Philip Stavros Niarchos [born 2021]

 _.Darya Alexandrovna [Dasha] Niarchos [nee Zhukova, born 8 June, 1981], wife since 2019 of Stavros Niarchos [born 17 April, 1985], has given birth to a son, Philip Stavros.

Stavros Niarchos is the son of Philip Niarchos [born 1954], and his former wife Victoria Christina Guinness [born 30 January, 1960], scion of the banking branch of the brewing dynasty, and is a grandson of the Greek shipping billionaire Stavros Niarchos [1909-96]. 

The 3rd Baron Churston [1873-1930] > Hon Joan Yarde-Buller [1908-97] > Patrick Guinness [1931-65] >Victoria Guinness [born 1960] > Stavros Niarchos [b 1985] > Philip Niarchos [b 2021]

Dasha Zhukova is the former wife of billionaire Roman Abramovich [b 24 Oct, 1966], by whom she has a son, Aaron and a daughter, Leah.

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Capt John Lewis Round-Turner, RN 1934-2021

 _.Capt John Lewis Round-Turner, RN, who died 17 May, 2021, aged 87, was a scion of the Round landed gentry family, of Birch Hall, Colchester, Essex.

He was born 3 May, 1934, the second son of Charles Douglas Round-Turner, of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and his wife the former Barbara Maxwell Bond, and married in 1960, Irene M. Gregory, by whom he had issue.

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Karen Marie Armitage [nee Cunningham] [died 2021]

 _.Karen Marie Armitage, died 19 May, 2021, aged 85.

The former Karen Marie Cunningham married in 1974, Mark Cecil Christopher Armitage [1937-2021], scion of that landed gentry family, son of Commander Frank Armitage, RN, and his wife the former Alexandra Margery Eileen Cayley [1901-95], scion of the Cayley baronets.

She is survived by her four sons, Ed, Mark, Dominic and Will. Her husband died 5 March, 2021.

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The Lord Millett, QC, PC 1932-2021

 _.The Lord Millett, PC, a former Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, died 27 May, 2021. He was 88.

Peter Julian Millett was born 23 June, 1932, son of Isaac Moses Denis Millett [1899-1965], and his wife the former Adele Yetta Weinberg [1908-97], and married in 1959, Ann Mireille, daughter of David Harris, of London, by whom he had issue, three sons.

He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. He did National Service as a Flying Officer in the RAF 1955-57; Called to the Bar at the Middle Temple, 1955; Bencher, Lincoln's Inn 1980, Singapore 1976, Hong Kong 1979; at the Chancery Bar 1958-86; QC 1973; a Judge of the High Court of Justice Chancery Division, 1986-94; a Lord Justice of Appeal 1994-98; appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 1998; Examiner and Conveyancer in Practical Conveyancing, Council of Legal Education, 1962-76. Member of the General Council of the Bar 1973-76; &c.

He was created a life peer on his appointment as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1998, and his peerage was gazetted as Baron Millett, of St Marylebone in the City of Westminster.

He was knighted in 1986 and sworn of the Privy Council in 1994.

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Henry Lee (Hank) Soukup 1929-2021

 Henry Lee (Hank) Soukup, died at Lexington, Kentucky, 6 May, 2021, aged 91.

He was born 28 June, 1929, son of Raymond and Alyda Souup, of Elmhurst, Illinois; and married in 1965, the Lady (Constance) Ann Butler (born 13 December, 1940), elder daughter of the 7th Marquess of Ormonde, MBE (1899-1997), & his 1st wife the former Nan Gilpin (died 1973), by whom he had issue, a son, Andrew, and a daughter, Meghan.

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The 20th Baron Teynham 1928-2020

 _.The Lord Teynham, the 20th Baron, of Pylewell Park, Lymingham, Hampshire, died at his home 27 May, 2021. He was 92. 

Lord Teynham was an Old Etonian land agent; Captain, The Buffs [TA], formerly the Coldstream Guards; saw active service in Palestine, 1948; was ADC to the Governor of Bermuda, 1953 & 1955; ADC to the Gov of the Leeward Islands 1956, was private secretary and ADC in 1956; was ADC to the Governor of Jamaica, 1962; President of the Institute of Commerce, 1972-; Vice-President, Institute of Export. Member of the Council of the Sail Training Association, 1964-69; Order of St John; Lord of the Manors of South Baddesley and Sharpricks; &c.

He was born John Christopher Ingham Roper-Curzon, on Christmas Day, 1928, son of the 19th Baron Teynham [1896-1972], and his first wife the former Elspeth Grace Whitaker [died 1976], and succeeded to the peerage [created by King James I in 1616], upon his father's demise, 5 May, 1972. His mother went on to marry, as his third wife, the 6th Marquess of Northampton [1885-1978].

He married 31 Oct, 1964, Elizabeth Scrymgeour-Wedderburn [born 5 Oct, 1943], a great-granddaughter of the 6th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry [1831-1914], by whom he had five sons and five daughters [of whom one son and one daughter are twins].

Funeral to be held at 4pm Monday 7th June, St Mary's Church, South Baddesley, Hampshire.

Lord Teynham is succeeded by his eldest son, the Hon David John Henry Ingham Roper-Curzon [born 5 Oct, 1965].

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Elin Rosemary Capell (nee Earle) 1943-2021

 Elin Rosemary Capell (nee Earle), died 22 May, 2021, aged 77.

She was born 27 November, 1943, daughter of Alan Leslie Earle, of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, and married 19 Aug, 1967, Robert Devereux Boyd Capell (born 20 Oct, 1942), scion of the Earls of Essex, descended from the 4th Earl, the younger son of Algernon Arthur Capell (1903-1950), and his wife the former Violet Mary Boyd (who died 1987), by whom she had a daughter, Jennifer Rosemary Capell (who was born 4 Apr, 1975).

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Prime Minister marries Carrie Symonds

_. The marriage took place, 29 May, 2021, at Westminster Cathedral, between the Rt Hon [Alexander] Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, PC, MP [born 19 June, 1964], Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and descended from the Royal House of Wurttemberg, son of Stanley Patrick Johnson [born 18 Aug, 1940], by his wife the former Charlotte Maria Offlow Fawcett [born May, 1942], & Caroline Louise Bevan [Carrie] Symonds [born 17 March, 1988], illegitimate daughter of Matthew Symonds [born 20 Dec, 1953], by Josephine McAfee.

The bride is a granddaughter of John Cowburn Beavan, Baron Ardwick [1910-94], life peer. It is the prime minister's third marriage.

Boris Johnson is the first prime minister to marry in office since the Earl of Liverpool in 1822, and the only prime minister to have been married three times.

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Frederick Kerr-Smiley engaged to Brilliana Harley

 _.The engagement was announced 29 May, 2021, between Frederick Hugh Kerr-Smiley [born 25 March, 1992], descended from the Smiley baronets, son of Mark Alexander Kerr-Smiley [born 30 March, 1961],  of Kensington, London, and his wife the former Manuela Marie Raquez, & [Leonora] Brilliana Harley [born 1992], scion of that landed gentry family, eldest daughter of Edward Mortimer Harley, OBE [born 1960], of Brampton Bryan Hall, Herefordshire, and his wife the former [Alice] Victoria Mather [born 1960], daughter of Leiutenant-Col Sir [David] Carol Macdonnell Mather, MC, MP [1919-2006], and his wife the former Hon Philippa Selina Bewicke-Copley [born 5 Dec. 1925], daughter of the 5th Baron Cromwell [1893-1966].

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Margaret June Argles 1931-2021

 _.Margaret June Argles, who died 18 May, 2021, aged 89, was the second wife, and widow, of Charles Marsham Argles [1923-2016], scion of that landed gentry family.

She was the former Margaret June Stanford, born in 1931, daughter of Frederick Percival Stanford [1905-85], and his wife the former Daisy Alice Pretty [1904-96]; and married in 1966, as his second wife, Charles Marsham Argles, by whom she had a son, Nicholas, and a daughter, Kate.

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Thomas Mark Courtenay Clack [died 2021]

_.Thomas Mark Courtenay Clack, who died 17 May, 2021, aged 61, was a scion of the Clack landed gentry family, formerly of Crowmarsh Gifford & Larkbeare. A son of Capt T.A. Courtenay Clack, of Coulston, co Wilts, he married [Margaret Jane] Jenny Mary Charles [1955-2014], daughter of Rollo Charles, of Penmark, South Glamorgan, by whom he had two sons, Charles Edward [born 1990], and James Nicholas [born 1992].

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Destine Marie [Dizzy] Hanmer [died 2021]

 _.Destine Marie [Dizzy] Hanmer died 15 May, 2021.

The former Destine Marie Jolliffe, daughter of Reginald Harry John Jolliffe, of Bournemouth, she married 1stly, in 1955 [div], Jack Francis A. Squire [1914-2000]; married 2ndly, in 1959, John Patrick Vernon Summers [1920-93], and thirdly, in 2002, Maj. Nicholas Brian Hanmer [1921-2003], scion of the Hanmer baronets, son of Thomas William Hanmer [1888-1950], and his wife the former Ivy Mira Frances Dodd [died 1965]. 

Mrs Hanmer leaves two sons from her first marriage, Guy and John, and a daughter, Lucinda, from her second marriage.

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Marigold Diana Sneyd Freeman-Attwood [1923- 2021]

 _.Marigold Diana Sneyd Freeman-Attwood [nee Philips], who died 23 May, 2021, aged 98, was a scion of the Philips landed gentry family, formerly of Heybridge.

She was born 23 April, 1923, a daughter of Edward Mark Philips, OBE [1879-1936], by his wife the former Augusta Diana O'Carroll Darby, scion of that landed gentry family, of Leap Castle, King's County.

She married firstly, 23 March, 1946, Maj David Michael Alexander Wedderburn, late the Grenadier Guards, only son of Alexander Henry Melvill Wedderburn. Her husband, a scion of the Ogilvy-Wedderburn baronets, died at Singapore, 26 Feb, 1960. From this marriage she had issue, one son.

She married 2ndly, 15 Oct, 1960, as his second wife, Maj. Harold Warren Freeman-Attwood [1923-2015], late the Grendaier Guards, head of the Freeman-Attwood landed gentry family, and by her second marriage had further issue, a son, Jonathan [born in 1961].

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Caroline Jane Roe 1957-2021

 _.Caroline Jane Roe [nee Maltby], who died 23 May, 2021, aged 64, was descended from the Earls of Malmesbury, a granddaughter maternally of the 6th Earl.

She was born 14 May, 1957, a daughter of John Newcombe Maltby, CBE [1928-98], and his wife the former Lady Cynthia Veronica Anthea Harris [born 17 May, 1934], daughter of the 6th Earl of Malmesbury [1907-2000].

She married in 1990, Alexander F.J. Roe, by whom she had issue, two sons, Edward and James, and a daughter, Charlotte.

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Romy Lita Camilla Cordle [born 2021]

 _. Madelaine Emily [Maddie] Cordle [nee Chesterton, born 1986], wife of Hugo Andrew Cordle [born March, 1995], gave birth to a daughter, Romy Lita Camilla, 23 May, 2021.

Hugo is the middle son of Rupert Alister Peter John Cordle [born 14 May, 1959], of London, by his wife the former Camilla Ann Wigram [born 3 Dec, 1966] [Mrs Camilla Cordle, of Newbury, Berkshire].

Maddie Cordle is the eldest daughter of Christopher Chesterton, of South Newington, Oxfordshire, by his wife, the former Lita Calder.

Hugo Cordle is descended from the Barons Bethell. His grandfather, the late John Howard Cordle [1912-2004], sometime MP for Bournemouth East and Christchurch, married Venetia Maynard, descended from the Viscounts Powerscourt.

Hugo's aunt, the former Marina Cordle [born 6 May, 1960], is Viscountess Cowdray, wife of the 4th Viscount [born 17 June, 1944].

Maddie Chesterton, is owner and founder of luxury fashion and lifestyle boutique, Baar & Bass.

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Major Maurice Aloysius French, MBE 1930-2021

 _.Major Maurice Aloysius French, MBE, who died 20 May, 2021, aged 91, was a scion of the Barons De Freyne.

He was born 5 March, 1930, son of the Hon Bertram Leo French [1900-41], and his wife the former Maud Mary Dease [1890-1974], scion of that Irish landed gentry family; he married firstly, 4 September, 1958 [div 1965], Heather Stewart Tarbutt [who died 2017], daughter of Arthur Charles Tarbutt, of Nigeria; married secondly, 17 Aug, 1965, Lavinia Mary Burke [1939-2005], scion of that landed family, daughter of Maj Patrick Henry Anthony Burke [1913-64], and his wife the former Rosemary Maud Evelyn Sandars [1910-50], scion of that landed gentry family.

He leaves a son, Dominic and a daughter, Nicola from his first marriage; and two sons, Patrick and Gerald, and two daughters, Claudia and Emily, from his second marriage.

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Freda Violet Hodgson 1913-2021

 _.Freda Violet Hodgson, who died 15 May, 2021, aged 107, was a scion of the Williams baronets, of Bodelwyddan Castle in North Wales.

She was born Freda Violet Williams, at Andover, Hampshire, 26 September, 1913, the only daughter of Sir William Willoughby Williams, 5th Baronet [1888-1932], of Bodelwyddan Castle, and his 1st wife the former Violet Henrietta Powell [1887-1987]; she married firstly, 6 February, 1937 [div 1950], Sydney Walton Hinde [1903-67]; married 2ndly, 16 July, 1959, William Vere Hodgson [1904-2000]. From her first marriage she had issue, a son, Richard [1939-2018], and three daughters, Deirdre [1938-79], Patricia [b 1941], and Caroline [1946-deceased].

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Lara Xanthe Acton Davis [born 2021]

 _.The Hon Josephine Zara Acton Davis [nee Nash, born 1984], wife of Matthew J Acton Davis, gave birth to a daughter, Lara Xanthe, 21 March, 2021.

Matthew is the son of Lindsay Boswell, QC, of San Francisco, California, and Jonathan Acton Davis, QC, of London.

The Hon Zara Acton Davis is a daughter of the life peer the Baron Nash [born 22 March, 1949], of Ewelme, co Oxford, and his wife the former Caroline Jennifer Paul.

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Countess Charlotte Raben-Levetzau 1925-2021

 _.Charlotte Petherick, who died 18 May, 2021, aged 96, was the former Countess Charlotte Raben-Levetzau.

She was born in 1925, younger daughter of Count Siegfried Victor Raben-Levetzau [1891-1965], of Denmark, and his wife Pauline, Grafin von Pappenheim [1891-1974]; married 7 April, 1951, Capt Christopher Petherick [1922-2009], late the Life Guards, scion of that landed gentry family, second son of George Gerald Petherick [1887-1946], and his wife the former Lady Jeane Pleydell-Bouverie [1892-1976], scion of the Earls of Radnor, by whom she had issue, two sons, Martin and Thomas, and two daughters, Catherine and Harriet.

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Hon Michael Henry Colquhoun Pery 1937-2021

 _. The Hon Michael Henry Colquhoun Pery, who died 19 May, 2021, aged 84, was a scion of the Earls of Limerick.

He was born 8 May, 1937, a younger son of the 5th Earl of Limerick [1888-1967], and his wife the former the Angela Olivia Trotter [died 1981], scion of that landed family descended from the Wellesley family, Earls of Mornington [later Dukes of Wellington]. He was a younger brother of the 6th Earl of Limerick [1930-2003], and uncle of the 7th Earl [born 1963].

He married 13 July, 1963, Jennifer Mary Stuart-Williams [born 1940], daughter of John Anthony Stuart-Williams, of Braughing, Hertfordshire, and his wife the former Felicia Mary Smith, by whom he had two sons, and two daughters.

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