Hudson Giles Berend Guest-Cohen (born 2026)

Imogen Victoria (Immy) Guest-Cohen (nee Guest, born 1 April, 1993), wife of Liam Robert Gascoigne-Cohen (born 27 September, 1992), and scion of the Barons Wimborne, gave birth to a son, Hudson Giles Berend, 14 September, 2026, in Amsterdam.

Liam is the youngest son of Dr Peter Cohen, and Maryann Gascoigne.

Immy is the eldest daughter of David Christian Guest (born 15 July, 1960), of Easthorpe, Essex, and his wife Henrietta Mary Coode-Adams (born 5 February, 1962), scion of that landed gentry family.

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Henry John de Moraville (born 2026)

Louise M. de Moraville (nee Pugh), wife of George Maximilian De Moraville [born 1985], gave birth to a son, Henry John, 30 September, 2026.

George de Moraville is a son of John De Moraville [born c 1951], of Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Frances Margarita Barran [born 1958], scion of the Barran baronets.

Louise de Moraville is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Chris Pugh, of Crowborough, East Sussex.

George is descended from the Bailey landed gentry family and the Grenfell landed family [later Barons Grenfell], &c., and is a great-grandson of Sir George Barran, 2nd Baronet [1872-1952]'

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Troughton/Fleming engagement

The engagement was announced 3 October, 2026, between Archie Thomas Anthony Troughton (born 29 June, 1995), son of Edward Thomas Albert Troughton  (born 1959), of Brechin, Angus, and his wife the former Fiona Elizabeth Reynolds (born 1964), & Matilda Harriet (Tilly) Fleming (born 13 February, 1997), scion of the Fleming landed family of Nettlebed, daughter of Matthew Valentine Fleming (born 12 December, 1964), of Horstead, Norfolk, and his wife the former Caroline Mary Buxton (born 15 March, 1965), scion of the Buxton baronets.

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Lily Florence Rodney (born 2026)

Rosie K. Rodney (nee Atkins), wife of Harry John Melville Rodney (born 1992), scion of the Barons Rodney, gave birth to a daughter, Lily Florence, 12 September, 2026.

Harry Rodney is a son of David James Rodney (born 15 June, 1965), of St Briavels, Gloucestershire, and his wife the former Sally Louise Melville Owen.

Rosie Rodney is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Simon Atkins, of Long Sutton, Hampshire.

The 6th Baron Rodney > Hon Robert William Henry Rodney > Mervyn Harley Rodney > John Armand Rodney > David James Rodney > Harry John Melville Rodney > Lily Rodney (b 2026)

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Corrie/Bainbridge engagement

The engagement was announced 2 October, 2026, between Hugo Peter M. Corrie (born 1999), son of Richard William John McLeod Corrie (born 1960), of Writhlington, Somerset, and his wife the former (Charlotte) Louise Prince (born 1960), & (Charlotte) Isabelle Greenaway Bainbridge (born 1993), the only daughter of James David Tarn Bainbridge (born 1964), of Little Barrington, Gloucestershire, and his wife the former Charlotte Sophia Mills (born 13 April, 1964), daughter of Nicholas Greenaway Mills (1935-2025), and his wife the Hon Susan Glyn (born 10 August, 1940), daughter of the 6th Baron Wolverton (1913-1988).

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Marcus Andrew Frederick Rawlinson 1940-2026

 Marcus Andrew Frederick Rawlinson, who died 18 September, 2026, was a scion of the Rawlinson baronets. He was 85.

He was born 30 November, 1940, second son of Sir Alfred Frederick Rawlinson, 4th Baronet (1900-1969), and his wife the former Bessie Ford Emmatt (1900-1996), and married 31 October, 1964, Miriam Diana Joice (born 1944), daughter of Richard George Joice (1921-1999), by his wife the former Margaret Dann (1922-1998), by whom he had issue, three daughters, Joanna (b 30 Oct, 1965), Nicola (b 17 Dec 1967), and Candida (b 25 Feb, 1974).

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Lady Hoskyns 1934-2026

 Lady Hoskyns, who died 25 September, 2026, aged 92, was the widow of Sir John Hoskyns, a scion of the Hoskyns baronets.

She was Miranda Jane Marie Mott, daughter of Tom Mott, and married in 1956, Sir John Leigh Austin Hungerford Hoskyns who was born in 1927, son of Lt-Col Chandos Benedict Arden Hoskyns (1895-1940), by his wife the former Joyce Taylor (who d 1979), by whom she had issue, two sons Barnaby and Bededict and a daughter, Tamsine.

Her husband, who died 20 October, 2014, aged 87, was a scion of the Hoskyns Baronets (Bt, England, cr 1676), & was head of the Prime Minister's Policy Unit, 1979-82; Director-General, Institute of Directors, 1984-89; Knight Bachelor, 1982, &c.

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Gouriet/Banister engagement

 The engagement was announced 2 October, 2026, between Henry Angus Lowsley Gouriet (born 2000), son of James Edward Frank Gouriet (born 14 March, 1966), of Chavenage, Gloucestershire, and his wife the former Joanna Lowsley-Williams (born 13 Nov, 1963), scion of that landed family and descended maternally from the landed family of McCorquodale, & Jasmine Rose Banister (born 2000), daughter of Ivan Gerald William Banister (born June, 1955), of Warden Hill, Oxfordshire, and his wife the former Heather R. Howard (born 1961).

Henry Gouriet is a grandson maternally of Rona McCorquodale (1936-2025), of that landed gentry family

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Gibson/Wills marriage

 The marriage took place, 4 September, 2026, at St James the Less Church, Litchfield, Hampshire, between Marcus Seymour Gibson (born 1989), son of Mr Martin C Gibson, of Manaton, Devon, and Mrs Joanna L Gibson (nee Boswell), of Great Swinburn, Northumberland, and Laura Felicity Hamilton Wills (born 1996), scion of the Barons Dulverton, daughter of Christopher Aubrey Hamilton Wills (born 21 February, 1953), of Litchfield Down, Hampshire, and his wife the former Lady Katharine Anne Meade (born 10 Aug, 1959), fifth daughter of the 6th Earl of Clanwilliam (1914-1989).

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Orson Max Arnold Benitz (born 2026)

 Celia Rose Benitz (née Weinstock, born 1985), wife of Max Edward F. Benitz [born 1985], gave birth to a son Orson Max Arnold, 26 September, 2026, a brother for Ajax Simon Wilhelm, who was born 9 November, 2024.

Celia is the second daughter of the late Hon Simon Andrew Weinstock [1952-96], and his wife the former Laura Helen Legh [born 16 May, 1954] [now Laura Weinstock Sykes, of Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire] scion of the Barons Newton.

Max Benitz is the youngest son of Bryan Macintosh Benitz, of Wylye, Wiltshire, and his wife, nee ____ Hutchinson.

The 3rd Baron Newton [1888-1960] > Maj Hon Sir Francis Legh [1919-84] > Laura Helen Legh [b 1954] > Celia Weinstock [b 1985] > Orson Benitz (b 2026)

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Ankaret Helen Dean (nee Chetwynd-Talbot) 1932-2026

 Ankaret Helen Dean (née Chetwynd-Talbot), who died in Canada, 27 September, 2026, aged 94, was a scion of the Earls Talbot [a cadet of the Earls of Shrewsbury].

She was born 26 July, 1932, the second daughter of Squadron Leader John Arthur Chetwynd-Talbot, AFC (1905-1993), and his wife the former Helen Mary Townsend (1906-1969); and married 10 September, 1955, John Orcheston Dean, son of S.S. Dean, of Johannesburg, by whom she had issue, a son, John, and three daughters, Joanna, Philippa and Louise.

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Kingston/Dugdale marriage

 The marriage took place in September, 2026, between Ash Kingston (born circa 1995), and Fernanda Elizabeth Grace Dugdale (born 15 April, 1994), second daughter of Sir William Matthew Stratford Dugdale, 3rd Baronet (born 22 February, 1959), of Merevale Hall, Warwickshire, and his wife the former Paige Sullivan Perkins.

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James Christopher Stevenson-Hamilton, 17th of Fairholm 1933-2026

James Christopher Stevenson-Hamilton, who died 23 September, 2026, aged 93, was head of that Scots landed gentry family, the 17th of Fairholm (Feudal Baron of Kirkton & of the Burgh of Barony of Kirkstyle).

He was born at Pretoria, South Africa,  21 May, 1933 son of James Stevenson-Hamilton (1867-1957), and his wife the former Hilda Cholmondeley (1901-1979), scion of that landed gentry family; and married 9 July, 1960, Jennifer Mary Habershon (1933-2025), daughter of the Rev Edward Francis Habershon (1886-1968), and his wife the former Norah May Fairlie Dobbs (1900-1992), scion of that Irish landed gentey family, by whom he had issue, three sons, James of Fairholm & Kirton Yr (born 26 April, 1962), who succeeds as 18th of Fairholm, Andrew (born 23 Feb, 1965), and John (born 31 May, 1969).

His wife died 8 April, 2025, aged 91.

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Hon Harriet Pauline Sophia Cotterell 1943-2026

 The Hon Harriet Cotterell, who died 19 September, 2026, aged 83, was a scion of the Barons Camoys.

Harriet Pauline Sophia Stonor was born 6 January, 1943, the third daughter of Major the 6th Baron Camoys (1913-1976), and his wife the former Mary Jeanne Stourton (1913-1987), scion of the Barons Mowbray, Segrave & Stourton; and married 24 July, 1965, (Jonathan) Julian Cotterell (1940-2017), son of Maj Leonard Evelyn Cotterell (1893-1968), and his wife the former Nancy Ellinor Kidston (1901-1991), scion of that landed family of Redenham Park.

She leaves two sons, Edmund (born 29 Oct, 1967), and Rupert (born 18 June, 1969), and a daughter, Alice (born 23 May, 1966).

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Jamie Frank Wingfield Digby (born 2026)

Lucinda Charlotte Anne Wingfield Digby (nee Sewell, born 30 September, 1993), wife of Richard Francis Wingfield Digby (born 1989), scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a son, Jamie Frank, 17 September, 2026.

Richard Wingfield Digby is a son of George Richard Wingfield Digby (born18 August, 1955), of Oxfordshire, and his wife the former Frances Jane Henn (born 2 February, 1959), scion of that Irish landed family.

Lucinda Wingfield Digby is a scion of the Sewell landed gentry family, third daughter of Mark Geoffrey Sewell (born 27 May, 1955), of Idlicote, Warwickshire, and his wife the former Elizabeth Mary Alexandra Fraser (born 1957), descended from the Seymour Dukes of Somerset.

Lucinda's descent from the 5th Baron Methuen:-

5th Baron Methuen (1891-1975) > Hon Elizabeth Methuen (1928-2017) > Elizabeth Fraser (b 1957) > Lucinda Sewell (b 1993)

Lucinda's Somerset lineage:-

8th Duke of Somerset (1695-1757) > Rev Lord Francis Seymour (1726-99) > Francis Compton Seymour (d 1822) > Henry John Hyde Seymour (1795-1860) > Rev Henry Seymour (1825-1911) > Madeleine St Maur Seymour (1862-1951) > Violet Abel Smith (1896-1972) > Malcolm Fraser (1924-2019) > Elizabeth Fraser (b 1957) > Lucinda Sewell (b 1993) > Jamie Wingfield Digby (b 2026)

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Charles Fleetwood Churchill 1937-2026

 Charles Fleetwood Churchill died 24 September, 2026. He was 89.

He was born in 1937, the second son of of Brigadier Alec Palmer ffleetwood Churchill (1896-1947), of Byne House, Warminster, Wiltshire, and his wife the former Helen Mary Zwilchenbart (1901-2000), descended from the Earls of Mar & Kellie.

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Peake/Strang Steel engagement

The engagement was announced 26 September, 2026, between William J. Peake, son of Mr and Mrs Edward Peake, of Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, and Alice Charlotte Strang Steel (born 1993), scion of the Steel baronets, eldest daughter of David William Strang Steel (born 24 October, 1961), of Banchory, Kincardineshire, and his wife the former Fiona Louise Legge.

Alice is a great-granddaughter of Sir Samuel Strang Steel, 1st Baronet (1882-1961)

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Trotter/Lock engagement

  The engagement was announced 26 September, 2026, between George Frederic Kemp Trotter (born 1998), scion of that landed gentry family of Byers Green Hall, the only son of James William Dale Trotter (born 18 January, 1964), of Staindrop, County Durham, and his wife the former Nicola Mahaffy, and Tsering Yangzom Lock (born 1996), daughter of Ms Sarah Lock, of Marlow, Buckinghamshire.

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John Anthony Kenworthy-Browne 1931-2026

 John Anthony Kenworthy-Browne died 18 September, 2026. He was 94. He was a scion of that landed gentry family.

He was  educated at Ampleforth College then Wadham College, Oxford matriculated 1950. Writer and Art Historian.

He was born in 1931, the second son of Bernard Evelyn Kenworthy Kenworthy-Browne (1889-1979), head of that landed gentry family, and his wife Margaret Sybilla Hadcock (1892-1985), and was unmarried.

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Coles/Maclean engagement

 The engagement was announced 26 September, 2026, between James Rupert Edward Scott Coles (born 1989), son of the late Bruce Gordon Scott Coles [1946-2020], of East Sussex, and his former wife the former Geraldine Anne Louise [Lulu] Carter (born 20 May, 1956) now Mrs Lulu Lorimer, of Docking, Norfolk, and Kimberley-Anne Maclean, daughter of Mr and Mrs Alan Maclean, of Gladstone, Queensland.

James Coles's mother is descended from the Cradock-Hartopp baronets.

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