Hector Frederick Harper

The Hon. Emily Moyra Harper (nee Cavendish) b. 1980, wife of Dr. Benjamin C.T. Harper, gave birth to a son, Hector Frederick, at St Thomas's Hospital, 16 June, 2006. Dr Harper is the son of Dr. Peter Harper, of London, and the late Mrs Peter Harper, of Knightsbridge, London, & Emily is the younger daughter of the life peer Baron Cavendish of Furness (b. 1941), of Holker Hall, Cumbria, scion of the Dukes of Devonshire, by his wife, the former Grania Mary Caulfeild (scion of the Viscounts Charlemont).

Source: Daily Telegraph 22 June 2006

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Lady Winefride Alice Freeman (1914-2006)

The Lady Winefride Alice Freeman (nee Fitzalan-Howard), who died at St. Teresa's Residential Care Home, Kensington, 27 May, 2006, aged 91, was the last surviving child of the 12th Duke of Norfolk, KG, PC, CVO (d. 1917), by his 2nd wife, Gwendolen Mary, Lady Herries of Terregles (d. 1945). She was b. 31 Oct 1914; married 7 May, 1943, Lt-Col John Edward Broke Freeman (d. 1986), son of Sir Philip Horace Freeman, KCVO, KBE, by whom she had one son, Charles, and 2 daughters, Mary & Virginia. Career:- JP for Suffolk; President Suffolk Red Cross, 1972-84. She lived in Aldingbourne, West Sussex. The funeral took place at the Cathedral church of St Philip Neri, Arundel, 9 June, 2006, followed by burial at Arundel.

Source: The Times, 31 May 2006

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Charles Noel Janson, DL (1917-2006)

Charles Noel Janson, DL, late the Welsh Guards, b. 25 December, 1917, eldest son of Charles Wilfrid Janson, of 16 Wilton Crescent, London SW1; married 5 January, 1946, Elizabeth Millicent, (24th) Countess of Sutherland (in her own right) (b. 30 Mar 1921); father of 3 sons, (i) Alistair Charles St Clair SUTHERLAND, styled Lord Strathnaver (b. 7 Jan 1947), (ii) the Hon Martin Dearman Sutherland Janson (twin with Alistair b. 1947), and (iii) the Hon Matthew (who d. 1961), and a daughter (i), the Lady Annabel (b. 1952); died at his home 15 June, 2006.

Source: The Times
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Son for Lord and Lady Wrottesley

Baroness Wrottesley, wife of the 6th Baron, gave birth to a son, 19 June, 2006, at Zurich, a brother for the Hon Victor Wrottesley, who was b. at Zurich, 28 January, 2004.
Lord and Lady Wrottesley married on 14 July, 2001, in the Chapel of Regina Pacis, St Moritz. The peer, b. 10 Aug 1968, as Clifton Hugh Lancelot De Verdon Wrottesley, is sixth holder of the barony, (created 1838), and the baronetcy created in 1642. He is son of the late Hon Richard Wrottesley and of Mrs Jonathan Seddon-Brown.
Lady W is the former Sascha Schwarzenbach, daughter of Mr & Mrs Urs Schwarzenbach.

Source: Daily Telegraph 21 June 2006


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Lady Darwin

Lady Darwin, who died at home, 12 June, 2006, was the 2nd wife and widow of Sir Robert Vere "Robin" Darwin, Knt (1964), CBE (1954) (b. 7 May 1910– d. 30 January 1974), who was a British artist and Principal of the Royal College of Art.Her husband was the son of the golf writer Bernard Darwin (scion of that BLG family) and his wife the engraver Elinor Monsell. Robin's sister was the potter Ursula Mommens. Robin Darwin was a great-grandson of the naturalist Charles Darwin.She was the former Ginette Hewitt, daughter of F.W. Hewitt by his wife Adriana Hugh-Smith.Lady Darwin leaves a son Michael and a daughter Angela.A Service of Thanksgiving takes place at St John the Baptist Church, Pewsey, 20 June 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 16 June 2006

Lady Darwin

Lady Darwin, who died at home, 12 June, 2006, was the 2nd wife and widow of Sir Robert Vere "Robin" Darwin, Knt (1964), CBE (1954) (b. 7 May 1910– d. 30 January 1974), who was a British artist and Principal of the Royal College of Art.Her husband was the son of the golf writer Bernard Darwin (scion of that BLG family) and his wife the engraver Elinor Monsell. Robin's sister was the potter Ursula Mommens. Robin Darwin was a great-grandson of the naturalist Charles Darwin.She was the former Ginette Hewitt, daughter of F.W. Hewitt by his wife Adriana Hugh-Smith.Lady Darwin leaves a son Michael and a daughter Angela.A Service of Thanksgiving takes place at St John the Baptist Church, Pewsey, 20 June 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 16 June 2006

Nina Emerald Loudon

Catherine Loudon, wife of (Jonkheer) Anthony James Hugo Loudon (b. 1966), gave birth to a daughter, Nina Emerald, 31 May, 2006, a sister for James Tichborne, who was b. 20 February, 2004. Anthony Loudon is the son of Jonkheer John Loudon, by his wife, the former Anne Denise Doughty-Tichborne (b. 1938), eldest daughter of Sir Anthony Joseph Henry Doughty-Tichborne, 14th Baronet, by his wife Antonia, twin daughter of Sir Harold Edward Snagge, KBE.

Source: Daily Telegraph 17 June 2006


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Parker Bowles/Argiro engagement

The engagement was announced 19 June 2006, between Luke Derek Ian Parker Bowles (b. 1978), scion of the Earls of Macclesfield, son of Simon Humphrey Parker Bowles (b. 1941), of Kensington, London, by his wife Carolyn, daughter of Sir (William) Ian Potter, of Del Rio, Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, Australia, & Deniela Argiro, daughter of Mr & Mrs Mario Argiro, of Florida, United States.
Luke Parker Bowles is a nephew of Andrew Parker Bowles, first husband of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall.


Source: Daily Telegraph 19 June 2006
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Romilly Scarlett Campbell-Gray

Sophie Canmpbell-Gray [nee Alun-Jones], wife of James Campbell-Gray, gave birth to a daughter, Romilly Scarlett, 9 June, 2006, a sister for Constance, who was b. 6 Oct, 2001, and for Lysander Douglas Troy, who was b. 4 April, 2003.

James Douglas Campbell-Gray, [b. 1966], is son of the late Hon Cailain Campbell-Gray, and a nephew of the 22nd Lord Gray. Sophie Campbell-Gray is the youngest daughter of Sir (John) Derek Alun-Jones, Knt (1987) (b. 6 June, 1933), of Effingham, Surrey, by his wife the former Gillian Palmer.

Source: The Times

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2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet

The 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, art collector, Director (formerly Chairman) The Thomson Corporation; died 12 June 2006. He was 82. Kenneth Roy Thomson was born at Toronto, 1 September, 1923, son of the 1st Baron, GBE, founder of Thomson Newspapers, by his wife, Edna Annis (died 1951) daughter of John Irvine, of Drayton, Ontario. Succeeded to the peerage (created in 1964) on teh demise of his father, 1976. Married 1956, Nora Marilyn, daughter of A.V. Lavis, by whom he had 2 sons and 1 daughter. He is succeeded in the peerage by his elder son, the Hon. David Kenneth Roy Thomson, b. 12 June, 1957.

Source: The Times 13 June 2006


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Summer Skye Carly Hardy

Larissa Anne Hardy (nee Heber Percy) b. 1968, wife of Justin Hardy, and daughter of Alan Cyril Heber Percy (scion of the Dukes of Northumberland), & half-sister of the Marquess of Blandford, heir to the Duke of Marlborough, gave birth to a daughter, Summer Skye Carly, 31 May, 2006, a sister for Sam, Ludo, and for Nicolai (Nico) William Justin, who was b. 15 May, 2003.

Source: The Times

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Alice Rose Norrie

Louisa Stewart Norrie (nee Orr), wife of Andrew Guy Norrie, (b. 1970), gave birth to a daughter, Alice Rose, 8 June, 2006. Andrew is the elder son of the Hon Guy Bainbridge Norrie, (b. 1940), of Broughton, Hampshire, half-brother of the 2nd Baron Norrie, by his wife, the former Sarah Georgina Fielding, (b. 1947), of the Earls of Denbigh, and Louisa is the elder daughter of Mr and Mrs David Orr, of Chilfrome, Dorset.

Source: Daily Telegraph 13 June 2006

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Mchedliani/MacLaren of MacLaren engagement

The engagement was announced in June, 2006, between Ilia Mchedliani, elder son of the late Mr Georgi Mchedliani and of Mrs Mchedliani, of Mestia, Svaneti, Georgia, and Iona M. MacLaren of MacLaren, elder daughter of The MacLaren of MacLaren and Madam MacLaren of MacLaren, of Balquhidder, Perthshire. The marriage will take place in Georgia.

Source: The Times

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Major Sir Peter Cecil Clarke, KCVO (1927-2006)

Major Sir Peter Cecil Clarke, KCVO (1992), CVO (1969), LVO (1964); Chief Clerk, Duchy of Lancaster, 1969-92; Extra Equerry to HRH Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy; died 6 June, 2006. He was 78.
He was born 9 Aug 1927, the son of Capt. Edward Denman Clarke, CBE, MC (d. 1966), of Binsted, Isle of Wight, by his wife Maureen Cowie Leitch; and was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Career:-->3rd King's Own Hussars and 14th/20th King's Hussars, 1945-64; Adjutant, 3rd The King's Own Hussars, GSO2 2 Infantry Division, 1959; Seconded as Assistant Private Secretary to HRH Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, 1961-64; Comptroller, 1964-68; Comptroller to HRH Princess Alexandra, 1964-69; Member, Court of Assts, Corp. of Sons of the Clergy, 1987-98; JP for Hampshire, 1971-81.
He married in 1950, Rosemary Virginia Margaret Harmsworth, daughter of T.C. Durham, Appomattox, Virginia, United States, by whom he had one son, Charles, and 2 daughtes, Virginia and Georgina.
The funeral service will take place at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, King's Somborne, Hampshire on Friday 16 June, 2006.A memorial service will be held later in the year.

Source: Daily Telegraph 12 June 2006
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Matilda Jessica Helen Macdonald-Buchanan

Emma L. Macdonald-Buchanan (nee Wakefield) wife of Hugh James Macdonald-Buchanan (b. 1961), gave birth to a daughter, Matilda Jessica Helen, 18 May, 2006, a sister for Hector Hugh John, who was b. 2 September, 2004. Hugh Macdonald-Buchanan is the eldest son of Mr [Alexander] James Macdonald-Buchanan, [b. 1931], of Hawkslaw, Coldstream, and Mrs Elizabeth Vivian Macdonald-Buchanan, [nee Smith], of Inveran, Ross-shire, & Emma is the only daughter of Mr and Mrs John Wakefield, of Northwood, Middlesex, and Kuwait. Hugh Macdonald-Buchanan is a maternal grandson of Maj Sir Reginald Narcissus Macdonald-Buchanan, KCVO, by his wife, the Hon. Catherine Buchanan, daughter of the 1st Baron Woolavington. Hugh's mother is a Smith descendant of the Barons Bicester. His maternal grandfather was Maj the Hon Hugh Adeane Vivian Smith, who married Lady Helen Primrose, daughter of the 6th Earl of Rosebery.

Source: Daily Telegraph 12 June 2006

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Lethbridge/Barkas marriage

The marriage took place, 3 June, 2006, at Fringford Church, between John Francis Buckler Noel Lethbridge (b. 10 March, 1977), son and heir of Sir Thomas Periam Hector Noel Lethbridge, 7th Baronet, of Newmarket, Suffolk, & Susan Lady Lethbridge, of Milverton, Somerset, & Nicola Elizabeth Barkas, 1st daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs Anthony Barkas, of Hardwick, Oxfordshire.

Source: Daily Telegraph 5 June 2006

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Behan/Townsend marriage

The marriage took place, 3 June, 2006, at St James's Church, Newbottle, Northamptonshire, between Philip T. Behan, son of Mr & Mrs Thomas Behan, of Dublin, & Margaret Ann Townsend (b. 1978), youngest daughter of John Richard Townsend, of Newbottle, Northamptonshire, by his wife, the former Lady Juliet Margaret Smith (b. 1941), daughter of the 2nd Earl of Birkenhead.

Source: Daily Telegraph 5 June 2006

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Major Bruce Middleton Hope Shand, MC (1917-2006)

Major Bruce Shand, MC, father of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, died at his home in Dorset, 11 June, 2006. He was aged 89. Maj. Shand was Vice Lord-Lieutenant for the County of East Sussex, 1974-92.Bruce Middleton Hope Shand was born 22 January, 1917, the son of Philip Morton Shand (1888-1960), by his wife the former Edith Marguerite Harrington (1893-1981); and was educated at Rugby and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.Career: --> commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 12th Royal Lancers, 1937, Major 1942; MC and Bar, 1942; wounded and prisoner of war, 1942; retuired from the Army in 1947; Exon, Queen's Body Guard nof the Yeomen of the Guard, 1971, Ensign 1978-85, Adutant and Clerk of the Cheque, 1985-87; Joint or acting Master, Southdown Fox Hounds, 1956-75; Deputy Lieutenant for Sussex, 1962, &c.Publications: "Previous Engagements" (1991).Maj. Shand married 2 January, 1946, the Hon. Rosalind Maud Cubitt (b. 11 Aug 1921; d. 14 July 1994), daughter of the 3rd Baron Ashcombe (1899-1962), by his wife the former Sonia Rosemary Keppel (1900-86), scion of the Earls of Albemarle, by whom he had issue, a son, Mark Roland, b. 28 June, 1951, and 2 daughters, Camilla Rosemary, b. 17 July 1947, and Sonia Annabel, b. 2 Feb, 1949

.Source: BBC News

Sir Peter Henry Berry Otway Smithers

Sir Peter Henry Berry Otway Smithers, Knt (1970), VRD with clasp; who died at Vico Morcote, Switzerland, 8 June, 2006, aged 92, was Conservative MP for Winchester 1950-64; PPS to th Minister of State for the Colonies, 1952-56, and to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1956-59; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office, 1962-64; Secretary-General, Council of Europe, 1964-69, &c. Husband of the late Dojean, father of Amelia and Sarah and stepfather of Denny. Funeral at Lugano Cemetery on Monday 12th June, 2006. Memorial Service to be announced.

Source: The Times

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Albert Servatius

Albert (Bertie) Servatius, who died suddenly at Cairo, Egypt, 30 May, 2006, was the husband of the former Hon. Prunella Jane Alice Hawke (b. 1951), daughter of the 9th Baron Hawke (who d. 1985). He is survived by his wife and sons, Timothy, b. 1979, and Julian, b. 1982.
Funeral being arranged in The Hague, The Netherlands on Saturday 10 June, 2006.

Source: The Times

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Lady Part

Lady Part, who died at her home, 2 June, 2006, aged 93, was the widow of Sir Antony Alexander Part, GCB (1974), KCB (1966), CB (1959), MBE (1943), sometime Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Buildings and Works, the Board of Trade, Department of Trade & Industry, and the Department of Industry,&c. She was Isabella (Ella) Bennett, and married Antony Part in 1940.

Lady Lincoln

Lady Lincoln, who died 6 June, 2006, at Pinford End, Nursing Home, was the widow of Sir Anthony Handley Lincoln, KCMG (1965), CMG (1958), CVO (1957), sometime British Ambassador to Venezuela. She was Lisette Marion, daughter of A.E. Summers, of Buenos Aires, and married Anthony Lincoln in 1948. Funeral service West Suffolk Crematorium, Bury St Edmunds Monday 19 June, 2006.

Source: The Times

Curtis Green/Denison-Pender engagement

The engagement was announced 10 June, 2006, between Michael C. Curtis Green, son of the late Mr Bill Green and of Mrs Chris Green, of Badingham, Suffolk, and the Hon Mary Anne Louise Denison-Pender (b. 1965), daughter of the 3rd Baron Pender and Baroness Pender.

Source: The Times

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Hon. Eleanor Grace Ponsonby

Emily Ponsonby (nee Mott), styled Viscountess Duncannon, wife of Frederick Arthur William Ponsonby, styled Viscount Duncannon (b. 9 August, 1974), son and heir of the 12th Earl of Bessborough, gave birth to a daughter, the Hon. Eleanor Grace Ponsonby, 8 May, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 10 June 2006

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John Alan St. John Brodrick (1924-2006)

John Alan St. John Brodrick, who died 4 June, 2006, aged 81, was a grandson maternally of the 20th Baron Hastings {Baron in the peerage of England, created in 1290}. He was b. 1924, son of Alan Houghton Brodrick by his wife the former Hon. Hester Winifred Astley (b. 1899, d.?) daughter of the 20th Baron Hastings (1857-1904) by his wife the Hon Elizabeth Evelyn Harbord (d. 1957), daughter of the 5th Baron Suffield.
Funeral at Mortlake Crematorium, London, on Friday 16 June, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 09 Jun 2006
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Montgomery Michael Caradoc Heseltine Butler

The Hon. Annabel Butler [nee Heseltine], wife of Peter Butler, and daughter of the Baron and Baroness Heseltine, gave birth to a son, Montgomery Michael Caradoc Heseltine, 1 March, 2006, a brother for twins Mungo and Isabella, b. 22 Aug 2002, and for Rafferty, who was b. 23 Dec, 2003.

Source: The Times

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Sir Charles John Markham, 3rd Baronet

Sir Charles John Markham, 3rd Baronet, died at his home in Nairobi, Kenya, 5 June, 2006. He was aged 81. He was born 2 July, 1924, the son of Sir Charles Markham, 2nd Baronet, by his wife Gwladys, daughter of the Hon. Rupert Beckett, scion of the Barons Grimthorpe. He was educated at Eton. Career:-->served in the Second World War as a Lieutenant in the 11th Hussars (and was mentioned in despatches); Vice-Chairman, Nairobi Co. Council, 1953-55; Member of the Legislative Council, Kenya 1955-60; President, Royal Agricultural Society, Kenya, 1958; KStJ 1973; succeeded to the baronetcy (created in 1911) on the demise of his father, 1952. He married in 1949, Valerie (died 1998), the only daughter of Lt.-Col. E. Barry-Johnston, of Makuyu, Kenya, by whom he had 2 sons and 1 daughter. The baronetcy now devolves upon his elder son, Arthur David Markham, b. 6 Dec, 1950.

Source: Daily Telegraph 9 June, 2006

Cécile Henriette Howard

Cécile Henriette Howard (née Geoffroy-Dechaume), who died 29 May, 2006, at Jerome Cottage, Marlow Common, Buckinghamshire, was the widow of the diplomat, the Hon. Edmund Bernard Carlo Howard, CMG, MVO (1909-2005), fourth son of the 1st Baron Howard of Penrith, GCB, GCMG, CVO (himself a scion of the Dukes of Norfolk). She was the former Cécile Henriette Geoffroy-Dechaume, daughter of Charles Geoffroy-Dechaume, of Valmondois, France, and married Edmund Howard in 1936. She leaves issue. The Funeral Mass is on Wednesday 14 June, 2006, at St Peter's RC Church in Marlow.

Source: The Times

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Major Oscar Richard Herschel Chichester

Major Oscar Richard Herschel Chichester, late the Rifle Brigade, who died at his home at Colyton, Devon, 28 May, 2006, aged 90, was a scion of the Marquesses of Donegall.He was b. 1915, a son of Shane Randolph Chichester, OBE (1883-1969), by his wife Madeline Herschel (d. 1977), daughter of Henry Arthur Whately; educated at Wellington College, Trinity College, Cambridge (BA); career:-- Major, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own); ADC to the High Commissioner for Palestine 1946-48; served in Palestine 1936 (awarded medal), 1939-45 War (received African Star); married 1951, Margaret Edmondson Farr, daughter of Charles Edgar Farr, JP, of Weston Bury, Weston, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, by whom he had issue.The funeral takes place on Friday June 16, at St Andrew's Church, Colyton, Devon.

Source: Daily Telegraph 8 June, 2006

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Cissie Baroness Kershaw

Cissie Baroness Kershaw, who died at Newquay, Cornwall, 15 May, 2006, aged 99, was widow of the 2nd Baron Kershaw (1904-61). She was the former Cissie Burness Smythe, daughter of Charles E. Smythe, of Frien Barnet, and married the then Sub-Lieutenant Herbert Kershaw, RN, in 1933. Her father-in-law, Fred Kershaw, was appointed to Clement Attlee's administration in 1947 as a Lord-in-Waiting to the King, and was ennobled as Baron Kershaw, of Prestwich, Co. Palatine of Lancaster, 1947. He died in Feb, 1961, and was succeeded by his eldest son Herbert, as 2nd Baron, who died 5 months later, and was succeeded by his next brother, Edward Aubrey Kershaw, who died in the following year, when the peerage passed to Edward's son, Edward John, the 4th Baron, b. 1936. Baroness Kershaw's funeral took place at the Penmount Crematorium, Truro, 30 May 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 19 May 2006

Aoife Maya Theadora Guinness

Mira M. Guinness (nee Maini), wife of the Hon. Rory Michael Benjamin Guinness (b. 12 Dec, 1974) younger son of the late 3rd Earl of Iveagh and of Miranda Countess of Iveagh, gave birth to a daughter, Aoife Maya Theadora, 8 May, 2006.
Mrs Guinness is the younger daughter of Dr and Mrs Tidu Maini.

Source: Daily Telegraph 8 June, 2006

Rycroft/Astor engagement

The engagement was announced 8 June, 2006, between Alexander Theophilus (Theo) Rycroft (b. 1975), scion of the Rycroft Baronets (cr. 1784), son of Dr Henry David (Harry) Rycroft, MB, BS (b. 1943), by his 1st wife Dr Nicole Rycroft (nee Kenig), and the Hon. Flora Katherine Astor (b. 1976), only daughter of the 4th Viscount Astor and Viscountess Astor.

Source: The Times 8 June 2006

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Lady Lara Spencer

The Countess Spencer (b.1967, nee Hutton) second wife of the 9th Earl Spencer (b. 1964), gave birth to a daughter, Lady Lara Spencer, in April, 2006, a sister for the Hon Edmund Charles Spencer, who was b. London, Monday 6 October, 2003, and a half-sister for Lady Kitty Spencer (b. 1990), Lady Eliza Spencer (b. 1992), Lady Katya Spencer (twin with Eliza, b. 1992), Louis, Viscount Althorp (b. 1994), George Rupert Freud (b. 3 October, 1995), and for Jonah Henry Freud, (b. 1 Apr, 1997).

Source: The Observer 4 June, 2006
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Paul Bathurst Norman

Paul Bathurst Norman, sometime of Brundon Hall, Sudbury, Suffolk, who died 4 June, 2006, aged 69, was a grandson maternally of the Hon Sir William Gervase Beckett, 1st Baronet (who was a brother of the 2nd Baron Grimthorpe). He was b. 1937, the son of Harry Bathurst Norman, GM, MD (who d. 1966), by his wife the former Ann Prunella Beckett (1907-2001); married 1960, Susan Mary, daughter of Charles Orbell, of The Hermitage, Clare Suffolk, by whom he had issue. The funeral Service is at Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford, 12 June, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 07 June 2006

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Scott Plummer/Keswick engagement

The engagement was announced in June, 2006, between Charles H. Scott Plummer (b. 18 Aug 1971), scion of the BLG family of Scott-Plummer, of Sunderland Hall, Selkirk, elder son of Mr (Patrick) Joseph (Joe) Scott Plummer (b. 24 Aug 1943), of Mainhouse, Kelso, and his 1st wife the former Elizabeth-Anne Way, now Mrs Robert Stewart, of Hilton of Gask, and Poppy Teresa Keswick (b. 1978), elder daughter of Mr Simon Lindley Keswick, of Rockcliffe, Stow on the Wold, descended from the extinct Barons Lindley, by his wife the former Emma Bridget Chetwode (b. 1950), scion of the Barons Chetwode. Poppy Keswick is a granddaguhter paternally of Sir William Keswick, and a granddaughter maternally of Maj. George David Chetwode, MBE (b. 1914), who married 1946, Lady Willa Elliot, daughter of the 5th Earl of Minto.

Source: The Times ***

Joyce Marian Worsley

Joyce Marian Worsley, who died 1 June, 2006, aged 90, was the widow of Capt. Edward Marcus Worsley (1891-1971), of Cawton Hall, Cawton, York, an uncle of HRH The Duchess of Kent. She was the former Joyce Marian Beer, daughter of Stanley Graham Beer, of Northernhay, Bickley, Kent, and married a son of the 3rd Baronet in 1941. She is the mother of Susan Oliver, Thomas Edward, Angela Strickland-Skailes and Diana Rosalind, and grandmother of Robin, Lucinda, Nicholas and Charlie. The funeral service is at Stonegrave Minster on Monday 12 June, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 06 Jun 2006

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Edna Maud Fremantle

Edna Maud Fremantle, who died 27 May, 2006, aged 93, was widow of (i) Capt. James Richard Lyddon, RAC, (who d. 1940) and (ii) Commander Edmund Seymour Denis Fremantle, DSC, RN,(1904-80), scion of the Barons Cottesloe, whom she married in 1946. She was Edna Maud, dau of Albert John Tweed Cusselle, of Dartford, Kent. The funeral takes place 12 June, 2006, at Weymouth.
Source: Daily Telegraph 03 Jun 2006
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Millicent Jessie Eleanor Bagot, CBE

Milicent Jessie Eleanor Bagot, CBE, scion of the Barons Bagot, died 26 May, 2006, at the Jubilee Nursing Home, Godalming, aged 99. She was born in 1907, daughter of Cecil Villiers Bagot (1865-1940), by his wife the former Ethel Garratt (d. 1944); she was educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (MA); career: attached to the Ministry of Defence, MBE (Civil) 1949, CBE (Civil) 1967. She never married.

Source: The Times

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Millicent Jessie Eleanor Bagot, CBE

Milicent Jessie Eleanor Bagot, CBE, scion of the Barons Bagot, died 26 May, 2006, at the Jubilee Nursing Home, Godalming, aged 99. She was born in 1907, daughter of Cecil Villiers Bagot (1865-1940), by his wife the former Ethel Garratt (d. 1944); she was educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (MA); career: attached to the Ministry of Defence, MBE (Civil) 1949, CBE (Civil) 1967. She never married.

Source: The Times

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Strang Steel/Macdonald of Macdonald engagement

The engagement was announced 1 June, 2006, between Peter Brodie Strang Steel (b. 1977), scion of the Steel Baronets (cr. 1938), 3rd son of Colin Brodie Strang Steel (b. 1945), of Threepwood, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, by his wife the former April Eileen Studd, & the Hon. Meriel Iona Macdonald (b. 1978), 3rd daughter of the 8th Baron Macdonald (b. 28 Nov, 1947), of Kinloch Lodge, Isle of Skye, by his wife the former Claire Catlow. Peter Strang Steel is a grandson paternally of Sir (Fiennes) William Strang Steel, 2nd Baronet.

Source: Daily Telegraph 1 June, 2006

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Rosebery heir christened

The Earl and Countess of Wessex were present when the infant son of Lord and Lady Dalmeny was christened Caspian Albert Harry, on Saturday 27 May, 2006, by Father John McInnes, BD, in the private Chapel of Rosebery House, Midlothian. The godparents are the Earl of Hopetoun, Viscount Strathallan, Mr Angus Macpherson, Mr James Miller, the Countess of Wessex, the Marchioness of Lothian, Mrs Caspar Hobbs and Miss Gabrielle Sacconaghi.

Source: Daily Telegraph 30 May 2006

Cecil/Stephens marriage

The marriage took place, 20 May, 2006, at the Church of All Saints, Baschurch, between Henry Edward Amherst Cecil (b. 1976), son of the Hon. Anthony Henry Amherst Cecil (b. 1947), of Compton Abbas, Dorset, by his second wife, the former Jane Elizabeth Holbrook, & Clare D. Stephens, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs Nicholas Stephens, of Montford Bridge, Shropshire. Henry Cecil is a grandson of the 3rd Baron Amherst of Hackney.

Source: Daily Telegraph 29 May, 2006

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Lady Logan, widow of Sir Douglas William Logan

Lady Logan, who died 7 May, 2006, aged 89, was the widow of Sir Douglas William Logan (1910-87). Her husband was born in Liverpool in 1910 and went on to be educated at University College, Oxford. During 1935-1936 he held the Henry fellowship at Harvard and during 1936-1937 was assistant lecturer in Law at the London School of Economics. Logan was called to the bar (Middle Temple) in 1937 and also elected a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. During World War Two Logan worked for the Ministry of Supply before being appointed in 1944 as Clerk of the Court at London University where he became Principal in 1948. In 1959 Logan was knighted and went on to receive honorary fellowships from the London School of Economics (1962), University College Oxford (1973) and University College London (1975) as well as honorary degrees from numerous universities around the world.

Source: Daily Telegraph 13 May, 2006

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Lady Stakis, widow of Sir Reo Stakis....

Lady Stakis, who died 6 May, 2006, was the widow of the hotel magnate, Sir Reo Stakis. Her late husband opened Scotland's first casino on his way to building a massive personal fortune - he died in 2001, aged 88. Sir Reo was only 14 when he left his home in Cyprus in 1928 and headed for the UK - with just a suitcase full of lace goods made by his mother and £50 in his pocket. The future could have been so different if a railway official hadn't managed to retrieve the case when it was stolen at London's Victoria Station. She was Annitsa Petroppouou.The funeral took place at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St Luke, Glasgow, 18 May, 2006.

Source: The Times 15 May, 2006

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Mansel Miller, GCVO (1919-2006)

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Mansel Miller,GCVO, DSO, MC, Crown Equerry, 1961-87, an Extra Equerry to the Queen since 1987, died 17 May, 2006, aged 87; he was b. 4 February, 1919, the third son of Brigadier-General Alfred Douglas Miller, CBE (1919), DSO (1902) (b. 1 Mar 1864; d. 5 Dec, 1933), of Shotover House, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, by his wife Ella Geraldine Fletcher (d. 1935), scion of the Fletchers of Saltoun, daughter of John Fletcher of Saltoun Hall, and descended from the Earls of Wemyss & March. DSO (1944), MC (1944), CVO (1966), KCVO (1974), GCVO (1987). He never married.

Source: Daily Telegraph 20 May 2006

George Askew: Big Brother contestant's Royal connections

Big Brother's George Askew is a 5th cousin of Princes William and Harry, and a kinsman of former Celebrity Big Brother's "Ordinary Boy" Preston. Young George is a great-nephew of the late 6th Duke of Sutherland, and a nephew of Lady Faringdon, a member of the Royal Household....
Prince William and Gerge Askew have a double family connection - through the Prince of Wales and through Diana Princess of Wales. George and Wills are 5th cousins via their descent from Devon landowner John Bulteel, an ancestor of Diana, and 6th cousins once removed in their descent from the 3rd Duke of Portland, an ancestor of Prince Charles.

George Askew and Prince William are 4th cousins several times removed of the Celebrity Big Brother contestant Preston, of the 'Ordinary boys'

Here's some lines of descent...

Charles, 2nd Earl Grey=Mary Ponsonby
Hon George Grey=Jane Stuart
Frederick Grey=Mary Greenstock
Ursula Grey=Alec Murray Preston
Anthony Preston=Miranda Hynes
Samuel Preston (b. 1982)=engaged to the ubiquitous Chantelle Houghton

and--

Charles, 2nd Earl Grey=Mary Ponsonby
Lady Elizabeth Grey=John Bulteel
John Bulteel=Euphemia Parsons
Beatrix Bulteel=4th Earl of Durham
Lady Violet Lambton=4th Earl of Ellesmere
Lady Susan Egerton=Major John Askew
Henry Askew=
George Askew (b. 1986)

and....

Charles 2nd Earl Grey
Lady Elizabeth Grey=John Bulteel
Louisa Bulteel=1st Lord Revelstoke
Hon Margaret Baring=6th Earl Spencer
7th Earl Spencer=Cynthia Hamilton
8th Earl Spencer =Frances Roche
Lady Diana Spencer=Prince of Wales
Pfrince William (b. 1982)

and.....

3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister
Lady Charlotte Cavendish-Bentinck
Harriet Greville
2nd Earl of Ellesmere
3rd Earl of Elelsmere
4th Earl of Ellesmere
Lady Susan Egerton
Henry Askew
George Askew

and......

3rd Duke of Portland
Lord William Cavendish Bentinck
Rev. Charles Cavendish-Bentinck
Nina Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck
Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
HRH The Prince of Wales
HRH Prince William of Wales


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James Robert Mackinnon

Anna-Louise Mackinnon (nee Cadbury), wife of David Mackinnon, gave birth to a son, James Robert, 17 May, 2006. Mrs Mackinnon is a daughter of Sir (Nicholas) Dominic Cadbury, and Lady Cadbury, (formerly Cecilia Sarah Symes).

Source: The Times

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Haddon/Weinberg engagement

The engagement was announced in May 2006 between Edward Anthony Deacon Haddon (b. 1973), 1st and only surviving son of Richard Deacon Haddon, of Bideford, by his former wife the former Hon. Teresa Mary Head (b. 1938), of Charlbury, and Joanna Weinberg, one of the three daughters of Sir Mark Aubrey Weinberg, Knt (1987) (b. 9 Aug 1931), of London, by his 1st wife the late Sandra Le Roith (who d. 1978), and step-daughter of Lady Weinberg, the former Anouska Hempel, actress. Edward Haddon is a grandson of 1st Viscount Head, GCMG, CBE, MC, PC (1906-83), by his wife Lady Dorothea Louise Ashley-Cooper (d. 1987), daughter of the 9th Earl of Shaftesbury.

Source: The Times

Noel Kenelm Digby, MD, FRCS, FRACS

Noel Kenelm Digby, MD, FRCS, FRACS, who died at his home, 21 May, 2006, aged 59, was a scion of the Barons Digby(Baron Ireland, 1620; GB 1765). He was b. 1946, son of Kenelm Hubert Digby (b. 1912; d. ?), of Mount Street, Wellington, New Zealand, by his wife, the former Mutal Agnes Helen, daughter of Bertram E. Fielder, of Glebe Farm, Sherfield English, Romsey, Hants. Noel Digby married Helen----(maiden name unknown), and was father of Aleisha, Mikaela, Sophia and Harrison. The funeral Service takes place 1 June 2006, at St Mary the Virgin Church, Loughton, Essex.

Source:Daily Telegraph 27 May 2006

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Hon. (Oliver) Piers St. Aubyn

The Hon. (Oliver) Piers St. Aubyn, MC, who died at his home in Cornwall, 24 May, 2006, aged 85, was the younger brother, and heir presumptive of the 4th Baron St. Levan. He was b. 12 July, 1920, son of the 3rd Baron (b. 1895; d. 1978), by his wife, the former Hon Clementina Nicolson, daughter of the 1st Baron Carnock. He was educated at Wellington, and St James's School, Maryland, USA; was High Sheriff of East Sussex, 1982-83; served in WW2 as Capt 60th Rifles and Parchute Regt (mentioned in despatches, awarded the MC); married 1948, Mary Bailey (d. 1987), daughter of Bailey Southwell, of Crocodile Leap Farm, Olievenhoutpoort, South Africa, by whom he had issue. His son, James Piers Southwell St. Aubyn, b. 1950, is now heir pres. to the Barony of St. Levan (UK 1887) and the Baronetcy (UK 1866).

Source: Daily Telegraph 26 May, 2006

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Baby boy Vere Nicoll

Victoria Vere Nicoll (nee Gooch), wife since 2000, of Edward Vere Nicoll, scion of that BLG family, gave birth to a son, 23 May, 2006, a brother for ......(a son), who was b. 9 June, 2004. Edward Vere Nicoll, is the younger son of Mr & Mrs Mark Vere Nicoll, and Victoria, (b. 1974), is the yr daughter of Sir Timothy Gooch, MBE, 13th Baronet, and Lady Gooch. Edward Vere Nicoll is a grandson of Maj Raymond Guy Vere Nicoll, who married in 1939, Mary, yst daughter of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Madden, 1st Baronet, GCB, OM, GCVO; & is descended from a sister of the 6th & last Viscount Saye & Sele, &c.

Source: Daily Telegraph 26 May, 2006

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Eloise Mavrojani Streeter

Frances Emma Crackanthorpe Streeter (b. 1973, nee Sawrey-Cookson), scion of that BLG family, & wife of Thomas A.H. Streeter, gave birth to a daughter, Eloise Mavrojani, 21 May, 2006. Thomas Streeter is the elder twin son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Streeter, of Beggars Hall, Hertfordshire and Frances is a daughter of Major (John) Henry Crackanthorpe Sawrey-Cookson, (b. 1938), & his wife, the former Merrilyn Patricia Thomas, of Newbiggin, Temple Sowerby, Cumbria. Frances's father is Lord of the Manor of Newbiggin, Hale, Ousby & Bank, & is head of the LG family Sawrey-Cookson, formerly of Neasham Hall & of Broughton Tower, &c.

Source:Daily Telegraph 26 May 2006

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Charles Frederick Craigie-Halkett

Clare Craigie-Halkett (nee Arbuthnott), wife of Hugh Craigie-Halkett, gave birth to a son, Charles Frederick (Charlie), 23 May, 2006, a brother for Archibald (Archie) Robert, who was b. 5 July, 2004. Hugh is a son of Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs Charles Craigie Halkett, of Glentromie, Inverness-shire, and Mrs Craigie-Halkett is the former Clare Anne Arbuthnott, [b. 1974], elder daughter of the Master of Arbuthnott [the Hon [John] Keith Oxley Arbuthnott], and his wife, the former Jill Mary Farquharson. The infant is a great-grandson of the 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott, CBE, DSC, FRSE.

Source: Daily Telegraph 27 May, 2006

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Miranda Violet Harries

Sophy Harries, nee Maclean (b. 1972), wife since Dec. 2001, of Henry Harries (b. 1970), gave birth to a daughter, Miranda Violet, 17 May, 2006, a sister for Lara Constance, who was b.25 March, 2004. Henry Harries is the elder son of Mr David and the Hon Mrs Harries, and Sophy, younger daughter of Mr Roddy and the Hon Mrs Maclean. Henry Harries is a nephew of the 2nd Viscount De L'Isle, of Penshurst, Place, and his wife is a niece of the 4th Baron Rowallan, and a granddaughter of the 3rd Baron Rowallan.
Source: Daily Telegraph 27 May 2006

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William Thomas Wilkin Dean

Isabel Dean (nee Evans-Freke) scion of the Barons Carbery and wife of Robert Dean, gave birth to a son, William Thomas Wilkin, 24 May, 2006, at Nelspruit, South Africa, a brother for Eleanor Sophia (Ella), who was b. 27 March, 2004.

Source: Daily Telegraph, 26 May 2006

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maitland-Carew/Hardie engagement

The engagement was announced 25 May 2006, between Peter G.S. Maitland-Carew (b. 1979), scion of the Barons Carew, second son of the Hon Gerald Edward Maitland-Carew (b. 1941), of Thirlestane Castle, Lauder, by his wife Rosalind Averil Speke, & Joanna L. (Posy) Hardie, daughter of Mr Timothy Hardie, of Barclayhills, Perth, and Mrs Jill Hardie, of St Andrews, Fife.

Source: Daily Telegraph 25 May 2006

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Anne Mary Oliver-Bellasis

Anne Mary Oliver-Bellasis (née Bates) who died 23 May, 2006 aged 91, was a scion of the Bates Baronets (cr. 1880), and was widow of Lieutenant-Col. John Oliver-Bellasis, DSO, JP, DL,late the Royal Fusiliers. She was b. 1915, dau of Colonel Arthur Syndey Bates, DSO, TD (1879-1958, by his wife the former Mary da Costa Crosse (d. 1962), daughter of Lieut-Col. Charles Robert Crosse, CMG, MVO; and married John Oliver-Bellasis in 1939; and leaves issue. The funeral Service - Thursday 1st June, 2006, - St. Lawrence's Church, Wootton St Lawrence.

Source: Daily Telegraph 25 May 2006




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Rose Evelyn Hambro

Rose Evelyn Hambro (nee Cotterell), who died 21 May, 2006, was a scion of the Cotterell Baronets (cr. 1805), & was a granddaughter maternally of the 7th Earl Beauchamp. She was born in 1932, a daughter of Sir Richard Charles Geers Cotterell, 5th Baronet, CBE (d. 1978), by his wife the former Lady Lettice Lygon (d. 1973), daughter of the 7th Earl Beauchamp; married 1954 (div 1976) Charles Eric Alexander Hambro (created a life baron in 1994), scion of that BLG family, son of Colonel Sir Charles Jocelyn Hambro, KBE, MC; by whom she had 3 children, Clare (b. 1957), Charles (b. 1959), and Alexander (b. 1962). The funeral is at St Mary's Church, Temple Guiting, 1 June 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 25 May 2006

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7th Earl of Lonsdale (1922-2006)

The Earl of Lonsdale, 7th holder of the peerage, landowner, of Askham Hall, Penrith, Cumbria, died 23 May, 2006. He was 83.James Hugh William Lowther was born 3 Nov, 1922, the elder son of Anthony Edward Lowther, styled Viscount Lowther (who died in 1949); and was educated at Eton. Succeeded to the earldom (cr. 1807), & the Viscountcy and Barony of Lowther, on the demise of his grandfather, 1953. Career:->served in WW2 as a Captain in the RAC, & as a Captain in the East Riding Yeomanry & was mentioned in despatches. He was four times married, firstly, in 1945 (div. 1954), to Tuppina Cecily (d. 1984), daughter of Capt Geoffrey Henry Bennet; married 2ndly, 1954 (div. 1962), the Hon Jennifer Lowther, daughter of Maj the Hon Christopher William Lowther, of the viscounts Ullswater; married 3rdly, 1963, Mrs Nancy Ruth Stephenson, daughter of Thomas Cobbs, of Pacific Palisades, California, United States; married 4thly, 1975, Caroline Sheila, yst daughter of Sir Gerald Gordon Ley, TD, 3rd Baronet; and has issue from his four marriages.The peerages and baronetcy (cr. 1764) now devolve upon his lordship's eldest son, Hugh Clayton Lowther, styled Viscount Lowther, who was b. 27 May, 1949. A Thanksgiving service takes place at St. Michael's, Lowther, Cumbria, 3 June 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 25 May 2006


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Kathleen Nancy Jane Astor

Kathleen Nancy Jane Astor, who died 21 May 2006, was a scion of the Viscounts Astor. Born in 1949 she was a daughter of the Hon. Michael Langhorne Astor (1916-80) by his 1st wife the former Barbara Mary Colonsay McNeill; and was a granddaughter of the 2nd Viscount Astor. She never married. She leaves siblings, David, James, Georgina, Josh and Polly...

Source: Daily Telegraph 23 May 2006

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Lady Harmood-Banner, widow of 3rd Bt

Lady Harmood-Banner, who died 20 May, 2006, at the Trinity Hospice, London, was the widow of Sir George Knowles Harmood-Banner, 3rd Baronet, who died in 1990, when his baronetcy became extinct. She was Rosemary Jane, daughter of Colonel Maurice Lawrence Treston, CBE, and married Sir George in 1947., She leaves 2 daughters, Susan and Gillian. The funeral is at Putney Vale Crematorium, London, on 2 June ......
Source:

Daily Telegraph 23 May 2006

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Poppy Grace Godsal

Felicity Susan Godsal (nee Plant) wife of Philip Langley Godsal (b. 28 June, 1971), gave birth to a daughter, Poppy Grace, 16 May 2006. Philip is the eldest son of Philip Caulfeild Godsal (b. 10 Oct, 1945), of that Burke's Landed Gentry family, of Iscoyd Park, Whitchurch, Shropshire, and his former wife Lucinda Mary (now Mrs John Jones, nee Dancy, of Eccleshall, Staffordshire), and Felicity is the younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Plant, of Burghfield Common, Berkshire. Philip's maternal grandmother, the former Pamela Anne de Lisle Caulfeild (b. 1924) is a scion of the Viscounts Charlemont.

Source>: Daily Telegraph 23 May 2006

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Kitty Petra Hambro

Arabella J. Hambro (nee O'Shei) wife of Leo P. Hambro, scion of that BLG family, gave birth to a daughter, Kitty Petra, 20 May, 2006. Leo is the youngest son of Mr Peter Charles Percival Hambro, head of the BLG family, and Mrs Hambro [nee Brodrick], and Arabella is the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs William O'Shei.

Source: Daily Telegraph 23 May 2006

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Sir Basil Brickwood, 3rd Baronet

Sir Basil Graeme Brickwood, 3rd Baronet, died 16 May, 2006. He was aged 82. He was b. 21 May, 1923, a yr son of Sir John Brickwood, 1st Bt, Chairman and Managing Director of Brickwood & Co Ltd, brewers, of Portsmouth, and he succeeded to the baronetcy (cr. 1927) on the demise of his elder half-brother, Sir Rupert Redvers Brickwood, in 1974. He served with the RAF 1940-46. He married (i) 1947, Betty Cooper, and (ii) 1956, Shirley Anne, daughter of Richard Wallace Brown, and leaves daughters by his 2nd marriage. The funeral is at Haycombe Crematorium, Bath on 25 May, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 20 May 2006



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Ann Lady Jardine of Applegirth

Ann, Lady Jardine of Applegirth, wo died at Dumfries, 16 May, 2006, aged 88, was the widow of Sir William Edward Jardine of Applegirth, 11th Baronet (Nova Scotia, cr. 1672), OBE, TD, 22nd Chief of the Clan Jardine, who died in 1986. She was Ann Graham Maitland, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Claud Archibald Scott Maitland, of the Gordon Highlanders, of Dundrennan and Cumstoun, Stewarty of Kirkcudbright, and married Sir William in 1944; she leaves issue, including a son, Sir Alexander, the 12th Bt.

Source: Daily Telegraph 19 May 2006

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Molly Victoria Alice Ropner

Keeley A. Ropner (née Mannion) wife of Dr James Richard Alexander Ropner (b. 1977), scion of the Ropner Baronets (cr. 1904), gave birth to a daughter, Molly Victoria Alice, 15 May, 2006. Dr Ropner is a son of Dr Richard John Ronald Ropner, MB, ChB (b. 1941), of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, & Dr Janet Elizabeth Ropner, MRCP, & Keeley is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Alistair Mannion, of Stafford, Staffordshire.

Source: Daily Telegraph 19 May 2006


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Jack Alexander Humphrey

Serena Humphrey (nee Wolfe-Murray, scion of the Murray of Blackbarony Baronets, cr. 1628), wife of Edward Humphrey, gave birth to a son, Jack Alexander, 14 May 2006, a brother for Rory (b. ?), and for Tara Alice, who was b. 9 June, 2002.

Source: Daily Telegraph 18 May, 2006

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Brunner/Moate engagement

The engagement was announced 13 May 2006 between Samuel Felix Brunner (b. 1972), scion of the Brunner Baronets (cr.1895), and kinsman of HRH The Duchess of Kent, son of Hugo Laurence Joseph Brunner, DL (b. 1935), High Sheriff of Oxfordshire 1988, of Oxford, by his wife Mary Rose Catherine Pollen, of the Pollen Baronets, & Sally E.J. Moate, daughter of Sir Roger Denis Moate, Knt (1993), Conservative MP for Faversham 1970-97, of Newnham, Kent, by his 1st wife Mrs Hazel Moate, of Pimlico, London.

Source: Daily Telegraph 13 May 2006

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Alice Charlotte Josephine Farquhar

Sarah Farquhar (nee Wynne-Williams), wife of Charles Walter Fitzroy Farquhar (b. 21 February, 1964), elder son & heir of Sir Michael Fitzroy Henry Farquhar, 7th Baronet, & Lady Farquhar, of West Kington, Wiltshire, gave birth to a daughter, Alice Charlotte Josephine, 13 May, 2006. Sarah is a daughter of the late Mr John Wynne-Williams, of Newmarket, Suffolk, and of Mrs Hugh Day, of Ousden, Suffolk.

Source: The Times 16 May 2006



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Margaret Litchfield (nee Portal)

Margaret 'Moggy' Litchfield (née Portal) - who died at her home, 9 May, 2006, aged 97, was a scion of the Portal Baronets and a kinswoman of Her Majesty the Queen (via their joint descent from Marquess Wellesley). She was a daughter of Brigadier-General Sir Bertram Percy Portal, KCB, DSO (1866-1949), by his wife the former Hon. Margaret Louisa Littleton, daughter of the 3rd Baron Hatherton. She was the widow of Captain John Litchfield RN MP, & the mother of Mark, Sophie (Irvin) deceased, and Virginia. Grandmother of Emilie, Luke and Amy (Irvin), and of Vasco and Larissa. The funeral Service is at Holy Cross Church, Bearsted, Kent, 25 May, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 16 May 2006


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Thomas Robin Poyntz

Jane Poyntz [nee D'Albiac] wife of Nicholas Poyntz, scion of that BLG family, gave birth to a son, Thomas Robin, 11 Apr, 2006, a brother for Alexander, who was b. 4 Feb, 2001, and for Madeleine, who was b. in 2002.

Source: The Times 13 May, 2006

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Alice Elizabeth Grace Becker

Sophie Becker (nee Townsend-Rose) wife of Niell, Becker, gave birth to a daughter, Alice Elizabeth Grace, 11 Apr, 2006. Niell is a son of Mr & Mrs Dieter Becker, of Basing, Hampshire, and Sophie is the eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs John Townsend-Rose, of Basingstoke, Hampshire. The Townsend-Roses have several connections with the peerage and BLG. A Susanna Townsend-Rose, daughter of Colin Townsend-Rose, married, 1987, the Hon [Ralph] Daniel Beckett, second son of the 4th Baron Grimthorpe and the former Lady Elizabeth Lumley.

Source: Daily Telegraph 13 May 2006
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Barclay/Kyriacou engagement

The engagement was announced 5 May 2006 beteween Rupert D.I. Barclay (of that BLG family??) elder son of Mr & Mrs David Barclay, of Chiswick, London, and Katerina A. Kyriacou, daughter of Mr & Mrs Anastasis Kyriacou, of Wandsworth, London.

Source: Daily Telegraph 5 May, 2006

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Hon. Meghan Robertson

Baroness Wharton, wife of Myles Christopher David Robertson, the 12th Baron Wharton (b. 1 Oct, 1964) (peerage created, England 1554-5) gave birth to a daughter, the Hon. Meghan Robertson, 8 March, 2006, heir presumptive to the barony.

Source: http://www.thepeerage.com/p19061.htm#i190602


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Sitwell/de Blank engagement

The engagement was announced 11 May 2006, between George Reresby Sacheverell Sitwell (b. 1967), heir presumtpive to the Sitwell Baronetcy (UK 1808), son of the late Francis Trajan Sacheverell Sitwell (1935-2004), of Weston Hall, Towcester, by his wife Susanna Carolyn Cross, & Martha L. de Blank, second daughter of Mr & Mrs Justin de Blank, of London.

Source: Daily Telegraph 11 May 2006

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+ John Eldon Marshall Dugdale

John Eldon Marshall Dugdale, TD, JP, DL, who died 9 May 2006, aged 86, was a scion of the BLG family of Dugdale of Wroxall Abbey. He was b. 2 Jan, 1920, a son of William Marshall Dugdale, CB (1881-1952), by his wife Ruth Edith, JP, yr daughter of the Rt. Hon. Sir John Eldon Bankes, GCB; was educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge; married 22 Feb, 1941, (Clulow) Ribah Lillah, daughter of Capt. Frederick Feilden Corbett-Winder (of that BLG family), by whom he had issue. A Service of Thanksgiving takes place at Kerry Church on Friday 2 June, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 12 May 2006

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+ Susan Clementi (nee Pelham)

Susan Clementi (nee Pelham) who died 8 May, 2006, aged 87, at West Clandon, Surrey, was a scion of the Earls of Chichester. She was born in 1918 as Susan Pelham, daughter of Sir (Edward) Henry Pelham, KCB (1876-1949) by his wife the Hon Irene Lubbock (d. 1961), daughter of the 1st Baron Avebury; married 1940, Air Vice-Marshal Cresswell Montagu Clementi,CB, CBE (who d. 1981), by whom she had issue.The funeral takes place at the Chilterns Crematorium, Amersham, 19 May 2006

Source: Daily Telegraph 11 May 2006

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Byng/Sonnenberg engagement

The engagement was announced 11 May 2006 between George Michael Alexander (Alex) Byng (b. 1973), second son of the Hon. Julian Francis Byng (b. 1938), by his 1st wife the former Ingela Brita Berglund (now Mrs Adrian Evans), & Mariana Sonnenberg, daughter of Mr Carlos Sonnenberg and Mrs Eugenia Chapar. Alex Byng is a grandson paternally of the 7th Earl of Strafford (1904-84).

Source: The Times 11 May 2006

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Thea Marchioness of Ely

Thea Marchioness of Ely, who died 5 May, 2006, was the widow of the 7th Marquess of Ely (1903-69). She was Thea Margaret Gronvold, daughter of Lars G. Gronvold, of Hove, and married in 1928, the then George Henry Wellington Tottenham, styled Viscount Loftus. In 1935 he succeeded his father as Baron Loftus (UK 1801), Earl of Ely, Viscount Loftus, and Marquess of Ely (Ireland created 1801) and a Baronet (cr. 1780). Her husband died in 1969 without issue, and was succeeded by his kinsman. The funeral is at St Paul's Church, Chichester, 17 May, 2006.
Source: Daily Telegraph 11 May, 2006

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James Edward Cecil Fairfax

Vanessa C. Fairfax, wife of the Hon. Rupert Alexander James Fairfax (b.1961), gave birth to a son, James Edward Cecil, 10 May, 2006, a brother for William Thomas John, who was b. 4 June, 2004.
Rupert is the youngest son of the late 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron and of Sonia Lady Fairfax of Cameron, and Vanessa C.Roberts, daughter of Mr John Roberts and Mrs Angela Roberts.
Rupert Fairfax was additional assistant private secretary to the Prince and Princess of Wales, 1986-88. His mother was a temporary Lady of the Bedchamber to QE11 1967-71.

Source:Daily Telegraph 12 May, 2006

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Tollemache/Johnstone engagement

The engagement was announced in May 2006, between the Hon. Edward John Hugo Tollemache (b. 12 May, 1976), a godson of the Prince of Wales and a Page of Honour to Her Majesty the Queen 1988-90, son and heir of the 5th Baron Tollemache (b. 13 Dec, 1939), of Helmingham Hall, Stowmarket, Suffolk, by his wife the former Alexandra Dorothy Jean Meynell (b. 1949), scion of the Earls of Halifax, & Sophie Johnstone, daughter of Iain Gilmour Johnstone (b. 8 Apr, 1943), author and broadcaster, by his wife the former Mo Watson.
Source: Daily Mail 9 May 2006

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Mitchell/Wiggin engagement

The engagement was announced 3 May 2006 between Major Miles R.C. Mitchell, The Royal Dragoon Guards, son of the late Henry Mitchell and Mrs Mitchell, of Blackheath, London, & Audrey Mary Wiggin (b. 1974), scion of the Wiggin Baronets (created 1892), daughter of Sir Alfred William (Jerry) Wiggin, Knt, TD (b. 1937), of Great Malvern, Worcestershire, by his 1st wife Rosemary Janet Orr.
Source: Daily Telegraph 3 May 2006

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Tate Benedict Leith Cecil

Juliet Cecil [nee McGrandle], wife of Rupert Lawrence Amherst Cecil, (b. 1967), gave birth to a son, Tate Benedict Leith, 3 May, 2006, a brother for Polly Candida, who was b. 18 February, 2004. Rupert Cecil is the elder son of the Hon. Mrs Patterson, (nee the Hon Fiona Corbett), of Newbury, Berkshire, and the late Mr David Cecil, & is a nephew of Henry Cecil, the racehorse trainer, scion of the Barons Amherst of Hackney (descended from the 3rd Marquess of Exeter); and is a grandson maternally of the 2nd Baron Rowallan.

Source:Daily Telegraph 8 May 2006
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Merlin Frederick Hotham

Katrina L. Hotham (nee Heyward) wife of the Hon. William Beaumont Hotham (b. 13 October, 1972), gave birth to a son, Merlin Frederick, 3 May 2006.
William is the eldest son & heir of the 8th Baron Hotham (b. 3 May, 1940) and Baroness Hotham, of South Dalton, East Yorkshire, and Katrina is the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Desmond Heyward, of Little Haseley, Oxfordshire.

Source: Daily Telegraph 9 May 2006
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Baron Simon of Glaisdale, PC

The Baron Simon of Glaisdale, PC, who died 7 May, 2006, aged 95, as Jocelyn Edward Salis Simon was Conservative MP for Middlesbrough, 1951-62, Financial Secretary to the Treasury in Macmillan's Administration, 1958-59, and Solicitor-General, 1959-62; Knighted in 1959; sworn of the Privy Council in 1961; President of Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Div of the High Court, 1962-71; a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 1971-77; created a life Baron in 1971 as Baron Simon of Glaisdale, of Glaisdale in the North Riding of York; married twice, is survived by his 2nd wife, the former Fay Elizabeth Leicester Pearson, by whom he had issue. He was b. 15 Jan 1911..... He was the last surviving person to have been appointed a King's Counsel...all living QCs have been appointed in the present reign....

Source: Daily Telegraph 8 May 2006

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Baroness Reigate

The Baroness Reigate, who died 30 April, 2006, aged 92, was the widow of the life peer, Baron Reigate, PC, (1905-95), who as John Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan, was Conservative MP for Reigate 1950-70, created a Baronet in 1960, and a life peer in 1970. She was Emily Redmond Cross, daughter of William Redmond Cross, of New York City, and married John Vaughan-Morgan in 1940. She leaves 2 daughters, Julia & Deborah.
Source: The Times 5 May 2006
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Lady Marioth Christina Hay

The Lady Marioth Christina Hay, who died 29 April, 2006, was a sister of the 12th Marquess of Tweeddale. She was born in 1918, a daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Edward Douglas John Hay, by his wife the former Violet Barclay (a granddaughter of the 3rd Baron Decies); she was raised to the rank of a daughter of a marquess in 1970, and resumed her maiden surname of Hay by deed poll in 1971; married (i) 1940 (div. 1954) Lt-Col George Richard Trotter, of the Royal Scots Greys (descended from the Earls of Eglington & Winton, he d. 1970); married (ii) 1954, as his 2nd wife,Sir Gifford Wheaton Grey Fox, 2nd Baronet, who died in 1959 (when his baronetcy became extinct); married (iii) 1963 (div. 1971) Sir John Hastings James, KCVO, CB, who died in 1980; and has issue living by her 1st marriage. The funeral takes place at St Mary's Church, East Haddington, 9 May, 2006.
Source: Daily Telegraph 3 May, 2006
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Sir William James Cooper Thomas, 2nd Baronet

Sir William James Cooper Thomas, TD, 2nd Baronet; b. 7 May, 1919; succeeded his father, Sir Wm James, in 1945; educated at Harrow and Downing College, Cambridge; Called to the Bar at the Inner Temple, 1948; JP and DL for Gwent; High Sheriff of Monmouth 1973-74; served in WW2 with Royal Artillery; married 1947, Freida Dunbar Whyte, (she d. 1990), daughter of F.A. Whyte, of Montcoffer, Banff, by whom he had issue; died 9 October, 2005.

Source: Daily Telegraph 1 May 2006
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Lady Silvia Beatrice Combe

Lady Silvia Beatrice Combe, JP,(nee Coke, b. 1909), daughter of the 4th Earl of Leicester (1880-1949), of Holkham Hall, Norfolk, by his wife the former Marion Gertrude Trefusis; married 1932, Capt. Simon Harvey Combe, MC, Irish Guards (who d. 1965), by whom she had issue, died in October, 2005.
Source: Daily Telegraph 1 May 2006
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Kleinwort/Busby engagement

The engagement was announced 28 April, 2006, between Alexander Hamilton Kleinwort (b. 1975), son of Sir Kenneth Drake Kleinwort, 3rd Baronet (d. 1994), by his 2nd wife the former Madeleine Hamilton Taylor, & Sarah Busby, daughter of Mr John Busby, of Solihull, Warwickshire, and Mrs Valerie Parkin, of Abernethy, Perthshire.
Source: The Times 28 April, 2006

Baroness Fraser of Tullybelton

The Baroness Fraser of Tullybelton, who died at her home in France, 21 April, 2006, was the widow of life peer, Baron Fraser of Tullybelton, PC, who died as the result of a motor accident in 1989. She was the former Mary Ursula Cynthia Gwendolen Macdonnell, daughter of Colonel Ian Harrison Macdonnell, DSO, late the Highland Light Infantry, and married Lord Fraser in 1943. She leaves a son Andrew, born in 1946, and a grandson, Bertie, born in 1984. The funeral took place in France, 25 April, 2006.

Source: Daily Telegraph 2 May 2006***

Stewart/Lazenby engagement

The engagement was announced 5 May 2006, between the Hon. Henry Stewart, son of the Baron Stewartby, PC (b. 10 Aug 1935), a life Baron since 1992, of Broughton, Peebleshire, by his wife the Hon Deborah Charlotte Buchan, and Antonia J. Lazenby, daughter of Mr John Lazenby, of Kettlesing, Near Harrogate, North Yorkshire, and Mrs Helen Lazenby, of Masham, North Yorkshire.Henry Stewart is a grandson maternally of the 3rd Baron Tweedsmuir.

Source: Daily Telegraph 5 May 2006

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Rees-Mogg/de Chair engagement

The engagement was announced in May, 2006, between the Hon. Jacob William Rees-Mogg (b. 1969), younger son of the Baron Rees-Mogg (b. 14 July 1928), life peer since 1988, of Mells, Somerset, and Baroness Rees-Mogg, and Helena Anne Beatrix Wentworth Fitzwilliam de Chair, scion of that BLG family, daughter of the late Mr Somerset de Chair and of Lady (Anne) Juliet Dorothea Maud Tadgell (nee Fitzwilliam), of Bourne Park, Kent, daughter of the 8th Earl Fitzwilliam (peerage extinct since 1979).

Source: The Times

Lindsay/Grant engagement

The engagement has been announced between Charles L. Lindsay, son of Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs Stephen Lindsay, of Invermoidart, Argyll, and the Hon. Louisa Katherine Grant of Rothiemurchus (b. 1975) , elder daughter of John Peter Grant, styled Lord Huntingtower, and Lady Huntingtower, and granddaughter paternally of the Countess of Dysart (in her own right).

Source: The Times

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Lara Jane Patricia Lillingston

Tabitha Alice Lillingston (b. 1970), wife of Luke Lillingston (b. 1963), gave birth to a daughter, Lara Jane Patricia, 1 May, 2006, a sister for Hugh John Michael, who was b. 1 March, 2005.
Luke is the eldest son of Alan Lillingston and Lady Vivienne Margaret Lillingston, nee Nevill), and is a daughter Tabitha, daughter of Sir Malcolm Ross, KCVO, & Lady Ross.
Luke is a maternal grandson of the late 5th Marquess of Abergavenny, KG (1914-2000) by his wife the former Mary Patricia Harrison (1915-2005), and his wife is a daughter of the Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's Office. Tabitha's maternal grandfather, Gen Sir Michael Gow, was Equerry to Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester. Tabitha's is also a great-granddaughter of the 1st Baron Mottistone, and has descents from the Earls of Erne and noble house fo Hamilton.

Source: Daily Telegraph 06 May 2006

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Helena Franziska Audrey Osborn-Smith

Veronika Osborn-Smith (nee Baroness Veronika von Pfetten-Arnbach), wife of Brent Osborn-Smith, gave birth to a daughter, Helena Franziska Audrey, 25 April, 2006, a sister for Amelie Benedicta Millicent, who was b. 27 June, 2003.
Brent Osborn-Smith is the elder son of Mr & Mrs Roland Osborn-Smith, of Jersey, and Veronika is the daughter of Baron Wolfgang von Pfetten-Arnbach, of Munich, and Mrs Corinna von Blucher, of Wallgau, Bavaria.

Source: Daily Telegraph 06 May 2006

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Sophie Cecilia Rosalinde Stansfield

Maryel Cecilia (Mimi) Stansfield (nee Napier), wife of Robert George Wilmot Stansfeld, gave birth to a daughter, Sophie Cecilia Rosalinde, 24 April, 2006, a sister for George Malcolm Wilmot, who was b. 22 July, 2003.
Mr Stansfield is the second son of Mr & Mrs John Stansfeld, and Mrs Stansfield is a daughter of the Hon Malcolm Napier (of the Lords Napier & Ettrick) and the former Lady Mariota Cecilia Murray, daughter of the 7th Earl of Mansfield & Mansfield.

Daily Telegraph: 03 May 2006

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Iona Frances Hordern

The Lady Elspeth Pease Hordern [b. 1972], wife since August, 2001, of Mr James Hordern, gave birth to a daughter, Iona Frances, 26 April, 2006, a sister for Tobias [Toby] Peter Edmund, who was b. 9 February, 2003.
Lady Elspeth [nee Mackay] is the elder daughter of the 4th Earl of Inchcape and the Countess of Inchcape, and her husband is the son of the Rt Hon Sir Peter and Lady Hordern. Sir Peter was Conservative MP for Horsham, 1964-74, and 1983-97, and for Horsham and Crawley, 1974-83.

Source: Daily Telegraph 05 May 2006

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Zak Edward Ian Cameron-Webb

The Hon. Rachel Louise Cameron-Webb (nee Finch-Knightley, b. 1974) wife of Andrew Cameron-Webb, gave birth to a son, Zak Edward Ian, 30 April, 2006.
Andrew Cameron-Webb is the eldest son of Mrs Ann Cameron-Webb, of The Algarve, Portugal, & Rache is the eldest daughter of Charles Heneage Finch-Knightley, styled Lord Guernsey, [b. 1947], of Packington Hall, Warwickshire, and Lady Guernsey [nee Crawley, of the Crawley-Boevey Baronets], and is a granddaughter of the 11th Earl of Aylesford.

Source: Daily Telegraph 3 May 2006

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Lopes/Parker Bowles wedding....

The marriage took place, 6 May, 2006, at St Cyrioc's Church, Lacock, Wiltshire, between Harry Marcus George Lopes (b. 1977), scion of the Barons Roborough, only son of the Hon. George Edward Lopes (b. 1945), of Yealmpton, Plymouth, Devon, by his wife, the former Hon. Sarah Violet Astor (b. 1953), & Laura Rose Parker Bowles (b. 1978), scion of the Earls of Macclesfield, only daughter of Brigadier Andrew Henry Parker Bowles, OBE (b. 1939), and of Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/06/uwedding.xml

Harry Lopes is a grandson paternally of the 2nd Baron Roborough (1903-92), and a grandson maternally of the 2nd Baron Astor of Hever (1918-84), by his wife Lady Irene Haig, daughter of Field Marshal the 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE (1861-1928), &C.