Jeremy James Charles-Jones died 27 September, 2022. He was born in 1958 a son of Hugh Francis Charles-Jones, and his wife the former Pamela Wilson, and married in 1996, Imogen Gabrielle Seth-Smith [born 18 January, 1963], scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Commander Martin Parnell Seth-Smith, RN [1924-2012], and his wife the Hon Gabrielle Mary Sclater-Booth [born 18 January, 1929], daughter of the 3rd Baron Basing [1890-1969]. He leaves a daughter, Elpseth Rose [born 2002].
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Jennifer Elpseth Russell Grant-Rennick [née Lang], who died 27 September, 2022, aged 84, was the wife of Capt Richard de Clanay Grant-Renwick [1923-2004], sometime head of that landed gentry family.
The Funeral and Service of Thanksgiving to be held at St Nicholas Church, Cherington, 20 October, 2022.
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Ismay Diana [Tim] FitzRoy, who died 30 August, 2022, aged 88, was a scion of the Dukes of Grafton.
She was born 14 October, 1933, daughter of Lord John Percy Samuel FitzRoy [1899-1945], and his wife the former Kathleen Ruthar Mary Rokeby [1907-1967], scion of that landed gentry family.
Her father was granted the rank and precedence of the younger son of a Duke by Royal Warrant, 28 Oct, 1936, on the succession to the dukedom of Grafton of his elder brother, Charles Alfred Euston FitzRoy, 10th Duke of Grafton [1892-1970].
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Charlotte Mary Charlesworth [nee Cubitt, born 28 January, 1991], wife of Edward Charlesworth, and scion of the Cubitt landed gentry family, gave birth to a daughter, Flora Lucy, 29 September, 2022, a sister for Harry George, who was born 23 April, 2021.
Edward Charlesworth is a son of Mr & Mrs Rodney Charlesworth, of St Albans, Hertfordshire, and Charlotte Charlesworth is a daughter of Major-Gen Sir William George Cubitt, KCVO, CBE, DL [born 1959], of Honing, Norfolk, and his wife the former Lucy Jane Pym [born 24 Sept, 1961], scion of that landed gentry family.
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The engagement was announced 8 October, 2022, between Thomas Arthur Holland-Hibbert [born 15 December, 1992], scion of the Viscounts Knutsford, eldest son of the Hon Henry Thurstan Holland-Hibbert [born 6 April, 1959], of Munden, Watford, and his wife the former Katherine Ropner [born 16 April, 1964], scion of the baronets of that name, and Louisa Ariana Rose Willoughby [born 2 November, 1992], scion of the Barons Middleton, eldest daughter of Guy Nesbit John Willoughby [born 2 June, 1960], of Ayrshire, and the former Fiona Kathryn Stewart-Blacker [born 1961], now of Northumberland.
Thomas Holland Hibbert is a grandson of the 6th Viscount Knutsford.
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The engagement was announced 8 October, 2022, between Luke Rollo Lupton [born 1991], son of Charles Lupton [born 1960], of Malvern, Worcestershire, and his wife Susan, and Romy Doris Elliott [born 1990], daughter of the Hon Richard John Elliott [born 1959], of Chelsea, London, and Mrs Elliott, and a granddaughter of the late life peer the Baron Elliott of Morpeth [1920-2011].
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The engagement was announced 8 October, 2022, between Edward A. Graham, son of Mr & Mrs Alan Graham, of Shropshire, and Eleanor Angharad Diana Leighton [born 20 January, 1992], only child of Sir Michael John Bryan Leighton, 11th Baronet [born 8 March, 1935], of Loton Park, Shropshire, and his former wife the former Diana Mary Jones.
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The engagement was announced 8 October, 2022, between George William Dennis Smyly [born 2 March, 1992], son of Capt [Richard] Mark Smyly [born 1943], of Kingston Lisle, Oxfrodshire, and the Hon Harriet Lucy Smyly [nee Beckett, born 18 February, 1961], of East Garston, Berkshire, scion of the Barons Grimthorpe, and Lucy Harriet Trower [born 14 May, 1992], daughter of Sir William Spencer Philip Trower, Kt, KC, a Judge of the High Court [born 28 Dec, 1959], of Walkern Bury, Hertfordshire, and his wife the former Mary Louise Chastel de Boinville [born 1960].
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The engagement was announced 8 October, 2022, between Max Edward F. Benitz [born 1985], youngest son of Bryan Benitz, of Wylye, Wiltshire, and his wife, nee Hutchinson, & Celia Rose Weinstock [born 1985], second daughter of the late Hon Simon Andrew Weinstock [1952-96], and his wife the former Laura Helen Legh [born 16 May, 1954] [now Laura Weinstock Sykes, of Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire] scion of the Barons Newton.
The 3rd Baron Newton [1888-1960] > Maj Hon Sir Francis Legh [1919-84] > Laura Helen Legh [b 1954] > Celia Weinstock [b 1985]
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Lucy Sandys [nee Warhurst], wife of Edward Myles Sandys [born 1984], scion of the Sandys landed gentry family, of Graythwaite and Esthwaite, gave bir to a daughter, Delilah Olive Dulcie, 23 September, 2022, a sister for India Ottilie Rose, who was born 3 January, 2021.
Lucy is a daughter of [Thomas] Jeffrey Warhurst [born 1942], of Sutton-under-Brailes, co Warwick, and Mrs Warhurst. Edward Sandys is a son of Myles Christopher Ross Sandys [born 1951], High Sheriff of Cumbria in 1992, of Garthwaite Hall, Newby Bridge, near Ulverston, Cumbria, and his wife the former Camilla Birtwistle.
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The Hon Lara Fiona Brita Comyn [nee Bampfylde, born 14 May, 1990], wife of Capt Edward John FitzWalter Comyn [born 1989], descended from the Barons FitzWalter, gave birth to a son, Rory William Fitzwalter, 20 September, 2022.
Capt Comyn is the younger son of Timoty John Comyn [born 1951], of Westcot, co Oxford, by his wife the former Jane Fairrie Drinkwater [born 1954].
The Hon Lara Comyn is a daughter of the 7th Baron Poltimore [born 8 June, 1957], of Hungerford, Berkshire, by his wife the former Sally Anne Miles [born 1957].
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Ivor Christopher Faulconer died 1 October, 2022, aged 101. He was born 27 March, 1921, the third son of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Cholmley Faulconer [1884-1959], and his wife the Hon Elsie Holland-Hibbert [1886-1974], scion of the Viscounts Knutsford. He married three times, 1stly, 15 July, 1947 [div 1969], Anne Jacqueline Willis Fleming, scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Brigadier John Browne Phillimore Willis Fleming, CBE, TD [1895-1967], and Eirene Charrington [1901-87], scion of that landed gentry family; married 2ndly, 1969, Mrs Daphne Pamela Breakwell [nee Atkinson] [1921-89]; and married 3rdly, 1992, Mrs Anne Mary Oliver, who survives him.
He leaves issue from his third marriage, a son, Peter Robert [born 6 June, 1956], and two daughters, Linda Jane [born 22 June, 1948], and Carolyn Anne [born 23 Oct, 1950].
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(Shirley) Eugenie Mary Vere Nicoll [nee Allen], died 5 October, 2022, aged 93. She was the second wife of Major Raymond Guy Vere Nicoll, MC, scion of that landed gentry family.
She was born in 1929, daughter of Ernest Grahame Allen [1899-1989], and his wife the former Elsie Marjorie Alexandra Davies [1904-1993]; and married in 1952, Maj Raymond Guy Vere Nicoll, MC [1915-1981], son of Lieutenant-Col Charles Vere Nicoll [1881-1962], and his wife the former Mary Helen Venning [1884-1970], by whom he had issue, a son, Charles [born 1955].
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The 3rd Viscount Marchwood died 3 October, 2022. He was 86.
David George Staveley Penny was born 22 May, 1936, son of the 2nd Viscount Marchwood [1912-1979], and his wife the former Pamela Colton-Fox [1910-1979].
He succeeded his father, 6 April, 1979, as a baronet [cr 1933], and as Baron Marchwood [cr 1937], and as the 3rd Viscount Marchwood [cr 1945]. He served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards [The Blues] 1955-57; was with Schweppes from 1958 and held various positions with the Cadbury Schweppes Group; later Chairman and Managing Director of Moët Hennessy, &c.
He married firstly, 26 September, 1964, Tessa Jane Norris [who died 18 Aug, 1997], daughter of Wilfred Francis Norris, of Glebe Park, Lurgashall, nr. Midhurst, co. Sussex; married 2ndly, 13 Dec, 2001, Mrs Sylva Kathleen Willis Fleming, widow of Peter Willis Fleming, scion of that landed gentry family, and daughter of George Edward Resalic Bastin.
Lord Marchwood leaves issue from his first marriage, three sons, the Hon Peter George Worsley Penny [born 8 Oct, 1965], the Hon Nicholas Mark Staveley Penny [born 17 Dec, 1967], and the Hon Edward James Frederick Penny [born 26 June, 1970]. The eldest son now succeeds to the viscountcy, the barony and the baronetcy.
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The Hon Thomas Jasper Manners, who died 29 September, 2022, aged 92, was a scion of the Barons Manners.
He was a director of Lazard Brothers. His home was at The Old Malt House, Ashford Hill, Thatcham, Berkshire.
He was born 12 December, 1929, the third son of Capt the 4th Baron Manners [1897-1972], and his wife the former Mary Edith Gascoyne-Cecil [1900-1994], scion of the Marquesses of Salisbury; and married 29 March, 1955, Sarah Peake [died 27 February, 2013], daughter of Brigadier Roger Peake, DSO, OBE, of Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire, by whom he had issue, three sons, Charles [born 21 Oct, 1957], Arthur [born 29 July, 1959], and Robert [born 14 Dec, 1962].
The Hon Thomas Manners was a younger brother of the 5th Baron Manners [1923-2008], and uncle of the 6th Baron [born 5 May, 1956].
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Maj Michael James Massy-Beresford, late the Royal Green Jackets, who died 26 September, 2022, aged 87, was a descendant of the Barons Massy.
He was born 10 April, 1935, son of Brigadier Tristram Hugh Massy-Beresford [1896-1987], and his wife the former Helen Lindsay Lawford [1903-79].
2nd Baron Massy > Hon John Massy > Very Rev John Massy-Beresford > John Massy-Beresford > Tristram Massy-Beresford > Maj Michael Massy-Beresford
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The engagement was announced 6 October, 2022, between the Hon John Raymond Edward Arthur Jolliffe [born 1977], fourth son of the 5th Baron Hylton [born 13 June, 1932], and his wife the former Joanna Ida Elizabeth de Bertodano [born 1939], & Sophie Anne Marie Ross [born 1985], daughter of Sir Walter Robert Alexander [Bertie] Ross, KCVO, FRICS [born 1950], former Secretary and Keeper of the Records of the Duchy of Cornwall, by his wife the former Ingrid Wieser.
The Hon John Jolliffe is a great-grandson of the 6th Earl of Mexborough [1868-1945]:-
6th Earl of Mexborough > Lady Mary Savile > Joanna de Bertodano > Hon John Jolliffe.
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Jane Frances Mary Grey-Edwards [née Fitzgerald-Lombard], died 23 September, 2022, aged 85.
She was born in 1936 a daughter of Colonel James Cotter Roger Fitzgerald-Lombard, OBE [1905-1979], scion of that Irish landed family, and his wife the former Winifred Helen Mary Woulfe Flanagan; and married in 1958, Christopher R.L. Grey-Edwards, son of Theodore Walpole Lester Grey-Edwards [1903-1993], and his wife the former Nesta Gwenllian Rhys Hughes [1909-2001], by whom she had four daughters, Victoria, Caroline, Clare and Annie.
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Robert Donald Harman, KC, who died 30 September, 2022, aged 94, was a Recorder of the Crown Court 1972-97.
He was born 26 September, 1928, scion of the Harman landed gentry family, son of Herbert Donald Harman, MC and his wife the former Dorothy Fleming; and married 1stly, 1960, Sarah Elizabeth Cleverly [who died 1965], by whom he had two sons; married 2ndly, 21 February, 1968, Rosamond Geraldine Scott, JP [born 6 June, 1938], descended from the Bolitho landed family and the Jervoise baronets, second daughter of Commander Geoffrey Thomas Archibald Scott, RN [1895-1958], and his wife the former Geraldine Amelia Watt, by whom he had two daughters.
Career: Called to the Bar at Gray's Inn, 1954; Bencher, 1984; South Eastern Circuit; a Junior Prosecuting Counsel to the Crown at the Central Criminal Court 1967-72; a Senior Treasury Counsel 1972-74; Member of the Senate of the Inns of Court and Bar 1985-87; Appeal Steward BBB of C 1981-98; Liveryman of the Goldsmiths' Co, &c.
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Anne Carr Carlyon Soames [nee Coates], died 29 September, 2022. She was a daughter of Maj Sidney Coates, MC, of Garlands, Pebmarsh, Essex, and maried in July, 1948, Commander William John Soames, RN [1926-2020], scion of that landed gentry family, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Allen Aldwyn Soames [1882-1955], and his wife the former Marjorie Combe [1894-1980], a granddaughter maternally of the 3rd Marquess Conyngham [1825-82]; by whom she had issue, a son Michael [1950-2013], and a daughter, Patricia Anne [Tisha] [born 1952].
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