MOORE / Chilton engagement

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 4 Dec 2025: BARON G. A. MOORE OF MELLIFONT AND MISS H. M. CHILTON The engagement is announced between Garrett, son of The Earl and Countess of Drogheda, and Hope, daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Lockwood Chilton Jr.

Hon Garrett Alexander MOORE b 1986 yr s of 12th Earl of DROGHEDA b 1937 and Alexandra Nicolette b 1953 only child of Sir (John) Nicholas HENDERSON GCMG KCVO 1919-2009 and Mary Xenia Barber CAWADIAS OBE 1919(Athens)-2004.

Hope M d of Richard Lockwood CHILTON Jr b June 1958 (CEO, Chilton Investment Co.) and Maureen _.

Garrett’s 2020 engagement to the (then) 67 year old actress Colleen Camp did not result in marriage. She later described the pairing as ‘a joke that went too far…we never even kissed’ (Wiki citing The Hollywood Reporter). See the earlier post for that as well as discussion of the prospective groom’s incorrect style used in both engagement announcements: https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/VgIMGu3utFE/m/334dVcZFAQAJ

 

 

[Harry Merritt]

Richard Lockwood Chilton Jr., an American, is a billionaire. His many properties include Crichel House in Dorset, which he bought from the Alington/Sturt/Marten heir(s).

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[bx...@yahoo.com]

The post made me think of how many current hereditary peers and/or heirs apparent are married to Americans.

Off the top of my head, these are the ones that came to mind:

PEERS

Duchess of Sussex

Countess of Devon (they are now divorced, but their son, Lord Courtenay, is the ha)

Countess of Sandwich

Baroness Haden-Guest

HEIR APPARENT

Lord Apsley (ha to Earl Bathurst)

Others?

Brooke

[Harry Merritt]

Lord Hay, heir to Earl of Dalhousie, married Kaitlin Kubinsky of Charlotte, North Carolina

3rd Baron Cobbold married Martha Frances Boone from Alabama; family owns a chain of newspapers

12th Earl of Drogheda's first wife was Eliza Lloyd, daughter of Rachel "Bunny" Mellon of White House Rose Garden fame -- They divorced before he inherited the title.

Marquess of Lansdowne's wife Fiona is half American and his late mother was Barbara Chase, whose father was a property developer in Santa Barbara County, Calif.

Nicky Hilton Rothschild is married to the heir presumptive to Baron Rothschild

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[Harry Merritt]

Not Lord Hay, Lord Ramsay!

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Thanks, Harry.

The situation with Lord Rothschild is a bit murky.  His wife, the author Loretta Basey, has given interviews in which she says the couple has a son, but there's no further information.

Brooke