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     Lt.-Col. Timothy Featherstonhaugh lived at Kirkoswald, Cumberland, England.

     Hugh Simon Featherstonhaugh was born on 25 January 1949. He is the son of David Henry Featherstonhaugh and Hon. Mary Victoria Monckton-Arundell.

     Henry George Featherstonhaugh was born on 16 October 1954. He is the son of David Henry Featherstonhaugh and Hon. Mary Victoria Monckton-Arundell.

     Victoria Bronwen Featherstonhaugh was born on 19 January 1951. She is the daughter of David Henry Featherstonhaugh and Hon. Mary Victoria Monckton-Arundell.

     Sir Joshua Francis Rowley, 7th Bt. was born on 31 December 1920.³ He is the son of Lt.-Col. Sir Charles Samuel Rowley, 6th Bt. and Margery Frances Bacon.² He married Hon. Celia Ella Vere Monckton-Arundell, daughter of George Vere Arundell Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway and Hon. Lucia Emily Margaret White, on 13 June 1959.³ He died on 21 February 1997 at age 76.³
     Sir Joshua Francis Rowley, 7th Bt. was educated at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.³ He fought in the Second World War.³ He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Grenadier Guards.³ He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.³ He succeeded to the title of 7th Baronet Rowley, of Tendring, Suffolk [G.B, 1786] on 19 January 1962.³ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Suffolk between 1968 and 1973.³ He held the office of High Sheriff of Sheriff in 1971.³ He held the office of chairman of the West Suffolk County Council between 1971 and 1974.³ He held the office of Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk between 1973 and 1978.³ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Suffolk in 1978.³ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk between 1978 and 1994.³ He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Laws (D.C.L.) by University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, England, in 1991.³

     Aleatha Susan Rowley was born on 27 September 1922.² She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir Charles Samuel Rowley, 6th Bt. and Margery Frances Bacon.¹ She married Henry Reginald Townshend, son of Reginald Brooks Townshend, on 31 December 1949.²
     Aleatha Susan Rowley usually went by her middle name of Susan.² Her married name became Townshend. She lived in 2003 at Brook Hall, Bramfield, Suffolk, England.²

     Henry Reginald Townshend is the son of Reginald Brooks Townshend.² He married Aleatha Susan Rowley, daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir Charles Samuel Rowley, 6th Bt. and Margery Frances Bacon, on 31 December 1949.¹
     Henry Reginald Townshend was invested as a Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.).¹

     
     Reginald Brooks Townshend was invested as a Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.).¹

     Susan Emily Frances Rowley was born on 6 October 1965.¹ She is the daughter of Sir Joshua Francis Rowley, 7th Bt. and Hon. Celia Ella Vere Monckton-Arundell.² She married Robert David Holden, son of Major Hubert Robert Holden and Elizabeth Barbarina Herbert, in 1988.¹
     Susan Emily Frances Rowley usually went by her middle name of Emily.¹ From 1988, her married name became Holden.¹ She lived in 2003 at 94 Frithville Gardens, London, England.¹ She lived in 2003 at Sibdon Castle, Craven Arms, Shropshire, England.¹

     Major William Charles Yelverton, 4th Viscount Avonmore was born on 27 September 1824.¹ He was the son of Barry John Yelverton, 3rd Viscount Avonmore and Cecilia O'Keefe.¹ He married, firstly, Maria Theresa Longworth on 15 August 1857 at Rostrevor, County Down, Ireland.² He married, secondly, Emily Marianne Ashworth, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Sir Charles Ashworth and Mary Anne Rooke, on 26 June 1858 at Trinity Chapel, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.¹ He died on 1 April 1883 at age 58 at Biarritz, France.¹
     Major William Charles Yelverton, 4th Viscount Avonmore gained the rank of Major in the service of the Royal Artillery.¹ He fought in the Battle of Inkerman on 5 November 1854.¹ He fought in the Siege of Sebastopol.¹ He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Medjidie 5th class.¹ Between 21 February 1861 and 4 March 1861 the trial of Thelwall v. Yelverton found that even though Major Yelverton was a Protestant, and Miss Longworth a Roman Catholic, and that they had been married by a Roman Catholic priest, the marriage was valid.² In March 1861 he was suspended from all military duties.¹ On 28 July 1864 on appeal, the decision of Thelwall v. Yelverton was reversed, and the House of Lords decided that William's first marriage was illegal, and that therefore his second marriage was valid.² He succeeded to the title of 4th Lord Yelverton [I., 1795] on 24 October 1870.¹ He succeeded to the title of 4th Baron Avonmore, co. Cork [I., 1795] on 24 October 1870.¹ He succeeded to the title of 4th Viscount Avonmore, of Derry Island, co. Tipperary [I., 1800] on 24 October 1870.¹