SOAMES / Foster engagement

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 21 July 2021: Mr A.H.D. Soames and Miss C. Stopham - The engagement is announced between Harry, son of the Hon Sir Nicholas Soames, of London, and Mrs Catherine Soames, of London, and Constance, daughter of Mr and Mrs Toby Foster, of Stopham, West Sussex.

Arthur Harry David b 1985 s of Rt Hon Sir (Arthur) Nicholas Winston SOAMES b 1949 (s of the LP Baron SOAMES 1920-87 and Hon Mary LG 1922-2014 d of the British PM Rt Hon Sir Winston Leonard SPENCER-CHURCHILL KG 1874-1965 (gs of 7th Duke of MARLBOROUGH 1822-83) etc) and Catherine N b 1956 reg Q3 London d of Capt Anthony Edward WEATHERALL 1924-2013 and Amelia Sophie 1930-2017 d of David Johnston KESWICK (1902-76) and Nony Barbara PEASE (1900-69).

[S R Eglesfield]

The prospective bride's full name is (Alexandra) Constance Harriet FOSTER and she was born in 1990 as the eldest of the three daughters of Toby James FOSTER (born 23 I 1958) and his wife (married 1988), Arabella Charlotte Lucinda LAING (born 9 III 1960). Through her mother, she is a great-granddaughter of Sir Geoffrey William PENNINGTON-RAMSDEN, 7th Bt (28 VIII 1904 - 13 I 1986). For more details of her mother's ancestry, including descents from the 12th Duke of Somerset, the Suffield Barons, the Buxton baronets, and the Gurney landed gentry family, see http://www.thepeerage.com/p55537.htm#i555364.

Toby James FOSTER is the elder son of David Aubrey Clarence FOSTER (1930 - 17 IX 1991) and his wife Gyllian Diana Hesworth SMITH (1930 - 17 VI 2020). His paternal grandparents were Clarence Hubert Murrell FOSTER (1891 - 16 VII 1966; described in one source as "Editorial Secretary of The Children's Special Service Mission and The Scripture Union") and his wife (married 1927), Dorothy Haworth Brown CORSAR (18 II 1900 - 25 III 1995).