MACDONALD-BUCHANAN / SOAMES engagement

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 4 Feb 2022: Mr A. Macdonald-Buchanan and Miss F. Soames - The engagement is announced between Alexander, youngest son of the late Mr Jim Macdonald-Buchanan and Mrs Elizabeth Macdonald-Buchanan, and Flora, daughter of the Hon Jeremy and Mrs Soames, of West Barsham, Norfolk.

Charles Alexander b 1970 s of (Alexander) James (Jim) MACDONALD-BUCHANAN 1931-2017 (s of Maj Sir Reginald Narcissus MACDONALD-BUCHANAN KCVO MBE MC 1898-1981 and Hon Catherine BUCHANAN 1895-, d of 1st & only Baron WOOLAVINGTON 1849-1935 of James Buchanan whisky fame) and his former wife Elizabeth Vivian 1939-2020 d of Maj Hon Hugh Adeane Vivian SMITH MBE 1910-78 (s of 1st Baron BICESTER 1867-1956 and scion of the ABEL SMITH gentry family with all the connections (royal, noble etc) that implies, including kinship with The QUEEN) and Lady Helen Dorothy PRIMROSE 1913-98, d of 6th Earl of ROSEBERY 1882-1974 and his wife a scion of the WESTMINSTER, SUTHERLAND and DEVONSHIRE dukes etc etc). He m 1st 2010 (div 20__) Poppy Augusta b 1979 d of Hon Hugh Alastair Jospeh FRASER 1947-2011 (s of 15th Lord LOVAT 1911-95 etc) and Drusilla Jane d of Lt-Cmdr John Alastair MONTGOMERIE DSC KStJ RN 1914-89 of Gilmilnscoft Mains, Sorn, Ayrshire by his 1944 m (reg Q3 Essex) to Patricia MATURIN-BAIRD 1923-2008, scion of that gentry family of Langham Hall and of the HARTER gentry family f/o Cranfield Court, and had a son and a dau.

Flora Caroline b 1982 d of Hon Jeremy Bernard SOAMES b 1952 (s of the LP Baron SOAMES 1920-87 and Hon Mary LG 1922-2014 d of the British PM Rt Hon Sir Winston Leonard SPENCER-CHURCHILL KG 1874-1965 (gs of 7th Duke of MARLBOROUGH 1822-83) etc) and Susannah d of (James) David Agar KEITH 1925-97 sometime head of that gentry family of West Barsham Hall, Norfolk and Caroline THORNTON b 1931 reg Q3 Surrey scion of that gentry family of Brockhall.

[dpth...@gmail.com]

This identification may be correct, but the way the announcement is worded, usually means that Mr Jim M-B is dead and that Mrs Elizabeth M-B is living. If it is indeed this Alexander, he was married previously to Poppy Fraser.

[gorgo...@gmail.com]

This identification is correct.

From the Telegraph: MACDONALD-BUCHANAN  On 19th April 2020, to Flora Soames and Alexander, a daughter, Lily Hope Maud, a half sister to Constance and Jacobi.

From thepeerage.com:

Children of Charles Alexander Macdonald-Buchanan and Poppy Augusta Fraser

• Constance Apple Macdonald-Buchanan1 b. 31 Aug 2012
• Jacobi Hugh Macdonald-Buchanan2 b. 20 Aug 2013