James Alastair Sholto Douglas (1939-2009)

James Alastair Sholto Douglas, who died 24 July, 2009, aged 69, was
descended from the Barons Templemore (Donegall M), son of Maj Henry
James Sholto Douglas; married 1988, as her second husband, Olivia
Cynthia Mary Patch (b 1946), former wife of Dimitri Tiomkin, & dau of
Maj. Oliver Patch, DSO, MC, RM, by his wife the former Constance
Gertrude Erskine (b 1921), dau Lieut-Col Sir Thomas Wilfred Hargreaves
John Erskine, DSO, 4th Baronet (cr UK 1821). The funeral Service
takes place at the Parish Church of Donhead St Mary, Nr Shaftesbury,
Dorset, on Monday, 10th August 2009.

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Camilla's daughter expecting twins

While Prince William and Kate Middleton have yet to announce a wedding date, Prince Charles' stepchildren are pressing on enthusiastically with family life.

His wife the Duchess of Cornwall's daughter Laura Lopes is expecting again - and it's twins. Her idyllic country wedding to City accountant Harry Lopes was quickly followed by the birth of Eliza, now 18 months.

Camilla also has another granddaughter from the marriage of her son, food writer Tom Parker Bowles, to fashion editor Sarah Buys.

The couple wed in a sophisticated ceremony, attended by the likes of Hugh Grant and Sir Mick Jagger in London 2005.

When their little one Lola was born the royal declared herself "absolutely over the moon". In October 2007

And this time it was Camilla herself who let the cat out of the bag about the latest exciting news while chatting to members of the Women's Institutes at the Prince of Wales' country home Highgrove, reports the Daily Mail.

A family source told the newspaper: "It's all very exciting. There have never been twins in the family before".

George Henry Acloque

The Hon Annabel Louise Acloque (née Hewitt, b 1978), wife of Peter R.M. Acloque (b 1976) & elder dau of the 9th Viscount Lifford & Viscountess Lifford, gave birth to a son, George Henry, 16 July, 2009, a brother for Freddie.

Peter Acloque is a son of David Acloque, of Lenwade, Norfolk, by his
wife the former Sarah Carolyn Gurney, scion of that LG family (descended from the
Boughey Baronets). Peter's father is a twin of the late Guy Acloque (d 19 Jun 2008), who married the Hon Camilla Scott-Ellis (b 1947), a dau and co-heiress of the 9th Baron Howard De Walden.


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Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg's marriage

_Prince Hubertus Michael of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (b 16 Sept 1975),
descendant of Queen Victoria, and in remainder to the suspended
Dukedom of Albany, son of Prince Andreas Michael Arnim Siegfried
Friedrich Hans Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (b 21 Mar 1943), by his
wife, née Carin Dabelstein (b 16 Jul 1946), married at Coburg, 21 May
(civil) and 23 May (relig), 2009, Kelly Rondestvedt.

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Miranda Frances Louise Jones 1962-2009

_. Miranda Frances Louise Jones (née Chichester) who died 15 July
2009, aged 47, was the dau of Jeremy Patrick Chichester (b 11 Sept
1932), scion of the Chichester Baronets (Baronet, E, 1641), by his
wife the former Kathleen Anne Lloyd; she was b 19 Feb 1962; married
1987, Trevor D. Jones, and had issue, Hugo (b 1993) and Oscar (b
1996). The funeral takes place at St.Andrew's Church, Congresbury,
North Somerset on Saturday, 25 July 2009.

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Maitland-Makgill-Crichton/Hennessey engagement

_.The engagement was announced 22 July 2009 between William Maitland-
Makgill-Crichton, scion of the Earls of Lauderdale, eldest son of Lt-
Col James Maitland-Makgill-Crichton and Mrs Karrie Maitland-Makgill-
Crichton, and Nilene Hennessey, eldest daughter of the late Mr Paddy
Hennessey, and Mrs Rosemary Hennessey-Walton, of Graaff-Reinet, South
Africa.

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Maj-Gen Peter Leuchars, CBE

Major General Peter Leuchars CBE, who died 17th July, aged 87, was the son of Raymond Leuchars, of White Lodge, Alfriston, Sussex. He married 1953 the Hon Gillian Wightman Nivison dau of 2nd Baron Glendyne and Ivy May dau of James Rose, of Bournemouth and had a son, Christopher John Raymond (b 1956) who married 1999 Tessa Helen Graham dau of John Graham Earlscote of Winterton, Scunthorpe and has a dau,
Rosie Elizabeth (b 2003).

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Charlotte Margot Tufnell

Olivia C. Tufnell (née Fellowes, scion of that LG family), wife of
Simon Charles Tufnell, (b. 1977), scion of that LG family, gave birth
to a daughter, Charlotte Margot, 11 July, 2009.

Simon Tufnell is the youngest son of Mr (Michael) Wynne Tufnell, by
his wife the former Hon Georgina Mary Cavendish (sister of the 6th
Baron Chesham), of Bighton, Hampshire, and Olivia is the elder
daughter of Mr and Mrs David Fellowes, of Little Somborne, Hampshire.


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Hutson/Gooch engagement

_.The engagement was announced 20 Jul 2009 between David Simon Hutson,
only son of the late Mr Malcolm Hutson and of Mrs Hutson, of Oxford,
and Lucinda Gooch, elder daughter of the late Sir Timothy Robert
Sherlock Gooch, MBE, 13th Baronet (1934-2008) by his wife the former
Susan Barbara Christie Cooper, now of Covehithe, Suffolk.

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Hon Orlando Balthazar Duncombe (born 2009)

 The Baroness Feversham (nee Candida Boddington), wife of Jasper Orlando Slingsby Duncombe, 7th Baron Feversham (born 14 March, 1968), have birth to a son and heir, the Hon Orlando Balthazar Duncombe, 16 July, 2009.

The Fevershams married in early 2009. Jasper Duncombe succeeded his father in the peerage, 29 March, 2009.

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Ludlam/Caulfeild engagement

_.The engagement was announced 18 July 2009, between Simon T. Ludlam,
son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Ludlam, of Bickley, Kent, and Victoria
Louise Calufeild (b 1982), scion of the Viscounts Charlemont (Peerage
of Ireland, 1665), daughter of James Alexander Toby Caulfeild (b
1937), of Redford, West Sussex, by his wife Diana Penelope Pound.

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Legge/ffrench-Mullen engagement

_. The engagement was announced 18 July 2009, between Alex B. Legge,
only son of Mr and Mrs Colin Legge, of Bullocks Horn, Malmesbury, and
Tara Siobhan Eve ffrench-Mullen (b 6 May 1970), younger daughter of
the late Mr Timothy Fitzgerald ffrench-Mullen (d 1982), by his wife
the former Penelope Margaret Cecil Cave-Brown-Cave (b 1931), scion of
the Cave-Brown-Cave Baronets (E, 1641).

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Sir Derrick Bailey, 3rd Bt, dies aged 90

Sir Derrick Bailey, 3rd Bt, who died on June 19 aged 90, flew bombers during the Italian campaign and was awarded the DFC; played first class cricket for Gloucestershire, leading the side in 1951-52; and later came to the assistance of the Channel island of Alderney by providing an inter-island air service.

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Henry Isaac Meinertzhagen

_.Catherine Meinertrzhagen, wife of Daniel Meinertzhagen (b 1965),
gave birth to a son, Henry Isaac, in London, 27 June, 2009, a brother
for Charlie, Freddie, Maxim, Blaise and Gabriel.

The infant is, via his Huth ancestors, reported to be descended from
the Royal House of Borbon.

Harrison/McLeod engagement

_.The engagement was announced 15 Jul 2009 between John Wyndham Fowler
Harrison (b 14 Dec 1972), only son & heir of Sir (Robert) Colin
Harrison, 4th Baronet, and Lady Harrison, of Stearsby, York, and
Caroline L. McLeod, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs William McLeod, of.
—Turriff, Aberdeenshire.

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Baronet's son dead at 38

_.Samuel Stevenson Best-Shaw, who died 11 July 2009, aged 38, was the
2nd son of Sir John Michael Robert Best-Shaw, 10th Baronet, and of
Lady Best-Shaw. He was b 1971. Mr B-S leaves a widow Elena, and 2
children, Adam and Rebecca. A Memorial Service takes place 13 August
at St Barnabas, Emmer Green, Caversham.

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Denise Adeane

Denise Adeane, who died 12th July 2009, was wife of the late
Charles Adeane, mother of Henry, Sarah and Lizzie, grandmother of
Madeline and Anthony. Funeral Service at St Peter's Church, Babraham,
on Tuesday 21st July at 10.30 a.m. Family flowers only.


She was the dau of Thomas N. Cole, of 47, Grosvenor Square, W.1, and
910, Fifth Avenue, New York. She married 1957 Charles Raymond Wyndham
ADEANE (1930-64) scion of the LG family of Babraham (the same family
as the late LP Baron Adeane, the royal courtier) and son of Col Sir
Robert Philip Wyndham Adeane (b 1905) and 1st wife Joyce Violet dau of
Rev Cyril Frederick Parry Burnett (LG Parry-Burnett of Perfeddgoed),
and had a son and two daughters as above.

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Winnington/Fawke marriage

_.Sir Anthony Edward Winnington, 7th Bt (b 13 May 1948) (Baronetcy GB 1755) son of the late Thomas Foley Churchill Winnington, MBE by his wife the former Lady Betty Marjorie Anson, dau of the 4th Earl of Lichfield (1883-1960), married in London, 13 July, 2009, Mrs Alexandra Fawke, dau of the late Mr & Mrs Alexander B. MacColl.

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Fitzalan Howard/Taylor marriage

_.The marriage took place 27 June, 2009, at Holy Innocents' Church, Foulsham, between Edward Michael Fitzalan Howard (b 1979), scion of the Dukes of Norfolk, son of Colonel Thomas Fitzalan Howard, of North Elmham, Norfolk, by his 1st wife the former Penelope Jan Walters (now Mrs Jeremy Jones, of Low Marishes, North Yorkshire), and Caroline E. Taylor, daughter of Mr Andrew Taylor, of Binham, Norfolk, and Mrs Anne Taylor, of Foulsham, Norfolk.

Edward is a grandson of the late Maj-Gen Lord Michael Fitzalan Howard (1916-2007), and a great-nephew of the 17th Duke of Norfolk, KG (1915-2002).

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Oscar Alexander Louis Novis

_.Marina Jane Novis (née Lee-Steere, b 1973), wife of Edward Novis, gave birth to a son, Oscar Alexander Louis, 1 July, 2009, a brother for Max and Sasha.

Marina is the 3rd dau of Gordon Ernest Lee-Steere, of Jayes Park, Ockley, Surrey, by his wife the former Mary Katherine Stuart, and is a granddaughter of Charles Augustus Lee-Steere (k/a 1940), by his wife the former Patience Hargreaves Pigott-Brown (b 1915), scion of the Pigott-Brown Baronets (cr 1903) .

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Walter Ralph Cornell

Kirsty Cornell (née Noel-Paton), wife of Tom R.D. Cornell, and granddaughter paternally of the late Baron Ferrier, gave birth to a son, Walter Ralph, 7 July 2009, a brother for Maisie Viola, who was b 30 Apr 2005, and for Albert.


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Jean Chrétien, OM

OTTAWA – He is no Mother Teresa but Jean Chrétien now has something in common with the late nun of Calcutta.

Queen Elizabeth II appointed the former prime minister of Canada to the Order of Merit yesterday – a rare distinction that has been conferred upon the likes of Florence Nightingale and T.S. Eliot.

Evans-Bevan/Saevareide engagement

_.The engagement was announced 14 July 2009 between Huw Evan Evans- Bevan (b 1971), scion of the Evans-Bevan Baronets, yst son of Sir Martyn Evan Evans-Bevan, 2nd Baronet (b 1 Apr 1932), of Brecknock, by his wife the former Jennifer Jane Marion Stevens, & Elizabeth Saevareide, dau of Mr & Mrs Erling Saevareide, of Herøy, Norway.


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Death of Earl Haig

George Alexander Eugene Douglas Haig, 2nd Earl Haig, OBE DL, died 9 July, 2009, aged 91.
He was born 15 Mar 1918, son of Field Marshal the 1st Earl Haig KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE (1861-1928), by his wife the former Hon Dorothy Maud Vivian DGStJ, Maid of Honour to Queen Victoria and Queen Alexandra (d. 18 Oct 1939), 2nd dau. of the 3rd Baron Vivian by his wife Louisa Alice Duff, only dau. of Robert George Duff, of Wellington Lodge, Ryde, Isle of Wight.
Lord Haig mar. (1)19 Jul 1956 (div. 1981) Adrienne Thérèse Morley, only dau. of Derrick Morley, of Quaives, Wickhambreaux, co. Kent
children by first wife:-
1.Hon Alexander Douglas Derrick Haig, styled Viscount Dawick, of Third Farm, Melrose, co. Roxburgh (b. 30 Jun 1961)
1.Lady (Adrienne) Raina Haig (b. 19 Feb 1958)
2.Lady (Elizabeth) Vivienne Thérèse Haig (b. 1 Mar 1959)
mar. (2)24 Mar 1981 Donna Gerolama Lopez y Royo di Taurisano
The earl was Page of Honour to George VI 1937; 2nd Lieut 1938, Capt 1938-41; Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire and Berwickshire 1952-67, Vice-Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire 1967-70 and Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Ettrick, Lauderdale and Roxburghshire since 1977; President British Commonwealth Ex-Services League 1960-96; National Chairman British Legion Scotland 1962-65; OBE 1966; KStJ 1977; President Earl Haig Fund Scotland 1980-86.

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Hon Sarah Myddelton dies

The Hon Sarah MYDDELTON, who died 4 Jul 2009, was the dau of the 5th Baron Hindlip and Cecily Valentine Jane dau of Lt-Col Malcolm Borwick, DSO (scion of the Barons Borwick). She was the former wife of Hugh Robert Myddelton (gt gs of the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne and descended from the 4th Earl of Minto & the 1st Duke of Abercorn &c &c) and had a son and a dau.


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Death of Lord Blaker, KCMG

Lord Blaker, KCMG, who died 5 July 2009 aged 86, became first a diplomat and then a long-serving Conservative MP who twice returned to the Foreign Office as a minister; he also served at the Ministry of Defence.



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Hugh Millais (1929-2009)

Hugh Geoffroy Millais b 1929 d 4 July 2009 m twice and had issue by his first marriage, 2 sons (both married, one with female issue the other with no issue) and a dau unmarried. He's the son of Hesketh Raoul le Jarderay Millais (1901-99) and his1st w Elinor Clare (d 1953) dau of late Allan Ronald Macdonell, of Montreal. Hesketh was the grandson of the painter Sir John Everett Millais 1st Bt by his wife who was previously married to the author John Ruskin.

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Death of Dr Richard Law, FRCOG

Dr Richard Law MD FRCOG who died at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, 5 July 2009, in his 91st year, was sometime Consultant Gynaecologist at The Whittington Hospital. He was a scion of the Barons Ellenborough.


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John Kenneth Pelly dies

John Kenneth Pelly, who died 3rd July 2009, in hospital in Toronto aged 85, wasa scion of the Pelly Baronets and a kinsman of Prince Harry's chum, Guy.

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Lord Murton of Lindisfarne dies

From today's Lords Hansard transcript, Lord Murton of Lindisfarne died 5 July 2009:
The Lord Speaker (Baroness Hayman) is quoted: My Lords, I regret to inform the House of the death yesterday of Lord Murton of Lindisfarne. On behalf of the whole House, I extend our condolences to the noble Lord’s family and friends.

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Earl of Dartmouth weds Fiona Handbury

After a failed relationship with Claire Kavanagh, who bore him a son out of wedlock (born March 2005), the nearly-60-year-old aristocrat has wed long-time girlfriend Mrs Fiona Handbury (nee Campbell), Australian-born mother of three. The civil ceremony took place at Haldon Belvedere, a folly near Exeter, followed by a reception at which William Cash and his wife Vanessa Neumann (formerly linked to Mick Jagger and William Stirling, nephew of the Marchioness of Salisbury) were present. The newly-weds are off on honeymoon in Biarritz.

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Death of Lady Keswick, mother of Sir Chips, aged 98

_.Lady Keswick, who died 8 July, 2009, aged 98, was the widow of Sir William Johnston Keswick (1903-1990). She was born Mary Etheldreda Lindley, in 1911, a dau of the Rt Hon Sir Francis Oswald Lindley (1872-1950), by his wife the former Hon Etheldreda Fraser (1872-1949), dau of the 13th Lord Lovat (1828-87), by his wife nee Weld-Blundell, of that LG family. Of her siblings, Sarah was wife of the 9th Earl of Hardwicke, and Alice was wife of Sir Oscar Morland, and Bridget married Sir John McEwen, 1st Bart. She married Sir Wm, and leaves issue, viz:-(i) Henry Neville Lindley Keswick, b 1938, married 1985, his kinswoman, the Hon. Annabel Teresa Fraser, b 1957, d. of the 15th Lord Lovat; and (ii) Sir John Chippendale (Chips) Keswick, b 1940, who married 1966, Lady Sarah Ramsay, b 1945, d. of the 16th Earl of Dalhousie, KT, sometime Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother; and (iii) Simon Lindley Keswick, b 1942, married 1971, Emma Bridget Chetwode, b 1950, d. of Maj. (George) David Chetwode, MBE, & (iv) Teresa. Family funeral in Scotland.


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Lukas/Heriot Maitland engagement

_.The engagement was announced 9 Jul 2009 between Harry M.O. Lukas, elder son of Mr and Mrs Michael Lukas, of Drumelzier, Peeblesshire, and Kirsty L. Heriot Maitland, scion of the Earls of Lauderdale (cr S 1624), youngest daughter of Lewis Dalgleish Heriot Maitland (b 1943), of Errol, Perthshire, by his wife the former Prudence Jane Norris.


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Guise/Whewell engagement

_.The engagement was announced 9 Jul 2009 between Anselm Mark Guise (b 1971), son & heir of Sir (Christopher) James Guise, 8th Baronet (b 10 Jul 1930), of Elmore, Gloucestershire, by his wife the former Carole Hoskins Master (and former wife of Charles Edward Riou Benson, of that LG family) and Sarah L. Whewell, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Whewell, of Scorton, Lancashire.


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Windham-Bellord/Alvarenga marriage

_.The marriage took place 27 June 2009, at St Mary's Chapel, Lulworth Castle, Dorset, of James Robert Grenville Windham-Bellord (b 1973), descended from the Bowyer-Smyth Baronets (cr 1661) b 1973, son of Edward James Windham-Bellord (b 1947), of Cucklington, Somerset, who married 1972 (div 1976) Caroline Irene Morgan-Grenville (1949-1979), scion of the Lords Kinloss (Peerage of Scotland, 1602) (Caroline Morgan-Grenville married (ii) 1977, Robert Denman; & Karen Alvarenga de Oliveira, daughter of Vander Eduardo Oliveira, of Vitoria, Brazil, and of Angelina Alvarenga Caldeira de Oliveira, of Belo Horizonte, Brazil.


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7th Earl of Clarendon (1933-2009)

The 7th Earl of Clarendon died 4 July, 2009. He was aged 76. George Frederick Laurence Hyde Villiers, 7th Earl of Clarendon, was b 2 Feb 1933, son and heir of George Herbert Arthur Edward Hyde Villiers, styled Lord Hyde (b. 6 May 1906; dvp. 27 Apr 1935), who mar. 18 Apr 1932 Hon Marion Feodorovna Louise Glyn CVO, Woman of the Bedchamber To Queen Elizabeth later Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother 1937-61 and Extra Woman 1961-70 (d. 13 Dec 1970), 1st dau. of Frederic [Glyn], 4th Baron Wolverton, by his wife Lady Edith Amelia Ward CBE, only dau. by his second wife of William [Ward], 1st Earl of Dudley. Succeeded to the peerages 13 Dec 1955, on the demise of his grandfather, the 6th Earl of Clarendon, KG, GCMG, GCVO, PC (1877-1955); married.17 Jul 1974 Jane Diana Dawson, dau. of Edward William Dawson, of The Old Rectory, Idmiston, Salisbury, co. Wiltshire; he is succeeded by his son George Edward Laurence Villiers, styled Lord Hyde, Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II 1988-90 (b. 12 Feb 1976).
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Marquess of Cholmondeley engaged to Rose Hanbury

The engagement was announced 23 June 2009 between David George Philip, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley, KCVO, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b 27 Jun 1960) son of Lavinia, Marchioness of Cholmondeley and the late 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley, GCVO, MC (1919-90), of Malpas, Cheshire, and Rose Sarah Hanbury (b 15 Mar 1984), younger daughter of Timothy James Hanbury (b 1952) of the LG family of Drumstinchall formerly of Poles (descended from the Birkin Baronets), by his wife the former Emma Longman (b 1959) dau of the late Mark Frederic Kerr Longman (d 1972), by his wife the former Lady Elizabeth Mary Lambart (b 1924), dau of Field Marshal the 10th Earl of Cavan, KP, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE.

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Nicholas Charles Tilman Barclay

Rose C.M. Barclay (b 1979 nee Troughton), wife of Piers D. Barclay, gave birth to a son, Nicholas Charles Tilman, 15 June, 2009, a brother for Beatrice Angela Sarah, who was b 29 July 2007. Piers is the younger son of the late Mrs Angela Barclay, of London, and Rose is the elder daughter of Peter Troughton, of Upper Wanborough, Swindon, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Sarah Rose Colman (b. 1953), sometime Lady-in-Waiting to HRH The Duchess of Kent.
Rose is a granddaughter maternally of Sir Timothy Colman, KG, by his wife the former Lady Mary Cecilia Bowes Lyon (b. 1932) sometime Lady-in-Waiting to HRH Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy. Lady Mary Colman is a sister of the late 17th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne, and a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Rittson Thomas/Taprogge engagement

_.The engagement was announced 16 June 2009 between Hugo Rittson Thomas, son of Mr Christopher Rittson Thomas,.—and of the late Mrs Rittson Thomas, of Sandford St Martin, and Silke Taprogge, daughter of the late Mr Ludwig Taprogge and of Dr Taprogge, of Dusseldorf, Germany.

Is this perhaps Hugo Robin Rittson-Thomas, who was baptised on 8 May 1957, son of George Christopher Rittson-Thomas, by his wife the former Silvia Catriona Fleming (b 1930), scion of that LG family, dau of Maj Philip Fleming (1889-1971), by his wife the former Joan Cecil Hunloke (1901-91), dau of Maj Sir Philip Hunloke (formerly Perceval) (1868-1947), son of Philip Perceval by his wife the former Hon. Ernestine Wellington Sidney, dau of Philip Charles Sidney, 1st Baron De L'Isle and Dudley (1800-51), by his wife Lady Sophia FitzClarence (1796-1837), natural daughter of HM King William IV ???


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Colquhoun of Luss/Murphy engagement

The engagement was announced 17 June, 2009, between Patrick John Colquhoun of Luss, yr (b 17 Dec, 1980), eldest son of Sir Malcolm Colquhoun of Luss, 9th Baronet, and Mrs Susan Clark, of Princeton, New Jersey, USA, and Charlotte J. Murphy, daughter of Mr and Mrs Christopher Murphy, of Horsford, Norfolk.

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Reid/Sitwell engagement

_The engagement was announced 17 Jun 2009 between Dickon F. Reid, son of the late Mr Michael Reid and of Mrs Michael Reid, of Burwash, East Sussex, and Henrietta Louise Vereker Sitwell (b 1973), scion of the Sitwell Baronets, daughter of the late Francis Trajan Sacheverell Sitwell (1935-2004), of Weston Hall, Towcester, by his wife Susanna Carolyn Cross, and sister of Sir George Sitwell, 8th Bt.

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Laura Fellowes, niece of Diana, Princess of Wales, marries in Norfolk

The marriage took place, 30 May, 2009, at Snettisham, Norfolk, between Nicholas Peter Pettman (born 1974), son of David Pettman, by his wife the former Jennifer Mosse, and the Hon Laura Jane Fellowes (b 19 Jul 1980), descended from the Viscounts Hampden, dau of the Baron Fellowes, GCVO (b 1941), life peer, former Private Secretary to Her Majesty the Queen, by his wife the former Lady (Cynthia) Jane Spencer (b 11 Feb 1957), dau of the late 8th Earl Spencer, MVO (1924-92), by his wife the former Hon Frances Ruth Burke Roche (1936-2004), dau of the 4th Baron Fermoy.

The bride is a niece of the late Diana, Princess of Wales and a first cousin of the Princes William and Harry.

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Death of Helen Lady de Mauley, widow of 6th peer

Helen Lady de Mauley, who died 4 June, 2009, was the widow (& second cousin) of the 6th Lord de Mauley (cr Baron of the UK 1838). She was b 7 Oct 1921, as Helen Alice Douglas, scion of the Earls of Morton, only dau. of Hon Charles William Sholto Douglas, of Back Bridge, Malmesbury, Wiltshire (2nd son of Sholto George [Douglas], 19th Earl of Morton, by his wife Hon Helen Geraldine Ponsonby, 4th dau. of Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper [Ponsonby], 2nd Lord de Mauley; and married (i) 20 Oct 1947, Lieut Col Bryan Lynch Leslie Abdy Collins OBE MC (1913-52), by whom she had issue, Thomas Adby Collins, b 1948, and Brian James Douglas Adby Collins, b 1952; married (ii) 16 Nov 1954, Gerald John [Ponsonby], 6th Baron de Mauley (1921-2002).

Funeral Service to take place at Little Faringdon on Tuesday 23 June 2009.

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Lady Beeching, widow of former British Rail chairman, dies at 94

The Lady Beeching, who died 6 June, 2009, aged 94, was the widow of the life peer Lord Beeching (1913-85), who as _Dr Beeching_, was chairman of British Railways.
Funeral Service to be held at the Surrey and Sussex Crematorium, Worth, on Monday 15th June 2009.

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Lady Beeching, widow of former British Rail chairman, dies at 94

The Lady Beeching, who died 6 June, 2009, aged 94, was the widow of the life peer Lord Beeching (1913-85), who as _Dr Beeching_, was chairman of British Railways.
Funeral Service to be held at the Surrey and Sussex Crematorium, Worth, on Monday 15th June 2009.

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Lady Anne Cowdray, mother of Viscount Cowdray, dies at 95

Lady Anne Cowdray, who has died aged 95, was the 1st wife of the 3rd Viscount Cowdray (1910-95), and was mother of present peer. She was born Lady Anne Pamela Bridgeman, 12 Jun 1913, daughter of the 5th Earl of Bradford (1873-1957), by his wife the Hon Margaret Bruce (1882-1949), dau of the 2nd Baron Aberdare (1851-1929); and married the 3rd Viscount Cowdray in 1939. They divorced in 1950. She leaves a son, Michael, the 4th Viscount (b 17 Jun 1944), and a dau, Mary Teresa, born in 1940.

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Lady Page-Wood, widow of the 7th Baronet, dies aged 84

Lady Page-Wood, who died 5 June, 2009, aged 84, was the widow of Sir David John Hatherley Page Wood, 7th Baronet. She was the former Evelyn Hazel Rosemary Bellville, dau of Capt Ernest George Bellville, and married Sir David (d Nov 1955), in 1947. She assumed by deed poll the additional surname of Page before that of Wood. She leaves issue, Sir Anthony, the 8th Baronet (b 6 Feb 1951), and a dau, Rosemary, b 1948, wife of a Teacher, of the eponymous whisky distilling family (descended from the Macnaghten Bts).

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Lady Carrington, wife of the former Foreign Secretary, Lord Carrington, dies

The Baroness Carrington, who died 7 June, 2009, was the wife of the 6th Baron Carrington, KG, GCMG, CH, MC, PC, the former Conservative Government Minister. She was Iona, dau of Lt-Col Sir Francis Kennedy McClean, AFC, and married Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron (cr I, 1796, GB 1797) in 1942, and leaves issue, a son, Rupert, b 2 Dec 1948, and 2 daus, Alexandra and Virginia (the latter was wife between 1973 and 1979 of the 4th Baron Ashcombe). Funeral on Tuesday, 16th June at Holy Trinity Church, Bledlow.

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Oliver James Cadbury

Joana C. Cadbury (née Williams) wife of Simon C. Cadbury, (b. 1975), of the chocolate dynasty, gave birth to a son, Oliver James, 5 June, 2009, a brother for Hugo George, who was b 18 Sept 2007. Simon is the son of Mr Peter Hugh George Cadbury, (b. 1943) & his wife, the former Sally Strouvelle, of London, and Joanna is the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs David Williams, of Newport, Shropshire.

Simon Cadbury is the only sibling of the Duchess of Argyll.

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Jimmy Charles Cecil

Joanna M Cecil (née Shaw), wife of David W.R. Cecil (b. 1971), scion of the Barons Rockley, gave birth to a son, Jimmy Charles, 29 May, 2009, a brother for William. David is the only son of the Hon. Charles Evelyn Cecil (b. 1936), and Mrs Cecil, of Wilcote House, Wilcote, Oxon, and Joanna is the younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Shaw, of Coombe Park, Huish Champflower, Somerset.


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Jean Patricia Ralli

_.Jean Patricia Ralli, who died 22nd May 2009, aged 88, was the second wife of Lucas John Ralli (b 1920), scion of the Ralli B aronets (cr 1912). She was the former Jean Patricia Bennett, dau of Capt Edward Morden Bennett, RN, of Wolfeton Manor, Charminster, Dorset, and married (i) ____Barrett. She married Lucas Ralli in 1989 as his 2nd wife. Funeral Service at Reading Crematorium (RG4 5LP) on Tuesday 2nd June.


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Bryan Braithwaite-Exley

Bryan Braithwaite-Exley, died 29th May 2009. Adored husband of Barbara, loving father of Sue and Marcus, admired and loved by his grandchildren. A Service of Thanksgiving at the Church of the Epiphany, Austwick at 1.30pm Monday 8th June 2009. His dau Susan Jane married 1974 (div 2003) James Somerset WIGRAM, a descendant of the 1st Bt, and had 2 sons: Thomas Peter James (b 1978), William Henry James (b 1981) - both in line to the btcy and a dau: Tessa Vera Joyce (b 1988).

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Kathleen Dorothy Hall

Kathleen Dorothy Hall (née Shakerley), who died 31st May 2009, aged 94, was mother of Peter, Juliet and Jeremy, devoted grandmother of Nicholas, Camilla, Venetia, Laurence, Charlotte, Daniel and Esther and great-grandmother of Niamh, Freddie and Olivia. She was scion of the Shakerley Bts UK cr 1838.

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Nancy Hazlerigg

Nancy Hazlerigg (née Ingles), died at home on 1st June 2009, aged 90 years. Adored wife of the late Hazy, precious and very much loved mother of Patrick, Diana and Sheelagh. She was the widow of Capt Arthur Greville Maynard ('Hazy') HAZELRIGG (1910-90) scion of the Barons Hazelrigg (gt gs of Sir Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, 12th Bt, gf of the 1st Baron) and dau of Capt John Alexander INGLES, RN.

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Nelson of Stafford/Snowball engagement

_.The engagement was announced 6 June, 2009, between Alistair William Henry Nelson, 4th Baron Nelson of Stafford (b 3 June 1973), only son of the late 3rd Baron Nelson of Stafford (1943-2006), by his wife the former Dorothy Caley, of Tibthorpe Manor, East Yorkshire, and Kirsty Anne Snowball, only daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Snowball, of Scorton, North Yorkshire.


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Peter William Villiers

Peter William Villiers, died 2 June 2009. Loving husband of Alice. He was a scion of the Earls of Clarendon, the gt gt gt grandson of the 1st Earl of Clarendon (1776 cr) and Charlotte dau of 3rd Earl of Essex by Jane dau and co-heir of Henry Hyde, 4th and last Earl of Clarendon of the 1661 cr. Alice was Peter's second wife. He had a son (Roger Peter, b 1946, distantly in line to the earldom and married with a son and a dau) and a dau (Jennifer Ann 1948-70) by his first marriage to Juneica, only child of William Friedhoff.

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Lady James

Lady JAMES (née Teresa Girouard), d 3 May 2009. Beloved wife of Sir Kenneth James and mother of Emma and Sarah. She was the dau of Lady Blanche Maud de la Poer BERESFORD (d 1940) (dau of the Marquess of Waterford and Lady Beatrix Frances FitzMaurice [susbsequently the Duchess of St Albans] dau of 5th Marquess of Lansdowne) by her husband Richard Désiré son of Col Sir Percy GIROUARD KCMG DSO. Her husband is SIR CYNLAIS (KENNETH) MORGAN JAMES KCMG (b 1926). They married in 1953 and have two daus.

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Audrey Wilson

Audrey Wilson (formerly Bonham-Carter, née Stogden) died on Saturday 18th April 2009 in her 95th year, at Riverpark Place, Ottawa, Canada. Wife of the late Dr Douglas Glover Wilson. She was dau of Francis Rowe STOGDON, of Harrow, Middlesex and formerly the wife of Victor BONHAM-CARTER of the LG family LUBBOCK (formerly Bonham-Carter) of Adhurst St Mary.

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Michael William Tomson Nott

Michael William Tomson Nott died tragically on April 28th 2009, after a fall while visiting his sister in Los Angeles. He is survived by his wife Pippa, his father Francis and his sister.—Carolyn. He was the son of William Francis Bell NOTT OBE TD (b 1908) of the LG family formerly of Staunton-upon-Wye and Joan dau of Charles Mansham TOMSON of Green Meadow, Charlton Kings, Glos. He married 1963 Phillipa (Pippa) dau of Edward Foster-Mitchell.
His sister Carolyn Mary was b 1939.

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Dorothy Poppy Rickett

Dorothy (Poppy) Rickett, died aged 100 on 5th May 2009 peacefully at The Old Rectory, Ewhurst. Dearly loved mother of Elizabeth and Peter, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was the widow of Harold Robert Norman Rickett CBE TD (1909-69) and dau of E. O. Barry, Lower Kingswood, Surrey. Their son Peter married 1967 (as her 2nd husband, her first was a scion of the Grey Egerton Bts, by whom she had issue) Sarah Jessica (b 1940) dau of Willoughby Rollo NORMAN (son of Sir Henry Norman, 1st Bt (UK 1915) and his 2nd wife the Hon Florence Priscilla McLAREN (dau of 1st Baron Aberconway)) and his 1st wife the Hon Barbara Jacqueline BOOT dau of 2nd Baron Trent (ext 1956). They have two daus.

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Michele Simone Ogilvie-Forbes

Michèle Simone Ogilvie-Forbes, died who died 27th April 2009, was the 2nd wife of Charles Malcolm George OGILVIE-FORBES (b 1944) of the LG family of Boyndlie and dau of Henri Cheron, of Morandava, Madagascar. She had no children.

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Gervas Clay

Gervas (Charles Robert) Clay, died at Elliscombe House on Saturday 18th April, aged 102 years. Widower of Betty and father of Gill, Robin, Nigel and Crispin. Service North Cheriton 3 p.m. 15th May. He was scion of the LG family formerly of Piercefield and married 1936 the Hon Betty St Clair BADEN-POWELL CBE dau of 1st Baron Baden-Powell.

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Dick John Richard Basil Thornhill

Dick John Richard Basil Thornhill died peacefully at home, on 10th May 2009, aged 71. Beloved husband of Sue, adored father of Henry and Louisa and dearly loved brother, uncle and great uncle. Funeral Service at St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Chetwode, Buckingham, MK18 4LB on Wednesday 27th May at 2.30 p.m. He was a scion of the LG family of Fixby and Diddington and married 1964 Susan Josephine (b 1940) dau of John William Casserley, of Ellacot Barton, Bratton Clovelly, Devonshire.

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Dick John Richard Basil Thornhill

Dick John Richard Basil Thornhill died peacefully at home, on 10th May 2009, aged 71. Beloved husband of Sue, adored father of Henry and Louisa and dearly loved brother, uncle and great uncle. Funeral Service at St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Chetwode, Buckingham, MK18 4LB on Wednesday 27th May at 2.30 p.m. He was a scion of the LG family of Fixby and Diddington and married 1964 Susan Josephine (b 1940) dau of John William Casserley, of Ellacot Barton, Bratton Clovelly, Devonshire.

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George Milford-Cottam

George Milford-Cottam, died 19 May 2009, aged 91, husband of Diana. Service of Thanksgiving on Friday 29th May at 11.30 a.m. at St Mary's Church, Upton, Didcot, Oxfordshire. He was the 2nd husband of Diana Hazel (1914-?) previously widow of Robert Froude Norton), grand dau of SIr Edward Clitherow Brooksbank, 1st Bt (UK 1919).

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Roy Trustram Eve (1931-2009)

Roy Trustram Eve, who died 20 May, 2009, was the husband of Mary Alice and much loved father of Catherine, Luke and Patrick. He was grandson of Sir Herbert Trustram Eve KBE and Fanny Jean dau of Rev John Robert Turing (Turing of Foveran Bts) and nephew of the 1st Baron Silsoe. He married 1962 Mary Alice dau of Sir Ian Fraser DSO OBE DL &c of Belfast and had 2 sons and a dau.


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Jenny Pym (1923-2009)

Jenny Pym, who died at Bristol, 1 June, 2009, aged 86, was a scion of the LG family of Pym of Hazells, and was a kinswoman of the late life peer Lord Pym. She was the dau of William St John Pym, CBE, by his first wife Catherine Maud dau of Charles Gardner. She was unmarried.

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Maxwell Scott/Greenall engagement

The engagement was announced in May 2009 between Matthew Maxwell Scott, yr son of the late Sir Michael Fergus Constable Maxwell Scott, 13th Baronet (Bt, E., 1642), by his wife Deirdre Moira McKechnie, now Deirdre, Lady Maxwell Scott..— and Melanie Greenall, daughter of the late Mr Alan Greenall and of Sharon Greenall.


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Beatrix Catherine Daly

Georgina M. Daly (née Eyre, b 1 Jan 1977), wife of Captain A. Crispin Daly, Scots Guards, gave birth to a dau, Beatrix Catherine, 14 May, 2009. Capt Daly is a son of Lieutenant-Commander and Mrs John Daly (BLG?) of Alverstoke, Hampshire, & Georgina is a daughter of Major John Vickers Eyre (b. 1936), late the RHA and the King's Hussars, of Tytherington, Gloucestershire, by his wife, the former Sarah Margaret Aline Heywood, dau of Maj. Geoffrey Beresford (Tim) Heywood, MBE.

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Froggatt/Langlands engagement

__.The engagement was announced 28 May 2009, between James H.I. Froggatt, eldest son of Mr and Mrs David Froggatt, of Hidcote Boyce, Glos, and Lucinda Mary Langlands (b 1977), daughter of Major (Christopher) Jeremy George Langlands, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, of Hartgrove, Shaftesbury, Dorset, by his wife the former Hon Selina Mary Manners (b 1952), dau of the late 5th Baron Manners.

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Daphne Elizabeth Damery

_.Daphne Elizabeth Damery (née Fairfax-Cholmeley), who died from cancer, 22 May 2009, was scion of the Fairfax-Cholmeley LG family, born 8 Apr 1941, dau of Richard Hugh Fairfax-Cholmeley (1907- ), by his wife the former Rachel Robinson (1905-1992); wife of Roger Damery and mother of Richard and Nicola. Funeral Service to be held at St Peter's Church, Langley Burrell. Date to be arranged.

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Jean Patricia Ralli

_.Jean Patricia Ralli, who died 22nd May 2009, aged 88, was the second wife of Lucas John Ralli (b 1920), scion of the Ralli B aronets (cr 1912). She was the former Jean Patricia Bennett, dau of Capt Edward Morden Bennett, RN, of Wolferton Manor, Charminster, Dorset, and married (i) ____Barrett. She married Lucas Ralli in 1989 as his 2nd wife. Funeral Service at Reading Crematorium (RG4 5LP) on Tuesday 2nd June.


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Clare Vyvyan dies aged 103

(Mary) Clare Frances Vyvyan died 25 May, 2009 aged 103. She was b circa 1905, dau of John Leeming, of Chalfont St Peter, Bucks, and married in 1934, Lester Trefusis Vyvyan (1905-1952), scion of the Vyvyan Baronets (cr 1645), and was mother of Anthony Beville Vyvyan (b 1935). _Requiem Mass at St Edwards RC Church, Mawnan Smith, Falmouth, Cornwall, Thursday 4th June.

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Heathcoat Amory/Reid engagement

_.The engagement is announced between Simon Charles Heathcoat Amory (b 1982), scion of the Heathcoat Amory Baronets (cr 1874), elder son of Charles William Heathcoat Amory (b 1945), of South Molton, Devon, and Mrs Harmony Joanna Heathcoat Amory (nee Lyell), of Wylye, Wiltshire, and Lucy Reid, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Reid, of Harpenden, Hertfordshire.

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Lady Olivia Waldron 1929-2009

The Lady Olivia Elsie June Waldron (nee Taylour), aunt of the Marquess of Headfort, died 24 May 2009 at Cape Town. She was born in 1929, daughter of the 5th Marquess of Headfort (1902-60), by his wife the former Elsie Florence Tucker (d 1972), and was sister of the late 6th Marquess of Headfort; married 1955, Victor Echevarri Waldron (d 20 Nov 2002), by whom she had issue, Sally, Gina, Carola and William.



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Manners/Napier engagement

_. The engagement was announced 29 May 2009 between (Richard John) Peverel Manners (b 1963), scion of the Dukes of Rutland, son of the late Lord and Lady John Manners, of Knipton, Leicestershire, and Eloise Dorothea Napier (b 1970), scion of the Lords Napier & Ettrick, eldest daughter of the Hon Malcolm Napier (b 1933), of Blairgowrie, Perthshire, by his late wife the former Lady Mariota Murray, dau of the 7th Earl of Mansfield & Mansfield.

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Mary Gore-Booth

_.Mary Gore-Booth (née Scholfield) who died 25 May, 2009, was the widow of Colum Robert Gore-Booth (1913-59) scion of the Gore-Booth Baronets (cr 1760, Ireland). She was Mary, daughter of Edward Paget Scholfield, JP, of Sandhall, Howden, Yorks (descended from the Dukes of Northumberland), and married 1stly 1947, as his 2nd wife, Mr Gore- Booth. She married 2ndly, 1971, Michael William McLean Barker, who died in 1982. She was mother of Peter/Krishna, Susie and Justin and of Tessa Mary Watt. Sister of Helen Baxter.


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Alan Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk (1954-2009)

Alan Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, BA Hons, PhD, of Oswestry, Shropshire, descendant of Charles II and Nell Gwynn, died 15 May, 2009, aged 55. He was b 1954, son of (Amelius) Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk (b 1924), of Oswestry, Shropshire, by his wife the former (Sydney) Frances Thomas, dau. of D. C. F. Thomas; and brother of Eleanor Frances de Vere Beauclerk, b 1950.

Alan was a great-great-grandson of Charles de Vere Beauclerk (1836-82), who was a natural son of Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclerk, GCB, GCH (1771-1846), of Winchfield House, Hampshire, scion of the Dukes of St Albans.

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Cosmo Alexander Gibson-Watt

Alexandra Gibson-Watt [nee Steele] wife of Edward Gibson-Watt, gave birth to a son, Cosmo Alexander, 8 May, 2009, a brother for Mathilda (Tilly) who was b 19 Mar 1999, and for Olivia Diana, b 24 Nov, 2000, and for Christabel Paula, b 30 Jan 2003.

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Lady Gage, diplomat's widow, dies

Lady Gage, who died 14 May, 2009, was the 2nd wife, and widow, of Sir Berkeley Everard Foley Gage, KCMG (1904-94), the diplomat, and scion of the Viscounts Gage. The former Lillian Riggs Miller (nee Vukmirovic), she married Sir Berkeley in 1954. Her husband was Third Secretary, Rome 1928-31; Private Secretary to Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State 1934; Second Secretary, Peking (later Nanking) 1935-38; First Secretary, Chungking 1941-44; Counsellor, The Hague 1947- 50; CMG 1949, KCMG 1955; Consul- General, Chicago 1950-54; Ambassador to Thailand 1954-57; Ambassador to Peru 1958-63; Chairman, Latin America Committee, British National Export Council 1964-66; Chairman, Anglo-Peruvian Society 1969-71.

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Vincent David Astor

Clarissa Astor (nee Berning), wife since 2000 of Thomas Ludovic David Astor (b 24 Jul 1972), scion of the Viscounts Astor, gave birth to a son, Vincent David, 6 May, 2009, a brother for Eva Daisy, b 26 May 2001, and for Freddie. Tom Astor is a son of David Waldorf Astor (b 9 August 1943), by his wife the former Clare Pamela St. John.

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3rd Viscount Bledisloe, QC (1934-2009)

The 3rd Viscount Bledisloe, QC, died 12 May, 2009. Christopher Hiley Ludlow Bathurst was b 24 Jun 1934; married 29 Aug 1962 (div. 1986) Elizabeth Mary Thompson, 2nd dau. of Sir Edward Walter Thompson, of Gatacre Park, Bridgnorth, co. Shropshire, by his wife Ann Elizabeth Amphlett, 2nd dau. of Rev George L'Estrange Amphlett, of Four Ashes Hall, Stourbridge; and had issue, (i) the Hon Rupert Edward Ludlow Bathurst (b. 13 Mar 1964), succeeded to the viscountcy, 17 Apr 1979; married Shera Sarosh, dau. of Rohinton Sarosh, and has issue, Benjamin Bathurst (b. 28 Mar 2004); Iona Elizabeth Bathurst (b. 16 Jun 2002); (ii) the Hon Otto Benjamin Charles Bathurst (b. 16 Jun 1971); (i) the Hon Matilda Blanche Bathurst (b. 16 Feb 1967), mar. ..... Clark; not eelected to the House of Lords 1999.
He was 3rd Viscount Bledisloe, of Lydney in the County of Gloucester; (United Kingdom, let. pat. 24 Jun 1935); 3rd Baron Bledisloe, of Lydney in the County of Gloucester (United Kingdom, let. pat. 15 Oct 1918)

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Astor/Stutz engagement

__.The engagement was announced 15 May 2009, between the Hon William Waldorf Astor (b 19 Jan 1979) , elder son of the 4th Viscount Astor (b 27 Dec 1951), by his wife, the former Annabel Lucy Victoria Jones (descended from the Barons Clifford of Chudleigh), and Lohralee Stutz, daughter of Mrs Lee Villas and Mr Serge-Alian Stutz.

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Julia Margery Morison Canning, daughter-in-law of Lord Garvagh

Julia Margery Morison Canning, who died 6 May, 2009, at Little Bedwyn, Marlborough, Wilts, was the wife of the Hon Spencer George Stratford De Redcliffe Canning (b 12 Feb 1953), son and heir of the 5th Baron Garvagh. She was the former Julia Margery Morison Bye, 1st dau of Col. Francis Clifford Edward Bye, of Twickenham, Middx, and married Mr Canning 14 Jul 1979. She leaves issue, a son, Stratford George Edward de Redcliffe Canning (b. 7 Feb 1990), and 2 daus, Cordelia Louise Morrison Canning (b. 1985), and Florence Canning (b. 1988).

Funeral to take place at St. Michael's Church, Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire at.— 20th May, 2009.

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Jonathan Edward Fenwicke-Clennell (c1947-2009)

_.Jonathan Edward (Jonnie) Fenwicke-Clennell, of Raughton Head, Cumbria, who died 9 May, 2009, aged 61, was a scion of the Fenwicke- Clennell LG family, of Eland Hall, Ponteland, Northumberland.

He was husband of Amanda and father of Christian, Ed and Tom, & grandfather of Georgia, Olivia and Jamie. Beloved son of Veronica and the late John Fenwicke-Clennell. Funeral Service at All Saints Church, Raughton Head, Carlisle on Friday 15th May 2009.

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David Heaton-Ellis (c1969-2009)

David P. Heaton-Ellis, who died 10 May, 2009, aged 39, from Motor Neurone Disease, was a scion of the LG family of Heaton-Ellis, of Wyddiall Hall, was b circa 1969, yst son of Lt-Col Peter Richard Heaton-Ellis, OBE (b 31 Aug 1923), head of the LG family and the late Mrs Peter Heaton-Ellis (nee Prudence Elizabeth Woodbine Parish, scion of that LG family?), of Chittern, Wiltshire. David married Sophie O. Cook, youngest daughter of Mr Nicholas Cook and Mrs Josephine Cook, of Woodnewton, Northamptonshire, and was father of a son, Geordie.

David's eldest brother, Michael James Brabazon Heaton-Ellis, b 22 May 1958, died from motor neurone disease, aged 42.

Funeral at St Lawrence Church, Ecchinswell on Friday 22 May 2009.

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Virginia Swinhoe-Standen (nee Gilmour) 1960-2009

_.Virginia Esdaile Louise Swinhoe-Standen (née Gilmour), died 9th May 2009, aged 49. She was b 1960, dau of John Gilmour, by his wife the former Gillian Mary Truell (b.1929), and was sister of Angus John Gilmour, b.1958 & David Richard Grey Gilmour, b.1962. Funeral at Easthampstead Park Crematorium on 14th May 2009.

Her maternal grandfather, Edmund Gray Stuart Truell (1878-1950); m.14 Aug 1912 Vere Frances de Merlie Bellingham Somerville (1890-1976). Edmund was a son of the Rev William Henry Augustus Truell (1843-1934), by his wife, the former Lady Cornelia Stuart (d 1933), scion of the Earls of Moray.

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Lord Kennet dies aged 85

The 2nd Baron Kennet died 7 May, 2009. He was 85.

Wayland Hilton Young was born 2 Aug 1923, son of the 1st Baron Kennet, GBE, DSO, DSC, PC (1879-1960) by his wife, the scupltress Edith Agnes Kathleen (d 1947), dau of Rev Canon Lloyd Stewart Bruce (Bruce Baronets cr 1804), and widow of Capt Robert Falcon Scott, CVO, RN (Scott of the Antarctic); Lord Kennet's half brother was the naturalist, Sir Peter Scott; he was eductated at Stowe and Trinity Hall, Cambridge; Journalist; Parl Sec, Ministry of Housing & Local Govt 1966-70; Chairman, Advisory Cttee, Oil Pollution of the Sea 1970-74; and of the Council for the Protection of Rural England 1971-72; and of the International Parl Conf on the Environment, 1971-80; Member of the European Parliament 1978-79; Vice-Pres, Parliamentary & Scientific Cttee from 1989 to?; SDP Chief Whip in the House of Lords 1981-83; Spokesman on Foreign Affairs and Defence 1981-90; married 1948, Elizabeth Ann, dau of Capt Bryan Fullerton Adams, DSO, , by whom he had issue. The peerage (cr 1935) now devolves upon his Lordship's son, the Hon (William) Thoby Young, b 24 May 1957, who is married to the Hon Josephine Keyes, dau of the 2nd Baron Keyes, and has issue, inc a son, Archibald, b 7 Jun 1992.

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Fitzwilliams/Glynne-Percy engagement

_.The engagement was announced in May 2009 between Logie C.L. Fitzwilliams, son of Mr and Mrs Duncan Fitzwilliams, of Bradfield, Berkshire, and Annabel M. Glynne-Percy, daughter of the late Mr Richard Glynne-Percy, and of Mrs Fiona Glynne-Percy, of Chelsea, London.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/5314137/Prince-William-and-Kate-Middletons-pal-goes-up-aisle.html

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George Evelyn Webb-Carter

Pippa A. Webb-Carter (née Kidson-Trigg), wife of Alexander) Clive Webb- Carter (b 1975), descended from the Barons Wigram, gave birth to a son, George Evelyn, 2 May, 2009.
Clive Webb-Carter is the 1st son of Major General Sir Evelyn John Webb- Carter, of Horcott House, Fairford, Gloucestershire, by his wife the former Hon Anne Celia Wigram (b 1945), and Pippa is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Martin Kidson-Trigg, of Friars Farm, Highworth, Wiltshire.

Clive Webb-Carter is a grandson maternally of the 2nd Baron Wigram.

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Lord Tryon's heir engaged

_.The engagement was announced 11 May 2009, between the Hon Charles George Barrington Tryon (b 15 May 1976), godson of the Prince of Wales and sometime Page of Honour to the Queen, eldest son of the 3rd Baron Tryon (b 26 May 1940) and the late Baroness Tryon, of Calne, Wiltshire, and Dr Katie A.L. Carroll, only daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Carroll, of Sandwich, Kent.

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Hewlett/Agar engagement

_The engagement was announced.—7 May 2009, between the Hon Richard Hewlett, younger son of the late Lord and Lady Hewlett, and Sandra V.S. Agar, younger daughter of Commander and Mrs Rodney Agar, of West Knoyle, Wiltshire. The marriage will take place in Corfu this summer.

Is the bride-to-be here a member of the Shelton Agar LG family perhaps?

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Alec William Cooper Wilkinson

Lora Wilkinson (née Noel-Paton), wife of Anthony J.C. Wilkinson, & scion of the Barons Ferrier (extinct), gave birth to a son, Alec William Cooper, 25 April, 2009.

Anthony is a son of Mr & Mrs John Wilkinson, of Chedworth, Gloucestershire, & Lora is a dau of the Hon (Frederick) Ranald Noel- Paton (b 1938), of Abernethy, Perthshire, by his wife the former Patricia Stirling (dau of Gen Sir William Stirling, GCB). Lora Wilkinson is a granddaughter paternally of the Baron Ferrier (1900-4 June 1992), life peer.

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Hector Percy Algar Orde-Powlett

Katie J. Orde-Powlett (née Gribble), wife since May 2008, of Capt the Hon Thomas Orde-Powlett, MC, Irish Guards, (b 16 July 1979), scion of the Barons Bolton, gave birth to a son and heir, Hector Percy Algar, 21 April, 2009.

Capt Orde-Powlett is the eldest son & heir of the 8th Baron Bolton (b 14 Feb 1954), of Bolton Hall, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Philippa Tapply, & Katie is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Gribble, of Beddingham, Sussex.

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3rd Viscount St Davids (1939-2009)

The 3rd Viscount St Davids died 26 April, 2009, aged 70. His viscountcy, cr 1918, was but one of a string of impressive peerages and a baronetcy, viz: 3rd Viscount St Davids, of Lydstep Haven in the County of Pembroke (United Kingdom, let. pat. 17 Jun 1918); 16th Baron Strange of Knokyn (England, writ sum. 29 Dec 1299); 24th Baron Hungerford (England, writ sum. 7 Jan 1425/6); 22nd Baron de Moleyns (England, writ sum. 13 Jan 1444/5); 3rd Baron St Davids, of Roch Castle in the County of Pembroke (United Kingdom, let. pat. 6 Jul 1908); 15th Baronet, styled "of Picton, co. Pembroke" (England, let. pat. 9 Nov 1621). He was born Colwyn Jestyn John Phillipps, 30 Jan 1939, son of the 2nd Viscount St Davids (b 19 Feb 1917; d 10 Jun 1991), by his wife the former Doreen Guinness Jowett (d 19 Oct 1956); and was educated at Sevenoaks School; late 2nd Lieutenant, Welsh Guards; Lord-in-Waiting (Government Whip) 1992-94; Deputy Speaker House of Lords 1995-99.

He married 1965, Augusta Victoria Correa Larrain, dau of Don Estantislao Correa Ugarte, of Santiago, Chile, by whom he had issue, two sons, (i) Hon Rhodri Colwyn Philipps (b. 16 Sep 1966), mar. 6 Sep 2003 Sarah Louise Colyn Butcher, only dau. of Dr Peter Butcher; & (ii) Hon Roland Augusto Jestyn Estantislao Philipps (b. 9 Apr 1970).

The elder son now succeeds to the peerages and the baronetcy.

His Funeral will be held in St Davids Cathedral on Wednesday 6 May.

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Hester Zia Elizabeth Burnett of Leys

Lavinia Margaret Burnett of Leys (nee Cox), wife of Alexander James Amherst Burnett of Leys (b. 1973), gave birth to a dau, Hester Zia Elizabeth, 11 April, 2009, a sister for Amaryllis Susan Rohays, who was b 24 November, 2006, and for Thomas Henry Amherst, b 11 February, 2008.
Alexander is the elder son of Mr James Comyn Amherst Burnett of Leys (b. 1941), and Mrs Burnett of Leys, of House of Crathes, Kincardineshire, and Lavinia is the elder daughter of Mr and Mrs C.A.F. Cox, of Leochel Cushnie, Aberdeenshire.

Alexander's father was born James Comyn Amherst Cecil, son of the Hon Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil (1914-42), scion of the Barons Amherst of Hackney, who married in 1938, Elizabeth Rohays Mary (who d. in 1993 having married secondly, 1944, Capt Sir Cecil Boyd-Rochfort, KCVO), only daughter of Major-General Sir James Lauderdale Gilbert Burnett of Leys, 13th Baronet, CB, CMG, DSO.

Alexander's father was, in 1966, recognized in the surname of BURNETT of LEYS, by Lyon Court. He married in 1971, Fiona Mercedes, second daughter of Lt-Col Harold Pedro Joseph Phillips, FRGS (who d. 1980), by his wife Georgina (now Lady Kennard), daughter of Sir Harold Augustus Wernher, GCVO, TD, 3rd and last Baronet [1893-1973], of Luton Hoo, by his wife, the Lady Anastasia [Zia] Wernher, CBE, [nee de Torby], elder daughter of Grand Duke Mikhail of Russia [1861-1929], by his morganatic wife, Sophia Nikolaievna, Countess de Torby, elder dau of Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau, by his morganatic wife Countess Natalia von Merenberg [nee Pushkin].

Alexander Burnett of Leys is a nephew of the Duchess of Abercorn and the Duchess of Westminster.

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David John Noel MacLeod

David John Noel MacLeod died at Dunblane, 25 April, 2009, aged 69. He was b 12 September 1939, the son of Sir John MacLeod (d 1984) by his wife the former Rosemary Theodora Hamilton Wills (d 1994), scion of the Barons Dulverton (cr 1929; Baronetcy cr 1897). He married Wendy Joy Cookson in 1972, and is survived by her and by three daughters. Funeral at Perth Crematorium, 4th May 2009.

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Eardley-Wilmot/Langton engagement

The engagement was announced 2 May 2009, between Benjamin John Eardley- Wilmot (b 24 Jan 1974), eldest son of Sir Michael John Assheton Eardley-Wilmot, 6th Baronet (b 13 Jan 1941) and his former wife Mrs Wendy Wilmot (nee Wolstenholme), both of London, and Clementine D. Langton, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Langton, of London.

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Maxime de la Falaise 1922-2009

Maxime de la Falaise (nee Birley), who died 30 April, 2009, aged 86, became famous in the 1950s for her contributions to the worlds of fashion and food; in her colourful private life, she was also something of a social maverick.

She was born Maxine Birley, 25 June, 1922, dau of society portrait painter Sir Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley, MC, RA (1880 –1952), by his wife the former Rhoda Vava Mary Lecky Pike (LG of Ireland), and was sister of Mark Oswald Hornby Lecky Birley (1930-2007). She married (i) Comte Alain de la Falaise, by whom she had a dau, the model Loulou de la Falaise, and a son Alexis de la Falais; she married (ii) John McKendry, curator of prints and photographs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Grace Joanna Beatrix Carrick-Buchanan

Kate Carrick-Buchanan [née Smith] wife of Angus Carrick-Buchanan, of the BLG family of Drumpellier & of Corsewall, near Stranraer, Scotland, gave birth to a daughter, Grace Joanna Beatrix, 7 April, 2009, a sister for Honor Aimee Ulla, who was b. 6 March, 2003, and for Alice Frances Grace, who was b 10 March, 2006.

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