Lady Palmer 1929-2024

 Lady Palmer, who died 18 May, 2024, aged 94, was the widow of Major General Sir Michael Palmer, KCVO, sometime Defence Services Secretary.

She was born Jillean Monica Sherston, 7 August, 1929, scion of the Sherston landed gentry family, second daughter of Capt Geoffrey William Sherston, MC (1891-1944), and his wife the former Monica Dulcibella Barrett (1893-1980), scion of that landed family; and married in 1953, Major Gen Sir (Joseph) Michael Palmer, KCVO (1928-2017), the son of Lieutenant-Colonel William Robert Palmer, DSO and his wife Joan Audrey Palmer (née Smith), by whom she had issue, two sons, Jeremy and Jonathan, and a daughter Deborah.

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Heeney/Leeming engagement

 The engagement was announced 25 May, 2024, between Jack Alexander D. Heeney (born 1994), son of David John Heeney (born 1963), of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, and Mrs Carole Anna Heeney (nee Waters), of Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, & Teresa Mary Leeming (born 1994), daughter of Antony Richard Leeming (born 22 June, 1950), of Skirsgill Park, Penrith, Cumbria, scion of the Tempest landed family, by his wife the former Lady Elizabeth Mary Cecilia Bowes Lyon, LVO (born 23 December, 1959), a cousin of the King, elder daughter of the late 17th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne (1928-1987), of Glamis Castle, Forfar, by his wife the former Mary Pamela McCorquodale (b 31 May, 1932), scion of that landed gentry family.

Lady Elizabeth Leeming is an Extra Lady in Waiting to HRH The Princess Royal, and served the late Queen Elizabeth II in the same capacity.

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Jonathan Charles Albert Jessel (born 2024)

 Isabel Margaret L. Jessel (nee English, born 1990), wife of Thomas George William [Tom] Jessel [born 17 April, 1990], scion of the Jessel baronets, gave birth to a son, Jonathan Charles Albert (Jonny), 7 April, 2024.

Thomas Jessel is the only son of Mr Alastair John Jessel [born 19 Aug, 1959], of Pembury, Kent, by his former wife the former Gail Alexandra Patridge [now Mrs Peter Hall, of Marden, Kent].

Isabel is a daughter of the late Jonathan M.S. English [born 1964, d], by his wife the former Hannah I. Tahany [now of Wilton, Wiltshire].

The infant is a great-grandson of Sir Charles John Jessel, 3rd Baronet [born 29 Dec, 1924].

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Ludo George Quantrill McCorquodale (born 2024)

 Flora McCorquodale (nee Russell), wife of Malcolm George McCorquodale [born 1989], scion of that landed gentry family, gave birth to a son, Ludo George Quantrill, 30 April, 2024, a brother for Isla Mary Elizabeth, who was born 12 October, 2022.

Flora is a daughter of Brigadier and Mrs Bruce Russell, of Stobo, Peebleshire. Flora's sister, Emily, announced her engagement in 2020, to Rory Lees-Millais (born 1990), scion of the baronets of that name.

Malcolm McCorquodale is a son of Hamish Norman McCorquodale [born 6 Feb, 1945], of Hethe, Oxfordshire, by his wife the former Mary Anne Cookson [born 1952], scion of the Cookson landed gentry family.

Malcolm McCorquodale descends from the Barons Luke on his paternal side, and via that family the Barons St John of Bletso. Prominent McCorquodale kin include Mary Pamela McCorquodale [born 31 May, 1932], wife of the 17th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne, a cousin of  the King, and Neil Edmund McCorquodale [born 1951], husband of Lady Sarah Spencer, sister of Diana, Princess of Wales.

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Dijkstra/Molson engagement

 The engagement was announced 24 May, 2024, between Auguste A.D. Dijkstra, son of Mr and Mrs Antoine Dijkstra, of Verbier, Switzerland, & Sophie Natasha Molson (born 1995), second but eldest surviving daughter of R. Ian Molson, of Kingham, Oxfordshire, and Mrs Verena Brigid Molson (nee Cayzer, born 8 Feb, 1961), of Chelsea, London, scion of the Barons Rotherwick.

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Wingfield Digby/Sewell engagement

 The engagement was announced 24 May, 2024, between Richard Francis Wingfield Digby (born 1989), 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 Charlotte Anne Sewell (born 30 September, 1993), scion of that 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)

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Eliza Cecilia Lamarque (born 2024), great-granddaughter for the Earl of Rosebery

 Bryony Rose Lamarque (nee Barling, born 1987), wife of Victor George Lamarque (born 1986), gave birth to a daughter, Eliza Cecilia, 15 May, 2024, a sister for Myles Auberon Barling Lamarque, who was born 20 June, 2018.

Victor Barling is a son of William G. Lamarque by his former wife Lady Emma Elizabeth Anne Primrose (born 1962), daughter of the 7th Earl of Rosebery (b 1929).

Bryony Lamarque is a daughter of Mr Justice Sir Gerald Barling (born 1949), by his wife the former Myriam Frances Ponsford.

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(Andrew) Gillies Macbain

 Andrew Gillies Macbain, died 16 March, 2024, aged 81.

He was born 9 January, 1943. He married firstly, 1971 (div) Antonia Peck; married 2ndly, 1985, Rowena Mary Phillida Blunden (born 13 September, 1952), fourth daughter of Sir William Blunden, 6th Baronet (1919-1985), and his wife the former Pamela Mary Purser (1922-2017).

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The Queen attends memorial service for Capt Ian Farquhar

 The Queen joined 500 mourners at a memorial service, 23 May, 2024,  at Badminton, Gloucestershire, for her friend Capt Ian Farquhar,  the renowned horseman and legendary hunting figure who died in March, died aged 78.

Queen Camilla attended the service at the church of St Michael and All Angels, close to Badminton House, seat of the Duke of Beaufort. The Queen's former husband, Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles was among the mourners. 

Capt Farquhar, of the Queen's Own Hussars, died 6 March, 2024, at his home on the King's Highgrove estate. He was a a scion of the Farquhar baronets.

Old Etonian Farquhar, a friend of the King and Queen for many years, and sometime equerry to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, was a renowned huntsman with the Beaufort Hunt, where he was master for 34 years, and served in the Queen's Own Hussars, a cavalry regiment. He rented a farmhouse on the King's country estate in Gloucestershire.

Walter Ian Farquhar was born 11 December, 1945, the third son of Sir Peter Walter Farquhar, 6th Baronet (1904-1986), and his wife the former Elizabeth Evelyn Hurt (who died 30 Oct, 1983); and he married 18 November, 1972, Pamela Jane (Pammie), daughter of Charles Chafer, a master of the Derwent Hunt, of Pickering, North Yorkshire, by whom he had issue, three daughters, Emma (born 1977), Victoria (born 1979), and Rosanne (known as Rose) (born 1983). The Prince of Wales briefly dates Rose Farquhar in 2000 after he had finished his A-levels at Eton.

'The Captain', as he was known, was appointed a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order for his time as equerry to the Queen Mother, a distant cousin.

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Fletcher/Haig engagement

The engagement was announced 18 May, 2024, between J.P.G. (Jack) Fletcher, son of Charlie Fletcher and Domenica More Gordon of Inveresk, East Lothian, & Kirsty Louise Haig (born 27 November, 1993), scion of that landed gentry family, elder daughter of Alexander Veitch Haig (born 19 Nov, 1960), of Balfron, Stirlingshhire, by his wife the former Susan Anne Harriet Campbell.

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Rudolf Jocelyn Heinrich William Oscar von Vollmar auf Veltheim 1956-2024

 Rudolf Jocelyn Heinrich William Oscar von Vollmar auf Veltheim, who died 14 May, 2024, was descended from the Buxton baronets; born in 1956, son of Albert von Vollmar auf Veltheim (1918-2002), of Chedgrave, Norwich, Norfolk, by his wife, Mrs Victoria Lilian Roden Beeton (1919-1972) , former wife of Commander Arthur Walter Beeton, RIN, and daughter of Capt Roden Henry Victor Buxton, CBE (1890-1990), by his 1st wife the former Dorothy Alina St John (who died 1956).

Sir Thomas Buxton, 4th Bt (1865-1919) > Capt Roden Buxton (1890-1990) > Victoria Buxton (1919-72) > Rudolf von Vollmar auf Veltheim (1956-2024)

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Nicholas Mark Percy Faber (born 2024)

Stella Nony Faber (née Weatherall, born 1991), wife of Luke Christopher Michael Faber (born 1990), gaveb birth to a son Nicholas Mark Percy (Nicky), 29 April, 2024.

Stella is a scion of the Keswick family (of Jardine Matheson), daughter of Percy Weatherall (born 1957), and his wife the former Clara Mary Johnston (born 1960).

Luke Faber is a descendant of the Dukes of Devonshire, and a great-grandson of Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC, FRS (1894-1986).

9th Duke of Devonshire (1868-1938) > Lady Dorothy Cavendish (1900-86) > Lady Caroline Macmillan (1923-2016) > Mark Faber (1950-1991) > Luke Faber (b 1990)

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Nina Mary Ally Boyle (born 2024)

 Ayesha Boyle (nee Ally), wife of Richard Piers Boyle [born 1988], scion of the Earls of Cork and Orrery, gave birth to a daughter, Nina Mary Ally, 18 April, 2024.

Ayesha is a daughter of Mr & Mrs Dwight Ally. Richard Boyle is a son of the Hon Robert William Boyle [born 1948], by his wife the former Fiona Mary St Aubyn [born 1952], scion of the Barons St Levan, and a grandson paternally of the 14th Earl of Cork & Orrery [1916-2003], and a great grandson maternally of the 3rd Baron St Levan [1895-1978], of St Michael's Mount, Penzance.

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Rory Lewis David Jerome More O'Ferrall 1947-2024

Rory Lewis David Jerome More O'Ferrall, Knight of Honour & Devotion, Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and Malta, died in Marbella on 14 May, 2024, aged 76. He was a scion of that Irish landed gentry family.

He was born in 1947, son of Major George Anthony More O'Ferrall (1907-1982), and his wife the former Elizabeth Crosby Lockwood (1911-2012). He leaves a partner, Andrew McCullough.

More O'Ferrall, sometime of the De Beers diamond mining group where he spent 36 years, was an advocate for ethical practices and sustainable development. He played a crucial role in creating the World Diamond Council (WDC) and shaping the Kimberley Process to ensure ethical diamond sourcing.

After leaving De Beers Group, Rory continued his mission with the The Diamond Development Initiative (DDI), supporting small-scale diamond miners. He also remained an Honorary Life Member of the World Diamond Council. 

More O'Ferrall has numerous family connections with the peerage and landed gentry. One cousin Susan Angela More O'Ferrall, married the 3rd Baron Beaverbrook, and another, Theresa More O'Ferrall,  married the 4th Viscount Allendale. A cousin, Edward More O'Ferrall married Lady Elizabeth Hare, daughter of Lord Listowel.

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Keith Norman Guy Hungerford 1946-2024

 Keith Norman Guy Hungerford, who died 8 May, 2024, at Balmain, New South Wales, aged 77, was a scion of the Hungerford landed family (also see Burke's Irish Family Records).

He was born 8 June, 1946, son of Anthony Guy Hungerford (1912-1992), and his wife the former Meredyth Effie Thompson (died 29 Mar, 2007); and married 28 February, 1970, Carole Babington, daughter of Norman Babington, by whom he had issue, including son, Josslyn (born 17 January, 1975).

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