Sarah (Sally), Lady Codrington (died 2025)

 Sarah, Lady Codrington, who died 21 December, 2025, was the former wife of the late Sir Simon Codrington, 3rd Baronet.

She was the former Sarah Gwynn Pennell and married 1stly, 1961, Charles C.P. Kaye; and married 2ndly (or thirdly?____Gaze), 4 January, 1980 (div. 1987), as his third wife, Sir Simon Francis Bethell Codrington, 3rd Baronet (born 14 Aug, 1923), son of Sir Christopher Codrington, 2nd Baronet (1894-1979), by his wife the former Joan Mary Hague-Cook (died 1961). Sir Simon succeeded to the baronetcy, 10 Nov, 1979, and died 17 Aug, 2005.

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Barlow/Conyngham engagement

 The engagement was announced 8 January, 2026, between Jack Stephen Barlow (born 1988), son of Mr Stephen J. Barlow, of Worthing, West Sussex, and his wife the former Sharon Mackey, and Frances Lucia Conyngham (born 1991), daughter of Lord Simon Charles Eveleigh Wren Conyngham (born 20 November, 1953), of Edinburgh, & Carole Crossman Power, of Ferring, West Sussex.

Frances Conyngham is a granddaughter of the late 7th Marquess Conyngham (1924-2009).

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Baroness Dacres of Lewisham

The life peerage recently conferred upon Brenda Vanessa Dacres, OBE, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baroness Dacres of Lewisham, of Deptford in the London Borough of Lewisham. 

Letters Patent dated in the afternoon of 7 January 2026.

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Baron John of Southwark

The life peerage recently bestowed upon Peter Charles John, OBE, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron John of Southwark, of Pattiswick in the County of Essex. 

The Letters Patent dated in the forenoon of 7 January, 2026.

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Peter Edward Bugge 1943-2026

Peter Edward Bugge died 2 January, 2026, aged 82.

He was born in 1943 son of Edward Walter Bugge (1906-1983), and his wife the former Edith Elizabeth Webster (1912-1994); and married in 1974, Helen Penelope Hippisley Coxe (1946-2010), daughter of Lieutenant Commander Antony Dacres Hippisley Coxe, RN (1912-1988), by his wife the former Araminta Peel (1916-1999), descended from the Hunter Blair baronets, by whom he had two sons, Charles Edward A. Bugge (born 1975), and Jonathan Peter  Bugge (born 1977).

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Delia Flora Graham-Clarke 1931-2025

Delia Flora Graham-Clarke, who died 25 December, 2025, aged 94, was a scion of that landed gentry family.

She was born 28 July, 1931, daughter of Gerald Graham-Clarke (1873-1961), and his wife the former Albertha Mildred Miles (1893-1955), scion of that landed gentry family. She was unmarried.

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Dame Gillian Wagner, DBE 1927-2025

 Dame Gillian Wagner, DBE, who died 31 December, 2025, aged 98, was an expert in children’s history and the chairman, at various times, of the children’s charity Barnardo’s, the Thomas Coram Foundation and the Carnegie Trust.

She was the widow of Sir Anthony Wagner, herald and distinguished genealogist, who was head of the Wagner landed family.

She was born Gillian Mary Millicent Graham, 25 October, 1927, a scion of a landed gentry family, daughter of Major Henry Archibald Roger Graham (1892-1970), and his wife the Hon Margaret Beatrix Lopes (1898-1984), daughter of the 1st Baron Roborough (1859-1938); and married 26 February, 1953, Anthony Richard Wagner (born 6 September, 1908), scion of that landed family, son of Orlando Henry Wagner (1867-1956), head of that LG family, and his wife the former Monica Bell (1878-1971). Her husband, Anthony Wagner, was Garter Principal King of Arms, 1961-78. He was appointed CVO in 1953, advanced to KCVO in 1961, appointed KCB in 1978. He died 5 May, 1995.

Dame Gillian leaves issue, two sons, Roger and Mark, and a daughter, Lucy.

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Lindsay-Fynn/McGaw engagement

 The engagement was announced 7 January, 2026, between Charles Dacre Lindsay-Fynn (born Sept, 1989), son of Nigel Lindsay-Fynn (born 1942), of Budleigh Salterton, Devon by his wife the former Helen V.M. Willson-Pemberton (born 1949), & Augusta Eugenie Gaisford McGaw (born 2 September, 1985), daughter of John Jospeh Thoburn McGaw (born Oct, 1953), of Kensington, London, and Mrs Amanda J. G. Ruggles-Brise (born 1957, nee Lynch), of Finchingfield, Essex.

(work in progress)

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Strutt/Hollamby engagement

 The engagement was announced 7 January, 2026, between the Hon John Frederick Strutt (born 29 March, 1993), the eldest son and heir of the 6th Baron Rayleigh (born 4 June, 1960), of Terling, Essex, and of Baroness Rayleigh (nee Annabel Kate Patterson, born 12 July, 1965), descended from the Barons Monson, & Cosima Serena G. Hollamby  (born 1997), younger daughter of Dominic Charles Hollamby (born 1965), of Verbier, Switzerland, and Mrs Susannah L. Springall (born 1965), of London.

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Drummond/von Einsiedel engagement

 The engagement was announced 7 January, 2026, between the Hon John Adam Humphrey Drummond (born 3 November, 1992), son and heir of the 17th Baron Strange (born 20 April, 1953), of Errol, Perthshire, and his wife the former Hon Mary Emma Jeronima Dewar (born 1 June, 1965), scion of the Barons Forteviot, & Gräfin Sophie von Einsiedel (born 1995), daughter of Graf and Gräfin von Einsiedel, of Stuttgart, Germany, and his wife the former Dorothee Philipps.

The couple plan to marry on 5 December, 2026.

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David Alexander Cameron Cahill 1944-2026

David Alexander Cameron Cahill, who died 1 January, 2026, aged 81, was a scion of that Irish landed gentry family of Ballyconra House.

He was born 1 September, 1944, younger son of Robert Devereux Cahill (1901-1970), head of that family, by his wife the former (Linda) Joanne Cameron; and married 11 August, 1973, Susan Katherine Bly Hutton, daughter of Major William Bacon Hutton (later Hutton Bury), descended from the Viscounts Chetwynd.

He leaves issue, a son, Robert, and a daughter, Gay.

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Celeste Marie Graham-Watson (born 2025)

Lauren Elizabeth Graham-Watson (nee Nevitt), wife of Alexander Cosimo Graham-Watson [born 1989], gave birth to a daughter Celeste Marie, 27 December, 2025, in New York.

Lauren is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Tom Nevitt, of Long Island, New York.

Alexander Graham-Watson is the second son of Andrew FitzJames Graham-Watson [born 22 January,1957], of Longworth, co Oxford, scion of that landed gentry family of Lofts Hall, Saffron Walden, co Essex, and his wife the former Brigitte Claude Marie Jeanson. 

Alexander's great-great grandfather James Graham-Watson [1850-1931], married 1878, Charlotte Maude Boothby [d 1938], scion of the Barons Boothby.

Alexander is a fourth cousin once removed of the late Diana, Princess of Wales.

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McGregor/Bellfield engagement

 The engagement was announced 6 January, 2026, between Euan E.A. McGregor, younger son of Mr Malcolm McGregor and Mrs Loretta Gentilini McGregor, of Muswell Hill, London, & Eleanor Rose Bellfield (born 27 April, 1997), the elder daughter of Commodore Robert James Astley Bellfield, RN (born 28 July, 1965), of Dallinghoo, Suffolk, descended from the Paston Cooper baronets, and his wife the former Zoë Le Marchand.

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Lady Tennant 1934-2025

 Lady Tennant died 9 December 2025, aged 91. She was the widow of Sir Anthony Tennant (1930-2011),  a grandee of the corporate world who led the revival of Guinness after it was tarnished by financial scandal and went on to become chairman of Christie's – only to find his reputation besmirched by allegations of complicity in price-fixing with its rival, Sotheby's. 

She was born Rosemary Violet Stockdale, 14 Oct, 1934, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Charles Minshull Stockdale (1902-1981), and his wife the former Hon Margaret Violet Henderson (1904-1976), scion of the Barons Faringdon. She was a niece of Sir Edmund Stockdale, 1st Baronet (1903-1989), Lord Mayor of London 1959-60.

She married 12 July, 1954, Anthony John Tennant (born 5 Nov, 1930), scion of the Tennant baronets (later Barons Glenconner), son of Maj. John Tennant (1899-1967), and his wife the Hon Antonia Mary Roby Benson (1903-77), daughter of the 1st Baron Charnwood (1864-1945). Her husband was knighted in 1992, and died 4 August, 2011.

Lady Tennant leaves two sons, Christopher and Patrick Tennant.

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Darcy Gilbert Hamilton Wills (born 2025)

The Hon Sophie Elizabeth Wills (nee Kainradl) wife of the Hon Robert Anthony Hamilton Wills (born 20 Oct, 1983), son and heir of the 3rd Baron Dulverton, gave birth to a son, Darcy Gilbert Hamilton, 22 December, 2025.

The Hon Robert Wills is the son and heir of the 3rd Baron Dulverton (born 2 May, 1944), of Batsford, Gloucestershire, and of his first and former wife Rosalind, Baroness Dulverton (nee van der Velde), of Marbella, Spain.

Sophie (born circa 1985), is a daughter of Mr Peter Kainradl, of Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire, and his wife the former Josephine Alice Danneman (born 21 March, 1951).

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Lowe/Mezran engagement

 The engagement was announced 5 January, 2026, between Angus Gregory Lowe (born circa 1994), son of Rupert James Graham Lowe, (born 31 Oct, 1957), MP (Reform) for Great Yarmouth, by his wife the former Nicola Chapman, descended from the Baker baronets, & Yasmin Mezran (born 1994), daughter of Karim Mezran and Mrs Sheila Comes.

Sir George Edward Dunstan Sherston Baker 4th Baronet (1846-1923) > Henrietta Baker (d 1964) > Michael Francis Sherston Chapman (1912-2010) > Nicola Chapman > Angus Lowe

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Penelope, Lady Ogilvy (nee Hills) 1929-2025

Penelope, Lady Ogilvy, who died 27 December, 2025, was the widow of Sir David Ogilvy, 13th Baronet.

Penelope Mary Ursula Hills was born in 1929, daughter of Arthur Lafone Frank Hills, OBE (1890-1974), of White Court, Penshurst Station, Kent, and his wife the former Moira Emeline Guinness (1902-1980), scion of the banking arm of the Guinness dynasty; and married 31 December, 1966, Sir David John Wilfrid Ogilvy, 13th Baronet (born 3 February, 1914), son of Gilbert Francis Molyneux Ogilvy (1868-1953), and his wife the former Marjory Katharine Clive (1881-1961), a granddaughter of the 7th Earl of Denbigh (1796-1865). Her husband succeeded as 13th Baronet, 1 March, 1956, on the demise of his kinsman, Sir Herbert, the 12th Bt, and he died 16 June, 1992, aged 78.

Lady Ogilvy leaves a son, Sir Francis Gilbert Arthur Ogilvy, 14th Baronet (who was born 22 Apr, 1969).

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John Henry Aylmer 1936-2025

 John Henry Aylmer, who died 29 December, 2025, aged 89, was a scion of the Barons Aylmer.

He was born 1 July, 1936, son of Henry Gerald Aylmer (1896-1978), and his wife the former Nancy Hollick (1902-1991); and married firstly, 10 July, 1959 (div. 1970), Venetia Mary Henderson, daughter of Ian Thomson Henderson (1908-1986), of Crawley, Winchester, by his wife Monica Wingfield Verner (1908-1962), daughter of Sir Edward Wingfield Verner, 5th Baronet (1865-1936); and married 2ndly, 1971, Margaret Gillian Elliot Musker (born 1933), daughter of John Herbert Musker (1905-1987), and his wife the former Margaret Anne Thomson (1906-2004). He leaves issue from his first marriage, two daughters, Miranda Jane (born 18 May, 1962), and Juliet Rose (born 23 Oct, 1965).

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Boles/Armitage-Mattin engagement

 The engagement was announced 5 January, 2026, between Thomas Coleridge Boles (born 13 January, 1989), descended from the Boles family, later baronets, son of Nicholas Charles Boles (born 20 May, 1952), of Fulham, London and his wife the former Diana M. Pigot (born 1953), & Phillipa Rhea Armitage-Mattin (born December, 1991), daughter of Nigel Stephen Armitage (born 1958) and Athena Mattin (born 1955), of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.

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Koteczky/Farquhar engagement

 The engagement is announced between Anatole Koteczky, only son of Mr Zoltan Koteczky and Mrs Susie Stenmark, of Sydney, Australia, and Lydia Rose Farquhar (born 17 November, 1994), scion of the Farquhar baronets, 2nd daughter of Richard Charles Farquhar (born 7 April, 1962), of Pewsey, Wiltshire, and his wife the former Emma de Hoghton Reeves (born 18 Oct, 1963).

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