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     Lt.-Col. Derek Ernest Frederick Orby Gascoigne is the son of Brig.-Gen. Sir Frederick Gascoigne. He married Mary Louisa Hermione O'Neill, daughter of Captain Hon. Arthur Edward Bruce O'Neill and Lady Annabel Hungerford Crewe-Milnes, on 3 April 1934.

     Brig.-Gen. Sir Frederick Gascoigne was invested as a Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.).¹ He was decorated with the award of the Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.).¹ He lived at Ashtead Lodge, Ashtead, Surrey, England.¹ He was invested as a Knight Commander, Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.).¹

     Arthur Bamber Gascoigne was born on 24 January 1935. He is the son of Lt.-Col. Derek Ernest Frederick Orby Gascoigne and Mary Louisa Hermione O'Neill.

     Brian Alvary Gascoigne was born on 16 June 1943. He is the son of Lt.-Col. Derek Ernest Frederick Orby Gascoigne and Mary Louisa Hermione O'Neill.

     Veronica Mary Gascoigne was born on 7 April 1938. She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Derek Ernest Frederick Orby Gascoigne and Mary Louisa Hermione O'Neill.¹ She married Hon. William Julius Lowthian Plowden, son of Edwin Noel August Plowden, Baron Plowden and Dame Bridget Horatia Richmond, on 16 September 1960.²
      Her married name became Plowden.

     Hon. William Julius Lowthian Plowden was born on 7 February 1935.¹ He was the son of Edwin Noel August Plowden, Baron Plowden and Dame Bridget Horatia Richmond.² He married Veronica Mary Gascoigne, daughter of Lt.-Col. Derek Ernest Frederick Orby Gascoigne and Mary Louisa Hermione O'Neill, on 16 September 1960.¹ He died on 26 June 2010 at age 75.³
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He graduated from King's College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).¹ He graduated from King's College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.).¹ He was a staff writer with the Economist in 1959.¹ He was with the Board of Trade between 1960 and 1965.¹ He was a Lecturer in Government between 1965 and 1971 at London School of Economics, London, England.¹ He wrote the book The Motor Car and Politics in Britain, published 1971.¹ He was with CPRS, Cabinet Office between 1971 and 1977.¹ He was Under-Secretary of the Deparmtent of Trade and Industry between 1977 and 1978.¹ He was Director-General of the Royal Institute of Public Amdinistration between 1978 and 1988.¹ He wrote the book Inside the Think Tank: advising the Cabinet 1971–1983, published 1988, with Tessa, now Baroness, Blackstone.¹ He wrote the book Mandarins and Ministers, published 1994.¹ He lived in 1999 at 49 Stockwell Park Road, London, England.¹

     Edwin Noel August Plowden, Baron Plowden was born on 6 January 1907.¹ He was the son of Roger Herbert Plowden and Helen Haseltine.² He married Dame Bridget Horatia Richmond, daughter of Admiral Sir Herbert William Richmond, on 20 June 1933.¹ He died on 15 February 2001 at age 94.³
     He was educated at Switzerland.¹ He was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.¹ He was a director of C. Tennant Sons & Company between 1938 and 1949.¹ He was with the Ministry of Economic Warfare in 1939.¹ He was with the Ministry of Aircraft Production between 1940 and 1946.¹ He was invested as a Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.) in 1946.¹ He was a director of CU Assurance between 1946 and 1978.¹ He was Chief Planning Officer and Chief of the Economic Planning Board, Treasury.¹ He was invested as a Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) in 1951.¹ He was Advisor to the Atomic Energy Organisation between 1953 and 1954.¹ He was a Visiting Fellow between 1956 and 1964 at Nuffield College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹ He was created Baron Plowden, of Plowden in the County of Salop [U.K. Life Peer] on 17 February 1959.³ He was a director of Nat West Bank between 1960 and 1977.¹ He was President of Tube Investments between 1976 and 1990.¹ He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Order of the British Empire (G.B.E.) in 1987.¹ He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) by Aston University, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.¹ He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) by Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, U.S.A..¹ He was awarded the honorary degree of Honour Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) by Loughborough University of Technology, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England.¹

     William Chichester, 1st Baron O'Neill was born on 4 March 1813. He was the son of Reverend Edward Chichester.¹ He married, firstly, Henrietta Torrens, daughter of Robert Torrens, on 3 January 1839. He married, secondly, Elizabeth Grace Torrens, daughter of Venerable John Torrens, on 8 April 1858.
     He gained the title of 1st Baron O'Neill.

     Henrietta Torrens was the daughter of Robert Torrens. She married William Chichester, 1st Baron O'Neill, son of Reverend Edward Chichester, on 3 January 1839. She died on 17 January 1857.
      Her married name became Chichester.