Lady Montagu Douglas Scott

Lady Montagu Douglas Scott, who died 17 October, 2006, aged 81, was, as Valerie Finnis, a distinguished horticulturalist and garden photographer, widow of Sir David Montagu Douglas Scott (who died in 1986 aged 99), diplomat, scion of the Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/10/28/db2801.xml
She was born Valerie Finnis, 31 Oct, 1924, at Crowborough, Sussex, 2nd daughter of Cdr Steriker Finnis by his wife Constance, and married Sir David in 1970. No issue.
----

Delia Baroness Baillieu

Delia Baroness Baillieu, who died 26 October, 2006, was the 2nd wife and widow of the 2nd Baron Baillieu (1915-73). She married Lord Baillieu in 1962 as Mrs Delia Muriel Champion. She is survived by issue from a previous marriage.Her homes were at Chiddingly and Lewes, Sussex.
---

Rosemary Ann Ogilvy Bailey

Rosemary Ann Ogilvy Bailey (nee Freeman-Mitford), who died who died at Burford, Oxfordshire, 22 October, 2005, aged 95, was a scion of the Barons Redesdale. She was born in 1911, a daughter of Major the Hon Clement Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford, DSO, eldest son and heir of the 1st Baron, (1876-1915), by his wife the former Lady Helen Alice Willington Ogilvy (d. 1973), daughter of the 11th Earl of Airlie; married 1932, Cdr Richard James (Dick) Bailey, OBE, RN (who d. 1969), by whom she had issue; 2 sons, Richard and Michael (who both predeceased her); & 4 daughters, Clementine, Penelope, Lavinia & Annabel; Funeral at St John the Baptist Church, Burford, 1 Nov, 2006...
---

Ursula Rowland

Victoria *Plum* Sykes, the writer, and her husband, Toby Rowland, have been presented with their first child, a daughter, Ursula Rowland, born in London, October, 2006.
http://www.fashionweekdaily.com/news/fullstory.sps?inewsid=373627&itype=8486
Mr Toby Rowland is the son of the late Mr "Tiny" Rowland (whose birth name was Furhop)and Mrs Josie Rowland, & *Plum* (b. 4 Dec, 1969), is a twin daughter (with her sister Lucy now Mrs Euan Rellie) of Mark Richard Sykes (b. 1937), scion of the Sykes Baronets, of Sledmere, Yorkshire, and his second wife, Valerie.
Plum's paternal grandmother, Camilla Georgiana Sykes (nee Russell) (1912-83), was a scion of the Dukes of Bedford; the bride's paternal grandfather was the grandson of Christine Cavendish-Bentinck, a descendant of the 3rd Duke of Portland.
"Tiny" Rowland who died in July, 1998, from skin cancer, was the former head of the British-based conglomerate, Lonhro plc, has died at the age of eighty from skin cancer. Rowland, who fought a long take-over war with Mohamed Fayed for control of Harrods, was once described by the former British Prime Minister, Sir Edward Heath, as 'the unacceptable face of capitalism.. "

Sir Edward Thomas Hunter Blair, 8th Baronet

Sir Edward Thomas Hunter Blair, 8th Baronet, landowner and forester, died at Fleet Valley Nursing Home, 21 October, 2006. He was aged 85.He was born 15 December, 1920, son of Sir James Hunter Blair, 7th Baronet, by his wife Jean Galloway McIntyre, and was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford.Career:---> Served in the 2nd World War with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry; member of Kirkcudbrightshire County Council, 1970-71; Civil Servant, 1941-43; journalist (assistant Foreign Editor) 1944-49; Member of the Council of the Wyndham Trust, 1992-96; Member of the Scottish Association for Public Transport from 1993; President, Dumfries and Galloway Mountaineering Club, &c.He succeeded to the baronetcy (created in 1786), on the demise of his father, 1985.He married (i) 1956, Norma, daughter of Walter Sidney Harris, and they adopted a son, Alan, and a daughter, Helen. Married (ii) Jonet ?The baronetcy now devolves upon his kinsman, Patrick David Hunter Blair, b. 1958.The funeral took place at Straiton Parish Church, 27 Oct, 2006...
----

Floris Daniel van Pallandt Brocklebank

Felicia Brocklebank (nee Baroness van Pallandt, b. 1971), wife of James Brocklebank, gave birth to a son, Floris Daniel van Pallandt, 3 October, 2006, a brother for Thomas Charles Wilprand, who was b. 11 July, 2004.
---

Floris Daniel van Pallandt Brocklebank

Felicia Brocklebank (nee Baroness van Pallandt, b. 1971), wife of James Brocklebank, gave birth to a son, Floris Daniel van Pallandt, 3 October, 2006, a brother for Thomas Charles Wilprand, who was b. 11 July, 2004.
---

Angus Benjamin Maurice Hay

Miranda Hermione Rosamond Hay (nee Tennant, b. 1974), scion of the Barons Glenconner, wife of Thomas Hay, gave birth to a son, Angus Benjamin Maurice Hay, 8 October, 2006, at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital. Mrs Hay is a daughter of Mark Edward Tennant, and a granddaughter of the late Sir Iain Tennant, KT, by his wife the former Lady Margaret Ogilvy, dau of the 12th Earl of Airlie, &c.

Sheila McAlpine

Sheila McAlpine, who died 6 October, 2006, was the wife of Lt-Col. Malcolm Hugh Dees McAlpine (b. 1917), of the Royal Engineers, scion of the McAlpine Baronets (cr. 1918). She was the former Sheila Margaret, daughter of Maj. F. Raeburn Price, & married Malcolm McAlpine (a grandson of Sir Robert McAlpine, 1st Bt) in 1944; she had issue, Adrian (b. 1944), Cullum (b. 1947), and Hamish (b. 1954).The funeral took place at Chelsea Old Church, 18 Oct, 2006...

Oliver-Bellasis/Wise engagement

The engagement was announced, 11 October, 2006, between John Edward Oliver-Bellasis (b. 1976), descended from the Bates Baronets (cr. 1880), elder son of Charles Arthur John Oliver-Bellasis (b. 1940), of Boxford, Berks, by his wife the former Julia Elizabeth Manners, and Victoria J.H. Wise, ystn daughter of Mr & Mrs Kenneth Wise, of Princes Risborough, Bucks.

Rogers/Norman engagement

The engagement was announced in October, 2006, between Daniel H. Rogers, younger son of the late Mr John Rogers and of Mrs Rogers, of Riverhill, Sevenoaks, Kent, and Kinvara C. Norman (b. 1977), scion of the BLG family of St Clere and Moor Place, and a descendant of the 4th Earl of Bradford, younger daughter of Mr James Collet Norman (b. 10 Aug 1945), of Hillington, Norfolk, by his wife the former Jennifer Wigan.

---

Mordaunt/Welch engagement

The engagement was announced in October, 2006, between James Richard John Mordaunt (b. 1967), scion of the Mordaunt Baronets (cr. 1611), elder son of Gerald Charles (Gerry) Mordaunt (b. 1939), of Essex, by his former wife, the former Carol Elspeth Villiers, scion of the Earls of Clarendon (now Mrs Carol Hammick, of Dorset), and Fiona K. Welch, daughter of Mr Alistair Welch, of Australia, and Mrs Jane Eardley, of London.

----

Lady Anne Catherine Dorothy Hill

The Lady Anne Hill, of Snape Priory, Saxmundham, Suffolk, who died 22 October, 2006, was a daughter of the 3rd Earl of Cranbrook (1870-1915), by his wife the former Lady Dorothy Montagu Boyle (d. 1968), daughter of the 7th Earl of Glasgow; she was b. 1911, as Lady Anne Catherine Dorothy Gathorne-Hardy. married 1938, George Heywood Hill (who d. 1986, descended from the Johnstone Baronets), and leaves issue. Funeral at Great Glemham Church on 30th October.


---

Hoyer Millar/Burges-Lumsden engagement

The engagement was announced 24 October, 2006, between Mark Christian Frederick Hoyer Millar (b. 1975), scion of the Barons Inchyra (cr. 1962), son of the Hon Alastair James Harold Hoyer Millar (b. 1936), of London, by his wife the former Virginia Margaret Diana Macauley (descended from the Viscounts Camrose), & Anna Sophia Burges-Lumsden, daughter of Mr & Mrs Christopher Burges-Lumsden, of Pitcaple, Aberdeenshire.


---

Baroness Hutchinson of Lullington

The Baroness Hutchinson of Lullington, who died 26 September, 2006, aged 86, was the second wife of the life peer, the Baron Hutchinson of Lullington, QC (b. 28 Mar, 1915). She was born in June, 1920, as June Capel, the younger (and posthumous) daughter of Capt. Arthur ("Boy") Capel, by his wife the former Hon Diana Lister (b. 1893), daughter of the 4th Baron Ribblesdale (b. 29 Oct 1854; d. 21 Oct 1925) (this peer was immortalised by the artist John Sargent), by his wife the former Charlotte Monckton Tennant, daughter of Sir Charles Tennant 1st Baronet. June's mother had married (i) 1913, Percy Lyulph Wyndham (of the Barons Leconfield, who was killed in WW1 in 1914); and after Capel's demise she became the wife of the 14th Earl of Westmorland. She married 1stly, 1948, Franz Osborn, and married 2ndly, in 1966, as his 2nd wife (the first wife had been the actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft), Jeremy Hutchinson, created a life peer in 1978.

James Robert Rhys Wingfield

Jane Fiona Wingfield (nee Dempster), wife of Rupert Bolingbroke Rhys Wingfield (b. 1972), scion of the Viscounts Powerscourt, gave birth to a son, James Robert Rhys, 25 September, 2006.
--

Walpole/Walker engagement

The engagement was announced 3 September, 2006, between the Hon. Roger Horatio Calibut Walpole (b. 1980), son of the 10th Baron Walpole, of Mannington Hall, Norwich, by his 2nd wife, the former Laurel Celia Ball, & Lesley Walker, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Kenneth Walker, of Athelstaneford, East Lothian, and Mrs Walker.

Hon. Simon David Davan Sainsbury

The Hon Simon David Davan Sainsbury, who died after a fall, 28 September, 2006, was a yr son of the life peer, Baron Sainsbury (1902-98), and was a great-grandson of John Sainbury, founder of the grocery chain; b. 1930; sometime Vice-Chairman and Director of J Sainsbury Ltd; he never married, but recently celevrated a civil partnership with one Stewart Grimshaw.

William John Ernest Horsbrugh-Porter

Jennie Horsbrugh-Porter (nee Downing) wife of (Andrew) Alexander Marshall Horsbrugh-Porter (b. 19 Jan 1971), scion of the baronets of that name, gave birth to a son, William John Ernest, 25 September, 2006. Alexander is the son and heir of Sir John Simon Horsbrugh-Porter, 4th Baronet.

Loyd/Peake engagement

The engagement was announced 3 October, 2006, between Andrew W. Loyd, son of the late Major Peter Loyd and Mrs Peter Loyd, of Eastfield, Roxburghshire, and Mrs Katharine S. Assheton, daughter of Mr David Alphy Edward Raymond Peake (b. 1934), of Sezincote, Gloucestershire, scion of the Peake family headed by Viscount Ingleby, and Mrs Peake.
--