India Catherine Dalrymple-Hamilton (born 2020)

 Lucinda Catherine Dalrymple-Hamilton (nee Goucher), wife of Hew North Robert Dalrymple-Hamilton [b 1981], scion of the Earls of Stair [Peerage of Scotland, cr 1703], gave birth to a daughter, India Catherine, in 2020, a sister for Tobias James, who was born in 2018.

Hew is the elder son of  Mr [North] John Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, OBE, TD [b 1950], of Bargany, Ayrshire, by his wife the former Sally-Anne How, & Miss Lucinda Catherine Goucher [b 1987],  daughter of Mr James T. Goucher, of Baden Hall, Staffordshire, by his wife the former Deborah C. Chambers.

Hew's father is a member of the Queen's Body Guard for Scotland [Royal Company of Archers] and was a Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1964-66.

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Leo Robert Sangster (born 2020)

Madeleine Brittain Sangster (born 1988, née Crewe-Read), wife of Sam Edmund Sangster (born May, 1987), gave birth to a son, Leo Robert, in 2020.

Sam Sangster is a son of the late Robert Edmund Sangster (1936-2004), and his 3rd wife the former Susan Lilley.

Madeleine is a scion of the Crewe-Read landed gentry family, daughter of Christopher Thomas Malcolm Crewe-Read (born 1951), and his 1st wife the former Belinda Bennett (born 1957), a Grenfell descendant.

David Ean Coleridge 1932-2020

 _. David Ean Coleridge, who has died aged 88, was Chairman of Lloyd's 1991, 1992 [Deputy Chairman 1985, 1988, & 1989].

He was born 7 June, 1932, son of Guy Cecil Richard Coleridge, MC, and his wife the former Katherine Cicely Stewart Smith, and was educated at Eton. He was descended from a brother of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Career: Glanvill Enthoven, 1950-57; R.W. Sturge & Co., 1957-95, Director 1966-95; Chairman, A.L. Sturge Holdings Ltd [now Sturge Holdings PLC], 1978-95; Chairman, Oxford Agency Holdings Ltd 1987-90; Ockham Holdings, 1995; Director, R.A. Edwards [Holdings] Ltd 1985-90; Director, Wise Speke Holdings Ltd 1987-94; Member of the Council and Committee of Lloyd's 1983-92; &c.

Married in 1955, Susan Senior, by whom he had three sons, including Nicholas Coleridge, CBE, Chairman of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Chairman of the Prince of Wales' Campaign for Wool and Chairman of the Gilbert Trust for the Arts. He is an ambassador for the Landmark Trust and a patron of the Elephant Family.

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Domino Dakota Corbett-Winder (born 2020)

 Matilda Rose Corbett-Winder (nee Goad, born 1989), wife of Tom Lyon Corbett-Winder (born 1987), scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a daughter, Domino Dakota, in 2020.

Tom is a son of Wiliam Lyon Corbett-Winder (born 1950), of Vaynor Park, Montgomeryshire, and his wife the former Fiona Catherine Hogg (born 1956).

Matilda Corbett-Winder is a daughter of Geoffrey Wanklyn Goad (born 1945), and his wife the former Emma Mary Meade-Fetherstonhaugh (born 2 July, 1951), scion of the Earls of Clanwilliam.

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Quinn Eliza W. Bacon (born 2020)

 Connie Eloise Bacon (nee Arkell, born 1989), wife of Nathaniel John Walter Bacon (born 1989), gave birth to a daughter, Quinn Eliza W, in 2020.

Nathaniel Bacon is the third son of Sir Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby Bacon, OBE, 14th & 15th Baronet (Premier baronet of England) (born 17 May, 1953), and his wife the former Susan Henrietta Dinnis (born 1955).

Connie Bacon is a descendant of the Boynton baronets, daughter of Nicholas Henry Arkell (born 1955), and his wife the former Miranda Elizabeth Watson-Smyth .

Sir Henry Boynton, 9th Baronet [1778-1854] >Rev Griffith Boynton [1815-98] > Eliza Boynton > Madeleine Pedder > Edward Watson-Smyth [1923-2004] > Miranda Watson-Smyth > Connie Arkell [b 1989]

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David Wolfson's life peerage gazetted as Baron Wolfson of Tredegar

 _. The life peerage awarded to David Wolfson, a newly appointed junior justice minister, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Wolfson of Tredegar. He is to be introduced into the House of Lords on 7 January, 2021.

One of the first decisions David Wolfson made on being elevated to the House of Lords was to honour his roots. For the Liverpool-raised barrister, who was this week made a life peer and appointed junior justice minister, will be known as Lord Wolfson of Tredegar. He chose the South Wales town as it was where his paternal great-grandfather, Aaron, emigrated to from what is now present-day Ukraine.

Mr Wolfson told the Jewish Telegraph: “As a Jewish community in Britain, we live in what the Talmudic rabbis called a ‘kingdom of kindness’.

“This is a tolerant country where we can practise our religion, and where we have full civil and religious rights.

“I wanted to take the name of a place which will remind me of — and also speak to — those issues.

“We came here as immigrants and British society enabled us to thrive as a community.

“It is important for me to remember those early days and where our roots are, which, in my case, is in South Wales.

“My great-grandfather is buried in Merthyr Tydfil and my great-uncle Jack was actually born in the middle of the 1911 anti-Jewish riots in Tredegar.”

His position at the Ministry of Justice — which puts him on leave of absence from his chambers at One Essex Court — sends him to the Lords, where he will sit as a Conservative peer.

Called to the Bar in 1992 and made a QC 11 years ago, London-based Mr Wolfson has worked on various matters for the Government over the past few years.

“I will be dealing with the Ministry of Justice brief in the Lords, introducing bills, answering questions and speaking on legislation,” he said.

“In particular, I will be focusing on civil justice and doing all I can to make sure London keeps its place as the pre-eminent litigation and arbitration centre that it is.”

Educated at Liverpool’s King David High School, Mr Wolfson is the son of Rosalind and Bernard Wolfson, who now live in Jerusalem.

His father was also a lawyer and district judge.

His sisters are Rina Wolfson in London and Hannah Cohn who, with his brother, Jonny, reside in Israel.

Mr Wolfson’s paternal grandfather was Rev Sam Wolfson, who served Liverpool’s Greenbank Drive Synagogue for more than 40 years.

“My grandfather was a formative influence on me,” he recalled. “I learned with him and he taught me how to leyn.”

Mr Wolfson studied at Jerusalem’s Yeshivat Ha-Kotel, before he read Oriental studies, specialising in Hebrew and Aramaic, at Selwyn College, Cambridge.

He started his law career at 3 Verulam Buildings, where he spent five years, before moving to One Essex Court.

Mr Wolfson, who is father to 18-year-old Sam, Zara, 16, and 13-year-old Abi, has represented banks, hedge funds and oligarchs — including acting for Russian-Israeli tycoon Arkady Gaydamak when he sued his former business partner Lev Leviev.

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Hon Rosanna Alice Cathcart [born 2020]

Camilla Petronell [Willa] Cathcart, styled Lady Greenock [born 1987, nee Malcolm], wife of Alan George Cathcart, styled Lord Greenock (born 16 March, 1986), gave birth to a daughter, the Hon Rosanna Alice Cathcart, in 2020.

Lord Greenock, a scion of the Earls Cathcart ( Earl, UK, cr 1814), is the only son and heir of the 7th Earl Cathcart (b 30 Nov, 1952), of Gateley Hall, Dereham, Norfolk, by his wife the former Vivien Clare Skinner (b 1954).

Lady Greenock is the former Camilla Petronell (Willa) Malcolm, scion of the Malcolm baronets (Bt, NS, cr 1665), only daughter of Sir Alexander James Elton Malcolm, 13th Baronet (b 30 Aug 1956), of Brinecombe, Somerset, by his wife the former Virginia Elizabeth Coxon.

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Bush/de la Force engagement

 _. The engagement was announced 31 December, 2020, between Alexander Paul Bush [born 1989], son of Dr John T. Bush [born 1956], of Curdridge, Hampshire, and his wife the former Sarah Fenning [born 1958], & Alexandra Eloise de la Force [born 1989], descended from the Barons Mostyn, daughter of the late Piers de la Force [1946-2017], and his wife the former Caroline Sarah Cator [born 5 July, 1954], scion of that landed gentry family.

2nd Earl of Leicester [1822-1909]-->Hon Reginald Coke [1883-1969]-->Katharine Coke [b 1927]-->Caroline Cator [b 1954]-->Alexandra de la Force [b 1989]

2nd Baron Mostyn [1795-1884]-->Hugh Lloyd-Mostyn [1838-1930]-->Elizabeth Lloyd-Mostyn [d 1967]-->Peter Cator [1924-2006]-->Caroline Cator [b 1954]-->Alexandra de la Force [b 1989].

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Claudia Frances Tom 1932-2020

. Claudia Frances Tom, who died 22 December, 2020, aged 88, was descended from the Vyvyan baronets.

She was born 29 February, 1932, daughter of Arthur Claude Vyvyan-Robinson [1880-1960], and his wife the former Patricia MacDonnell [1901-82]; married 1957, Capt Henry Graham Tom [1923-2000], son of William Howard Graham Tom [1895-1961], of St Kew, Cornwall, and his wife the former Selina Maud Hawkey [1898-1978], by whom she had two daughters, Elizabeth and Juliet.

Sir Richard Vyvyan, 3rd Bt [d 1724]-->Richard Vyvyan [1701-71]->Rev Richard Vyvyan-->Philip Vyvyan-Robinson [1777-1870]-->Rev Philip Vyvyan-Robinson [1820-88]-->Philip Augustus Vyvyan-Robinson [1852-1911]-->Arthur Claude Vyvyan-Robinson [1880-1960]-->Claudia Frances Vyvyan-Robinson [1932-2020].

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Erskine/Martin marriage

 The marriage took place in 2020 between the Hon Frederick Alastair Erskine (born 1992), second son of Henry Thomas Alexander Erskine, styled Lord Cardross (born 31 May, 1960), and his late wife the former Charlotte Catherine Lucinda Beaumont (1962-2013), scion of the Viscounts Allendale, & Sarah Martin, daughter of ________.

Freddie Erskine is a grandson of the 17th Earl of Buchan (born 4 July, 1930).

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Cecily Mary Helen Neilson [born 29/11/2020]

 _. Isobel Mary Neilson (nee Mostyn, born 28 July, 1987), wife of Gregory Robert Neilson (born 1985), and scion of the Mostyn baronets, gave birth to a daughter, Cecily Mary Helen, 29 November, 2020, a sister for Augustine Joseph Mostyn, who was born 29 August, 2018.

Gregory is a son of Gordon Neilson (b 1949), by his wife the former Helen Russell, and Isobel is a dau of Brigadier Philip Joseph Mostyn (born 3 Sept, 1955), by his wife the former Helen Catharine Stewart Nickerson [b 9 July 1959], a descendant of the extinct Dukes of Newcastle-under-Lyne, &c.

The 4th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne [1785-1851]-->Lady Henrietta Pelham-Clinton [d 1890]-->Henrietta Tennyson-d'Eyncourt [b 1864]-->Helen Maud Tarleton-->Elizabeth Fagan [b 1929]-->Helen Nickerson [b 1959]-->Isobel Mostyn [b 1987]-->Cecily Neilson [b 2020].

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Jake Tristan M. Morley (born 2020)

  The Hon Natasha Fiona Morley (nee Allsopp, born 1986), wife of Capt William Frederick Duncan (Billy) Morley, The Blues & Royals (born 1984), gave birth to a son, Jake Tristan M, 2020, a brother for Minnie Fiona, born in 2017.

Capt Morley is a son of Mr Jonathan Derek Morley, by his wife the former Davina Mary Sheffield (b 1 March, 1951), scion of the Sheffield baronets.

The Hon Natasha Morley, a scion of the Barons Hindlip (Baron, UK, cr 1886), is the youngest daughter of the 6th Baron Hindlip & the late Baroness Hindlip.

Capt Billy Morley's mother is a former girlfriend of the Prince of Wales. His father is a brother of Miranda, Duchess of Beaufort. Natasha Morley is a sister of Kirstie Allsopp, the tv presenter, &c.

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Moses Olakusibe Babafemi Jeremiah Modupe-Ojo [born 2020]

 ._ Maddison May Olamide Modupe-Ojo (b 16 May, 1994), wife of Olaoluwa Olamide Modupe-Ojo, and descended from Queen Victoria, gave birth to a son, Moses Olakusibe Babafemi Jeremiah, 2020, a brother for Daphne Oluwamayomikun Oluwatosin Ogoluwa, who was born 26 November, 2016, and for Phoebe Abidemi Morianugba Oluwatosin, who was born 15 December, 2018.

 Maddison is the daughter of Jeremy Alexander Rothwell Brudenell and his wife the former Edwina Victoria Louise Hicks (b 1961), elder daughter of the late David Nightingale Hicks by his wife the former Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Mountbatten (b 1929), younger daughter of the late 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma.

 Maddison's husband is a musician under the name "Jazz Purple".

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Commander John Alexander de Mussenden Leathes, OBE, RN 1928-2020

 _. Commander John Alexander de Mussenden Leathes, OBE, RN, who died 19 December, 2020, aged 92, was a scion of the Leathes landed gentry family, of Herringfleet; born in 1928, ; son of Lieutenant-Commander John Duncan de Mussenden Leathes, RN [1896-1932], and his wife the former Florence Beatrice Taylor [1898-1978]; and married 1967, Sara Elizabeth [Sally] Collard, daughter of John Marlowe Collard, by whom he had issue, a son William [born 1968], and a daughter, Amanda [born 1971].

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Robert Joseph Arthur [Bertie] Snowball 1981-2020

 _. Robert Joseph Arthur [Bertie] Snowball, who died 24 December, 2020, aged 39, was descended from the Longmore landed gentry family, the Barons Forres, and the Maitland baronets.

He was born in 1981, the eldest son of Capt Patrick J.R. Snowball and his wife the former Jennifer Maitland Longmore [born 29 January, 1953],  and was a grandson of Wing Commander William James Maitland Longmore, CBE [1919-88], and his wife the Hon Jean Mary Williamson [1919-2009], daughter of the 2nd Baron Forres [1888-1954.]

Sir Alexander Maitland, 2nd Bt [1755-1848]-->Augustus Maitland [1800-55]-->William Maitland [1847-1919]-->Marjorie Maitland [1884-1959]-->William Longmore [1919-88]-->Jennifer Longmore [1953- ]-->Bertie Snowball [1981-2020]

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Jocelyne Isolda Tait [nee Speyer] 1933-2020

 _. Jocelyne Isolda Tait, who died 13 December, 2020, aged 87, was descended from the Barons Ravensworth.

She was born in 1933, daughter of Edward Richard Speyer, of The Rookery, Hoddesdon, co Hertford, and his wife the former Hon Beatrice Sophie Liddell [1906-87], daughter of the 6th Baron Ravensworth [1869-1932].

She married in 1958, Alan Richard Tait, by whom she had a son, Matthew [born in 1960].

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James Hamilton Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (born 2020)

 Lady Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (nee Susannah Ellen Muffley Prins, born 1982), 2nd wife, since 2017, of Sir Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 3rd Baronet (born 22 June 1966), gave birth to a son, James Hamilton, in 2020, a half-brother for Barnaby C.harles, who was born 28 October, 2005, and for Flora Susan born 29 April, 2007, and Frederick Christopher, born 30 May, 2009.

Lady Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe is a daughter of Gwythian Isaac Thomas Prins (born 1950), and his wife ther former Miriam J. Borop.

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The peerage conferred upon the Master of the Rolls has been gazetted

 _. The Queen has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 23 December 2020 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon The Right Honourable Sir Terence Michael Elkan Barnet Etherton, Knight, by the name, style and title of BARON ETHERTON, of Marylebone in the City of Westminster.

Lord Etherton has been Master of the Rolls since 2016. The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the President of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, Civil Division, and Head of Civil Justice. As a judge, Lord Etherton is the second in seniority in England and Wales only to the Lord Chief Justice. The position dates from at least 1286, although it is believed that the office probably existed earlier than that.

The Times (8 Feb 2006) reported that the then High Court Judge Sir Terence Etherton, 54, a Judge of the High Court Chancery Division since 2001, had contracted a civil partnership - aka a gay marriage - with his partner Andrew Stone. In December 2005, it was reported that the Government had given the Garter Principal King of Arms, Peter Gwynn-Jones, until the middle of January to pronounce upon whether or not gays marrying titled partners under the new Civil Partnership Act should receive titles themselves. Gwynn-Jones may bow to pressure from a large faction in the College of Arms which believe that if women receive their husbands' titles, so should homosexuals. It was reported that a compromise was likely to be made so that peers marrying gays or knights will be allowed to style themselves 'The Honourable', while keeping their own surnames. "So, Sir terence's spouse Mr Stone can look forward to styling himself 'The Honourable Andrew Stone', ...unless Mr Gwynn-Jones has ruled otherwise...

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Cleone St Quentin Pengelley 1952-2020

 _. Cleone St Quentin Pengelley, who died 21 December, 2020, aged 68, was a descendant of the Cayley baronets. She was born in 1952, daughter of Anthony Bruce Askew [1917-1980], and his wife the former Patricia St Quentin Cayley [1922-2014];  and married in 1977, Maxim Hastings Pengelley [born 1946], son of Captain Patrick Lionel Pengelley, MC [1921-1993], and his wife the former Anthea Joan Hewlett [1921-2007], by whom she had a son and a daughter.

Sir William Cayley, 1st Bt [1610-81]-->Cornelius Cayley [1644- ]-->Cornelius Cayley [1692-1779]-->John Cayley [1730-95]-->John Cayley [1761-1831]-->John Cayley [1816-1900]-->Claud Cayley [1854-1928]-->Edward Cayley [1887-1941]-->Patricia Cayley [1922-2014]-->Cleone Askew [1952-2020]

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Jonathan Reade Godwin-Austen 1962-2020

 _. Jonathan Reade Godwin-Austen, who died 25 December, 2020, from cancer, aged 58, was a scion of the Godwin-Austens of Pirbright Manor.

He was born in 1962, son of Dr Richard Godwin-Austen [1935-2017], of Papplewick, co Notts, and his first wife the former Jennifer Jane Himely [1937-96]; and married 1stly, in 1996, Mary Catherine Drummond Cavender [born 1961], daughter of David Alan Cavender, of The Manor House, Dowlish Wake, Somerset, by his wife the former Jennifer Catherine Luke; married 2ndly, Francesca, daughter of Mr & Mrs Karl Creasy, of Ely. He is survived by his wife and leaves three children from his first marriage, Henry [born 1997] and Annie [born 2000], and George [born 2003]. 

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