Willa Jemima Irvine-Fortescue

_Laura Irvine-Forescue (nee Wynn-Williams) wife of Mark Paul Irvine-Fortescue (b 1980), scion of the Earls Fortescue (cr 1789), gave birth to a daughter, Willa Jemima, 18 June, 2012. Mark is the son of Mr Alexander Irvine-Fortescue (b 1952), of Winchester, Hampshire & Mrs Irvine-Fortescue, and Laura is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Hugo Wynn-Williams, of Chobham, Surrey. 

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Sir David Burdett Money-Coutts, KCVO (1931-2012)

Sir David Burdett Money-Coutts, KCVO (1991), scion of the Barons Latymer, who was born in 1931, died 25 June, 2012, aged 80. He was a son of Lt-Col Hon Alexander Money-Coutts, OBE (1902-94), by his wife the former Mary Elspeth Hobhouse (d 1990), and was a paternal grandson of the 6th Baron Latymer and a maternal grandson of Sir Reginald Hobhouse, 5th Baronet. He married in 1958, Helen Penelope Utten, by whom he leaves issue.

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Eve Anne Elizabeth Lowther

Katharine Louise Emily Lowther (nee Henshaw, b 1981) wife of Capt the Hon Edward Lowther (b 1981), scion of the Viscounts Ullswater, gave birth to a daughter, Eve Anne Elizabeth, 26 May, 2012. Katharine is the daughter of Hugh Nigel HENSHAW (son of Harold Henshaw of Rottingdean, Sussex) and Anne Victoria Helen (b 1943) dau of Henry Thomas Hamilton FOLEY MBE (1905-59, gt gt gt gs of  the1st Baron FOLEY (1716-77).

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James Anthony Ramsay

Caroline Ramsay (nee Taylor) wife of Alexander Simon Ramsay (b 12 January, 1977), scion of the Earls of Dalhousie, gave birth to a son, James Anthony, 10 June, 2012. Alexander Ramsay is the son of the Hon Anthony Ramsay (b 2 Mar 1949), by his 1st wife the former Georgina Mary Astor (b 10 Mar 1952), scion of the Viscounts Astor (now Mrs Lorne Nelson, of ilmaronaig, Argyll, & Caroline is the third daughter of Mr Jonathan Taylor, of Fulham, and Mrs Victoria Taylor, of Shepherd's Bush, London.

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William Thomas Naylor-Leyland

_.Alice M.A. Naylor-Leyland (nee Dawson) wife of Thomas Philip Naylor-Leyland (b 22 Jan 1982), gave birth to a son, William Thomas (Billy), 25 June, 2012. Tom Naylor-Leyland is the eldest son of Sir Philip Vyvyan Naylor-Leyland, 4th Bt (b 1953), of Milton, Peterborough, by his wife the former Lady Isabella Lambton (b 1956), scion of the Earls of Durham, and Alice M.A. Dawson, daughter of Mr Paul Dawson, of Cologny, Geneva, and Mrs Michael Fresson, of Ham, Wiltshire. 

Tom Naylor-Leyland is a grandson maternally of the (disclaimed) 6th Earl of Durham (1922-2006).  

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Viscount Somerton weds Lady Lucy Alexander

The marriage took place in June 2012, in Hampshire, between James Shaun Christian Welbore Ellis Agar, styled Viscount Somerton (b 7 Sept 1982) son and heir of the 6th Earl of Normanton (b 21 Aug 1945), by his former wife the former Victoria Susan Beard (b 1949), & the Lady Lucy Caroline Alexander (b 1984) younger daughter of the 2nd Earl Alexander of Tunis (b 30 Jun 1935), by his 2nd wife the former Hon Davina Mary Woodhouse, LVO (b 1955), sometime Lady in Waiting to HRH The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, & dau of the 4th Baron Terrington (1915-98).

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Maj Hugo Charles Baring, MBE, MC (1919-2012)

_Maj Hugo Charles Baring, MBE, MC, who died 18 June, 2012, aged 93, was a scion of the Barons Northbrook (cr Baron UK, 1866, Baronet, GB 1793), and was born in 1919, a son of Maj Thomas Esme Baring, OBE (1882-1957) by his wife the former Deirdre Mary Hughes Martin (who died 1973); educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge; Maj, The Rifle Brigade, served in WW2 in the Middle East and Italy (despatches, MC, MBE); married 1946, Elisabeth Price Wylie (who d 1977) dau of Maj John Price Wylie, DSO, by whom he had issue.

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Rosemary Ann Lambton (1936-2012)

Miss Rosemary Ann Lambton, who died 15 June, 2012, at the age of 76, was a scion of the Earls of Durham (cr UK 1833), a descendant of the 2nd Earl of Durham, a daughter of the late Cdr Hedworth Lambton, DSC, RN (1904-83), by his 1st wife the former Iris Wynnfred Violet Halpin.

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Lt-Col Frederick John Burnaby-Atkins

_Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick John Burnaby-Atkins, The Black Watch, scion of that landed family, and kinsman of HM The Queen, died 16 June, 2012. He was a son of John Burnaby-Atkins, of Halstead, Kent; married 1951, the Hon (Anne) Jennifer Lawrence (b 1926), scion of the Barons Trevethin & Oaksey, a sister of John, Lord Oaksey, OBE, the racing commentator, &c, by whom he leaves issue.

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Harrison/Woloszyn engagement

_The engagement was announced in June, 2012, between Edwin Michael Harwood Harrison (b 29 May 1981), son and heir of Sir Michael James Harwood Harrison, 2nd Baronet (cr UK, 1961), b 28 March, 1936, of Hasketon, Suffolk, by his wife the former Rosamund Louise Clive, & Magdalena Edyta Woloszyn, second daughter of Mr & Mrs Marian Woloszyn, of Perth, Western Australia.

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Florence Rose Hepburne-Scott

_Donna Hepburne-Scott, Mistress of Polwarth, wife of the Hon William Henry Hepburne-Scott (b 1973), the Master of Polwarth, gave birth to a daughter, Rose Florence, 28 April,. 2012, a sister for Harry Walter, who was born 21 March, 2010.

The Master of Polwarth is the elder son of the 11th Lord Polwarth (b 30 Nov 1947), and Lady Polwarth, of Harden, Hawick, and Donna is the daughter of Major General and Mrs Neil Carlier, of Ewshot, Surrey.

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9th Marquess of Londonderry (1937-2012)

The Marquess of Londonderry (Peerage of Ireland, cr 1816), unconventional aristocrat, died, at Ormeley Lodge, Ham, Richmond, Surrey, 20 June, 2012. He was 74. Alexander Charles Robert Vane-Tempest-Stewart, was the 9th Marquess; also Baron Londonderry, 1789; Viscount Castlereagh, 1795; Earl of Londonderry, 1796; Baron Stewart, 1814; and Earl Vane and Viscount Seaham, cr 1823; he was born 7 Sept, 1937, son of the 8th Marquess by his wife Romaine (who d 1951), dau of Maj Boyce Combe; succeeded to the peerages on the demise of his father, 17 Oct 1955; married 1stly, 1958, Nicolette (div 1971, and she married 2ndly, Georgie Fame, the singer, & d 1993), dau of Michael Harrison, by who he had 2 daughters; married 2ndly, 1972 (div 1989), Doreen Patricia Wells, the ballerina, by whom he had 2 sons. The elder son, Frederick Aubrey Vane-Tempest-Stewart, styled Viscount Castlereagh, born 6 Sept, 1972, inherits the family honours.

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Scott Plummer/Gordon engagement

The engagement was announced 19 Jun 2012, between (Antony) Guy Scott Plummer, scion of that landed family and descended from the Barons Kinross, son of (Patrick) Joseph Scott Plummer (b 1943), by his second wife the Hon Christine Margaret Hermione Bamnpfylde (b 1948), sister of the 7th Baron Poltimore, & the Lady Lucy Yoskyl Gordon (b 1979), yr daughter of the 13th Marquess of Huntly (b 4 Feb 1944), by his 1st wife the former Jane Elizabeth Angela Gibb.

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Lady June Wendy Lycett (1924-2012)

The Lady (June) Wendy Lycett, who died 17 May, 2012, aged 87, was the second daughter & co-heir of the 5th Earl of Yarborough (1888-1948), who also held the old English baronies of Fauconberg & Conyers.

She was born Lady June Wendy Pelham, 6 June, 1924, a daughter of the 5th Earl by his wife the former Nancye Brocklehurst (d 1977), and married in 1959, Maj Michael Lycett, CBE. With the death of her father the baronies of Fauconberg & Conyers fell into abeyance between her and and her elder sister, Lady Diana Pelham. Lady Wendy leaves no issue (but she adopted her sister's elder daughter), and with her demise the baronies of Fauconberg & Conyers, both in the Peerage of England, devolve upon her surviving sister, Lady Diana Miller, who was b 5 July, 1920.

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Noreen Anne Browne (c1943-2012)

Noreen Anne (Nicky) Browne, who has died at Marbella, Spain, aged 69, was the widow of the Guinness heir the Hon Tara Browne (1945-66), after whose death in a car crash in 1966 the Beatles were inspired to write the song 'A Day in the Life'.

She was born circa 1943 a daughter of Sean MacSherry and married Tara Browne, scion of the Barons Oranmore & Browne, in 1963. She leaves 2 sons from the marriage, Dorian (b 1963) and Julian (b 1965).

Her husband's mother was Guinness heiress Oonagh, Lady Oranmore & Browne, scion of the Earls of Iveagh, &c.

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Smiley/Burdett betrothal

The engagement was announced 15 June 2012 between Ben Richard Philip de Crespigny Smiley (b 1983), scion of the Smiley Baronets (cr UK 1903), son of Xan de Crespigby Smiley (b 1949), of Taston, Oxon, by his wife the former Hon Jane Lyon-Dalberg-Acton (b 1954), scion of the Barons Acton (cr UK 1869), and Camilla R.S. Burdett, dau of Mr & Mrs John Burdett, of Kew, Surrey.

Baroness Lyell (1916-2012)

_The Baroness Lyell, who died at Kirriemuir, 10 June, 2012, aged 96, was the widow, for almost 70 years, of (Charles) Antony Lyell, 2nd Baron Lyell, VC (1913-43), and mother of the 3rd peer.

She was born in 1916, as Sophie Mary Trafford, daughter of Maj Sigismund William Joseph Trafford (d 1953), of Wroxham Hall, Norwich, by his wife the former Lady Elizabeth Mary Constance Bertie, OBE, daughter, by his 2nd wife, of the 7th Earl of Abingdon (1836-1928).

Her husband was 29 years old, and a temporary captain in the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards, British Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

During the period 22–27 April 1943 near Dj Bou Arada, Tunisia, Captain Lord Lyell's outstanding leadership and gallantry enabled his company to take its objective. On 27 April accompanied by a sergeant, a lance-corporal and two guardsmen, he led an attack on an enemy post consisting of an 88mm gun and a heavy machine-gun in two separate pits. He destroyed the crew of the machine-gun with a hand grenade and then, three of the party having become casualties, and with the lance-corporal to give covering fire he leapt into the second pit, killing several of the crew before being overwhelmed and killed. Both the guns had been silenced.

Lady Lyell's son, Charles, the 3rd Baron, was born 27 Mar 1939.

Lady Lyell's funeral takes place on 19 June at Kirriemuir Old Parish Church.

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Wiggin/Bean engagement

The engagement was announced 14 Jun 2012 between Richard Edward John Wiggin (b 1 July 1980), son and heir of Maj Sir Charles Rupert John Wiggin, 5th Baronet, by his wife the former Mary Chambers, & Philippa H. Bean, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs Nicholas Bean, of Ilkley, West Yorkshire. 

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Sam Branson to wed Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe

The engagement was announced in June 2012, between Sam Edward C. Branson (b 1985), son of Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson, Knt, of Necker Island, by his wife the former Joan Templeman, & Isabella Amaryllys Charlotte Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (b 1980), scion of the Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe Baronets, daughter of John Austen Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (b 1947), by his former wife the former Lady Mary-Gaye Georgiana Lorna Curzon (b 21 Feb 1947), scion of the Earls Howe. 

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The Baron Maples (1943-2012)

The Baron Maples, life peer, who died 9 June, 2012, aged 69, was, as John Maples, Economic Secretary to the Treasury 1990-92, and later joint deputy chairman of the Conservative party under John Major and deputy chairman under David Cameron.

John Maples, born 22 Apr, 1943, was Tory MP for Lewisham west, 1983-92, and then for Stratford-on-Avon, 1997-2010. On his resignation from the Commons he was awarded a life peerage in the Dissolution Honours List, 2010.

He married Jane Corbin, the Panorama journalist, in 1986, and leaves issue by her.

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