Lieut-Col Sir [Walter Hugh] Malcolm Ross, GCVO 1943-2019

_. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir [Walter Hugh] Malcolm Ross, GCVO, OBE, died 27 October, 2019, his 76th birthday.

Courtier Sir Malcolm Ross joined the Royal Household in 1987, and was Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office 1991-2005; Extra Equerry to Her Majesty the Queen from 1988; Master of the Household to the Prince of Wales, 2006-08, &c.

Sir Malcolm was Lord Lieutenant of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, 2006-2018.

In 2016 he was appointed the Lord Prior of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem.

Appointed OBE, 1988; CVO, 1994; KCVO, 1999; GCVO, 2005.

He was born 27 Oct, 1943, son of Colonel Walter John Macdonald Ross [died 1982], by his wife the former Josephine May Cross [died 1982]. His sister Susan is the Countess of Annandale & Hartfell, wife of the 11th Earl; he married Susan Jane Gow [born 1949], daughter of General Sir Michael Gow, GCB, DL [1924-2013], by his wife the former Jane Emily Scott [born 1925], scion of the Scott baronets of Beauclerc; by whom he had issue, a son, Hector [born 1983], and two daughters, Tabitha [born 1970], and Flora [born 1974].

-=-

John Mann's peerage title gazetted

 _. The life peerage awarded to John Mann has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Mann, of Holbeck Moor in the City of Leeds, 28 October, 2019.

John Mann, Baron Mann (born 10 January 1960) is a British Independent politician who serves as an advisor to the Government on Antisemitism, sitting as a Member of the House of Lords. Prior to being granted a peerage, he was the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Bassetlaw from the 2001 general election until 28 October 2019.

Mann has served on the Treasury Select Committee. He had previously been the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Tessa Jowell and Richard Caborn. Mann is also a prominent campaigner against antisemitism. On 7 September 2019, he announced that he would not stand as an MP at the next general election and would instead take up full-time role his role as the government's independent adviser on antisemitism, at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, which he had been appointed to on 23 July 2019. Mann was nominated for a life peerage in Boris Johnson's resignation honours list.

-=-

-=-

Paget/Dingemans engagement

_. The engagement was announced 28 October, 2019, between Harry Arthur Westwood Paget [born 2 July, 1986], elder son of the Rev Richard Campbell Paget, of Brenchley, Kent, by his wife the former Henrietta Maria Elizabeth Sweeting [born 31 October, 1953], & Phoebe A. Dingemans, elder daughter of Sir James Michael Dingemans [the Hon Mr Justice Dingemans] [born 25 June, 1964] a Judge of the Queen's Bench Division, and Lady Dingemans, of Lindfield, West Sussex.

Harry is a descendant of King Charles II via the Beauclerk Dukes of St Albans and is descended from Topham Beauclerk and the first Lady Diana Spencer [1734-1808].

-=-

Monckton/Forsdick marriage

 _. The marriage took place 25 October, 2019, in Sydney, Australia, between Dominic Walter Monckton [born 1985], scion of the Viscounts Monckton of Brenchley, son of the Hon Timothy David Robert Monckton [born 15 Aug 1955], and his wife the former Jennifer Carmody, & Miss Emma Forsdick.

Dominic Monckton is a grandson paternally of the late Maj-Gen the 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley [1915-2006].

-=-

Helen McAlpine [died 2019]

_. Helen McAlpine, who died at Tetbury, Gloucestershire, 22 October, 2019, aged 100, was the widow of Robert Douglas Christopher McAlpine, CMG [1919-2008], scion of the McAlpine baronets. Her husband was a diplomat and was managing director of Baring Brothers, 1969-79.

She was the former Helen Frances Margery Cannan, daughter of Capt Astley Cannan, and married 4 Dec, 1943, Christopher McAlpine, son of Archibald Douglas McAlpine [1890-1981], by his first wife the former Elizabeth Meg Sidebottom [died 1941], by whom she had issue.

The funeral takes place at Beverston Church, 8 November, 2019.

-=-

Charles Evan Bruce-Gardyne 1927-2019

_. Charles Evan Bruce-Gardyne, 14th of Middleton, head of that landed family, died 22 October, 2019. He was 92.

He was born 15 Feb, 1927, son of Capt Evan Bruce-Gardyne, 13th of Middleton [1885-1949], by his wife the former Joan McLaren.

He was an elder brother of Tory MP John Bruce-Gardyne [1930-90], created a life peer as Baron Bruce-Gardyne in 1983.

He married 16 Apr, 1966, Dorothy Margaret Blair-Imrie [born 1940], scion of that landed family, daughter of Lieutenant-Col Hew Angus Christopher Blair-Imrie [1915-44], by his wife the former Margaret Wedderburn Arbuthnott [1913-94], by whom he had issue, two sons, Evan and Hugh, and a daughter, Diana.

A Thanksgiving Service takes place at St John's Episcopal Church, Forfar, 1 November, 2019.

-=-

The Baroness Dickinson [died 2019]

_. The Baroness Dickinson, who died 17 October, 2019, aged 90, was the wife of the 2nd Baron Dickinson.

As Mrs Rita Doreen Moir she married in 1980, as his second wife, Richard Clavering Hyett Dickinson [b 2 March, 1926] who, in 1943, had succeeded his grandfather as the 2nd Baron Dickinson, a peerage of the UK created in 1930.

Lady Dickinson leaves a son, Paul, and a daughter, Nicola, from her first marriage.

The funeral takes place at St Mary's Church, Painswick, Gloucestershire, 12 November, 2019.

-=-

Brownie Elizabeth, Countess of Northesk 1925-2019

_. Brownie Elizabeth, Countess of Northesk, who died 7 October, 2019, aged 94, was the widow of the 13th Earl of Northesk.

She was born in 1925 as Brownie Elizabeth Scott Grimason, daughter of John Scott Grimason, by his wife the former Elizabeth Margueritta Smith; married firstly, 1957, Carl Louis Heimann [1896-1968], by whom she had two sons; married secondly, 1989, as his second wife, the 13th Earl of Northesk [1926-1994].

-=-

Kaye/Hewitt engagement

_. The engagement was announced 25 October, 2019, between Harry Edward F. Kaye [born 1991], son of Gerald Anthony Kaye [born 1958], of Henham, Hertfordshire, by his wife the former Emma A.J. Ferens [born 1962], & the Hon Alice Mary Hewitt [born 1990], daughter of the 9th Viscount Lifford [born 1949], of Kings Somborne, Hampshire, by his wife the former Alison Mary Law.

-=-

Sancroft-Baker/Henderson engagement

 _. The engagement was announced 25 October, 2019, between Hugh Jasper Sancroft-Baker [born 1987], son of Raymond Samuel Sancroft-Baker [born 1950], of Swalcliffe Lea, co Oxon, by his wife the former [Daphne] Caroline Adams, & Annabel Rose Henderson [born 1989], scion of the Barons Faringdon, daughter of the Hon James Harold Henderson [born 1961], of Buscot Park, co Oxford, by his wife the former Lucinda Maria Hanson.

Hugh Sancroft-Baker's paternal grandmother was a Heron-Maxwell, of the baronets of that name.
The father of the bride-to-be is the son and heir of the 3rd Baron Faringdon [born 1937].

-=-

Kyla Clare Helen Mackintosh of Mackintosh [born 2019]

_. Vanessa Mackintosh of Mackintosh [nee Heng], wife of John Lachlan Mackintosh of Mackintosh, 31st Chief of the Clan Mackintosh, gave birth to a daughter, Kyla Clare Helen, 18 October, 2019, in Singapore.

The Mackintosh of Mackintosh is the son of the 30th Chief of the Clan [1928-1995], by his wife the former Mabel Cecilia Helen Bruce [born 1939], scion of the Earls of Elgin & Kincardine.

The clan chief married Vanessa M Heng, daughter of Jeffrey Heng, of Singapore. Kyla is their first child.

-=-

Caroline Marion Hardman [nee Cameron] 1943-2019

_. Caroline Marion Hardman (née Cameron), who died 17 October, 2019, aged 76, was a scion of the Camerons of Lochiel; born in 1943, daughter of Sir Donald Cameron of Lochiel, KT, CVO, TD, 26th Chief of the Clan Cameron [1910-2004], by his wife the former Margaret Doris Gathorne-Hardy, scion of the Earls of Cranbrook; married 1967, Blaise Noel Anthony Hardman [born 1939], son of Air Marshal Sir James Hardman, GBE [1899-1982], by whom he had a son and four daughters.

A Thanksgiving Service takes place at the Chapel of St Cross, Winchester, 22 Nov, 2019.

-=-

Robin Arthur Guinness 1925-2019

_. Robin Arthur Guinness, who died 17 October, 2019, was a member of the eponymous brewing dynasty. He was born in 1925 the son of John Cecil Cope Jenkinson Guinness [1890-1970], by his wife the former Betty Knowles Davies [1902-76]; married 1952, Judith Anne Hare [1925-86], daughter of Clifford Pitts Hare [1881-1958], of Scarcroft Manor, Thorner, near Leeds, by his wife the former Martha Annie Sykes [1890-1986], by whom he had a son Andrew, and daughter, Alina.

The funeral service takes place at St Edmund, Hardingstone, 2 Nov, 2019.

-=-

Timothy John Benn 1936-2019

_. Timothy John Benn, who died 9 October, 2019, aged 82, was a publisher, a scion of the Benn baronets.

He was born 27 October, 1936, son of Sir John Andrews Benn, 3rd Baronet [died 1984] by his wife the Hon Ursula Alers-Hankey, daughter of the 1st Baron Hankey.

Benn served in the Scots Guards, was chairman and managing director of Benn Brothers, and chairman of Timothy Benn publishers Ltd, &c.

Married firstly 1959 [div 1973] Valerie Hamlyn Davie; married secondly, 1973, Mrs Susan Elizabeth Hardingham, dau of George Hodges; married thirdly, 1982, Christina Grace Townsend, dau of W.R. Hughes.

Mr Benn leaves issue from his first marriage.

The funeral takes place at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, 12 November, 2019.

-=-

Isabella Daisy Beatrix Scrope [born 2019]

_. Eliza C.R. Scrope [nee Walker], wife of Richard Conyers William Scrope [born 1980], scion of that landed family, of Danby, co York, gave birth to a daughter, Isabella Daisy Beatrix, 16 October, 2019.

Richard Scrope is a son of the late William James Conyers (Bill) Scrope [d 22 June, 2009], by his wife the former Virginia [Ginny] Sheffield Mitchell [Mrs Ginny Scrope, of Chittoe, Wiltshire].

Eliza Scrope is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Paul Walker, of Chiswick, London.

Richard Scrope is a grandson of Adrian Cuthbert Scrope (1906-92) by his wife the former Everilda Sykes, dau Col Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet, of Sledmere. &c.


-=-

Sir John Boyd, KCMG 1936-2019

_.Sir John Boyd, KCMG, diplomat, former British Ambassador to Tokyo, died 18 October, 2019.

Born in 1936 he was a son of Professor James Dixon Boyd [1907-68] by his wife the former Amélie Clara Loewenthal [1906-1998]; married firstly, 1968, Gunilla Kristina Ingegard Rönngren, by whom he had a son and a daughter; married secondly, 1977, Julia Daphne Raynsford [born 1948], scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Capt Antony Edward Montague Raynsford, RN, DL [1914-1993], by his wife the former Hon Joan Rosemary Wakefield OBE [born 1920], daughter of the 1st and last Baron Wakefield of Kendal [1898-1983], by whom he had three daughters.

-=-

Sylvia Mary Finola Stanier, LVO 1928-2019

Sylvia Mary Finola Stanier, LVO, scion of the Stanier baronets, and one of the greatest lady equestrians of her age, died 12 October, 2019. She was 91.

She was born 9 May, 1928, daughter of Brigadier Sir Alexander Stanier, 2nd Baronet [1899-1995] by his wife the former Dorothy Gladys Miller [died 1973].

Her uncle was Colonel Sir John Miller, GCVO [1919-2006], Crown Equerry to the Queen, 1961-87.

Riding from an early age, she grew up with a hunting and showing background and was a pupil of Sam Marsh in her early years. She then became a student of Lt. Col ‘Joe” Dudgeon, himself a pupil of Paul Rodzianko. In addition she studied Haute Ecole with two of the greatest dressage minds of the 20th Century for many years namely Einar-Schmit-Jensen and Nuno Oliveira. Between the three masters she learnt both the art of showjumping and Haute Ecole from some of the finest equestrians at the time. She trained horses as a result for the Olympic Games in Japan in 1964, Mexico in 1968 and Munich in 1972.

Not only had she trained extensively in the above disciplines but was also an expert in Side-Saddle, winning the Ladies Championship at the Dublin Horse show on Bachelor Gay in 1965, as well as winning the Lightweight Hunter Championships in 1966 and the Irish Dressage Championships in 1967. Bachelor Gay was trained by both Schmit-Jensen and Sylvia and went onto become the Duke of Edinburgh’s horse for the Trooping of the Colour.

In 1966 she gave a display of her long reining skills – which she learnt from Schmit-Jensen - in the presence of both her Masters Oliveira and Schmit-Jensen at the Horse of the Year Show – Oliveira marvelled at long reining skills with Le Marquis.

She worked for many years at Burton Hall – which at the time was the centre of all equestrian excellence in Ireland, for Col. Dudgeon, and then with the Galvins schooling their international horses.

For many years Sylvia also worked for her Majesty the Queen and Burmese in side saddle preparing for the Trooping of the Colour and was awarded an LVO by her Majesty for her services.

-=-

Morrison/Prado engagement

_.The engagement is announced 22 October, 2019, between the Hon Declan James Morrison [born 11 July, 1993], scion of the Barons Margadale, son and heir of the 3rd Baron Margadale [born 4 Apr, 1958], of Fonthill, Wiltshire, by his first wife the former Lady Sophia Louise Sydney Cavendish [born 1957],  [now Sophia Topley, of Chirton, Wiltshire], and Maria de Los Milagros Prado, daughter of Señor and Señora Juan Miguel Prado, of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Declan Morrison is a grandson maternally of the 11th Duke of Devonshire, KG [1920-2004], by his wife the former Hon Deborah Freeman-Mitford [1920-2014].

-=-

Jane, Baroness Stanley of Alderley 1934-2019

_. Jane Baroness Stanley of Alderley, widow of the 8th Baron, died 16 October, 2019. She was 85.

She was born in 1934 as Jane Barrett Hartley, daughter of Ernest George Hartley [1895-1969], of Milton-under-Wychwood, Oxon, by his wife the former Winifred Jane Gantlett [1891-1983]; married 1955, Thomas Henry Oliver Stanley [born 27 Sept, 1927], who, on 23 June, 1971, succeeded his cousin as 8th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 8th Baron Sheffield, 7th Baron Eddisbury, and 14th baronet.

Lady Stanley of Alderley was widowed, 19 Nov, 2013.

She is survived by three sons and a daughter.

The funeral takes place at St John the Baptist Church, Stanton St John, Oxford, on 31 October, 2019.

-=-

Lethbridge/Rich engagement

_. The engagement was announced 19 October, 2019, between Alexander Ralph Periam Lethbridge [born 1982], scion of the Lethbridge baronets, third son of Sir Thomas Lethbridge, 7th Baronet [born 1950], of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, by his first wife the former Susan Elizabeth Rocke [now Susan, Lady Lethbridge], & Zaria L. Rich, daughter of Mr & Mrs Nigel Rich, of Chelsea.

-=-