Maximilian Christopher Frederick Soames [born 2022]

Georgina Caroline Angela Soames [nee Reeves, born 1984], wife of Christopher Michael Soames [born 1983], scion of that gentry family of Hamsell Manor formerly of Sheffield Park, gave birth to a son, Maximilian Christopher Frederick, 27 July, 2022, a brother for Barnaby William, who was born 25 September, 2020.

Christopher Soames is a son of Michael Sidney Soames [1950-2013], and his wife the former David John Capron [1931-2003].

Georgina is a descendant of the Dukes of Devonshire, daughter of Frederick John Reeves [born 1947], and his wife the former Diana Grace Angela Cavendish [born 1954].

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Serena Alice Henrietta Wolrige Gordon [born 2022]

 Harriet Sophie A. Wolrige Gordon (nee McMillan, born 1992), wife of Henry Conolly Robert [Harry] Wolrige Gordon of Esslemont, yr, [born 10 May, 1990], gave birth to a daughter, Serena Alice Henrietta, 6 September, 2022.

Harriet is a daughter of Cedric Vincent Bayley McMillan (born 1961), of Cranford Farm, Braishfield, Hampshire, and his wife the former Anne Nuttall.

Harry Wolrige Gordon, scion of that Scots landed gentry family, is the elder son of Charles Iain Robert Wolrige Gordon, 11th of Esslemont and 22nd of Hallhead [born 19 June, 1961], of Ellon, Aberdeenshire, by his wife the former Angela Clare Frisby [born 17 Aug, 1963], descended from the Marquesses of Bristol.

Harry Wolrige Gordon is a kinsman of HM The Queen in his descent from the Abel Smith family. His grandfather, Robert Wolrige Gordon, 10th of Esslemont and 21st of Hallhead [1928-95], married Rosemary Jane Abel Smith [born 1 March, 1936], scion of that landed family, daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir Conolly Abel Smith, GCVO [1899-1985], by his wife the former Lady Mary Elizabeth Carnegie [1899-1996], daughter of the 10th Earl of Southesk [1854-1941].

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Rear Admiral Martin La Touche Wemyss, CB 1927-2022

 Rear Admiral Martin La Touche Wemyss, CB, who died 10 September, 2022, aged 94, was a scion of the Wemyss landed gentry family; born 5 December, 1927, son of Commander David Wemyss, DSO, DSC, RN (1900-1989), and his first wife, Edith Mary Digges La Touche (who died 1930); and married 1stly, 1951 (div 1973) Anne Hall; and married 2ndly, 1973, Elizabeth Loveday Alexander, and leaves issue from both marriages.

He was appointed CB in 1981.

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Rosemary Gillian Druscilla Charteris 1936-2022

 Rosemary Gillian Druscilla Charteris, died 31 August, 2022. She was 86.

The former Rosemary Edmonds, was born 30 April, 1936. Her first marriage was to ____Perry, and she married 2ndly, as his third wife, in 1982, Maj John Douglas Charteris (1914-2006 ), scion of the Earls of Wemyss & March. 

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Astrid Mary Ulla Coghill [born 2022]

Marina Coghill (nee Fairfax, born 1989) wife of James Coghill, gave birth to a daughter, Astrid Mary Ulla, in Hong Kong, 7 September, 2022.

Marina, scion of the Lords Fairfax of Cameron, is the second daughter of the Hon Hugh Nigel Thomas Fairfax [born 29 March, 1958], of London, by his wife the former Victoria Janet Neave [born 1959], scion of the Neave baronets, and is a granddaughter of the late 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron [1923-64], by his wife the former Sonia Helen Gunston [died 2017], sometime Lady of the Bedchamber to HM Queen Elizabeth II.

James Coghill is a son of Mr & Mrs Richard Coghill, of Hong Kong.

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Victoria, Lady Sebright 1937-2022

 Victoria, Lady Sebright, who died 1 September, 2022, aged 85, was the third wife, and widow, of Sir Hugo Giles Edmund Sebright, 14th Baronet.

She was born Victoria Rosamond White, 5 July, 1937, daughter of Capt Richard Taylor White [1908-1995], scion of the White baronets, and his wife the former Gabrielle Ursula Style [1911-1999]; and married firstly, 1 May, 1965 [div.], David Ashton-Bostock [1932-2002], scion of that landed gentry family, son of Commander John Bostock, DSO, of Wormshill House, Sittingbourne, Kent; she married 2ndly, 1984, Sir Hugo Sebright, 14th Bt [born 2 March, 1931], son of Lt-Col Sir Giles Sebright, 13th Baronet [1896-1964], and Margery Hilda Fremantle, former wife of the actor Raymond Massey, and daughter of Admiral Sir Sydney Fremantle. Sir Hugo died in 1985.

Lady Sebright leaves a daughter, Sophia, from her first marriage.

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Hon Robin William Lewis, CVO OBE 1941-2025

The Hon Robin William Lewis, CVO, OBE, who died 9 September, 2022, aged 81.

He served as Lord Lieutenant of Dyfed from 2006 to 2016, and was High Sheriff of the county in 1987. He was Chairman, National Trust Committee for Wales 1994-97, Deputy Chairman Welsh Development Agency 1995-98. He was appointed OBE in 1988, and between 1989 and 1990, he was chairman of the General Advisory Council, IBA and was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Dyfed in 2002.

He was born 7 February, 1941, the fourth son of the 3rd Baron Merthyr, KBE, TD, PC (1901-1977), and his wife the former Violet Meyrick (who died 2 February, 2003), scion of the Meyrick baronets.

He was educated at Quay Street School in Carmarthen, and at Eton, and graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford, with a Master of Arts degree.

 He married 28 April, 1967, Judith Ann Giardelli, only daughter of (Vincent Charles) Arthur Giardelli MBE, of co. Carmarthen, by whom he had issue, a son, Christopher (born 6 Apr, 1970), and a daughter, Katharine (born 1972).

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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022

 ELIZABETH II, By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of Her Other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, died at Balmoral Castle, Deeside, 8 September, 2022, aged 96. Her Majesty had reigned for 70 years.

Her Majesty Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, elder daughter of His late Majesty King George VI and of Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1900-2002) , daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne.

Her Majesty was born at 17, Bruton Street, London SW1, 21 April, 1926; she ascended the Throne, 6 February, 1952, proclaimed QUEEN, 8 February, 1952, and crowned at Westminster Abbey, 2 June, 1953; declared in Council 9 April, 1952, that she and her children would be known as the House and Family of WINDSOR,  and further 8 February, 1960, that her descendants, other than descendants enjoying the style, title, or attribute of HRH and the titular of Prince or Princess, and female descendants who marry, and their descendants shall bear the name of Mountbatten-Windsor; &c.

Honours : Hon BMus, London 1946; FRS, 1947; Hon DCL, Oxford, 1948; Hon LLD, Edinburgh; Hon MusD, Wales, 1949; Hon LLD, London, 1951; Hon FRCS and FRCOG 1951; was Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom; Colonel-in-Chief: of the Life Guards, Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons); Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers & Greys), The Queen's Royal Lancers, the Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Engineers, Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards, Welsh Guards, Royal Welch Fusiliers, Queen's Lancashire Regiment, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's), Royal Green Jackets, Adjutant Gen Corps, The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomary, Corps of the Royal Military Police, Calgary Highlanders, Canadian Forces Mil Engineers Branch, King's Own Calgary Regt, Gov-Gen's Foot Guards, Canadian Grenadier Guards, le Regiment de la Chaudiere, R New Brunswick Rgt, 48th Highlanders of Canada, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's), Royal Australian Engineers, Royal Aust Inf Corps, Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps, R Australian Army Nursing Corps, RNZ Engineers, RNZ Inf Regt, RNZ Army Ordnance Corps, Malawi Rifles, R Malta Artillery, Capt-Gen Royal Artillery, Hon Artillery Co, Combined Cadet Force, Royal Candadian Artillery, Royal Observer Corps, Royal Canadian Air Force Aux, Aust Citizens Air Force, Territorial Air Force of New Zealand; Hon Air Commodore RAF Marham; Commandant-in-Chief, RAF College Cranwell; Hon Commr Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Master of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets, Head of the Civil Defence Corps.

Her Majesty was Sovereign of all the Orders of Knighthood, Order of Merit, Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, Order of the Crown of India, Order of the Companions of Honour, Distinguished Service Order, Imperial Service Order, and Order of Canada, Sovereign Head of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, Order of Australia, and The Queen's Service Order of New Zealand, ; she received the Freedom of the Drapers' Co, and the Royal Borough of Windsor, 1947, Burgess of the Royal Borough of Stirling, and Cities of London and Cardiff 1948, and Cities of Edinburgh and Belfast 1949;  Order of the Elephant of Denmark 1947, Grand Cordon of the Order of El Kemal of Egypt 1948, Grand Cross (or Cordon) Legion of Honour of France 1948, Order of Ojaswi Rajanya of Nepal1949, Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion 1950, Order of the Seraphim of Sweden 1953, Grand Collar of the Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero of Panama 1953, Chain of the Order of El-Hussein Ibn Ali of Jordan 1953, Grand Collar of the Order of Idris of Libya 1954, Chain and Collar of the Order of the Seal of Solonon of Ethiopia 1954, Grand Cross, with Chain, of the Order of St Olav of Norway 1955, Grand Sash with Cross of the Three Orders of Christ, Aviz and Santiago of Portugal 1955, Grand Order of the Hashimi, with Chain, of Iraq 1956, Chevalier with Grand Cross and Grand Cordon of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy 1958, Special Grand Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1958, Grand Cross with diamonds of the Order of the Peruvian Sun 1960, Nishan-i-Pakistan 1960, Grand Collar of the Order of the Liberator General San Martin of Argentina 1960, Order of the Royal House of Chakri of Thailand 1960, Mahendra Chain of Nepal 1961, Grand Collar of the Order of Independence of Tunisia 1961, Collar of the Order of White Rose of Finland 1961, Grand Cross of the Order of Senegal 1961, Grand Cordon of the Order of Knighthood of the Pioneers of the Republic of Liberia 1961, Grand Cross of the National Order of the Ivory Coast 1961, Collar and Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum of Japan 1962, Grand Band of the Order of the Star of Africa of Liberia 1962, Grand Cross of the Order de la Valeur Camerounaise 1963, Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold of Belgium 1963, Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer of Greece 1963, Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of the Falcon of Iceland 1963, Chain of Honour of Sudan 1964, Grand Collar of the Order of Merit of Chile 1965, Grand Cordon of the Austrian Order of Merit 1966, Grand Cordon of the Southern Cross of Brazil 1968, Grand Commander of the National Order of The Niger [Nigeria] 1969, Order of Al Nahayyan (First Class) of Abu Dhabi 1969, Grand Cross of the Equatorial Star of Gabon, Order of the Supreme Sun of Afghanistan 1971, Order of the Golden Lion of the House of Nassau of Luxembourg 1972, Order of the Great Yugoslav Star 1972, Darjah Utama Seri Mahkota Negara of Malaysia 1972, Order of Temasek of Singapore 1972, Most Esteemed Family Order (1st Class)Darjat Kerabat Yan Amat Di-Homali Darjah Pertama of Brunei 1972, Distinguished Order of Ghaazi in the Maldive Islands 1972, Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya 1972, Grand Collar of the National Order of the Aztec Eagle of Mexico 1973, Grand Cordon of the National Order of the Lepoard of Zaire 1973, Star of Indonesia (First Class) 1974, Grand Commander of the Order of the Republic of Gambia 1974, Chain of the Order of the Seraphin of Sweden 1975, Collar of the Order of the Nile of Egypt 1975, Order of the Star of the Socialist Republic of Romania 1st Class 1978, Great Collar of the Order of St Tiago da Espada of Portugal 1978, Necklace of Mubarak Al Kabir of Kuwait 1979, Order of the Khalifa Necklace of Bahrain 1979, Collar of the Order of King Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia 1979, Collar of Independence of Qatar 1979, Order of Oman 1st Class 1979, Order of the Lion of Malawi 1st Class 1979, Presidential Order of Botswana 1979, Collar of the Grand Cordon of the Most Venerable Order of Knighthood of the Pioneers of the Republic of Liberia 1979, Grand Cordon of the Order of the Republic of Tunisia 1980, Collar de la Classe Exceptionelle of the Order of El Mohammedi of Morocco 1980, Order of Al Said of Oman 1982, Order of the Solomon Islands 1st Class 1982, and additional insignia  (sash and badge) of the Order of Qeladet El-Hussein Ibn Ali ( Jordan) 1984, Dominica Award of Honour 1985, The Trinity Cross Medal of the Order of Trinity (TC) (Gold) of Trinidad and Tobago 1985, Collar of the Order of Carlos III of Spain 1986, Grand Order of Mungunghwa of the Republic of Korea 1986, Order of the Golden Fleece of Spain 1988, Grand Star of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1989, Chain of the Federation of the United Arab Emirates 1989, Grand Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland 1991, Grand Cross of the Order of Merit(Hungary) 1991, Royal Family Order of the Sultan of Brunei 1992, Brunei Silver Jubilee Medal 1992, Grand Collar of the Order of Boyaca (Colombia) 1993.

Queen Elizabeth II had worn the Garter’s insignia for longer than any other person in the history of the Order of the Garter, extending over more than 670 years, although it was only as recently as July 2022 that she surpassed the record of 74 years that was set by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, who received that royal mark of favour from his mother Queen Victoria in 1867 and died in 1942.

Her Majesty married at Westminster Abbey, 20 November, 1947, HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT, OM, GBE, AC, QSO, PC, [born at Corfu, 10 June 1921- died at Windsor Castle, 9 April, 2021, aged 99].

Her Majesty is survived by her four children:-

His Majesty King Charles III [born 14 November, 1948], HRH The Princess Royal [born 15 Aug, 1950], HRH The Duke of York [born 19 February, 1960], and HRH The Earl of Wessex & Forfar [born 10 March, 1964].

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Christopher Chenevix Coote 1946-2022

  Christopher Chenevix Coote, who died 15 August, 2022, aged 76, was a scion of the Coote baronets; he was born 17 May, 1946, son of Commander Dermot Chenevix Coote, RN [1915-2005], and his wife the former Cheryl Bridge, daughter of William Bridge, by whom she had issue, two sons, James [born 1971], and Timothy [born 1973].

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Gemmell/Farquhar engagement

 The engagement was announced 9 September, 2022, between George Neil Gemmell, son of David Stewart Gemmell [born 1946], of Delvine, Scotland, and his former wife Mary-Ann Stewart-Richardson [born 15 March, 1961], scion of the Stewart-Richardson baronets [now Lady Williams, of Broomfield House, Barbados], & Rose Katherine Farquhar [born 1983], scion of the Farquhar baronets, daughter of Capt Ian Walter Farquhar, LVO, Queen's Own Hussars [born 11 Dec, 1945], of Happylands House, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, and his wife the former Pamela Jane Chafer.

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Morgan/Chetwynd-Talbot [nee Toulmin] engagement

The engagement was announced 8 September, 2022, between Giles Dilwyn Morgan [born 1971], and Mrs Penelope Jane Chetwynd-Talbot [born 1972], former wife of Nicholas John Chetwynd-Talbot (born 1971), a scion of the Earls of Shrewsbury & Talbot, daughter of [George] Michael Toulmin [born 1943], of Thorp Arch Hall, near Wetherby, and his wife the former Sandra J Rawkins.

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Loveys Jervoise/Pope engagement

The engagement was announced 8 September, 2022, between John Arthur (Jack) Loveys Jervoise (born 22 August, 1992), son of John Tristram Loveys Jervoise (born 1962), scion of that landed gentry family, of Herriard Park, Hampshire, and his wife the former Sara Frances Cleal Scammell (born 1962), & Kate Frances Pope (born 1992), daughter of Roger John Pope (born 1957), of East Allington, Devon, and his wife the former Colleen Yvonne Carter (born 1960).

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Julia Kathleen Carruthers (nee Gorst) 1925-2022

 Julia Kathleen Carruthers (nee Gorst), died 31 August, 2022, aged 96.

She married in 1954, as his second wife, Squadron Leader Hew Douglas Carruthers, RAF [1914-2008], scion of that landed gentry family, son of Lieutenant-Col Francis John Carruthers,CB [1868-1945], and his wife the former Olive Christian Johnstone-Douglas (1878-1977).

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Callander/Baldwin engagement

 The engagement was announced 8 September, 2022, betweeen Ludovic George Callander [born 1990], son of John Callander, of Fulham, London, and his wife the former Alice Camilla Twiston-Davies, scion of that landed gentry family & Isabelle Rose Baldwin [born 1992], daughter of Christopher William Kennard Baldwin [born 1945], of Robertsbridge, East Sussex, and his wife the former Emma Margaret Crossman [born 1959], scion of that landed gentry family and a granddaughter maternally of Field Marshal the 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis.

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Angela Mary McAlpine [nee Hickie] 1951-2022

 Angela Mary McAlpine [nee Hickie, born 1951], who died 26 August, 2022, was a scion of the Hickie Irish landed gentry family; born in 1951, daughter of George Charles Hickie [1917-1985], and his wife the former Elizabeth Frances Crist [1924-2014]; and married in 1983, Adrian Neil Raeburn McAlpine, DL [born 23 December, 1944], of Hungerford, Berkshire, scion of the McAlpine baronets, son of  Lt.-Col. Malcolm Hugh Dees McAlpine [1917-2012], and his wife the former Sheila Margaret Price [who died 2006], by whom she had issue, a son, Angus [born 1993], and two daughters, Antonia [born 1984], and Olivia [born 1986].

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David de Cardonnel ffolliot Rhys Wingfield 1933-2022

 David de Cardonnel ffolliot Rhys Wingfield, who died 25 August, 2022, aged 89, was a scion of the Viscounts Powerscourt.

He was born 6 April, 1933, the third son of Lt.-Col. Mervyn Edward George Rhys Wingfield [1972-1952], and his wife the former Florence Marguerite Erle Benson [who died 1990]; married in 1982, Mrs Mary Ann E.I. Harrison. No issue.

The 4th Viscount Powerscourt > Rev Hon Edward Wingfield > Edward ffolliott Wingfield > Edward Rhys Wingfield > Mervyn Edward George Rhys Wingfield > David de Cardonnel ffolliot Rhys Wingfield [died 2022]

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The 7th Baron Sudeley 1939-2022

 Lord Sudeley, the 7th Baron, who died 5 September, 2022, aged 83, was a peer for 81 years.

He was Lay Patron of the Prayer Book Society, President of the right-wing Monday Club, and a Vice-Chancellor of the Monarchist League. His death leaves only two peers who have held their titles for over 80 years, Viscount Gormanston, and His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent.

Merlin Charles Sainthill Hanbury-Tracy was born 17 June, 1939, son of Capt [Michael] David Charles Hanbury-Tracy [born 29 March, 1909, died 22 Aug, 1940, from wounds received at Dunkirk], and his wife the former Colline Amabel St Hill, scion of the Sainthill landed gentry family, widow of Lt-Col Frank King, DSO, OBE, and only daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Collis George Herbert St Hill, of the Royal Devon Yeomanry.

Merlin Hanbury-Tracy succeeded to the peerage, created in 1838, on the death of a cousin, the 6th Baron, who died at sea on active service, 26 August, 1941.

He married three times, firstly, 18 January, 1980 [divorced 1988], as her second husband, the Hon Elizabeth Mairi Keppel [1941-2014], scion of the Earls of Albemarle, former wife of Alastair Michael Hyde Villiers [1939-2005], scion of the Earls of Clarendon, and daughter of Derek William Charles Keppel, styled Viscount Bury [1911-68], and his wife the former Lady Mairi Elizabeth Vane-Tempest-Stewart [1921-2009], daughter of the 7th Marquess of Londonderry [1878-1949]. He married 2ndly, in 1999 [div.] Margarita Kellett, and thirdly, in 2010, Tatiana Dudina, who survives him.

Lord Sudeley leaves no issue, and is succeeded by a great-great-great-grandson of the 2nd Baron Sudeley and a third cousin once removed, Nicholas Edward John Hanbury-Tracy [born 13 January, 1959].

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Roderick John Ropner 1962-2022

 Roderick John [Roddy] Ropner, who died 4 September, 2022, aged 60, was a scion of the baronets of that name.

He was born 24 February, 1962, the second son of [William Guy] David Ropner [1924-2015], and his wife the former [Mildred] Malise Hare Armitage [who married 2ndly, in 1987, Sir Nigel Forbes Adam, 5th Baronet]. He married in 2005, Kumiko, daughter of Shizuharu Hirakawa of Kyoto, Japan. No issue.

The funeral takes place in Japan this week followed by a memorial service in Yorkshire later.

Sir Emil Ropner, 1st Bt > William Ropner > Sir Wm Guy Ropner > [Wm Guy] David Ropner > Roddy Ropner

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Edward Felix Cassel Du Cane [born 2022]

 The Hon Bathsheba Anna Cassel (b 1981), wife of Peter Du Cane (born 1986), scion of that landed family, gave birth to a son, Edward Felix Cassel, 26 August, 2022, a brother for John Francis [born 2013], and for Wilfred Francis Cassel [born 14 June, 2018].

Peter Du Cane is the son of Charles Antony Du Cane (born 1940); The Hon Bathsheba Cassel is a daughter of the life peer, Baroness Mallalieu (b 1945), and her husband Sir Timothy Cassel, 4th Baronet (b 1942).

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Mary Jane Cowley Clementi [born 2022]

Alice Margaret Clementi [nee Stein], wife of Thomas Cowley Clementi [born 1979], descended from the Earls of Chichester, gave birth to a daughter, Mary Jane Cowley, 3 September, 2022.

Alice is a daughter of Nigel M. Stein and his wife the former Jane Lennon. 

Tom Clementi is a son of David Cecil Clementi [born 25 Feb, 1949], and his wife the former Sarah Louise Cowley [born 1947]. 

2nd Earl of Chichester > Rt Rev Hon John Pelham > Henry Francis Pelham > Sir Edward Henry Pelham > Susan Pelham > David Cecil Clementi > Thomas Clementi > Mary Clementi [born 2022]

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