FRASER / HAY engagement

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph and Times of 6 June 2018: Mr H.E. Fraser and Miss G.E. Hay - The engagement is announced between Harry Edward, son of Mr and Mrs Rory Fraser, Moniack Castle, and Georgina Eileen, daughter of Mr and Mrs Malcolm Hay, Edinglassie.

Harry Edward (b 1984) s of Roderick Joseph FRASER (b 1953), scion of the LOVAT lords (S) and Hon Mary Jean STRUTT (b 1957) gd of 4th Baron RAYLEIGH and 4th Viscount DAVIDSON, and gt gd of 4th Earl of LEITRIM and gt gt gd of 2nd Earl of LEICESTER, etc etc.

Georgina Eileen (b 1990) d of Malcolm Charles HAY OF SEATON (b 1956), scion of the TWEEDDALE marquesses and HOWE & CARDIGAN earls, and Deborah Louise [?(b 1962 reg London)] d of Lt-Cdr Derek Malcolm ROUSE MBE RN of Bonchurch, Isle of Wight [?and _ KIRBY].

[Royal Ancestry]

James Maitland 1718-1789 7th Earl of Lauderdale  &1749 Mary Lombe ca 1734-1789
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Lady Hannah Charlotte Maitland 1762-1804		James Maitland 1759-1839 8th Earl of Lauderdale
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Gen. Lord James Hay 1788-1862		Lady Eleanor Maitland †1869
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James Gordon Hay 1815-1883		James Maitland Balfour 1820-1856
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Malcolm Vivian Hay 1881-1962		Evelyn Georgiana Mary Balfour †1934
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James Malcolm Hay 1907-1987		Robert John Strutt 1875-1947 4th Lord Rayleigh
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Malcolm Charles Hay 1956		Hon. Charles Richard Strutt 1910-1981
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Georgina Eileen Hay 1990		Mary Jean Strutt 1957
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		Harry Edward Fraser 1984

[Olivier]

James Maitland, Earl of Lauderdale 1718-1789 &1749 Mary Lombe +1789
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	James Maitland, earl of Lauderdale 1759-1839 &1782 Eleanor Todd +1856			Hannah Charlotte Maitland +1804 &1785 George Hay, Marquess of Tweeddale 1753-1804
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	Eleanor Maitland 1790-1869 &1815 James Balfour 1775-1845			James Hay 1788-1862 &1813 Elizabeth Forbes +1861
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	James Maitland Balfour 1820-1856 &1843 Blanche Mary Harriet Gascoyne-Cecil 1825-1872			James Gordon Hay 1815-1883 & Mary Catherine Cox +1892			Louise Margaret Hay 1820-1890 &1844 Théodore, baron Gudin 1802-1880
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	Evelyn Georgiana Mary Balfour +1934 &1871 John William Strutt, Baron Rayleigh 1842-1919			Malcolm Vivian Hay 1881-1962			Jehanne Gudin 1857 &1878 Gaëtan Mabille du Chesne, comte romain 1843-1927
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	Robert John Strutt, Baron Rayleigh 1875-1947 &1905 Mary Hilda Clements 1875-1919			|			Florence Mabille du Chesne +1943
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	Charles Richard Strutt 1910-1981 &1952 Jean Elizabeth Davidson 1924			James Malcolm Hay 1907-1987 &1941 Mary Eleanora Basset Curzon 1920-1999
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	Mary Jean Strutt 1957- &1981 Roderick Joseph Fraser 1953-			Malcolm Charles Hay 1956- &1983 Deborah Louise Rouse
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	Harry Edward Fraser 1984-			Georgina Eileen Hay 1990-

[Patricia Light]

According to the Ampleforth Society the couple married in 2019. I sent a message to Debretts & they have updated the entry and have indicated that the couple had a son in 2020 RUARIDH MALCOLM FRASER B.2020. Harry is the son of Roderick Fraser (Lovat)  Georgina is the daughter of Malcolm Hay of Seton (Tweeddale) which unites these two families.

[S R Eglesfield]

All the indications I have been able to find suggest that Mrs Hay's mother is the Deborah L ROUSE whose birth was registered in Q1 1955 in Carmarthen. She would appear to have a younger sister and two brothers (also younger than herself). The birth of the elder of her two brothers was registered in Petersfield, but the births of her two youngest siblings were registered on the Isle of Wight.

I also believe that the spelling of Mrs Hay's maternal grandfather's first name should be Derrick, rather than Derek, notwithstanding that a number of reputable sources, including Debrett's, use the latter spelling (see the entry in the London Gazette concerning the award of the MBE to Lt-Cdr Rouse at https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46162/supplement/5/data.pdf). The marriage of Derrick Malcolm ROUSE (c.1921/2 - 18 II 2015) to Eileen Patricia ("Paddy") INGRAMS (c.1928/9 - 18 VIII 2021) was registered in Honiton in Q3 1952.

[Richard R]

Thanks. I suppose it’s possible Mr Rouse’s preference is for Derek rather than the spelling given at birth