Bradley/Heffler marriage

 The marriage took place in 2012 between James Henry Southall Bradley (born 1982), son of Christopher A. Bradley, and his wife the former Christine M. Southall, & Alexandra Louise Heffler (born 1982), daughter of Ross Jean Heffler and his wife the former Lady Tara Francesca FitzClarence (born 6 August, 1952), eldest daughter of the 7th Earl of Munster (1926-2000), and his first wife, the former Louise Margaret Diane Delvigne, daughter of Louis Delvigne, of Liège, Belgium.

Alexandra Heffler is a descendant of King William IV and Dorothea Jordan:-

King William IV > George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster > Capt Hon George FitzClarence > Charles FitzClarence, VC > Edward FitzClarence, 6th Earl of Munster > Anthony FitzClarence, 7th Earl of Munster > Lady Tara FitzClarence > Alexandra Heffler 

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Rose Elizabeth Beatrix Guinness

 _.Nancy Guinness (b 1979, nee Cadogan) scion of the Earls Cadogan, wife of Edward Benjamin Newton Guinness, scion of the Guinness Baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Rose Elizabeth Beatrix, 20 Nov, 2012, a sister for Arthur and Rocky. Edward Guinness is the elder son of Mr Timothy Whitmore Newton Guinness (b 1947), of Ellisfield, Hampshire, by his wife the former Beverley Anne Mills, and Nancy is a daughter of Gerald Cadogan (b. 1942), of Culworth, Northamptonshire, scion of the Earls Cadogan, and Mrs Cadogan.

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 _.Nancy Guinness (b 1979, nee Cadogan) scion of the Earls Cadogan, wife of Edward Benjamin Newton Guinness, scion of the Guinness Baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Rose Elizabeth Beatrix, 20 Nov, 2012, a sister for Arthur and Rocky. Edward Guinness is the elder son of Mr Timothy Whitmore Newton Guinness (b 1947), of Ellisfield, Hampshire, by his wife the former Beverley Anne Mills, and Nancy is a daughter of Gerald Cadogan (b. 1942), of Culworth, Northamptonshire, scion of the Earls Cadogan, and Mrs Cadogan.

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Rocknroll (formerly Abel Smith)/Winslet marriage

_The marriage took place in December, 2012, between Mr Ned Rocknroll (formerly Edward Lyulph Abel Smith) (b 24 June, 1978), scion of the Abel Smith family of Woodhall, son of Robert Ralph Abel Smith (b 14 Jul 1947), by his former wife the former Linette J Branson (sister of Sir Richard Branson), and Kate Elizabeth Winslet (b 5 Oct, 1975), the actress Kate Winslet, daughter of Roger John Winslet, by his wife Sally Anne Winslet.

'Ned Rocknroll' is a great-grandson of Lt-Col Wilfrid Abel Smith who married the Hon Violet Elizabeth Katharine Somerset, daughter of the 2nd Baron Raglan, and descended from the Dukes of Beaufort, &c.


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Ashton/ Hendy engagement

._The engagement was announced 29 Dec, 2012, between the Hon John Edward (Jack) Ashton (b 8 January, 1966), younger son of the late Thomas John Ashton, 3rd Baron Ashton of Hyde (1926-2008), by his wife the former Pauline Trewlove Brackenbury, & Catherine J. Hendy, daughter of Mr Graham Hendy and Mrs Sandra Brown.

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Baron Rees-Mogg 1928-2012

_.The Baron Rees-Mogg, editor of The Times 1967-81, and a life peer since 1988, died in December, 2012. William Rees-Mogg was 84. Born 14 July, 1928, son of Edmund Fletcher Rees-Mogg, of Cholwell House, Somerset; married 1962, Gillian Shakespeare Morris, by whom he had a issue, 2 sons, Thomas and Jacob, and three daughters, Emma, Charlotte and Annunziata.

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Sally Mary Stoddart 1934-2012

_.Sally Mary Stoddart (nee Aykroyd), of Whixley, North Yorkshire, who died 17 December, 2012, aged 78, was a scion of the Aykroyd Baronets, of Lightcliffe (Bt, cr UK, 1920). She was b 3 Aug 1934, daughter of Lt-Col Harold Hammond Aykroyd, OBE, MC, TD (1896-1974) by is 1st wife the former Nina Marguerite Hulse; married 9 Jul 1960, Christopher Boyd Stoddart, son of Frank Boyd Stoddart, of Funtington House, near Chichester, Sussex, by whom she had issue. Her husband died in 1984.

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Swinburn/Ferguson marriage

_.The marriage took place at Dummer, Hampshire, 20 December, 2012, between Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Hull Swinburn, KCB (b 30 Oct 1937), of Stone, Exford, Somerset, widower of the former Jane Brodie (who d 2001), son of the late Maj-Gen Henry Robinson Swinburn, CB, OBE, MC, by his wife the former Naomi Hull, & Susan Rosemary Ferguson (nee Deptford, b 1946), widow of Maj. Ronald Ivor Ferguson (1931-2003), and dau of the late Frederick William Deptford, by his wife the former Phyllis Maud Easy.

Susan's late husband, scion of the Fergusons of Dummer, landed family, and descended from the Dukes of Buccleuch, was father of Sarah Duchess of York.

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Sir (William) Marcus John Worsley, 5th Baronet (1925-2012)

_.Sir (William) Marcus John Worsley, 5th Baronet, died at his home Hovingham Hall, North Yorkshire, 18 Dec, 2012, aged 87. Sir Marcus served as Conservative MP for Keighley, 1959-64, and for Chelsea, 1966-74, was PPS to the Minister of Health 1960-61, to the Minister without Portfolio, 1962-64, and to the Lord President of the Council, 1970-72.

Sir Marcus, whose baronetcy of the UK was cr in 1838, served as Lord Lieutenant for North Yorkshire, 1987-99, and was High Sheriff of North Yorks in 1982.

He was born 6 Apr, 1925, eldest son of Sir William Arthington Worsley, 4th Baronet (1890-1973), by his wife the former Joyce Morgan Brunner, dau of Sir John Brunner, 2nd Barronet (cr UK, 1895), and was a brother of Katharine Worsley, who married at York Minister in 1961, HRH The Duke of Kent, a first cousin of HM The Queen.

Worsley succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's demise in Dec, 1973, and he ran the Hovingham estate until handing it over to his son in 1987. He married 10 Dec, 1955, the Hon Bridget Assheton (who d 2004), daughter of the 1st Baron Clitheroe, PC (Peerage of the UK, cr 1955), by whom he had issue, three sons, William, Giles and Peter, and one daughter Sarah. He was predeceased by his youngest son.

The baronetcy passes to his eldest son, William Ralph, who was born 12 Sept, 1956.

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Hon Elodie Stapleton-Cotton

_.The Viscountess Combermere (nee Caroline Sarah Irby, b 1977), wife of Thomas Robert Wellington Stapleton-Cotton, 6th Viscount Combermere (b 30 Aug 1969) (Peerage of the UK, cr 1827), gave birth to a daughter, the Hon Elodie Stapleton-Cotton, 15 December, 2012, a sister for Laszlo Michael Wellington, who was b 20 Aug 2010.

Lady Combermere is a scion of the Barons Boston, dau of Charles Irby (b 1945)


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Lady Marye Violet Isolde Rous 1930-2012

_.The Lady Marye Violet Isolde Rous, who has died at her home in London, aged 82, was a scion of the Earls Stradbroke (Peerage of the UK, cr 1821), daughter of John Anthony Alexander Rous, 4th Earl of Stradbroke (1903-83), by his wife the former Barbara Grosvenor, scion of the Dukes of Westminster (Peerage of UK, cr 1874). She was unm.

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John Heyworth 1925-2012

_.John Heyworth, who died 24 November, 2012, aged 87, was seated at Bradwell Grove, the Strawberry Hill Gothic manor house in Gloucestershire, & was a grandson maternally of Dudley Marjoribanks, 3rd Baron Tweedmouth (1874-1935). He was born 21 Aug 1925, son of Lt-Col Reginald Heyworth, 1st Dragoon Guards, by his wife the former Hon Moyra Marjoribanks, a daughter of the 3rd Baron Tweedmouth.

Heyworth founded the Cotswold Wildlife Park in 1970.

He married Susan, daughter of Sir John Burder, by whom he had one son and three daughters.

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Meade/Marsham engagement

_.The engagement was announced 13 Dec, 2012, between James Richard Meade (b 1981), elder son of Richard John Hassan Meade, OBE (b 4 Dec 1936), the equestrian, of West Littleton, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Angela Dorothy Farquhar (b 11 Jan, 1948), scion of the Farquhar Baronets (Bt, cr GB, 1796); & the Lady Laura Clare Marsham (b 1984), only daughter of Mchael Henry Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney (b 28 Mar, 1948) (Earl, cr UK, 1801), of Gayton, Norfolk, by his wife the former Catriona Stewart (b 1954), descended from the Barons Cochrane of Cults, &c.

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Rupert Woollcombe-Adams 1944-2012

_.Rupert Woollcombe-Adams, who died 7 December, 2012, was a scion of the Woollcombe landed family, of Hemerdon House, Plympton, Devon. He was born in 1944, son of Peter Woollcombe-Adams, by his wife the former Brenda Hall; & married in 1980, Beate Hahn, by whom he had issuem 2 sons, Thomas & Martin.

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Frank Ernest Berendt, 88, son-in-law of earl

_.Mr Frank Ernest Berendt died 7 December, 2012. Mr Berendt, who was 88, was a son of Siegfried Berendt, of London, and married 20 December, 1949, the Lady Frances Virginia Susan Ryder (b 20 Jun 1926), daughter of Dudley (Ryder) 6th Earl of Harrowby (1892-1987) (Earl, UK, cr. 1809), by his wife the former Lady Helena Blanche Coventry (d 1974),  dau of George William (Coventry) styled Viscount Deerhurst, scion of the Earls of Coventry (Earl, Peerage of England, cr 1697). He leaves a widow and issue.

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The Baroness Hayhoe 1927-2012

_.The Baroness Hayhoe, who died 24 November, 2012, aged 85, was the wife of Bernard John Hayhoe, life peer as Baron Hayhoe, who served as Conservative MP for the Hounslow, Brentford and Isleworth constituency.

She was the former Anne Gascoigne Thornton, born in 1927, daughter of Bernard W. Thornton by his wife the former Hilda Scott, and married Barney Hayhoe in 1962.

Her husband was Tory MP for Heston and Isleworth, 1970-74, and for Hounslow, Brentford & Isleworth, 1974-92, and was a Minister of State in the Thatcher administration, 1981-85, and created a life peer on leaving the Commons, 21 Aug, 1992.

Virginia Mary Charteris 1922-2012

_.Virginia Mary Charteris, who died at her home, 8 December, 2012, aged 90, was a scion of the Adam Baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1917). She was born 9 Apr, 1922, daughter of Colin Gurdon Forbes Adam, CSI (1889-1982), sometime Chairman of Yorkshire Conservative Post Newspapers Ltd, by his wife the former Hon Constance Irene Lawley, dau of the 3rd Baron Wenlock, , PC, GCSI, GCIE, KCB, &c. She married 24 Apr, 1948, Capt Hugo Francis Guy Charteris, MC, Scots Guards (1922-70), scion of the Earls of Wemyss & March (Earl, Scot. 1633 & 1697), by whom she had issue.

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Sir Colin Anson St Clair-Ford, 8th Baronet 1939-2012

_.Sir Colin Anson St Clair-Ford, 8th Baronet (Bt, cr GB, 1793), died at his home, 3 December, 2012, aged 73. He was born 19 April, 1939, a son of Lieutenant Commander Drummond St Clair-Ford, RN (1907-43), a brother of the 6th Bart, by his wife the former Norah Elizabeth Maberley. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his cousin, Sir James, the 7th Baronet, 3 Aug, 2009. He married in 1964, Gillian Mary, dau of Rear-Admiral Peter Skelton, CB, by whom he had issue, 2 daughters, Kate (b 1967) and Fiona (b 1969). He is succeeded in the baronetcy by his  younger brother, Robin Sam, who was born 6 Jun 1941.

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Maundrell/Cameron engagement

_.The engagement was announced 10 December, 2012, between Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Thomas Maundrell, MVO (b 1967), of the Grenadier Guards, lately Equerry to the Duke of Edinburgh, son of Mr Derek J. Maundrell (b 1936), of Wantage, Oxfordshire, and Mrs Philippa M. Munsey (nee Pert) b 1944, of Oxford, & Lucy Margot Therese Cameron (b 1980), daughter of Donald Angus Cameron of Lochiel (b 1946), Chief of the Clan Cameron, of Achnacarry, Spean Bridge, Inverness-shire, by his wife the former Lady Cecil Nennella Therese Kerr (b 1948), daughter of the late 12th Marquess of Lothian.

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Sir Timothy Roy Henry Kimber, 4th Baronet 1936-2012

_.Sir Timothy Roy Henry Kimber, 4th Baronet (Bt, UK, 1904), of Newton Hall, near Carnforth, Lancashire, died 4 December, 2012. He was 76. He was b 3 Jun 1936, a son of Sir Charles Dixon Kimber, 3rd Baronet (1912-2008), by his 1st wife the former Ursula Bird (who d 1981). Succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's death, 10 Apr, 2008; married 1stly, 1960 (div 1974) Antonia Kathleen Brenda, dau of Sir Francis Williams, 8th Baronet, QC (Bt, 1798), by whom he had issue; married 2ndly, 1979, the former Susan Brooks. The baronetcy passes to his eldest son, Rupert Edward Watkin Kimber, who was b 20 June, 1962.

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