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     Victoria Maud Veronica Duff was born on 17 September 1904.² She was the daughter of Sir Robert George Vivian Duff, 2nd Bt. and Lady Gladys Mary Juliet Lowther.¹ She married Lt.-Col. John Edward Tennant, son of Francis John Tennant and Annie Geraldine Redmayne, on 17 July 1926.^1,3 She died on 5 July 1967 at age 62.³
     From 17 July 1926, her married name became Tennant.¹ She was appointed Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) in 1945.³

     Joan Margaret Welby was born on 10 April 1898 at St. George Hanover Square, London, England^G.^2,3 She was the daughter of Sir Charles Glynne Earle Welby, 5th Bt.¹ She married Air Marshal Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st and last Viscount Portal of Hungerford, son of Edward Robert Portal and Ellinor Kate Hill, on 22 July 1919.⁴ She died on 19 June 1996 at age 98.⁴
     From 22 July 1919, her married name became Portal.⁴ After her marriage, Joan Margaret Welby was styled as Baroness Portal of Hungerford on 17 September 1945. After her marriage, Joan Margaret Welby was styled as Viscountess Portal of Hungerford on 28 January 1946.

     Rosemary Ann Portal, Baroness Portal of Hungerford was born on 12 May 1923.² She was the daughter of Air Marshal Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st and last Viscount Portal of Hungerford and Joan Margaret Welby.¹ She died in 1990, unmarried when the Barony expired.³
     She was Section Officer of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force during the Second World War between 1942 and 1946.³ She succeeded as the 2nd Baroness Portal of Hungerford, of Hungerford, co. Berkshire [U.K., 1945] on 22 April 1971.¹

     Susan Millicent Minet was born in 1834 at Kent, England.² She was the daughter of Charles William Minet.² She married General Sir Charles William Dunbar Staveley, son of General William Staveley and Sarah Mather, in 1864.² She died in June 1918 at Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.²
     From 1864, her married name became Staveley.²

     Mabel Bulteel was the daughter of John Bulteel and Euphemia Emily Parsons.¹ She married Lt.-Col. Charles Russell Staveley, son of General Sir Charles William Dunbar Staveley and Susan Millicent Minet, on 20 September 1899.¹ She died on 1 November 1946.¹
     From 20 September 1899, her married name became Staveley.¹

     Mary Cocks married Rt. Hon. Sir William Macgregor, son of John Macgregor, in 1883.
     From 1883, her married name became Macgregor.¹

     Edmund John Phillip Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley was born on 20 February 1948.¹ He is the son of Edmund John Browne and Paula Wesz.¹
     Edmund John Phillip Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley usually went by his middle name of John.² He was with BP in 1966.¹ He graduated from St. John's College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He graduated from Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.^G, with a Master of Science in Business (M.S.)¹ He was appointed Fellow, Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (F.I.M.M.)¹ He was appointed Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering (F.R.Eng.)¹ He was appointed Fellow, Institute of Physics (F.Inst.P.)¹ He was managing director of BP between 1991 and 1998.¹ He was Group Chief Executive of BP between 1995 and 1998.¹ He was Honorary Fellow in 1997 at St. John's College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G.¹ He was appointed Knight in 1998.¹ He was Chief Executive Officer of BP in 1998.¹ He was awarded the Prince Philip Medal of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1999.¹ He was created Baron Browne of Madingley, of Cambridge in the County of Cambridgeshire [U.K. Life Peer] on 28 June 2001.¹

     Edmund John Browne married Paula Wesz.

     Paula Wesz married Edmund John Browne.
     Her married name became Browne.¹