Hon Emma Tennant (1937-2017)

_. The Hon Emma Tennant, who died 20 January, 2017, aged 79, was much married novelist and scion of the Barons Glenconner.

She was born 20 Oct, 1937, as the Hon Emma Christina Tennant, daughter of the 2nd Baron Glenconner (1899-1983), by his second wife the former Elizabeth Powell.

She married firstly, 1957 (div 1962), Sebastian Yorke, scion of the Earls of Hardwicke; married secondly, 1963 (div) Christopher John Penrice Booker, author and journalist; married thirdly, 1968 (div 1973), Alexander Claud Cockburn, descended from the Arbuthnot baronets; married fourthly, 2008, Tim Owens, writer.

Emma Tennant leaves a son from her first marriage, the author Matthew Yorke, a daughter, Daisy, from her third marriage, and a daughter, Rose, from her relationship with the publisher Michael Demspey.

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1st Earl of Snowdon, GCVO 1930-2017

_. The 1st Earl of Snowdon, GCVO, society photographer and sometime brother-in-law of Her Majesty The Queen, died 13 January, 2017. He was 86.

Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones was born 7 March, 1930, son of Ronald Owen Lloyd Armstrong-Jones, MBE (d 1966), by his first wife, the former Anne Messel (d 1992) (later Countess of Rosse).

He married 1stly, at Westminster Abbey, 6 May, 1960 (div 1978), HRH The Princess Margaret Rose (1930-2002), younger daughter of His Majesty King George VI and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth; married 2ndly, 15 Dec, 1978 (div 1999), Mrs Lucy Mary Lindsay-Hogg (b 1941), dau of Donald Brooks Davies.

Lord Snowdon leaves two children from his marriage to Princess Margaret, David, Viscount Linley (b 1961), who succeeds as 2nd Earl of Snowdon, and a daughter, Lady Sarah Chatto(b 1964). He also leaves a daughter, Lady Frances von Hofmannsthal (b 1979), from his second marriage. Lord Snowdon also leaves several illegitimate children from several encounters.

He was Constable & Gov of Carnarvon Castle, and appointed GCVO in 1969 after the investiture of the Prince of Wales.

Lord Snowdon, in 1999, was created a life peer as Baron Armstrong-Jones, of Nymans in the County of West Sussex.

A service of Thanksgiving for the life of the Earl of Snowdon is to take place at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, Friday 7 April, 2017.

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3rd Baron Lyell, DL 1939-2017

_. The 3rd Baron Lyell, DL, died at Dundee, 11 January, 2017. He was 77.

Lord Lyell was Opposition Whip, House of Lords 1975-79; Lord-in-Waiting (Government Whip) 1979-84; Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Northern Ireland 1984-89; elected hereditary peer (Deputy Speaker - Conservative), House of Lords 1999.

He was born 27 March, 1939, son of the 2nd Baron Lyell, VC (1913-43), by his wife the former Sophie Mary Trafford (1916-2012), and succeeded his father, who was killed in action 27 Apr, 1943 (VC posthumously).

Lord Lyell was unmarried and the peerage now becomes extinct.

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John Ralph Stourton (1930-2017)

_.John Ralph Stourton, who died 5 January, 2017, aged 86, was a scion of the Barons Mowbray, Segrave & Stourton, and a cousin of England's Premier Baron.

Mr Stourton's sister Mary married the 5th Earl of Gainsborough, and another sister, Monica, married Henry Greig, son of King George VI's aide, Sir Louis Greig.

He was born 25 March, 1930, second son of the Hon John Joseph Stourton (1899-1992), by his first wife the former Kathleen Alice Gunther; educated at Eton; Lieut, Grenadier Guards; Director, Liebig's Extract of Meat Co 1957-68, Brooke Bond Liebig 1968-74, Interocean Shipping Agency 1974-92, &c.

He married (1) 11 Dec, 1958 (div 1965) Virginia Hordern; married (2) 26 July, 1967, Caroline Honor O'Dwyer, and leaves issue, a daughter from the first marriage, & a daughter from the second marriage.

A Service of Thanksgiving is to be held at Christ Church, East Stour, Gillingham, Dorset, 28 January, 2017.

Anthony Joly de Lotbiniere --- Obituary

Lady Anne-Louise Mary Hamilton-Dalrymple (1932-2017

_. The Lady Anne-Louise Hamilton-Dalrymple, who died at her home, at Leuchie, North Berwick, East Lothian, 7 January, 2017, aged 84, was the wife of  Sir Hew Fleetwood Hamilton-Dalrymple, GCVO, 10th Baronet (b 9 Apr 1926), and was a scion of the Earls of Albemarle.

She was born Lady Anne-Louise Mary Keppel, 17 March, 1932, the only child by his second wife of the 9th Earl of Albemarle (1882-1979), by his 2nd wife the former Diana Cicely Grove (Countess of Albemarle, DBE); married 25 Sept, 1954, Maj Hew Fleetwood Hamilton-Dalrymple, who succeeded his father in 1959 as the 10th baronet.

Lady Anne-Louise leaves issue, three sons, Hew (b 1955), the Rev John (b 1957), and William (b 1965).

Funeral Mass at the Catholic Church, Law Road, North Berwick, 16 January, 2017.

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Innes-Ker/Brook engagement

Lord Ted Innes Ker

_. The engagement was announced 11 January, 2017, between Lord Edward Arthur Gerald (Ted) Innes-Ker (b 2 Feb 1984), second son of the 10th Duke of Roxburghe (b 18 Nov, 1954), by his former wife the former Lady Jane Meriel Grosvenor (b 8 Feb 1953) (now Lady Jane Dawnay), & Celia Margaret Brook (b 1987), daughter of Mr Andrew M. Brook and Mrs Veronica Mary Brook (nee Bowring, born 1951, scion of that landed gentry family).

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Ralph Newman Gilbey (1925-2016)

_. Ralph Newman Gilbey, who died at Yeovil, 22 December, 2016, aged 91, was a scion of the Gilbey baronets, and father of James Gilbey, Princess Diana's "Squidgy".

He was born 2 March, 1925, second son Francis Newman Gilbey, OBE, by his wife the former Mary Jump; married 10 Oct, 1949, Barbara Scott, by whom he had issue, three sons, Thomas, Francis and James, and a daughter, Helen.

The funeral ~ a double funeral with that of his son Francis who survived him by only a week ~ is to take place at the Church of St Luke & St Teresa, Wincanton ~ on 16 January, 2017.

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Francis Newman Gilbey (1953-2016)

_.Francis Newman Gilbey, who died at Yeovil, 29 Dec, 2016, aged 63, was a scion of the Gilbey baronets, and a brother of James Gilbey -- Princess Diana's "Squidgy".

He was born 12 May, 1953, second son of Ralph Newman Gilbey (1925-2016), by his wife the former Barbara Scott. Unm. He died a week after his own father's demise.

The funeral takes place at the Church of St Luke & St Teresa, Wincanton, 16 January, 2017.

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Patricia Lady Ropner (d 2016)

_. Patricia Lady Ropner, who died 28 November, 2016, was the widow of Sir Robert Ropner, 4th Baronet.

She was the former Patricia Kathleen Schofield, daughter of William Edward Schofield, of West Malling, Kent, and married Robert Ropner in 1943. He succeeded his father as 4th baronet in 1962, and died 12 January, 2004.

Lady Ropner leaves a son, Sir Robert, the 5th baronet, and a daughter, Serena.

Funeral at All Saints Church, Fulham, 12 Dec, 2016.

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Colonel Henry Owen Hugh Smith 1937-2016

_. Colonel Henry Owen Hugh Smith, The Blues & Royals, who died 1 December, 2016, aged 79, was a distant cousin of HM The Queen, and a scion of the Smith landed family, formerly of Midhurst.

He was born 19 June, 1937, the second son of Lt-Cdr Colin Edward Smith, RN, by his wife the former Hon Elizabeth Dulcie Hotham, a sister of the 7th Baron Hotham, and had siblings, Andrew (b 1931), and Sarah (b 1932). He was educated at Ampleforth. Unm.

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Christopher John Reith 1928-2016

__. Mr Christopher John Reith, who died 23 October, 2016, aged 88, was the son of Lord Reith, first Director General of the BBC, & he disclaimed this barony for life on his father's demise.

Christopher John Reith was born 27 May, 1928, son of then then John Reith by his wife the former Muriel Katharine Odhams. His father was created a Baron of the UK in 1940, and died 16 June, 1971.

Christopher Reith disclaimed the barony of Reith for life, 21 April, 1972. He married in 1969, {Penelope} Margaret Ann, elder dau of the late Henry Rowland Morris, of Beeston, Nottinghamshire, by whom he had issue, a son James, and a daughter, Julie. The son, born 2 June, 1971, succeeds as 3rd Baron Reith.

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Anne Duchess of Leinster (d 2016)

From the Times of 10 December 2016: LEINSTER  Anne, Duchess of Leinster, peacefully on 4th December 2016, aged 94. Beloved wife of the late Gerald, 8th Duke of Leinster, mother of Maurice, 9th Duke and the late Lord John FitzGerald. Funeral to take place on Thursday 22nd December, at 2.30pm, St James' Church, Ramsden. Family flowers only. Donations welcome to The Injured Jockeys Fund, c/o R H Barker, Harcourt Road, Wantage, Oxon.

She was d of Lt-Col Philip EUSTACE SMITH MC (1889-1935) of Rothley Crag, Cambo, Northumberland, and Eleanor CLAYTON (1887-?). She m 1946, as his 2nd w, Maj 8th Duke of LEINSTER (1914-2004) and had two sons including the present 9th Duke of Leinster. Her 2nd son, Lord John FitzGERALD, d in 2015, and it's his only son Edward (b 1988 and unm) who is hp to his uncle. Others in line to the dukedom are:

2. Peter Charles FitzGERALD (b 1925)
3. Stephen Peter FitzGERALD (b 1953, unm) son of Peter Charles.

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Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury (d 2016)

From the Telegraph and Times of 14 December 2016: SALISBURY  Marjorie Olein, Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, peacefully at home. Beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Born 15th July 1922: died 12th December 2016. The funeral will take place at midday on Saturday, 17th December at Hatfield Parish Church. There will be no memorial service. Flowers welcome, to be delivered to Hatfield House.

She was d of Capt Hon Valentine Maurice WYNDHAM-QUIN (1890-1983), scion of the DUNRAVEN and MAYO earls, and Marjorie Elizabeth PRETYMAN (1897-1969), scion of the BRADFORD & SCARBROUGH earls, etc etc. She me 1945 the 6th Marquess of SALISBURY and had six sons and a dau.

The Telegraph have been quick to produce her obit: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/12/13/dowager-marchioness-salisbury-garden-designer-obituary/

Lady Elizabeth Longman 1924-2016

From the Telegraph of 10 December 2016: LONGMAN Elizabeth Mary (née Lambart) died peacefully at home on 8th December 2016, aged 92. Dearly loved mother of Caroline, Jane and Emma, grandmother and great-grandmother. Funeral at St John's Church, Bishopstone, near Salisbury SP5 4AS at 12 noon on Tuesday 20th December. No flowers. Donations, if desired, to RSPB.

She was d of 10th Earl of CAVAN and (1865-1946) and his 2nd w Lady (Hester) Joan BYNG (d 1927) d of 5th Earl of STRAFFORD and Emily Georgina KERR (d 1929, 1st d of Adm Lord Frederick KERR). She m 1949  her 1st cousin once removed, Mark Frederick Kerr (1916-72), s of Lt-Col Henry Kerr LONGMAN DSO MC (1881-1958) and Mary Frances (d 1941) 4th d of Admiral Lord Frederick Herbert KERR (1818-96, s of 6th Marquess of LOTHIAN and his w a gd of 3rd Duke of BUCCLEUCH &c &c), and _ RUSSELL, and had three daus. Her grandchildren include the Marchioness of CHOLMONDELEY (b 1984) and the Countess of DURHAM (b 1982).

Queen MARY and The Princess ROYAL, Countess of HAREWOOD were godparents and she was a bridesmaid at the wedding of The QUEEN (who is godmother to Lady Elizabeth's eldest dau). As was Hon Mary Rhodes, news of whose death we posted recently.

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3rd Baron Pender (d 2016)

The 3rd Baron Pender (John Willoughby Denison-Pender) died on Dec. 17, 2016. He is succeeded by his son Henry John Richard (b. 1968).

 

Sir John Oakeley, 8th Baronet (d 2016)

From the Telegraph of 21 December 2016: OAKELEY  Sir John Oakeley, Bart, aged 84, passed away peacefully on 19th December 2016. An International yachtsman who represented GB in the Mexico '68 and Munich '72 Olympics; world champion in a multitude of dinghies and keelboats during his long and successful career. Beloved husband, father and grandfather. A great man who will be dearly missed. For details regarding funeral arrangements please email oakeleyfamily@gmail.com.

He was s of Sir Edward Atholl OAKELEY 7th Bt (1900-87) and his 2nd w Patricia Mabel Mary BIRTCHNELL (d c1986). He m 1958 Maureen Frances d of John COX of Hamble, Hampshire and had a son and a dau. His son succeeds him:

[Sir] Robert John Atholl OAKELEY [9th Bt] (b 1963), has yet to establish his claim and appear on The Roll of the Baronetage. He m 1989 Catherine Amanda d of William KNOWLES FRCS and had issue:

SON LIVING
William Robert Atholl (b 1995), heir apparent, unm.

DAUGHTER LIVING
Olivia Kate (b 1993) unm

FitzGerald/Tellwright engagement

_. The engagement was announced 24 Dec, 2016, between Mr Edward FitzGerald (b 1988), scion of the Dukes of Leinster and heir pres to his uncle, the 9th Duke of Leinster, only son of the late Capt Lord John FitzGerald (1952-2015), by his wife the former Barbara Zindel, & Laura Caroline [Flo] Tellwright [born 1987], yr dau of Mr (William) Kirkland Tellwright [born 1956], of Shropshire, by his wife the former Hon Caroline Fiona Fitzherbert (b 1956), second dau of the 14th Baron Stafford (1926-86).

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Lady Fraser, LT (d 2016)

_.Lady Fraser, Lady of the Thistle, died on Christmas Day, 2016.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Fraser

Charles Belloc Lowndes ( d 2016)

_. Charles Belloc Lowndes, who died tragically, 20 Dec, 2016, aged 49, was a scion of that landed family, son of Richard Belloc Lowndes by his wife the former Charlotte Anne Formby, father for Kiki and Hen. Former husband of Portia.

He was brother of Camilla, Jamie, Justin, Adrian and Arabella. His mother later wed Timothy Seymour Bathurst, son of Group Capt Peter Bathurst and the former Lady Elizabeth Gore-Langton, scion of the Earls Temple of Stowe, &c.

Funeral to be held in Chicago, USA, 3 Jan, 2017.

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Campbell Adamson/de Haan engagement

The engagement was announced 2 January, 2017, between James William Campbell Adamson (b 1989), son of Hugh A. Campbell Adamson, of Stracathro, Angus, by his wife the former Hon Alison Mary Elliott (b 1957), daughter of the life peer Baron Elliott of Morpeth, & Miss Hannah G. de Haan (descended from the Earls of Plymouth), twin daughter of Mr Archer de Haan and Mrs Vivien de Haan, of Bromfield, Shropshire.

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Grace Countess of Dudley (d 2016)

_. Grace Countess of Dudley,who died 29 December, 2016, was the third wife and widow of the 3rd Earl of Dudley (1894-1969).

She was the former Grace Maria Kolin, dau of Dr Michael Kolin, of Dubrovnik, and married (1) Prince Stanislas Radziwill, and (2), 17 July, 1961, as his third wife, Eric, Earl of Dudley, a great friend of King Edward VIII (Duke of Windsor). Her 2nd husband died 26 Dec, 1969.

Lady Dudley leaves a son from her first marriage, Prince John Radziwill.

The funeral takes place at the Church of Sacre-Coeur in Ouchy, Lausanne, on Wednesday 4 January, 2017.

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Beatrix Storm Cornwall Legh (b 2016)

__. Victoria Cornwall Legh (nee Jones), wife of the Hon Kenelm Michael Cornwall-Legh (b 12 Apr, 1978), scion of the Barons Grey of Codnor, gave birth to a dau, Beatrix Storm, 27 December, 2016.

Kenelm Cornwall Legh is the 2nd son of the 6th Baron Grey of Codnor, DL (b 14 May, 1936), (Peerage of England cr 1397), of High Legh House, Knutsford, Cheshire, by his wife the former Joanna Storm Cayley (b 1947), scion of the Cayley Baronets (cr 1661).

Victoria Cornwall Legh is the eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Howard Jones, of Foxton, Cambridge.

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Vivien Eleanor Pleydell-Bouverie 1940-2016

_. Vivien Eleanor Pleydell-Bouverie, who died 27 December, 2016, was the widow of Maj Simon Pleydell-Bouverie (1928-2012), a scion of the Earls of Radnor, and was a scion of the Keane baronets.

She was born 8 July, 1940, a daughter of Sir Richard Keane, 6th Baronet (1909-2010), by his wife the former Olivia Hawkshaw, and married Simon Pleydell-Bouverie, 24 Oct, 1961, by whom she had issue. Her husband died 3 September, 2012.

The service of Thanksgiving takes place at Deddington Church, Oxfordshire, 16 January, 2017.

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Lord/Howard engagement

From the Telegraph and Times of 5 January 2017: Mr A. Lord and Lady Philippa Howard - The engagement is announced between Archie, younger son of Mr and Mrs Peter Lord, of Ecchinswell, Hampshire, and Philippa, elder daughter of the Earl and Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire, of Charlton Park, Wiltshire.

Lady Philippa Mimi Jacqueline Henrietta HOWARD (b 1985) d of 21st Earl of SUFFOLK & 14th Earl of BERKSHIRE (b 1935) and his 3rd w Linda Jacqueline (b 1950, formerly Viscountess Bridport) d of Lt-Col Vincent Rudolph PARAVICINI TD (1914-89) of Nutley Manor, Basingstoke, and Jacqueline Christine Swinnerton (1918-2004) d of Sir John Swinnerton DYER MC 12th Bt (1891-ka 1917).

Sir Ilay Campbell of Succoth, 7th Baronet 1927-2017

__. Sir Ilay Mark Campbell of Succoth, 7th Baronet, died at Crarae, by Inveraray, Argyll, 2 January, 2017. He was 89.

Born 29 May, 1927, succeeded his father Capt Sir George Ilay Campbell, 6th Bt, in 1967; married 1961, Matgaret Minette Rohais, only dau of James Alasdair Anderson (descended from the Earls of Halsbury), by whom he had issue, two daughters, Cecilia (b 1963), married to a MacGregor of MacGregor (eld son of the 6th Bt); and Candida (b 1964).

The baronetcy, created in 1808 (UK) now becomes extinct.

The funeral takes place on Wed 11 January, 2017, at Cumlodden Parish Church.

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Hon Henry Richard Isaac Thynn (b 2016)

_. Viscountess Weymouth, wife of Viscount Weymouth, son and heir of the Marquess of Bath, had a son (by a surrogate mother) the Hon Henry Richard Isaac Thynn, born at Beverly Hills, California, USA, 30 Dec, 2016.

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Obituary: Lord Tweedsmuir

Obituary: Lord Carew

Obituary: Hon Gerald Lascelles (1998)

Shiloh Silva Pownall [born 2016]

_. Gabriella Zanna Vanessa Pownall (b 1989), scion of the Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe Baronets (Bt, cr UK, 1929), wife of Alan Pownall [born circa 1986], gave birth to a second son, Shiloh Silva, in 2016, a brother for Sasha Blue, who was born 3 February, 2014.

Gabriella Zanna Vanessa  Pownall, nee Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe is a daughter of John Austen Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (b 14 Jul, 1947), by his 2nd wife, the former Vanessa Mary Theresa Hubbard (descended from the Dukes of Norfolk, &c), and is known as Gabriella Wild, model turned actress &c. Her father's 1st wife, Lady Mary Gaye Curzon, is mother of the Duke of Sussex's former girlfriend Cressida Bonas.

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Eliza Fiona Henderson (born 2016)

Katherine Elizabeth Henderson (nee Barclay), wife of David Brodie Henderson (born 16 November, 1970), scion on the Barons Faringdon, gave birth to a daughter, Eliza Fiona, in 2016.

David Henderson is the son of Capt Alan Brodie Henderson (born 30 July, 1933), The Welsh Guards, by his second wife Dame Fiona Douglas Henderson, DCVO (nee Pilkington) (1941-2006), sometime Lady-in-Waiting to HRH The Duchess of Kent, GCVO, and later to HM Queen Elizabeth II.

Katherine Henderson is a daughter of David William Barclay (born 29 November, 1942), head of that landed gentry family, of Higham, and his wife the former Celia Helen Cairns (1944-2021), scion of the Earls Cairns.

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Leo Alain Lindsay (born 2016)

The Hon Mrs Alexander Lindsay (nee Sophie Camu), wife of the Hon Alexander Walter Lindsay [born 1961] [scion of the Earls of Crawford & Balcarres, gave birth to a son, Leo Alain, in 2016.

Alexander Lindsay is the second son of the 29th Earl of Crawford PC [b 5 Mar 1927],  of Colinsburgh, Fife, by his wife the former Ruth Beatrice Meyer-Bechtler/

Sophie Valerie B.D. Lindsay [born 1976], is a daughter of Mr Alain Camu, of Brussels, Belgium, by his former wife the former Irene De Marotte De Montigny (now Mrs Irene Beard, of Notting Hill).

Sophie is a granddaughter maternally of Baudouin de Marotte de Montigny [1894-1973], by his wife the Comtesse Elisabeth de Liedekerke de Pailhe [1897-1993].

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Elphinstone/Davies marriage

 The marriage took place in 2016 between the Hon Fergus David Elphinstone (born 1985), scion of the Lords Elphinstone, third son of the late 18th Lord Elphinstone (1953-1994), and his wife the former Willa Mary Gabriel Chetwode (born 25 May, 1954), scion of the Barons Chetwode, & Rosie Davies, daughter of _________.

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Hon Hermione Sarah Townshend (born 2016)

 Octavia Christina Townshend, styled Viscountess Raynham (born 1980), wife of Thomas Charles Townshend, styled Viscount Raynham (b 2 Nov 1977), gave birth to a daughter, the Hon Hermione Sarah Townshend, in 2016, a sister for the Hon Rafe Thomas Townshend, who was born 7 April, 2014.

Viscount Raynham is the son and heir of the 8th Marquess Townshend (born 26 September, 1945) of Raynham Hall, Fakenham, Norfolk, by his late wife, the former Hermione Ponsonby (1945-1985), scion of the Earls of Bessborough.

Viscountess Raynham is the daughter of Christopher David Legge (born 1943), and his wife the former Sarah Gilmour Marshall (born 1948), daughter of Major Philip Donald Howitt Marshall (1915-1996), and his wife the former Doris Pamela Yvonne Gilmour (1914-2008), scion of the Gilmour baronets.

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Lady Hester Florence Montagu Douglas Scott [born 2016]

  The Countess of Dalkeith [nee Elizabeth Honor Cobbe, born 1986], wife of Walter John Francis Scott, formerly Montagu Douglas Scott, styled Earl of Dalkeith (b 8 Aug, 1984), gave birth to a daughter, Lady Hester Florence, in 2016, twin with a brother, Willoughby, styled Viscount of Nith.

Lord Dalkeith is the elder son and heir of the 10th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, KBE, DL (b 1954), by his wife the former Lady Elizabeth Marian Frances Kerr (b 1954), scion of the Marquesses of Lothian, 

Lady Dalkeith is a sion of that Irish gentry family of Newbridge House, Dublinounger younger daughter of Mr Hugh Michael Thomas Cobbe (b 1942), of East Woodhay, Hampshire, by his wife the former Katherine Elizabeth Chichester, dau of Charles Chichester. 

The Cobbe forebears include Frankland baronets, Arbuthnots and John Jay (1745-1829), one of the most important of the American Founding Fathers -- co-author of the "Federalist Papers" and first chief justice of the United States. 

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Son for the Earl and Countess of Dalkeith

 The Countess of Dalkeith [nee Elizabeth Honor Cobbe, born 1986], wife of Walter John Francis Scott, formerly Montagu Douglas Scott, styled Earl of Dalkeith (b 8 Aug, 1984), gave birth to a son, and heir, Willoughby Ralph, styled Viscount of Nith, in 2016, twin with a sister, Lady Hester Florence.

Lord Dalkeith is the elder son and heir of the 10th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, KBE, DL (b 1954), by his wife the former Lady Elizabeth Marian Frances Kerr (b 1954), scion of the Marquesses of Lothian, 

Lady Dalkeith is a sion of that Irish gentry family of Newbridge House, Dublinounger younger daughter of Mr Hugh Michael Thomas Cobbe (b 1942), of East Woodhay, Hampshire, by his wife the former Katherine Elizabeth Chichester, dau of Charles Chichester. 

The Cobbe forebears include Frankland baronets, Arbuthnots and John Jay (1745-1829), one of the most important of the American Founding Fathers -- co-author of the "Federalist Papers" and first chief justice of the United States. 

The infant will use as a courtesy title one of the many peerages of his grandfather. They include that of the Viscount of Nith, Tortholwald and Ross, Lord Scott of Buccleuch, Lord Scott of Whitchester and Eskdaill, Baron Scott of Tindale, or Lord Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie and Dornock.

It is likely that the Lordship of Eskdaill will be used.

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Alexander Cedd Cummings [born 2016]

_. Mary Elizabeth Lalage Cummings [nee Wakefield, born 1975], scion of the Wakefield baronets, wife of Dominic McKenzie Cummings [born 25 November, 1971], gave birth to a son, Alexander Cedd, in 2016.

Dominic Cummings is the son of Robert A. Cummings, of North Lodge, Durham, by his wife the former Morag Laws [b 1949].

Mary Wakefield is a daughter of Sir Edward Humphry Tyrrell Wakefield, 2nd Baronet [born 11 July, 1936], of Chillingham Castle, Northumberland, by his 3rd wife the Hon Katherine Mary Alice Baring [born 30 March, 1936], daughter of the 1st Baron Howick of Glendale [1903-73].

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Haworth/Turnball marriage

 The marriage took place in 2016 between Joseph Anthony Haworth (born 12 December, 1985), scion of the Lords Kinloss, son of Peter Haworth and his wife the former Hester Josephine Anne Freeman-Grenville (born 9 May, 1960), and Kathryn Turnball.

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Obituary: Brigadier John Woodroffe

The 80th birthday of HRH Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy, KG, GCVO

 HRH Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy KG, GCVO, a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, celebrates her 80th birthday today.

She was born on Christmas Day 1936, at 3, Belgrave Square, London, the town house of her parents, named Alexandra Helen Elizabeth Olga Christabel. At the time of her birth she was sixth in line of succession to the throne, She is the second child of  HRH The Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund, 1st Duke of Kent, KG KT GCMG GCVO PC (1902-1942), and his wife HRH Princess Marina of Greece & Denmark, CI, GCVO, GBE (1906-68), and was a granddaughter of King George V & Queen Mary. She was a niece of King Edward VIII, and King George VI. Her mother was a cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and in the web of royal inter-connections is both a second cousin and a first cousin once removed of the Prince of Wales.

Princess Alexandra was christened in the Private Chapel of Buckingham Palace on 9 February 1937, and her godparents were her uncle King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the aunt by marriage, the Queen of Norway (her great-aunt); Princess Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (her maternal grandmother); Princess Olga of Yugoslavia (her maternal aunt); the Princess Beatrice (her paternal great-great-aunt); the Earl of Athlone (her paternal great-uncle); and Count Karl Theodor of Törring-Jettenbach (her maternal uncle by marriage). Of her godparents, only the King and Queen and the Earl of Athlone were present.

On 25 August, 1942, her father was killed in a flying accident in Caithness whilst on active service. Her elder brother, HRH Prince Edward (born 9 Oct, 1935), succeeded as 2nd Duke of Kent (Peerage of the UK, cr 1934). Alexandra was followed by a younger brother, HRH Prince Michael of Kent, born just a few weeks before their father's tragic death.

Princess Alexandra was the first British princess to attend a boarding school, at Heathfield, near Ascot, and was later educated in Paris.

From the late1950s, Princess Alexandra carried out an extensive programme of engagements in support of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth II, both in the United Kingdom and overseas. Taking part in roughly 120 engagements each year, She was one of the most active members of the royal family. She carried out 110 engagements in 2012. However, in April 2013, she cancelled her engagements due to polymyalgia rheumatica. In 2022, she was still listed as a working member of the royal family, attending numerous ceremonial and charitable engagements.

In 1959, she carried out an extensive tour of Australia, and attended the Queensland Centenary Celebrations. In 1961, HRH visited Hong Kong and made a visit to Aberdeen Fish Market, Lok Ma Chau police station and So Uk Estate, a public housing complex.The princess returned to Australia in 1967 for a private holiday, but also carried out engagements in Canberra and Melbourne. The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane is named in her honour. She represented the Queen when Nigeria gained its independence from the United Kingdom on 1 October 1960, and opened the first Parliament on 3 October. Later overseas tours included visits to Canada, Italy, Oman, Hungary, Norway, Japan, Thailand, Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands. She launched the New Zealand Leander-class frigate HMNZS Waikato at Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1965. Princess Alexandra opened the Victoria-to-Brixton section of London Underground's Victoria line, and in May 1973 she was introduced to both teams and presented the Scottish Cup to winners  in the 1973 Scottish Cup Final. She again represented the Queen at the celebrations of independence from the United Kingdom of Saint Lucia in 1979. The princess opened the new hospital in Harlow, Essex, named in her honour on 27 April 1965.

HRH served as chancellor of Lancaster University from its foundation in 1964 until she relinquished the post in 2004 (when she also accepted an honorary degree in Music). She also served as the first chancellor of the University of Mauritius. She is also an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Faculty of Anæsthetists of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and the Royal College of Physicians. She is also the president of Alexandra Rose Day, which was founded in honour of her great-grandmother, Queen Alexandra. She was also patron of The Royal School, Hampstead. She was president of WWF-UK until 2011.

Until it was abolished in 2013, Princess Alexandra received £225,000 per year from the Civil List to cover the cost of official expenses, although as with the other members of the royal family (except the Duke of Edinburgh) the Queen repaid this amount to HM Treasury. Princess Alexandra lives at Thatched House Lodge in Richmond, London, a Crown property purchased on a 150-year lease from the Crown Estate Commissioners by the Hon Angus Ogilvy after their wedding in 1963. She also has use of a grace-and-favour apartment at St James's Palace in London.

Princess Alexandra is the patron of the Blackie Foundation Trust, a charity dedicated to the promotion of research and education in homoeopathy. She is also a patron of the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals; the English National Opera; the London Philharmonic Choir; the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Wigmore Hall; the Florence Nightingale Foundation; the not-for-profit housing association Anchor; the charity Independent Age; St Christopher's Hospice in Sydenham, England; Core, a National charity in London dedicated to funding research into digestive diseases and which also publishes information leaflets on the most common diseases of the gut and liver; the Nature in Art Trust; and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), the oldest drama school in the English-speaking world. She has been the patron of the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital in Brighton since 1954 and of Alzheimer's Society since 1990. She is also the royal patron of Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB),[56] a charity dedicated to reuniting children who have been separated from their families. She is patron of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, which received its royal style in 2012 during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. In her role as president of Sightsavers UK, she visited Washington D.C. in October 2016 to attend the Neglected Tropical Diseases NGDO Network conference partnership reception. In November 2016, one month ahead of Alexandra's 80th birthday, the Queen held a reception at Buckingham Palace in honour of the work of her charities.

Princess Alexandra's military appointments:

Canada 1960–2010: Colonel-in-Chief, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, Canada 1977: Colonel-in-Chief, The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's), United Kingdom 1955: Patron, Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service, United Kingdom 1998: Lady Sponsor, of HMS Kent, United Kingdom 1957–1968: Colonel-in-Chief, of Durham Light Infantry, United Kingdom 1968–2002: Deputy Colonel-in-Chief, of Light Infantry, United Kingdom 1977–2006: Colonel-in-Chief, of King's Own Royal Border Regiment, United Kingdom 2002–2007: Colonel-in-Chief, of Light Infantry United Kingdom 1967: Honorary Colonel, of the North Irish Horse, United Kingdom 1975: Royal Honorary Colonel, of The Royal Yeomanry, United Kingdom 1992: Deputy Colonel-in-Chief, of The Queen's Royal Lancers, United Kingdom 2007: Royal Colonel, 3rd Battalion The Rifles, United Kingdom 1966: Patron and Air Chief Commandant, of Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service, United Kingdom 2000–2013: Honorary Air Commodore, of RAF Cottesmore.

Princess Alexandra married at Westminster Abbey, 24 April, 1963, the Hon Angus James Robert Bruce Ogilvy (born 14 September, 1928), a younger son of David Ogilvy, 7th Earl of Airlie, KT, GCVO, MC (1893-1968), Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and his wife the former Lady Alexandra Marie Bridget Coke (who died 1984), daughter of the 3rd Earl of Leicester, GCVO, CMG (1848-1941).

Her husband was knighted in 1988, and sworn of the Privy Council, 31 Dec, 1996, a rare honour for a junior member of the Royal Family. Sir Angus died 26 December, 2004.

From her birth until her marriage in 1963 she was styled HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent, and from 1963 until 1988, styled HRH Princess Alexandra, the Hon Mrs Angus Ogilvy, and from 1988 HRH Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy.

She was invested GCVO, on her 24th birthday, Christmas Day, 1960, and appointed a Lady of the Most Noble of Order of the Garter, on St George's Day 23 April, 2003.

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Sebag-Montefiore/Ede engagement

The engagement was announced 16 December, 2016, between Archibald Edward Charles Sebag-Montefiore (born 27 May, 1987),  scion of that lande gentry family, son of Charles Adam Laurie Sebag-Montefiore (born 25 October, 1949), of Putney, and his wife the former Pamela Mary Diana Tennant (born 5 June, 1953), scion of the Barons Glenconner, & Antonia Charlotte Ede (born 1989), daughter of James Edward Ede (born 1949), of Wiltshire, and Mrs Sarah Ann Ede (nee Wilson), of Hampshire.

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Hazlerigg/Braithwaite engagement

--.The engagement was announced 5 Nov, 2016 between the Hon Arthur William Grey Hazlerigg (b 13 May 1987), son and heir of the 3rd Baron Hazlerigg (b 1951), of Noseley, Leicestershire, by his former wife, Laura Dugdale, of Notting Hill, scion of the Dugdale baronets, & Kate S. Braithwaite, daughter of Mr & Mrs Antony Braithwaite, of Haughton, Northumberland.

Raine Countess Spencer 1929-2016

She was d of Capt Alexander (Sachie) George McCORQUODALE (1897-1964), scion of the gentry family of that name, and his 1st w the novelist Dame (Mary) Barbara Hamilton CARTLAND DBE (1901-2000). She m 1st 1948 (div 1976) the 9th Earl of DARTMOUTH (1924-97) and had three sons and a dau, including the present 10th Earl. She m 2nd the 8th Earl SPENCER (1924-92). She m 3rd 1993 (div 1995) Jean-Francois de Chambrun COUNT DE CHAMBRUN. She resumed the style Countess Spencer after her 2nd divorce.

Telegraph obit 22 October 2016: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/10/21/raine-countess-spencer--obituary/
EXTRACT
She was born Raine McCorquodale on September 9 1929, the daughter of Alexander “Sachie” McCorquodale, whose family had made a fortune out of printing, and of Barbara Cartland, who had then hardly embarked upon her career as a romantic novelist.
“What a lovely fat baby,” Princess Elizabeth (born in 1926) is supposed to have observed on seeing the infant Raine...
And so to the Season. “Eternally smiling” and an excellent dancer, Raine was voted Debutante of the Year in 1947. If she was not a flawless beauty, she gave an excellent impression of one. And when she met Gerald Legge, presumptive heir to the Earldom of Dartmouth, on a mountain in Switzerland, she immediately declared herself in love. They were married in 1948 and installed in a large house in Belgravia, with a staff of five...
As late as 1972 Lady Dartmouth was still telling journalists that her husband was “the Rock of Gibraltar and divine; so steady and strong and yet such humour”. A cousin of this paragon, however, observed that in private she was “beastly to him”.
But few read anything into Lady Dartmouth’s appointment of Johnny Spencer (deserted by his wife in 1967) as chairman of the Youth Panel for European Architectural Year. In fact, she had become infatuated with him.
Raine Dartmouth more or less moved into Althorp in 1975, after Spencer succeeded as 8th Earl, and endured as best she could the hostility of his children. In unguarded moments she was less restrained: “I could have them all for breakfast if I wanted to.” She was divorced from Dartmouth in 1976, and shortly afterwards married Spencer....
Raine Spencer’s connection with Althorp was abruptly ended by the death of her husband in March 1992. The new Earl immediately took steps to eradicate her influence.
It was reported, moreover, that when her maid packed her clothes into suitcases bearing the Spencer emblem, the Princess of Wales ordered that they should be removed and put into black bin liners instead.
But Raine Spencer was never one to repine. She had been left very well off, and in May 1993 announced her engagement to a French count, Jean-François de Chambrun...
Within two months the new Contesse de Chambrun was obliged to deny rumours that she was separating from her husband; and within three years the rumours were denied no longer. The parting, it transpired, had been “very amicable”....

Diana Ccountess of Wilton 1931-2016

From the Telegraph and Times of 1 November 2016: WILTON  Diana, Countess of Wilton, aged 85, on the 27th October 2016, at Felley Priory, Nottinghamshire. Widow of the 7th Earl of Wilton and a much loved mother and grandmother. Requiem Mass at the Little Oratory, Brompton Road, London SW7 2RP at 11.30am on the 7th December 2016.

She was d of Roy GALWAY of Berkshire. She m 1st 1953 (div 1961) Alick David Yorke NAYLOR-LEYLAND LVO, scion of the Bts of that name, and had a son and a dau. She m 2nd 1962 7th Earl of WILTON (1921-99), no further issue.

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Isadora Audrey Nora Rhodes (born 2016)

_. Sarah Elizabeth Rhodes (nee Elson, born 1984), wife of Samuel Lawrence Dixon Rhodes (born 12 Jan 1984), gave birth to a daughter, Isadora Audrey Nora, at Harrogate, 18 November, 2016.

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Hon Mark William Vestey 1943-2016

_. The Hon Mark William Vestey, scion of the Barons Vestey {Baron, UK, cr 1922), died at his home in Gloucestershire, 5 November, 2016. He was 73.

He was born 16 Apr, 1943, second son of Capt the Hon William Vestey (1912-44), by his wife the former Helen Pamela Fullerton Melba Armstong (dxescended from Dame Nellie Melba); granted the rank and precedence of the son of a Baron by Royal Warrant in March, 1955 (his father, heir to the 2nd Baron, having been killed in action in WW2; married 1975, Rose Amelia Clifton (b 1952), scion of the Bruce Bts, by whom he had issue.

Mark Vestey was severely injured in a riding accident in 1984 and was wheel-chair bound thereafter.

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Isla Beatrice Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce (b 2016)

_. The Hon Joanna Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce (b 1985), wife of the Hon Nicholas Edward Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce (born 16 Feb, 1986), gave birth to a daughter, Isla Beatrice, 14 October, 2016.

Nicholas is the son and heir of the 9th Baron Thurlow (b 13 Apr, 1952), (Peerage of GB, cr 1792), of Mapledurham, Oxfordshire, by his wife the former Bridget Anne Julia Cheape.

Joanna, a scion of the Earls of Lauderdale (Earl, Scotland, 1624) middle daughter of Patrick Richard Heriot Maitland (born 1947), of Fossway, Kinross, by his wife the former Marilyn Lois Grant.

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Rose Elizabeth Mary Crisp (b 2016)

_. The Lady Hermione Mary Annabel Crisp (b 1982, nee Shirley), scion of the Earls Ferrers, and wife of Edward J. Crisp, of Kirby Cane Hall, co Norfolk, gave birth to a daughter, Rose Elizabeth Mary, 9 October, 2016.

Edward Crisp is a son of the late Maj Simon Crisp and the late Mrs Christine Grote Crisp, & Lady Hermione  is the only daughter of the 14th Earl Ferrers (b 29 Dec 1952), of Ditchingham Hall, Norfolk, and the Countess Ferrers (nee Susannah Mary Sheepshanks, scion of that landed family).

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Greenall/Corbin engagement

The engagement was announced 26 October, 2016, between Dr the Hon Toby Peter Greenall (b 1988), scion of the Barons Daresbury, third son of the 4th Baron Daresbury (b 18 Jul 1953), of Malpas, Cheshire, by his wife the former Clare Alison Weatherby (descended from the extinct Earls of Clonmell), & Mr George J.R. Corbin, son of Colonel and Mrs David Corbin, of Zeals, Wiltshire.

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Ralph Akintola Wolfe Badenoch (born 2016)

Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke (Kemi) Badenoch ( nee Adegoke, born 2 January, 1980), wife of Hamish Badenoch, gave birth to a son, Ralph Akintola Wolfe, 10 October, 2016.

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Sir Allan Lindsay Morris, 11th Baronet 1961-2016

 Sir Allan Morris, 11th Baronet died at his home in Georgetown, Ontario, 16 October, 2016. He was 54.

Allan Lindsay Morris was born 27 November, 1961, son of Sir Robert Byng Morris, 10th Baronet [1913-1999], and his wife the former Christina Kathleen Field, and succeeded to the baronetcy [UK, cr 1806] on his father's death, 21 January, 1999.

Sir Allan married in 1986, Cheronne Denise Whitford [born 1962], daughter of Dale C. Whitford, of Par, Cornwall, and his wife the former Sheila M. German, by whom he had issue, two sons, Sennen and Chace, and a daughter, Chelsea.

The baronetcy is now inherited by the elder son, Sennen John Morris, who was born 5 June, 1995.

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Macmillan of Ovenden/Boyd engagement

_. The engagement was announced circa 16 Oct, 2016, between Daniel Maurice Alan Macmillan, styled Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden [b 9 Oct, 1974] son and heir of the 2nd Earl of Stockton [b 10 Oct, 1943] by his former wife the former Hélène Birgitte Hamilton [d 2015], & Miss Daisy Boyd.

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Obituary: Charles Younger

Obituary: Sir John Arbuthnot, Bt (1992)

Obituary: Patrick Cobbold

Obituary: P.L. Travers

Lady Caroline Faber 1923-2016

_. The Lady Caroline Faber (nee Macmillan), who died 14 September, 2016, aged 93, was a scion of the Earls of Stockton (Peerage of the UK, cr 1984), the elder daughter of Harold Macmillan (1894-1986), Prime Minister 1957-63, who was created Earl of Stockton on his 90th birthday in 1984.

She was born in 1923 as Ann Caroline Macmillan. Her father had married in 1920, the Lady Dorothy Cavendish (1900-66), a daughter of the 9th Duke of Devonshire; she married in 1944, Julian Tufnell Faber (d 2002), and had issue.

Funeral at Chelsea Old Church, Cheyne Walk, 29 September, 2016.

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Obituary: George Seymour

Walter Jeremy Sidney Ferguson (b 2016)

__ Gemma Mary Ferguson (b 1979, nee Soames) wife of Andrew C. Ferguson, gave birth to a son, Walter Jeremy Sidney, at the Matilda Hospital, Hong Kong, 29 June, 2016, a brother for Arthur Hugh Archie, who was b 2 Sept, 2013.

 

Andrew is a son of Mr Nicholas Ferguson, of Rattery, Devon, & Mrs Harriet Ellis, of Farnham, Surrey, & Gemma, scion of the Soames landed family, is a daughter of the Hon Jeremy Bernard Soames (b 1952), of West Barsham, Norfolk, by his wife the former Susanna Keith.

 

Walter Ferguson is a great-great grandson of Sir Winston Churchill.

 

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Voelcker/Brandram engagement

__The engagement was announced 19 August, 2016, between Humphrey Walter Voelcker (b 1980), son of Mr Peter P. Voelcker, of Fowey, Cornwall, by his wife the former Alison Van D. Edwards,  and Sophie Eila Brandram (b 23 Jan 1981), scion of that landed family, & descended from the Royal House of Greece & Denmark, elder daughter of (Richard) Paul George Andrew Brandram (b 1 Apr 1948), of London, by his former 1st wife the former Jennifer Diane Steele (b 1951, now Mrs Robert Enslow, also of London).

Sophie Brandram's paternal grandmother was HRH Princess Katherine of Greece & Denmark (1913-2007), who married Richard Campbell Brandram (1911-94) and became (by courtesy of King George VI)  'Lady Katherine Brandram'. 

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Frederick Rupert Fitzgeorge-Balfour (b 2016)

_. Another birth on the outer limits of the British Royal Family:  George Augustus Fitzgeorge-Balfour (b 1979), descended from HRH Prince George, (2nd) Duke of Cambridge,  and his wife Tania (nee Smith) have been presented with a son, Frederick Rupert, 2 July, 2016, a brother for Jemima, who was b 17 Apr, 2011.

George Fitzgeorge-Balfour is a son of Robert Victor Fitzgeorge-Balfour, by his wife the former Patricia Anne Christiana Rowntree.

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Hugo John Lorenzo Troughton (b 2016)

_.  Jessica Troughton (nee Carnevale), wife of Michael Troughton (b 1981), descended from the Earls of Strathmore, and a kinsman of HM The Queen, gave birth to a son, Hugo John Lorenzo, in New Jersey, United States, 16 Aug, 2016, a brother for Peter.

Michael Troughton is a son of Mr and Mrs Peter Troughton, of Wanborough, Wiltshire, and Jessica, younger daughter of Dr and Mrs Robert Carnevale, of Providence, Rhode Island, USA. 

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Claude George Bowes-Lyon, Earl of Strathmore 1855-1944
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Michael Bowes-Lyon 1893-1953
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Obituary: Capt Andrew Yates

Rose Jane Fellowes (b 2016)

_. Alexandra Margaret B. Fellowes (b 1982, nee Finlay), wife of the Hon Alexander Robert Fellowes (b 23 March, 1983), gave birth to a daughter, Rose Jane, 10 Aug 2016.

The Hon Alexander Fellowes is the 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, by his wife the former Lady (Cynthia) Jane Spencer (born 11 Feb, 1957).

Alexandra Fellowes is a 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 A. Walker, of the Johnnie Walker whisky distillery family.

Alexander Fellowes is a first cousin of the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry, and is a grandson maternally of the late 8th Earl Spencer, &c.

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Alexander Jack Stanley (b 2016)

_. Katherine Louise Stanley (born 1983, nee Heriot Maitland), wife of (Charles) Douglas Llewellyn Stanley (b 1982), scion of the Earls of Derby, gave birth to a son, Alexander Jack, 24 July, 2016, a brother for Margot Anna, who was b 1 Nov, 2014.

Katherine (Katie) Stanley is a scion of the Earls of Lauderdale (Earl, Scot, cr 1647). 

Douglas Stanley, descended from the 13th Earl of Derby (Earl, England, cr 1485), is the son of Mr Martin John Llewellyn Stanley (b 1952), and Mrs Stanley, of Oxted, Surrey, and Katherine is the eldest daughter of Patrick Richard Heriot Maitland (b 1947) of Fossoway, Kinross, by his wife the former Marilyn Lois Grant.

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Hubert Rollo Barnabas Clifford (b 2016)

_.Laura Lucy Clifford (nee Hurst-Bannister, b 1983), wife of Christopher Rollo Clifford (b 1982), scion of the Barons Clifford of Chudleigh, gave birth to a son, Hubert Rollo Barnabas Clifford, 5 August, 2016, a brother for Leo Richard Hugh, who was b 5 December, 2013.

Christopher Clifford is a s of Hon Rollo Hugh CLIFFORD (b 1954, 3rd in line to his brother's barony CLIFFORD OF CHUDLEIGH) and his 1st wife Fiona Margaret (b c1956 reg Q1 Maidenhead) d of Richard Andrew PALETHORPE-TODD OBE (1919-2009, the actor Richard Todd) and his 1st w Catherine GRANT-BOGLE (d ?1997). He m 2011 Laura Lucy (b 1983 reg Q4 Winchester) d of Barnabas J HURST-BANNISTER (b 1952 reg Q4 Somerset) of East Worlington, Devon and Elizabeth L B (b 1955 reg Q1 Lambeth) d of Dr Richard H G PERKS of The Old Parsonage, Sutton Valence, Kent, and Bridget Kathleen ATTLEE (1921-2006).

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Hugh James Alfred Hickman (b 2016)

From the Telegraph of 18 August 2016: HICKMAN  On 11th August 2016, to Alicia (née Newson) and Charles, a son, Hugh James Alfred.

Charles Patrick Alfred (b 1983) s & ha of Sir Richard Glenn HICKMAN 4th & present Bt (b 1949) and Heather Mary Elizabeth d of Dr James MOFFETT of Westlecot Manor, Swindon, Wilts. He m 2014 Alicia Lorraine (b 1982 reg Q4 Surrey) d of Derek L NEWSON (b 1948 reg Q2 Ealing, Middlesex) and Lorraine T GRIFFIN (b 1950 reg Q3 Surrey).

 The new father's paternal grandmother, the former Margaret Doris Kempson, was the first wife of Sir Denis Thatcher, 1st Baronet (Bt, UK, cr 1990), whom she wed in 1942 and divorced in 1946. She married Sir Alfred Howard Whitby Hickman, 3rd Bt, in 1948, and he died in 1979, &c.)

 

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Vivien Isabel Ruth van Straubenzee 1934-2016

_. Miss Vivien Isabel Ruth van Straubenzee died 11 August, 2016, aged 81, a scion of the van Straubenzee landed family, born 18 Sept, 1934, a dau of Brig. Arthur Bowen van Straubenzee, DSO, MC (1891-1967), by his wife the former Margaret Joan Radcliffe; Unmarried. Sister of the late Sir William van Straubenzee, MBE MP (1924-99), &c.

Funeral at St Mary Magdalene Church, Paradise Rd, Richmond, TW9 2NA, Friday 26 Aug 2016.

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Obituary: Hon Elizabeth Lyle

Princess Eugenie to marry Jack Brooksbank

The Brooksbank arms ...

_. The Sunday Express (Aug 14 2016) states that the engagement will shortly be announced between Mr Jack Christopher S(tamp) Brooksbank (b 1986), scion of the Brooksbank baronets, elder son of Mr George Edward Hugh Brooksbank (b 8 Feb 1949), by his wife the former Nicola J Newton (b 1953), & HRH Princess Eugenie Victoria Helena of York (b 23 Mar, 1990), younger daughter of HRH The Duke of York, KG (b 1960), by his former wife the former Sarah Margaret Ferguson, scion of the Fergusons of Dummer.

 

Eugenie and Jack are closely related ~ Jack is descended from the Coke Earls of Leicester, as is Sarah Duchess of York.

 

The Brooksbanks were seated at Healaugh Manor, near Tadcaster, for centuries, and at Newton House, Whitby.

 

 

 

 

 

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The 4th Baron Bicester 1934-2016

_. The Baron Bicester, who died 11 August, 2016,  aged 81, was the fourth holder of the peerage created in 1938.

Hugh Charles Vivian Smith was born 8 November, 1934, a younger son of Lt-Col the Hon Stephen Edward Vivian Smith (1903-1952) (second son of the 1st Baron), by his wife the former Eleanor Anderson Hewitt, daughter of Edward S. Hewitt , of New York City; succeeded to the peerage on the death of his elder brother, 11 December, 2014. Unmarried.

Lord Bicester is succeeded by his cousin, Charles James Vivian Smith, who was born 7 September, 1963.

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Obituary: Group Captain Peter Townsend

Obituary: Lord Hugh Douglas-Hamilton

The 6th Duke of Westminster, KG, OBE 1951-2016

_.The 6th Duke of Westminster, KG, OBE, died suddenly from a heart attack, at Preston, Lancashire, 9 Aug, 2016. He was 64.

Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor was born 22 Dec, 1951, at Omagh, Northern Ireland, son of the 5th Duke of Westminster, by his wife the former Hon Viola Maud Lyttelton (d 1987), and succeeded his father in the dukedom, 19 Feb, 1979.

The 6th duke was also Marquess of Westminster, Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave and Baron Grosvenor, and a baronet.

He married 7 Oct, 1978, Natalia Ayesha Phillips (b 1959), a descendant of the Royal House of Romanov, a daughter of Lt-Col Harold Pedro Joseph Phillips, by his wife the former Georgina Wernher, scion of the now extinct Wernher baronets. Georgina's grandfather was HIH Grand Duke Michael of Russia.

The Duke of Westminster is survived by his wife and four children, Hugh, styled Earl Grosvenor, Lady Tamara van Cutsem, Lady Edwina Snow, and Lady Viola Grosvenor. The family honours and vast wealth of the Grosvenor family now pass to the duke's only son, Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, who was born 29 January, 1991.

The 7th Duke stood as sponsor at the baptism of HRH Prince George of Cambridge in 2013.

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Joseph William Charles Jolliffe [born 2016]

 . Dr the Hon Mrs William Jollife [nee Pia Maria Vogler, born 24 January, 1980], wife of the Hon William Henry Martin Jolliffe [born 1 Apr, 1967], gave birth to a son and heir, Joseph William Charles, 5 August, 2016.

The Hon William Jolliffe is the eldest son and heir of the 5th Baron Hylton [Peerage of the UK, cr 1866] [b 13 Jun 1932],  by his wife the former Joanna Elizabeth Bertodano [descended from the Earls of Mexborough].

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Penniless Russian princess will go to Tsar's funeral

HM Queen Anne of Romania 1923-2016

_. HM Queen Anne of Romania, who died 1 Aug, 2016, aged 92, was wife for 68 years of HM King Michael of Romania (b 25 Oct 1921).

She was born Princess Anne Antoinette Francoise Charlotte of Bourbon-Parma, at Paris, 18 Sept, 1923, the only dau of Prince Rene of Bourbon-Parma by his wife Princess Margarethe of Denmark. Two of her great-aunts were Queen Alexandra, wife of Edward VII, and the Tsarina Maria Feodorovna, mother of Tsar Nicholas II. She married King Michael, 10 June, 1948, at the Royal Palace, Athens, and was mother of five daughters, Margarita, Elena, Irina, Sophia and Maria.

Her ancestors include Charles X, King of France, the first King of the French, Louis Philippe I, and Christian IX, King of Denmark.

Her husband, King Michael, survives her.

Obituary: Lord Lisle

Hon Gerard Eyre Wriothesley Noel 1926-2016

_. The Hon Gerard Eyre Wriothesley Noel, who died 27 July, 2016, aged 89, was a scion of the Earls of Gainsborough (Earl, UK cr 1841), & a former editor of the Catholic Herald.
 

He was born 20 Nov 1926, the second son of the 4th Earl of Gainsborough, OBE (1884-1927), by his wife the former Alice Mary Eyre (d 1970); married 1958, Adele Julia Patricia Were, by whom he had 2 sons and one daughter.

 

Noel was editor of the Catholic Herald 1971-76 & 1982-84.

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Pippa Middleton to wed James Matthews ...

_. The engagement has been announced between James Spencer Matthews (b 1975), son of David H. Matthews (b 1944), by his wife the former Jane S. Parker, & Philippa Charlotte (Pippa) Middleton (b 6 September,1983), second daughter of Mr Michael Middleton (b 23 June 1949) by his wife the former Carole Elizabeth Goldsmith (b 31 January, 1955).

The bride-to-be is the sister of HRH The Duchess of Cambridge.

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10th Earl of St Germans 1941-2016

The 10th Earl of St Germans, Cornish landowner, of Port Eliot, St Germans, Cornwall, has died aged 75.

Peregrine Nicholas Eliot was born 2 January, 1941, son of the 9th Earl (1914-1988), by his first wife, the former Helen Mary Villiers, scion of the Earls of Clarendon, and succeeded to the family honours on his father's demise, 11 March, 1988.

Lord St Germans was thrice married; firstly, 9 Oct 1964 (div 1989), to the Hon Jacquetta Jean Frederica Lampson, 1st dau of the 1st Baron Killearn; married 2ndly, 20 Apr 1991 (div 1996), Elizabeth Mary Williams; married 3rdly, 2 Sept, 2005, Miss Catherine Wilson.

The Earl of St Germans was the father of three sons from his first marriage, Jago, styled Lord Eliot (b 1966 d 2006), and the Hon Louis Eliot (b 1968), and the Hon Francis Eliot (b 1971).

The earldom, created in 1815, and the Barony of Eliot, created in 1784, now pass to his Lordship's grandson, Albert Clarence Eliot, styled Lord Eliot, who was born 4 Nov, 2004, who now becomes the youngest hereditary peer.

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Earl of Arundel & Surrey weds Cecilia Colacicchi

 The marriage took place 16 July, 2016, between Henry Miles Fitzalan Howard, styled Earl of Arundel & Surrey [born 3 Dec, 1987], eldest son and heir of the 18th Duke of Norfolk [b 1956], of Arundel Castle, Sussex, Earl Marshal & Premier Duke in the Peerage of England, by his wife the former Georgina Gore [scion of the Earls Temple of Stowe], & Cecilia M. E. Colacicchi (b 1988), eldest daughter of William Colacicchi (b 1954), of Leicestershire, by his wife the former Clare Elizabeth Vivienne Clutterbuck (b 1958), a Somers-Cocks descendant (see Baron Somers, &c).

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The royal ancestry of the Rt Hon Amber Rudd, MP - Home Secretary

_Amber Rudd, the Conservative MP and newly appointed Home Secretary has a colourful royal ancestry.

The Home Secretary is eight generations in descent from the Merrie Monarch King Charles II and his mistress Barbara Palmer, Duchess of Cleveland.

She descends from King Charles's illegitimate daughter Lady Anne Fitzroy who was born in 1661. Lady Anne married Thomas Lennard, 15th Baron Dacre, and 1st Earl of Sussex. Their daughter Anne, was Baroness Dacre in her own right, and mother of Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 17th Baron Dacre. The 17th peer was father of Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 1st Baronet. His grandson, another Thomas, was 2nd baronet. Sir Thomas, the second baronet, was the father of Emma Isolda Barrett-Lennard (later Fitzgerald). Emma was mother of lawyer, Maurice Pembroke Fitzgerald, QC, whose daughter, Ethne is the wife of stockbroker Tony Rudd, Amber's father.

The newly appointed Home Secretary is a 9th cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.



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Obituary: Christopher Wake-Walker

2nd Baron Harding of Petherton (d 2016)

From the Telegraph of 9 July 2016: HARDING  John, 2nd Baron Harding of Petherton died on 6th of June 2016.

 

Devoted husband to the late Harriet Harding, loving and much loved father of Dido, William, and David, and adored grandfather to Angus, Mungo, Emma, Lexie, and Becca. A funeral will be held at the Church of St. James the Great in Winscombe, Somerset at 2pm on Friday 15th July. No flowers please but any donations if desired to the King’s Royal Hussars Regimental (Welfare) Trust.

Warman/Joicey-Cecil engagement

_. The engagement was announced 14 July, 2016, between Jake M.G.S. Warman, son of Mr Alister S. Warman, of London, & Mrs Mary Anne Guthrie-Warman (nee Mary Anne Guthrie), of Vancouver, Canada, & Susanna Maud Joicey-Cecil (b 25 March, 1981), a scion of the Marquesses of Exeter, second daughter of James David Edward Joicey-Cecil (b 24 Sept, 1946), of Milton Abbas, Dorset, by his wife the former Jane Susanna Brydon Adeley.

Susanna Joicey-Cecil is a kinswoman of Her Majesty the Queen. Her grandfather, Edward Wilfred George Joicey-Cecil, married 1945, Rosemary Luisa Bowes Lyon (1915-89), a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, daughter of Capt the Hon Fergus Bowes Lyon (1889-1915), a brother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

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2nd Baron Kenswood 1930-2016

__. The 2nd Baron Kenswood died 2 July, 2016. He was 86.

John Michael Howard Whitfield was born 6 April, 1930, son of the 1st Baron Kenswood (1887-1963), by his first wife the former Sophie Madeline Howard; succeeded his father in the peerage, 21 April, 1963; married 16 June, 1951, Deirdre Anna Louise, dau of Colin Malcolm Methven, by whom he had issue, four sons and a daughter.

Lord Kenswood is succeeded in the peerage (created in 1951) by his eldest son, the Hon Michael Christopher Whitfield, who was born 3 July, 1955.

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The 13th Earl of Haddington 1941-2016

_. The 13th Earl of Haddington (Peerage of Scotland, cr 1627), died 5 July, 2016. He was 74.

John George Baillie-Hamilton was born 21 Dec, 1941, son of the 12th Earl of Haddington, KT (1894-1986) by his wife the former Sarah Cook (d 1995), and succeeded to the family honours on his father's demise, 17 Apr, 1986.

He married twice, firstly, 1 Dec, 1975 (div 1981), Prudence Elizabeth Hayles; married 2ndly, 2 Dec, 1984, Jane Heyworth (a descendant of the extinct Barons Tweedmouth). He leaves a widow, and a son and two daughters from the second marriage, George Edmund Baldred, styled Lord Binning, Lady Susan Baillie-Hamilton, and Lady Isobel Baillie-Hamilton.

The son, who was born 27 Sept, 1985, inherirs the earldom and the Lordship of Binning and the Lordship of Byres & Binning.

The Earl's funeral takes place at Galashiels Catholic Church of Our Lady & St Andrew, Saturday 23 July, 2016.

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Lady Elizabeth Mary Lambton (1927-2016)

_. The Lady Elizabeth Lambton, who died 28 June, 2016, aged 89, was a scion of the Marquesses of Lansdowne.

She was born Lady Elizabeth Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice, 16 March, 1927, second daughter of the 6th Marquess of Lansdowne, DSO, MVO (1872-1936), by his wife the former Elizabeth Caroline Hope (who married 2ndly, 1940, Lord Colum Crichton-Stuart, scion of the Marquesses of Bute, and d 1964).

She was a sister of the 7th Marquess of Lansdowne (1917-44), & a cousin of the 8th Marquess (1912-99).

Lady Elizabeth married 27 June, 1950, Maj Charles William Lambton (1921-2005), scion of the Earls of Durham, & had issue.

Funeral at Christ Church, Derry Hill, London SN11, Monday 11 July, 2016.

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Francis Oberon John Dugdale (b 2016)

_. Diana Dugdale (nee Redvers) wife of  (Thomas) Joshua Stratford Dugdale (b 1974), scion of the Dugdale Baronets (cr 1936), gave birth to a son, Francis Oberon John, 3 June, 2016, a brother for Lily, Salvador & Ferdinand.

Joshua Dugdale is the son of Sir William Stratford Dugdale, CBE, MC, 2nd Baronet (1922-2014), of Blyth Hall, Warwickshire, by his 2nd wife the former Cecilia Mary Mount (b 1931), scion of the Mount Baronets (cr 1921) and Diana Dugdale is a daughter of John and Mary Redvers, of Hartpury, Gloucestershire. 

Joshua Dugdale is a 1st cousin of the Rt Hon David Cameron, MP, Prime Minister. 

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Hooper/Knatchbull marriage

The marriage takes place, 25 June, 2016, at Romsey Abbey, Hampshire, of Mr Thomas Hooper & the Hon Alexandra Knatchbull, daughter of the Baron Brabourne, of Broadlands, Hampshire, by his wife the former Penelope Meredith Eastwood, & granddaughter of the Countess Mountbatten of Burma.

Green/Stourton engagement

-.The engagement was announced 20 June, 2016, between Edward L. Green, elder son of Mr & Mrs Barry Green, of Bickmarsh, Warwickshire, & the Hon Camilla Charlotte Stourton (born 1987), scion of the Barons Mowbray, Segrave & Stourton, daughter of the (27th) Baron Mowbray, (28th) Baron Segrave, and (24th) Baron Stourton (b 1953), of Allerton Park, near Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, by his wife the former Penelope Lucy (Nell) Brunet (b 1953).

 

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Countess of Lindsay: How I saved my son from drowning

Oscar Mark Reginald Sherwin (born 2016)

_. Amelia Christiana Mary Sherwin (nee Rhodes, born 7 Jan, 1990), wife of Mark Sherwin (born 9 Aug 1987), gave birth to a son, Oscar Mark Reginald, 15 June, 2016, at Harrogate, a brother for Sebastian.

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Atticus Heathcoat Amory (b 2016)

_. Thierry Heathcoat Amory (nee Kelaart), wife of Patrick Thomas Heathcoat Amory (b 1979), scion of the Heathcoat Amory baronets, gave birth to a son, Atticus, 13 April, 2016.

Patrick is the third son of Sir Ian Heathcoat Amory, 6th Baronet (cr UK, 1874), of Tiverton, Devon, by his wife the former Frances Louise Pomeroy, scion of the Viscounts Harberton, & Thierry is the daughter of the late Paul Kelaart and Mrs Anne Kelaart, of Nettlebed, Oxon.

Thierry Heathcoat Amory is a childhood friend of HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, who attended the Heathcoat Amory marriage in 2012. Michael Middleton, father of the duchess, gave the bride away.

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Strzebrakowski/St Aubyn marriage

_ The marriage took place, 28 May, 2016, between Benjamin Strzebrakowski, son of Martin & Corinne Strzebrakowski, & Alice Jane St Aubyn {b 1986} , scion of the Barons St Levan, daughter of Nicholas Francis St Aubyn (b 19 Nov, 1955), by his wife the former Jane Mary Brooks.

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Rocky Charles Hanning Vaughan-Lee (b 2016)

__. Amanda Vaughan-Lee (nee Crossley), wife of Charlie Vaughan-Lee, scion of that landed family, gave birth to a son, Rocky Charles Hanning, 17 May, 2016, a brother for Olive.

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Major-General Stephen Robert Anthony Stopford, CB, MBE 1934-2016

_. Major-General Stephen Robert Anthony Stopford, CB, MBE, who died 27 May, 2016, aged 82, was a scion of the Earls of Courtown. He was b 1 Apr, 1934, son of Commander Robert Maurice Stopford (1890-1978),by his wife the former Elsie Helen Lawson (d 1967); married 8 Feb, 1963, Vanessa Marianna Baron, dau of Theodore Baron.

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Henrietta Frances Phipps 1931-2016

_. Henrietta Phipps, who died 27 May, 2016, aged 84, was a granddaughter maternally of the 5th Earl of Longford.  She was born Henrietta Frances Lamb, 9 Dec, 1931, a daughter of Henry Taylor Lamb by his wife the former Lady (Margaret) Pansy Felicia Pakenham (1904-99); married 23 Jun 1960, William Anthony Dominic Phipps (1936-2009), scion of the Marquesses of Normanby, son of the Rt Hon Sir Eric Phipps (1875-1945), by his 2nd wife the former Frances Ward (who d 1988). Mrs Phipps leaves issue, three sons, Frederick, Samuel & Lucian, and a daughter, Theresa. Funeral at St Mary of the Angels, Moorhouse Rd, Bayswater, Thursday 9 June, 2016.

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