10 Jul 1989), scion of the Barons Rotherwick, gave birth to a son, Charles Freeman Cayzer, 27 September, 2019, a brother for Herbert Robin, who was born 13 October, 2017.
The Hon Bertie Cayzer is the 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).
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