Furze/Charteris marriage

The marriage took place at Stanway House, Gloucestershire, 1 September, 2012, between Mr Robertson David F. (Robbie) Furze (b 1978), son of Mr David R. Furze, by his wife the former Pamela A.L. Hardman, and the Lady Mary Charteris (b 1987), daughter of the 13th Earl of Wemyss & (8th Earl of) March, of Stanway House, Gloucestershire, by his former wife the former Catherine Ingrid Guinness, scion of the Barons Moyne.

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Beale/Hazlerigg engagement

_The engagement was announced 29 Aug 2012 between Mr Paul M. Beale, second son of Mr & Mrs Michael Beale, of St Mellons, Cardiff, & Alice O. Hazlerigg (b 1987), scion of the Barons Hazlerigg (Peerage cr UK 1945; English Baronetcy cr 1622), second daughter of Simon Martival Hazlerigg (b 1945), of St Peter Port, Guernsey, by his wife the former Caroline Margaret Mary Ahlberg.

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Royal chum Mary Forestier-Walker to wed Drew Collins

_The engagement was announced 30 Aug 2012 between Drew A. Collins, son of Mr & Mrs Timothy Collins, of Franklin County, New York, and Mary Sarah Forestier-Walker (b 1983), scion of the Forestier-Walker Baronets (cr UK 1835), daughter of Maj. (George) Clive Forestier-Walker (b 1946), of Chieveley, Berkshire, by his wife the former Ruth Christian Gurney, scion of that landed family and a descendant of the Ogilvy Baronets, &c.

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Hon Max George Samuel Makgill

_.The Viscountess of Oxfuird (nee Ruth M. Fripp), wife of Ian Arthur Alexander Makgill, 14th Viscount of Oxfuird (b 14 Oct 1969), gave birth to a son and heir, the Hon Max George Samuel Makgill, 24 August, 2012, a brother for the Hon Eva Diana Mairo Makgill, who was b 7 September, 2010. 

The viscount is the eldest son of the late 13th Viscount of Oxfuird (Peerage of Scotland, 1651) and of Mrs Alison Campbell Jensen, of London, &  the Viscountess is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel Fripp, of Bildeston, Suffolk.

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Harris/Chant-Sempill engagement

_The engagement was announced 23 Aug, 2012, between Edward Harris, son of Mr & Mrs John Harris, of Dorchester, & Clementine Chant-Sempill (b 1985), scion of the Lords Sempill (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1489), daughter of the Hon Ian David Whitemore Chant-Sempill (b 2 Apr, 1951), of Sutton Veny, Wilts, by his wife the former Amanda Dallas, and granddaughter of Ann Moira Sempill, suo jure Lady Sempill, &c.

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Cockcroft/Morris-Eyton engagement

_The engagement was announced 22 Aug 2012 between Stephen Cockcroft, son of Mr John Cockcroft, of Knottingley, Yorks, and Mrs Jane Cockcroft, of Darrington, Yorks, & Isobel Rosemary Morris-Eyton (b 24 November, 1989), daughter of Martin Robert Morris-Eyton (b 22 January, 1962), of Whicham, Cumbria, by his wife the former Rowena Gordon-Duff-Pennington (b 1 Oct, 1963), scion of the Gordon-Duff landed family, &c.

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Elliott / Stopford Sackville engagement

_The engagement was announced 22 Aug 2012, between Nico J.C. Elliott, yr son of Sir Clive Christopher Hugh Elliott, 4th Baronet (b 12 Aug 1945), of South Leigh, Oxford, and Lady Elliott & Camilla Ann Stopford Sackville (b 1981), scion of the Earls of Courtown, dau of Lionel Geoffrey Stopford Sackville (b 4 Nov 1932), of Drayton, Northamptonshire, by his wife the former Hon (Mary) Teresa Pearson (b 1940), now the Hon Teresa Stopford Sackville, of Idbury, Oxon, scion of the Viscounts Cowdray.

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Hon John George Lambton (1932-2012)

_The Hon John George Lambton, who died at West Marden, 21 August, 2012, aged 80, was a a scion of the Earls of Durham (Peerage of the UK, cr 1833). He was born 10 June, 1932, a son of John Frederick Lambton, 5th Earl of Durham (1884-1970), by his second wife, the former Hermione Bullough (1906-1990), scion of the Bullough Baronets (Bt, cr 1916, extinct 1939), dau of Sir George Bullough, 1st Baronet, by his wife Monica Lilly, dau of the 4th Marquis de la Pasture, &c.

The Hon John George Lambton was unmarried.

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Molly Elizabeth Jane Trotter

_.The Lady Louisa Jane Therese Trotter (nee Montagu Douglas Scott), scion of the Dukes Buccleuch & Queensberry, and wife of Rupert Trotter (b 1977), gave birth to a daughter, Molly Elizabeth Jane, 20 August, 2012.

Lady Louisa (b 1982), is the eldest daughter of the 10th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry (b 14 Feb 1954), by his wife the former Lady Elizabeth Frances Marian Kerr, sister of the Marquess of Lothian; and Rupert Trotter is a son of Alexander Trotter 14th of Mortonhall and 5th of Charterhall (b 1939), of Charterhall, Duns, by his wife the former Julia Henrietta Greenwell, scion of the Greenwell Baronets, &c.

Lawson Johnston/ More-Molyneux engagement

_The engagement was announced 22 Aug 2012 between Samuel Lawson Johnston (b 1982), scion of the Barons Luke (Baron, cr 1929 UK), son of the Hon Philip Richard Lawson Johnston (b 1950), of Oxford, by his wife the former Saskia Moyne Andrews & Miss Katrina More-Molyneux (b 1983), scion of that landed family, daughter of Michael George More-Molyneux, of Loseley Park, Guildford, by his wife the former Sarah Westmacott.

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Hepburne Scott / Robbins engagement

_The engagement was announced 22 Aug 2012 between George James Hepburne Scott (b 1983), scion of the Lords Polwarth (Peerage of Scotland cr 1690), son of James Patrick Hepburne Scott (b 1947) of Lauder, Berwickshire, by his wife the former Christian Diana Surtees, & Dr Kelly M. Robbins, dau of Mr & Mrs Alan Robbins, of Crieff, Perthshire.

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Hurley/Abel Smith engagement

_The engagement was announced in Aug 2012 between Jonathan M.F. Hurley, yr son of Mr George Hurley, St Minver, Cornwall, and Mrs Richard Smith, of Wethersfield, Essex, & Helen Isobel Katherine Abel Smith (b 18 Aug 1976), scion of the landed family of Smith of Longhills, & kinswoman of HM The Queen, daughter of John Lawrence Abel Smith (b 9 Apr 1934), of Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, by his wife the former Caroline Bartlam, OBE.

Maitland-Makgill-Crichton/Kelly engagement

_The engagement was announced 21 Aug 2012, between Thomas Maitland-Makgill-Crichton, scion of the Earls of Lauderdale (Peerage of Scotland cr 1624), son of Lt-Col. A.J. Maitland-Makgill-Crichton, of Whittinghame, East Lothian, and Mrs Karrie Maitland-Makgill-Crichton, & Alice Beatrice N. Kelly (b 1985), daughter of Dominic Noel Charles Miles David Kelly (b 1953), of Smarden, Kent, by his wife the former Miranda Macklin.

The bride-to-be is a granddaughter of Bernard Kelly by his wife the former Lady Mirabel Magdalene Fitzalan Howard, sister of the 17th Duke of Norfolk, KG, &c.

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Amy Athena Innes

Lady Innes (nee Sarah Jones), wiife of Sir Alastair Charles Deverell Innes, 13th Baronet,  (Baronetcy cr 1686, NS), b 17 Sept, 1970, gave birth to a daughter, Amy Athena, 9 Aug 2012, a sister for Lucy Isla.


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Elphinstone/Smith engagement

_The engagement was announced in August 2012 between the Hon Angus John Elphinstone (b 1982), scion of the Lords Elphinstone (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1509/10), second son of the late 18th Lord Elphinstone (1953-94), by his wife the former Willa Mary Gabriel Chetwode (b 1984) scion of the Barons Chetwode (cr UK 1945), now the Dowager Lady Elphinstone, of Tyninghame, East Lothian, & Miss Isobel L. Smith, daughter of Mr Michael Smith, of Savannah, Georgia, USA, and Mrs Donald Gilbert, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.

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Constance Mary Beckett (c1909-2012)

_(Constance) Mary Beckett (nee Cavenagh-Mainwaring), who died 13 August, 2012, at Winchester, aged 102, was a scion of the Cavenagh-Mainwaring landed family of Whitmore & Biddulph; she was the younger daughter of James Gordon Cavenagh-Mainwaring (1865-1938), of Whitmore Hall, Whitmore, Staffordshire, by his wife the former Evelyn Dutton Green (d 1963); married 5 Dec, 1936, Lt-Col Maurice Beckett, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (who d. 2 Nov, 1949), by whom she had 2 daughters, Veronica and Diana.

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Baron Morris of Manchester (1928-2012)

The Baron Morris of Manchester, life peer, champion for the disabled, died 12 August, 2012.

Robert Lacey weds Lady Jane Rayne

_The marriage has taken place between Robert Lacey (b 3 Jan 1944), author and broadcaster, and the Lady Jane Antonia Frances Rayne (b 11 Aug 1932), Maid of Honour to HM The Queen at the Coronation, June, 1953; widow of the Baron Rayne (life Peer), and daughter of the late 8th Marquess of Londonderry (1902-55), by his wife the former Romaine Combe (1905-51).


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Christine Joan Villiers

Christine Joan Villiers (nee Lambert), who died at Wellington, Somerset, 11 August, 2012, was the widow of Edmund Rollo Stanley Villiers (1909-1960), scion of the Earls of Clarendon (Peerage of GB, cr 1766).. She was a daughter of Commander Walter Odwin Hutton Lambert, and married Cdr Villiers, as his second wife, 31 July, 1957. He died 30 Apr 1960, aged 50.

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Sir Neil Welbourn Jephcott, 3rd Baronet (1929-2012)

_Sir Neil Welbourn Jephcott, 3rd Baronet (cr UK 1962), died at East Portlemouth, 12 August, 2012, aged 83. He was born 3 June 1929, a son of Sir Harry Jephcott, 1st Baronet (who died 1978); educated at Aldenham & Emmanuel College, Cambridge; succeeded to the baronet on the death of his elder brother, Sir (John) Anthony Jephcott, 7 August, 2003; married 1stly 1951, Mary Denise Muddiman, who died 1977, by whom he had 2 sons; married 2ndly, 1978, Mary Florence Daly. The baronetcy passes to his elder son, David Welbourn Jephcott, who was b 1952.

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