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colinp

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Nov 19, 2025, 1:37:36 PM (9 days ago) Nov 19
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This follows on from this post where the question was asked:

"Do anyone here knows of Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish people being directly or indirectly related to British (and Irish) peerage and baronetage?"


Brooke has already pointed out the Duke of Gloucester's marriage to Birgitte van Deurs  of Denmark.  Here are some more revealed by a search of the Debrett's database.  A lot more could probably be found from the Burke's database (which also requires a subscription) as they of course have more historical information and female collateral lines which have omitted from Debrett's. This is probably enough to go on with though.  I haven't included the families of life peers unless they are related to the hereditary peerage and baronetage

This post deals with Denmark

AGNEW Bt (1895) - Sir George Keith Agnew, 5th Baronet; b 1918 d 1994 m 1948 Baroness Anne Merete Louise (d 2005) yr da of Baron Johann Schaffalitzky de Muckadell of Rodkile, Fyn, Denmark

AILESBURY M - Simon Robert Brudenell-Bruce b 1928, d 2008 m 2ndly 1986 Nina (d 2012) da of Andreas Skjoth of Kolding, Denmark

AILESBURY M - John Charles Brudenell-Bruce b 1885, d 1960 m 1st, 1913 (m diss 1925) Else da of Capt C. F. Dreschel, of Copenhagen; 2ndly 1928 m Sigrid Ellen (d 1980) da of Anders Ammentorp, of Copenhagen

AYKROYD Bt (1929) - Rory David Fleming, b 1968 m 2001 Baroness Caroline elder da of Baron Iuel-Brockdorff of Valdemars Slot, Denmark

BEAVERBROOK B - Timothy Maxwell Aitken b 1944 m 1st 1966 Annette da of Claus Hansen, of Denmark

CLINTON B/STRATHMORE AND KINGHORNE E - Anne Ferelith Fenella Bowes Lyon b 1917 d 1980 m 2ndly 1950 HH Prince Georg of Denmark (d 1986)

COOTE Bt (1621) Maj Mervyn Charles Coote RE b 1913 d 1985 m 1949 Inger Dahl (d 2001) da of Dahl Sorensen of Copenhagen, Denmark

COWDRAY V -  Hon Charles Anthony Pearson b 1956 m 1992 Baroness Benedicte (Lila) Blixen-Finecke da of Ifver Christian Iuul of Willestrup, Jutland, Denmark

CRAWFORD & BALCARRES E -  Ivan James Lindsay b 1962 m 1st 1992 (div 1994) Julie da of Mads Gad, of Skodsborg, Denmark

CROFTON Bt (1801) – the 7th Baronet m 1967 Lene da of Kai Augustinus of Copenhagen and of Mrs R. Tonnesen, of Port Elizabeth, South Africa

DUDLEY B – the 13th Baron m 1941 (ann 1965) Kirsten Laura Hedvig da of Lars Anton Albrechtson of Denmark

EGLINTON & WINTON E - Stuart Hugh Montgomerie b 1966 m 1995 Susanne only da of Benny Rehder of Fredriksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark

GAGE V - Thomas Ælla Godfrey Gage, b 1935 d 2012 m 2ndly 1983 Ina Merete da of Johan Frederik Utke Meincke, of Denmark

GRAHAM MOON Bt (1855) John Jeremy Edward Graham Moon MBE b 1932 m 2ndly 1966 Dorrit el da of Gert Andersson of Copenhagen, Denmark

GRANTCHESTER B - the 1st Baron m 1920 Mara Henrietta (Mamie) (d 1976) da of Albert Suenson, of Copenhagen

GRAYSON Bt (1922) - Godfrey Ramsay Harrington Grayson b 1913 d 1998 m 1939 Ida (d 1995) da of Sextus Hassing of Frederica, Denmark

GULL Bt (1872) -  Mark Capel James Gull b 1962 adopted m 1993 Lene Tang Rasmussen of Aarhus, Denmark

HANKEY B – the 3rd and present Baron m 1st 1963 (div 1974) Margaretha yr da of Cand-Jur H. Thorndahl of Copenhagen

HENNIKER B – the 9th and present Baron m 2ndly 1996 (div 2015) Bente da of Gudrun Toft of Odense, Denmark

HODSON Bt (1789) - Edward Charles Gerald Dalby b 1982 m 2014 Maria Jakobsen of Copenhagen

HUNTLY M - David Esme Douglas Gordon b 1937 m 3rdly 1979 Anne da of Per Thor Brockdorff-Knutzon of Copenhagen

INCHCAPE E - Hon Alan John Francis Mackay, b 1919 d 1999 m 3rdly 1955 Countess Lucie Catinka Christiane Julie (d 2003) only da of Count Curt Ludwig Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow of Denmark

LANGFORD B -  the 9th Baron,oldest ever peer, m 2ndly 1957 Grete (d 1973) da of Col E. T. C. von Freiesleben Danish Army, of Denmark

MAYO E - Richard Thomas Bourke, Lord Naas, heir apparent b 1985 m 2018 Sofie Laura Kyhn Jakobsen of Denmark

MINTO E - Rowland George Cholmley Elliot b 1949 m 1986 Ruth Skovgaard of Denmark

MOWBRAY, SEGRAVE and STOURTON B - Michael Washington Hibbert b 1946 m 1st 1972 (div 1996), Gisela, da of Paul Thomsen, of Denmark

MUNRO Bt (1634) - John Alexander Seymour Munro, b 1959: m 1979 Silvia Charlotte Maria 4th da of lKnud Johan Ludvig Count Holstein-Ledreborg of Denmark

NEAVE Bt (1795) - Digby John Sheffield Neave, b 1928, d 2015 m 1st 1958 Ulla (d 1963) da of A. B. Schmidt of Denmark

NORTH B - Michael Francis FitzGerald, b 1921 d 2000 m 1943 Anne Lise (d 2014) da of  Einar Winther of Copenhagen

NORTHESK E - Timothy Robert Blackall Connell b 1956 m 1st 1984 (div 1989) Susanne Hammer-Jensen da of Fru Birthe Jensen of Denmark

NUTTING Bt (1903) - Victoria Emily Nutting b 1975 m 2005 Mikkel Bysted Møller of Denmark

OXFUIRD V – the 13th Viscount (before he succeeded) m 1st 1967 (div 1977) Alison Campbell Jensen elder da of Neils Max Jensen of Randers, Denmark

PEASE Bt (1920) – the 4th and present Baronet m 1995 (div 1999) T C C (Cecilie) da of P H Tholstrup of Copenhagen, Denmark

PELLY Bt (1840) - Oliver Conran Maxwell b 1977 m 2007 Johanne Mygind da of Per Skovgaard of Copenhagen, Denmark

PENRHYN B - Hon Harriet Josephine Douglas-Pennant b 1972 m 2005 Claus Nicholas Garbers of Copenhagen

PIERS Bt (1661) - Edward Piers Kiero b 1970 m 2007 Karina da of Steen Leif Børglum, of Copenhagen

RAYLEIGH B - Stephen Nigel Strutt b 1952 m 1978 Liselotte Groth of Denmark

ROBINSON Bt (1908) Suzanne Moira Robinson b 1947 m 1969 J. Steen Flamand of Copenhagen, Denmark

ST GEORGE Bt (1766) - David Louis Anthony Scarcella b 1955 m 2005 Jane Jeannette da of Knud Eric Olsen and Aase née Christiansen of Skorping, Denmark

SAYE & SELE B – Jeremy Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes b 1937 m 1st 1962 (div 1972) Else Brekke da of Niels Larsen of Bandholm, Denmark

SAYE & SELE B - Ivo Martindale Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes b 1978 m 2014 Katrine Herning of Odense, Denmark

SCHUSTER Bt (1906 ext) - the 3rd Baronet m 1937 Ragna (d 1995) da of Direktor Ole Sundo of Copenhagen

SCOTT Bt (1913) - Elizabeth Henrietta Fraser-Mackenzie b 1958 m 1988 Count Thomas Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Lehn of Denmark

SIDMOUTH V – the 8th and present Viscount m 1st 1970 (div) Grete da of Paul Walter Henningsen, of Randers, Denmark

SPEARMAN Bt (1840) – the 5th and present Baronet m 1st 1994 (div 1997) Anne Stine da of Kaj Munch of Hyllinge, Denmark

ZOUCHE B - Brig Francis Norton Wentworth Gore CBE b 1906 d 2003 m 1939 Else Gurli Astrid (d 2004) da of Evald Christensen of Denmark



Paul Theroff

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Nov 19, 2025, 2:05:40 PM (9 days ago) Nov 19
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Very impressive, Colin.. .thanks!

I haven't done a deep dive, but one other example comes to mind. Lady Rosanagh Crichton married Baron Michael Raben-Levetzau, and they settled in the UK. Their children, who are Danish barons as well as grandchildren of a British Earl, seem to live in the UK.

And for one major family with Scandinavian origins, there is the Hambro family.
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Paul Theroff

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Nov 19, 2025, 2:47:44 PM (9 days ago) Nov 19
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Since I cannot post links, the Danish nobles books are called "Danmarks Adels Aarbog", and the links to individual editions are on a page at Danskernes Historie Online. Probably you can google those and get to the links.

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Nov 19, 2025, 4:31:23 PM (9 days ago) Nov 19
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From Sweden, there are the von Friesendorff baronets, who descend from Sir Johan Fredrik von Friesendorff (1617-1669), a Swedish diplomat.

Also, Alexander Cunynghame (b. 1985), whose mother, Marjatta Markus, is from Finland, is 2nd in the line of succession (behind his father) to the Cunynghame of Milncraig baronetcy.

Brooke

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Nov 20, 2025, 1:50:52 AM (9 days ago) Nov 20
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Don't forget, the first wife of the current Lord Rothschild was of aristocratic family in Denmark, Annabelle Neilson, (1969-2018).

Nick MacGregor-Sadolin

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Nov 20, 2025, 2:33:04 PM (8 days ago) Nov 20
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Dear colinp,

Thank you very much for this impressive list of Danish people related to the British peerage and baronetage.

I know some of them, and have them in my database, but absolutely not all of these connections. A handful of them I had in my database but not connected to their present or past British spouse.

Your list contains some much that you will keep me busy researching for a while. Especially the ones (around half of them) which I do not know of.

Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland are small countries. The UK has a population of around 70 million people, while the Nordic countries all together has a population of around 29 million people.




Historically, there has been a lot of migration between these five countries and many cross-country marriages. Except if you are what some people call a pure Danish “pork and potato” family, you, as a Dane likely, are a mix-up of some of these countries as well as Germany (the various states). Both my late parents were.

Earlier, there was this idea that well-off or well-connected families sent their sons to Germany, France and the UK, to learn a particular sector of business, while their daughters were sent to the same countries – either to learn to be a “lady” of the house or to learn how to manage a household or to simple to learn how to be a good servant. Some of these never returned, but continued their lives in these countries – often marrying.

To get the bigger picture, I have a request for you:

Could I ask you kindly to make similar lists for Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, if it of course do not take too much time for you? (Not knowing how you pull the data.) I promise you, that I will read every since letter in it. 

Thank you very much again!


Nick MacGregor Sadolin

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Dear Paul,

Not all but most Danmarks Adels Aarbog (literally: Denmark's Nobility Yearbook) editions - going from 1884 and until 2009-2011 (as far as I remember it) are online now - for download as pdf-files.

You find them here (click the "green bottom" for a list of them):





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Dear Brooke,

Thanks - and exactly my point mentioned to colinp.

There also Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and Icelandic people married into the British families, and often these Scandinavian/ Nordic people are connected to other people (families) - by ancestry - in the other Scandinavian / Nordic countries.


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thanks, yes... I have downloaded most of them some time ago. I was trying to post links for downloads but my posts kept getting deleted.

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Dear LeighRayment,

In my younger days, I knew the late Annabelle Neilson. Later I have not been able to establish any Danish / Scandinavian / Nordic ancestors for here. I am not sure she, herself, was aware of this.

However, I might have missed something or not gone too far back. Here is what I have on her:



Could I kindly ask you to enlightened me?


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My mistake it seems.  I thought wrongly it was Danish, but I m mistaken. 


Just because the other Ladies of London stars don't have official titles like their fellow cast members doesn't mean they don't have royal connections of their own. Annabelle Neilson was also born into an aristocratic family with her mother having the noble title of marquesaCaroline Stanbury also famously dated Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, many years ago after his divorce from wife Sarah Ferguson. We saw Marissa Hermer freak out over the birth of the Royal Baby in Season 1 of Ladies of London. And now that there's a viscountess and baroness on the show, Juliet has said that she's hoping the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton will be her next "BFF." Aren't we all?

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Brooke has already mentioned the von Friesendorff Baronets who are a Swedish baronial family.  Here is my Sweden list:

AGNEW Bt (1895) - Gavin Mark Mayhew b 1971 m 2004 Thérèse da of late Harry Lindqvist of Stockholm

ARBUTHNOT Bt (1823) - Group Capt Terence John Arbuthnot RAF b 1906 d 1995 m 1937 Karin Gunborg (d 1983) da of Carl Adolph Sundgren of Hudiksvall, Sweden

ATHOLL D - Jean Margaret Murray b 1951 m 1975 Nils Bertil Eidestedt of Sweden

BALDWIN OF BEWDLEY E – the 5th and present Earl (lives in Sweden) m 2015 Johanna Maria Karin Birgersson da of Arne Thor and Karin Birgersson

BARTLETT Bt (1913)- Carol Anne Bartlett b 1948 m 1st (div) Mr Anderson of Sweden

BARTLETT Bt (1913) - Peter Mandeville Bartlett b 1960 m 1992 Suzanne Eva Marie da of Goüran Sture Stache of Sweden

BATH M - Bevil Grenville de Jenner Thynne b 1947 m 1970 Gertrude Dagnie da of Arvid G. Ekman of Sweden – his father Maj John Grenville Thynne b 1917 d 2001 m 1st 1946 Baroness Marianne Madeleine (d 1990) da of Baron H. R. de Jenner of Château de Landshut Berne (Swedish baronial family???)

BATH M - Christopher John Grenville Thynne (son of the above) b 1972 m 2002 Karin Annika da of late Hans O. Helmstein of Trollhättan, Sweden

BLENNERHASSETT Bt (1809) - Celina Mary Charlotte Blennerhassett b 1973 m 2005 Peter E. W. Bernström of Ystad, Sweden

BOWYER Bt (1661) – William Windham b 1978 m 2021 Emma Lisa eldest da of Karl Erik Jagare of Stockholm

BRADFORD Bt (1902) - Ronald James Knight Bradford b 1958 m 2ndly 2005 Jennifer Marie Sarvary da of Mrs Rosemarie Sarvary of Eskilstuna, Sweden

BROUGHAM and VAUX B - Hon David Peter Brougham b 1940 d 2012 m 1st 1969 (m diss 1976) Moussie Christina Margareta Hallstroüm da of Sven Hörnblad of Stockholm

BROUGHAM and VAUX B - Henry Peter Brougham (son of above) b 1971 m 2003 Andrea I. C. elder da of Klas Hökerberg of Stockholm and of Mrs Adrienne Florman also of Stockholm

BUTE M - Lord Patrick Crichton-Stuart  b 1913 d 1956 m 1st 1937 Jane (d 1944) da of Capt von Bahr of Stockholm

BUXTON Bt (1840) - Robert Alexander Buxton b 1984 m 1st 2012 Anna elder da of John McKenna of Richmond Virginia USA and of Mrs Margareta Truedsson-McKenna of Sweden

CADOGAN E - Erik Cadogan b 1913 d 1990 m 1939 Lory Caroline Elisabeth who d 2006 da of Count Hans Gotthard Wachtmeister of Sweden - his father John Cecil Cadogan b 1883 d 1970 m 1911 Ella (d 1971) da of Gustav Krafft –Swedish?

CAIRNS E - Francis [Frank] John Hugh Cairns b 1942 d 2025 m 1983 Ulla Agneta [Mouche] yr da of Sten Bylander of Gothenburg, Sweden

CARLISLE E - Janet Temple b 1954 m 1st 1977 (div 1982) Björn Sten of Stockholm

CHANCE Bt (1900) - Henry Charles Hugh Chance b 1969 m 2008 Sara Margareta da of Bertil Hedberg of Näsbypark, Sweden

CHICHESTER E - Maj Anthony George Pelham b 1911 d 1969 m 1938 Ann-Margret (d 1990) da of late Axel Bergengren of Borås, Sweden

CHICHESTER E - Rev Thomas Bertram Pelham b 1915 d 1984 m 1948 Gudrun Elisabeth (d 2010) da of late Rev Uno Axel Valdemar Almgren of Gothenburg, Sweden

CLARKE Bt (1882) - Francis Brookes Clarke b 1940 m 2ndly 1979 Countess Vivica Ewa Louise Catharina da of Count Carl Gustaf Wilhelm Spens of Sweden

COURTOWN E - Michael John Stopford b 1953 m  2ndly 2016 Elisabeth Ragnhild da of Ulf Herman Tryselius of Stockholm

DE TRAFFORD Bt (1841) - Rachel Samantha de Trafford b 1967 m 1991 Bengt G. Sjoüberg of Stockholm

DE SAUMAREZ B – the 5th Baron m 1914 Gunhild (d 1985) da of Maj-General Viktor Gustaf Balck KCMG of Stockholm

DEVONPORT V - Patrick Richard Hudson Kearley b 1935 m 1962 Susanna Brigitta da of Carl Erik Ringberg of Stockholm

DIGBY B - Robin Paul Digby b 1944 m 1966 Marja Birgitta da of Helmer Haüggloüf of Njurunda, Sweden

DUDLEY B - Piers William Somery Wallace b 1965 m July 2004 Marilyn Janet (d Nov 2004) da of Leif Huus of Stockholm

ERNE E – the 6th Earl m 1980 2ndly Anna Carin da of Sven Andres Bjorck of Gavle, Sweden and formerly wife of Mr Hitchcock 

GOULDING Bt (1904) - Ossian Goulding b 1913 d 2001 m 2ndly 1943 (div 1962) Yasuko Elisabeth Katherine da of Lennart Tham of Husqvarna, Sweden

GREY E - Lt-Col Arthur James Herbert Grey b 1880 d 1960 m 2ndly 1925 Anna (d 1995) da of Axel Vennersten Grand Marshal to Court of Sweden and formerly wife of (1) Gosta Otto Rudolf Axelson von Schoultz and (2) Per Hugo Huitfeldt

HAMPDEN V - Thomas Edward Hodgson b 1981 m 2012 Amalia Ella Blanka da of late Ambassador Lave Johnsson of Helsingborg, Sweden

HANKEY B - Hon Adele Bevyl Alers Hankey b 1933 d 2023 m 1964 (div 1987) Dr Erik Emil Änggård of Stockholm

HANSON Bt (1918) - James Montrose Stuart Graham-Cloete b 1975 m 2007 Susann Linnea Wastelius eldest da of Birger Jansson of Salbohed Sweden and of Mrs Peter Wastelius of Kungsör, Sweden

HILL V – Julian Hill b 1932 d 1999 m 1956 Ruth Monica yst da of late Paul Sekvens Toll of Stockholm

HUNTINGFIELD B - Hon Andrew Nicolas Armstrong Vanneck MC b 1890 d 1965 m 2ndly 1939 Britta Ingeborg Nilsdotter (d 1998) only da of Count Nils Gustaf Bonde of Stockholm

HYDE PARKER Bt (1681) - Laurence Edmond Hyde Parker b 1912 d 1994 m 1953 Margarethe Van Thoürne (d 2003) da of Mrs Ditlef Nielsen of Gothenburg, Sweden

INNES Bt (1628) - Lesley Kellie Dalton b 1971 m 2003 Kurt Magnus Kangas of Sweden

LEIGH Bt (1918) - the 3rd Baronet m 1st 1952 (div 1977) Barbro Anna Elizabeth el da of late Stig Carl Sebastian Tham of Sweden

LINLITHGOW M/HOPE OF CRAIGHEAD LP - Hon James David Louis Hope b 1969 m 1996 Maria-Pia Midenbäck of Jönköping, Sweden

MANDER Bt (1911) – the 4th and present Baronet m 1972 Karin Margareta yr da of late Gustaf Arne Norin of Sweden

MARLBOROUGH D - John George Spencer Churchill b 1909 d 1992 m 4thly 1958 (div 1972) Anna Gunvor Maria (Lullan) (d 2002) da of Johan Janson of Kristianstad, Sweden and widow of Granger Boston

McWEN Bt (1953) - Hugo Gabriel McEwen b 1965 m 1996 Monica yst da of Lennart Blom of Stockholm

MINTO E - Hon Michael Timothy Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound b 1987 m 2017 Emma Maria da of Malte and Gerd Björkström of Sweden

MORDAUNT Bt (1611) - Robin Charles Mordaunt b 1909 d 1998 m 1940 Brita who d 2011 da of C. Thoren of Sweden

MURRAY Bt (1628) - James Wolfe Murray b 1931 d 2021 m 1st 1961 (div 1969) Baroness Catherina Ingrid Madelaine da of late Baron Eugene Fredrik Christer Con Stedingk of Sweden

MURRAY Bt (1628) -  Tatjana Thesy Isma b 1965 m 2000 Svante Jacobsen of Sweden

NORMAN Bt (1915) - Nigel Desmond Norman CBE b 1929 d 2002 m 2ndly 1965 Mrs Boel Elisabeth Holmsen only da of late Gösta Suenson of Sweden

NORTH B (Abeyant) - Edward John North b 1940  m 1st 1967 Margreth Ekstrom of Sweden

NUTTALL Bt (1922) – the 4th and present Baronet m 2ndly 2002 Dalit da of late Isaac Cohen of Stockholm

OHLSON Bt (1920) originally a Swedish family (from Anders Ohlson of Fellingsbro, Sweden)

ONSLOW E - Thomas Edward Williams b 1976 m 2008 Johanna Sofia Gråhns of Sweden

PETRE B - Prof Thorlac Francis Samuel Turville-Petre b 1944 m 1967 Ingrid Elisabeth da of Rudolf Zimmerlund of Stockholm

PETO Bt (1855) - Anthony Peto b 1907 d 1994 m 1936 Baroness Barbara Wrangel (d 1987) da of Baron Hermann Wrangel of Genarp, Sweden

PETRE B - Benjamin Charles Petre Hancock MBE b 1971 m 2008 Linda Charlotte da of Thomas Henrysson of Gislaved, Sweden

PORTMAN V - Lt-Col Gerald Berkeley Portman RA b 1903 d 1954 m 3rdly 1950 Mai Elisabeth (d 1979) da of Samuel Wohlin of Brevik, Sweden

PROBY Bt (1952) - James Douglas George Mills b 1972 m 2000 Victoria only da of John Marcks von Würtemberg of Stockholm

RATHCAVAN B - Hon Sir Con Douglas Walter O’Neill GCMG b 1912 d 1988 m 2ndly 1954 Baroness Carola Hertha Adolfine Emma Harriet Luise (Mady) (d 1960) eldest da of late Baron Max von Holzing-Berstett and widow of Baron Wilhelm Pleikart Marschall von Bieberstein; 3rdly 1961 Mrs Anne-Marie Lindberg who d 2006 da of late Bertil Ljungstroüm of Stockholm

ROBOROUGH B – the 4th and present Baron m 2ndly 2015 Anastasia Christa Bireitta Klewhag of Lund, Sweden

RODEN E – the 10th and present Earl m 2ndly 1986 Ann Margareta Maria da of late Dr Gunnar Albert Philip Henning of Gothenburg, Sweden

SACKVILLE B - William Lionel Cunliffe Sackville-West b 1967 m 1st 1993 (div 1998) Annika da of Kurt Lennartsson of Västeras, Sweden

SELBY V – the 6th and present Viscount (resident in Sweden) m 2024 Amanda Blomquist

SELBY V – the 5th Viscount Selby m 1992 (div 1995) Charlotte Cathrine yr da of Rolph Brege of Lomma, Sweden 

SHAFTESBURY E –the 10th Earl m 2ndly m 1976 (div 2000) Christina Eva Casella da of Nils Montan of Sweden

SHREWSBURY E - Edward Barnaby Martin b 1975 m 2010 Karin yr da of Gustaf Wahlberg of Kristianstad, Sweden

SOMERS B - Rev Michael Dearden Somers b 1928 d 2022 m 2ndly 1983 Gertrud Birgitta yst da of Johan Axel Evald Svarén of Sjoüsa, Sweden

STAFFORD B - Simon Mwenda Trappes-Lomax b 1968 m 1st 1993 (div 2001) Marie-Christine Michaela da of late Michael Edward Skrutkowski of Bromma, Sweden

STOCKENSTRÖM Bt (1840 extinct 1957) – 1st Bt was Swedish, son of Anders Stockenström and later of South Africa

STRAFFORD E - Hon Julian Francis Byng b 1938 m 1st 1966 (div 1983) Ingela Brita da of Axel Berglund of Stockholm

STYLE Bt (1627) - Lt-Cdr Sir Godfrey William Style CBE DSC b 1915 d 2000 m 2ndly 1951 Sigrid Elisabeth (d 1985) da of late Per Stellan Carlberg of Jönköping, Sweden

TANKERVILLE E – the 8th Earl m 2ndly 1930 Violet (d 2003) da of Erik Pallin of Stockholm

TRENCHARD V - Hon William James Trenchard b 1986 m 2019 Amanda K. M. da of Thomas Karlsson of Stockholm

VERNEY Bt (1946) - Christopher Ralph Evelyn Verney b 1948 d 2016 m 1976 Madeleine da of late Gunnar Lindberg of Stockholm

WESTMORLAND E - George Martin Cardale b 1970 m 1998 Annica da of Bo Henning of Stockholm

WYNFORD B - Thomas Matthew Best b 1973 m 2006 Frida Ulrika da of Sören Norling of Stockholm

YOUNG Bt (1813) - Jocelin Slingsby Winthrop-Young OBE b 1919 d 2012 m 1st 1951 (div 1973) Countess Ghislaine (d 1987) da of late Count Gustaf De la Gardie of Sweden


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Nov 22, 2025, 12:57:42 PM (6 days ago) Nov 22
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Dear Colinp and Brooke,

Thanks for this amazing list, where I reorganize many of the surnames.

For some reason, many Scottish clan members went to Sweden, and some of these became a part of Swedish titled and untitled nobility, and therefore you still today have many - and some large - Swedish noble families med Scottish clan names.

While we are at it, do you have anyone from Norway, Finland and Iceland?

Again, thank you very much!

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The late Queen Elizabeth II was a second cousin of the present Norwegian monarch, Harald V, as they shared the same great-grandparents, King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra (daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark) of Great Britain.

Brooke

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Nov 23, 2025, 7:54:23 AM (5 days ago) Nov 23
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Only one from Iceland:

QUEENSBERRY M - Francis Maxwell Douglas KC b 1946 m 1st 1972 (div 1995) Sigrun Kristin BALDVINSDOTTIR da of Baldvin Einarsson of Reykjavik, Iceland


Sergey D

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Nov 23, 2025, 10:15:10 AM (5 days ago) Nov 23
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Speaking of 'Scots-Swedish' noble families: I believe Rosita, Duchess of Marlborough (the 3rd wife of the 11th duke) belongs to the family of Swedish counts Douglas.

BREMENMURRAY

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Nov 24, 2025, 11:19:09 AM (4 days ago) Nov 24
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The King is great nephew of Queen Louise of Sweden and King Gustav VI Adolf

Richard Carton

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Nov 24, 2025, 12:00:19 PM (4 days ago) Nov 24
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There is also a more remote connection (first cousin to a great-grandparent, King George V) through King Gustav Adolf's first wife, Margaret of Connaught, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, who tragically died from sepsis.in 1920.
Queen Louise, the second wife, was a sister to Mountbatten, so that connection comes through the King's father. 


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BREMENMURRAY

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Nov 25, 2025, 6:53:24 AM (3 days ago) Nov 25
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Also parents of Queen Ingrid of Denmark grandmother of King Frederick X

colinp

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Nov 25, 2025, 7:37:34 AM (3 days ago) Nov 25
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My Norway list:-

AMPTHILL B - John Drummond Athelstan Russell b 1948 m 1968 Mai Toril da of late Finn Kristian Tennfjord of Norway

ANGLESEY M - Richard Neville Mitchell Paget b 1964 m 1990 Eli Sondenaa of Bryne, Norway

ANGLESEY M - Peter Jeremy Valentine Paget RD b 1933 d 2016 m 1st 1963 Helene Boye Hansen (d 1978) of Ormoy, Stavangar, Norway

BARRINGTON Bt (1831) - Major John William Barrington m 2ndly 1986 Evelyn Carol Paterson (d 2011) da of late Oscar Broten of Oslo

BETHELL B - Alistair Peter Brown b 1955 m 1977 Eva Jacobsen of Norway

COBHAM V - Robert Arthur Kemp-Gee b 1984 m 2012 Johanna S. da of Ing Edoardo Polli of Milan and of Fru Hilde Sole of Oslo

CONGLETON B – the 8th Baron m 1955 Anna Hedvig da of G. A. Sommerfelt of Oslo 

COWDRAY V - Hon Eliza Anne Venetia Pearson b 1988 m 2ndly Leif Christian Kvaal financier of Norway

CROSS Bt (1941 ext 1948) - Richard N H Taylor b 1961 m 1985 Synve Fosse-Opsahl da of Professor Torkel of Rodnes, Norway

CUNLIFFE Bt (1759) - Joanne Lorn Gile b 1951 m 1972 Svein Michaelsen of Bergen, Norway

DUNSANY B - Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax b 1958 m 3rdly 2009 Elsebet eldest da of Edward Bødtker of Oslo

ELTON B – the 1st Baron m 1921 Dedi (d 1977) da of Gustav Hartmann of Oslo

EVANS-BEVAN Bt (1958) - Huw Evan Evans-Bevan b 1971 m (Jan) 2010 Elizabeth da of Erling Saevareide of Herøy, Norway

GEDDES B - Maj Hon David Campbell Geddes TD PhD b 1917 d 1995 m 1948 Gerda (d 2006) da of late Gerdt Meyer Bruun of Bergen, Norway

GREY E - Charles Spenser Grey b 1959 m 1988 Berit da of Ivar Stokke of Oslo

HOLLENDEN B – the 3rd Baron m 1945 Sonja (d 2014) da of Thorolf Sundt of Bergen, Norway

HOME E - Maj Hon Henry Montagu Douglas-Home MBE b 1907 d 1980 m 2ndly 1947 Vera Bugge (d 1963) da of late Carl Herman Jensen of Oslo

INCHIQUIN B -  Geraldine Moira O’Brien b 1945 d 1987 m 1968 Rolfe Elholm of Bergen, Norway

JERSEY E – Alexander Child-Villiers b 1961 m 1st 1988 (div 1993) Linda-Benedicte da of Bjørn-Arild Solheim of Oslo

JOHNSON Bt (1818) – the 8th and present Baronet m 1980 (div 1989) Rose da of Olav Alfheim of Namibia formerly of Norway 

MIDDLETON B - John Nigel Willoughby b 1942 m 1965 Mrs Mette Ellefsen Nybo da of Ellef Fredrik Ellefsen of Norway

MOUNTEVANS B – the 1st Baron m 2ndly 1916 Elsa (d 1963) da of Richard Andvord of Norway

MURRAY Bt (1628) - Chanette Pauline Catharina Wolfe Murray b 1964 m 1990 Karl-Johan Roihjert of Norway

NAPIER & ETTRICK L - Maj Archibald John Robert Napier b 1894 d 1967 m 1926 Lilian Gray Delphin (d 1979) da of Christopher Delphin Petersen of Norway

NORTHBROOK B - James Francis Stewart Macpherson b 1983 m 2019 Elise H K da of Finn Erik Midelfart of Oslo

POWERSCOURT V - Camilla Louise Pegg b 1971 m 1999 Alexander Plows of Norway

RALEIGH B - Antony Geoffrey Strutt OBE b 1913 d 1995 m 1st 1939 (div 1951) Ebba (d 199-) da of Lief Lunderbye of Oslo

SAYE & SELE B - Nicholas Vladimir Landell-Mills b 1967 m 2001 (div 2005) Annette da of Rickhard Abelsen of Oslo

SELBY V - Jonathan Briscoe Moreton Frewen di Tuttavilla b 1953 m 1979 (div 2010) Anita Louise yr da of late Nils J. L. Grebstad of Sykkylven, Norway

SHIFFNER Bt (1818) - Elizabeth Marilyn Shiffner (Tananger Norway) b 1953 m 2ndly 1993 (div 2003) Morten Brendefur 3rdly 2006 Johan Severin Andreassen

SLIGO M - Patrick Ulick Anthony Howe Browne b 1935 m 1st 1962 (div 1985) Gerd da of Anders Hamer of Norway

STRATHMORE & KINGHORNE E - James Francis John Bowes-Lyon b 1979 m 2016 Constanse da of Prof Leif Kristoffer Mjeldheim-Sandal of Bergen, Norway

SULLIVAN Bt (1804) - Michael Francis Sullivan b 1936 m 1st 1957 (div 1978) Inger only da of Arne Mathieson of Oslo

TROUBRIDGE Bt (1799) - Maj Edward St Vincent Troubridge RM b 1930 d 1992 m 2ndly 1974 Patricia Barbara da of late Maj Chevalier Hannibal Alexander Scicluna OBE of Sliema Malta and formerly wife of late Cmdr P. G. Nelson of Oslo

VIVIAN B - Hon Victor Anthony Ralph Brabazon Vivian b 1940 d 2013 m 1966 Inger Johanne yr da of Advokat Per Gulliksen of Sandfjord, Norway

WHITEHEAD Bt (1899) – the 5th Baronet m 1954 Marie-Louise (Isa) da of late Arnold Christian Gausel and Martha Ellinor Olsen of Stavanger, Norway 

WIGRAM Bt (1805) - Harry Michael Procope b 1977 m 2008 Ingrid K. only da of Knut Lydvo and of Mrs Inga Maj Hagerud of Voss, Norway

WIGRAM Bt (1805) - Susanna Dora Wigram b 1966 m 1998 Stener Richard Vogt of Norway

WILLIAMS-BULKELEY Bt (1661) – Michael Williams-Bulkeley b 1943 m 1968 Ellen-Marie elder da of Leif Falkum-Hansen of Oslo


colinp

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Nov 25, 2025, 1:00:51 PM (3 days ago) Nov 25
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and Finland - Brooke has already mentioned the Cunynghame connection but I have included it for the sake of completeness:

BARCLAY Bt (1668) - Alastair John Campbell b 1969 m 1998 Terhi Hannele Hölltä (d 2008) of Nastola, Finland

BERNERS B - Sally Grace Tyrwhitt Gordon b 1984 m 2010 Antti Erkki Untamo Aitio of Helsinki

CUNYNGHAME Bt (1702) - John Philip Henry Michael Selwyn Cunynghame b 1944 m 1981 Marjatta 2nd da of Martti Markus of Muhos, Finland

CURTIS Bt (1802) - Hugh (Hugo) Frederick Curtis b 1941 m 1970 Maija Kaarina da of Aulis Samuli Pyy of Helsinki

FORBES Bt (1823) - Tyler Christopher Forbes b 1978 m 2014 Emmaliina Elisabeth da of Pertti Olavi Nyman of Oulu, Finland

HARRINGTON E - Christopher David Davis b 1965 m 1999 Nora Emilia Aulikki da of Klaus Kerppola of Finland

KINDERSLEY B - Hon Rebecca Kindersley b 1985 m 2014 Lauri Mikael Larjo of Helsinki

LONDONDERRY M - Charles Stewart M'Donnell Vane-Tempest MBE b 1921 d 2008 m 2ndly 1957 Maija-Liisa (d 2005) da of Col Erkki Elias Puomi

LONDONDERRY M - Charles Erkki William Vane-Tempest (son of above) b 1958 m 1981 (div 2004) Stina Maria Veronica da of late Per-Erik Törnblom of Finland; Donald John Ernest Vane-Tempest (son of above) b 1961 m 1985 Pirkko Maritta da of Vaino Salminen of Finland; Harold Michael St George Vane-Tempest (son of above) b 1962 m 1987 Merja Anneli da of Teuvo Karinkanta of Finland

LOUDOUN E - Paulyn Armand de Fresnes b 1949 d 2011 m 1973 (div) Kaija da of Dr Franf of Finland

MacGREGOR Bt (1795) - Alpin Findanus MacGregor of Cardney b 1941 m 1965 Maria Christina Elisabeth yr da of Dage Collin Brunow OBE of Finland

MACNAGHTEN Bt (1836) - Philip Martin Macnaghten b 1965 m 1st 2002 (div) Eava da of Tapio Sointu of Finland

MARGESSON V –the 2nd Viscount m 1958 Helena da of late Heikki Backstrom of Oulu, Finland 

NORMANBY M - Daphne Margaret Phipps b 1929 m 1948 Barry E. A. Valttila d 2015 – her son Christopher Tony Valttila b 1953 m 1977 Mirja Kaarina née Heimonen of Finland

NORTHESK E - Timothy Robert Blackall b 1956 m 2ndly 1997 Dr Terttu Johannes da of Dr Rauno Heikinheimo of Finland

PRESTON Bt (1815) – the 8th Baronet m 1980 Kirsi Sylvi Annikki da of late Eino Yrjoü Pullinen of Finland 

REAY L – the 15th and present Lord m 2010 Mia Janette elder da of Markus Ruulio of Helsinki

SALUSBURY-TRELAWNY Bt (1628) - James Reginald Dorrington Salusbury-Trelawny b 1908 d 1980 m 2ndly 1971 Vieno Helina (d 2009) yr da of late Vaüinoü Junno of Finland

SIMEON Bt (1815) - John Power Barrington Simeon OBE b 1929 d 2000 m 1st 1951 (div 1955) Margareta Valborg Johanna only da of late Erik Ahlstrom of Norrmark, Finland

STRADBROKE E - John Joseph Cockin b 1970 m 2001 Sirkku da of Risto Hayrynen of Finland

WHELER Bt (1660) - Glynne Henry Trevor Wheler b 1941 m 1974 Annamari da of late Col Kauko Paimela of Hameenlinna, Finland

WYNFORD B - Thomas Matthew Best b 1973 m 2006 Frida Ulrika da of Sören Norling of Stockholm Sweden and of Mrs Anja Hallikainen of Helsinki Finland


Nicholas Mander

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Nov 26, 2025, 7:23:53 AM (2 days ago) Nov 26
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I have a couple of cousins, apart from a wife, with Scandinavian connections, I think missed here:

Ailwyn Henry George Broughton, third Lord Fairhaven (of Lode), JP, DL, KStJ, Vice Lord Lieut. of Cambridgeshire, Knight of the White Rose of Finland, Senior Steward of Jockey Club, Major Royal Horse Guards, of Anglesey Abbey, Cambs. (born 16 Nov 1936), son of the Rt Hon. Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Lord Fairhaven of the 2nd creation, etc., married 23 Sept 1960, (Kathleen) Patricia Magill (born 2 Jun 1940), daughter of Gunvor Maria-Theresa Enckell (born Turku/Åbo, Finland, 13 Sept 1909; died Cambridge, 30 May 2004), elder dau. of (Karl) Allan Hjelt, of Helsingfors and Stockholm, Finnish consul and art collector, by his first wife Margit Spoof.

 

Sir Francis Henry Douglas Charlton Whitmore, 1st Baronet, KCB, CMG, DSO, TD, JP, married as his second wife, Ellis Christense Lampe Johnsen (born 29 Aug 1904, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway; died 12 Oct 2001, Orsett, Felsted, Essex), daughter of Knud Christian Johnsen (born 5 Jun 1880, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway; died 1946, Norway) by Thora Lampe (born 4 Sept 1881, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway; died 1975, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway). She was the mother of John Whitmore, second baronet, who d.s.p., when the baronetcy became extinct.


Nicholas Mander

S. S.

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Nov 26, 2025, 8:20:26 AM (2 days ago) Nov 26
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another Icelandic one. 

Campbell-Savours, B [L]. The present life peer married 1970, Gudrun Kristin Runolfsdottir, da of Runolfur Oskar Thorgeirsson, of Reykjavik, Iceland

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