Toast 16,140 Posted June 21, 2017 9 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Adam Bligh, 11th Earl of Darnley has died aged 75. http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/15360965.Tributes_paid_to_Lord_Darnley_who_has_died_aged_75/ Wiki (mention): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Darnley He was once (distantly) my boss. Not that I had much to do with him. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted July 19, 2017 Former Nepalese king Gyanendra Shah hospitalised for heart ailment: https://kathmandutribune.com/nepals-former-king-gyanendra-shah-hospitalized/ He already suffered a heart attack in 2014 which prompted Bibliogryphon to suggest him for 2015. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted July 24, 2017 Indian Royal Mohinder Kaur is now dead, a bit too late for my Deathlist Cup team... http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/patiala-royal-matriarch-mohinder-kaur-punjab-cm-amarinder-s-mother-passes-away/story-b8smmb3CMOQSPjnZ8VDscN.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted August 16, 2017 Report of the death at 89 of David Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort:https://twitter.com/rupertevelyn/status/897884499958267905 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted August 16, 2017 Death Notice for Miles Alvery Gladwyn Jebb, 2nd Baron Gladwyn aged c. 87. http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/216484/gladwyn Daddy was high up in the UN, donthca know... Wiki (mention): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Gladwyn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted August 16, 2017 4 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Report of the death at 89 of David Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort:https://twitter.com/rupertevelyn/status/897884499958267905 And while I remember, Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4797480/Duke-owner-52-000-acre-Badminton-Estate-dies.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted September 2, 2017 Death of Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond, announced: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/02/founder-goodwood-festival-duke-richmond-has-died-aged-87/ Son is on the DDP, but not him. Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gordon-Lennox,_10th_Duke_of_Richmond Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,416 Posted September 4, 2017 Sir Anthony Evans, 2nd Baronet of Wightwick, has died aged 95. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted September 8, 2017 Lady Mary Mansel Lewis, aristocrat by birth and marriage, and lifelong philantropist, dead at 87: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/llanelli-philanthropist-lady-mary-mansel-13594098 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,416 Posted September 13, 2017 Sir Christopher John Royden, 5th Baronet of Frankby Hall, has died aged 80. Sir Robert Henry Bruce-Gardener, 3rd Baronet of Frilford, has died aged 74. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,416 Posted September 20, 2017 Lord Ralph Henry Vere, 4th Baron Cochrane of Cults, has died aged 90. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted October 15, 2017 On 8/11/2016 at 22:18, Paul Bearer said: Maybe so, but you can bet your last copper coin the new duke won't pay a penny in inheritance tax. Yep, very little. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/duke-of-westminster-son-avoids-inheritance-tax-billions-britains-richest-men-family-trusts-rules-a7998246.html 8.3 billion pounds and a fraction in death duties. Time to whip some more benefits away from those poverty stricken scroungers and pensioners and close a hospital or two... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted October 24, 2017 Death notice for Victor George Spencer, 3rd Viscount Churchill, who has died aged 83. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?n=victor-george-spencer-churchill-obe&pid=187040921 Wiki (mention): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscount_Churchill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted November 7, 2017 The last prince of former Indian kingdom Awadh, Cyrus, found dead about two months after his death in his overgrown palace: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/last-prince-of-awadh-passes-away/article19999121.ece Rather gothic report here: http://www.bbc.com/news/stories-41861843 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,620 Posted November 8, 2017 According to this link (3rd from the top), Sir Roger Moon, died last month. He was just short of 103 and the oldest living baronet. The oldest living is now Sir Hereward Wake, who is 101.http://www.leighrayment.com/updateboard1.htm Wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_baronets Not explicitly stated, but I presume this baronetcy is now extinct as it doesn't look like there is an heir. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted November 8, 2017 33 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: According to this link (3rd from the top), Sir Roger Moon, died last month. He was just short of 103 and the oldest living baronet. The oldest living is now Sir Hereward Wake, who is 101.http://www.leighrayment.com/updateboard1.htm Wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_baronets Not explicitly stated, but I presume this baronetcy is now extinct as it doesn't look like there is an heir. According to The Peerage, he has three daughters, two of whom have issue. Not sure how that works. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,472 Posted November 8, 2017 7 hours ago, Toast said: According to The Peerage, he has three daughters, two of whom have issue. Not sure how that works. One of them takes the peerage, and the other has an issue with it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,416 Posted December 12, 2017 Aline Griffith, Dowager Countess of Romanones, a Spanish-American aristocrat, has died aged 94. She worked as a cipher clerk for the US during WWII. Edit: Daily Mail, The Telegraph, The Times obituaries. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted December 13, 2017 Alan d'Ardis Erskine Murray (Elibank), 14th Lord Elibank has died aged 93. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?n=alan-d-ardis-erskine-murray-elibank&pid=187508521 See Jacobite Rebellion for further historical reading... Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_D'Ardis_Erskine-Murray,_14th_Lord_Elibank Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,416 Posted December 14, 2017 On 08/11/2017 at 00:12, Ulitzer95 said: According to this link (3rd from the top), Sir Roger Moon, died last month. He was just short of 103 and the oldest living baronet. The oldest living is now Sir Hereward Wake, who is 101.http://www.leighrayment.com/updateboard1.htm Wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_baronets Not explicitly stated, but I presume this baronetcy is now extinct as it doesn't look like there is an heir. Sir Hereward Wake, the 14th Baronet, who for an extremely short period of time was the oldest living Baronet, has died aged 101. Edit: The Times, The Telegraph obituaries. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,416 Posted December 30, 2017 Sir George Jeremy ffolliott Chance, the 4th Chance Baronet of Grand Avenue, has died aged 91. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,946 Posted January 7, 2018 On 14/12/2017 at 01:24, Thatcher said: Sir Hereward Wake, the 14th Baronet, who for an extremely short period of time was the oldest living Baronet, has died aged 101. Edit: The Times, The Telegraph obituaries. Sir Hereward didn't Wake up that morning. Oh, now this is a SirCreepish post! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted January 10, 2018 Michael Hare, 2nd Viscount Blakenham, former Chief Executive and thereafter Chair of the Financial Times, has bought it in the most final of ways: https://www.ft.com/content/ccff5f90-f54b-11e7-88f7-5465a6ce1a00 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hare,_2nd_Viscount_Blakenham Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted February 14, 2018 Death Notice for Alan Alanbrooke, 3rd Viscount Alanbrooke: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?n=alan-victor-harold-alanbrooke&pid=188165594 It's the end of the line..the viscountcy dies with him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Brooke,_3rd_Viscount_Alanbrooke Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted February 22, 2018 Slane Castle owner Lord Henry Mountcharles almost died last month: https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/news-opinion/slane-owner-lord-henry-mountcharles-11999872 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
