James I Descendants News, 2005

News of Other James I Descendants, 2005

NOTE: This page is intended to present news of marriages, births and deaths among the descendants of King James I & VI of England and Scotland, which events are not included in the other Royal News pages. My intention is to include only items which I discovered either through internet sources (e.g., postings on newsgroups and bulletin boards) or from information obtained from various correspondents. I do not intend to include here items which I discovered from other published sources, such as CEDRE or Gotha Nieuwtjes.

Last updated on 1 April 2006

Births:

Hon. Edward Lionel Seymour Dawson-Damer and his wife, née Joanne Margaret Grant, had their first child, James Edward Grant, at Sydney, Australia, on 10 January. (added 17 Jan 2005)

Comte Aymar de Montécler and his wife, née Marjolaine de La Taille-Trétinville, had their second child, Alexandre, on 12 January. (added 3 Apr 2005)

Rupert Boyle and his wife, née Caroline Gutbrod, had their first child, Henrietta Eugenie Dieudonné, at Mannheim on 13 January. (added 23 Jan 2005)

Comte Pierre de Maigret and his wife, née Iris Gminder, had their second and third children, Viktoria and Olympia, at Geneva on 18 January. (added 12 Mar 2005)

Thomas Esmein and his wife, née Maïna Cizeau, had their first child, Emilie, on 19 January. (added 27 Mar 2005)

Olivier le Hodey and his wife, née Sévérine de Ghellinck d'Elseghem, had their first child, Victor, on 23 January. (added 6 Mar 2005)

Baron Edmond de Mandat Grancey and his wife, née Alexia de L'Epine, had their first child, Astrid, at Paris on 5 February. (added 19 Feb 2005)

Tara John Douglas-Home and his wife, née Francine Beelaerts van Blokland, had a son, daughter, Selina Violet, on 1 February. (added 11 Feb 2005)

Comte Gauthier Cornet d'Elzius du Chenoy and his wife, née Marie-Sophie van den Abeele, had their first child, Henry, on 12 February. (added 12 Mar 2005)

Philippe Japy and his wife, née Bérengère de Lignaud de Lussac, had their fourth child, Aglaë, on 16 February. (added 27 Apr 2005)

Alexander Stephen Rudolph Feilding, 12th Earl of Denbigh and Desmond, and his wife, née Suzanne Jane Allen, had their first child, Peregrine Rudolph Henry, Viscount Feilding, on 19 February. (added 6 Mar 2005)

Luke Lillingston and his wife, née Tabitha Alice Ross, had a son, Hugh John Michael, on 1 March. (added 9 Mar 2005)

Thibault Le Borgne de Boisriou and his wife, née Gaëlle de Quengo de Tonquedec, had their third child, Alix, on 7 March. (added 15 Mar 2005)

Hon. Ian James St.John Lawson-Johnston and his wife, née Rowena Jane Aldington, had their third child, Thomas John, on 14 March. (added 9 Apr 2005)

Benjamin William Keswick and his wife, Martha, had their second child, a daughter, in Hong Kong on 16 March. (added 20 Mar 2005)

Quentin Orban de Xivry and his wife, née Barbara Deckers, had their first child, Mazarine, on 21 March. (added 24 Apr 2005)

Tom Eveling and his wife, née Hon. Isabella Clare Macdonald, had their second child, Luke Thomas Hugo, on 23 March. (added 3 Apr 2005)

Henry Walford Bromley and his wife, née Gina Joan Coogan, had their first child, James Arthur, on 26 March. (added 3 Apr 2005)

Charles Francis Houghton Beckford and his wife, née Clare Elizabeth Stourton, had their fourth child, Miles Crispin, on 30 March. (added 9 Apr 2005)

Gabriel Cortès and his wife, née Laure de Cisternes de Vinzelles, had their fourth child, Louis, on 31 March. Their other children are Baudouin, Blanche, and Vianney. (added 23 Apr 2005)

It is reported that William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth, and his girlfriend Claire Kavanagh, have had a son, named Gerald Glen Legge, born at the Lindo Wing, St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, in late March. (added 26 Mar 2005)

David Barbour and his wife, née Laura Sylvia Kathleen Stanley, had their fourth child, Violet Mary Serena, on 2 April. (added 24 Apr 2005)

Peregrine Henry Towneley and his wife, née Sarah Macleod, had their fourth child, Amabel Virginia Mary, on 7 April. (added 19 Apr 2005)

Duncan William Angus Stirling and his wife, née Zoë Heptonstall, had their second child, Orlando, on 8 April. (added 24 Apr 2005)

Olivier de Irogoyen and his wife had their first child, Martin, on 13 April. (added 24 Apr 2005)

Henry Laszlo Fitzherbert and his wife, née Debra Amanda Keay, had their first child, Charles Nicholas, on 17 April. (added 24 Apr 2005)

Jean-Yves Terlinden and his wife, née Marie-Hélène Blary, had their third child, Sophie, on 24 April. (added 25 Jun 2005)

Christopher James and his wife, née Carolyn Ropner, had their second child, Olivia Emily, on 5 May, 2005, a sister for Poppy. (added 28 May 2005)

Armand Guyon de Montlivault and his wife, née Anne-Laure Viellard, had their first child, Antonia, at Paris on 9 May. (added 15 May 2005)

Rupert Sherman John Cotterell and his wife, née Clare Ferguson, had their second child, Camilla Nancy Ellinor, on 15 May. (added 13 Jun 2005)

Sylvain Frhr v.Müllenheim-Rechberg and his wife, née Charlotte Le Breton de La Bonnelière, had their first child, Wandrille, on 29 May. (added 24 Jul 2005)

Vicomte Régis de Kerautem and his wife, née Claire Millet, had their fifth child, Diane, at Rambouillet on 9 June. Their other children are: Mayeul, b.1997; Vianney, b.1997; Baudouin, b.2000; and Isaure, b.2002. (added 5 Jul 2005)

Harry Whitbread and his wife, née Joanna Pendle-Harris, had their second child, Edward Michael Fitzroy, on 10 June. Their first child, Eliza India, was born at London on 19 August 2004. (added 18 Jun 2005)

Christopher James Hodson and his wife, née Marcela Jaramillo (whom he married in August 2003) had their first child, Michael Robert, on 17 June. (added 27 Jul 2005)

Laurent Peyret and his wife, née Isabelle de Pouilly, had their fourth child, Charlotte, on 20 June. (added 5 Dec 2005)

Bruce Macinnes (son of Canon and Mrs David MacInnes, of St Aldgates, Oxford) and his wife, née Susanna Charlotte Forestier-Walker (daughter of George Clive Forestier-Walker and of his wife, née Ruth Christian Gurney), had their second child, Fergus John Edmond, on 28 June. (added 4 Jul 2005)

Piers A. C. Hillier and his wife, née Alexandra Victoria Corinna Harries, had their first child, Hugh Alexander Philip, on 29 June. (added 20 Jul 2005)

Baron Jérôme de Fierlant Dormer and his wife, née Gersende André-Dumont, had their second child, Louis, on 3 July. (added 10 Dec 2005)

Hon. William John Cadogan and his wife, née Victoria-Rose Taylor, had their first child, Elizabeth-Rose "Ella", on 7 July. (added 20 Jul 2005)

Charles Christian George Meynell and his wife, née Charlotte Blunt, had a son, Hector Edward Hugo, on 11 July. (added 20 Jul 2005)

Richard Hugh Williams-Bulkeley and his wife, née Jacqueline Edwards, had their third child, Elizabeth, on 17 July. (added 24 Jul 2005)

Gabriel de Dieuleveult and his wife, née Sophie Briand, had their first child, Arthur, on 21 July. (added 7 Dec 2005)

Hon. Henry Legge and his wife, née Cressida Hogg, had their third child, Hebe Rosalind, on 24 July. (added 15 Aug 2005)

Thomas Michael John Stourton and his wife, née Susanna Hanbury, had their first child, Flora India, on 29 July. (added 16 Aug 2005)

Robert Ivor Proctor-Beauchamp and his wife, née Kate Hutchinson, had their first child, Josiah Christopher, on 9 August. (added 17 Aug 2005)

Hugues Marie Maurice Ignace de Lestapis and his wife, née Ségolène Claire Marie Boula de Mareüil, had their fourth child, Raoul, at Bordeaux on 11 August. (added 5 Sep 2005)

Frederick Slingsby Collin and his wife, née Helen James, had their first child, Frank, on 20 August. (added 3 Sep 2005)

Justin Wateridge and his wife, née Hon. Henriette Dewar, had their first child, Anna Laura, on 25 August. (added 3 Sep 2005)

William John Howard Whitbread and his wife, née Sarah Prest, had their third child, Verena Mary Edith, on 2 September. (added 14 Sep 2005)

Ashe George Russell Windham and his wife, née Arabella Hoare, had triplets - two sons and a daughter - at St Thomas's Hospital on 5 September. (added 12 Sep 2005)

Rupert Esmond Ian Baring and his wife, née Amanda Botts, had their first child, Sam, on 5 September. (added 12 Sep 2005)

Hon. Francis Patrick Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone and his wife, née Cressida Bourke, had their first child, Grace Mary, on 15 September. (added 10 Oct 2005)

Christopher Andrew Eric Studd and his wife, née Emma Timpson, had their second child, Abigail India Avearii, on 21 September. (added 15 Oct 2005)

Walfroy Ract Madoux and his wife, née Bénédicte de Warren, had their third child, Malo Marie Grégoire Bertrand Thierry, at Paris on 21 September. (added 9 Dec 2005)

Hon William Stanhope and his wife, née Candida Bond, had their second child, a son, on 26 September. (added 9 Oct 2005)

James Hugh Carleton Harris, Viscount Fitzharris, and his wife, née Jemima Fulford-Dobson, had their third child, Fiennes Gilbert Carleton, on 29 September. (added 10 Oct 2005)

Luke Irwin and his wife, née Alice Rosalind Elliot (niece of the Duchess of Cornwall), had a son, Otis, in October. (added 15 Oct 2005)

David Hugh Charles Pardoe and his wife, née Countess Anya Gurowski, had their second child, Beatrice Rose, on 26 October. (added 5 Nov 2005)

Sir Euan Hamilton Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 3d Bt., and his wife, née Anna Joan Wright, had their first child, Barnaby Charles, on 28 October. (added 5 Nov 2005)

Marcus Frederick Loudon and his wife, née Juliet Darell-Brown, had their first child, Cecilia Emily, on 30 October. (added 5 Nov 2005)

Harry Baker and his wife, née Lady Portia Agar, had their first child, Caspar Jack, on 4 November. (added 12 Nov 2005)

Hon. William Patrick Conolly-Carew and his wife, née Jane Anne Cunningham, had their fourth child, Daisy Cecilia, on 8 November. (added 25 Nov 2005)

Thomas Steuart Fothringham, Younger of Pourie, and his wife, Dr Anna Catherine [Kate] Steuart Fothringham, née Macdonald, had their second child, James Andrew, on 17 November, a brother for Sandy. (added 27 Nov 2005)

The engagement was announced 24 March 2005, between Other John Windsor-Clive (b.1958, son of Capt. Francis Archer Windsor-Clive, of Bromesberrow, Gloucestershire, by his wife the former Anne Gertrude Longueville (deceased)) and Elizabeth S. Wallis (eldest daughter of the late Mr J.A. Wallis and of Mrs Wallis, of Fownhope, Herefordshire). They married later in the year and had their first child, Emily India Suzanna, on 21 November. (updated 10 Dec 2005)

Cédric Jouan de Kervenoaël and his wife, née Stéphanie Lequette, had their third child, Henri, on 21 November. (added 11 Dec 2005)

Baron Evrard de Villenfagne de Vogelsanck and his wife, née Sophie le Grand, had their first child, Pârvatî, on 30 November. (added 10 Dec 2005)

Charles George Yuill Seymour Dawson-Damer, Viscount Carlow, and his wife, née Clare Garside, had their second child, a daughter, at Sydney, Australia, on 2 December. Their first child is named Sarah. (added 6 Dec 2005)

Baron Philippe d'Huart and his wife, née Thérèse Linard de Guertechin, had their third child, Raphaël, on 8 December. (added 14 Jan 2006)

Hon. Henry Lionel Dawson-Damer and his wife, née Alexandra Louise Noad, had their first child, Jasper George Seymour, at Sydney, Australia, on 15 December. (added 20 Dec 2005)

Deaths:

Hugh John Frederick Lawson, 6th Lord Burnham, died on 1 January. (added 23 Jan 2005)

Madeleine Marie Ethel Clarke, née Petre, died on 4 January, aged 90. (added 23 Jan 2005)

Humphrey William Bouverie Carpenter died on 4 January. (added 22 Apr 2005)

Veronica, Lady Maclean of Dunconnel, née Hon. Veronica Nell Fraser, died at Strachur House on 5 January. (added 11 Jan 2005)

Lachlan Cecil Gordon-Duff died on 6 January. (added 11 Jan 2005)

Comte Christian André de La Fresnaye died on 13 January. (added 23 Jan 2005)

Mrs Jean Adini Willoughby, née Hills, died on 19 January. (added 28 Jan 2005)

Vicomtesse Jacques de Vanssay, née Elisabeth de Mark-Tripoli de Panisse Passis, died at her home on 23 January. (added 5 Feb 2005)

Adolf-Heinrich Graf v. Arnim died at Boitzenburg on 2 February. (added 6 Feb 2005)

Anne de Chaumont-Quitry died on 8 February. (added 29 Feb 2005)

Marie-Thérèse Miller, née Gräfin von Degenfeld-Schonburg, died on 16 February. (added 5 Mar 2005)

Maria Socorro Lopez, née Lopez-Doriga y Muñoz, died at Madrid on 16 February. (added 5 Mar 2005)

Françoise Marie Ida de Dampierre died at Paris on 13 March. (added 20 Mar 2005)

Pamela Joscelyne Adams, née Drury-Lowe, died at St.Mary's Hospital, Paddington, on 14 March. (added 20 Mar 2005)

Lorna St.Aubyn, née Mackintosh, died on 27 March. (added 9 Apr 2005)

Andreas Wolf Dietlof Graf v. Arnim died on 30 March. (added 3 Apr 2005)

Mrs Home Ronald Archibald Kidston, née Erica Lanz, died on 8 April. (added 19 Apr 2005)

Peter Thomas More Hope, 4th Lord Rankeillour, died on 12 April. (added 19 Apr 2005)

Hon. Mrs Edward Richard Barrington Stopford, née Millicent Watt, died 30 Apr, 2005, aged 84. (added 28 May 2005)

Comte Bertrand Charles Georges de Galard Magnas died on 2 May. (added 10 May 2005)

Edward David Lindley Meynell died on 2 May at Gran Canaraia, Islas Canarias. (added 28 May 2005)

Hon. Martin Denzil Fortescue died on 15 May. (added 28 May 2005)

Thomas Henry Weld died on 16 May. (added 28 May 2005)

Maria del Amor Alvarez de Toledo y Mencos died at Madrid on 6 June. (added 22 Jun 2005)

Hon. Patrick Maurice Pakenham died in London on 8 June. (added 13 Jun 2005)

Comtesse Gaspard de Bizemont, née Giroult des Brosses, died on 26 June. (added 5 Jul 2005)

Comte Gérard de Lannoy died at Etterbeek on 27 June. (added 2 Jul 2005)

William Geoffrey Keighley died at Sutton Forest, New South Wales, on 14 June. (updated 9 Oct 2005)

Sybil Anne Parker-Jervis, née Murray, widow of Hon. John Michael Inigo Cross, died on 1 July. (added 10 Jul 2005)

Genoveva Alvarez de Toledo, née Bandeira, died at Madrid on 25 July. (added 30 Jul 2005)

Antonio Sagnier y Muñoz died on 26 July. (added 30 Jul 2005)

Clementine, Lady Beit, née Clementine Mabell Freeman-Mitford, died in London on 17 August. (added 24 Aug 2005)

Elizabeth Ann Colvin, née Marshall, died on 19 August. (added 3 Sep 2005)

John Hugh Chetwynd died on 20 August. (added 27 Aug 2005)

Hélène, Baronne Guy d'Huart, née Nieuwenhuys, died at Ottignies on 27 August. (added 3 Sep 2005)

Baron Henry de Javel died on 12 September. (added 21 Sep 2005)

Mme Georges Masson-Bachasson de Montalivet, née Marguerite d'Ussel, died on 13 September, aged 96. (added 21 Sep 2005)

Ferdinand-Christoph Graf von Degenfeld-Schonburg died on 13 September. (added 10 Oct 2005)

Mme Alain de Charette de la Contrie, née Miquel, died on 19 September. (added 25 Sep 2005)

Jacques Odart Marquis de Rilly d'Oysonville died in September. (added 25 Sep 2005)

Mme Monique Grunelius, née Prêcheur, died at Louveciennes on 23 September. (added 9 Oct 2005)

Sir Robert Cornwallis Gerald St.Leger Ricketts, 7th Bt., died on 6 October. (added 15 Oct 2005)

Alex Georges Marie Pierre Vignon died on 26 October. (added 7 Dec 2005)

Baronne Hubert de Turckheim, née Solange de Watteville, died at Paris on 22 November. (added 27 Nov 2005)

Hans-Christoph Freiherr Schenk von Stauffenberg died at Munich on 28 November. (added 3 Dec 2005)

John Edward Richard Bowlby died on 28 November. (added 17 Dec 2005)

Lady Rosula Glyn, née Windsor-Clive, died on 1 December. (added 10 Dec 2005)

Denise, Lady Ebury, née Yarde-Buller, died on 1 December. (added 17 Dec 2005)

Ashley Dormeuil died on 5 December. (added 10 Dec 2005)

Marie, Lady Loder, née Symons-Jeune, died on 6 December. (added 10 Dec 2005)

Thomas Charles Willis Fleming died on 10 December. (added 30 Dec 2005)

Moyra Gore died on 23 December. (added 30 Dec 2005)

Lady Sophia Katharine Gordon died on 28 December. (added 4 Jan 2006)

Marriages:

Anton R.N. Creasy (son of Mr & Mrs Karl Creasy, of Nornea, Cambridgeshire) married Hon (Flora) May Pamela Tennant (b.1970, twin daughter of the 3rd Baron Glenconner and Baroness Glenconner, LVO, former Lady-in-Waiting to HRH The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (née Lady Anne Veronica Coke, dau of the 5th Earl of Leicester)) at St.Withburga Church, Holkham Hall, on 16 April. (added 20 Apr 2005)

Simon Dugdale (son of Mr & Mrs John Dugdale, of Jackson's Road, R.D.2 Kaiapoi, New Zealand) married Annabel Mariella Ropner (b.1974, daughter of Sir John Bruce Woollacott Ropner, 2nd Baronet, of Thorp Perrow, Bedale, and his second wife, Auriol Veronica, now Marchioness of Linlithgow, dau of Capt Graham Laurie Mackeson-Sandbach (of that landed family)) on 16 April. (added 24 Apr 2005)

The forthcoming marriage was announced between Emmeric Burin de Roziers (son of André Burin des Roziers and of his wife, née Marie-Christine des Isnards) and Jacqueline Chamboduc de Saint Pulgent (daughter of Noël Chamboduc de Saint Pulgent and of his wife, née Maryvonne Le Gallo). The banns were published at Paris on 19 April. (added 24 Apr 2005)

Maximilian Graf von Arnim (b.Munich 23 July 1974, son of Thomas Graf von Arnim and of his wife, née Sabine König) married Jocelyn Brooke Whitmoyer at Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania, on 21 May. (added 24 May 2005)

Hugh Ralph van Cutsem (second son of Hugh Bernard Edward van Cutsem and of his wife, née Emilie van Ufford) married Rose Astor (daughter of David Waldorf Astor and of his wife, née Clare Pamela St.John) at Burford on 4 June. (added 7 Jun 2005)

Andrew Alexander Marshall Horsbrugh-Porter (b.19 Jan 1971, son and heir of Sir John Simon Horsbrugh-Porter, 4th Baronet (b. 1938), of Coleshill, Bucks, by his wife, the former Lavinia Rose Turton (descended from the Viscounts Chetwynd, and from Prince William, Duke of Gloucester)) married Jennie Downing (daughter of Mr and Mrs Keith Downing, of Ontario) at All Saints' Church, Coleshill, Buckinghamshire, on 19 June. (added 14 Sep 2005)

Jacqueline d'Aviau de Ternay (daughter of Comte Patrick d'Aviau de Ternay and of his wife, née Tatiana Chourpina) married Nicolas Desjouis at Saint-Rémy-du-Val on 25 June. (added 26 Jun 2005)

Célia Maria Georgine Guilène Gromand (daughter of Pierre-Gilles Gromand and of his wife, née Marie-Hélène Rosier) married Tanguy Emmanuel Henri Marie d'Everlange de Bellevue. The marriage was announced in June. (added 26 Jun 2005)

Comte Eric de Maigret (son of Comte Geoffroy de Maigret and of his wife, née Véronique Wartelle d'Herlincourt) married Elise van den Broek d'Obrenan (daughter of Christophe van den Broek d'Obrenan and of his wife, née Béatrice d'Ornellas). The engagement had been announced in 2003. The marriage was announced in June. (added 26 Jun 2005)

Arnaud Rolland de Rengervé married Armelle de Vivie de Régie on 25 June. (added 9 Jul 2005)

Mathieu Lavagna married Valentine Kielbaey at Châteauneuf Villevieille on 25 June. (added 5 Dec 2005)

Jocelyn Thomas Ralph Wilbraham (b.1970, youngest son of Mr [Martin] John Wilbraham, of Thorganby, Yorkshire, and his former wife, the former Hon. Catherine Mary Sidney (b.1942), now the Hon. Mrs Catherine Wass, of St Leonards, Hampshire) married Fiona M. Butler-Adams (youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs David Butler-Adams, of Holtby, Yorkshire) in London on 24 June. (added 10 Aug 2005)

Emmanuel Collinet de la Salle married Juliette de Courcel at Mably on 23 July. (added 7 Dec 2005)

Ludovic Ganne de Beaucoudrey married Clotilde Ansieau at the church of Saint-Aubin, Tourouvre, on 23 July. (added 10 Dec 2005)

Kenneth Edward David Crichton-Stuart (b.1975, only son of the late Lord David Ogden Crichton-Stuart (1933-1977) (second (twin) son of the 5th Marquess of Bute) and of Lady David Crichton-Stuart, of Kames Court, Tromode, Douglas, Isle of Man) married Kaye G.E. Smith (only daughter of Mr and Mrs George Smith, of Marshlands, Christchurch, New Zealand) at Dartmouth House, Mayfair, on 27 August. (added 12 Sep 2005)

The marriage is to take place 30 Aug 2005, at St James's Church, Cooling, Kent, between Jools Holland, the pianist & TV presenter, and Christabel Mary, née McEwen (b.1962, former wife of Edward Richard Lambton, styled Baron Durham (son and heir of the disclaimed 6th Earl of Durham), and daughter of Roderick (Rory) McEwen and of his wife, née Romana von Hofmannsthal). The couple have a daughter together, Mabel Ray Britannia Holland, and Christabel has a son, Frederick Lambton. (added 15 Aug 2005)

Wandrille Join-Lambert married Anne-Laure Demetz at Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Sully (Saône-et-Loire) on 3 September. (added 5 Sep 2005)

Baron Stéphane Terlinden (son of Baron Georges Terlinden and of his wife, née Thérèse van der Linden) married Murielle de Potesta de Waleffe (daughter of Baron and Baronne de Potesta de Waleffe) at Amay on 3 September. (updated 5 Dec 2005)

Edouard Sarrazin married Camille Esmein at Luzarches on 10 September. (added 4 Dec 2005)

Thomas Henry Parker Bowles (b.1974, only son of Andrew Parker Bowles by his former wife, Camilla, née Shand) married Sara G. Buys (daughter of Mr William Buys and Mrs Caroline Buys) at St Nicholas Church, Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames, on 10 September. (added 14 Sep 2005)

Comte Arnault de Lambilly (son of Comte Denys de Lambilly and of his wife, née Aude de Vergnette de Lamotte) married Elisabeth Boudy (daughter of Michel Boudy and of his wife, née Sabine Fradin de Bellabre) at Pouzages-en-Vendée on 17 September. (added 21 Sep 2005)

Nicolas Hontebeyrie (b.1968, son of Gérard Hontebeyrie (b. 1940), and of his wife, née Jacqueline Fortier (b. 1939)) married Dorothée Georges-Picot (b.1972, daughter of Eric Georges-Picot and of his wife, née Isabelle Geoffroy) at Les Portes en Ré (France), on 24 September, 2005. (added 1 Apr 2006)

Tristan de Kerautem married Florence Demartial at the church of St.Ideuc, Saint-Malo, on 1 October. (added 10 Dec 2005)

James Henry Goodhart (b.1970, elder son of Joseph Henry Goodhart, of Great Givendale, Pocklington, York, and of his wife, née Fiona Ann Bowes-Lyon) married Samantha J. Fletcher (daughter of Mr Robert Fletcher, of Coneysthorpe, York, and Ann Fletcher, of Burton Fleming, East Yorkshire) at St.Mary's Church, Masham, North Yorkshire, on 7 October. (added 19 Oct 2005)

The marriage took place 21 October, 2005, between Michael Henry Hicks Beach, 3rd Earl St Aldwyn and Mrs Louise Wigan. A service of blessing was held at Coln St Aldwyns, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. (added 2 Nov 2005)

The marriage took place at All Saints' Church, Newbridge-on-Wye, Powys, on 26 November, between Sir John Michael Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn, 4th Bt., and Mrs Carolyn S. I'Anson. (added 10 Dec 2005)

Julian C.R. Holloway (younger son of the Rev. Roger and Mrs Holloway, of Tanglewood House, Ullapool, Ross-shire) married Lady Corinna Lettice Brabazon (b.1974, daughter of John Anthony Brabazon, 15th Earl of Meath, and of his wife, née Xenia Goudime, of Killruddery, Bray, County Wicklow) at Christ Church, Bray, County Wicklow, on 29
December. (updated 11 Jan 2006)

Engagements:

The engagement was announced 5 Jan, 2005, between James Edward Howard-Vyse (b.1977, son of Lieutenant Colonel John Cecil Howard-Vyse, of The Old Vicarage, Burneston, Bedale, North Yorkshire, by his wife, the former Jennifer Anne Collin) and Claire Underwood (eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael Underwood, of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk).

The engagement was announced 7 January, 2005, between the Hon. Hugo Charles Douglas-Pennant (b.1969, younger son of the 7th Baron Penrhyn, of Colwall, Herefordshire, by his wife the former Josephine Upcott) and Lucianne E. Rush (younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Rush, of Kenilworth, Warwickshire).

The engagement was announced 12 January, 2005, between Patrick D. Steuart Fothringham (eldest son of Henry Steuart Fothringham of Grantully, OBE, of that landed family, and of his wife, the late Cherry Linnhe Stewart of Achnacone) and Suzanna F.M. Wilson (daughter of Major and Mrs Ra Wilson, of Petersfield, Hampshire).

The engagement was announced from New Zealand, 13 January, 2005, between Bradley Trevor Greive (only son of Dr and Mrs T.C. Greive, of New South Wales) and the Hon. Zoe Elizabeth Tryon (eldest daughter of the 3rd Baron Tryon and the late Baroness Tryon, of Comrie, Perthshire).

The engagement was announced 21 January, 2005 between Rupert Leo Esme Wingfield-Stratford-Johnstone (b.1975, eldest son of Mr Edward Melville Wingfield-Stratford-Johnstone (b. 1950), of Bordeaux, France, by his wife, Sara Birch Reynardson) and Alice Caitlin Hartford (daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Hartford, of Beaford, Devon).

The engagement was announced between Alexandre Moretus Plantin de Bouchout (son of Geoffroy Moretus Plantin de Bouchout and of his wife, née Françoise de Schietere de Lophem) and Gabriela de Pierpont (daughter of M. and Mme. Ivan de Pierpont). (added 29 Jan 2005)

The engagement was announced 2 February, 2005, between Mark Henry Cosimo von Westenholz (b.1973, second son of Mr Charles von Westenholz, of Widford, Hertfordshire, by his wife, the former Lady Mary Marianella Anne Kerr) and Milly Sanders (daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael Sanders, of Chawton, Hampshire).

The engagement was announced 5 February, 2005 between John Ruthven Barran (b.10 Nov 1971, son and heir of Sir John Napoleon Ruthven Barran, 4th Baronet, and of his wife, Jane Margaret, daughter of Sir Stanley Hooker, CBE, FRS) and Helen Elizabeth Ward (elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Ward, of Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset). The marriage will take place at Babington House, Somerset, on September 12, 2005.

The engagement was announced between Henry Muss (son of Dr and Mrs David Muss) and Hon. Philippa "Pippa" Gueterbock (daughter of Anthony Fitzhardinge Gueterbock, 18th Lord Berkeley, and of his wife, née Diane Christine Townsend. (added 6 Feb 2005)

The engagement was announced 23 February, 2005, between the Hon Henry Robert Anthony (Harry) Noel (b.1 July 1977, only son of Viscount Campden and of his wife, née Sarah Rose Winnington) and Zara van Cutsem (b.1978, younger daughter of Geoffrey Neil van Cutsem and of his wife, née Sally McCorquodale).

The engagement was announced 25 February, 2005, between David Haakon Williams-Bulkeley (b.1973, second son of Michael Williams-Bulkeley, of Anglesey, North Wales, and of his wife, née Ellen-Marie Falkum-Hansen) and Jennifer Leigh Moran (daughter of Mr & Mrs Michael Moran, of Bloomfield Hills, United States of America).

The engagement was announced 26 February, 2005 between Dr Philip Christopher Boobbyer (b.1963, eldest son of Mr Brian Boobbyer, of Presteigne, Powys, and of his wife, née Hon. Juliet Honor Rodd) and Laura Briege Trevelyan (eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Trevelyan, of Hexham, Northumberland).

The engagement was announced 28 February, 2005, between Basil James Feilding (b.1974, son of Peter Rudolph Feilding, of Buckinghamshire, and of his wife, née Diana Cox) and Samantha J. Thomas (youngest daughter of Mr Richard
Thomas and Mrs Christine Kelsey, of Surrey).

The engagement was announced between Edouard de Bengy de Puyvallée (son of Christian de Bengy de Puyvallée and of his wife, née Germaine de La Bourdonnaye-Blossac) and Caroline Delasnerie (daughter of Olivier Delasnerie and of his wife, née Géraldine Léonardis-Carnot). (added 12 Mar 2005)

The engagement was announced between Michaelina de Radzitzky d'Ostrowick (daughter of François de Radzitzky d'Ostrowick and of his wife, née Baronne Sabine Hélène de Villenfagne de Vogelsanck) and Frédéric t'Kint de Roodenbeke (son of M. and Mme. Roland t'Kint de Roodenbeke). (added 12 Mar 2005)

The engagement was announced between Marine de Charette de La Contrie (daughter of Christian de Charette de La Contrie and of his first wife, née Marie-Françoise Desclée) and Nicolas Meneut. (added 20 Mar 2005)

The engagement was announced 23 March, 2005 between Lester A. Barnes (eldest son of Mr and Mrs D. Barnes, of Halstead, Kent) and the Hon.Henrietta Louise Brougham (b.1965, only daughter of the 5th Baron Brougham and Vaux, CBE, of Westminster, London SW1, by his first (late) wife the former Olivia Susan Gray (later Mrs Hicks, of Callington,
Cornwall)).

The engagement was announced between Alexis Roque (son of Patrick Roque and of his wife, née Jeanne-Marie de Lubersac) and Mélanie d'Anglejan-Châtillon (daughter of Régis d'Anglejan-Châtillon and of his wife, née Caroline de Meaux). (added 2 Apr 2005)

The engagement was announced between Alix Espivent de la Villeboisnet de Catuélan (daughter of Comte Hervé Espivent de la Villeboisnet de Catuélan and of his wife, née Yolande d'Alès) and Laurent de Bournet (son of Hervé de Bournet and of his wife, née Béatrice de Vitton). (added 3 Apr 2005)

The engagement was announced 31 March, 2005 between Edward F. Speir (elder son of Mr & Mrs Adrian Speir, of Melsonby, North Yorkshire) and Lucy Annabel Douglas-Pennant (b.1977, daughter of Hugh Archibald Douglas-Pennant, of Stansfield, Suffolk, by his first wife, née Henrietta Berger (now Mrs Henrietta Green, of Tichborne, Hampshire).

The engagement was announced, 1 April, 2005, between Dr Charles R. Gillham (elder son of Dr and Mrs Anthony Gillham, of North Yorkshire) and Victoria Mary Williams-Bulkeley (b.1973, daughter of Sir Richard Thomas Williams-Bulkeley, 14th Bt., and Lady Williams-Bulkeley, of Anglesey).

The engagement was announced 7 April, 2005, between Tarquin Campbell (b.1966, son of Mr Gerard Francis Campbell and of his wife, née Theadora Elizabeth Brinckman) and Sophie Emma Thynne (b.1968, daughter of Lord Christopher John Thynne and of his wife, née Antonia Mary Palmer). The bride-to-be is a granddaughter of the late 6th Marquess of Bath (1905-92). Tarquin Campbell is a grandson of Capt Robin Francis Campbell, who married in 1936 (div 1946) the Hon. Mary Hermione Ormsby-Gore (b. 1914) (later Lady Mayall), daughter of the 4th Baron Harlech, KG (1885-1964), by his wife Lady Beatrice Gascoyne-Cecil, daughter of the 4th Marquess of Salisbury, &c.

The engagement was announced between Sophie Chambris (daughter of Alain Chambris and of his wife, née Sylvie de Charette de La Contrie) and Ludociv Urvoy de Portzamparc (son of Bernard Urvoy de Portzamparc and of his wife, née Nicole Forgeot d'Arc). (added 11 Apr 2005)

The engagement was announced 4 April, 2005, between Nicholas Andrew Carmichael (son of Wing Commander and Mrs Brian Carmichael, of Belton-in-Rutland) and Sophie Kathleen Milbank (b.1977, younger daughter of racehorse trainer Charles Gerald Milbank and of his wife, née Wendy Johnson, of Newmarket, Suffolk).

The engagement was announced 16 April, 2005 between Roderick E. Canvin (younger son of the late Mr Harley Canvin and of Mrs Judith Lyon, of Melbourne, Australia) and the Hon. Katie Victoria Lopes (b.1976, eldest daughter of the 3rd Baron Roborough, of Maristow and of the Hon Mrs Robyn Lopes, of Devon).

The engagement was announced between Tanneguy de Drouas (son of Hervé de Drouas and of his wife, née Ghislaine de Pelet) and Clémence du Tillet (daughter of Christian du Tillet and of his wife, née Laurence Miquel). (added 20 Apr 2005)

The engagement was announced between Comtesse Céline Jessica Geneviève Marie de Liedekerke Beaufort (daughter of Comte Aynard Humbert Jacques Marie Gilles Ghislain de Liedekerke Beaufort and of his wife, née Isabelle Inès Pauline Marie Emmanuelle del Marmol) and François La Haye (son of M.and Mme. Jean-Louis La Haye). (added 24 Apr 2005)

The engagement was announced between Alexandre Tandeau de Marsac (b.28 Dec 1978, son of Charles Tandeau de Marsac and of his wife, née Elisabeth du Haÿs) and Clotilde Huet (daughter of Bruno Huet and of his wife, née Claude Tiersonnier). (added 24 Apr 2005)

The engagement was announced 16 Apr, 2005, between John P. Nelson (eldest son of the late Major and Mrs Peter Nelson, of Lambourn) and Hon. Mary-Anne Martyn Hemphill (b.1958, daughter of the 5th Baron Hemphill and Baroness Hemphill, of Dunkellin, County Galway).

The engagement was announced 21 April, 2005 between Benjamin A. Courtney (son of Mrs Jenny Courtney and Mr Stephen Courtney, of Connecticut) and Eleanor Margaret Constable Maxwell (b.1977, daughter of Peter George Constable Maxwell, of Stockwell, London, scion of the Lords Herries (created 1490), by his wife the former Virginia Ann Ewart).

The engagement was announced 22 Apr 2005 between the Hon. Rupert Arthur Lawson-Johnston (b.1972, son of the 3rd Baron Luke, of Middleton, Leicestershire, by his second wife the former Sarah Louise Hearne) and Lucy Zara Janaway (daughter of Mr and Mrs Philip Janaway, of Didmarton, Gloucestershire).

The engagement was announced 23 Apr, 2005, between Major Robin J.W. Bucknall (only son of Mr James Bucknall, of North Bovey, Devon, and the late Mrs Anne Bucknall (née Woolcott) and stepson of Mrs Susan Bucknall) and Anne Teresa Joan Mostyn (b.1973, daughter of Mr Jerome John Joseph Mostyn (b. 1933), of Stapleford, Wiltshire, scion of the
Mostyn Baronets (created 1670), and the late Mrs Ana Julia Novoa Mostyn).

The engagement was announced between Baronne Rose-Alie della Faille d'Huysse (daughter of Baron Baudouin della Faille d'Huysse and of his wife, née Baronne Marie Pauline de Villenfagne de Vogelsanck) and Quentin van Winckel (son of M. and Mme. Jacques van Winckel). (added 7 May 2005)

The engagement was announced between Comtesse Aline d'Oultremont (b.18 March 1980, daughter of Comte Alec d'Oultremont and of his wife, née Comtesse Marie de Marchant-Ansembourg) and Tanguy van der Eecken. (added 14 May 2005)

The engagement was announced 5 May, 2005, between Cameron Stewart Turnbull (son of Mr & Mrs Ian Turnbull, of Tunbridge Wells) and Colomba Paule Aubade Lionne Patricia de la Panouse (daughter of Vicomte Paul Marie Bernard de la Panouse).

The engagement was announced 7 May, 2005, between the Hon. Charles George Barrington Tryon (b.15 May 1976, elder son and heir of the 3rd Baron Tryon, of Perthshire, and the late Baroness (*Kanga*) Tryon) and Carla D. Stang (daughter of Mr & Mrs Bernard Stang, of Rose Bay, Sydney, Australia).

The engagement was announced 9 May, 2005, between Mr Bram de Guchteneire (only son of Meneer and Mevrouw ED de Guchteneire, of Maastricht) and Alexandra Christian Turton (younger daughter of the Hon. Gerald Christopher Turton and Mrs Turton, of Upsall Castle, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, and granddaughter paternally of the late Baron Tranmire, MC, PC (1903-94)).

The engagement was announced 23 May, 2005, between James William Michael Willoughby (b.8 Mar 1976, eldest son of the Hon. Michael Charles James Willoughby, of Malton, North Yorkshire [himself the son of Michael Godfrey John Willoughby, 12th Lord Middleton, and of his wife, née Janet Marshall-Cornwall], by his wife, née Hon. Lucy Corinna Agneta Sidney [herself the daughter of William Philip Sidney, Viscount de l'Isle and Dudley, and of his first wife, née Hon. Jacqueline Vereker]) and Lady Cara Mary Cecilia Boyle (b.1976, eldest daughter of John Richard Boyle, 15th Earl of Cork & Orrery [himself the son of John William Boyle, 14th Earl of Cork & Orrery, and of his wife, née Mary Leslie Gordon-Finlayson], and of his wife, née Hon. Rebecca Juliet Noble [herself the daughter of the Life Peer, Lord Glenkinglas]). Both are James I descendants.

The engagement was announced 2 June, 2005, between David Edward Hugh Gascoyne-Cecil (b.1978, scion of the Marquesses of Salisbury, son of Hugh Peniston Cecil (b. 1941) and Mrs Cecil, of Little Venice, London, and Wiveton, Norfolk) and Catherine Fentress (daughter of Mr & Mrs James Fentress, of Rome and Castagnoli-in-Chianti, Tuscany).

The engagement was announced 8 June, 2005, between Thomas Robert Wellington Stapleton-Cotton, 6th Viscount Combermere (b.30 Aug 1969, son of the 5th Viscount Combermere (1929-2000), by his wife, née Pamela Coulson) and Caroline Sarah Irby (b.1977, daughter of Charles Leonard Anthony Irby, of Notting Hill, London [himself a great-grandson of Princess Maria von Montenuovo], and of his wife, née Sarah Jane Sutherland).

The engagement was announced 28 May, 2005, between the Hon. Esmonde Francis Ralph Orlando Bridgeman (b.1974, 3rd but second surviving son of the 3rd Viscount Bridgeman and Viscountess Bridgeman) and Ursula Oldenburg (daughter of Mr & Mrs Reinhard Oldenburg, of Montreal, Canada).

The engagement was announced between Alexis Desclée de Maredsous (son of Vincent Desclée de Maredsous and of his wife, née Aliette Durand-Degeorge) and Marguerite de Villoutreys de Brignac (daughter of Thierry de Villoutreys de Brignac and of his wife, née Anne de Viry). (added 19 Jun 2005)

The engagement was announced between Arnaud Fournier (son of Jean-Pierre Fournier and of his wife, née Aude Cros-Mayrevieille) and Ségolène de Lassus de Saint-Geniès (daughter of Baron Philippe de Lassus de Saint-Geniès and of his wife, née Agnès Dadvisard de Talairan). (added 4 Jul 2005)

The engagement was announced 5 July 2005, between Piers M. Woodnutt (only son of Mr & Mrs Martin Woodnutt, of Reepham, Norfolk) and Lucy Charlotte Ivy Pridden (b.1976, daughter of Robert Pridden, of Exton, Rutland, and of his wife, née Lady Maria Noel).

The engagement was announced 10 Aug 2005, between Hon. Angus Edward Gathorne-Hardy (b. 1973, younger son of the 5th Earl of Cranbrook and of his wife, née Caroline Jarvis) and Alexandra M. (Tilly) Ware (youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs Trevor Ware, of Loscombe, Dorset).

The engagement was announced 25 July, 2005, between Dickon Wingfield-Stratford-Johnstone (b.1978, son of Esme Edward Melville Wingfield-Stratford-Johnstone and of his wife, née Sara Birch Reynardson) and Elizabeth Mary Hamilton Stewart (daughter of Mr & Mrs Peter Hamilton Stewart, of Harrogate, North Yorkshire).

The engagement was announced 29 July 2005, between Sir Richard Henry Danvers Osborn, 9th Bt., (son of the late
Sir Danvers Lionel Rouse Osborn, 8th Bt, and of his wife, née Constance Violette Rooke) and Belinda Mary Elworthy (younger daughter of the late Richard Elworthy and Mrs Elizabeth Norton).

The engagement was announced 16 August 2005 between Thomas Somerled Chamberlayne-Macdonald (b.1969, younger son of Major Nigel Donald Peter Chamberlayne-Macdonald, CVO, OBE (b. 1927), late The Scots Guards, and Mrs Chamberlayne-Macdonald, of Cranbury Park, Winchester) and Irene A. Goulimis (younger daughter of the late Mr Stylianos Goulimis and Mrs Ioanna Goulimis, of Toronto, Canada).

The engagement was announced 24 August, 2005, between Manolo García Falcón (eldest son of Manuel García Jiménez and Dolores Falcón Algaba, of Seville, Spain) and Camilla Faith Douglas-Pennant (daughter of Philip Morton Douglas-Pennant, of Tisbury House, Tisbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire, and of his wife, née Sarah Frances Jane Coaker).

The engagement was announced 27 August 2005 between Alexander Francis Andrew Nicholas Thorne (b.1972, son of Capt. Nicholas Andrew Thorne and of his wife, née Diana Lesley Kathryn Leslie, now Mrs Michael Evison) and Victoria C. Fielding Kirby (daughter of Mr & Mrs Christopher Kirby, of Leeds, West Yorkshire).

The engagement was announced 2 September 2005, between Toby Adrian Jamieson Milbank (b.1977, younger son of Sir Anthony Frederick Milbank, 5th Bt, of Barningham Park, North Yorkshire, and of his wife, née Belinda Beatrice Gore) and Anna V. Maxwell-Lyte (younger daughter of Mr Peter Maxwell-Lyte, and of Mrs Mike Griffith, of London).

The engagement was announced between Sébastien Paquot (son of M.and Mme. Baoudouin Paquot) and Marie Cruysmans (daughter of Didier Cruysmans and of his wife, née Comtesse Emilie d'Oultremont). (added 18 Sep 2005)

The engagement was announced between Baron Adrien della Faille d'Huysse (son of Baron Baudouin della Faille d'Huysse and of his wife, née Baronne Marie Pauline de Villenfagne de Vogelsanck) and Virginia de Burlet (daughter Edouard de Burlet). (added 9 Oct 2005)

The engagement was announced between Baron Yves Brochard de La Rochebrochard (son of Baron Xavier Brochard de La Rochebrochard and of his wife, née Sabine de Stampa) and Agnès d'Anterroches (daughter of Vicomte Thierry d'Anterroches and of his wife, née Gwénaëlle de Charette de La Contrie). (added 9 Oct 2005)

The engagement was announced 1 October, 2005, between Samuel George Petty-Fitzmaurice Mercer Nairne (b.1976, son of Lord Robert Harold Mercer Nairne, of Meikleour, Perthshire, and of his wife, née Jane Elizabeth Gordon (of the Marquesses of Huntly)) and Claire F. Aussudre (daughter of the late M. Jean-Charles Aussudre and of Mme Françoise Aussudre, of Bordeaux).

The engagement was announced 4 October, 2005, between John Francis Buckler Noel Lethbridge (b.10 March 1977, son and heir of Sir Thomas Periam Hector Noel Lethbridge, 7th Bt, and of his wife, née Susan Elizabeth Rocke) and Nicola E. Barkas (daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs Anthony Barkas, of Hardwick, Oxfordshire).

The engagement was announced 7 October, 2005, between Jeffrey-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg (son of Friedrich Graf von der Schulenburg and of his wife, née Suzanna Jessica Huff) and Flavia Helen Legh Dalzell Payne (second daughter of Major-General Henry Salusbury Legh (Harry) Dalzell Payne, CBE, and of his former wife Serena Helen, daughter of Colonel Clifford White Gourlay, MC, TD). He was formerly married to Beatrice van Pallandt, and has a son and three daughters.

The engagement was announced 13 October, 2005, between Dominic R.A. Johnson (son of the late Patrick Johnson and Madame Ivan Brumpt) and Hon. Alice Rose Alethea Hamilton (b.1974, youngest daughter of the Baron Hamilton of Epsom and of his wife, née Anne Catharine Napier).

The engagement was announced 15 October, 2005, between Adam Keswick (b.1973, third son of Sir Chippendale Lindley Keswick and of his wife, née Lady Sarah Ramsay) and Clare J. Davidson (daughter of Mr & Mrs Peter Davidson, of Rickford, Somerset).

The engagement was announced 22 October 2005, between Sir Julian William Richard Younger, 4th Bt (son of the late Maj-Gen. Sir John Younger, 3rd Bt, and of his first wife, née Stella Jane Lister) and Anthea Stainton (daughter of the late Sir Anthony Stainton, KCB, QC, and Mrs Barbara Stainton).

The engagement was announced 27 October, 2005, between Philip James (youngest son of the late Geoffrey James & Mrs Elizabeth Anne James, of Sunningdale, Berks) and Louise Mackeson-Sandbach (younger daughter of Mr & Mrs Ian Mackeson-Sandbach, of Regent's Park, London).

The engagement was announced 2 November, 2005, between Harry Marcus George Lopes (b.1977, only son of Hon. George Edward Lopes, of Yealmpton, Plymouth, Devon, and of his wife, née Hon. Sarah Violet Astor) and Laura Rose Parker Bowles (b. 1978, only daughter of Brigadier Andrew Henry Parker Bowles and of his former wife, née Camilla Shand, now HRH The Duchess of Cornwall. Both are James I descendants.

The engagement was announced 2 November, 2005, between Edward P. Lawson-Johnston (b.1979, twin son of Hon. Philip Richard Lawson-Johnston and of his wife, née Saskia Moyne Andrews) and Christabel Marie-Jeanne Brudenell-Bruce (b.1981, daughter of Andrew Robert Joel Brudenell-Bruce and of his wife, née Sophie Inch). Both are James I descendants.

The engagement was announced between Dr Johannes Hugi (son of Professor Dr and Frau Hugi, of Neschwil, Switzerland) and Dr Emma Jane Clarissa Dawnay (daughter of Capt. Oliver Payan Dawnay, CVO (1920-88), Private Secretary and Equerry to HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, 1950-56, by his second wife, the former Hon. Iris Irene Adele Peake, LVO, Lady-in-Waiting to HRH The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, 1952-62, daughter of the 1st Viscount Ingleby).

The engagement was announced 24 November, 2005, between Thomas William Smith (b.1976, son of Hon. Philip Reginald Smith, of Chipping Campden, and of his wife, née Mary Roberts) and Suzanne V. Fuller (younger daughter of Commander and Mrs Malcolm Fuller, of Petersfield, Hampshire).

The engagement was announced between Hugues de Mol and Comtesse Laetitia d'Oultremont (daughter of Comte Rodolphe d'Oultremont and of his wife, née Jeanne-Marie Budes de Guébriant). (added 3 Dec 2005)

The engagement was announced 30 November, 2005, between Nicholas Anthony Philip Graf von Westenholz (b.1975, third son of Charles Graf von Westenholz, of Widford, Hertfordshire, and of his wife, née Lady Mary Marianella Kerr) and Nicole A. Hayes (daughter of Mr & Mrs John Hayes, of Datchet, Berkshire).

The engagement was announced 6 December, 2005, between Hugo J. Lesser (younger son of Mr Alan Lesser, of Tarn, France, and Mrs S.M. Lesser, of Kintbury, Berkshire) and Hon. Elizabeth Henrietta Alexandra Hotham (b.1976, only daughter of Henry Durand Hotham, 8th Baron Hotham, and of his wife, née Alexandra Mary Home Drummond Moray).

The engagement was announced 7 December, 2005, between P. Martin Haitham Taylor (younger son of Mr and Mrs James Taylor, of Crowthorne, Berkshire) and Charlotte Jacqueline Louise Willoughby (b.1978, eldest daughter of Hon. Michael Charles James Willoughby and of his wife, née Hon Lucy Corinna Agneta Sidney).

The engagement was announced 9 December, 2005, between Alexander Blane Crichton-Stuart (b.1982, youngest son of Lord James Charles Crichton-Stuart (1935-82) and of his second wife, née Anna-Rose Bramwell (now Mrs Peter Knatchbull-Hugessen, of Ropley, Hants) and Susannah E. Collett (daughter of Mr & Mrs Alan Collett, of East Meon, Hampshire).

The engagement was announced 8 December, 2005, between Christopher G. Rose (son of Mr Michael Rose, of Poole, and Mrs Marilyn Rose, of Edinburgh) and Chloe Wren Conyngham (b.1980, daughter of Lord Simon Charles Eveleigh Wren Conyngham, of Edinburgh, and of his first wife, née Emma S. Breeze (now Mrs Emma Finn, of Adelaide)).

The engagement was announced between Antoinette Gräfin Széchényi de Sárvár et Felsövidek (daughter of Gábor Graf Széchényi de Sárvár et Felsövidek and of his first wife, née Agnes Marie Henriette Jacqueline de Regis de Gatimel, now Mme Jean-Jacques Martinon) and Valéry Theux de Meylandt et Montjardin (son of Axel Theux de Meylandt et Montjardin and of his wife, née Nicole David). (added 17 Dec 2005)

The engagement was announced 17 December, 2005, between Mark J.B. Wells (son of Mr & Mrs Simon Wells, of Purton, Wiltshire) and Georgina Howard-Vyse (b.1975, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel John Cecil Howard-Vyse, of Burneston, North Yorkshire, and of his wife, née Jennifer Anne Collin).

The engagement was announced 22 December, 2005, between Shane Corstorphine (younger son of Mr & Mrs Sandy Corstorphine, of Balerno, Edinburgh) and Katherine Adini Mary [Katy] Critchley-Salmonson (b.1979, elder daughter of Denis Patrick Antony Critchley-Salmonson and of his wife, née Angela Jane Willoughby).

The engagement was announced in December, 2005, between Henry Richard [Dick] Smyly (b.1972, son of Robert Dennis Smyly and of his wife, née Miranda Muir Mackenzie) and Henrietta E.L. Reid (second daughter of Mr and Mrs David Reid, of Portmore, Peebles).