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To the list of centenarians deceased in 2021, we should of course add the Dowager Duchess of GRAFTON (nee Ann Fortune SMITH), Mistress of the Robes, who was born in February 1920 and died on 3 December 2021.





On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 at 03:03, <peerag...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Henry W <henryworm...@gmail.com>: Dec 24 10:21AM -0800

This follows: Peerage & Baronetage deaths, 2020
<https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/BIEHMZHANYQ>.
 
Corrections and updates are very gratefully received. Inevitably a few more
deaths will come to light during the last few days of the year and into the
new year. I will continue to maintain a 2021 file and post an update in
December 2022. The only date of deaths not definitely known are that of
Lord Mowbray, Segrave & Stourton, though it was probably one of 28/29/30
January, and of Hon William NAPIER, either 27 or 28 August.
 
For the first time I have included "senior" births to any title, and deaths
of centenarians who were (or were in historical copies, but subsequently
deleted) listed in Debrett's. References to [A 1967] etc are according to
the Kershaw list conventions of annotating titles with few young heirs.
 
*HEREDITARY PEERS*
*ROYAL DUKES*
Edinburgh (9 April)
 
*MARQUESSES*
Bute (22 Mar)
 
 
*EARLS*Selborne (12 Feb), Swinton (21 Mar), Mount Edgcumbe (12 June),
Baldwin of Bewdley (16 June), Lonsdale (22 June), Antrim (21 July), Gowrie
(24 Sept)
 
*VISCOUNTS*
Simon (15 Aug, EXTINCT)
 
*BARONS*
Mowbray, Segrave & Stourton (?? Jan), Vestey (4 Feb), Rossmore (4 May),
Walpole (8 May), Brownlow (15 May), Teynham (27 May), Denham (1 Dec)
 
*LIFE PEERS & LAW LIFE PEERS*
Shaw of Northstead (8 Jan, retd 2015), Fraser of Corrigarth (6 Feb),
Wolfson of Sunningdale (10 Mar, inactive 2017), Greaves (23 Mar), Williams
of Crosby (12 Apr, retd 2016), Judd (17 April), O'Cathain (23 April), Smith
of Clifton (24 April, retd 2019), Millett (27 May, LAW, retd 2017),
Elystan-Morgan (7 July, retd 2020), Smith of Leigh (2 August), MacFarlane
of Bearsden (5 Nov, retd 2016), McKenzie of Luton (2 Dec), Rogers of
Riverside (18 Dec, inactive May 2021)
 
*BARONETS*
Cahn (1 Jan), Preston (9 Jan), Bruce (28 Feb), Pease [1920] (9 Mar),
Crawley-Boevey (9 Mar), Fergusson (30 Mar), Sutton (7 April), Finlay (17
April), Clayton (22 April), Marr (4 May), Black (22 May, EXTINCT),
Medlycott (22 June, EXTINCT), Leigh (2 July), Esmonde (24 July), McConnell
(bef 4 Aug), Laurie (3 Sept), Arbuthnot [1964] (7 Oct), Skinner (18 Oct),
Petrie (28 Oct), Stockdale (28 Oct), Lever (28 Oct, EXTINCT), Isham (9
Nov), Carden (12 Nov)
 
*Titles Extinct*
BLACK baronets
Viscount SIMON
MEDLYCOTT baronets
LEVER baronets
 
*HEIRS to titles*
Alexander (Sandie) Sebastian LINDSAY (12 Oct) - hp to Baron LINDSAY of
BIRKER [title was A 1967, but this death caused the discovery of a new
heir, so now B 2001]
Hon. William Alexander Hugh NAPIER, Master of Napier (27/28 August) - ha to
Lord NAPIER, Baron ETTRICK, and the NAPIER baronetcy. The titles will now
split on the death of the current Lord.
 
*With these deaths the following titles have NO HEIRS:*
Finlay baronets [B* 2001]
Baron Rossmore [B* 1983]
 
*BIRTHS to ha/hp, to ha's ha, or as a senior position in the next
generation.*
Baron CORNWALLIS - Fiennes Albert Wykeham Charles (born 12 Jan) - ha's ha
WHITE baronets (1904) - Hector George de Shordiche (born 29 Mar) - ha's ha
Viscount GAGE - Ivor Thomas Nicholas (born 29 May) - now 3rd heir - first
son of second son of the current Viscount. Eldest son unmarried.
Baron EGREMONT & Baron LECONFIELD - Arthur Santiago Balthazar WYNDHAM (born
18 July) - ha's ha [EGREMONT was previously B 1990]
Marquess of HERTFORD - Hon Jocelyn William SEYMOUR (born 25 Aug) - ha's 2nd
son (1st son b 2019)
Earl of LEICESTER - Theodore Albert Edward COKE (born 7 Oct) - 3rd in line
(his cousin b 2003 is the ha)
Baron HESKETH - Alexander Frederick FERMOR-HESKETH (born 11 Nov) - ha's ha
(previously this title had 2 heirs only, born 1987/1988 so would have
gained B status in 2022)
 
*CENTENARIANS DECEASED*
Aidan Mark SPROT MC, born 1919, his mother was dau of Sir John HAY, 9th
Baronet of Haystoun. DIED 28 January 2021, aged 101.
Anne, Lady JAFFRAY (nee PAGET), widow of Sir William JAFFRAY, 4th Baronet,
and had prev been married (div) to Sir John WORSLEY-TAYLOR, 3rd Baronet.
DIED 15 March 2021, aged 101.
The Hon Moira RANK (nee HOPWOOD), born December 1919, of the SOUTHBOROUGH
barons (ext). DIED 22 APRIL 2021
Freda Violet HODGSON (formerly Buckley-Hinde nee WILLIAMS) born 26
September 1913, of the WILLIAMS baronets (ext). DIED 15 MAY 2021
Moya Lennox BIRTWISTLE (nee BROWNE) born 31 December 1917, of the ALTAMOUNT
earls [see SLIGO marquesses]. DIED 9 July 2021
Beaujolois Inez CAVENDISH (nee WODEHOUSE), born 7 February 1919, of the
KIMBERLEY earls. DIED before 9 August 2021, aged 102.
Rosemary Eleanor Peyton STANTON (nee HOSKYNS), born 24 Aug 1919, of the
HOSKYNS baronets. DIED 1 August 2021
Katherine Glyn FORBES, born 30 Oct 1920, her mother was of the GLYN
baronets. DIED 5 August 2021
Catherine COWBURN (nee DENMAN) born 10 June 1920, sister of 5th Baron
DENMAN & dau of the 1st Baronet. DIED 8 August 2021
Alwyne Arthur Compton FARQUHARSON OF INVERCAULD MC, born 1 May 1919, of the
NORTHAMPTON marquesses. DIED 6 October 2021
Guinevere Elsie WILLIAMSON (nee SPENCER), born 6 Nov 1920, of the CHURCHILL
barons. DIED 13 October 2021
Lady Margaret Dorothea STIRLING-AIRD (nee BOYLE), born 20 November 1920, of
the GLASGOW earls. DIED 17 October 2021
(Anne) Clarissa EDEN, Countess of AVON (nee SPENCER CHURCHILL) born 28 June
2020, of the MARLBOROUGH dukes & 2nd wife of the 1st Earl of AVON. DIED 15
November 2021
The Hon Joan Rosemary RAYNSFORD OBE (nee WAKEFIELD), born 18 November 1920,
of the WAKEFIELD OF KENDAL barons (ext). DIED 18 November 2021 (her 101st
birthday)
"bx...@yahoo.com" <bx...@yahoo.com>: Dec 24 03:31PM -0800

Henry, many thanks for a job well done!
 
I will go through my list and see if I have any thing to add, but at first
glance, you seem to have done quite a thorough job.
 
Brooke
 
On Friday, 24 December 2021 at 13:21:39 UTC-5 Henry W wrote:
 
Henry W <henryworm...@gmail.com>: Dec 24 12:12PM -0800

BARRETT-LENNARD baronets: Trevor Henry BARRETT-LENNARD, born 1922, died 23
October 2009. He was a descendant of the 3rd son of the 1st bt.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179601112/trevor-henry-barrett-lennard
His wife Audrey (nee WILHELM) died 2 April 1992
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179601654/audrey-barrett-lennard
 
On Thursday, 23 December 2021 at 17:52:48 UTC colinp wrote:
 
Henry W <henryworm...@gmail.com>: Dec 24 12:41PM -0800

LEVY baronets (ext): Caroline Anne Patricia SKINNER (formerly COLES, nee
LEVY), born 1933, died 11 September 2004 (England Probate search). She was
dau of the 2nd & last baronet.
 
On Friday, 24 December 2021 at 20:12:27 UTC Henry W wrote:
 
Richard R <r_ru...@hotmail.com>: Dec 24 09:42AM -0800

From the Telegraph & Times of 24 Dec 2021: TREMLETT Thomas Fabian (Tom)
died peacefully on 19 December 2021, aged 75, in Gloucestershire. Much
loved, he will be greatly missed by his family, his dog Frida, and his many
friends from the country, the City and beyond. Small family funeral with
memorial service to follow in Spring 2022.
 
*The death notice was placed by his step-dau Chloe Riddell (nee Graham)
dau-in-law of Sir John Charles Buchanan RIDDELL 13th Bt 1934-2010. *
 
He was s of Laurence Edward Paul *TREMLETT *1883-1955 scion of that *gentry
family f/o Sandford *and scion of the *BLAKE Irish gentry family* and his
2nd w Marjorie Isobel 1905-79 d of William Edward Derrington BELL 1874-1925
(s of Maj-Gen William Edward Derrington BELL VC 1824-79 - the 1st soldier
to receive the VC from Queen VICTORIA) and Edith Isabel HUDSON 1877-1962.
He m 1994 reg Q4 London as her 2nd h (her 1st h was Gavin Graham) Victoria
P STACE b 1950 reg Q3 Glos.
colinp <colina...@hotmail.com>: Dec 24 06:36AM -0800

From the New Zealand Herald 21.04.2020:
WARREN, Anne. Died peacefully at St John's Wood in Taupo on 16 April 2020.
Nana will be very greatly missed by her daughter Penny, her grandsons
Shamus, Harry and Rory and her great grandchildren Sam, Anna, Rose, Hannah
and Alex, also her six nieces and nephews in the UK. Nana was privately
cremated and when the borders reopen she will wing her way to the Canadian
Rockies to rejoin her beloved Didda in helping to keep the Grizzly bears
away from the calves while we, the family, will celebrate her amazing life
of 96 years
 
Although Debrett's doesn't mention her dau Penny etc I have verified her
identity (DOB and maiden name) with the online NZ BDM historical records
indices.
 
She was the dau of the 2nd *Baron Russell of Liverpool CBE MC *(1895-1981)
by his 1st wife (m1920 div 1933) Constance Claudine GORDON (d 1974). She
m 1947 Maj Gershom Radcliffe Layton WARREN of the Canadian Army (d 1991)
colinp <colina...@hotmail.com>: Dec 24 06:18AM -0800

From the Bertrand Russell website 21.09.2021:
 
Katharine Tait (1923-2021)
We are saddened to learn that Katharine Tait, Bertrand Russell’s daughter,
has passed away. As noted at the McMaster University page here
<https://russell.humanities.mcmaster.ca/2021note.htm>, Lady Tait was one of
our society’s founders. We encourage those interested in Russell studies to
read her illuminating autobiography, *My Father, Bertrand Russell*, which
is available for lending through the *Internet Archive
<https://archive.org/details/myfatherbertrand00tait>*.
 
A probate search reveals she died on 26 July 2021
 
She was the dau of the *3rd Earl Russell OM *(1872-1970) by his 2nd wife (m
1921 div 1935) Dora Winifred BLACK MBE (d 1986). She m 1948 Rev Charles
William Stuart TAIT and had issue 4 sons and a dau
colinp <colina...@hotmail.com>: Dec 24 05:48AM -0800

Obit in Daily Telegraph 24 December 2021 - Countess Bunny Esterházy,
globe-trotting socialite and winning racehorse owner from a Hungarian noble
family – obituary (telegraph.co.uk)
<https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/12/24/countess-bunny-esterhazy-globe-trotting-socialite-winning-racehorse/>
 
EXTRACTS:
 
*Countess Bunny Esterházy, globe-trotting socialite and winning racehorse
owner from a Hungarian noble family – obituary*
 
*During the Second World War she was smuggled out of Hungary under a
blanket but, postwar, led a gilded life of parties and travel*
 
Countess Bunny Esterházy, who has died aged 82, was a well-known figure in
international society in the mid-1950s and in the racing world, where she
had notable success in the 1970s and 1980s. She was the only daughter of
Count Tamás (Thomas) Esterházy, and his wife “Etti”, Countess Wurmbrand,
who had six husbands by the age of 40 and was latterly known as Mrs Arpad
Plesch, a legendary figure on the turf and the only female owner to win the
Derby twice.
 
The Esterházys were one of the most distinguished families in Central
Europe, tracing their ancestry back to the Middle Ages, producing many
interesting figures including a distinguished poet and a field marshal.
 
They were one of the greatest landowning families in the Kingdom of
Hungary. Tommy himself owned some 80,000 hectares and two castles –
Devescer, his favourite, and Pápa, which he hardly used and was more of a
museum. He was Etti’s third husband.
 
Bunny was born in Vienna as Countess Marianne Berta Felicie Johanna
Ghislaine Theodora Huberta Georgina Helene Genoveva Esterházy on December
12 1938. She should have had a glorious childhood. She was given a pet deer
and her own carriage, though her father had to confiscate a dog she was
given when he realised it was a wolf.
 
But it was difficult from the start: Bunny was hardly born when her mother
consigned her to nurses and sent her to stay with friends. She was not even
a year old when the Second World War intervened, but a more serious threat
came from the literary femme fatale, Louise de Vilmorin, with whom her
father became infatuated.
 
This was particularly unfortunate since de Vilmorin had already destroyed
Bunny’s mother’s marriage to her previous husband, Pali Pálffy.
 
Bunny was only three when her father eloped with Louise. Her parents
separated and divorced in 1944......
 
In 1962, Bunny married Dominic Elliot, second son of the 5th Earl of Minto.
He was well known in society columns as a perfect youthful escort to
Princess Margaret, in the restless years between Peter Townsend and Antony
Armstrong-Jones. On their engagement, he gave her a ring of aquamarine set
in diamonds, which had belonged to his mother.
 
The wedding took place in St Mary’s, Cadogan Street, and the Queen,
Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon, and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester
attended the reception. Mrs Plesch arranged a white sugar bunny rabbit for
the top of the three-tier wedding cake, and on the way out children were
given white Angora rabbits in cardboard boxes as gifts, somewhat to the
displeasure of their parents.
 
Bunny had two sons, Alexander and Esmond. Her elder son died tragically at
Oxford in 1985. She and Elliot were divorced in 1970.....
 
She is survived by her son Esmond.
 
*Countess Marianne “Bunny” Esterházy, born December 12 1938, died November
27 2021*
 
 
Richard R <r_ru...@hotmail.com>: Dec 24 03:14AM -0800

From the Telegraph of 24 Dec 2021: WEATHERALL The Honourable Lady. Jean
died peacefully at home on 15th December 2021, aged 83, surrounded by her
family and animals. She leaves her sister Mary, children Niall, Sarah,
Annie, Lizzie and Ian and her five granddaughters. Funeral to be held at
Wessex Vale Crematorium... on 7th January 2022 at 11.30 a.m. Flowers
welcome or donations, if desired, to either The Donkey Sanctuary or
Mountbatten Hampshire c/o Richard Steel & Partners, The Gate House,
Victoria Road, Bishop's Waltham...
 
She was d of *1st & only Baron DRUMALBYN*. She m 1962 Vice-Adm Sir James
Lamb WEATHERALL KCVO KBE 1936-2018, and had 2 sons and three daus as above
Richard R <r_ru...@hotmail.com>: Dec 24 02:57AM -0800

From the Telegraph of 24 Dec 2021: Mr J. d’Abo and Lady Chloe Ponsonby -
The engagement is announced between John, son of the late Mr Robin d’Abo
and of Mrs Clare d’Abo, of London, and Chloe, daughter of the Earl and
Countess of Bessborough, of Stansted Park, Hampshire.
 
John Gerard N[icolai] b 1968 reg Q4 London s of Robin Gerard *D'ABO *1939-2020
whom he succ. as head of that *gentry family of Wratting Park *and his 1st
w (her 1st h) (Anne) Clare b 1943 d of Maj John Edward Jocelyn *DAVIE* TD
1910-98 scion of the *gentry family DAVIE-THORNHILL formerly
M'CREAGH-THORNHILL, of Stanton*, and his 1st w (her 1st h) Hon (Margaret)
Anne *BOOT* 1920-2002 d of *2nd Baron TRENT *KBE 1889-1956.
 
Lady Chloe Patricia *PONSONBY *b 1975 d of *12th Earl of BESSBOROUGH* b
1941 and Alison Marjorie b 1946 reg Q3 Herts d of William Henry STOREY OBE
1897-1974 by his 1933 m reg Q3 Cornwall to Marjorie Egerton SHAKERLEY
1908-2001.
Richard R <r_ru...@hotmail.com>: Dec 24 02:23AM -0800

From the Telegraph & Times of 24 Dec 2021: CAPTAIN J. I. KANE AND MISS M.
A. BROCKLEHURST The engagement is announced between James, son of Mr and
Mrs Peter Kane of Denham, Buckinghamshire, and Molly, daughter of Tim
Brocklehurst of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and Mrs Jemima Ward of southwest
London.
 
Molly Anastasia b 5 July 1994 (Times 7 July) reg Q2 Kent d of (Alexander)
Tim(othy) B. BROCKLEHURST b 1966 reg Q2 Kent by his 1992 m reg Q3 Lincs to
as her 1st h Jemima Sarah Louise b 1967 reg Q4 London d of William Whitaker *MAITLAND
scion of that Scots gentry family of Eccles *and Carina Esther Blanche
BOYLE 1935-2018
Richard R <r_ru...@hotmail.com>: Dec 24 01:45AM -0800

From the Telegraph & Times of 24 Dec 2021: MR H. S. HEWITT AND MISS E. R.
PILKINGTON The engagement is announced between Harry, son of Mr and Mrs
Neville Hewitt of Brundall, Norfolk, and Elizabeth, daughter of Mr Richard
Pilkington of King’s Walden, Hertfordshire, and Mrs Richard Samuel of
Lambourn, Berkshire.
 
Elizabeth Rose b 1994 reg Q3 London d of Richard Arthur b 1964 s&ha of *Sir
Thomas Henry MILBORNE-SWINNERTON-PILKINGTON 14th Bt* b 1934 and Susan d of
Norman Stewart Rushton ADAMSON of South Africa, and his 1st w (her 1st h)
Katya Teresa b 1971 reg Q2 London d of Terence John CLEMENCE b Sept 1939
reg Q4 Essex by his c1961 m reg Q1 Essex to Patricia Mary KIRBY b 1940 reg
Q2 Essex d of John Francis O'ROURKE 1906- and Eileen Mary O'CONNELL 1917-
Richard R <r_ru...@hotmail.com>: Dec 24 01:22AM -0800

From the Telegraph of 24 Dec 2021: Mr S.A. Forsyth and Miss O.L.H. Gray -
The engagement is announced between Stuart Alexander, eldest son of Dr and
Mrs Alexander Forsyth, of Tobermory, Isle of Mull, and Octavia Lucy Hume,
eldest daughter of Sir William Gray, of Co Durham, and Catherine, Lady
Gray, of London.
 
Stuart Alexander b July 1983 (ref 607/425 Glasgow Martha St) s of Alexander
FORSYTH of Tobermory, Isle of Mull
 
Ocatvia Lucy Hume b 1987 d of *Sir William Hume GRAY 3rd Bt *b 1955 and his
1st w Catherine Victoria Willoughby b 1962 reg Q2 Hants d of the late John
A NAYLOR of The Mill House, Bramley, Hampshire by his 1957 m reg Q2 Hants
to Susan A E C ROBERTS.
 
The prospective bride's previous engagement to James Campbell was posted
here on 5 Dec 2017:
*https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/fcbdxQv189g/m/_hIxppBABgAJ*
Richard R <r_ru...@hotmail.com>: Dec 24 12:50AM -0800

From the Telegraph of 24 Dec 2021: Mr H.P.L. van Schevensteen and Miss E.A.
Chubb - The engagement is announced between Harold, youngest son of the
late Mr Pierre van Schevensteen and of Mrs Christine Bioul, and Eliza,
eldest daughter of Mr William Chubb and the late Mrs Cassandra Jardine.
 
Harold Pierre Lionel b June 1991 s of Pierre VAN SCHEVENSTEEN and Mrs
Christine Bioul.
 
Eliza(beth) Anne b 1992 d of William John Jeremy CHUBB and Cassandra
Caroline 1954-2012 d of Christopher Willoughby JARDINE CB 1911-82 and Anne
Eva Katherine 1915-20_ d of *Sir George Henry James DUCKWORTH-KING 6th Bt*
1891-1952 (title ext 1972) and Barbara Madalen J 1894-1979 d of Hugh Scott
MAKDOUGALL of Makerstoun.
Richard R <r_ru...@hotmail.com>: Dec 24 12:19AM -0800

From the Telegraph of 24 Dec 2021: HEBER-PERCY On 21st December 2021, at
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, to Lily and Tom, a son, Algernon Jake
Rufus.
 
Algernon Thomas (Tom) Lever b 1984 s of Sir Algernon Eustace Hugh
*HEBER-PERCY* KCVO b 1944 (5xgt gs of *1st Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND* 1714-86)
and Hon Margaret Jane *LEVER *b 1947 d of *3rd & last Viscount LEVERHULME*
1915-2000 and Margaret Ann 1916-73 d of Lt John MOON 1883-? of Tiverton,
Devon by his 13 March 1913 m reg Q1 Cheshire to Margaret Scott HANNAY
1887-1917. He m 2021 (eng 28 Aug) Lily A. d of David WALTERS and Mrs
Lucinda Goodman of Hellingly, E. Sussex
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