The engagement was announced 16 April, 2004, between Drew H. Palmer,
elder son of Mr & Mrs Jeremy Palmer, of Axminster, Devon, and C.M.
(Kate) Joly de Lotbinière , daughter of the late Henry de Lotbinière
and of Mrs Anita de Lotbinière, of Highbury, London.
Kate's father was Henry Joly de Lotbinière (1945-2002), a barrister,
who was the only child of Seymour de Lotbinière, CVO, of Brandon Hall,
Brandon, Suffolk, by his wife, Mona Lewis. Kate is of French-Canadian
ancestry, descended from the last
Marquis de Lotbinière .
Her gt-grandfather was Brig-General Henri Gustave Joly de Lotbinière,
DSO, [1868-1960], who married Mildred louisa Grenfell.
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The engagement was announced 16 April, 2004, between Andrew P.
Nunneley, elder son of Mr William Nunneley, of Longney,
Gloucestershire, and his former wife, Fiona (nee Grant), now the Hon
Mrs Robert Laing, wife of the Hon Robert Laing (b. 1953) of Humbie,
East Lothian, yr son of the Baron Laing of Dunphail, and Victoria C.
Forbes, daughter of Mrs Forbes and the late Mr Paul Forbes, of Santon,
Isle of Man.
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The engagement was announced 16 April, 2004, between Alexander James
Bruce (b. 1977), elder son of the Hon. James Michael Edward Bruce,
CBE, (b. 1927) & the late Mrs Morven-Anne Bruce, of Dron House,
Balmanno, Perthshire, & Elizabeth A.C. Lyell, elder daughter of Mr &
Mrs Alexander Lyell, of Edinburgh.
Alexander Bruce is a grandson paternally of the 10th Earl of Elgin &
14th Earl of Kincardine, KT, CMG, TD (1881-1968).
---Michael (please delete the x to e-mail me)