Bridget Rose Dugdale 1941-2024

 Rose Dugdale, the English aristocrat who led a notorious IRA art heist, died 18 March, 2024, at the age of 82.

The death of the disinherited heiress comes just days before a film about her life is to be released in cinemas.

Bridget Rose Dugdale, the rebellious former debutante from Devon turned her back on a life of privilege to join the IRA in the 1970s, and went on to mastermind a multimillion-pound fine art heist. She was born in Devon, 25 March, 1941, scion of a landed gentry family, daughter of James Dugdale (1904-1991), a millionaire Lloyd's underwriter, of Yarty Farm, Axminster, and his wife the former Caroline Edith Sutton Timmis (1903-1986). 

Her grandfather was Major James Gordon Dugdale, DSO, MVO, MC (1874-1955), of The Abbey, Cirencester.

The Oxford graduate was the ringleader of the 1974 IRA raid on the Russborough House estate in Co Wicklow, in which 19 valuable paintings were stolen.

She was involved in other IRA operations, including a failed bid to drop bombs on to a police station in Northern Ireland using a helicopter hijacked in Co Donegal.

The republican bombmaker was convicted and sentenced to nine years in prison for her IRA activities. She was pregnant at the time and gave birth to a son inside Limerick prison.

The film telling the story of the art heist, Baltimore, will be released in cinemas this Friday.

Actress Imogen Poots plays Rose Dugdale in the thriller directed by Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy.

She had been living in a care home in Dublin in recent years.

Sinn Fein TD for Dublin South Central, Aengus O Snodaigh, extended his sympathies to her friends and family.

Rose was a committed republican and was unflinching in her beliefs

Aengus O Snodaigh, Sinn Fein TD

He said: “I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Rose Dugdale this morning, and on my own behalf and that of Sinn Fein I wish to offer heartfelt condolences to her friends, family and party members.

“Rose was a committed republican and was unflinching in her beliefs, and Ireland has today lost a committed republican and activist, and Sinn Fein a valued comrade.”

He added: “Rose for many decades lived in Dublin, in the south inner-city, Drimnagh, and in recent years in a nursing home in Chapelizod, and was an active member of Sinn Fein.

“She was extremely committed to her community, both in her work for Sinn Fein, where she was a hugely popular figure locally and nationally, but also in a wide variety of community groups.

“She was also a great educator of Sinn Fein activists and representatives, many of whom benefited from her vast knowledge and life experiences, and who are all feeling the loss of a dear friend and comrade today.”

She was mother of a son, Ruairi, fathered by Eddie Gallagher, who was born 3 Oct, 1975.

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Christopher Neville Neve 1942-2024

 Christopher Neville Neve, artist, died 8 March, 2024, aged 81.

He was born in 1942, son of Cecil Neve and his wife the former Cecily D. Holmes; and married 1stly, 14 September, 1968 (div. 1994), Arianwen Catherine Cardwell Howard (born 9 December, 1942), scion of the Dukes of Norfolk, daughter of Stafford Vaughan Stepney Howard (1915-1991), and his wife the former Mary Gracia Neville, by whom he had issue; married 2ndly, 1994, Helen Gunn. He leaves issue by both marriages, a son, Thomas and a daughter Eleanor from the first marriage, and a son, Owen, from his second marriage.

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Lieutenant-Col John Rochfort Yerburgh 1931-2024

Lieutenant-Colonel John Rochfort Yerburgh, who died 3 February, 2024, aged 92, was a scion of that landed family (later Barons Alvingham).

He was born 14 September, 1931, the eldest son of the Rev Oswald Rochfort Yerburgh (1900-1966), and his wife the former Cicely Joan Savile (1901-1981), scion of that landed gentry family; and married 17 August, 1963, Gillian Elizabeth Clifford (1944-2023), daughter of Derek Plint Clifford (1915-2003), of Hartlip Place, Sittingbourne, Kent, and his wife the former Betty Norah Pierson (1917-1984), by whom he had issue, Toby William Rochfort (born 9 Oct, 1965), and a daughter, Sophia Jane Clifford (born 8 January, 1967).

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Audley Mark Mackworth-Praed 1955-2024

 Audley Mark Mackworth-Praed, who died 8 March, 2024, aged 68, was a scion of that landed gentry family, sometime of Mickleham.

He was born 8 September, 1955, second son of Major Humphrey Mackworth-Praed (1919-1995), and his wife the former Penelope Tompson (1922-2010), scion of that landed family; and married in 1983, Debra Woodwards, by whom he had issue, Kelly, Verity, Meredith and Alex.

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Life peerages gazetted

Crown Office

THE KING has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 7 March 2024 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon the following:

In the forenoon

Franck Robert Marie Petitgas, by the name, style and title of BARON PETITGAS, of Bosham in the County of West Sussex.

In the afternoon

Sydney John Peter Booth, by the name, style and title of BARON BOOTH, of Houghton-le-Spring in the City of Sunderland.

Crown Office

THE KING has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 8 March 2024 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon the following:

In the forenoon

John Charles Fuller, O.B.E., by the name, style and title of BARON FULLER, of Gorleston-on-Sea in the County of Norfolk.

In the afternoon

Stuart Adam Marks, C.B.E., by the name, style and title of BARON MARKS OF HALE, of Hale in the County of Greater Manchester

THE KING has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 11 March 2024 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon the following:

In the forenoon

Paul Alexander Cyril Goodman, by the name, style and title of BARON GOODMAN OF WYCOMBE, of High Wycombe in the County of Buckinghamshire.

In the afternoon

James Gerard Jamieson, by the name, style and title of BARON JAMIESON, of Maulden in the County of Bedfordshire.

THE KING has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 12 March 2024 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon the following:

In the forenoon

The Honourable Rosamond Mary Monckton, M.B.E., by the name, style and title of BARONESS MONCKTON OF DALLINGTON FOREST, of Earlsdown in the County of East Sussex.

In the afternoon

John Hannett, O.B.E., by the name, style and title of BARON HANNETT OF EVERTON, of Bramley-Moore Dock in the City of Liverpool.

Crown Office

THE KING has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 13 March 2024 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon the following:

In the forenoon

Carmen Ria Smith, by the name, style and title of BARONESS SMITH OF LLANFAES, of Llanfaes in the County of Ynys Môn.

In the afternoon

Jane Ramsey, by the name, style and title of BARONESS RAMSEY OF WALL HEATH, of Dulwich in the London Borough of Southwark.

Crown Office

THE KING has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 14 March 2024 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon Ayesha Yousef Hazarika, M.B.E., by the name, style and title of BARONESS HAZARIKA, of Coatbridge in the County of Lanarkshire

Caspar Thomas Maclaren Coghill (born 2024)

 Marina Alice Victoria Coghill (born 1989, nee Fairfax), wife of James Coghill, gave birth to a son, Caspar Thomas Maclaren, 4 March, 2024, a brother for Astrid Mary Ulla (born 2022).

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

Marina, a scion of the Lords Fairfax of Cameron, is the econd 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.

Marina Fairfax 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.

Marina Fairfax Fashion Consultancy was founded in 2019 by Marina Fairfax after 12 years in the international modelling business.  Based in Hong Kong and working on an international level, Marina Fairfax Fashion Consultancy’s  aims to connect the international modelling and fashion industry to Hong Kong and Asia. Covering different aspects of the fashion industry from scouting, placement, development, casting and production. 

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Hon Henry Peter David Hives (born 2024)

 _. The Lady Hives, wife of Lord Hives, Matthew Peter Hives, the 3rd Baron, gave birth to a son, the Hon Henry Peter David, 9 March, 2024, a brother for the Hon Florence Harriet Hives, (born 13 July, 2020), and Sybil Dinah.

Matthew Peter Hives was born 25 May, 1971, son of the Hon Peter Anthony Hives [1921-74], by his wife the former Dinah Wilson-North, and is a grandson of the 1st Baron Hives, CH, MBE [1886-1965].

Matthew Hives succeeded his uncle, 8 Oct, 1997, as 3rd Baron Hives. He married in 2017, Dr Davina Meredith, youngest daughter of Mr David Meredith, of Shinrone, Co Offaly and Mrs Sandra Meredith, of Birr, Co Offaly.

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Hon Mikaela Irwin (née Rawlinson) 1941-2024

 The Hon Mikaela Irwin, who died 6 March, 2024, aged 82, was a daughter of the life peer, Lord Rawlinson of Ewell.

She was born Mikaela Rawlinson in 1941, the eldest child of Peter Anthony Grayson Rawlinson, PC, QC (1919-2006), and his first wife the former Haidee Kavanagh. Her father was Conservative MP for Epsom 1955-1978, Solicitor General and later Attorney General, PC (1964), created a life peer in 1978 as Baron Rawlinson of Ewell.

She married in February, 1964 (div 1989), as his first wife, Jonathan Hiatt Dermot Nicolson Irwin (1941-2023), son of the actor John Irwin, by whom she had issue, four sons, Charles (born 1965), Luke (born 1967), Jago (born 1972), and Samson (born 1982).

Her second son, Luke Irwin, is married to Alice Elliot, niece of HM Queen Camilla.

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Richard Keith Campbell-Walter 1941-2024

 Richard Keith Campbell-Walter, who died 1 March, 2024, aged 82, was a scion of the Campbell-Walter of Airds Bay landed gentry family, and descended from the Campbell baronets.

He was born 3 March, 1941, the elder son of Rear Admiral Keith McNeil Campbell-Walter, CB (1904-1976), ADC to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II, and his wife Frances Henriette Campbell (1904-1997).

Richard's elder sister is the fashion model Fiona Campbell-Walter (born 25 June, 1932), a great beauty, photograped by Cecil Beaton. She appeared on the cover of Life magazine and Vogue, and who married 17 September, 1956 (div 1965), the Baron Hans Heinrich von Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon  (1921-2002), the Dutch-born Swiss industrialist, heir to a great German fortune.

Richard Campbell-Walter married 10 August, 1963, (Marion) Clare Minter (born 1942), daughter of Frederick George Minter (1916-1998), and his wife the former Kathleen Patricia Sale (1915-1984), and a granddaughter of Sir Frederick Albert Minter GCVO JP (1887-1976) a civil engineer most notable for his restoration of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in the 1930s. 

Campbell-Walter leaves a son, Jamie (born 16 Dec 1972), and two daughters, Lavinia (born 12 July, 1964), and Petrina (born 28 July, 1967).

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Greeves/Hazlerigg engagement

 The engagement was announced 15 March, 2024, between Thomas Charles Peroni (Tom) Greeves (born 1993), son of Toby V. Greeves, of Taplow, Buckinghamshire, and his wife the former Charlotte A. Peroni, and the Hon Viola Camilla Alice Hazlerigg (born 1 July, 1993), third daughter of the late 3rd Baron Hazlerigg (1951-2022), of Noseley Hall, and his first wife Laura Dugdale (born 20 September, 1963), of Notting Hill, London, scion of the Dugdale baronets.

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Earl of Wiltshire weds Kaitlin Deim

 Michael John Paulet, styled Earl of Wiltshire, son and heir of the 19th Marquess of Winchester, married 9 March, 2024, Kaitlin Deim (born 15 January, 2000). 

Michael Paulet, Earl of Wiltshire (born 31 Aug, 1999) is the son of the 19th Marquess of Winchester (born 30 July, 1969), of Transvaal, South Africa, and his wife the former Christine Mary Town (born 1963).

Lord Wiltshire's father is the premier Marquess in the peerage of England. The title was created in 1551, in the reign of the boy king Edward VI, for Sir William Paulet, KG.

The Winchester peerages: Marquess of Winchester (England, let. pat. 12 Oct 1551), Earl of Wiltshire (England, let. pat. 19 Jan 1549/50), Baron St John of Basing (England, let. pat. 9 Mar 1538/39).

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Allen/Dean engagement

The engagement was announced 14 March, 2024, between Edward Thomas Stafford Allen (born 1989), son of Patrick John Stafford Allen (born 1954), of Langham, Norfolk, and his wife the former Edwina Carolyn Rose Deakin (born 1956), and Laura Rose Dean (born 1990), daughter of James Fitzroy Dean (born 4 August, 1954), of Mere, Lincolnshire, and his former wife Charlotte Janet Rose Unwin (born 1963) (now Mrs David Barrie, of Binley, Hampshire).

The bride-to-be's descent from the Dukes of Beaufort:-

Henry, 5th Duke of Beaufort (1744-1803) > Field Marshal the 1st Baron Raglan (1788-1855) > 2nd Baron Raglan (1817-84) > 3rd Baron Raglan (1857-1921) > Hon Nigel Somerset (1893-1990) > Susan Somerset (1923-96) > James Fitzroy Dean (b 1954) > Laura Rose Dean

Thomas Allen's Beaufort descent:-

Henry 5th Duke of Beaufort (1744-1803) > Henry, 6th Duke of Beaufort (1766-1835) > Lady Charlotte Somerset (1795-1865) > Hon Frances Calthorpe (1828-99) > Granville Feilden (1863-1939) > Dorothy Feilden (1899-1947) > Blanche Rippingall (b 1923) > Patrick John Stafford Allen, BEM (b 1954) > Edward Thomas Stafford Allen (born 1989)

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Sir Jonah Walker-Smith, 2nd Baronet 1939-2024

 Sir Jonah Walker-Smith, 2nd Baronet, a barrister and sometime a Recorder of the Crown Court, died 9 March, 2024, aged 84.

He was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple, 1963, and appointed a Recorder of the Crown Court in 1980.

John Jonah Walker-Smith was born 6 September, 1939, son of Derek Colclough Walker-Smith, TD, QC, PC (born 13 Apr, 1910), and his wife the former Dorothy Etherton (who died 8 March, 1999), scion of that landed gentry family. His father was Conservative MP for Hertfordshire East 1955-83, Minister of Health, 1957-60, created a baronet, 18 Aug, 1960, and a life peer, as Baron Broxbourne, on quitting the Commons, 21 September, 1983.

Jonah Walker-Smith succeeded to his father's baronetcy, 22 January, 1992. He married 26 Oct, 1974, Aileen Marie Smith, daughter of Joseph Smith, by whom he had issue, a son, Dan, and a daughter, Charmian (born 23 Aug, 1977).

The son, Daniel Derek Walker-Smith (born 26 March, 1980), succeeds as third baronet.

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The Baron Marks of Hale: life peerage gazetted

 The life peerage recently conferred upon Stuart Adam Marks, CBE, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Marks of Hale, of Hale in the County of Greater Manchester.

Lord Marks of Hale is a technology businessman and philanthropist. He is a senior treasurer of and a donor to the Conservative Party, having given £119,500 to the party since 2013. Marks was appointed CBE in the 2019 Birthday Honours for voluntary political service, and was nominated for a life peerage by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

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The Baron Fuller: life peerage gazetted

 The barony awarded for life on Mr John Charles Fuller, OBE, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Fuller, of Gorleston-on-Sea in the County of Norfolk.

John Fuller is the Leader of North Norfolk Council, a Conservative, and will sit on the Tory benches in the House of Lords.

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Peter Booth's life peerage gazetted

 The life barony recently awarded to Sydney John Peter Booth, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Booth, of Houghton-le-Spring in the City of Sunderland.

Peter Booth is a design and retail businessman and national chairman of the Conservative National Convention. He will sit on the Tory benches in the House of Lords.

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Life peerage gazetted: Baron Petigas

 The life peerage recently conferred upon Franck Robert Marie Petitgas has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Petigas, of Bosham in the County of West Sussex.

The peer (born 25 February 1961), is a French banker based in the United Kingdom. Formerly head of international at Morgan Stanley, he is a special adviser on business and investment to British prime minister Rishi Sunak and has been a member of the House of Lords since 2024. He was born on 25 February 1961 in Nantes, France, to Victor and Denise Petitgas. He was educated at ESCP Business School in Paris. Lord Petitgas worked at S. G. Warburg & Co. from 1986 before joining the investment bank Morgan Stanley in 1993. In 2005 he was appointed a co-head of European banking, and became the firm's head of investment banking in 2007. He retired from Morgan Stanley in November 2022, but remained a senior adviser to the company.

Petitgas was appointed to a four-year term as a trustee of the Tate Galleries in February 2008. He is a collector of contemporary Latin American art.

In April 2023, British prime minister Rishi Sunak appointed Petitgas a business and investment adviser as Sunak sought to increase business investment and deliver on the government's economic pledges. Petitgas has donated £35,000 to the Conservative Party.

Lord Petitgas was appointed a knight (chevalier) of the Legion of Honour in France's 2012 New Year honours. 

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Baron Shamash, of West Didsbury in the City of Manchester

 The life peerage recently conferred upon Mr Gerald David Shamash, has veen gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Shamash, of West Didsbury in the City of Manchester. Lord Shamash will sit on the Labour benches in the House of Lords.

Lord Shamash (born 1947), is a lawyer, and has acted as a solicitor for the Labour Party since 1990,  having worked for the party since at least 1983. He advised Labour during the Cash-for-Honours and parliamentary expenses scandals, and acted for public figures affected by the phone-hacking scandal. At the 1979 general election, Shamash stood unsuccessfully as a Labour Party candidate in the safe Conservative seat of Shoreham. He was subsequently elected a member of Barnet London Borough Council at the 1986 and 1990 council elections, representing the ward of Burnt Oak for two terms. Shamash has served as a magistrate in London since 1985. Shamash was nominated by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.

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Life peerage conferred on Charles Banner has been gazetted

 The life peerage recently conferred upon Charles Banner, KC, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Banner, of Barnt Green in the County of Worcestershire, 8 March, 2024.

Lord Banner (born 3 June 1980), is a lawyer, born to Edward Banner and Rachel Banner (née Macfarlane). He read classics (literae humaniores) at Lincoln College, Oxford, graduating in 2002. He then studied for the Postgraduate Diploma in Law at City, University of London, and graduated from King's College London in 2004 after studying EU law. He was called to the bar of England and Wales in 2004 and of Northern Ireland in 2010. Banner was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2019; at the age of 38, he was the youngest barrister to be appointed in that year.

Nominated by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Banner now sits on the Conservative benches, where it was announced that Lord Banner would lead the review into national infrastructure projects to streamline their procedure and cut down legal challenges.

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The Baron McAvoy, KBE, PC 1943-2024

 The Baron McAvoy, KBE, PC, who died 8 March, 2024, aged 80, was, as Tommy McAvoy, a Labour and Co-operative politician, MP for  for Glasgow Rutherglen from 1987 to 2005, and Rutherglen and Hamilton West from 2005 to 2010.

McAvoy held several positions in the Government Whips' Office in the administrations of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, serving as Comptroller of the Household from 1997 to 2008 and Treasurer of the Household from 2008 to 2010. He entered the Lords after choosing not to seek re-election to the Commons, where he served as an Opposition Spokesperson for Scotland and Northern Ireland, as well as a Senior Whip. McAvoy held the position of Lords Opposition Chief Whip from 2018 to 2021 after serving as Deputy Chief Whip from 2015 to 2018.

He was sworn of the Privy Council in 2003, appointed KBE in 2022, and created a life peer as Baron McAvoy, of Rutherglen in Lanarkshire, in 2010.   

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