Earl Spencer to marry Bianca, Lady Eliot

_.The engagement was announced (Daily Mail 26/3/2010) between Charles Edward Maurice [Spencer], 9th Earl Spencer (b 20 May 1964), only surv son of the late 8th Earl Spencer, MVO (1924-92), by his 1st wife, the Hon Frances Ruth Burke Roche (1936-2004), scion of the Barons Fermoy, & Bianca Jane, Lady Eliot (nee Ciambriello b 1976), dau of Joseph Cambriello, of Plymouth, by his wife Lesley K. Price, and widow of Jago Nicholas Aldo Eliot, styled Lord Eliot (1966-2006) son and heir of the 10th Earl of St.Germans, by his 1st wife, the Hon.
Jacquetta Jean Frederika Lampson, daughter of the 1st Baron Killearn.

Earl Spencer, brother of the late Diana, Princess of Wales has been wed twice before, 1stly 1989 (div 1997), (Catherine) Victoria Lockwood, by whom he has issue, (i) Hon Louis Frederick Spencer, styled Viscount Althorp (b. 14 Mar 1994), (i) Lady Kitty Eleanor Spencer (b. 28 Dec 1990), (ii) Lady Eliza Victoria Spencer (b. 10 Jul 1992)
(iii) Lady Katya Amelia Spencer (b. 10 Jul 1992); he married 2ndly, 2001 Caroline Victoria Freud (former wife of Matthew Rupert Freud, 2nd son of Sir Clement Raphael Freud, of 14 York House, Upper Montagu Street, London W1, and Westons, Walberswick, co. Suffolk, by his wife June Beatrice Flewett, dau. of H W Flewett), dau. of Rupert Hutton by his wife Mrs Malcolm Barr, and has issue by her, (ii) the Hon Edmund Charles Spencer (b. 6 Oct 2003), and (iv) Lady Lara Spencer (b. Apr 2006).

Lady Eliot has a son (heir to his grandfather's earldom) the the Hon. Albert Clarence Eliot, born shortly before 4 November, 2004, and twin daughters, the Hon. Ruby Eliot and the Hon. Violet Eliot, b. 7 April, 2003.

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Heir to the Duke of Hamilton & Brandon is engaged

_.The engagement was announced 20 March 2010, between Alexander Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, styled Marquis of Clydesdale (b 31 Mar 1978), elder son of Angus Alan Douglas [Douglas-Hamilton], 15th Duke of Hamilton (b 13 September 1938), by his late former wife Sarah Jane Scott (b. 28 Oct 1945; d. 17 Feb 1994), eldest dau. of Sir Walter Scott, 4th Bt., of Beauclerc, Bywell St Andrews, co. Northumberland, & Sophie Ann Rrutherford,, dau of Mr Hubert Rutherford, of Roxburghshire and Mrs Isabel Rutherford, of Edinburgh.

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Lord Ashtown, 7th baron, dies at 93

The 7th Baron Ashtown (Peerage of Ireland), KCMG, died at the Chelsea
and Westminster Hospital, 6 March, 2010. He was 93.Funeral at Mortlake
Crematorium on Friday 19 March. He was b 27 Oct 1916, son of Clive
Newcome Trench, of Roadwater, Watchet, co.Somerset (by his wife
Kathleen Maud Marion MacIvor, 2nd dau. of Maj Ivan MacIvor CSI), 3rd
son of Capt Hon Cosby Godolphin Trench, of Sopwell Hall, Cloughjordan,
co. Tipperary (by his wife Maria Musgrave, 1st dau. of Sir Richard
Musgrave, 4th Bt.), 2nd son of Frederick Mason [Trench], 2nd Baron
Ashtown; succeeded to the peerage 19 Aug 1979 on the demise of his
cousin once removed; married (1) 1 Dec 1939 Marcelle Cathrine van
Kloetinge (d. 1994), yst. dau. of Johan Jacob Clotterbooke Patyn van
Kloetinge, of Zeist, The Netherlands; married (2) 17 Dec 1997
(Dorothea) Mary Elizabeth von Pless (former wife of HSH Hans Heinrich
XVII Wilhelm Albert Eduard, 4th Prince of Pless), dau. of Lt Col
Richard George Edward Minchin; and is succeeded by the son of his 1st
spouse, the Hon Roderick Nigel Godolphin Trench, of Bassetts,
Mayfield, co. Sussex (b. 17 Nov 1944).

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Lady Mary Rose Williams, scion of the Dukes of Grafton, dies at 91

__The Lady Mary Rose (Emma) Williams (nee FitzRoy) who died at the Old Prebenal House, 8 March, 2010, aged 91, was a scion of the Dukes of Grafton, born posthumously, 7 September, 1918, dau of William Henry Alfred,Viscount Ipswich (1884-1918), by his wife Auriol Brougham (d 1938), scion of the Barons Brougham & Vaux. Her father was killed in a plane crash, and her brother, the 9th Duke of Grafton (1914-36), died in a motor racing accident. Lady Mary Rose was a co-heir, with her
elder sister, Lady Margaret Jane FitzRoy (later Nelson) to the barony of Arlington, which peerage was called out of abeyance in 1999, in favour of her niece Jennifer Jane Nelson (Mrs Forwood). Lady Mary Rose married 1945 (div 1952) Francis Trelawny Williams (d 1977), and leaves a dau, Linda Jane Auriol (b 1 Feb 1947). ____ Funeral on Thursday, March 25th at The Holy Ascension Church, Oddington. Glos.

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Shirley/Lutyens engagement

_.The engagement was announced 17 March 2010, between the Hon William Robert Charles Shirley (b 10 Dec, 1984), scion of the Earls Ferrers, elder son and heir of Robert William Saswalo Shirley, styled Viscount Tamworth (b 29 Dec 1952), of Ditchingham Hall, Norfolk, by his wife the former Susannah Mary Sheepshanks; & Camilla Lutyens (b 1985), yst dau of the late Richard David Lutyens (b 1 Jul 1948- d. 1994), and Mrs
Richard Lutyens (nee Mary A.J.P. Drabble), of Kensington, London.

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Ellis/Strang Steel engagement

_The engagement was announced 17 March, 2010, between Edward J Ellis,
son of Dr and Mrs Brian Ellis, of Steep, Hampshire, and Tara D. Strang
Steel, scion of the Steel Baronets, dau of Sir Michael Strang Steel,
Bt, & Lady Strang Steel, of Philiphaugh, Selkirk.

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Sibell Dawnay, sometime great-aunt of the Duchess of Cornwall, dies at 102

_.Sibell Margaret Dawnay (nee Norman), of The Glen, Ballingarry, Co Limerick, died at her home, 8 March, 2010, at the age of 102. She was born 2 March, 1908, dau of Ronald Collet Norman (1873-1963), scion of that landed family, by his wife the former Lady Florence Sibell Bridgeman (1877-1936), dau of the 4th Earl of Bradford; & married (i) 25 Sept, 1934 (div 1949), as his 2nd wife, Major the Hon. Archibald Edward Cubitt (1901-72), son of the 2nd Baron Ashcombe (1867-1947); married (ii) 23 June 1949, Lt.-Col. Ronald Dawnay (1908-90), scion of the Viscounts Downe, son of Major the Hon. Hugh Dawnay by his wife the former Lady Susan de la Poer Beresford; from her 1st marriage she had issue, (i) Mark Robin Cubitt (1936-91), (i) Mary Sibell Cubitt (1938-40), & (ii) Priscilla Margaret Cubitt (b 1941), who married the 11th Earl of Harrington, &. Mrs Dawnay's grandson, Mark Cubitt (b 1964) is heir pres to the Ashcombe peerage. __Funeral Service on Saturday, 13 March 2010 at Kilpeacon Church.

Grandson for the Duchess of Cornwall

Sara Parker Bowles (nee Buys), wife of Thomas Henry Parker Bowles, son of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, was delivered of a son, Freddy, 28 February, 2010.

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Lord Lauderdale's grandson Fergus Hay to wed Geraldine Van Der Mast

_.The engagement was announced 22 Feb 2010 between Fergus William Hamilton Hay (b 22 Apr 1981), younger son of Mr Robin William Patrick Hamilton Hay, by his wife the former Lady (Helen) Olga Maitland (b 23 May 1944), of Islington, London, scion of the Earls of Lauderdale, and Geraldine Van Der Mast, only daughter of.—Dr Robert Van Der Mast, of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Mrs Narda Van Der Mast, of Chelsea,
London. Fergus Hay is a grandson maternally of the 17th Earl of Lauderdale.


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Sir William Proby's daughter, Alice, to wed Fergus Eckersley

_.The engagement was announced 23 Feb 2010, between Fergus Eckersley, younger son of Mr Roger Eckersley, of Chelsea, London, and Mrs Caroline Eckersley, of Burford, Oxfordshire, and Alice Proby, scion of the Proby Baronets, and descendant of the Dukes of Abercorn, daughter of Sir William Proby, 3rd Baronet, and Lady Proby, of Elton Hall, Cambridgeshire.

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Lord Tollemache's daughter to wed

-_.The engagement was announced 24 Feb 2010 between James Hopkins, of Wenhaston Grange, Suffolk, son of Dr and Mrs Christopher Hopkins, and the Hon Selina Tollemache (b 1973), daughter of the 5th Baron Tollemache (b 13 Dec 1939), of Helmingham Hall, Suffolk, by his wife the former Alexandra Dorothy Jean Meynell, scion of the Earls of Halifax.

Son for Prince's friend Lady Iona

_.The Lady Iona Hewitt (nee Douglas-Home), scion of the Earls of Home, and wife of the Hon Thomas Hewitt, son of Viscount and Viscountess Lifford of Field House, Hursley, Hampshire, gave birth to a son, Harry Alexander Wyldbore, 9 February, 2010. Lady Iona is a granddaughter of the Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home, KT (aka the 14th Earl of Home (disclaimed) and later Baron Home of The Hirsel, and is a daughter of the 15th Earl and of Home & the Countess of Home, of The Hirsel, Coldstream, Berwickshire.

Princes William and Harry of Wales attended the Hewitt/Douglas-Home marriage some years back.

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Death of Rosemary Julian Musker

_.Rosemary Julian Musker ((née Maitland-Makgill-Crichton), who died 6
February, 2010, aged 94, was a scion of the Earls of Lauderdale (Earl
S, 1624). She was b 1915, dau of Maj Charles Julian Maitland-Crichton
(1880-k/a 1915), of the Gordon Highlanders, by his wife the former
Sybil Twynihoe Erle (d 1984, aged 105), dau of Twynihoe William Erle,
a Master of the Supreme Court, of Bramshott Grange, Liphook, Hants;
married 1940, Flt-Lieut. James Herbert Lonsdale Musker (b 1 Apr 1907;
d 1966), late the RAFVR, formerly of the 7th Hussars, scion of the LG
family of Musker, of Shadwell Park, son of Herbert Musker (1878-1947),
of Rushford Hall, Thetford, by his wife the former Nora Lonsdale Berry
(later, wife of Sir Egerton Hamond-Graeme, 5th Bart, & a niece of the
1st & last Baron Armaghdale). Rosemary Musker leaves a dau, Juliet
Alexandra Sarah, b 22 Aug 1941, wife of William Edward Barry, of the
Barry Baronets. Funeral Service at.—3 p.m. on Tuesday, 23rd February
at Putney Vale Crematorium.

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Cressida Grace Beckett

_.Isabelle Beckett [nee Adams] wife of Ralph Michael Beckett [b.
1971], scion of the Barons Grimthorpe, gave birth to a daughter,
Cressida Grace, 29 January, 2010, a sister for Katinka Rose, who was b
5 March, 2005. Ralph Beckett is the son of the Hon William Ernest
Beckett [b. 1945], by his wife the former Virginia Hutchison, and is a
grandson paternally of the 3rd Baron Grimthorpe, TD (1891-1963).

Isabelle Beckett is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Arthur Adams, of Gayhurst,
Buckinghamshire.


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Death of Sheela Mary Lindsay

_.Sheela Mary Lindsay (née FitzGerald), who died 5 February, 2010,
aged 74, was widow of David Claud Lindsay (1934-2002), scion of the
Earls of Crawford & Balcarres. She was the former Sheela Mary
FitzGerald, dau of Michael Edward FitzGerald, of Co Galway, and
married David Lindsay, 18 Nov, 1964. Her husband was a son of David
Edzell Thomas Lindsay (1910-68), by his 1st wife the former Kathleen
Green. David Lindsay's yr half-brother was Maj. Hugh Lindsay
(1953-88), sometime Equerry to HM The Queen, who died in an avalanche
at Klosters whilst skiing with the Prince of Wales. Mrs Lindsay leaves
no issue. Service of Remembrance at Putney Vale Crematorium, Stag
Lane, London, 22nd February, 2010.

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Oliver Philip Hope-Cobbold

_.Miki Hope-Cobbold (née Dimitrijevic), wife of Thomas William Hope-Cobbold (b 1974), descended from the Earls of Hopetoun (later Marquesses of Linlithgow) & in remainder to the Earldom of Annandale & Hartfell, gave birth to a son, Oliver Philip, 12 February, 2010, a brother for Bella. Tom is 2nd son of Major Philip William Hope-Cobbold [b. 27 December, 1943], of Glemham Hall, Suffolk, by his 1st wife the former Antonia Jay Hutton-Potts (now Mrs Jay Hope-Johnstone of Linton,
Cambridgeshire). Tom's paternal grandfather was Maj. William Augustus Ludwig Vernon William Hope Johnstone, Grenadier Guards, [1914-93], who marr. Pamela Maud Cobbold [later Cadogan] [1920-94], and is a gt-grandson of Lt-Col Ivan Cobbold and his wife, the former Lady Blanche Cavendish; & is thus a gt-gt-grandson of the 9th Duke of Devonshire. Tom's paternal gt-grandfather George Granville Hope Johnstone who was
born in 1880, married Princess Marie-Luise zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen [1867-1945}. Philip Hope-Cobbold married [i] 1968, [div. 1984], (Antonia) Jay Hutton-Potts.

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Death of the Dowager Duchess of St Albans

_.The Dowager Duchess of St Albans, author, artist and journalist, widow of Charles Frederic Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 13th Duke of St Albans (1915-88), died suddenly at her care home in Newbury on Friday 12 February 2010 aged 88 years. She was born Suzanne Marie-Adèle Fesq, circa 1921, dau. of Emile William Fesq, of Mas Mistral, Vence, France, and married the then Charles Beauclerk, as his 2nd wife, 19 Mar, 1947. Her husband succeeded to the dukedom (Peerage of England) on the demise of a cousin, 2 Mar, 1964, and died 8 Oct 1988, when he was succeeded by a son of his 1st marriage. The duchess leaves issue, viz: Lord Peter Charles de Vere Beauclerk (b. 13 Jan 1948); Lord James Charles Fesq de Vere Beauclerk (b. 6 Feb 1949); Lord John William Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk (b. 10 Feb 1950); Lady Caroline Anne de Vere
Beauclerk (b. 19 Jul 1951). She was predeceased by a daughter who died in infancy in 1963.

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Death of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander John Clark Kennedy of Knockgray, MC

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander John Clark Kennedy of Knockgray, MC, late the 9th/12th Lancers, died 10 Feb, 2010. He was husband of Pamela. Funeral at Carsphairn, Wednesday 17 Feb.

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de Rougemont/Roberts nuptials

_.The marriage took place, 6 February, 2010, at St George's Chapel,
Windsor Castle, between Frederick C. de Rougemont, elder son of Mr &
Mrs Clive de Rougemont, and Amelia F.A. Roberts, elder daughter of Sir
Hugh Ashley Roberts, Knt, of Windsor, by his wife the former Hon
Priscilla Jane Stephanie Low, MVO (b 1949), sometime Curator of the
Print Room, Royal Library, Windsor Castle, daugher of the 1st Baron
Aldington, KCMG, CBE (b 25 May 1914; d 7 Dec 2000).

Sir Hugh Roberts' father was the Rt Rev Edward James Keymer Roberts,
sometime Bishop of Ely. Sir Hugh's mother, Dorothy Frances dau of Rev
Canon Edwin David Bowser, was the Bishop's first wife and died in
1982. The Bishop married 2ndly in 1984 Diana, widow of Dr Arthur
Christopher Grey (scion of the Earls Grey) and, before that, widow of
Anthony Seymour Bellville (of the LG family of Bellville of Tedstone
Court). She was dau of Ewen Cameron Bruce (of the LG family Bruce of
Blaen-y-Cwm).


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Lord Buckhurst marries Countess Xenia Tolstoy-Miloslavsky

_The marriage took place, 5 February, 2010, at the Russian Orthodox Cathedral ofthe Dormition of the Mother of God and All Saints, London, between William Herbrand Thomas Sackville, styled Lord Buckhurst (b. 13 Jun 1979), son and heir of William Herbrand [Sackville], 11th Earl De La Warr (b 10 Apr 1948), of Buckhurst Park, Sussex, by his wife, the former Anne Leveson (former wife of Adrian John Charles [Hope], 4th Marquess of Linlithgow), & 1st dau. of Arthur Edmund Leveson OBE, of Hall Place, Ropley, co. Hampshire, and Countess Xenia Tolstoy-Miloslavsky, yst dau of Count & Countess Tolstoy-Miloslavsky, of Southmoor, Berkshire.

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