CRANSTOUN / Rhys-Evans engagement

[Richard R]

From the Times of 5 June 2024: THE MASTER OF CRANSTOUN AND MISS O.F. RHYS-EVANS - The engagement is announced between Alexander John George, Master of Cranstoun, elder son of Colonel David and Dr Maja Cranstoun of that ilk and Corehouse, Lanarkshire, and Olivia Frances Rhys-Evans, elder daughter of Mr Peter Rhys-Evans FRCS and Mrs Frances Rhys-Evans of Petworth, West Sussex.

Alexander John George The Master of Cranstoun b 1995 elder son and apparent heir of Col David Alexander Somerville CRANSTOUN of that Ilk and Corehouse TD b 1943 and Maja Martha d of Prof Hugo GLATTLI.

Olivia Frances b 1996 reg Q2 Hammersmith elder d of Peter Howell RHYS-EVANS (Consultant Surgeon) b May 1948 and his 2^nd w (m 1994) Frances KNIGHT b 1962.

[colinp]

I must admit I was surprised that Alexander Cranstoun of that Ilk and Corehouse yr is styled Master of Cranstoun in the notice as I had always assumed that title was confined to the peerage rather than being allowed to chiefly families and/or the Scots baronage.  I have read the extracts from Valentine Heywood's British Titles and Sir Malcolm Innes of Edingight's article in scotsgenealogy.com on peers and heirs (which doesn't to be available now or at least not on the link that Richard provided) which Richard helpfully supplied in other discussions on the Master title and they don't seem to permit this.  He is not described as "Master of Cranstoun" in the last print edition of Burke's P&B which has an article on this family, Chiefs of the Names and Arms of Cranstoun

[S R Eglesfield]

The prospective bride's father, Peter Howell Rhys-Evans, FRCS, died on 3 June 2022 (see https://www.bmj.com/bmj/section-pdf/1074967?path=/bmj/379/8356/Obituaries.full.pdf).