Danson & Maximilien Roundell: twins

_.Candice Roundell (nee Zehnder), wife of Charles H. Roundell (b 1975), scion of the landed family of Roundell, of Dorfold Hall, have birth to twin sons, Danson Aubrey and Maximilien Savile, 7 February, 2013.

Charles is the only son Richard Charles Roundell (b. 11 Feb 1944), head of the family, descended from the Earls of Dysart, by his wife the former Anthea Frances Legge (b. 15 May,1946), scion of the Earls of Dartmouth, & Candice is a daughter of of Mr and Mrs Robert Zehnder, of Nanteuil-en-Vallée, France.

Charles is a grandson paternally of Charles Wilbraham Roundell (b. 15 July 1912; d. 3 Aug 2003), by his wife the former Anne Moore (d. 2005); and great-grandson of Christopher Foulis Roundell (1876-1959), by his wife, the former Lady Maude Clements (1877-1932), daughter of the 4th Earl of Leitrim (1847-92), by his wife the former Lady Winifred Coke (d. 1940), daughter of the 2nd Earl of Leicester (1822-1909), &c.. Charles is a grandson maternally of David Alexander Keppel Legge, CBE (b. 1916), by his wife the former Patria Hornung, dau of Lt-Col. C.B.R. Hornung, DL, JP.

Charles's sister Laura is Countess of Burlington/Marchioness of Hartington, wife of the heir to the Duke of Devonshire.

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Alexander Fellowes, cousin of the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry, to wed Alexandra Finlay

_.The engagement was announced in February, 2013, between the Hon Alexander Robert Fellowes (b 23 March, 1983), only son of Robert Fellowes, Baron Fellowes, GCB, GCVO (born 11 Dec, 1941), sometime Principal Private Secretary to HM The Queen, scion of the landed family of Fellowes, of Shotesham Park, by his wife the former Lady (Cynthia) Jane Spencer (born 11 Feb, 1957), & Alexandra Margaret Bell Finlay (born 1982), scion of the Finlay Baronets, of Epping (cr Bt, UK, 1964), daughter of George Edward Bell Finlay (b 14 Apr 1948), descended from the Barons Thurlow (Peerage of GB, cr 1792), by his wife the former Rose Alexandra Walker, of the whisky distillers Johnn Walker & Co family.

Alexander Fellowes is a first cousin of the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry.

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Hon Sarah Katherine Elinor Baring 1920-2013

_.The Hon Mrs Sarah Baring, who died 4 February, 2013, aged 93, was a scion of the Barons Grantley (Peerage of GB, cr 1782), and was the mother of the 4th Viscount Astor.

The Hon Sarah Katherine Elinor Norton was born  20 January, 1920, daughter of Richard Henry Brinsley Norton, 6th Baron Grantley (1892-1954), of Markenfield Hall, Ripon, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Jean Mary Kinloch, scion of the Kinloch Baronets.

She married 1stly, 14 June, 1945 (div 1953), the Hon William Waldorf Astor (1907-66), eldest son of the 2nd Viscount Astor (1879-1952), of Cliveden, by his wife the former Nancy Langhorne.

Her first husband succeeded his father as 3rd Viscount, 30 Sept, 1952, and they divorced the following year. She married 2ndly, 17 Apr 1953 (div 1965), as his 1st wife, Lt-Col Thomas Michael Baring, scion of the Barons Northbrook (Peerage of the UK, cr 1866). She is survived by a son from the first marriage, William Waldorf Astor, 4th Viscount (born 27 Dec 1951), and by an adopted son, Edward, from the second marriage.

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Capt Hugo Ivo Meynell 1931-2013

_.Capt Hugo Ivo Meynell, who died 2 February, 2013, aged 81, was a scion of the landed family of Meynell, of Meynell Langley, Derbyshire. He was born 23 Nov, 1931, son of Hugo Francis Meynell, OBE (b 29 Dec 1903, d. 1974), of Melbourne, Derby, by his wife the former Doris Isabel Morrison (b 15 Nov 1908, d. 1992), of Valparaiso, Chile.

Educated at Stowe and RMA Sandhurst. Career: Capt 9th/12th Royal Lancers; married 22 Jun 1961, Sarah Virginia (b 1940), daughter of Gen Sir Richard McCreery, GCB, KBE, DSO, MC (1898-1967), by his wife the former Lettice St Maur, scion of the Dukes of Somerset, &c.

A Service of Thanksgiving takes place at Long Compton Church, Warwickshire, 19 MAR, 2013.

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The subjects still object to Queen Camilla

Daughter for Rollo & Kathryn Wigan

_. Kathryn Sarah Wigan (born 1981, nee Allsopp), scion of the Barons Hindlip, & wife of Rollo Wigan,  scion of the landed family of Wigan of Drewitts, gave birth to a daughter, 24 Jan, 2013.

Rollo is the youngest son of Mr Michael Christian Wigan (born 1945), head of the family, of Chelsea, London, SW3, by his former wife Mrs John Loudon (nee Eugenie Mary Felicity Cadbury, b 1948), scion of the confectionary dynasty, of Pusey, Oxfordshire.

Kathryn Wigan is the eldest daughter of the Hon John and Mrs Allsopp, of Wadwick, Hampshire, and is a granddaughter of the 5th Baron Hindlip (Peerage of the UK, cr 1886).


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William David Jock Ropner 1929-2013

_.William David Jock Ropner, who died 31 January, 2013, aged 83, was a scion of the shipping family of Baronets (Bt, of Preston Hall, cr 1904). He was born 27 June, 1929, son of John Raymond Ropner (1903-), High Sheriff of Durham (1958), and a director of Sir R. Ropner & Co Ltd, the family firm, of Middleton Lodge, Middleton Tyas, Richmond, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Joan Redhead, daughter of William Redhead; he was educated at Harrow.

He married in 1961 (div 1962) Elizabeth Anne Ellsworth Jones. No issue.

The funeral is at the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Middleton Tyas, 7 Feb, 2013.

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Lascelles/Gregson marriage

_.The marriage took place 2 June, 2006, between Henry Ulick Lascelles (b 19 May, 1953), scion of the Earls of Harewood (Earl UK, 1812), son of the late Hon Gerald David Lascelles (1924-1998), by his 1st wife the former Angela Estree Dowding (1919-2007), & Mrs Fiona Margaret Wilmott (nee Gregson), daughter of Mr Barry Gregson, by his wife Hilda.

It is Mr Lascelles's 2nd marriage. He married Alexandra Morton in 1979, which marriage was dissolved.

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Parente / Elland engagement

_.The engagement was announced 2 Feb, 2013, between (Henry) Joseph Parente (born 1983), descended from the extinct Dukes of Portland, only son of William Henry Marcello Parente (b 18 Feb 1951), of Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, by his wife the former Alison J. Swan, & Miss Anuszka Elland, daughter of the late Mr Mark Elland and Mrs Ursula Elland, of Nether Langwith, Nottinghamshire.

Joseph Parente is a grandson paternally of Don Gaetano Parente, Principe di Castel Viscardo (b 1909-  d), by his wife the former Lady Victoria Margaret Cavendish-Bentinck (1918-55), a daughter of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland (1893-1977), by his wife the former Ivy Gordon-Lennox (1887-1982), scion of the Dukes of Richmond & Gordon, &c.

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Arthur James Russell

_.Henrietta Elizabeth Anne Russell (born 10 Oct 1983, nee Cator), wife of William S. Russell, gave birth to a son, Arthur James, 27 January, 2013.

William Russell is the elder son of Mr & Mrs Dudley Russell, of Norcote, Gloucestershire, & Henrietta, scion of that landed family of Woodbastwick, Norfolk, is 1st dau of Henry Greville Cator (b 26
Mar 1956), of Salhouse, Norfolk, by his wife the former Sara Elizabeth Keeling (b 6 Jul 1954), a granddaughter maternally of Sir John Hanbury-Williams (1892-1965), by his wife the former Princess Zenaida Cantacuzene, a daughter of Maj.-Gen. Prince Michael Michaelovich Cantacuzene, 2nd Count Speransky and Julia Dent Grant, eldest grandchild of US President Ulysses S. Grant.

 

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Peter John Philip Seely, 5th Baron Mottistone 1949-2013

_. Peter John Philip Seely, 5th Baron Mottistone (Peerage of the UK, cr 1933), died in Kent, 23 January, 2013, aged 63.

He was born 29 Oct, 1949, son of David Peter Seely, 4th Baron Mottistone, CBE (1920-2011), by his wife the former Anthea Christine McMullan. Succeeded to the peerage on his father's death, 24 Nov, 2011.

He married twice, firstly, in 1972 (div 1975) Joyce Cairns, and secondly, 1982 (div 2001), Linda Swain. He leaves a son from the first marriage, and a son, and three daughters from the second marriage.

The peerage now devolves upon his elder son, the Hon Christopher David Peter Seely, who was born 1 Oct, 1974.

The funeral takes place at the Church of St Peter, Hever, Kent, 12 Feb.

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Blair / de la Poer engagement

_.The engagement was announced 1 February, 2013, between Oliver J. Blair, son of the late Mr Christopher Blair and Mrs Catherine Blair, of Holt, Norfolk, & Elinor Clare de la Poer (born 1989), daughter of Count Anthony de la Poer (b 1940), of South Perrott, Dorset, and Countess Anthony de la Poer.

The bride-to-be is descended from the Barons Wynford and the extinct Barons Emly.

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Hon Mrs Rosemary Dorothy Marion Eden 1928-2013

_.The Hon Mrs Rosemary Eden, who died 27 January, 2013, aged 85, was the wife of the Hon Ronald John Eden (1931-2006), scion of the Barons Auckland (Peerage of Ireland, cr 1789, & Peerage of GB, cr 1793), and was descended from the Barons Petre (Peerage of England, cr 1603).

She was born Rosemary Dorothy Marion Crowder, in 1928, daughter of Sir John Frederick Ellenborough Crowder (1890-1961) sometime Conservative MP for Fincley (his successor in that constituency was Margaret Thatcher), by his wife the former Florence Gertrude Petre (b 1893), and married Ronald Eden in 1957. He died 10 Dec, 2006. She leaves issue, Henry Vane Eden (b 1958), and Edward John Edeb (b 1959).

The funeral takes place at Cromlix House Chapel, Dunblane, 6 Feb.

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Louis Georg Matthew von Opel

_. Emily Louise von Opel (born 13 Oct, 1973, nee Bond), wife of Georg von Opel, gave birth to a son, Louis Georg Matthew, 24 January, 2013, a brother for Allegra Sophia (b 2002), Clara Theresa (b 2004), and Montana (b ?).

Emily ~ descended from the Earls Fitzwilliam (extinct) ~ is the younger daughter of Ian Robin Stanley Bond (b 1940), by his wife Caroline Louise Faber. Her elder sister Candida (born 1971) is the wife of William Henry Leicester Stanhope, styled Viscount Petersham (born 14 Oct 1967), son and heir of the 12th Earl of Harrington.

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+ Lady Trowbridge, widow of Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Trowbridge

_.Lady Trowbridge, who died 21 January, 2013, aged 93, was widow of Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Trowbridge (21 Jan 1920-4 May 2003). She was the former Anne Mildred Perceval, and married Richard Trowbridge in 1955. He was Western Australia's 25th Governor and sometime Flag Officer of the Royal Yacht Britannia. He was appointed KCVO in 1983, and died in 2003, aged 83. A Service of Thanksgiving takes place at St Laurence's Church, Petersfield, Hampshire, 19 March, 2013.

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Lady Stormonth Darling (1924-2013), widow of Sir Jamie Stormonth Darling

_.Lady Stormonth Darling, who died 27 January, 2013, at Ayr, was the widow of Sir James Carlisle (Jamie) Stormonth Darling, Knt, scion of that landed family, and sometime director of the National Trust for Scotland.

She was the former Mary Finella Gammell, daughter of Lt-Gen Sir James Andrew Harcourt Gammell KCB, DSO (b 26 Sep 1892 -d  1975), head of the landed family of Drumtochty Castle, Fordoun, Kincardine, by his wife (nee Dow), and married Jamie Stormonth Darling (b 18 Jul 1918), son of Robert Stormonth Darling (1880-1956), by his wife Beryl Madeleine Sayer. Her husband died 17 Apr, 2000. She leaves issue.

A Memorial Service takes place at Dirleton Kirk, East Lothian, 5 Feb 2013.

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Steuart Fothringham / Jones engagement

_.The engagement was announced 31 January, 2013, between Ian Archibald Steuart Fothringham (b 1976), scion of that landed family, third son of Henry Steuart Fothringham of Grantully, OBE (b 1944), of Aberfeldy, Perthshire, by his late wife, the former Cherry Linnhe Stewart of Achnacone (who died in 2001), & Laura M. Jones, daughter of Mr & Mrs Gerald Jones, of Medway, Massachusetts, United States.

Ian Steuart Fothringham is descended from the Royal House of Hanover, descending from King William IV and his mistress Dorothea Jordan.

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Rupert Edward Oliver Elmore

_Tamara Jane Elmore (nee Thynne, b 1974), scion of the Marquesses of Bath, wife of Jeremy J. Elmore, gave birth to a son, Rupert Edward Oliver, 25 January, 2013, a brother for George. Tamara is the youngest daughter of Sheridan Ulrich Thynne (b.1939), of South Stoke, Oxfordshire, by his wife the former Eve Clare Cardew, and Jeremy is the son of Mr Barry Elmore, of Molesey, Surrey, and Mrs Diana Purcell, of Petworth, Sussex,

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Caius Christian Wigan

_.The Lady Maria Alice Jubilee Wigan (nee Balfour, born 1977), wife of Charles C. Wigan, gave birth to a son, Caius Christian, 14 January, 2013, a brother for Aliena.

Lady Maria is the third daughter of Roderick Francis Arthur, 5th Earl of Balfour (b 9 Dec 1948), of Whittinghame, Haddington, East Lothian, by his wife, the former Lady Tessa Mary Isabel Fitzalan Howard (b 30 Sep 1950), eldest daughter of Miles, 17th Duke of Norfolk, KG, GCVO, CB, CBE, MC (1915-2002).

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Rose Susanna Allfrey

_.Martha Virginia Allfrey (nee Swire, b. 1972), wife of Alexander Allfrey, gave birth to a daughter, Rose Susanna, 22 January, 2013, a sister for four brothers, Jack Merlin Samuel (b 1999), William Jude, who was b. 8 Apr 2001,  Stanley Adrian, who was b. 3 June 2004, and Frank Peter, who was b 28 Dec, 2006. 

Martha is the only daughter of Sir Adrian Christopher Swire, Kt (b. 1932), scion of that Landed Gentry family, by his wife, Lady Judith Compton (b. 1943), daughter of the 5th Marquess of Northampton.

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Octavia Overton's christening (2013)

_. The infant daughter of Mr Thomas Overton and Miss Clementine Rhodes was christened Octavia Nora Lynne (Ava), at St Mark's Church, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, on Sunday January 27, 2013.

The Most Rev and Rt Hon John Sentamu, Archbishop of York officiated.

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Sir Henry Grant De La Poer Beresford-Peirse, 6th Baronet 1933-2013

_.Sir Henry Grant De La Poer Beresford-Peirse, 6th Baronet, died suddenly 24 January, 2013, aged 79. Sir Henry's homes were at Bedall Manor, Bedale, North Yorkshire, and in London. He was born 7 Feb, 1933, son of Sir Henry Campbell De La Poer Beresford-Peirse, CB, 5th Baronet, and was educated at Eton; served as a Lt, Scots Guards; succeeded to the baronetcy (Bt, UK, cr 1814), on the death of his father, 1972. Married in 1966, Jadranka, daughter of Ivan Njers, of Zagreb, by whom he had issue, 2 sons, Henry and John. The baronetcy now passes to the elder son, Henry Njers De La Poer Beresford-Peirse, who was born 25 March, 1969, who is married with issue.

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Margaret Lady Houstoun-Boswall dies aged 95

_.Margaret, Lady Houstoun-Boswall, who died at Eastbourne, 21 January, 2013, aged 95, was the wife of Sir Thomas Houstoun-Boswall, 7th Baronet (Bt, UK, cr 1836).

She was the former Margaret Bullen-Smith, daughter of George Bullen-Smith, of Squirrels, Arlington, Sussex, and married Sir Thomas, as his first wife, in 1945. They divorced in 1970, and he died in 1982.

She leaves a son, Sir Thomas Alford Houstoun-Boswall, 8th Baronet (b 23 May, 1947), and a daughter, Amber Georgina (b 1946).

Hon Audrey Nancy Wood

_Georgia E. Wood, styled Baroness Irwin, wife of James Charles Wood, styled Baron Irwin (b. 24 Aug 1977), gave birth to a daughter, the Hon Audrey Nancy Wood, 23 January, 2013, a sister for the Hon Rex Patrick Wood, who was born 12 Aug 2010.

Lady Irwin is the only daughter of Mr Patrick Robert James Clarkson. QC (b. 1 Aug 1949), of Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, a Recorder since 1996, by his wife the former Bridget Cecilia Doyne, and granddaughter paternally of Commander Robert Anthony Clarkson, LVO, RN, and Lord Irwin, a godson of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, is the only son of the 3rd Earl of Halifax (b. 14 Mar, 1944), of Garrowby, Bishop Wilton, near York, and the Countess of Halifax.

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Hon Mrs Margaret Ada (Migs) Greenall

_.The Hon Mrs Margaret Ada (Migs) Greenall, who died 10 January, 2013, at Melton Mowbray, aged 95, was mother of Peter Gilbert Greenall, 4th Baron Daresbury (Peerage of the UK, cr 1927).

She was born circa 1917, as Margaret Ada Crawford, 5th daughter of Charles John Crawford, of Wayside, St Andrews, Fife, by his wife the former Ella Frances Olive Anson, scion of the Anson Baronets; and married 7 Feb 1952 (divorced 1986), Edward Gilbert Greenall, of the brewing dynasty, who succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Daresbury, 19 Feb, 1990, and who died 9 Sept, 1996.

Migs Greenall, of Waltham House, Melton Mowbray, leaves four children, 3 sons and 1 daughter.

A service of Thanksgiving takes place at St Mary Magdalene Church, Waltham on the Wolds, 28 Jan, 2013.

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Capt Hon David Cecil Warwick Bampfylde 1924-2013

_.Capt the Hon David Cecil Warwick Bampfylde, who died 22 January, 2013, aged 88, was a scion of the Barons Poltimore (Peerage of the UK, cr 1831), and was born 3 March, 1924, a son of Hugh de Burgh Warwick Bampfylde, 6th Baron Poltimore (1888-1978), by his wife the former Margaret Mary de la Pasture (died 1981), daughter of the Marquis de la Pasture; married in 1950, Jean Margaret Campbell, by whom he had issue. A service of Thanksgiving takes place at St Michael, Inkpen, Berkshire, 8 Feb.

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Diana Lady Ingilby (1920-2013) widow of 5th Baronet

_.Diana, Lady Ingilby, died 19 January, 2013, on the eve of her 93rd birthday. She was the widow of Maj Sir Joslan William Vivian Ingilby, 5th Baronet, of Ripley Castle, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, who died in 1974. She was the former Diana Colvin, daughter of Brig-Gen Sir George Lethbridge Colvin, CB, CMG, DSO, and married Sir Joslan in 1948. She is survived by her only son, Sir Thomas, the 6th Baronet (born 17 Jul 1955), and by two daughters, Caroline and Katherine. The funeral takes place at All Saint's Church, Ripley, 8 February, 2013.

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Son and heir for Lord and Lady Macpherson of Drumochter

_.The Baroness Macpherson of Drumochter (nee Kitty Zetenyi Budai), wife of James Anthony Macpherson, 3rd Baron Macpherson of Drumochter (Peerage of the UK, cr 1951) (b 27 Feb 1979), gave birth to a son and heir, the Hon Daniel Thomas Macpherson, 23 January, 2013.

Lord Macpherson, of Kyllachy, Tomatin, Inverness-shire, is the son of the late 2nd Baron Macpherson of Drumochter (1924-2008), of Kyllachy, Tomatin, by his 2nd wife Catherine Bridget.

Lady Macpherson is the youngest daughter of Mrs Katalin Zetenyi Budai, of Budapest, Hungary.

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Jelinek/Stourton marriage

_.The marriage took place 19 Jan, 2013, at St Bride's Church, Fleet St, London, of Andrew Jelinek, younger son of Mr & Mrs Martin Jelinek, of Eastbourne, Sussex, & Eleanor Mary Elizabeth Stourton (born 1984), scion of the Barons Mowbray, Segrave & Stourton, daughter of Edward John Ivo Stourton (born 1957), the broadcaster, by his former wife Mrs Jonathan Minter, of Boxted, Essex, (nee Margaret McEwen (born 1959), scion of the McEwen Baronets (Bt, UK, 1953).

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Lady Eloise Anson, cousin of the Queen, to marry

_. The engagement was announced 24 January, 2013  between Louis Alexander Philip Waymouth (b 1978), son of Mr Nigel Waymouth by his late wife the former Lady Victoria Mary Verenia Braganza Yorke (1947-2004), & the Lady Eloise Anne Elizabeth Anson (born 1981), younger daughter of the late Thomas Patrick John, 5th Earl of Lichfield (1939-2005) of Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire, by his wife the Lady Leonora Mary Grosvenor, daughter of the 5th Duke of Westminster, &c.

Louis Waymouth is a grandson maternally of Philip Grantham Yorke, 9th Earl of Hardwicke (1906-74). The bride-to-be is a descendant of the 14th Earl of Strathmore, and a cousin of HM The Queen, and is a goddaughter of HRH The Princess Royal.
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Fourie/Maitland-Carew engagement

_.The engagement was announced 24 January, 2013, between Mr M. Johan Fourie, son of Mr & Mrs Johan Fourie, of Pretoria, South Africa, & Emma Rosalind Maitland-Carew (born 1974), scion of the Barons Carew (Peerage, Baron, Ireland, 1834, and UK, 1838) daughter of the Hon Gerald Edward Ian Maitland-Carew (born 1941), of Lauder, Berwickshire, by his wife the former Rosalind Averil Speke.

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Winand/Acloque

_.The engagement was announced 24 January, 2013 between Francis M.J. Winand, son of Mr & Mrs Michael Winand, of Oxford, & Henrietta Mary Rose Acloque (b 1979), scion of the Barons Howard De Walden (Peerage of England, cr 1597), daughter of the late Acloque by his wife the former Hon Camilla Anne Bronwen Scott-Ellis (b 1 Apr 1947), of Gloucestershire, 4th daughter and co-heiress of John Osmael, 9th Baron Howard De Walden (1912-1999).

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Lady Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, CBE 1909-2013

_.Lady Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, CBE, who died 14 January, 2013, aged 103, was a public spirited American who organised the wartime Bundles for Britain campaign. She was latterly a daughter-in-law of the 13th Duke of Hamilton & Brandon. She was born Natalie Wales, at Cohasset, Mass, USA, 6 Aug, 1909, daughter of Nathaniel Brackett Wales, and married four times, (i)  in 1929 (Div) Kenelm Winslow; married (ii) 1937 (div) Edward Latham; married (iii) Edward Bragg Paine, of New York, from whom she was div, & married (iv) in 1953, as his second wife, Lord Malcolm Avondale Douglas-Hamilton, OBE, DFC (1909-1964), 3rd son of the 13th Duke of Hamilton & Brandon (1862-1940). There were 2 daughters of the first marriage. Lord Malcolm's first wife was a Bowes Lyon kinswoman of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, &c.

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Woods/Hewlett engagement

_.The engagement was announced 23 January, 2013, between Mr George Woods, younger son of Mr & Mrs Robert Woods, of Frilsham, Berkshire, and Emily Hewlett (b 1983), eldest daughter of the Hon Thomas Anthony Hewlett (born 1952), of Woodbridge, Suffolk, by his wife, the former Jane Elizabeth Dawson, and a granddaughter of the late life peer, the Baron Hewlett (who died in 1979).

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Alfred Hugh Atherley Kidston

_.Henriette Mary J. Kidston (nee Peace, born 1968), wife since 2001 of Hugo A. Kidston (b 1965), scion of that landed family, gave birth to a son, Alfred Hugh Atherley, 14 January, 2013.

Hugo is a son of Archibald Martin Glen Kidston (b 6 Apr 1927, d 1978), head of the landed family of Redenham Park, Andover, Hants, by his wife the former Susan Myrtle Pease (d 1991), scion of that landed family, of Hesslewood, and Henriette is a daughter of David Peace by his wife the former Myrtle Vaughan.

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Nell Viola Leathers

 _.Hannah E. Leathers (nee Lucas) wife of Jonathan James Leathers (b. 1974), scion of the Viscounts Leathers (Visc, UK, 1954), gave birth to a daughter, Nell Viola, 6 January, 2013, a sister for Freddie & Jasper.

Jonathan is the elder son of Mr David Frederick James Leathers (b. 1942), of Dogmersfield, Hampshire,
by his wife, the former Amanda Elizabeth Anne Vyvyan Denton (b. 1943, descended from the Strickland-Constable Baronets) and Hannah is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Robin Lucas, of Godalming, Surrey.

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Dana Brudenell-Bruce (nee Joel) 1929-2013

_.Dana Moira Angela Brudenell-Bruce, who died 17 January, 2013, aged 83, was the wife of the late Chandos Robert Henry Brudenell-Bruce (1923-1993), scion of the Marquesses of Ailesbury (Marquess, UK, cr 1821), and daughter of the racehorse trainer, Stanhope Joel by his wife the former Gladys McFadden. She was born in 1929 and married Mr Brudenell-Bruce, in 1949.

Mrs Brudenell-Bruce was grandmother of Florence 'Flee' Brudenell-Bruce, model, sometime squeeze of HRH Prince Harry.

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Annabelle Teal Henrietta Skeffington

_.Sophie Clare Skeffington (nee Crouch, born 1982), wife of the Hon Henry William Norman Foster Clotworthy Skeffington (born 1980), scion of the Viscounts Massereene & Ferrrard, gave birth to a daughter, Annabelle Teal Henrietta, 2 December, 2012.

Henry Skeffington is a younger son of John, 14th Viscount Massereene & Ferrard (b 3 Jun 1940), by his wife the former Anne Denise Rowlandson, and Sophie is the only daughter of the late Michael C.H. Crouch, and Mrs Crouch (nee Geraldine Burrell-Pearson), of Wretton, Norfolk.

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John David Henry, 7th Baron Kilmaine 1948-2013

_.John David Henry Browne, 7th Baron Kilmaine (in the Peerage of Ireland, cr 1789), died at Warwick, 12 January, 2013. He was 64.

He was born 2 April, 1948, son of John Francis Archibald Browne, 6th Baron Kilmaine, CBE (1902-78), by his wife the former Wilhelmina Phyllis Arnott (c1905-2002); and succeeded to the peerage on his father's death, 26 July, 1978; married 22 May, 1982, Linda, daughter of Dennis Robinson, of Budleigh Salterton, Devon, by whom he had issue, one son and one daughter. He is succeeded by his only son, the Hon John Francis Sandford Browne (b 4 April, 1983).

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Duke of Abercorn's daughter to wed

_.The engagement was announced 18 January, 2013, between Mr Hashem Arouzi, son of Mrs Finouzeh Rastegar, of Lausane, Switzerland, and the late Mr Alireza Arouzi, & the Lady Sophia Alexandra Hamilton (b 8 June, 1973), only daughter of James, 5th Duke of Abercorn, KG (b 4 July 1934), by his wife the former Alexandra Anastasia Phillips (b 27 Feb 1946).

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Hon Sophia Emily Florence Devereux

_. The Viscountess Hereford (nee Louisa Knight, born 1977), wife of (Charles) Robert de Bohun (Robin) Devereux, 19th Viscount Hereford (b 11 Aug 1975) (Premier Viscount in the Peerage of England cr 1550), gave birth to a daughter, Sophia Emily Florence, 12 January, 2013.

Lord Hereford is the eldest son of the late 18th Viscount Hereford (d 25 Feb 2004) and of Susan, Viscountess Hereford, of Ascott, Warwickshire, and Louisa is the younger daughter of (Christopher) William Knight, of Holland Park, London, by his wife the former Jonkvrouwe Sylvia Caroline dau of Jonkheer Emile van Lennep, of The Hague. 

Wm Knight is the son of the Hon Priscilla DODSON (dau of 2nd Baron Monk Bretton and Ruth, dau of Hon Charles BRAND scion of the Viscounts Hampden) and Maj Claude Thorburn Knight, scion of the LG family THORBURN formerly of Craigerne.

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von Habsburg/Stafford Northcote engagement

_.The engagement was announced 15 January, 2013, between Maximilian Philip von Habsburg (born 1974), descended from the Royal House of Austria, son of Archduke Géza von Habsburg, of New York, & Archduchess Monica von Habsburg, of Tete, Mozambique, & Arabella Lucy Mary (b 1975), scion of the Earls of Iddesleigh (cr Earl, UK, 1885), daughter of Hugh Cecil Camden Stafford Northcote (b 1938), of Bishton Hall, Staffordshire, by his wife the former Hilary Jane Evans.

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Henderson/Naylor-Leyland engagement

_. The engagement was announced 15 January, 2013, between Charles John Hope Bernard (Charlie) Henderson (b 1984), of London, son of Ian Ramsey Hope Henderson (b 1949), of the family of the Barons Faringdon, by his wife the former Virginia Phyllis Therese Broke Freeman (b 1949), descended from the Dukes of Norfolk, & Jessica Pamela Naylor-Leyland (b 1987), daughter of Sir Vivyan Naylor-Leyland, 3rd Baronet (1924-87), by his third wife, the former Jameina Flora Reid, dau of James Freeman Reid.

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Every / Roche engagement

_.The engagement was announced 15 Jan 2013, between Nicholas John Simon Every (born 1981), younger son of Sir Henry John Michael Every, 13th Baronet (cr Bt, England, 1661), of Eggington, Derby, by his wife the former Susan Mary Beaton, & Mlle Fanny Roche, daughter of M and Mme Jean-Pierre Roche, of Draguiguan, France.

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Edmund Harry Cooke-Yarborough 1918-2013

_.Edmund Harry Cooke-Yarborough, who died 10 January, 2013, at the age of 94, was a scion of the Cooke Baronets (Bt, of Wheatley Hall, Yorks, cr 1661), and was heir pres to his kinsman, Sir David William Percival Cooke, 12th Baronet (b 28 Apr 1935).

He was born Christmas Day, 1918, son of George Eustace Cooke-Yarborough (1876-1938), by his wife the former Daphne Isabel Wrinch (died 1984), dau of Henry Wrinch, of Ipswich; married 1952, Anthea Katharine, dau of John Dixon, of Colden Common, Winchester, by whom he had issue. His son, Anthony Edmund, born in 1956, is now heir pres to the family baronetcy.

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Taylor / O'Leary engagement

_.The engagement was announced in January, 2013, between Arthur Lawrence Alport Taylor (born 1977), son of Ian Colin Taylor, MBE, of Vauxhall, London, by his wife the former Hon Lavender Lilias Carole Alport (b 1950), descended from the Earls of Lucan, and daughter of the Baron Alport (Life Peer, cr 1961), & Miss Brigid O'Leary, dau of Mr & Mrs Arthur O'Leary, of Wellington, New Zealand.

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16th Baron Louth 1929-2013

_.The Baron Louth, sixteenth holder of the peerage (Peerage of Ireland, created 1541) died at Jersey, Channel Islands, 6 January, 2013, aged 83. Otway Michael James Oliver Plunkett was born 19 Aug 1929, son of Otway Randal Percy Oliver Plunkett, the 15th Baron (1892-1950), by his wife the former Ethel Molly Gallichen (died 1992); succeeded to the barony on his father's demise, 3 Feb 1950; married 9 Aug 1951, Angela Patricia Cullinane, daughter of William Cullinane, of St Helier, Jersey, by whom he had issue, three sons, and 2 daughters. The peerage now devolves upon his Lordship's eldest son, the Hon Jonathan Oliver Plunkett, born 4 Nov, 1952.

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James Charles MacNab of MacNab 1926-2013

_James Charles MacNab of MacNab, 23rd Chief of the Clan MacNab, born 14 Apr 1926, died 11 January, 2013, aged 86. He was a son of Lt-Col James Alexander MacNab by his 1st wife the former Ursula Barnett, scion of the landed family of Barnett of Glympton; he succeeded his great uncle as clan chief in 1970, the family home was Kinnell House, Killin, Perthshire, but much of the estate was lost to death duties; married 11 Apr, 1959, the Hon Diana Mary Anstruther-Gray, daughter of Baron Kilmany (life peer), by whom he had issue, four children. He is succeeded by his elder son, James William Archibald MacNab, yr of MacNab, who was born 22 March, 1963.

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Hawkesbury/Davis engagement

_.The engagement was announced in January, 2013 between Luke Marmaduke Peter Savile Foljambe, styled Viscount Hawkesbury (born 25 Mar 1972), son and heir of the 5th Earl of Liverpool (b 14 Nov 1944), of Holcombe Folly, Gloucestershire, by his former wife Lady Juliana Mary Alice Noel (b 27 Jan 1949), of Exton, Rutland, & Katharine F. Davis, dau of Mr & Mrs Jeffrey Davis, of London.

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Wilson/Howard engagement

_.The engagement was announced 11 January 2013 between David W, Wilson, son of Mr & Mrs Alan Wilson, of Alberta, Canada, and the Hon Annabel Rosemary Diana Howard (b 1984), daughter of Greville Patrick Charles Howard, Baron Howard of Rising (life peer) (b 22 Apr 1941), of Castle Rising, Norfolk, scion of the Howard Earls of Suffolk & Berkshire, by his 3rd wife, the former Mary Cortland Culverwell, 

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Royal style and titles for the children of the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge

_Crown Office

House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW

31 December 2012

The QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 31 December 2012 to declare that all the children of the eldest son of The Prince of Wales should have and enjoy the style, title and attribute of Royal Highness with the titular dignity of Prince or Princess prefixed to their Christian names or with such other titles of honour.

Sir Winston Churchill's great-granddaughter engaged

-.The engagement was announced 9 January, 2013, between Andrew C. Ferguson, son of Mr Nicholas Ferguson, of Rattery, Devon, & Mrs Harriet Ellis, of Farnham, Surrey, and Gemma Mary Soames (b 1979), scion of the Soames landed family, a great-granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill, daughter of the Hon Jeremy Bernard Soames (b 25 May, 1952), of West Barsham, Norfolk, by his wife the former Susanna Keith.

Gemma is a granddaughter of the late Christopher, Baron Soames (life peer), by his wife the former Mary Spencer-Churchill, scion of the Dukes of Marlborough, and daughter of Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister 1940-45, and 1951-55, &c.

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Christopher (Kit) Mark Buffalo Meysey-Thompson

_. Lucy A.L. Meysey-Thompson, wife of James Leo Charles Meysey-Thompson (b 1979), descended from the Meysey-Thompson Baronets (cr 1874), gave birth to a son, Christopher (Kit) Mark Buffalo, 26 December, 2012. James Meysey-Thompson is a son of the late Mark Kennedy Meysey-Thompson (1949-87) by his wife the former Catherine Diana Jane Herdman-Newton (now Mrs Rupert Nickols) and stepson of Mr Rupert Nickols, of Spellow Hill, North Yorkshire, and Lucy is a daughter of the late Mr A.J.B. Asplin and of Mrs Asplin, of Kilrenny, Fife.

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Haines / Chadwyck-Healey engagement

_.The engagement was announced 7 January, 2013, between Major Charles Haines, The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own Royal Irish), son of Mr & Mrs Nicholas Haines, of Little Cheverell, Wiltshire, and Miss Rose Henrietta Chadwyck-Healey (b 1980), scion of the Chadwyck-Healey Baronets (Bt UK, cr 1919), daughter of Peregrine James Chadwyck-Healey (b 1950), of Calne, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Julia Mary Boughey (b 1952), scion of the Boughey Baronets (cr GB, 1798), dau of Sir Richard James Boughey, 10th Baronet.

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Christening of Lady Charlotte Diana Spencer

_.The infant daughter of the Earl and Countess Spencer, of Althorp, Northamptonshire, was christened Charlotte Diana, at St Mary's Church, Great Brington, Northamptonshire, on Saturday January 5, 2013.

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St George / Brudenell-Bruce engagement

_.The engagement was announced in January, 2013, between Henry Edward Hugh St George (born 1983), son of the late Edward Gerald .Patrick (Barbaro) St George (1928-2004), by his wife the former Lady Henrietta Fortune Doreen FitzRoy (born 14 Sept 1949), & Florence Anne-Marie Brudenell-Bruce (born 21 Nov, 1985), scion of the Marquesses of Ailesbury, daughter of Andrew Robert Jose Brudenell-Bruce (b 27 Jul 1951), by his wife the former Sophie M.J. Inch.

Henry St George is a grandson paternally of the Marchese di San Georgio, of Palazzo Armeria, Malta, and a grandson maternally of Hugh Denis Charles FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton, KG (1919-2011).

The model Florence 'Flee' Brudenell-Bruce was romantically linked with Prince Harry of Wales.

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William Louis Walter Santos Rumboll

_. Suzannah Daisy Rumboll (born 1978, nee Tapps Gervis Meyrick), wife of Peter J. Rumboll, and scion of the Meyrick Baronets (Bt, cr GB, 1791), gave birth to a son, William Louis Walter Santos, on Christmas Day, 2012.

Suzannah is the daughter of Sir George Christopher Cadfael Tapps Gervis Meyrick, 7th Baronet (b 10 Mar 1941), by his wife the former Jean Louise Montagu Douglas Scott (b 6 Jun 1943), scion of the Dukes of Buccleuch & Queensberry, daughter of Lord William Walter Montagu Douglas Scott (1896-1958), second son of John Charles, 7th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, KT, GCVO, &c.

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Peerages and styles and titles of the Royal Family

With the Succession the Crown Bill 2013 I envisage a serious shake-up of styles and titles associated with the royal family.

Clearly the Letters Patent of George V (1917) must now be revised. If the succession to the Crown is now gender blind then surely all future peerages awarded to children of the Sovereign should be similarly entailed.

We are told that the Earl of Wessex will be created Duke of Edinburgh on his brother's accession. The eldest child of the Earl and Countess of Wessex is a daughter, Lady Louise Windsor. The Letters Patent of the Earldom of Wessex and Viscounctcy of Severn state that the peerages will pass to the heirs male of the Wessexes, lawfully begotten, and the son, James, styled Viscount Severn, will on his father's death succeed.

The future Dukedom of Edinburgh (with some subsidiary peerages) should be created with a nod to the new Act and the Letters Patent should, like the new act, be 'gender blind' and state that the peerage will pass to heirs of whatever sex in order of birth. With the death of Prince Edward his Dukedom of Edinburgh would pass to his eldest child, Lady Louise Windsor, and the Earldom of Wessex and Viscountcy of Severn would be inherited by his younger child, James.

If all children of the Sovereign are to be regarded as equal under the law then surely this should also apply to grandchildren of the Sovereign? Children of a future daughter of a Sovereign should be of equal rank to the children of the sons of the Sovereign.
 
In the next reign, the King, having no daughters, his grandchildren under the Letters Patent of 1917 will all be HRH Princes or Princesses. Andy changes I propose will only effect the descendants of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

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Elizabeth Helen Leigh-Pemberton

_.Saskia Anne Leigh-Pemberton (b 6 Aug 1977, nee Stirling-Aird), wife of Charles D. Leigh-Pemberton, scion of that LG family (and nephew of the life peer Baron Kingsdown, KG, PC), gave birth to a daughter Elizabeth Helen, 6 December, 2012.

Charles Leigh-Pemberton is a son of Nigel Leigh- Pemberton (b 1929), of Barfrestone, Kent, and Mrs Leigh-Pemberton, and Saskia, a scion of the LG family of Stirling-Aird of Kippendavie (descended from Stirling of Keir), is the 2nd daughter of Patrick Kenneth Stirling-Aird (b 10 Aug 1943), of Dunblane, Perthshire, by his wife the former Elizabeth Susan Wakeham.

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Alfred James Charles FitzRoy, styled Earl of Euston

_The Duchess of Grafton (nee Olivia Margaret Sladen, b 1978), wife of Henry Oliver Charles FitzRoy, 12th Duke of Grafton (b 6 Apr, 1978) (Peerage of England, cr 1675), of Euston Hall, Thetford, Norfolk, gave birth to a son and heir, Alfred James Charles, styled Earl of Euston, 26 December, 2012.

The Duchess of Grafton is a daughter of Simon Hogarth Sladen (b 1943), and Mrs Sladen, and a granddaughter of Edward Carew Sladen (1914-44), and a great-granddaughter of Brig-Gen Sir Gerald Carew Sladen, by his wife the former Mabel Ursula Orr Ewing, dau of Sir Archibald Orr Ewing, 3rd Baronet. The Duke of Grafton is the son of the late James Oliver Charles FitzRoy, styled Earl of Euston (1947-2009), by his wife the former Lady Clare Amabel Margaret Kerr (b 1951), daughter of the 12th Marquess of Lothian (1922-2004).

The Duke succeeded to the family honours on the death of his grandfather, the 11th Duke, 7 Apr, 2011.

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Hon Robert Edward Gilmour Younger 1940-2012

_.The Hon Robert Edward Gilmour Younger, who died 23 December, 2012, aged 72, was a younger son of the 3rd Viscount Younger of Leckie (1906-1997), (Peeage of the UK, cr 1923), by his wife the former Evelyn Margaret McClure, and was a younger brother of the 4th Viscount (also life peer as Baron Younger of Prestwick), who d 2003. He was born 25 Sept, 1940; married 1972, Helen Jane Hayes, by whom he had issue.

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+ Mary Edith Fitzherbert-Brockholes

_.Mary Edith (Edie) Fitzherbert-Brockholes, who died 27 December, 2012, was the widow of Capt Michael John Fitzherbert-Brockholes (b 12 Jun 1920 - d.   ), head of that landed family, of Claughton Hall, near Garstang, Lancashire; she was the former Mary Edith O'Hara Moore, daughter of Capt Charles Joseph Henry O'Hara Moore, CVO, MC, Irish Guards, of Mooresfort, Co Tipperary, of that Irish landed family, and married Capt Fitzherbert-Brockholes, 28 Sept, 1950. She was mother of four sons, Francis, Antony, Simon and William. A funeral Mass takes place at Claughton-on-Brock, 7 Jan 2013.

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Sir (Michael) Osmond Williams, MC, 2nd Baronet 1914-2012

_Maj Sir (Michael) Osmond Williams, 2nd Baronet, died 19 December, 2012, aged 98, having held the baronetcy for 85 years. He was born 22 April, 1914, son of Capt Osmond Williams, DSO (1883-1915), who died of wounds received at the Battle of Loos, by his wife the former Lady Gladys Margaret Finch-Hatton, only daughter of the 13th Earl of Winchilsea; succeeded to the baronetcy (cr Bt, UK, 1909), on the demise of his grandfather, Sir Arthur Osmond Williams, 1st Baronet, Lord Lieutenant for Merionethshire, and a Liberal MP, 28 Jan, 1927; Maj, Royal Scots Greys, MC (1944); married 12 Jul 1947, Benita Mary Booker, by whom he had issue, 2 daughters, Sarah and Julia. The baronetcy becomes extinct.

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Green/Williams-Wynne engagement

_.The engagement was announced 2 January, 2012, between Capt Storm W. Green, 1st Battalion The Coldstream Guards, son of the late Mr Timothy Green and Mrs Green, of Cape Town, South Africa, & Rose M. Williams-Wynne (b 1983), scion of the Williams-Wynne Baronets (cr Baronet, England, 1688), daughter of William Robert Charles Williams-Wynne (b 1947), of Peniarth, Tywyn, by his his wife the former Hon Veronica Frances Buxton (b 1953), daughter of Aubrey Buxton, Baroness Buxton of Alsa (Life Peerage, 1978) scion of the Buxton Baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1840), by his 1st wife Pamela Mary Birkin, dau of Sir Henry Ralph Stanley Birkin, 3rd Baronet (Bt, cr UK, 1905).

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Rachel Leila Douglas-Home, suo jure Baroness Dacre 1929-2012

_.Rachel Leila Douglas-Home, suo jure (27th) Baroness Dacre, holder of a peerage created by writ in 1321, died on Christmas Day, 2012, aged 83.

She was born the Hon Rachel Leila Brand, 24 Oct, 1929, elder daughter of the 4th Viscount Hampden (1900-65), who was also 26th Baron Dacre, by his wife the former Leila Seely (d 1976). She married in 1951, the playwright, the Hon William Douglas-Home (1912-92), a younger son of the 13th Earl of Home (1873-1951), by his wife Lady Lilian Lambton (d 1966), dau of the 4th Earl of Durham. Her husband was a younger brother of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister 1963-4, &c.

Her father died in 1965, and was succeeded in the viscountcy of Hampden by his younger brother and the barony of Dacre fell into abeyance between Rachel and her sister Tessa. The abeyance was terminated in her favour in 1970.

The peerage now devolves upon Lady Dacre's only son, the Hon James Douglas-Home, who was born 16 May, 1952, who married in 1979, the former Christine Stephenson [died 18 May, 2008], and has a daughter, Emily, born 7 Feb, 1983.


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Gordon-Watson/Reardon engagement

_.The engagement was announced in 2012 between Charles Patrick Gordon-Watson (b 17 Dec, 1959), descended from the Gordons of Boveridge Park, son of the late Brigadier David Michael Lindsay Gordon-Watson, OBE, MC (1913-2002), by his wife the former Thalia A.R. Gordon, of East Blagdon, Cranborne, Dorset & Katherine Genevieve (Kate) Reardon, editor of Tatler, only daughter of Mr Patrick Reardon, of Montgomery, Wales, and Mrs Humphrey Wood, of Roborough, Devon, and Parsons Green, London.

Bloodstock agent Charlie Gordon-Watson is a first cousin of the Duchess of Beaufort, of Badminton, Avon.

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Matilda Grace Denman

_.Victoria A. Denman (nee Horsfield), wife of Roland Sebastian Richard Denman (b 1977), scion of the Barons Denman (cr 1834), gave birth to a daughter, Matilda Grace, 28 December, 2012, a sister
for Oswald. Roland Denman is a son of Harold Deman (b 1922), of Hawkhurst, Kent, by his wife the former Lady Frances Esme Curzon (b 1939), & Victoria is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Gordon Horsfield, of Yearsley, North Yorkshire.Roland Denman is a grandson maternally of the 5th Earl Howe(1884-1964).

Macdiarmid/Rossetto engagement

_.The engagement was announced 1 January, 2013, between Capt Fergus Charles Ian Macdiarmid, The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish) (b 1987), son of Rory P.A. Macdiarmid, of Babcary, Somerset, by his wife the former Hon Lucinda Mary Joan Darling (b 1958), & Miss Christina Rossetto, yr dau of Mr & Mrs Renato Rossetto, of Calgary, Canada.

Capt Fergus Macdiarmid is a grandson maternally of Robert Charles Henry Darling, 2nd Baron Darling (1919-2003).

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Sir Charles Henry McLeod, 3rd Baronet 1924-2012

_.Sir Charles Henry McLeod, 3rd Baronet has died (in December, 2012?) at the age of 88. He was born 7 Nov, 1924, 2nd son of Sir Murdoch Campbell McLeod, 2nd Bt, by his wife the former Annette Susan Mary Whitehead; succeeded to the baronetcy (cr UK, 1925) upon his father's demise, 21 Apr 1950; educated at Winchester; married 5 Jan 1957, (Anne) Gillian Bowlby (d 1978), scion of the Bowlby landed family and descended from the Viscounts Combermere, dau of Henry Russell Bowlby, by whom he had issue, one son and 2 daughters. Succeeded by his son, James Roderick Charles McLeod, b 26 Sept, 1960.


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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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Sir Christopher Collett, GBE 1931-2012

_Sir Christopher Collett, GBE, who died 2 December, 2012, aged 81, was Lord Mayor of the City of London, 1988-89 (GBE, 1988), and a scion of the Collett Baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1934).

Sir Christopher was born 10 June, 1931, second son of Sir Charles Collett, who served as Lord Mayor of London, 1933-34, and was created a baronet at the end of his term of office, by his wife the former Ruth Mildred Hatch.

He married in 1959, Christine Anne Griffiths, by whom he had issue.

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Patricia Katharine Countess of Dundee 1910-2012

_.Patricia Katharine Countess of Dundee, who died 3 December, 2012, at Birkhill by Cupar, Fife, was aged 102. Lady Dundee was a great-aunt of Sarah Duchess of York.

She was born Patricia Katharine Montagu Douglas Scott, 9 Oct, 1910, a scion of the Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry, the second daughter of Lord Herbert Montagu Douglas Scott (1872-1944), by his wife the former Marie Josephine Edwards (d 1965). Her elder sister Marian Louisa married (1) Col Andrew Ferguson, and was the grandmother of Sarah Duchess of York.

She married (1) 8 Jul 1931, Lt-Col Walter Douglas Faulkner, MC, who was killed in action in May, 1940; married (2) 9 Sept 1940, Lt-Col David Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, DSO, Scots Guards, scion of the arls of Dundee. He died of wounds in 1944. She married (3) 30 Oct 1946, her brother-in-law, Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn (later Scrymgeour of Dundee), de jure, later de facto 11th Earl of Dundee, PC (1902-1983).

She had issue from her three marriages, a son David James Faulkner, b 1932 (dec.), from her first union, 2 daughters from the second marriage, Janet Mary (now Mrs Fox-Pitt), b 1941, and Elizabeth, Baroness Teynham b. 1943, wife of the 20th Baron Teynham (and mother of 10); and 1 son from the third marriage, Alexander Henry Scrymgeour of Dundee, 12th Earl of Dundee, who was b 5 Jun 1949.

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Sackville/Akroyd engagement

_.The engagement was announced 6 Dec, 2012, between the Hon Edward Geoffrey Richard Sackville (b 6 Dec, 1980), second son of William Herbrand (Sackville) 11th Earl De La Warr (b 10 Apr, 1948), of Buckhurst Park, Sussex, by his wife the former Anne Leveson; & Sophia Georgina M. Akroyd (b 1984), daughter of the late Mr Mark T.S. Akroyd, by his wife the former Camilla E.L. Milton, now Mrs Christian Dangerfield, of Pencombe, Herefordshire.

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Sir Geoffrey Adam Shakerley, 6th Baronet 1932-2012

_.Sir Geoffrey Adam Shakerley, 6th Baronet, who died suddenly, 3 December, 2012, aged 79, was a society photographer who married a cousin of the Queen.

He was born 9 Dec, 1932, son of Maj Sir Cyril Shakerley, 5th Baronet (1897-1970), by his wife the former Elizabeth Averil Eardley-Wilmot, scion of the Eardley-Wilmot Baronets (Bt, UK, cr 1821); succeeded to the baronetcy (cr UK, 1838), on his father's demise, 1970.

He married 1stly, 3 Jul 1962, the actress Virginia Maskell (who d. 25 Jan 1968); married 2ndly, 1972, Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Anson (b 7 Jun 1941), the party planner, scion of the Earls of Lichfield (Peerage of the UK, cr 1831), sister of the late 5th Earl of Lichfield (1939-2005), daughter of Lt-Col Viscount Anson (1913-58), by his 1st wife, Anne Ferelith Fenella Bowes Lyon (1917-80), scion of the Earls of Strathmore & Kinghorne ,later wife of Prince Georg of Denmark, and a niece of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, &c. He and Lady Elizabeth were divorced in 2009, after many years apart, and he married 3rdly, 2010, Virginia  (nee Hobson) former wife of_____.

Sir Geoffrey leaves 2 sons, Nicholas and Peter, from his first marriage, and a daughter, Fiona, from his 2nd marriage. The elder son, Nicholas Simon Adam, born 20 Dec, 1963, inherits the baronetcy.

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Michael Charles Brand 1925-2012

_.Michael Charles Brand, who died 30 Nov, 2012, at the age of 87, was a scion of the Viscounts Hampden (Peerage UK, cr 1884), and was a grandson maternally of the 5th Earl of Rosslyn (Peerage of the UK, cr 1801). He was born in 1925 a son of Lieut.-Col. John Charles Brand, DSO, MC (1885-1929), by his wife the former Lady Rosabelle Millicent St Clair-Erskine (d 1956); married in 1953, the Hon Laura Caroline Beatrice Smith (b 1931), a daughter of the 3rd Viscount Hambleden (Peerage of the UK, cr 1891), by whom he had issue.

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Przewozniak / St John engagement

_.The engagement was announced 4 December, 2012, between Alexander A.B. Przewozniak, son of Mr & Mrs Janusz Przewozniak, of Hampstead, London, & Melissa Lucy Amanda St John (b 1986), daughter of Mr Robert William St John, of Clapham, London, by his wife the former Hon Vanessa Margureite Palmer (b 1954), daughter of Raymond Cecil Palmer, 3rd Baron Palmer, OBE (Peerage of the UK, 1933; Bt UK, 1916).

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Baby for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

 _.The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a baby in the summer of 2013. The royal baby will be born third in line and in direct succession to the throne after the Prince of Wales and Duke of Cambridge.

He or she will one day be head of the armed forces, supreme governor of the Church of England and subsequently head of state of 16 countries.


Under the terms of the letters patent laid down by King George V in 1917 only the eldest son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales is born a prince with the HRH handle.

A son would be born HRH Prince (Christian name) of Cambridge.

If the baby is girl then under the 1917 ruling she will be born Lady (Christian name) Windsor but it is expected that Her Majesty the Queen will make an announcement next year regarding the titles to be borne by the children of the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge. A princess (and future Queen) would be known as HRH Princess _______of Cambridge.



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Hon Nicholas Assheton 1934-2012

_.The Hon Nicholas Assheton, who died 27 Nov, 2012, as the result of a fall, was a scion of the Barons Clitheroe (Peerage of the UK, cr 1955). He was born 23 May, 1934, a younger son of the 1st Baron Clitheroe (1901-84), by his wife the former Hon Sylvia Benita Frances Hotham (d 1991), scion of the Barons Hotham (Peerage of Ireland, cr 1797). Nicholas Assheton married in 1960, Jacqueline Harris, a daughter of Air Marshal Sir Arthur (Bomber) Harris, 1st Baronet,by whom he had issue. Career:-> sometime a member of the London Stock Exchange and a deputy chairman of Coutts, Treasurer and Exta Equerry to HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1998-2002, &c.

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Rufus Gilman: grandson for the Duke & Duchess of Gloucester

The Lady Rose Victoria Birgitte Louise Gilman (b. 1 Mar 1980), daughter of Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, and wife of George Gilman, gave birth to a son, Rufus, in late Oct/Nov 2012, a brother for Lyla, who was born in July, 2010.

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Maj Thomas Edward St Aubyn, CVO, DL 1923-2012

_.Maj. Thomas Edward St Aubyn, CVO, DL, who died 29 November, 2012, aged 89, was a scion of the Barons St Levan (Baron, UK, cr 1887).

He was born 13 June, 1923, a son of Capt the Hon Lionel Michael St Aubyn, MVO (1878-1965), sometime Equerry to HRH The Duchess of Albany, by his wife the former Lady Mary Theresa Parker (1881-1932), daughter of the 3rd Earl of Morley (1843-1905).

He married 21 Nov, 1954, Henrietta Mary, daughter of Sir Henry Gray Studholme, 1st Baronet, CVO, MP, by whom he had issue.

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Sir Hugh Reid, 3rd (and last) Baronet 1933-2012

_.Sir Hugh Reid, 3rd (and last) Baronet, died in County Galway, 20 November, 2012. He was 78. He was born 27 Nov, 1933, at Locharron, Ross-shire, the son of Sir Douglas Neilson Reid, 2nd Baronet, by his wife the former Margaret Brighton Young Maxtone, and succeeded his father in the baronetcy (cr 1922) in 1971. He was unmarried and the title now becomes extinct. Sir Hugh is survived by his sister, Joan Quinn, who is the mother of sixsons and four daughters. Sir Hugh was buried in the old churchyard at Locharron. -=-