Duke of Roxburghe engaged

 _. The engagement was announced 30 January, 2021, between the 11th Duke of Roxburghe [born 18 February, 1981], of Floors Castle, Kelso, elder son of the late 10th Duke of Roxburghe [1954-2019], and his first wife the former Lady Jane Meriel Grosvenor [born 8 Feb, 1953], and Miss Annabel Green [born 1989], daughter of the late Mr Ian Green and Mrs Patrick Quirk.

South African born Annabel Green will become chatelaine of the magnificent Floors Castle, the largest inhabited castle in Scotland and family home of the Dukes of Roxburghe. The castle was built for the 1st Duke of Roxburghe in 1721.

One of Britain's most eligible bachelors,  the duke is a close Army friend of the Duke of Sussex. He inherited his father's title and £100m estate in 2019. The duke, when Marquis of Bowmont, was also once fined for riding the Tyne and Wear Metro without a £1 ticket, but chose to pay the £10 fine rather than end up on 'loser posters' put up around the city.

Charles Roxburghe attended Eton College before following in his father's footsteps by going to Sandhurst after which he served during the Iraq War. Rather than sitting around 'like a hawk' however, Charles runs his own chauffeur business, Capstar, which retrains wounded former servicemen and women, according to the Evening Standard. 

It will be the second marriage for Charles Robert George Innes-Ker, 11th Duke of Roxburghe. He married firstly, 22 July, 2011, the Hon Charlotte Susanna Aitken [born 1982], daughter of the 3rd Baron Beaverbrook [born 29 Dec, 1951]. This childless marriage ended in divorce in 2013, and Charlotte is now Mrs Francesco Bellasi.

The Duke of Roxburghe succeeded to the title on his father's death, 29 Aug, 2019. The 10th duke died from cancer aged 64. The Duke is also Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford, Earl of Roxburghe, Earl of Kelso, Earl Innes, Viscount Broxmouth, Lord Roxburghe, Lord Ker of Cessford and Cavertoun, Lord Ker of Cessford and Overton, and is the premier Baronet of Nova Scotia, and Chief of the Clan Innes. 

Charles Roxburghe's mother, Lady Jane, is a daughter of the 5th Duke of Westminster [1910-79], and is now the wife of Edward William Dawnay [born 10 Feb, 1950], scion of the Viscounts Downe.

The Duke of Roxburghe has a brother, and current heir presumptive, Lord Edward Innes-Ker [born 2 Feb, 1984], and a sister Rosanagh [born 16 Jan, 1979], a bridesmaid at the wedding of HRH The Duke of York and Miss Sarah Ferguson, in 1986 [it was at a  Floors Castle house party where Prince Andrew is said to have proposed to Sarah]. Rosanagh is Viscountess Grimston, wife of the Earl of Verulam's son and heir, Viscount Grimston.

The duke also has two half-siblings, Lady Isabella Innes-Ker [born 7 Sept, 1994], and Lord George Innes-Ker [born 20 Nov, 1996], from his father's second marriage to Virginia Wynn-Williams.

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Scott/Thorpe engagement

 _. The engagement was announced 30 January, 2021, between Edward James Saim Scott [born 25 October, 1990], scion of the Scott baronets of Yews, Westmorland, son and heir of Sir Christopher James Scott, 4th Baronet [born 16 January, 1955], of Windermere, Cumbria, and Lady Scott [nee Emma Jane Boxhall], and Sarah E. Thorpe, only daughter of William and Anne Thorpe, of Southport, North Carolina, United States.

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Alice Florence Yolande Drury [born 2020]

 _. Jacqueline Florence Drury [née Clifton-Brown, born 1983], wife of Jonathan Hugh Drury [born 1982], gave birth to a second daughter, Alice Florence Yolande, 31 December, 2020, a sister for Elizabeth Catherine Rose, who was born 31 December, 2017.

Jonathan Drury is a son of Reginald Hugh Drury [1939-2015], of Farley Hill, Berkshire, and his wife the former Sarah E. Rowe. Jonathan married in 2015, Jacqueline Clifton-Brown, scion of the Brown baronets [cr 1863], daughter of Geoffrey Robert Clifton-Brown, MP [born 23 March, 1953], Conservative MP for the Cotswolds, and his former wife Alexandra Mary Peto-Shepherd.

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Caspar Constantine Boothby Crias [born 2020]

 _. Francesca Rafela Marina Crias [née Boothby, born 1983], wife of Peter Chris Crias [born 1986], gave birth to a second son, Caspar Constantine Boothby, 22 December, 2020, a brother for Cosmo Rafael Brooke, who was born 5 June, 2019.

Peter Crias is a son of Christos Crias [born 1947], and his wife the former Bok-soon Chung [born 1950]. 

Francesca is the second daughter of Sir Brooke Charles Boothby, 15th Baronet [born 6 Apr, 1949], and his wife the former Georgiana Alexandra Russell [born 24 January, 1947], scion of the Dukes of Bedford, daughter of Sir John Wriothesley Russell, CMG, GCVO [1914-84], sometime British Ambassador to Spain, by his wife the former Aliki Diplarakos [1915-2002].

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India Ottilie Rose Sandys [born 2021]

 _. India Ottilie Rose Sandys was born 3 January, 2021, to Lucy Warhurst and Edward Myles Sandys [born 1984], scion of the Sandys landed gentry family, of Graythwaite and Esthwaite.

Lucy is a daughter of [Thomas] Jeffrey Warhurst [born 1942], of Sutton-under-Brailes, co Warwick, and Mrs Warhurst. Edward Sandys is a son of Myles Christopher Ross Sandys [born 1951], High Sheriff of Cumbria in 1992, of Garthwaite Hall, Newby Bridge, near Ulverston, Cumbria, and his wife the former Camilla Birtwistle.

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Felicity Faith Beryl Morley [ née Peile] 1938-2021

 _. Felicity Faith Beryl Morley [née Peile], died 7 January, 2021. She was 82.

She was a daughter of John Basil Peile [1909-99], and his wife the former Faith Octavia Winifred Hoare [1909-1994], scion of the Hoare landed gentry family, of Stourton; and married 1963, John Henry Morley [born 1936], son of Henry Seaward Morley [who died 1961], and his wife the former Alison Kathleen Hill, scion of the Hill baronets, by whom she had two sons, Rupert and Ben.

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Williams/Scalzo engagement

 _. The engagement was announced 29 January, 2021, between Joshua John Ralph Williams [born 1989], eldest son of [John] Matthew Williams, of Wymondham, Leicestershire, and his wife Hetty, & Jessica Scalzo, the eldest daughter of Mark & Helen Scalzo, of San Francisco, California.

Joshua is descended from the Sutcliffe and Turton landed gentry families, and descends from the latter named family, from the Viscounts Chetwynd.

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Jonathan Yorke Scarlett 1939-2021

 _. Jonathan Yorke Scarlett, who died 13 January, 2021, aged 82, was head of that landed gentry family, Rudhall House, Ross-on-Wye; born 8 January, 1939, the only son of Sir Peter William Shelley Yorke Scarlett, KCMG, KCVO [1905-87], sometime ambassador to Norway, and the Holy See, by his wife Elisabeth, the eldest surviving daughter of Maj Sir John Dearman Birchall, MP. 

He succeeded his father as head of the landed gentry family, 28 Dec, 1987. He married in 1969, Georgina Hay, by whom he had issue, a daughter, Katherine Jessica [Kate], born in 1971, and a son, Alexander Frederick Yorke, who was born in 1975, who now succeeds as heaed of the family.

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Ann Josephine Dawnay 1933-2021

 _. Ann Josephine Dawnay, who died 22 January, 2021, aged 87, was a scion of the Viscounts Downe.

She was born 13 Aug, 1933, the elder daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald Dawnay [1908-90], and his wife the former Lady Elizabeth Katherine Grey [1908-41], daughter of the 5th Earl Grey [1879-1963].

Unmarried. 

8th Viscount Downe [1844-1924]-->Hon Hugh Dawnay [1875-1914]-->Ronald Dawnay [1908-90]-->Ann Dawnay [1933-2021].

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5th Marquess of Waterford [1844-95]-->Lady Susan de la Poer Beresford [1877-1947]-->Ronald Dawnay [1908-90]-->Ann Dawnay [1933-2021].

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Joanna Margaret Cameron [nee Hay] 1945-2021

 _. Joanna Margaret Cameron [nee Hay], who died 24 January, 2021, aged 75, was a scion of the Marquesses of Tweeddale.

She was born 31 July, 1945, daughter of Major James Malcolm Hay of Seaton [1907-87], and his wife the former Mary Eleanora Basset Curzon [1920-99], scion of the Earls Howe. She married 29 December, 1973, Brigadier Ewen Duncan Cameron, OBE [born 1935], son of Lieutenant-Col. Aylmer Lochiel Cameron [1895-1982], and his wife Lois Mary Maitland Rugge-Price [1911-90], scion of the Rugge-Price baronets, by whom she had issue, two daughters, Louisa [b 1976], and Clare [born 1977].

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MacHale/Kerr-Smiley engagement

 _. The engagement was announced 28 January, 2021, between Thomas E. MacHale, younger son of Mr & Mrs Joseph MacHale, of Wonston, Hampshire, & Isabella Louise Kerr-Smiley [born 19 February, 1990], scion of the Smiley baronets, elder daughter of Mark Alexander Kerr-Smiley [born 30 March, 1961], of Kensington, London, and his wife the former Manuela Maria Raquez.

Sir Hugh Smiley 1st Bt-->Peter Kerr-Smiley [1879-1943]-->Cyril Kerr-Smiley [1906-80]-->Peter Kerr-Smiley [b 1934]-->Mark Kerr-Smiley [b 1961]-->Isabella Kerr-Smiley [b 1990].

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Ann Kathleen Molesworth [1944-2021]

 _. Ann Kathleen Molesworth [nee Pexton], who died 25 January, 2021, aged 76, was the wife of Richard Baxter Molesworth [born 26 Aug, 1939], scion of the Viscounts Molesworth.

She was born in 1944, a daughter of Frederick Nevill Hoysted Pexton [1905-74], of Le Jardin Renaut, St Saviours, Guernsey, and married 23 April, 1966, Richard Baxter Molesworth, son of Hickman Walter Lancelot Molesworth [1892-1969], and his wife the former Caryl Margaret Hoare [died 1997], by whom she had issue, a son, Edward [born 1967], and two daughters, Rachel [born 1970], and Victoria [born 1975].

Her husband was a descendant of the 1st Viscount Molesworth, and shared a descent from that diplomat with HRH The Countess of Wessex.

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London's 'hot priest' the Rev Pat Allerton has announced his engagement

 _.The engagement was announced 27 January, 2021, between the Rev Patrick Nicholas Orde Allerton [born 1979], Vicar of St Peter's, Notting Hill, London, son of Jeremy W. Orde Allerton [born 1944], of Dorchester, Dorset, and Mrs Lindy Ball [nee Martineau], of Salisbury, Wiltshire, and Kirsty Turnbull, daughter of Mr & Mrs David Turnbull, of Yateley, Hampshire.

The Rev Pat Allerton's mother is a scion of the Marineau landed gentry family, of Clapton Court, and is a distant kinsman of HRH The Duchess of Cambridge. Both he and the future Queen are six generations in descent from David Martineau and his wife the former Sarah Meadows.

Old Etonian Allerton, described as London's 'hot priest' spent much of 2020 trying to lift the spirits of Londoners in his parish by offering a mobile church service in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Rev Pat Allerton, now known as the "Portable Priest" has been visiting streets in Notting Hill to deliver prayer and hymns through loudspeakers. And more recently he has been spreading a little festive joy.

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Wilfred Humphrey Parsons [born 2021]

 _. Rebecca Anne Louise Parsons [born 1990, nee Arkwright], wife of Edmund Thomas Parsons, gave birth to a son, Wilfred Humphrey, 21 January, 2021.

Rebecca [Becky] Parsons is a daughter of Charles Francis Richard [Charlie] Arkwright [born 1960], of Fulham, London, and his former wife the former Anne-Louise Marie-Noëlle Miranda Josephine Kelly [born 1962], of Upper Woodford, Wiltshire, scion of that Irish landed gentry family, and descended maternally from the Dukes of Norfolk.

Edmund Parsons is the son of Paul Thomas Serge Parsons [born 1955], of Blakesley, Northamptosnhire, and his wife the former Alexandra M. Campion [born 1959].

Becky Parsons is a granddaughter of Bernard Noël David George Terence Kelly, and his wife the late Lady Mirabel Magdalen Fitzalan Howard [1931-2008], sister of the 17th Duke of Norfolk, KG [1915-2002].

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Daniel Hannan's life peerage gazetted

 _. The life peerage recently awarded to Daniel John Hannan has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Hannan of Kingsclere, of Kingsclere in the County of Hampshire.

Lord Hannan of Kingsclere (born 1 September 1971) is a British writer, journalist and former politician serving as an adviser to the Board of Trade since 2020. He is the founding president of the Initiative for Free Trade. A member of the Conservative Party, he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 1999 to 2020.

Hannan was the first secretary-general of the Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe (ACRE), serving from 2009 to 2018. He was one of the founders of Vote Leave, one of the organisations that campaigned to leave the EU in 2016, and served on its board throughout the referendum. He played a prominent role in the referendum campaign, participating in a number of public debates. He stood down from the European Parliament at the United Kingdom's exit from the EU in 2020.

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Dean Godson's life peerage gazetted ...

 _. The life peerage awarded recently to Mr Dean Aaron Godson, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Godson, of Thorney Island in the City of Westminster.

Lord Godson [born 26 Aug, 1962] is the Director of the London-based think tank Policy Exchange. In 2016, the Evening Standard named Godson one of London's most influential people, saying that “Fiercely bright Godson, formerly chief leader writer at the Daily Telegraph, has been described as Britain’s acknowledged expert on the problem of social cohesion.” Commentator Iain Dale also named Godson as one of the 100 most influential people on the right of British politics, in his annual rankings in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Dale also described Policy Exchange, in a February 2020 article, as "the pre-eminent think tank in the Westminster village".

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Lucinda Hilary Marchessini [1939-2021]

 _. Lucinda Hilary Marchessini [nee Roberts] died 18 January, 2021, aged 81.

She was born in 1939 a daughter of Wing Commander Owen George Endicott Roberts [died 1963], and was descended from the Dukes of Atholl. She married [1] 1961, Demetri P. Marchessini [1934-2016]. She married [2] 1979 [div 1989], Nicholas John Peto [born 4 Oct, 1939], scion of the Peto baronets, son of Brig Sir Christopher Peto, 3rd Baronet [1897-1980], and his wife the former Barbara Close. 

She leaves four daughters, including Lucinda, wife of the 3rd Baron Oaksey and [4th] Baron Trevethin [b 29 June, 1960].

Mrs Marchessini's sister, Camilla [who died 7 Dec, 2017], was the Countess of Erne, wife of the 6th Earl [1937-2015].

George Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl [1729-74]-->Rt Rev Lord George Murray [1761-1803]-->Rt Rev George Murray [1784-1860]-->Rev George Murray [1818-54]-->Sir George Murray [1849-1936]-->Irene Helen Murray [b 1882]-->Wing Commander Owen Roberts [d 1963]-->Lucinda Roberts [1939-2021]

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Helen Jane Howard-Vyse [1931-2021]

 _. Helen Jane Howard-Vyse, who died 22 January, 2021, aged 89, was the wife of Major George Richard Howard-Vyse [born 31 Dec, 1927], head of that landed gentry family, formerly of Stoke.

She was the former Helen Jane Bower, daughter of Arthur Poyntz Bower [1896-1970], of Croft-on-Tees, Darlington, and his wife the former Edith Mary Turner [1896-1984], and married 27 Aug, 1960, Maj George Richard Howard-Vyse, of the Royal Artillery, son of Lieutenant-Col. George Aubrey Howard-Vyse [1874-1953], and his wife the former Mary Frances Helena Dalton, scion of the landed family of Dalton of the Hutts.

Mrs Howard-Vyse leaves issue.

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Pickard/Fitzalan Howard engagement

 _. The engagement was announced 26 January, 2021, between Charlie Pickard, younger son of Edward and Mimi Pickard, of West Sussex, and Florence Fitzalan Howard [born 13 January, 1993], scion of the Dukes of Norfolk, elder daughter of Lord Gerald Bernard Fitzalan Howard [born 13 June, 1962], of Carlton Towers, Goole, Yorkshire, and his wife the former Emma Georgina Egerton Roberts.

Florence Fitzalan Howard is a niece of the 18th Duke of Norfolk , Premier Duke in the Peerage of England and Earl Marshal.

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Sam Cooper, former husband of singer Lily Allen, to wed Earl's daughter

 _. The engagement was announced 25 January, 2021, between Sam Peter Cooper [born 1978], only son of Michael Cooper and the late Maria J.L. Cordell-Lavarack [nee Boyd], & the Lady India Harriet Windsor-Clive [born 3 September, 1988], only daughter of the 4th Earl of Plymouth [born 19 November, 1951],  and the Countess of Plymouth [nee Caroline Anne Nettlefold, born 28 Feb, 1954], scion of the Nettlefold landed gentry family, and a descendant maternally of the Curzon Viscounts Scarsdale.

Sam Cooper is the former husband of the singer songwriter Lily Allen [born 2 May, 1985], by whom he has two daughters, Ethel Mary [born 2011], and Marnie Rose [born 2013]. 

Sam's mother, known as Mia, was the first wife of the Irish-born record producer Denny Cordell [1943-1995]. They assumed the surname Cordell-Lavarack. Denny Cordell-Lavarack was producer for the Moody Blues, Procol Harum, The Cranberries &c. Sam had an elder half-brother, the musician Tarka Cordell [1966-2008].

Denny Cordell second wife from 1978 to 1994 was Theodora Elizabeth Brinckman [born 1943], daughter of Sir Roderick Brinckman, 5th Bt [1902-85], by whom he had a son, Milo [b 10 Nov, 1978], a producer, and a daughter, Emerald [b 19 Feb 1981]

He had a third union, a relationship, with Marina Guinness [born 16 Aug, 1957], scion of the Barons Moyne, daughter of the Hon Desmond Guinness and Princess Marie Gabrielle von Urach, by whom he had a son, Finbar Cordell.

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