Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted December 4, 2021 3 hours ago, Toast said: And the great-uncle of ... You post the best photos Toast! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted December 15, 2021 In the first ten minutes of this video 72 year old Lady Colin Campbell reveals that she almost died in 2016 due to unspecified serious health problems. She may or may not be perfectly OK now because details are not forthcoming but I thought it worthwhile bringing it to deadpoolers attention. Especially as she says she was quite ill for the best part of a year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted December 22, 2021 Sir Tresham (known as Christopher) Lever, Baronet of Hans Crescent in Chelsea, dead at 89: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/254242/lever-sir-tresham-christopher-arthur-lindsay-(christopher)-baronet Another baronetcy becomes extinct. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted January 4, 2022 Yesterday the 3rd Baron Monk Bretton (wiki), who is 97, broke the record to become the person who has held a peerage for the longest time ever (88 years and 158 days). He used to sit in Parliament… from 1948(!) to 1999. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,755 Posted January 10, 2022 https://histoiresroyales.fr/deces-princesse-margherita-savoie-aoste-mere-prince-lorenz/ Margherita, Archduchess of Austria-Este dead at 91. She was the widow of Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este and the daughter of Princess Anne d'Orleans and Amedeo, the third Duke of Aosta. Also known for being around six feet tall. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,200 Posted January 10, 2022 2 hours ago, arghton said: https://histoiresroyales.fr/deces-princesse-margherita-savoie-aoste-mere-prince-lorenz/ Also known for being around six feet tall. What's notable about that? Seven foot I can understand being unusual Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Octopus of Odstock said: What's notable about that? Seven foot I can understand being unusual It’s an arghton post. Nuf ced. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted January 11, 2022 On 27/03/2019 at 00:21, YoungWillz said: James Nesbitt's (former) father in law, The Rev Sir Timothy Stephen Beilby Forbes Adam, 4th Baronet, death notice: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/232210/forbes-adam Wiki (mention): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Forbes_Adam Wiki (mention): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_baronets#Adam_baronets_of_Hankelow_Court,_Sussex_(1917) Edit: Also seems to have had an actress wife and daughter (limited info on IMDB), but Nesbitt's name catches the eye more. Well, his successor Sir Nigel Forbes Adam, 5th Baronet gets just under three years service in the Baronetcy: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/254633/forbes-adam Son Charles (b. 1957) succeeds. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted January 15, 2022 Death notice for Michael Richard Hope, 5th Baron Rankeillour aged 81: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/254751/hope As far as I know, baronetcies still pass through the male line, so despite having two elder daughters, succession would appear to pass to Hope's youngest child James Francis Hope (b. 1968) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted January 17, 2022 On 26/06/2021 at 06:45, YoungWillz said: Interesting one, death notice for Hugh Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/250496/lowther As his adopted son was born by artificial insemination, that son apparently cannot inherit the title. Nobs and their rules, eh? On 26/06/2021 at 11:53, Ulitzer95 said: The artificial insemination part isn’t relevant. The fact that the sperm used wasn’t his own is. With aristocratic titles, the entire tradition is built around maintaining a clear bloodline. Well, it is more bad news for the Lowther family. Bear with. The title was inherited by the 8th Earl's half brother William James Lowther from the 7th Earl's second marriage. Another half brother from the 7th Earl's third marriage is next in line to succeed (I believe the 9th Earl has no heirs), that is James Nicholas Lowther. Now it transpires that James' third child but eldest son Will has committed suicide, aged 21: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10409179/Earl-Lonsdale-heir-pays-tribute-artist-son-death-aged-21.html Tortuous to work out, but if you look up the peerage pages it all kind of works out. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted January 21, 2022 Well, I couldn't resist. Death notice for Lady Ann Lavinia Maud Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Wharncliffe, aged 102: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/254838/bowlby 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prussianblue 1,038 Posted January 21, 2022 9 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Well, I couldn't resist. Death notice for Lady Ann Lavinia Maud Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Wharncliffe, aged 102: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/254838/bowlby Through more convoluted bloodlines, the current (5th) Earl of Wharncliffe is a construction worker from Maine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted January 26, 2022 Death Notice for Sir David Oliphant Kinloch, 5th Baronet, aged 80: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/254966/kinloch Apparent heir is only son Alexander Peter (b. 1986) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted February 2, 2022 Well, I was looking for info on Princess Felicitas von Salm-Horstmar, as you do, picked in the DDP. Well, she's alive, apparently, her birthday seems to be 31st of March 1920, and well, that would make her the second-oldest European royal ever, according to this list: http://www.royaltymonarchy.com/royfacts/longlives.html She recently overtook the Queen Mum, and now only has Princess Alice in front of her, still at a healthy distance though. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted February 2, 2022 2 hours ago, gcreptile said: Well, I was looking for info on Princess Felicitas von Salm-Horstmar, as you do, picked in the DDP. Well, she's alive, apparently, her birthday seems to be 31st of March 1920, and well, that would make her the second-oldest European royal ever, according to this list: http://www.royaltymonarchy.com/royfacts/longlives.html She recently overtook the Queen Mum, and now only has Princess Alice in front of her, still at a healthy distance though. Its a shame shes not a princess of a proper place though. Like the Earl of Wessex for example. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted February 4, 2022 Sir Benjamin Slade, 7th Baronet - the guy for whom (if it hadn't already been written for Harry Enfield) "that bloke's a nutter" is appropriate - requires a heavy edit on his Wiki as he appears to have a child at last by his much younger recent bit of stuff: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10478259/EDEN-CONFIDENTIAL-Eccentric-gun-nut-Sir-Benjamin-Slade-father-age-75.html But the child is a girl. Mwahahahahah - no son and heir for you. His hunt for male heir continues... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted February 5, 2022 7 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Sir Benjamin Slade, 7th Baronet - the guy for whom (if it hadn't already been written for Harry Enfield) "that bloke's a nutter" is appropriate - requires a heavy edit on his Wiki as he appears to have a child at last by his much younger recent bit of stuff: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10478259/EDEN-CONFIDENTIAL-Eccentric-gun-nut-Sir-Benjamin-Slade-father-age-75.html But the child is a girl. Mwahahahahah - no son and heir for you. His hunt for male heir continues... Christ, that's a weird story! Baronets are by no means high aristocracy. They're pretty low in the pecking order and many of these ppl have long since stopped caring about their lineage and succession. In fact, many now live abroad. Others don't use the hereditary "Sir" because they're often embarrassed by it (Edward Mountain being one such example). I suppose you would be if you had to answer the awkward question of "so what did you get your knighthood for?”. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted February 28, 2022 Hon Simon Howard, scion of the Earls of Carlisle and former manager of the Castle Howard Estate (the Brideshead Revisited one), reportedly dead aged 66: https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2022/02/hon-simon-bartholomew-geoffrey-howard.html Wiki (mention): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Howard,_Baron_Howard_of_Henderskelfe He had suffered a head injury following a fall in late 2020. No mention of course of the fact that he was found to have sexually abused a six year old girl and attempted to rape a woman both of whom stayed at Castle Howard on a trial of the facts: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10210083/Aristocrat-Castle-Howard-heir-65-avoids-prison-declared-unfit-stand-trial.html He thus avoided prison due to his head injury which meant he was unfit to stand trial, and the prosecution was heavily criticised for a three year delay in bringing the case. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,200 Posted March 26, 2022 George Pease, 4th Baron Gainford, died on the 12th March, aged 95. Worked as an architect and town planner and although he is from the Pease family in Darlington (whose number include former Grand Prix driver Al Pease), he spent much of his working life in Scotland and indeed died in Perth. https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/announcements/deaths/deaths/20016410.George__4th_Lord_Gainford_PEASE/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted May 7, 2022 David Antony Fromanteel Lytton-Cobbold, 2nd Baron Cobbold (call him David of Knebworth, after all that is his jousting name) reported to be in failing health: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10791331/EDEN-CONFIDENTIAL-Olympic-rower-James-Cracknell-new-wife-Jordan-gold-pub-quiz.html 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted May 10, 2022 On 07/05/2022 at 09:51, YoungWillz said: David Antony Fromanteel Lytton-Cobbold, 2nd Baron Cobbold (call him David of Knebworth, after all that is his jousting name) reported to be in failing health: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10791331/EDEN-CONFIDENTIAL-Olympic-rower-James-Cracknell-new-wife-Jordan-gold-pub-quiz.html Didn't last long as Lord Cobbold Obituary: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/05/10/lord-cobbold-popular-energetic-landowner-banker-secured-future/ 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted May 30, 2022 On 04/01/2022 at 04:38, Ulitzer95 said: Yesterday the 3rd Baron Monk Bretton (wiki), who is 97, broke the record to become the person who has held a peerage for the longest time ever (88 years and 158 days). He used to sit in Parliament… from 1948(!) to 1999. John Dodson, 3rd Baron Monk Bretton Death Notice: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/257526/lord-monk-bretton 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted May 31, 2022 21 hours ago, YoungWillz said: John Dodson, 3rd Baron Monk Bretton Death Notice: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/257526/lord-monk-bretton Last living person other than Elizabeth II to have participated in the Coronation of King George VI(!!) Last person to have succeeded to a peerage in the 1930s AND before WWII. Longest held peerage ever (88 years, 11 months). 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted June 6, 2022 Roger Swinfen, 3rd Baron Swinfen, hereditary peer, deceased aged 83 according to the Parliamentary website: https://members.parliament.uk/member/2235/career Edit: Hansard Entry confirming he died yesterday: https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2022-06-06/debates/B81FB55A-B08D-4D2B-8466-BDFF90466E21/DeathOfAMemberLordSwinfen Elder son of the novelist Mary Wesley. His son Charles (b. 1971) becomes 4th Baron. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
