Background and education. Airlie is the eldest son of David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie and Lady Alexandra Coke. His younger brother was Sir Angus Ogilvy, the husband of Princess Alexandra of Kent.He served as a page to his father at the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Westminster Abbey on 12 May 1937. With the death of Queen Elizabeth II, as of 8 …

Field Marshal John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, 1st Duke of Greenwich, KG, KT (10 October 1680 – 4 October 1743), styled Lord Lorne from 1680 to 1703, was a Scottish nobleman and senior commander in the British Army.He served on the continent in the Nine Years' War and fought at the Battle of Kaiserwerth during the War of the Spanish Succession.He went on to …

Nicholas Ashley-Cooper was born on 3 June 1979, in London, the younger son of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury (1938–2004), and his Swedish wife Christina Eva Montan (born c. 1940), the daughter of Nils Montan, a former Swedish Ambassador to Germany. His godfathers were Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, and Simon Elliot, later …

William James Robert Peel, 3rd Earl Peel, GCVO, PC, DL (born 3 October 1947), styled Viscount Clanfield until 1969, is a British hereditary peer who was a Conservative peer from 15 May 1973 until October 2006 when, on his appointment as Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household, he became a crossbench (non-party) member of the House of Lords.

Lord Rosse was the eldest son of Laurence Michael Harvey Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse, and Anne (née Messel, mother of Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon by an earlier marriage). Lord Rosse was educated at Eton College, Aiglon College, University of Grenoble and Christ Church, Oxford.He was an officer in the Irish Guards from 1955–57 and worked for the …

Lady Alicia Rose Bridgeman, m. Dr Philip Warrilow-Wilson. Works. My Private Parts and The Stuffed Parrot (1984) The Eccentric Cookbook (1985) Stately Secrets (1994) Porters English Cookery Bible – Ancient and Modern, with Carol Wilson (2004) Porters Seasonal Celebrations Cookbook, with Carol Wilson (2007) Notes

Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Forfar, KG, GCVO, CD, ADC (Edward Antony Richard Louis; born 10 March 1964) is a member of the British royal family.He is the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the youngest sibling of King Charles III.Edward is 13th in line of succession to the British throne.. Born at Buckingham …

George Reginald Oliver Molyneux Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon (born 10 November 1956), styled Lord Porchester from 1987 to 2001, is a British peer and arable farmer.. His family seat, Highclere Castle, has achieved notability as the primary filming location for the television series Downton Abbey.Carnarvon and his family live in part of the house, while the rest is used as a …

Background. Lord Halifax is the third child and only son of Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, a grandson of Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, Viceroy of India, and Foreign Secretary.His mother, Ruth Wood (née Primrose), The Countess of Halifax, was a daughter of Neil Primrose, MC MP, and a granddaughter of Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Prime Minister of …

James Randolph Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay, DL (born 19 November 1955), is a British businessman and Conservative politician. Early life. The son of David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay, and his first ...