Evie Rose Lucinda Gladstone (born 2025)

Kate Victoria Gladstone (nee Wrigley, born 1992), wife of James Hamilton Gladstone (born 28 November, 1994), scion of that landed gentry family of Capenoch, gave birth to a daughter, Evie Rose Lucinda, 20 August, 2025.

Kate is a daughter of  John Patrick Wrigley (born 3 November, 1946), of Diddlebury, Shropshire, and his late wife the former Lucinda Elizabeth Scarlett Trehearne (1957-2020).

James Gladstone is a son of Andrew Malcolm Gladstone (born 4 October, 1958), of Craichlaw, Wigtownshire, and his wife the former Mary Sweet-Escott (born 1961), scion of that landed family.

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Anthony Guy Swaine Chisenhale-Marsh 1940-2025

Anthony Chisenhale-Marsh, who died 7 October, 2025, aged 85, was head of that landed gentry family, of Gaynes Park, Epping, Essex.

He was born 9 May, 1940, son of Major Hugo Atherton Chisenhale-Marsh (1915-1996), and his 1st wife the former Doris Mary Johnson (who died 1965); and married 7 November, 1961, Miranda Jane Woodroffe (1942-2014), only daughter of John Richard William Woodroffe, of The Glebe House, Sacombe, Ware, Hertfordshire, by his wife the former Patricia Hambro, scion of that landed gentry family, second daughter of Angus Valdemar Hambro, DL, JP, of Milton Abbas, Dorset, by whom he had issue, a son, Guy (born 2 December, 1963), who succeeds him as head of the family, and two daughters, Vanda and Kate.

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Fiona Patricia Hamilton-Stubber (née Breitmeyer) 1933-2025

Fiona Patricia Hamilton-Stubber died 8 October, 2025. She was 92.

She was born in 1933 a daughter of Capt Geoffrey Wyndham Breitmeyer (1898-1952), scion of that landed gentry family, by his wife the former Frances Geraldine Kirby (1896-1982); and married 16 September, 1953, Colonel John Henry Hamilton-Stubber (1921-1986), scion of that landed gentry family, by whom she had four sons, James, Richard, Charles and David.

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Martha Bridget Liddell Ivory 1941-2025

Martha Bridget Liddell Ivory (nee Civval), who died 3 October, 2025, aged 84, was a descendant of the Liddell baronets.

She was born 7 August, 1941, eldest daughter of Lewis Civval (1902-1973), and his wife the former Bridget Elvira Liddell (1908-1998), scion of the Liddell baronets; and married 1stly, 30 April, 1966, George Patrick Francis Ennor (1940-2005), son of Patrick George Albert Ennor (1909-1995) by his wife the former Phyllis Mary Veitch (1910-1999); & married 2ndly, in 1988, Eric John Ivory (1930-2005), and leaves issue from her first marriage, two sons, Julian and Daniel, and a daughter, Charlotte.

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Nicholas George Wilbraham Tollemache (born 2025)

Jemima Clare B. Tollemache (nee Cadbury, born 13 Aug, 1992), wife of David Charles John Tollemache [born 1989], scion of the Tollemache barons, gave birth to a son, Nicholas George Wilbraham (Nico), 1 October, 2025. 

David Tollemache is the middle son of the Hon Hugh John Hamilton Tollemache [born 17 Feb, 1946], of Stow-on-the Wold, Gloucestershire, and his wife the former Rosanne Cayzer [born 1956], scion of the Barons Rotherwick.

Jemima Tollemache is a scion of the eponymous chocolate dynasty, daughter of [George] Justin Peter Cadbury [born 13 Apr, 1951], of Blewbury, Oxfordshire, and his wife the former Michelle Pearson-Cooper.

The 4th Baron Tollemache [1910-75] > Hon Hugh Tollemache [b 1946] > David Tollemache [b 1989] > Nico Tollemache (b 2025)

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Martin Ramon Savile de Bertodano 1937-2025

Martin Ramon Savile de Bertodano, who died 19 September, 2025, aged 87, was a grandson of the 6th Earl of Mexborough.

He was born in 1937, son of Andrew Ramon Dalzell de Bertodano (1912-1957), and his wife the former Lady Mary Elspeth Sylvia Savile (1914-1948), third daughter of the 6th Earl of Mexborough (1868-1945), and the Countess of Mexborough (nee the Hon Margaret Eva de Burgh Knatchbull-Hugessen (died 1957), scion of the Barons Brabourne; and married in 1967, (Mary C) Tessa Avery (born 1942), daughter of Philip Avery, by his wife the former Ilona de Walzel.

He leaves issue, one son, Andrew (born 1978), and three daughters, Helena (born 1968), Sylvia (born 1969), and Isabel (born 1976).

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Sir John Gurdon, FRS 1933-2025

 Sir John Gurdon, FRS, who died 7 October, 2025, aged 92, was a Nobel prize winning biologist, Chairman, Company of Biologists, Cambridge, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge 1995-2002, and scion of that landed gentry family.

He was born 2 October, 1933, son of William Nathaniel Gurdon (1890-1977), by his wife the former Elsie Marjorie Byass (1900-1963); and married in 1964, Jean Elizabeth Margaret Curtis, by whom he had a son, William John, and a daughter, (Elizabeth) Aurea.

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Janet Elisabeth Wallace (née Orr Ewing) 1940-2025

Janet Elisabeth Wallace, who died 29 September, 2025, aged 84, was a scion of the Orr Ewing baronets.

She was born 9 November, 1940, the elder daughter of Sir Ronald Orr Ewing, 5th Baronet (1912-2002), and his wife the former Marion Hester Cameron (1914-1997), scion of the Camerons of Lochiel; and married 28 March, 1969, John Malcolm Wallace (1930-2024), son of Herbert Kelvin Wallace, by whom she had issue, two sons, Jasper and Jocelyn, and a daughter, Jemma.

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Camilla Elisabeth Margery Sankey (born 2025)

Georgina Sankey (nee Wright), wife of Edward Peter George Sankey [born 1994], gave birth to a daughter, Camilla Elisabeth Margery, 30 September, 2025.

Edward Sankey is a son of Peter William Richard Sankey [born 1953], of Worfield, Shropshire, and his wife the former Sarah Caroline Aileen Lea [born 18 March, 1956], scion of the Lea baronets.

Georgina Sankey is a daughter of Mr & Mrs David Wright, of Rake, Hampshire.

Ed Sankey is descended paternally from the Milburn baronets:-

Sir Leonard Milburn, 3rd Baronet > Darea Joan Milburn > Peter Sankey > Edward Sankey > Camilla Sankey

He descends maternally from the Lea baronets:-

Sir Thomas Sydney Lea, 2nd Baronet > John Sydney Birch Lea > Sarah Lea > Ed Sankey > Camilla Sankey

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John Wentworth Gordon Hope-Johnstone 1944-2025

 John Wentworth Gordon Hope-Johnstone, who died 30 September, 2024, in Oregon, United States, was a scion of the Earls of Annandale & Hartfell. He was 81.

He was born 8 July, 1944, son of George Ernest Gordon Hope-Johnstone (1901-1994), and his wife the former Aileen Stephen Ewing (who died in 1987); and was twice married, firstly to Trudy Dalquist (div 1975), and secondly, Patricia Fisher.

Santiago Jeremy Baring Fremlin-Key (born 2025)

 The Hon Venetia Harriet Anne Fremlin-Key (nee Baring, born 19 April, 1991), wife of Edward James Fremlin-Key [born 1989], gave birth to a son, Santiago Jeremy Baring, 26 August, 2025.

Edward is the younger son of Jeremy John Fremlin-Key [born 1953], of Wiltshire, and Mrs Virginia Fremlin-Key [nee Neckar], of London.

Venetia is the second daughter of the 6th Baron Northbrook [born 21 February, 1954], of Hampshire, and his former wife the former Amelia Sarah Elizabeth Taylor [born 1960], now wife of Andrew Christie-Miller [born 1950], descended from the Vandeleur landed family, and Earls of Norbury.

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Ithaca Rose Guinness (born 2025)

 Hannah Rose Guinness [nee Weiland, born 1990], wife of Arthur Paris Guinness [born 1991], scion of the Barons Moyne, has given birth to a daughter, Ithaca Rose, 25 September, 2025, a sister for Marlowe Paris who was born 22 June, 2020, and for Plum Esther, born 1 November, 2023.  

Arthur, who runs a Wiltshire cheese farm, is a son of the Hon Erskine Stuart Richard Guinness [born 1953], of Fosbury, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Louise Mary Elizabeth Dillon-Malone, and is a grandson of the 2nd Baron Moyne.

Hannah Guinness is a fashion designer, who founded Kate Moss’s favourite faux fur label, Shrimps.

She is a daughter of film director, Paul Weiland, OBE [born 1953], of Bradford on Avon, by his wife, the former Caroline Ames.

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Quilter/Snelgar engagement

 The engagement was announced 4 October, 2025, between William Raymond Cuthbert Quilter (born 29 November, 1995), son and heir of Sir Guy Raymond Cuthbert Quilter, 5th Baronet (born 13 April, 1967), of Yoxford, Suffolk, and his wife the former Jenifer Jane Redvers-Cox, & Jemima Jane Snelgar (born 1998), the only daughter of James Snelgar, of Froxfield, Hampshire, and his wife the former Alison Flynn.

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Phoebe Onyx Victoria Hiscox (born 2025)

Arabella Hiscox (nee Toler), wife of Henry Charles Hiscox [born 1989], gave birth to a daughter, Phoebe Onyx Victoria, 1 September, 2025, a sister for Hector.

Henry Hiscox is the second son of Robert Ralph Scrymgeour Hiscox, of Rainscombe Park, Marlborough, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Lady Julia Elizabeth Meade [born 1953] scion of the Earls of Clanwilliam, & Arabella K. Toler, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Toler [born 1953] of Kelvedon, Essex, descended from the Dukes of Northumberland, via the Heber-Percy family, and Mrs Toler.

Henry Hiscox is a grandson maternally of the 7th Earl of Clanwilliam.

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Indigo Atticus Douglas Clephane Compton (born 2025)

  Fleur Aline Isabel Compton [born 1989, nee Stuart-Wortley Hunt], wife of Orlando Edward de Grey Compton (born 1986), scion of the Marquesses of Northampton, gave birth to a son,  Indigo Atticus Douglas Clephane, 26 September, 2025, a brother for Tinúviel Joanna Margaret Vyner, who was born 8 September, 2021, and for Wolfgang Montagu Robin de Grey, born 5 June, 2023.

Fleur is a scion of the Earls of Wharncliffe, only daughter of John Wortley-Hunt, of Marshall, Texas, and Lady Rowena Montagu Stuart Wortley (born 14 June, 1961), of Wortley, South Yorkshire, daughter of the late 4th Earl of Wharncliffe (1935-87).

Orlando Compton is the elder son of Richard Clephane Compton (born 18 Apr, 1957), of Newby Hall, Ripon, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Lucinda Jane Astell Hohler [born 22 Dec, 1960], scion of that landed family.

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Shepherd-Cross/Owen engagement

 The engagement was announced 3 October, 2025, between Hugh Louis Shepherd-Cross (born 1998), scion of that landed gentry family, second son of Harry Michael Shepherd-Cross (born Feb, 1969), of Quainton, Buckinghamshire, and his wife the former Dorte Bygum Clausen, and Olivia Clementine W. Owen (born 1998), daughter of Mark Owen, of Midhurst, West Sussex, and Mrs Caroline Van Den Berg, of Milton Street, East Sussex.

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Stanton/St Clair Erskine engagement

 The engagement was announced 3 October, 2025, between Richard Rupert M. Stanton (born 1997), elder son of Richard Stanton, of Dersingham, Norfolk, and his wife the former Anna Montgomery, and the Lady Lucia St Clair-Erskine (born 1993), daughter of the 7th Earl of Rosslyn, CVO, QPM (born 31 March, 1958), and the Countess of Rosslyn.

The Earl of Rosslyn is Lord Steward of the Royal Household and Personal Secretary to the King & Queen. 

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Alfie Christopher Whitebury (born 2025)

Amelia Jeanne Whitebury (née Hanbury, born 15 Sept, 1986), scion of the Hanbury landed family, wife of Simon Whitebury, gave birth to a son, Alfie Christopher, 14 August, 2025.

Amelia is the second daughter of John (Jack) Richard Capel Hanbury (born 18 April, 1953), and his wife the former Julie Tasma Piper.

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Camilla Joy Victoria de Chair 1938-2025

 Camilla Joy Victoria de Chair, who died 31 August, 2025, was the wife of Rodney De Chair, scion of that landed gentry family.

She was born in 1938, the former Camilla Victoria Joy Thomas, younger daughter of Capt Harold George Bissell Thomas, of Cap Verde, Jersey; and married firstly, 6 June, 1959, Capt. Archibald Frederick Stewart Burdett Blackett (1933-1970), scion of that landed gentry family, son of Christopher William Stewart Burdett Blackett (1908-1985), and his wife the former Kathleen Charlotte Williams-Wynn (1910-1991), scion of the baronets of that name; and was widowed from her first husband, 20 Feb, 1970; she married 2ndly, 10 July, 2000, as his second wife, Rodney Somerset de Chair (born 1 July, 1935), son of Somerset Struben de Chair, DSC (1911-1995), and his 1st wife the former Thelma Grace Arbuthnot (1911-1974), scion of the Arbuthnot baronets. She leaves issue from her first marriage, a daughter Cynthia (born 11 June, 1960).

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Niarchos/dalla Piccola marriage

 The marriage has taken place with ceremonies in Switzerland and Greece, between Nicolas Stavros Niarchos (born 1989), son of Spyros Niarchos (born 1955), the Greek shipping magnate, and his former wife the Hon Daphne Suzannah Diana Guinness (born 9 November, 1967), scion of the Barons Moyne, and Maria-Ludovica (Malù) della Piccola (born 1994).

Nicolas Niarchos is a grandson of the 3rd Baron Moyne (born 16 March, 1930).

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