ABEL SMITH / Siggers engagement

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 8 April 2026: Mr T.P. Abel Smith and Miss R.M. Siggers - The engagement is announced between Thomas, son of the late Mr Robin Abel Smith and of Mrs Abel Smith, of Rotherby, Leicestershire, and Roberta, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Mark Siggers, of Warfield, Berkshire.

Thomas Patrick b 1993 s of (Bertram) Robin ABEL SMITH 1938-2009 scion of the SMITH f/o Woodhill &c gentry family (and descended from the banker ABEL SMITH, with all the royal and noble kinships associated with that name, as well gt gs of 4 Baron SUDELEY 1840-1922 and Sir Henry Bourchier Toke WREY 10 Bt 1829-1900, etc) and his third wife (her 2 h) Diana Marjorie (prev Mrs Nigel Fielder) b 1947 reg Q4 Leics d of (Norman) Patrick FORSELL 1920-2003 by his 1946 m reg Q4 Leics to Pauline 1921-2013 d of Capt Samuel Alexander WATT 1876-1950 scion of that Irish gentry family of Carrablagh and Blanche Moore MUNN 1881-1951.

[Needs more work] Roberta M d of Mark James SIGGERS b Jan 1955 of Warfield, Berks, [by his 1990 m reg Q3 Hants to Christine A WALLACE].

[S R Eglesfield]

The Mark James SIGGERS  who lives in Warfield was, per company records, born in January 1955 (it seems that he must be the Mark J Siggers, mother's maiden surname Martin, whose birth was registered in Surrey South Eastern in Q1 1955). Company records also suggest that his wife is Kathryn Forsyth SIGGERS, born in October 1956.

The marriage of Mark J SIGGERS to Kathryn F MOORE (it would appear that she must be the Kathryn F Moore, mother's maiden surname Gibson, whose birth was registered in Leeds in Q4 1956) was registered in East Staffordshire in 1986. Per company records, they would also appear to have a son, James Duncan SIGGERS (born July 1990). However, I cannot find a record of his birth, or that of his sister, the prospective bride here.