Rook / WALLACE engagement

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 22 Nov 2025:

MR H C ROOK AND MISS L M A WALLACE

https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/mr-h-c-rook-and-miss-l-m-a-wallace-notices_64656

Lara Mary Agnew b 1996 d of (John) Ben(jamin) Agnew WALLACE b 1958 (4xgt gs of 1st Baron BAGOT, as well 4xgt gs of 4th Earl of JERSEY) and Katherine Victoria Harriet b 1962 d of Lt-Col Iain Bruce BALLIE scion of that Scots gentry family of Dochfour (and gt gs of Baroness BURTON - 2nd holder of the title) and as her 2nd h June Marion Cloudesley d of Arthur Cloudesley SMITH by his 1922 m to Nancy Cathleen CASE.

See the post on her brother Alexander’s engagement for more detail: https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/HUHeEtnQw9A/m/AJ_KxKIMCQAJ

[S R Eglesfield]

Hugo Rook's parents are William James ROOK (born 12 II 1967) and his wife (married 1991), Tiffany Alice Vaughan ("Tiffy") BEVAN (born 2 II 1967), who is the Duchess of Norfolk's sister.

 

William Rook is the eldest son of Dr John Anthony James ROOK, MBE, FRCP (XII 1943 - 30 V 2018) and his wife (married 1966), Sarah Crundall THICKNESSE (born 22 IV 1945), of that landed gentry (LG) family. Dr John Rook was the son of Arthur James ROOK, FRCP (15 V 1918 - 30 VII 1991), a leading dermatologist, and his wife (married 1942), (Frances) Jane Elizabeth KNOTT (1 I 1920 - 24 IX 1990). Arthur Rook was the son of Sir William James ROOK, Kt (20 V 1885 - 29 XI 1958), Director of Sugar at the Ministry of Food during the Second World War.

 

Mrs Tiffy Rook is the daughter of Jonathan Stuart Vaughan BEVAN (1940 - 23 II 2007) and his wife (married 1960, as her first husband), Victoria Judith Helen LEYCESTER (born 28 XII 1940), of that family, of Hilton, Huntingdonshire, which, per Burke's Family Index (BFI), last appeared in Burke's LG in the 1952 edition. Jonathan Bevan was the son of Dr Edward Vaughan BEVAN (3 XI 1907 - 23 II 1988) and his wife (married c.1937), Joan Margot GODDARD (6 VII 1916 - 2008), the elder daughter of Reginald Stuart GODDARD (27 VIII 1890 - 25 XII 1946), the founder, in July 1931, of Chessington Zoo, Surrey.

 

Dr Edward Bevan was the third son of Prof Penry Vaughan BEVAN (20 II 1875 - 15 XII 1913) and his wife (married 20 VII 1904), Hilda Cornelia FEW (24 VIII 1876 - 20 VII 1945). One of his brothers, David John Vaughan BEVAN (1906 - 11 IV 1986) was the husband (married 1938) of the Hon Hilary Evelyn Spicer PAKINGTON (24 V 1914 - 20 XII 2007), the eldest child of the 5th Baron Hampton. His sister, Hester Vaughan BEVAN (11 VI 1912 - 27 III 1995) was the wife (married 1936) of the actor Erik CHITTY (8 VII 1907 - 22 VII 1977).

 

Victoria Leycester was the youngest daughter of Joseph Hugh LEYCESTER (12 IX 1899 - 18 V 1953) and his wife (married 1927), Gwendoline Judith WOOD (23 X 1900 - 25 XII 1972). Joseph Leycester was the youngest son of Joseph William LEYCESTER (23 I 1855 - 10 XII 1937) and his wife (married 12 I 1882), Helen Wrey REEVES (26 X 1860 - 19 XII 1951), who was herself the daughter of the Very Rev Isaac Morgan REEVES (1821 - 17 V 1905) and his first wife (married 3 IX 1857), Anna Maria Toke WREY (3 VII 1833 - 7 III 1867).

 

The Very Rev Isaac Reeves was of that family of Besborough, County Clare, which, per BFI, last appeared in Burke's LG of Ireland in the 1912 edition; his first wife was the daughter of the Rev Sir Henry Bourchier WREY, 8th Bt (5 VI 1797 - 23 XII 1882) and his first wife (married 27 IX 1827) and first cousin, Ellen Maria TOKE (1801 - 1 III 1864), of that family of Bucksford, formerly of Godington, Kent, which, per BFI, last appeared in Burke's LG in the 1952 edition.