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     Rosemary Anne Cooper was born on 21 August 1920.¹ She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Geoffrey Beauchamp Astley Cooper and Louisa Maude White.² She married Lt.-Col. Peter Jarret Lewis, son of Major Ernest Hastings Lewis, on 21 September 1946.¹
      From 21 September 1946, her married name became Lewis. She lived in 2003 at Thedwastre, Thurston, Bury St. Edmund, Suffolk, England.¹

     Major Ernest Hastings Lewis lived at Corstorphine, Ryde, Isle of Wight, England.¹

     Lt.-Col. Peter Jarret Lewis was the son of Major Ernest Hastings Lewis.² He married Rosemary Anne Cooper, daughter of Lt.-Col. Geoffrey Beauchamp Astley Cooper and Louisa Maude White, on 21 September 1946.¹ He died in 1983.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the The Buffs.¹

     Virginia Rosemary Lewis was born on 23 October 1949.¹ She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Peter Jarret Lewis and Rosemary Anne Cooper.² She married Lt.-Gen. Sir Roderick Alexander Cordy-Simpson, son of Colonel John Roger Cordy-Simpson, on 21 December 1974.¹
      From 21 December 1974, her married name became Cordy-Simpson. She lived in 2003 at The Coach House, Mill Lane, Bishop's Trow, Warminster, Wiltshire, England.¹

     Colonel John Roger Cordy-Simpson was invested as a Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.).¹ He lived at Shorne, Kent, England.¹ He was decorated with the award of the Military Cross (M.C.).¹

     Lt.-Gen. Sir Roderick Alexander Cordy-Simpson is the son of Colonel John Roger Cordy-Simpson.² He married Virginia Rosemary Lewis, daughter of Lt.-Col. Peter Jarret Lewis and Rosemary Anne Cooper, on 21 December 1974.¹
     He was invested as a Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1984.¹ He was invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1993.¹ He was invested as a Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.) in 1998.¹

     Olive Sylvia Beauchamp Cooper was the daughter of Albert Beauchamp Astley Cooper and Eva Cornelia O'Reilly.² She died on 29 April 1959, unmarried.¹

     Rosalind Beauchamp Cooper was the daughter of Albert Beauchamp Astley Cooper and Eva Cornelia O'Reilly.² She died on 27 March 1959, unmarried.¹

     Clement Paston Astley Cooper was born on 30 May 1845.¹ He was the son of Sir Astley Paston Cooper, 2nd Bt. and Elizabeth Harriet Rickford.² He married Evangeline Julia Marshall, daughter of George Marshall, on 10 July 1877.¹ He died on 12 February 1927 at age 81.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the 29th Foot.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Hertfordshire.¹

     George Marshall lived at Portland Place, London, England.¹