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     James Hugh Smith-Barry was born on 27 January 1816.² He was the son of John Smith-Barry and Eliza Mary Courtenay.³ He married Elizabeth Jacson, daughter of Captain Shallcross Jacson, on 6 September 1841.² He died on 31 December 1856 at age 40.³
     He held the office of High Sheriff of County Cork.² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.).² He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for County Cork.² He held the office of High Sheriff of Cheshire.² He lived at Fota Island, County Cork, Ireland.³ He lived at Marbury Hall, Anderton, Cheshire, England.²

     Richard Greville Verney, 19th Baron Willoughby de Broke was born on 29 March 1869. He was the son of Colonel Henry Verney, 18th Baron Willoughby de Broke and Geraldine Smith-Barry. He married Marie Frances Lisette Hanbury, daughter of Charles Addington Hanbury and Christine Isabella Mackenzie, on 2 July 1895. He died on 16 December 1923 at age 54.
     He gained the title of 19th Baron Willoughby de Broke.

     Marie Frances Lisette Hanbury was born circa 1869 at Belmont, Hertfordshire, England.¹ She was the daughter of Charles Addington Hanbury and Christine Isabella Mackenzie.¹ She married Richard Greville Verney, 19th Baron Willoughby de Broke, son of Colonel Henry Verney, 18th Baron Willoughby de Broke and Geraldine Smith-Barry, on 2 July 1895. She died on 14 October 1941.
      Her married name became Verney. She was invested as a Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.).¹

     Charles Addington Hanbury was born circa 1828 at Upper Clapton, London, England.¹ He was the son of Robert Hanbury and Emily Willett Hall.² He married Christine Isabella Mackenzie, daughter of John Mackenzie of Eilenach and Mary Jane Inglis, on 23 November 1853 at Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland.² He died on 13 December 1900 at Rugby, Warwickshire, England.¹
     He was a brewer.² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Perthshire.² He lived at Belmont House, East Barnet, Hertfordshire, England. He lived at Strathgarve, Ross-shire, Scotland.

     John Henry Peyto Verney, 20th Baron Willoughby de Broke was born on 21 May 1896. He was the son of Richard Greville Verney, 19th Baron Willoughby de Broke and Marie Frances Lisette Hanbury. He married Rachel Wrey, daughter of Sir Robert Bourchier Sherard Wrey, 11th Bt. and Jessie Maud Fraser, on 4 October 1933.² He died on 25 May 1986 at age 90.³
     He gained the title of 20th Baron Willoughby de Broke.

     Rachel Wrey is the daughter of Sir Robert Bourchier Sherard Wrey, 11th Bt. and Jessie Maud Fraser.¹ She married John Henry Peyto Verney, 20th Baron Willoughby de Broke, son of Richard Greville Verney, 19th Baron Willoughby de Broke and Marie Frances Lisette Hanbury, on 4 October 1933.² She died in 1991.²
      SSStJ, Chev Order Crown Belgium.² Her married name became Verney.

     Sir Robert Bourchier Sherard Wrey, 11th Bt. was born on 23 May 1855.¹ He was the son of Sir Henry Bourchier Toke Wrey, 10th Bt. and Marianne Sarah Sherard.² He married Jessie Maud Fraser on 26 October 1905.¹ He died on 26 January 1917 at age 61.¹
     He was Justice of the Peace (J.P.).¹ He was Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.).¹ He was Captain Royal Navy and Royal Def Force, Major and Honour Lieutenant-Colonel Royal N Devon Yeo, Zulu, Egyptian, Burmese and Chinese Campaigns.¹ He gained the title of 11th Baronet Wrey.

     Leopold David Verney, 21st Baron Willoughby de Broke was born on 14 September 1938. He is the son of John Henry Peyto Verney, 20th Baron Willoughby de Broke and Rachel Wrey. He married Petra Daphne Aird, daughter of Colonel Sir John Renton Aird, 3rd Bt. and Lady Priscilla Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, on 1 May 1965.¹ He and Petra Daphne Aird were divorced in 1989.¹
     He gained the title of 21st Baron Willoughby de Broke.

     Petra Daphne Aird was born on 24 September 1944.¹ She is the daughter of Colonel Sir John Renton Aird, 3rd Bt. and Lady Priscilla Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby.¹ She married Leopold David Verney, 21st Baron Willoughby de Broke, son of John Henry Peyto Verney, 20th Baron Willoughby de Broke and Rachel Wrey, on 1 May 1965.¹ She and Leopold David Verney, 21st Baron Willoughby de Broke were divorced in 1989.¹
      Her married name became Verney. She lived in 2003 at 19 Cranbury Road, London, England.¹

     Colonel Sir John Renton Aird, 3rd Bt. was born on 7 August 1898.¹ He was the son of Major Sir John Aird, 2nd Bt. and Alicia Ellen Renton.¹ He married Lady Priscilla Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, daughter of Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster and Eloise Lawrence Breese, on 26 April 1939.¹ He died on 20 November 1973 at age 75.¹
     He fought in the First World War.¹ He was decorated with the award of the Military Cross (M.C.).¹ He was Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Bombay between 1921 and 1923.¹ He was Aide-de-Camp to the High Commissioner of Egypt between 1926 and 1927.¹ He held the office of Equerry to HM King Edward VIII between 1929 and 1936, then Prince of Wales.¹ He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baronet Aird, of Hyde Park Terrace, Paddington, London [U.K., 1901] on 20 October 1934.¹ He was invested as a Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) in 1936.¹ He held the office of Extra Equerry to HM King George VI between 1937 and 1952.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He gained the rank of Colonel in the service of the Grenadier Guards.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) in 1951.¹ He held the office of Extra Equerry to HM Queen Elizabeth II between 1952 and 1973.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) in 1954.¹