The engagement was announced 10 March, 2025, between Jack Joseph Hanbury Severn (born 4 October, 1995), the eldest son of Ross Joseph Severn (born 13 April, 1965), of London, and his former wife Zahra Patricia Anne Hanbury (born 10 April, 1971, now Mrs William Lucas), of Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, scion of the Hanbury Landed gentry family, and Melissa Jane Thornton (born 1997), daughter of Russell Peter Thornton (born 1964), of Sale, Cheshire, and his wife the former Dawn Hughes.
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The engagement was announced 8 March, 2025, between Aidan Carus Chisholm (born 29 July, 1996), son of Sir Alexander James Chisholm, KCB (born 2 January, 1968), of London, and his wife the former Lady Eliza Pakenham (born 3 November, 1966), scion of the Earls of Longford, & Emily Beatrice Weatherby (born 1997), descended from the Viscounts Bangor, daughter of Maxwell Peter Weatherby (born 26 February, 1965), of Norfolk, and his wife the former Angelique Claire Kincaid-Jackson.
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The engagement was announced 8 March, 2025, between Ralph Hugo Chamberlen (born 1997), son of Julian Seymour Chamberlen (born 1964), of Oxfordshire, and his wife the former Caroline Mary Sophie Cotton (born 20 February, 1966), & Phoebe Grace Studdert-Kennedy (born 13 July, 1996), scion of the Irish landed gentry family of Studdert, eldest daughter of the Rev Canon Andrew Geoffrey Studdert-Kennedy (born 1959), of Uxbridge, Middlesex, and his wife the former Anne M. Peppiatt
Ralph Chamberlen is descended from the St Aubyn baronets (later Barons St Levan).
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Lady Maxwell-Hyslop died 24 February, 2025, aged 80. She was the widow of Capt Sir Robert John (Robin) Maxwell-Hyslop, MP (1931-2010), who was Conservative MP for Tiverton 1960-1992.
She was the former Joanna McCosh, daughter of Thomas McCosh, of Pitcon, Dalry, North Ayrshire, and married in 1968, Robin Maxwell-Hyslop (born 6 June, 1931), scion of the Hyslop landed gentry family, son of Capt Alexander Henry Maxwell-Hyslop, RN (1895-1978), and his wife the former Cecilia Joan Bayly (1902-1954), by whom she had two daughters, Jane and Katherine.
Her husband, who was knighted in 1992, died 13 January, 2010.
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Georgina Sarah Blanshard [née Garnier, born 1989], wife of Thomas James William Blanshard [born 1989], and descended from the Barons Walsingham, gave birth to a daughter, Eliza Henrietta, 13 January, 2025, a sister for Matilda Alice, who was born 22 November, 2020, and for Arthur William, who was born 31 May, 2023.
Georgina is the third daughter of Major [James] Hugh Garnier [born 7 Apr 1948], and his wife the former Katherine Puckle.
Thomas is a son of Michael Thomas William Blanshard [born 1954], and his wife the former Philippa Janje Hardman.
Matilda's Walsingham descent:-
8th Baron Walsingham--> Hon Lavender de Grey-->Maj Hugh Garnier--> Georgina Garnier--> Eliza Blanshard.
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The engagement was announced 8 March, 2025, between Caspar Miles Courage (born 1993), scion of that landed gentry family, son of Robin Vandeleur Courage (born 1944), and his late wife the former Serena Elizabeth Allott (1956-2013), of Seaview, Isle of Wight, & Abigail L.C. Hill, daughter of Mr & Mrs Simon Hill, of Tyringham, Buckinghamshire.
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(Alexander) Michael Foulds Slinger, died 16 February, 2025. He was 86.
He was born in Lancashire, 1939, son of Milton Slinger (1904-1957), of Spring Grove, Colne, by his wife the former Edith Foulds; and married 15 April, 1967, Felicity Margaret Rowley (born 28 February, 1945), daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Joshua Rowley, 6th Baronet (1891-1971), and his second wife the former Margaret Sheila Camp (who died 12 May, 1997), by whom he had two daughters, Arabella (born 1972), and Katharine (born 1977).
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Major Peter Egerton-Warburton, who died 12 February, 2025, aged 92, was descended from the Egerton baronets and the Warburton landed gentry family.
He was born 17 January, 1933, son of Colonel Geoffrey Egerton-Warburton, DL, JP (1888-1961), and his wife the Hon Georgiana Mary Dormer, MBE (1906-1955), daughter of the 14th Baron Dormer (1864-1922).
Maj. Egerton-Warburton's home for many years was Mulberry House, Bentworth, Hampshire. He was a Captain in the Coldstream Guards. He was a land agent with Carter Jonas.
He married three times, firstly, 29 January, 1955 (div. 1958), Belinda Vera Young, daughter of James Young,; married 2ndly, 10 Nov, 1960 (div. 1967), Sarah Jessica Norman (born 16 March, 1940), scion of the Norman baronets and a granddaughter maternally of the 2nd Baron Trent (1889-1956), a daughter of Maj. Willoughby Rollo Norman (1909-1997), and his wife the Hon Barbara Jacqueline Boot. He married 3rdly, 6 June, 1969, the Hon Marya Anne Noble (born 10 Dec, 1944), scion of the Noble baronets, and daughter of the Rt Hon Michael Noble, MP, PC (1913-1984), who was raised to the peerage for life in 1974 as Baron Glenkinglas. Marya's mother was Anne Pearson, daughter of Sir Neville Pearson, 2nd Baronet (1898-1982).
Peter Egerton-Warburton leaves issue, two sons from his second marriage, Charles (born 9 Nov 1961), and James (born 1 Oct, 1963), and a son and a daughter from his third marriage, Christopher (born 19 Jan, 1971), and a daughter Louisa (twin with her brother Christopher).
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Jennifer, Lady Lloyd, who died 14 February, 2025, aged 90, was the widow of Sir Richard Lloyd, 2nd Baronet (1928-2022).
She was the former Jennifer Susan Margaret Cardiff, and was born in 1934, daughter of Brigadier Ereld Boteler Wingfield Cardiff, CB, CBE (1909-1988), head of that landed gentry family, and his wife the former Margaret Evelyn Pope (1908-1999); and married 6 June, 1955, Richard Ernest Butler Lloyd (born 6 December, 1928), son and heir of Maj Sir Ernest Lloyd, 1st Baronet, Unionist MP for East Renfrew 1940-59, and his wife the former Helen Kynaston Greg (who died 1984). Her husband succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father, 1987, and died 13 August, 2022.
Lady Lloyd leaves issue, three sons, Richard, Simon and Henry. The eldest son is Sir Richard Lloyd, 3rd Baronet (born 12 Apr, 1956).
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Sir Henry Upton Stephenson, 3rd Baronet, died 15 February, 2025. He was 98.
He was born 26 November, 1926, son of Sir Henry Francis Blake Stephenson, 2nd Baronet (1895-1982), and his wife the former Joan Upton (1901-2000), scion of that landed gentry family of Ingmire Hall; and succeeded to the baronetcy (cr UK, 1936), on the death of his father in 1982.
He married 19 May, 1962, Susan Diana Ruth Clowes (born 1942), scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Major John Ernest Clowes, TD (1908-1972), and his wife the former June Darby Philips (1921-2014), scion of that landed gentry family, by whom he had issue, four daughters, Fiona (born 2 Apr, 1964), Annabel (b 9 Aug, 1965), Emma (b 14 Feb 1968), and Lucy (born 1970).
The baronetcy now devolves upon his first cousin once removed, Matthew Francis Timothy Stephenson (who was born 24 Aug, 1960).
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The engagement was announced 4 March, 2025, between William Roland Ashley Ponsonby (born 10 September, 1995), scion of the Ponsonby baronets, younger son of Luke Arthur Ponsonby (born 15 July, 1957), of Sandford St Martin, Oxfordshire, and his wife the former Nicola Jane Guy (born 1960), and Miss Isobel Daisy Mary Jones (born 1996), the only daughter of Mr David Wyn Jones (born 31 January, 1951), of Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire, and Mrs Deirdre Anne Patrick Jones (nee Vine, born 1953), of Bayswater, London.
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The engagement was announced 4 March, 2025, between Edmund Brabazon Ponsonby (born 1989), scion of the Ponsonby baronets, elder son of Luke Arthur Ponsonby (born 15 July, 1957), of Sandford St Martin, Oxfordshire, and his wife the former Nicola Jane Guy (born 1960), and Sophia Madelein M. (Beetle) Spicer (born 1992), elder daughter of John A.L. Spicer (born 1962), of Mildenhall, Wiltshire, and his wife the former Rebecca Llewelyn Jones (born 1963).
Edmund is descended from the Marquesses of Ormonde:-
The 6th Marquess of Ormonde > Lady Martha Butler > Luke Ponsonby > Edmund Ponsonby
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Lucy India Clare Astor [nee Ponsonby, born 1991], wife of Thomas David Astor [born 1987], scion of the Barons Astor of Hever, gave birth to a son, Walter Esmond Ponsonby (Wol), 27 August, 2024, a brother for Eva, who was born 29 May, 2022.
Tom Astor is a son of [George] David Astor [born 8 July, 1958], of Ashbury, Wiltshire, by his late wife the former Marianne Piroska Julia Leche [1958-2019], and is a great-grandson of the 1st Baron Astor of Hever [1886-1971].
Lucy Astor, is a scion of the Ponsonby baronets, a daughter of Luke Arthur Ponsonby [born 15 July, 1957], of Ledwell, co Oxford, by his wife the former Nicola J. Guy, and is a granddaughter maternally of General Sir Roland Guy, GCB [1928-2005], and a granddaughter paternally of Sir Ashley Charles Gibbs Ponsonby, 2nd Baronet [1921-2010], and is a great-granddaughter of the 6th Marquess of Ormonde [1893-1971].
The 5th Baron Rathdonnell, of Lisnavagh, Rathvilly, Co. Carlow, died 28 February, 2025. He was 86.
He was educated at Charterhouse and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth; Lieutenant, Royal Navy.
Thomas Benjamin McClintock-Bunbury was born 17 September, 1938, son of the 4th Baron Rathdonnell (1914-1959), and his wife the former Pamela Drew (1910-1989); and he succeeded to the peerage (created in 1868), on the demise of his father, 13 October, 1959.
He married 2 Oct, 1965, Jessica Harriet Butler (born 17 Dec, 1940), daughter of George Gilbert Butler, of Scatorish, Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, by his wife the former Noreen Helen Colley (1910-1997), by whom he had issue, three sons, William, George and James, and a daughter, Sasha.
The eldest son, the Hon William Leopold McClintock-Bunbury (born 6 July, 1966), succeeds as 6th Baron Rathdonnell.
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Colin Patrick Russell, MBE, who died 24 February, 2025, aged 80, was kin of the Russell baronets, and was descended from the law lord the Baron Russell of Liverpool.
He was born 15 July, 1944, the thrd son of Gerald Cyril Russell (1896-1962), and his wife the former Barbara Reynolds (1901-85), daughter of Sir James Reynolds, 1st Baronet (1865-1932).
He married 7 Oct, 1978, Jessica Margaret Rainsford-Hannay (born 2 September, 1937), scion of that landed gentry family, daughter of Ramsay William Rainsford Hannay (1911-2004), and his wife the former Margaret Wiseman (1913-1994), daughter of Sir William Wiseman, 10th Baronet (1885-1962).
He leaves a son, Dr Richard Hugh Elwes (born 6 Sept, 1978), from a relationship with Jessica Mary Elwes (born 1942), scion of that landed gentry family.
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(Agnes) Valerie Livingstone, Madam Livingstone of Bachuil (née Collins), died 25 February, 2025, aged 98.
She was the former Agnes Valerie Collins, and married 1952, William Jervis Alastair Livingstone of Bachuil (1914-2008), feudal Baron of Bachuil, and Chief of the Clan Maclea, by whom she had five children, 2 sons, Niall (born 12 Nov, 1953), and Alexander (born 14 May, 1968), and three daughters, Deirdre (born 26 Jan 1956), Catriona (b 17 Sept 1957), and Morag (b 23 Sept 1960).
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The engagement was announced 1 March, 2025, between Group Capt James Niall Doyle, RAF, son of the Rev. Nigel Doyle, of Penclawdd, Gower and Mrs Gillian Loyd (nee Peake), of Blewbury, Oxfordshire, & the Hon Emily Sophia Wedgwood Benn (born 4 October, 1989), daughter of the 3rd Viscount Stansgate (born 21 Aug, 1951), and Viscountess Stansgate.
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Georgina Helena Weatherall (born 16 Sept, 1990, nee Hilton), wife of Bertram Edward Johnston Weatherall [born 1989], gave birth to a daughter, Penelope Pear, in Hong Kong, 20 February, 2025.
Bertram is the son of [Edward] Percy Keswick Weatherall, of Cowhill, Dumfriesshire, and his wife the former Clare Mary Johnston [born 1960], descended from the Paget baronets.
Georgina is a daughter of Andrew Graham Hilton [born 1953], of Battersea, London, and his wife the former Victoria Jane Sanders [now Mrs Victoria Donald, of Grouville, Jersey, Channel Islands].
Bertram Weatherall is a nephew of Isobel, Countess of Strathmore & Kinghorne, first wife of the late 18th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne.
Sir Richard Paget, 2nd Bt > Sylvia Mary Paget > Susanna Maria Chancellor > Clara Mary Johnston > Bertram Weatherall > Penelope Weatherall
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The engagement was announced 1 March, 2025, between Piers Egerton-Warburton (born 1992), scion of that landed gentry family, son of Charles Piers Egerton-Warburton (born 9 Nov, 1961), and his first wife the former Fiona Clare Bonham Carter (born 1957), scion of that landed family, and Philippa Wyndham Jones, daughter of Mr and Mrs David Wyndham Jones.
Piers descends from the Barons Dormer:-
14th Baron Dormer (1864-1922) > Hon Georgiana Dormer (1906-1955) > Maj Peter Egerton-Warburton (b 1933) > Charles Egerton-Warburton (b 1961) > Piers Egerton-Warburton (b 1992)
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(Richard) Fulke Johnson Houghton, the racehorse trainer, has died aged 84.
He was born 9 May, 1940, son of Gordon Terence Johnson Houghton (1911-1952), and his wife the former Helen Marjory Walwyn (1910-2012), a descendant of the Barons Teynham; and married 1964, Florence M.E.G. (Gaie) Goldsmith (born 1941), daughter of Maj. John Gilbert Goldsmith, DSO, MC (1909-1972), and his wife the former Annette H.B. Clover, by whom he had issue, including daughter Eve Annette (born 1967), racehorse trainer in the footsteps of her father.
Henry Roper, 8th Baron Teynham (1676-1723) > Rev Hon Richard Roper (d 1810) > Caroline Roper > Richard Henry Walwyn (1804-86) > Col James Walwyn (1838-1921) > Lt-Col Fulke James Walwyn (1875-1945) > Helen Marjory Walwyn (1910-2012) > Fulke Houghton (-1940-2025)
He was a nephew of the racehorse trainer Fulke Walwyn, CVO (1910-1991).
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