10th Earl of Hardwicke to marry according to Richard Kay

[Shinjinee]

The 37 year old Joe Hardwicke, 37 is engaged to be married to banking
PR Siobhan Loftus, ten years his senior, whom he met on Mustique seven
years ago and began dating in 2003. Sibhan is South-African born and
the couple will probably get married in October. She is currently
taking a year off from work at Barclays Bank to work on her second
novel set in the seventh-century Middle East.

Joe's father, Viscount Royston, died of a heart attack in 1973, and
his mother Virginia (d. 1988 aged 46) became involved circa 1976 with
the St.Vincent born Basil Charles, who ran a beachside bar for Lord
Glenconner and his friends, with whom she lived for 12 years. I
understand this was quite a scandal in the 1970s [was it the class
difference, or the race issue?]
, and that Joe and his sister were raised by their grandparents. The
article says that his paternal aunt Lady Annabel Lindsay raised him
from age 17 (!).

Now, since the bride-to-be is in her forties (rather like the bride of
the present Earl of Scarbrough), who is the heir presumptive to the
earldom?


Links:
The story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1024550/Barefoot-Earl-finds-love-last.html

The bride, Siobhan Loftus, Corporate Communications, Barclays Capital:
http://www.barcap.com/sites/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=d3aa7ab76adce010VgnVCM1000001413410aRCRD&vgnextchannel=1c6c15cd3f4f8010VgnVCM1000002581c50aRCRD

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article3156165.ece
"Siobhan Loftus, a media relations executive at Barclays Capital and
one of the new managing directors, defended the promotions, which she
said were based entirely on merit." [The Times, January 9, 2008]

[Michael Rhodes]

On 6 Jun, 10:07, Shinjinee <ssen_ro...@yahoo.com> wrote:

(......snip, snip)

> Now, since the bride-to-be is in her forties (rather like the bride of
> the present Earl of Scarbrough), who is the heir presumptive to the
> earldom?

Charles Edward Yorke, a great-grandson of the 7th Earl of Hardwicke
and second cousin of the present Earl, is h.p.

 

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[Shinjinee]

On Jun 6, 3:33 pm, Michael Rhodes <migx73allenford2...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

Thank you.

Shinjinee

[marquess]

Well unlike Scarborogh there are other heirs apart from just the one,
so if he wishes to marry a granny the earldom is likely to survive
can't say the same for Scarborogh though.

On 5 Jun, 22:33, Michael Rhodes <migx73allenford2...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

[Shinjinee]

On Jun 6, 3:33 pm, Michael Rhodes <migx73allenford2...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

> Charles Edward Yorke, a great-grandson of the 7th Earl of Hardwicke
> and second cousin of the present Earl, is h.p.

He doesn't appear to be married; however, his younger brother is
married and has two sons. [I assume born within wedlock, that is].

There are also descendants from the younger sons of the 1st Earl,
including the Yorkes of Forthampton Court, which includes the late
novelist Henry Green (born Henry Yorke) and his grandson Matthew
Yorke.

One presumes that the earldom is not in danger of dying out. It will
just skip to a descendant of a younger son, as it has done so many
times earlier.

Shinjinee

[Shinjinee]

On Jun 6, 3:58 pm, marquess <marquessmarqu...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Well unlike Scarborogh there are other heirs apart from just the one,
> so if he wishes to marry a granny the earldom is likely to survive
> can't say the same for Scarborogh though.

Is the only heir to this earldom the younger brother? It is still
better off than the earldom of Shaftesbury, down to the current earl
only.

Shinjinee

[marquess]

Yes true true! I have my fingers crossed for both earldoms.

[bx...@yahoo.com]

The heir presumptive to the Hardwicke earldom is his cousin Charles
Edward Yorke, b. 1951. He is unmarried.

Next in line is his younger brother, James Alexander, b. 1954. He is
married (in 1986) with 2 sons b. 1987 and 1991 making them both
legitimate. These are the ultimate heirs to the earldom.

There are additional males in remainder to the earldom so we won't be
seeing its demise any time soon.

As for Scarbrough, the Earl married in 2007 (although I don't know her
age) and his unmarried brother (b. 1980) is the only one in remainder.

Off the top of my head, I can think of 2 other earldoms in serious
trouble:

Lovelace --the Earl, b. 1951, has no issue and there is no one in
remainder so his passing will mark the extinction of the Earldom

Norbury-- the unmarried Earl, b. 1967 has no one in remainder so at
this point, his passing will mark the extinction of the Earldom, (One
hopes that at 41, he will still marry and produce and heir.

I know there are several others (including Kitchener of Khartoum) that
are in trouble but without flipping through Debrett's their names are
not coming to me!

All information is from DB 2008.

Brooke

[marquess]

Dunraven and Mount Earl is another one off the top of my head, along
with Egremont, the one where the heir is styled viscount percival,
also Clancarty. Kitchner is is beyond hope, as to is Dunraven and
Mount Earl