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     Major Melvil Farrant was the son of Colonel Henry Cecil Binstead Farrant.² He married Hon. Anne Rachel Millicent Hewitt, daughter of Archibald Robert Hewitt, 6th Viscount Lifford and Helen Blanche Geach, on 11 April 1917.¹ He died on 29 June 1961.¹
     He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Field Artillery.¹

     Michael Rodney Farrant was born on 26 May 1918.^1,2 He was the son of Major Melvil Farrant and Hon. Anne Rachel Millicent Hewitt.³ He died on 12 March 1970 at age 51 at Ratcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.²
     He was educated at Blundell's School, Tiverton, Devon, England^G.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹

     Major Anthony Farrant was born on 6 December 1919.¹ He was the son of Major Melvil Farrant and Hon. Anne Rachel Millicent Hewitt.² He married Kathleen Joan Connell, daughter of Surgn.-Cdr. Richard Connell, on 21 May 1960.¹ He died in December 1999 at Carlisle, Cumberland, England.³
     He gained the rank of Major in the Border Regiment.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹

     Surgn.-Cdr. Richard Connell gained the rank of Surgeon-Commander in the Royal Navy.¹

     Kathleen Joan Connell is the daughter of Surgn.-Cdr. Richard Connell.² She married, firstly, Peter Kirkland Rylands before 1960.¹ She married, secondly, Major Anthony Farrant, son of Major Melvil Farrant and Hon. Anne Rachel Millicent Hewitt, on 21 May 1960.¹
     From before 1960, her married name became Rylands.¹ From 21 May 1960, her married name became Farrant.

     Reverend Hon. Cornwallis Charles Hewitt was born on 3 March 1847.¹ He was the son of James Hewitt, 4th Viscount Lifford and Lady Mary Acheson.² He married Maria Hayes, daughter of Sir Edmund Samuel Hayes, 3rd Bt. and Emily Pakenham, on 7 December 1881.¹ He died on 4 September 1889 at age 42, without issue.¹
     He held the office of Prebendary of Tuam.¹

     Ronald Edwin Prodgers was born in 1863 at Kington St. Michael, Wiltshire, England.¹ He was the son of Herbert Prodgers and Emily Sibella Phillpotts.¹

     Maria Hayes was the daughter of Sir Edmund Samuel Hayes, 3rd Bt. and Emily Pakenham.² She married Reverend Hon. Cornwallis Charles Hewitt, son of James Hewitt, 4th Viscount Lifford and Lady Mary Acheson, on 7 December 1881.¹ She died on 19 August 1882.¹
     From 7 December 1881, her married name became Hewitt.

     Hon. Edward Hewitt was born on 31 March 1848.¹ He was the son of James Hewitt, 4th Viscount Lifford and Lady Mary Acheson.² He married Evelyn Frances Charlotte Stronge, daughter of Edmond Robert Francis Stronge and Charlotte Newman Henderson, on 10 December 1890.¹ He died on 4 September 1931 at age 83.¹
     He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Wiltshire.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Denbighshire.¹

     Thomas Gordon Torry Anderson is the son of Reverend Thomas Gordon Torry Anderson.¹ He married Jennett (?) on 24 September 1869.¹