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     Lt.-Col. Archibald MacAlister is the son of Charles MacAlister of Loup and Christina Lamont.²
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant-General in the 35th Regiment.¹

     Duncan MacAlister is the son of Alexander MacAlister of Loup and Jane Campbell.²
     He lived in 1717 at The Netherlands.¹

     William Pollock Morris of Craig lived at Craig, Ayrshire, Scotland.¹

     Williamina Pollock Morris was the daughter of William Pollock Morris of Craig.² She married Lt.-Col. Charles Somerville McAlester of Loup and Kennox, son of Charles Somerville MacAlister of Loup and Kennox and Mary Adeline Brabazon Lyon, in 1867.¹ She died in 1872.¹
     From 1867, her married name became McAlester.

     Lt.-Col. Charles Godfrey Somerville McAlester of Loup and Kennox was born in 1868.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Charles Somerville McAlester of Loup and Kennox and Williamina Pollock Morris.² He died on 14 March 1931, without issue.¹
     He was educated at Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.¹ He was admitted to Inner Temple in 1892 entitled to practise as a barrister.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Ayrshire.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Ayrshire.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1915 in the 5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers.¹

     William Henry Somerville McAlester was born on 5 May 1871.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Charles Somerville McAlester of Loup and Kennox and Williamina Pollock Morris.² He married Enid Evelyn Marie Stuart Wilkins, daughter of Colonel Hackett Wilkins, on 4 October 1905.¹ He died on 17 June 1927 at age 56.¹
     He was educated at Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.¹ He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England.¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)¹ He gained the rank of Major in the King's Own Scottish Borderers.¹ He fought in the First World War between 1914 and 1916.¹

     Colonel Hackett Wilkins gained the rank of Colonel in the Indian Medical Service.¹

     Enid Evelyn Marie Stuart Wilkins is the daughter of Colonel Hackett Wilkins.² She married William Henry Somerville McAlester, son of Lt.-Col. Charles Somerville McAlester of Loup and Kennox and Williamina Pollock Morris, on 4 October 1905.¹
     From 4 October 1905, her married name became McAlester.

     Alma Clarice Gomes was the daughter of Augusta Gomes.² She married Colonel Charles Godfrey Somerville McAlester of Loup and Kennox, son of William Henry Somerville McAlester and Enid Evelyn Marie Stuart Wilkins, on 25 October 1947.¹
     From 25 October 1947, her married name became McAlester.¹