Aikens/Nuttall engagement

The engagement was announced in January, 2007, between Tom Aikens, twin son of Mr Kevin Aikens and Mrs Tania Aikens, of Norwich, and Amber Louise Nuttall (b. 1976), daughter of Sir Nicholas Keith Lillington Nuttall, 3rd Baronet (b. 21 Sept 1933) by his 3rd wife Miranda Elizabeth Louise (now Countess of Stockton), daughter of Richard St John Quarry, and former wife of Peter Richard Henry Sellers, CBE, the actor....

Alastair Stewart-Richardson

Alastair Lucas Graham Stewart-Richardson, who died suddenly, 18 January, 2007, was a scion of the Stewart-Richardson Baronets (cr. 1630). He was b. 1927, son of Lt-Col. Neil Graham Stewart-Richardson, DSO (1881-1934) by his wife the former Alexandra Ralli (d.; 1972); educated at Eton & Magdalene College, Cambridge (MA); called to the Bar at the Inner Temple, 1952; married 1969, Diana Claire Rawstorne, by whom he had 3 children, James, Sarah and Hugh. Funeral to be held at St Mary's Church, Sculthorpe, 25 January...

Averil Lady Swinfen

Averil Lady Swinfen (née Humphreys), who died 15 January, 2007, at Cork University Hospital, late of Fermoy, Co.Cork, formerly of Middleton, Co. Cork and Spanish Point, Co. Clare, was the second wife and widow of the 2nd Lord Swinfen (1904-1977).
She was the former Averil Kathleen Suzanne Humphreys, daughter of Maj. William Marshall Hickman Humphreys, of Broomfield House, Middleton, County Cork; and married (i) Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Knowles, TD, by whom she had a son, Roderic and a daughter Coral; married (ii) in 1950, as his 2nd wife, Charles Swinfen, the 2nd Baron, a barrister, who died in 1977.
The funeral takes place 19 January, 2007, at Kilfenora Cathedral with burial thereafter in Ennistymon Cemetery.

Kenneth Douglas Evelyn Herbert Harington

Kenneth Douglas Evelyn Herbert Harington, who died at Cheltenham, 13 January, 2007, at the age of 95, was Metropolitan Magistrate, 1967-84.
He was born 30 September, 1911, the son of His Honour Edward Harington, and was educated at Stowe.
Career:->>served in the Second World War: Served in NW Europe as Major, Coldstream Guards; Hon Attaché, British Legation, Stockholm, 1930-32; Called to the Bar at the Inner Temple, 1952; Acting Deputy Chairman, Inner London and NE London Quarter Sessions, 1966-67.
He was twice married, firstly, in 1939, to the Lady Cecilia Bowes-Lyon (who died in 1947), daughter of the 15th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne, of Glamis Castle, Forfar, and a niece of HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother; married 2ndly, in 1950, Maureen Helen McCalmont (who died in 1992), daughter of Brigadier-General Sir Robert McCalmont, KCVO, CBE, DSO, by whom he had 2 sons, including His Honour Judge Michael Kenneth Harington, a Circuit Judge since 2000, who was b. 9 Aug 1951.
The funeral Service takes place, 26 January, 2006, at St Mary Magdalene, Adlestrop.

Rees-Mogg/de Chair marriage

The marriage took place at Canterbury Cathedral 13 January, 2007, 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 (b. 1977), scion of that LG family, daughter of the late Capt Somerset Struben de Chair and of Lady (Anne) Juliet Dorothea Maud Tadgell (nee Fitzwilliam, b. 1935), of Bourne Park, Kent, daughter of the 8th Earl Fitzwilliam (peerage extinct since 1979).

Dorothy Louisa Freeland

Dorothy Louisa Freeland (née Fane), who died 14 January, 2007, was a scion of the Earls of Westmorland (cr. 1624). She was b. 1917, a daughter of Hubert William Fane (1878-1949) by his wife Tilda von Adametz (d. 1953); married 1stly, 1938, Capt Frederick James Colville, scion of the Viscounts Colville of Culross (who d. killed in action, 1940); married 2ndly, 1941 (div. 1962) Lt-Cdr Clifford John Maddocks, RNVR, MIME; 3rdly, 1962 (div. 1974), Lt-Col John Anthony Russell Freeland, late the Queen's Royal Regiment, who d. 1989; and leaves issue. Memorial Service at St Philip's Church, New Church Road, Hove, 23 January, 2007.

Hon Maureen Maude Tower Rose-Price

The Hon. Maureen Maude Tower Rose-Price (nee Butler), who died 12 January, 2007, was a scion of the Barons Dunboyne (Peerage of Ireland 1324 and 1541); born in 1919 as Maureen Butler, daughter of the 27th Baron Dunboyne (17th by patent) (1874-1945), by his wife, the former Dora Isolde Butler Tower (d. 1977); married 1946, Lt-Colonel Robert Caradoc Rose Price, DSO, OBE (1912-88), late the Welsh Guards, scion of the Price Baronets (cr. 1815); by whom she had issue. Funeral Service. 23 January, 2007, at Chelsea Old Church, London SW3.

Gilbert Alexander Lucius Chetwynd-Talbot

Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbert Alexander Lucius Chetwynd Talbot, 14th/20th King's Hussars, who died at Oxford, 10 January, 2007, was a scion of the Earls of Shrewsbury & Waterford; born in 1918, the son of Charles Fleming Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot (1879-1933), by his wife Margaret Dorothy Huyshe; educated at Eton; Assistant Military Secreatry to the Commander-in-Chief, Middle East; Secretary, Albany, Piccadilly, 1967-83; served in WW2 in Iraq, Syria, Persia (mentioned in despatches) and Italy; unm. Funeral Service at St Agatha's Church, Brightwell cum Sotwell, nr Wallingford, 26 January, 2007.

Lady Jane Katherine Cory-Wright

The Lady Jane Katherine Cory-Wright (nee Douglas), who was b. 1926; married 1949 (divorced 1985) David Arthur Cory-Wright, scion of the Cory-Wright Baronets; died 11 January, 2007, aged 80; she was a daughter of the 11th Marquess of Queensberry (1896-1954) by his 2nd wife, ther former Kathleen Sabine Mann (d. 1969); and is a sister of the 12th Marquess of Queensberry (b. 1929); she leaves issue, Anthony, Simon & Christopher.
The funeral service will be held at West London Crematorium, Harrow Road, W10 4RA , 23 January, 2007.

Scudamore/Grimond engagement

The engagement was announced 15 January, 2007, between James R. Scudamore, only son of Mr and Mrs Jeremy Scudamore, of Acton Bridge, Cheshire, and Rose Clementine Grimond (b. 1979), second daughter of the Hon. John Jasper Grimond (b. 1946), of Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, by his wife, the former Kate Fleming, scion of that LG family, daughter of Lt-Col. Peter Fleming, OBE, by his wife the great actress Dame Cecila Johnson.
Rose Grimond is a granddaughter paternally of the late life baron Lord Grimond, sometime Leader of the Liberal Party...

Sarah Lady Aberdare (1924-2007)

Sarah Lady Aberdare, who died at Chilton House, 7 January, 2007, was the widow of the 4th Baron Aberdare, KBE, PC, DL (1919-2005).
She was b. 1924 as Maud Helen Sarah Dashwood, daughter of Sir John Lindsay Dashwood, CVO, 10th Baronet, of West Wycombe Park, Bucks; & married in 1946, the then Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, who succeeded to the peerage in 1957. She was the mother of four sons, Alastair 5th Lord Aberdare, James, Adam and Charles.
Her husband was Minister of State, Department of Health and Social Security, 1970-74; Minister without Portfolio, 1974; Chairman of Committees 1976-92, and Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, 1976-2001; elected a member of the House of Lords, 1999; Chairman, Abany Life Assurance Co., 1975-92; Chairman, Metlife (UK) Ltd, 1986-92; Chairman, The Football Trust, 1979-98; President, Kidney Research for Wales Foundation; President, Tennis and Rackets Association, &c.
The funeral is at St Lawrence, West Wycombe, Bucks, 25 January, 2007.

Stanley Cameron Stopford Godsal

Samantha Jane Godsal, wife since 1994 of Hugh Colleton Godsal (b. 14 Oct, 1965), gave birth to a son, Stanley Cameron Stopford, 8 January, 2007, a brother for Harley Grey Garth, who was b. 12 July, 2004. Hugh Godsal is the only son of Alan Anthony Colleton Godsal (of the landed family of that name), by his wife the former Lady Elizabeth Cameron Stopford (b. 1939), second daughter of the 8th Earl of Courtown, OBE, TD (1908-75).

Delia Countess of Kintore, widow of the 12th Earl

Delia Countess of Kintore, widow of the 12th Earl of Kintore, died at Inchmarlo House, Aberdeenshire, 10 January, 2007. She was born Delia Loyd, scion of that LG family, and descended from the Barons Brabourne, daughter of William Lewis Brownlow Loyd, of Upper House, Shamley Green, Guildford, and married the 12th Earl of Kintore (1908-89) in 1935.
Her issue includes the 13th Earl of Kintore (1939-2004). Her grandson is the 14th Earl (b. 1976).

Rosemary Watson (nee Wrixon-Becher) 1914-2007

Rosemary Watson (nee Wrixon-Becher), who died 7 January, 2007, at the age of 92, was scion of the Wrixon-Becher Baronets (cr. 1831). She was born in 1914, a daughter of Sir Eustace William Windham Wrixon-Becher, 4th Baronet; married 1938 (div 1948) Cyril Jeremy Taylor Watson, who died in 1974. She was the mother of Ann, Joy and Sue.

Wolfson/Bouman engagement

The engagement was announced 11 January, 2007, between the Hon Andrew Daniel Wolfson (b. 1969), 2nd son of Lord Wolfson of Sunningdale (b. 9 Nov 1935), of London, life baron, by his 2nd wife, and Orly Bouman, daughter of Mr Are ten Napel, of Amsterdam, and Mrs Judith Bouman, of Tel Aviv.

Evans/Parker engagement

The engagement was announced 11January, 2007, between Alexander Kenelm Singleton Cayley (Alex) Evans, (b. 1970), son of Mr Mark Singleton Evans, of The Manor House, Brompton by Sawdon, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Belinda Jane Cayley (b. 1940), and Fiona C. Parker, daughter of Mr and Mrs Tim Parker, of Melbourne, Australia.
Alex Evans is a grandson maternally of Sir Kenelm Henry Ernest Cayley, 10th Baronet

Jenkyn Alexander Bromhead Keigwin

Annabel Suzanne de Gonville de Gonville Keigwin (b. 1973), wife of Richard S. Keigwin, gave birth to a son, Jenkyn Alexander Bromhead, 4 January, 2007.
Richard is the son of Mrs Prue Keigwin and the late Lieutenant-Colonel Robin Keigwin, [who d. 5 February, 2002, aged 56], of Masham, North Yorkshire, and Annabel is a daughter of Brigadier David de Gonville Bromhead, CBE, LVO, former Equerry to the Prince of Wales, scion of the Bromhead Baronets, & Mrs Bromhead, of Wiltshire.

The Lord Cockfield, a vice-president of the European Communities, 1985-88, died 8 January, 2007, aged 90. The life peer was a Conservative minister who was dispatched to Brussels where he surprised the Government by embracing the European project .When, after a ministerial career at Westminister, Arthur Cockfield took up his post in Brussels as a vice-president at the European Commission in January 1985, neither those who sent him there nor those who were to be his new colleagues imagined what they were in for over the next four years. There was a tacit assumption - smugly relaxed on the British side of the Channel and resigned, almost offended, on the Continent - that the appointment was something of a coup by the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. (The Times)
Francis Arthur Cockfield was born 28 September, 1916, the son of Lt-Col. C.F. Cockfield, and was educated at Dover Grammar School and the London School of Economics.
Career:->Was Called to the Bar at the Inner Temple, 1942; Director of Statistics and Intelligence, Board of Inland Revenue, 1951-52; Finance Director, Boots Pure Drug Co, 1953-61, and Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Managing Committee 1961-67; Member of the NEDC 1962-64 and 1982-83; President, Royal Statistical Society 1968-69; Adviser on Taxation Policy to the Chancellor of the Exchequer 1970-73; Chairman of the Price Commission 1973-77; Minister of State, HM Treasury 1979-82; Secretary of State for Trade 1982-83; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1983-84; Vice-President, European Commission, 1985-88; received Grand Cross Order of Leopold II of Belgium; was knighted in 1973; sworn of the Privy Council in 1983; created Baron Cockfield, of Dover, county Kent (life Baron) in 1978.
Lord Cockfield married Aileen Monica Mudie, the choreographer, who predeceased him in 1992.
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Christie/Cecil engagement

The engagement was announced 10 Jan 2007, between Nicholas J.A. Christie, younger son of Mr and Mrs Timothy Christie, of Wardrobes, Buckinghamshire, and Miranda Elizabeth Rohays Cecil (b. 1974), scion of the Barons Amherst of Hackney, daughter of John Strongbow Amherst (Bow) Cecil (b. 1939), of Monk Sherborne, Hampshire, and Mrs Cecil.

St Clair-George/Bingham engagement

The engagement was announced 10 Jan 2007, between Jeremy St Clair-George, son of Mr and Mrs Michael St Clair- George, of Udimore, East Sussex, and Alexandra Romina Bingham (b. 1977), scion of the Earls of Lucan, daughter of Mr Nicholas Charles Bingham (b. 1943), of Udimore, East Sussex, and Mrs Bingham.