Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 23, 2018 On 1/7/2018 at 09:41, drol said: Sir Hereward didn't Wake up that morning. Oh, now this is a SirCreepish post! Drol—It’s a virtue not a vice! nothing wrong with an amusing quip along with the post. In fact it would be nice to see a bit more levity around here. I appreciate your effort, well done! SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,946 Posted February 23, 2018 5 hours ago, Sir Creep said: Drol—It’s a virtue not a vice! nothing wrong with an amusing quip along with the post. In fact it would be nice to see a bit more levity around here. I appreciate your effort, well done! SC I was referring to the fact the joke came about a month later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,472 Posted February 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, drol said: I was referring to the fact the joke came about a month later. Well, that's the crux of a good joke. All you need is... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadsox 894 Posted February 23, 2018 Speaking of jokes, every time I see this thread I think of the joke "The Aristocrats" and I chuckle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,472 Posted February 23, 2018 5 minutes ago, deadsox said: Speaking of jokes, every time I see this thread I think of the joke "The Aristocrats" and I chuckle. Yeah, those cats are hilarious. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,527 Posted February 23, 2018 6 minutes ago, deadsox said: Speaking of jokes, every time I see this thread I think of the joke "The Aristocrats" and I chuckle. Good idea for a DDP theme team, that joke. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 23, 2018 40 minutes ago, drol said: I was referring to the fact the joke came about a month later. If someone tells a joke in the forest and no one hears it.... (LOL apologies Drol....I only just saw this which is painfully obvious Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,602 Posted February 26, 2018 Prince Carlos of Hohenzollern has died after falling from the 21st storey of a Frankfurt hotel. He was released on parole after being convicted of fraud in 2014. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,472 Posted March 27, 2018 On 2/23/2018 at 16:22, msc said: Well, that's the crux of a good joke. All you need is... timing. Thanks. Anyone who spots that this terrible joke is a reference to the great Paul Eddington on A Bit of Fry and Laurie gets a cookie, providing they buy it for themselves... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted April 23, 2018 Sir Lawrence Williams, Baron Williams of Bodelwyddan, has died. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?n=lawrence-hugh-williams&pid=188822096 The baronetcy dies with him. Awww... Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_baronets#Williams_baronets,_of_Bodelwyddan_(1798) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted May 16, 2018 Now, I'm posting this just out of sheer interest. Here is the death notice of Lady Carey Elizabeth Bassett (nee Coke), daughter of the 5th Earl of Leicester: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/224353/basset Wiki (mention): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Coke,_5th_Earl_of_Leicester#Marriage_and_family Now, her wedding was attended by The Queen Mother and there we go, some film archive footage from her wedding in April 1960 was captured by the East Anglian Film Archive, available here: http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/146003 Well worth a watch if you are at all interested in the fashions, the cars of the period or page boys in white satin outfits. Also, watch out for the chap in the flat cap being halted by the police. Think you can spot someone from the lower classes trying to crash a nob's wedding? This guy did! It's hilarious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted May 17, 2018 10 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Now, I'm posting this just out of sheer interest. Likewise. The car in which she arrived at the church is still on the road: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted May 17, 2018 Gosh, the car outlasted the happy couple. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,527 Posted May 17, 2018 As of June 2011 it was in the Bygones Museum at Holkham Hall, which was set up by former Anglia TV presenter Dick Joice. However, that museum closed in 2015 so I dunno where the artefacts went afterwards. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted May 29, 2018 Commander John Fremantle, 5th Baron Cottesloe, has died aged 91. http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/224634/fremantle A former Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, he is probably better known as Iain Duncan Smith's father-in-law. Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fremantle,_5th_Baron_Cottesloe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted June 1, 2018 Times Obituary for John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich, historian and TV personality, better known as John Julius Norwich who has died aged 88: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/john-julius-norwich-obituary-zwfmqq3gd Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Julius_Norwich IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3553199/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted June 6, 2018 Anne, Countess Attlee, first wife of Martin, 2nd Earl Attlee, has died. http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/224850/attlee Daughter-in-law of Clement Attlee and mother of the present 3rd Earl. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted June 18, 2018 Death Notice for Archibald Montgomerie, 18th Earl of Eglinton and 6th Earl of Winton, (Lord Montgomerie) who has died aged 78. http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/225076/eglinton-and-winton Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted June 27, 2018 (Cross-posted from Foreign Personalities... thread) Glencorse Baronet Dr. Sir Roderick Inglis has died at age 82. A lot of title for a mostly unknown man. https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-scotsman/20180627/283188674133440 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted July 14, 2018 (edited) You know, I feel we are always late to the party with this thread. So why not have one of my world famous lists? If you are looking for a nob or two around Christmas to fill out your DDP package, it might do to consider some of these. Why have diamonds and pearls when you can have Dukes, Marquesses and Earls? I've gone for those over 80 currently or who will be over 80 in 2019. In order of seniority. Wiki is my friend here, any errors are theirs not mine. Dukes: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (b. 1921; d. 2021) James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose (b. 1935) James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn (b. 1934) Prince Edward, 2nd Duke of Kent (b. 1935) Murray de Vere Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans (b. 1939) Marquesses: David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensbury (b. 1929) Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath (b. 1932; d. 2020) Michael Cecil, 8th Marquess of Exeter (b. 1935) David Pratt, 6th Marquess Camden (b. 1930) - No individual Wiki page. Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury (b. 1926) Mark Dundas, 4th Marquess of Zetland (b. 1937) Earls: England: Michael Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk, 14th Earl of Berkshire (b. 1935) Richard Bertie, 14th Earl of Lindsey and 9th Earl of Abingdon (b. 1931) George Coventry, 13th Earl of Coventry (b. 1939) Scotland: Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford (b. 1927) Elizabeth Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland (b. 1921; d. 2019) Malcolm Erskine, 17th Earl of Buchan (b. 1930) - No individual Wiki Page John Eric Drummond, 9th Earl of Perth (b. 1935) Randolph Stewart, 13th Earl of Galloway (b. 1928; d. 2020) Ian Maitland, 18th Earl of Lauderdale (b. 1937) Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin and 15th Earl of Kincardine (b. 1924) David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie (b. 1926) Peter St John, 9th Earl of Orkney (b. 1938) Ian Ogilvie-Grant, 13th Earl of Seafield (b. 1939) Neil Primrose, 7th Earl of Rosebery and 3rd Earl of Midlothian (b. 1929) Patrick Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow (b. 1939) Great Britain: Robert Edgcumbe, 8th Earl of Mont Edgcumbe (b. 1939; d. 2021) Charles Cadogan, 8th Earl Cadogan (b. 1937) Ireland: William Anthony Nugent, 13th Earl of Westmeath (b. 1928) Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda (b. 1937) Arthur Gore, 9th Earl of Arran (b. 1938) John Savile, 8th Earl of Mexborough (b. 1931) - No individual Wiki Page Robert Jocelyn, 10th Earl of Roden (b. 1938) - No individual Wiki Page Alexander McDonnell, 9th Earl of Antrim (b. 1935; d. 2021) Thomas Pakenham, 8th Earl of Longford (b. 1933) George Dawson-Damer, 7th Earl of Portarlington (b. 1938) - No individual Wiki Page Michael Annesley, 12th Earl of Annesley (b. 1933) - No individual Wiki Page Arthur Stuart, 8th Earl Castle Stewart (b. 1928) Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 8th Earl of Donoughmore (b. 1927) Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse (b. 1936) Gerald Knox, 7th Earl of Ranfurly (b. 1929; d. 2018) - No individual Wiki Page United Kingdom: Francis Grosvenor, 8th Earl of Wilton (b. 1934) Keith Rous, 6th Earl of Stradbroke (b. 1937) - No individual Wiki Page David Howard, 7th Earl of Effingham (b. 1939) - No individual Wiki Page Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns (b. 1939) Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 5th Earl Cranbrook (b. 1933) Edward Baldwin, 4th Earl Balwin of Bewdley (b. 1938; d. 2021) Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie (b. 1939) Shane Alexander, 2nd Earl Alexander of Tunis (b. 1935) Nicholas Cunliffe-Lister, 3rd Earl of Swinton (b. 1939; d. 2021) Edited August 5, 2021 by YoungWillz Edited as at 5 August 2021 to show deaths/new wiki pages 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted July 25, 2018 Archduchess Maria of Austria at 82 http://royalcentral.co.uk/europe/archduchess-maria-of-austria-has-died-106437 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted November 5, 2018 Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale, hereditary peer and "politician by default and privilege", reportedly dead: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted November 26, 2018 Blow me down, it looks like Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington has died if this is true: Express Obit: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1050754/baroness-trumpington-dies-jean-barker-house-of-lords-tributes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,416 Posted November 26, 2018 29 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Blow me down, it looks like Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington has died if this is true: What a life - RIP. Also, perhaps the first peer to go viral. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted November 26, 2018 19 minutes ago, Thatcher said: What a life - RIP. Also, perhaps the first peer to go viral. I'm no fan of the tories but I had a lot of respect for this woman .Who hasn't wanted to give a politician the finger .Respect! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
