James Alexander Toby Caulfeild, who died 7 January, 2026, aged 88, was a scion of the Viscounts Charlemont.
He was born 30 March, 1937, son of Wade Toby Caulfeild (1902-1991), and his wife the former Philippa Mary Brocklebank (1911-1996); and married in 1976, Diana Penelope Pound (born 1948), daughter of Colonel Martin Pound, RM, and his wife the former Averil J. Harrison, by whom he has issue, four daughters, Harriet, Victoria, Charlotte and Sophie.
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The Lady Natasha Rose Catherine Linda Quick (nee Howard, born 1987), wife of Charles William H. Quick [born 1985], gave birth to a son, Theodore Charles Valentine, 5 January, 2026, a brother for Vincent Sam (Vinnie), who was born 15 May, 2023.
Lady Natasha is the younger daughter of the 21st Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire [1935-2022], of Charlton Park, Wiltshire, and his third wife, the former Linda Jacqueline Paravicini [born 1950], previously the wife of the 4th Viscount Bridport, and descended from the Swinnerton Dyer baronets.
Charles Quick is a son of the late Michael Quick, and his wife nee Browning, of Banwell Farm, South Mundham, West Sussex.
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Colonel Rhoderick Stuart Cochrane-Dyet, late the 9th/12th Queen's Royal Lancers, died 25 December, 2025.
He was born in 1933, a son of Colonel John Cochrane-Dyet (1894-1954), and his wife the former Mary Eleanor Berry (1898-1985), and married 1stly, 23 August, 1957 (div. 1969) Elizabeth Jennifer Jane Seymour (born 20 Oct, 1934), daughter of Almeric Hugh Seymour, CBE (1894-1950), and his wife the former Margaret Kathleen Browne (1898-1984), scion of the Marquesses of Sligo; and married 2ndly, 28 Aug, 1969, Allela Harwood Annan (born 7 January, 1940), daughter of Maj. John Annan (1912-2001), and his wife the former Pamela Harwood James (who died 9 July, 1972).
From his first marriage he leaves two sons, Charles Nicholas (born 4 Oct, 1958), and Christopher James (born 19 Apr, 1963), and a daughter, Amanda Jane (born 17 March, 1961).
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Angela Mary Horsfall (nee Firth), died in Edinburgh, 3 January, 2026. She was 82.
She was born circa Oct 1943, in Leeds, a daughter of Henry Firth (1914-1990), and his wife the former Josephine Margaret Muller (1917-2001); and married 4 December, 1965, Donald James Linton Horsfall (born 3 Oct, 1942), the second son of Sir John Musgrave Horsfall, 2nd Baronet (1915-2005), and his wife the former Cassandra Nora Bernardine Wright (1919-2009), by whom she had issue, two sons, Peter (born 1970), and Richard (1973), and a daughter, Elizabeth (born 1968).
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The engagement was announced 14 January, 2026, between Alexander Foster Lyon Stephenson (born 9 February, 1995), scion of the Stephenson baronets, the elder son of George Lyon Stephenson (born 23 Apr, 1962), of Barford St Martin, Wiltshire, and his wife the former Lucilla C. Clay (born 1964), scion of that landed gentry family, & Isobel Johanneke McEuen (born 25 November, 1999), daughter of James Stewart McEuen (born 1969), of Owston, Leicestershire, and his wife the former Katharine Johanna Lawson-Dick (born 1970).
Sir Henry Stephenson, 1st Bt (1865-1947) > Charles Eustace Kenyon Stephenson (1903-1971) > Charles Lyon Stephenson (b 1935) > George Lyon Stephenson (b 1962) > Alexander Stephenson (b 1995)
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The engagement was announced 14 January, 2026, between Jack Michael N. Richardson (born 1991), son of Kim Richardson, of Corscombe, West Dorset, and his wife nee Faber, & the Hon Alice India Violet Coe (born 1998), daughter of the Baron Coe, CH, KBE (born 29 September, 1956), life peer, the sports administrator, former politician and retired track and field athlete, who as a middle-distance runner, he won four Olympic medals, by his 1st former wife the former Nicola (Nicky) McIrvine (now Nicky, Lady Coe, of Kensington).
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Kirsty van Zeller died 3 January, 2026, in Nairobi, aged 37.
A daughter of Hugh Smith, and married 25 July, 2020, Jonathan Frederick (Jonty) van Zeller (born 1988), son of Nicholas Howard van Zeller, of Vernham Dean, Andover, by his wife the former Emma Ward Jones (born 1956), scion of the Jones baronets.
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The Hon Una Rowcliffe, who died 5 January, 2025, aged 95, was a scion of the Viscounts Slim.
She was born 1 December, 1930, daughter of Field Marshal the 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC (1891-1970), and his wife the former Aileen Robertson, DStJ (1901-1994); and was twice wed, firstly, 17 Jan, 1953 (div. 1979), Major Peter Nigel Stewart Frazer, son of Colonel Donald Frazer, of Tiverton, Devon, and married 2ndly, 1980, a his second wife, Ronald Frederick Rowcliffe (1929-2010), son of Reuben Henry Rowcliffe (1899-1972), and is wife the former Clara Elizabeth Buckingham (1898-1967).
From her first marriage she leaves three daughters, Sarah Juliet (born 15 Dec, 1953), Jennifer Jane (born 23 Nov, 1956), and Emma Mary (born 23 July, 1965).
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The Hon Lady Dalyell of The Binns died 27 December, 2025. She was 88.
She was a deputy lieutenant for West Lothian from 2001, and was appointed OBE in 2005. She was chatelaine of The Binns, the historic family home of the Dalyell family.
She was the widow of the firebrand Labour MP Sir Thomas Dalyell, 11th Baronet FRSGS (1932– 2017), known as Tam Dalyell, who was a Scottish politician who served as MP for Linlithgow (formerly West Lothian) from 1962 to 2005. A member of the Labour Party, he was best known for formulating what came to be known as the "West Lothian question", on whether non-English MPs should be able to vote upon English-only matters after political devolution. He was also known for his staunch anti-war views, opposing the Falklands War, the Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War.
She was born Kathleen Mary Agnes Wheatley, 17 November, 1937, daughter of John Thomas Wheatley (1908-1988), who was Solicitor General for Scotland from March to October 1947, when he was appointed Lord Advocate.] He was appointed a King's Counsel and a Privy Counsellor in 1947. One of his most significant achievements as a politician was the establishment of the legal aid scheme in Scotland. He was appointed to the bench, with the judicial title Lord Wheatley. In 1963, he heard the notorious divorce case of Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll. He granted the Duke a divorce and, in his written opinion, was harshly critical of the Duchess. In 1966 he was appointed chairman of the Royal Commission on Local Government in Scotland.
Kathleen's mother was Nancy Nicholl (1906-1995).
She married 26 December, 1963, Thomas (Tam) Dalyell of the Binns (born 9 August, 1932), son of Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch (who died in 1953), who was recognised in the surname of Dalyell of The Binns, by Lord Lyon King of Arms, by his wife Eleanor Isabel Dalyell (1895-1972), who succeeded her father in 1935 as a 'Baronetess' in her own right, and who died 5 Feb, 1972.
Tam Dalyell succeeded his mother as the 11th Baronet Dalyell [N.S., 1685] on 5 February 1972, but he did not use the title.2 In 1973 his claim to the baronetcy was allowed by the Privy Council. He died 26 January, 2017.
She leaves a son Sir Gordon Wheatley Dalyell, 12th Baronet (born 26 September, 1965), and a daughter, Moira Eleanor (born 25 May, 1968).
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Rear Admiral John Oliver Roberts, CB, died 27 December, 2025, aged 101.
He was a naval officer who saw service in the Second World War. Was a Midshipman on HM Ships Renown and Tartar, 1941-43; Sub-Lieutenant, HMS Serapis 1943-44; Lieutenant, 1945; HMS Triumph 1947-49; RNAS, Lossiemouth, 1949-51; Flag Lieutenant to FOGT, 1952; Lieutenant-Commander, 1953; HMAS Vengeance & Sydney, 1953-54; Commanding Officer No. 803 Squadron, HMS Eagle 1957-58; Commander, 1958; RNVR Southern Air Div 1954-56; later on Naval Staff 1962-64; Captain 1964; CSO Flag Officer Aircraft Carriers, 1964-66; CO, HMS Galatea 1966-68; Naval Staff 1968-70; Commanding Officer HMS Ark Royal 1971-72; Rear Admiral, 1972; Flag Officer, Sea Training 1972-74; COS to C-in-C Fleet 1974-76; Flag Officer Naval Air Command, 1976-78.
He was appointed CB in 1976.
He was born 4 April, 1924, son of John Vaughan Roberts, of Llangurig, Montgomeryshire.
He was four times married - firstly, on 16 June, 1950 (div. 1960), the Lady Hermione Mary Morton Stuart (1925-1969), daughter of the 19th Earl of Moray (1894-1974); married 2ndly, 1963 (div. 1987), Honor Morigold Gordon Gray; married 3rdly, 1987, Sheila Violet Mary Traub (nee Barker) who died in 2012; and fourthly, 2014, Gillian ffrench Reckitt (nee Nobbs).
He leaves a daughter, Doune Joanna, from his first marriage, and a son and a daughter from his second marriage.
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Rosa Laura L. Leigh-Pemberton (née Goodman), wife of Robert Eustace Walter Leigh-Pemberton [born 1991], scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a daughter, Primrose Merriweather Lightbody, a sister for Marigold Loveday Lightbody, born 4 November, 2023.
Rosa is a daughter of Professor Robert Goodman, of Dulwich Village, and his wife the former Susan N. Lightbody. Robert is the second son of the Hon John David Leigh-Pemberton [born 16 March, 1955], of Frinsted, Kent, and his wife the former Kathryn Felice Lampard, and is a grandson paternally of the life peer the Baron Kingsdown, KG, JP, PC [1927-2013], who as Sir Robin Leigh-Pemberton was Governor of the Bank of England 1983-1993.
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Alexandra Clutterbuck (née Boughton), wife of Henry Charles Meadows Clutterbuck (born 10 June, 1992), scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a son, Austin Robert Meadows, in Sydney, NSW, 16 December, 2025.
Henry is the son of Hugh Meadows Clutterbuck (1959-2011), by his 1st wife Camilla Nicholson (1962-2018), descended from the Barons Sudeley.
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The engagement was announced 10 January, 2026, between William Gordon Cumming of Altyre, Younger (born 4 April, 1993), son and heir of Sir Alexander Penrose Gordon Cumming of Altyre, 7th Baronet (born 15 Apr, 1954), of the Altyre estate, Forres, Moray, and his wife the former Louise Clifton-Brown (born 17 September, 1961), and Florence Isabel O'Donnell (born 1992), daughter of Simon O'Donnell, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent and his wife the former Audrey P. Hall.
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The engagement was announced 9 January, 2025, between Rory William E. Archibald (born 1995), youngest son of James Leslie Archibald (born 1962), of Coton Hall, Shropshire, and his wife the former Nicola-Jane Lucy (nee Howard, born Dec 1960), former wife of Maj Colin Piers Lister Sandbach (born 1956), scion of that landed gentry family; & Tessa Miranda Theakston (born 25 November, 1997), scion of the Theakston brewing family, daughter of Edward David Theakston (born 1962), of Jervaulx, North Yorkshire, and his wife the former Vanda Mary Chisenhale-Marsh (born 1966), scion of that landed gentry family.
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Noa Padovan (née Rataj-Mongelous), wife of Oliver Humphrey Umberto Padovan (born 1997), descended from the 1st Baron Hunsdon, gave birth to a son, Leo Georges Anderson Padovan, 8 November, 2025.
Oliver Padovan is a son of Benedict John Anderson Padovan (born 1965), of Old Burghclere, Hampshire, and his wife the former Arabella Sophie Gibbs (born 4 January, 1967), scion of the Barons Hunsdon (now Aldenham & Hunsdon).
Oliver is a great-grandson of Sir Humphrey Vicary Gibbs, GCVO, KCMG, OBE, PC (1902-1990), penultimate Gov of the Colony of Southern Rhodesia.
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The engagement was announced 9 January, 2026, between Aubrey Thomas Wood (born 1999), son of Philip J. Wood, of Stoney Heath, Hampshire, and his wife the former Lois Pirnie (born 1964), & Daisy Amelia Padovan (born 1999), daughter of Benedict John Anderson Padovan (born 1965), of Old Burghclere, Hampshire, and his wife the former Arabella Sophie Gibbs (born 4 January, 1967), scion of the Barons Hunsdon (now Aldenham & Hunsdon).
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Mary Hodges, who died 23 December, 2025, aged 81, was a scion of the Pryor landed gentry family.
She was born 29 November, 1944, younger daughter of Major Peter Pryor (1907-1980), and his wife the former Anna Margaret Pepys (1906-2000), scion of the Earls of Cottenham; and married 15 March, 1969, Roy Hodges, son of Francis Hodges, of Tangley, Shenfield, Essex, by whom she had two sons, Jeremy George Hodges (born 1972), and Jonathan Francis (Jack) Hodges (born 1976).
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Katherine Adrian Hills died 23 December, 2025.
She was born in 1939, a daughter of Guy Fairbairn Alderson-Smith (1908-1968), by his wife the former Constance Adrian Mary Mary Swan (1913-1985), & married 6 March, 1964, Colonel John Evelyn Baring Hills (1939-2009), son of Lieutenant-Colonel John David Hills (1895-1975), and his wife the Lady Rosemary Ethel Baring (1908-2004), daughter of the 2nd Earl of Cromer (1877-1953); by whom she had a son, (John) George Baring Hills (born 24 March, 1966), and a daughter, Veronica Adrian Harriet (Wonkie) Hills (born 23 Aug, 1968).
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Rosalind Averil Maitland-Carew (nee Speke), died 3 January, 2026. She was 74. She was a scion of the Speke landed gentry family.
She was born in 1951, a daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Neil Hanning Reed Speke, MC and Bar (1917-1996), of Aydon White House, Corbridge, Northumberland, and his wife the former Averil Allgood Straker (b .1920), scion of that landed gentry family of Stagshaw; and married in 1972, the Hon Gerald Edward Ian Maitland-Carew, CVO (born 28 December, 1941), the second son of the 6th Baron Carew (1905-1994), and his wife the former Lady Sylvia Gwendoline Eva Maitland (1913-1991), daughter of the 15th Earl of Lauderdale (1891-1953).
She leaves issue, two sons Edward and Peter and a daughter, Emma.
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John Alexander Coke, who died 12 December, 2025, aged 79, was a scion of the Earls of Leicester.
He was born 15 June, 1946, the eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald Edward Coke, CBE, JP (1907-1990), and his wife the former Patricia Cadogan (1916-1995), scion of the Earls Cadogan.
He was a grandson of the courtier Major the Hon John Spencer Coke, KCVO (1880-1957), Equerry to Queen Mary 1938-53, Gentleman Usher in Ordinary to King George VI , and Extra Usher in Ordinary to Queen Elizabeth II.
He married in 1980 (div, 1987) Karen Johnson.
He was a second cousin twice removed of Sarah Ferguson, lately Duchess of York, and a first cousin once removed of Jack Brooksbank, husband of Princess Eugenie of York.
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The engagement was announced 8 January, 2025, between Rupert Alexander Pelly (born 26 November, 1980), scion of the Pelly baronets, second son of William Henry Pelly (born 23 October, 1946), of Sherringtson, Wiltshire, and his wife the former Anne Byrne, & Tamsin Caroline (Tatty) Vaughan (born 1987), daughter of David H. Vaughan, of London, and his wife, the late Jane Catherine M. Vaughan (1957-2022).
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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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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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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, 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, 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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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.
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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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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.
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