Cara Rose Cohen (b 2025)

Emma Florence Cohen (née Gamon), wife of Rupert Lionel Cohen [born 1986], gave birth to a daughter, Cara Rose, 8 September, 2025, a sister for Kitty, who was born 15 November, 2023.

Rupert is the younger son of Sir Jonathan Lionel Cohen, QC [born 8 May, 1951], of London, and his wife the former Bryony Frances Carfrae.

Emma Cohen [born 1991], is the younger daughter of Charles W.T. Gamon [born 1956], of Leigh, Kent, and his wife the former Michele S. Arthur.

Lionel Leonard Cohen, Baron Cohen, PC [1888-1973] [Law Lord] > Hon Leonard Cohen [1922-2007] > Sir Jonathan Cohen [b 1951] > Rupert Cohen [b 1986] > Cara Cohen {b 2025}

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Anton Rudolf Marie Georg Christoph Hubertus Johannes Karl Aglaë, Fürst Esterházy von Galántha 1936-2025

Anton, Fürst Esterházy von Galántha, patriarch of one of Hungary's most noble families, died 22 September, 2025. He was 88.

He was born 27 December, 1936, son of Antal Maria Pál Miklós Esterházy von Galántha (1903-1944), and his wife Gabriella Gfn Apponyi de Nagy-Appony (1910-86);  and married 1stly, 24 January, 1986 (divorced 2013), Ursula Koenig (born 2 Oct, 1941); and married 2ndly, 3 June, 2013, Svetlana Bardadim (born 1956), and he leaves a son by his first marriage, Pál-Antal Nikolaus Maximilian Fst Esterházy von Galántha (born 18 February, 1986).

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Stevens/Steele engagement

 The engagement was announced 30 September, 2025, between Julian Nicholas Stevens (born 1980), son of the late Alastair D. Stevens and his late wife the former Karen Angel Edels , formerly of Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire, and Augusta Louisa Mary Nicholson Steele (born 3 August, 1984), younger daughter of Michael John Nicholson Steele (born 1951), of Angus, and (Alexandra) Paula Mary Steele, of London (born 1954, nee Graham-Watson, scion of that landed gentry family).

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Groat/Ouvaroff marriage

 The marriage took place, 20 September, 2025, at Wimborne Minster, between Cameron J.M. Groat, son of Mr and Mrs M.J.M. Groat, of Wimborne, Dorset, & Lara Alexandra Ouvaroff (born 1996), daughter of (Count) Dominic William Ouvaroff (born December, 1966), of Wandsworth, London, and his wife the former Jennifer J. Baxendale.

Lara's descent from the Marquesses of Exeter:-

The 3rd Marquess of Exeter, PC (1825-1895) > Lord Francis Cecil (1851-1889) > Violet Dorothea Cecil (1878-1953) > Aubretia Phyllis Ames (b 1909) > Count Stephen Ouvaroff (1935-2017) > Count Dominic Ouvaroff (b 1966) > Lara Ouvaroff (b 1996)

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von Westenholz/Zaki marriage

The marriage took place, 18 September, 2025, at Marylebone Town Hall, between Mark Henry Cosimo von Westenholz (born 8 January, 1973), the second son of the late Charles Patrick Paul Graf von Westenholz (1945-2006), of Widford, Hertfordshire, by his wife, the former Lady Mary Marianella Anne Kerr (b0rn 20 March, 1944), scion of the Marquesses of Lothian, & Miss Saira Zaki (born April, 1973).

Mark von Westenholz is a grandson of the late 12th Marquis of Lothian, KCVO (1922-2004). 

It is Mr von Westenholz's second marriage. He married firstly in 2005, Melissa Sanders, a daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael Sanders, of Chawton, Hampshire, by whom he has issue.

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Gordon Edward Malone 1937-2025

Gordon Edward Malone died 10 September, 2025, aged 88.

He was born in 1937, son of George Beasley Malone (1905-1989), and his wife the former Kate Nicholson (1904-1992); & married 4 June, 1964 (div. 1991), Olga Deirdre Moore Stewart (born 28 September, 1936), scion of the Stewart baronets, daughter of Harold Vivian Moore Stewart (1908-2001), and his first wife Ella Marie Falconer (who died 1986), by whom he had two daughters, Amanda (born 1966) and Catherine (born 1968).

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Talbot/Mayo engagement

The engagement was announced 27 September, 2025, between Sholto Richard John Talbot (born 1993), scion of the Earls of Shrewsbury, youngest son of David John Talbot (1960-2018), and his wife the former Margret Manson Cameron (now Plummer) (born 1959), and Katherine Mary (Kitty) Mayo (born 24 December, 1993), daughter of Rupert Charles Mayo (born 1963), and his former wife the former Philippa G. Keeble (born 1961).

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Sir Filmer Honywood, 11th Baronet 1930-2025

 Sir Filmer Honywood, 11th Baronet, died 18 September, 2025. He was 95.

Filmer Courtenay William Honywood was born 20 May, 1930, son of Sir William Wynne Honywood, 10th Baronet MC (1891-1982), and his wife the former Maud Naylor Wilson (1888-1953); and succeeded to the baronetcy (created in 1660) on the death of his father, 10 August, 1982.

He married 12 May, 1956, Elizabeth Margaret Mary Cynthia Miller (1931-1996), daughter of Sir Alastair Miller of Glenlee, 6th Baronet (1893-1964), and his second wife the former Margaret May Shotter (who died 1978), by whom he had two sons, Rupert and Simon, and two daughters, Mary and Judith. The elder son, Rupert Anthony Honywood (born 2 March, 1957), succeeds as 12th Baronet.

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Frederick Charles William James (born 2025)

Anna Victoria James (née Clinch) wife of Charles Richard Arthur James [born 1993], gave birth to a son, Frederick Charles William, 17 September, 2025.

Anna is a daughter of John William Clinch, of Ospringe, Kent, and his wife the former Victoria S.Wood.

Charles James is the elder son of Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Charles Dargaville James, of Halstock, Dorset, and his wife the former Fiona Martha Alison Rhys [born 28 June, 1962], scion of the Barons Dynevor.

Baby Frederick descends from the Dukes of Wellington:-

 Arthur Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington > Lady Anne Maud Wellesley > Llewelyn Arthur Rhys > Fiona Martha Alison Rhys > Charles James [b 1993] > Frederick James [b 2025].

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Cosmo Harry Richard Townsend-Rose (born 2025)

Georgina Sophie Townsend-Rose (née Horn, born 14 Nov, 1993), wife of Rory Dixon Crichton Townsend-Rose (born 1993), gave birth to a son, Cosmo Harry Richard, 11 September, 2025.

Georgina is a daughter of Francis W.A. Horn and his wife the former Caroline L.A. Ferens.

Rory is a son of Jonathan Cleeves Townsend-Rose, of St Boswells, Roxburghshire, by his wife the Lady Katherine Patricia Crichton (born 4 November, 1962), daughter of the 6th Earl of Erne, KCVO (1937-2015).

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Wrey/Impey engagement

The engagement was announced 27 September, 2025, between Simon Sherard Bourchier Wrey (born 8 November, 1992), scion of the Wrey baronets, second son of Mark Eliot Bourchier Wrey (born 13 April, 1955), of Minsted, West Sussex, and his wife the former Loveday Elizabeth Bolitho (born 26 Oct, 1957), scion of that landed gentry family, & Olivia Rose E. Impey (born 11995), daughter of Andrew M. Impey (born 1962), of Chilland, near Winchester, Hampshire, and his wife the former Katherine A,L, Lynne.

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Dudgeon/Gascoigne engagement

The engagement was announced 27 September, 2025, between Felix Alexander Walker Dudgeon (born 1995), elder son of John Alan Dudgeon (born 15 October, 1964), of Carlton Scroop, Lincolnshire, and his wife the former Bridget Lucy Taylor (born 29 March, 1966), & Eva Rose Gascoigne (born 1995), scion of that landed gentry family of Sanders, eldest daughter of Dominic William Wigan Gascoigne (born 1965), of Bowling Bank, Wrexham, by his wife the former Elizabeth Mary Ormrod (born 1961).

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Julian Hugh Pardoe 1935-2025

Julian Hugh Pardoe, who died 19 September, 2025, aged 90, was a scion of that landed gentry family.

He was born in 1935, son of John Peter Pardoe (1909-2002), and his first wife the former Violet Hilda Drummond (1911-2000), of the ancient Scots family of Drummond, the Viscounts Strathallan and Earls of Perth; and married in 1960, Camilla Guendolen Tudor-Evans (1938-2020), daughter of Arthur Gruffydd Tudor-Evans (1906-1971), and his wife the former Letitia Guendolen Hall (1913-1982), by whom he had issue, a son, Simon (born 1962), and two daughters, Joanna (b 1963), and Fiona (b 1965).

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Hector John FitzGerald: a future Duke of Leinster (born 2025)

Laura Caroline [Flo] FitzGerald [nee Tellwright, born 25 August, 1987], wife of Edward FitzGerald [born 27 October, 1988], scion of the Dukes of Leinster, gave birth to a son, Hector John, 20 September, 2025, in Bury St Edmunds, a brother for Eve (born 24 March, 2020), and for Amelia (born 2 October, 2021).

Edward FitzGerald is heir presumptive to his uncle the 9th Duke of Leinster [born 7 Apr, 1948], and is the only son of the late Capt Lord John FitzGerald (1952-2015), by his wife the former Barbara Zindel.

Flo FitzGerald is the younger dau of Mr (William) Kirkland Tellwright [born 1956], of Shropshire, by his wife the former Hon Caroline Fiona Fitzherbert (b 1956), second daughter of the 14th Baron Stafford (1926-86).

Edward FitzGerald is heir presumptive to the Dukedom of Leinster (Ireland, let. pat. 26 Nov 1766), Marquess of Kildare (Ireland, let. pat. 19 Mar 1761), Earl of Kildare (Ireland, let. pat. 14 May 1316),  Earl of Offaly (Ireland, let. pat. 19 Mar 1761), Viscount Leinster, of Taplow in the County of Buckingham (Great Britain, let. pat. 21 Feb 1747), Baron Offaly (Ireland, let. pat. 29 Jul 1620), Baron Kildare (United Kingdom, let. pat. 3 May 1870).

The Duke of Leinster is Premier Duke, Marquess and Earl in the Peerage of Ireland.

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Humphrey Stewart Walwyn 1948-2025

Humphrey Stewart Walwyn, who died 4 September, 2025, aged 77, was a scion of that landed gentry family.

He was born in 1948, son of Rear Admiral James Humphrey Walwyn, CB, OBE (1913-1986), and his wife the former Pamela Flora Bell, daughter of Surgeon-Captain Kenelm Digby Bell, RN (1880-1961), and his wife the former Harriet Violet Lindsay-Stewart; and married in 1974, Mary Theresa Garle (Dendy) Watt (born 1949), by whom he had issue, two sons, Thomas James Walwyn (born 1977), and (Humphrey) George Walwyn (born 1980).

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The Baron Campbell of Pittenweem, CH, CBE, PC 1941-2025

 The Baron Campbell of Pittenweem, CH, CBE, PC, who died 26 September, 2025, aged 84, was a life peer, and was the Liberal Democrat MP for North East Fife from 1987 to 2015 known as 'Ming' Campbell, and served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2006 to 2007, having been deputy leader since 2003.

(Walter) Menzies Campbell was born 22 May, 1941, son of George Alexander Campbell and his wife the former Elizabeth Jean Adam Phillips, & was educated at Hillhead High School and the University of Glasgow, graduating with a Scottish Master of Arts (MA) in 1962 and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) in 1965. He was elected President of the Glasgow University Liberal Club in 1962, and of the Glasgow University Union for 1964–65.

He was Liberal spokesman on the arts, broadcasting and sport 1987-1988, Liberal Spokesman on sport and defence 1988-94, Lib spokesman on Foreign Affairs & Defence 1994-1997, later chief spokesman on Foreign Affairs, on Europe 1997-2001, on Defence 1997-2001, member of numerous parliamentary committees.

He was appointed CBE (1987), PC (1999), KC (Scotland) 1982.

Menzies Campbell married in 1970, as her second husband, Elspeth Mary, Lady Grant-Suttie, former wife of Sir George Philip Grant-Suttie, 8th Baronet (1938-1997), and daughter of Major-General Robert Elliott Urquhart, CB, DSO (1901-1988), and his wife the former Pamela Condon (who died 2006).

Lady Campbell of Pittenweem died in 2023.

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem's step-son is Sir James Edward Grant-Suttie, 9th Baronet (born 29 May, 1965).

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Pottow/Maitland marriage

  The marriage took place, 20 September, 2025, at St Andrew's Church, Louth, Lincolnshire, between Andrew G. Pottow, elder son of Mr Bev Pottow, of Hilton, and Mrs Moira Pottow, of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, and Jessica Jane Maitland (born 22 March, 1992), scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of John Whitaker Maitland (born 1961), of Somersby, Lincolnshire, and the former (Moira) Jane Bracher (born 1963).

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Louise, Lady Harrison 1944-2025

Louise, Lady Harrison (née Clive), who died 17 September, 2025, aged 89, was the widow of Sir Michael Harrison, 2nd Baronet.

She was born 24 September, 1944, as Rosamund Louise Clive, scion of that landed gentry family of Perrystone, the daughter of Edward Buxton Clive (1909-1975), and his wife the former Rita Kathleen Robertson (1906-1999); and married 22 July, 1967, Michael James Harwood Harrison (born 28 March, 1936), son and heir of Sir James Harwood Harrison, 1st Baronet (1907-1980), sometime Conservative MP for Eye, and a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 1956-59, and Comptroller of the Household 1959-61, in the governments of Eden and Macmillan, by his wife the former Peggy Alberta Mary Stenhouse (who died 13 Aug, 2019).

Her husband, of Haskerton, co Suffolk, died 13 August, 2019, aged 83.

Lady Harrison leaves issue, two sons, Sir Edwin Harrison, 3rd Baronet (born 29 May, 1981), and Tristan (born 22 Apr, 1986), and two daughters, Auriol (born 27 May, 1968) and Priscilla (born 30 Apr, 1971).

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Hood/Deslais engagement

The engagement was announced 25 September, 2025, between the Hon Archibald Lyttelton Samuel Hood (born 16 May, 1993), eldest son and heir of the 8th Viscount Hood (born 16 March, 1958), of Loders Court, Bridport, Dorset, and his wife the former Flora Susan Casement (born 1959), scion of that landed gentry family, and Clara J.D. Deslais, daughter of M David and Mme Magali Deslais of Chuelles, France.

 Archie Hood is heir apparent to the titles Viscount Hood, of Whitley in the County of Warwick (Great Britain, let. pat. 1 Jun 1796), Baron Hood, of Catherington (Ireland, let. pat. 2 Sep 1782), Baron Hood, of Catherington in the County of Hampshire (Great Britain, let. pat. 27 May 1795), Baronet, styled "of Catherington" (Great Britain, let. pat. 19 May 1778).

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Hon Rosalie Ann Elwes (née Hennessy) 1934-2025

The Hon Roslie Ann Elwes (née Hennessy), who died 18 September, 2025, aged 91, was a scion of the Barons Windlesham.

She was born 18 February, 1934, the second daughter of the 2nd Baron Windlesham (1903-1962), and his first wife the former Angela Duggan (who died 13 March, 1956); and married 7 May, 1960, Peter John Gervase Elwes (1929-2017), scion of that landed gentry family, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Simon Edmund Vincent Paul Elwes (1902-1975), the war artist and society portrait painter, by his wife the Hon Gloria Elinor Rodd (1901-1975), daughter of the 1st Baron Rennell, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC (1858-1941), by whom she had issue, three sons, Luke (born 1961), Benedict (born 1963) and Marcus (born 1964), and one daughter, Harriet Clare (born 1969).

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