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     Lady Patricia Florence Susan Guinness was born on 3 March 1918. She was the daughter of Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh and Lady Gwendolen Florence Mary Onslow.^1,2 She married Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, son of Alan Walter Lennox-Boyd and Florence Annie Begbie, on 29 December 1938.¹ She died on 14 May 2001 at age 83.³
     Her married name became Lennox-Boyd. As a result of her marriage, Lady Patricia Florence Susan Guinness was styled as Viscountess Boyd of Merton on 8 September 1960.

     Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton was born on 18 November 1904.¹ He was the son of Alan Walter Lennox-Boyd and Florence Annie Begbie.² He married Lady Patricia Florence Susan Guinness, daughter of Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh and Lady Gwendolen Florence Mary Onslow, on 29 December 1938.¹ He died on 8 March 1983 at age 78.¹
     Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton was educated at Sherborne School, Sherborne, Dorset, England.¹ He graduated from Christ Church College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, with a Master of Arts (M.A.).¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for Mid-Bedfordshire between 1931 and 1960.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant in 1940 in the service of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.² He was admitted to Inner Temple in 1941 entitled to practice as a Barrister-at-Law.² He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1951.² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Bedfordshire between 1954 and 1960.² He was managing director of Arthur Guinness & Sons between 1959 and 1967.² He was invested as a Companion of Honour (C.H.) in 1960.² He was created 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, of Merton-in-Penninghame, co. Wigtown [U.K.] on 8 September 1960.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Cornwall in 1965.²

     Charles Rupert Nugent was born on 24 January 1962. He is the son of David Hugh Lavallin Nugent and Lady Elizabeth Maria Guinness.

     Margaret Mary Lavallin Puxley is the daughter of Reverend Herbert Lavallin Puxley. She married Sir Hugh Charles Nugent, 6th Bt. on 28 September 1931.
     Her married name became Nugent.

     Philip Sidney, 2nd Baron De L'Isle and Dudley of Penshurst was born on 29 January 1828.¹ He was the son of Philip Charles Sidney, 1st Baron De L'Isle and Dudley of Penshurst and Lady Sophia FitzClarence.¹ He married, firstly, Mary Foulis, daughter of Sir William Foulis, 8th Bt. and Henrietta Ramage Liston, on 23 April 1850.¹ He married, secondly, Emily Frances Ramsay, daughter of William Fermor Ramsay, on 25 January 1893.¹ He died on 17 February 1898 at age 70.¹
     Philip Sidney, 2nd Baron De L'Isle and Dudley of Penshurst was educated at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the Royal Horse Guards.¹ He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron De L'Isle and Dudley of Penshurst, co. Kent [U.K., 1835] on 4 March 1851.¹ He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baronet Shelley Sydney, of Penshurst Place, co. Kent [U.K., 1818] on 4 March 1851.¹ He partipicated in an ordinance; Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.).¹

     Mary Foulis was the daughter of Sir William Foulis, 8th Bt. and Henrietta Ramage Liston.¹ She married Philip Sidney, 2nd Baron De L'Isle and Dudley of Penshurst, son of Philip Charles Sidney, 1st Baron De L'Isle and Dudley of Penshurst and Lady Sophia FitzClarence, on 23 April 1850.¹ She died on 14 June 1891.¹
     Her married name became Sidney.

     Sir William Foulis, 8th Bt. was born on 27 July 1812. He married, firstly, Henrietta Ramage Liston, daughter of Captain Ramage Liston, on 20 June 1843. He married, secondly, Mary Anne Cadell, daughter of Robert Cadell, on 7 April 1852. He died on 22 February 1858 at age 45.
     Sir William Foulis, 8th Bt. gained the title of 8th Baronet Foulis.

     Robert Annesley Eden was born on 8 May 1900.¹ He was the son of William Annesley Eden and Mabel Louisa Homfray Pinsent.¹ He died on 24 April 1963 at age 62, unmarried.¹

     Major George Henley Eden was born on 3 May 1904.¹ He was the son of William Annesley Eden and Mabel Louisa Homfray Pinsent.¹ He married, firstly, Avril Edith Simmons, daughter of R. O. Simmons, in 1928.¹ He and Avril Edith Simmons were divorced in 1949.¹ He married, secondly, Doreen Rosamund Averil Tobeason in 1951.¹ He and Doreen Rosamund Averil Tobeason were divorced in 1974.¹ He married, thirdly, Stella Frances Duplock, daughter of W. H. Duplock, in 1974.¹ He died in 1982.¹
     Major George Henley Eden fought in the Second World War.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the service of the Royal Artillery.¹ He was decorated with the award of Territorial Decoration (T.D.).¹