Welch / HOPKINSON-WOLLEY engagement

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 10 July 2026: Mr B. Welch and Miss M.S. Hopkinson-Woolley - The engagement is announced between Ben, only son of Mrs Christine Welch, of Hayling Island, Hampshire, and Molly, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Hopkinson-Woolley, of Lewknor, Oxfordshire.

Mariana (Molly) Sophia b 1999 reg Q4 Oxon elder d of Charles Bertram HOPKINSON-WOOLLEY b June 1964 (gs of Rev William Henry Greaves TWINING 1853-1932 of the eponymous tea makers, who was also f of the LP Baron TWINING 1899-1967) by his 1998 m reg Q3 Oxon to Alex(andra) D b c1970 d of Tony MOLYNEUX of Wroxton, Oxford.

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[S R Eglesfield]

The prospective bridegroom would appear to be the Benjamin WELCH whose birth was registered in Chichester in Q1 2000, mother's maiden name Vickers. I say this because, per company records, his mother, Mrs Christine WELCH (born 22 IV 1959), is shown as previously having had the surnames of Smedley/Vickers. I presume that she was the Christine VICKERS (mother's maiden surname Lister) whose birth was registered in Belper in Q2 1959, and whose first marriage, to Howard T SMEDLEY, was registered in Chesterfield in Q4 1979.