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     Frances Arbuthnot was the daughter of John Arbuthnot and Anne Stone.¹ She married James Smith, son of Samuel Smith and Elizabeth Watson, on 4 July 1799.¹ She died on 30 April 1800.¹
     From 4 July 1799, her married name became Smith.¹

     Lt.-Col. Sir Augustus Alexander Brooke-Pechell, 7th Bt. was born on 31 July 1857.¹ He was the son of Sir George Samuel Brooke-Pechell, 5th Bt. and May Robertson Bremner.² He married Mabel Marion Briggs, daughter of Maj.-Gen. George Briggs, on 24 September 1888.¹ He and Mabel Marion Briggs were divorced.¹ He died on 6 October 1937 at age 80 at Boston Spa, Yorkshire, England^G.¹
     He graduated from Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, in 1881 with a Bachelor of Medicine (M.B.) He graduated from Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, in 1881 with a Master of Surgery (C.M.)¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Army Medical Corps.¹ He succeeded as the 7th Baronet Pechell, of Paglesham, co. Essex [G.B., 1797] on 9 February 1904.¹ He was Deputy Surgeon in 1914 at Royal Hospital, Chehsea, London, England.

     James Smith was born on 30 April 1800.¹ He was the son of James Smith and Frances Arbuthnot.¹ He died on 12 September 1811 at age 11, killed by a fall from a pony.¹

     Frederick George Smith was born on 20 March 1806.¹ He was the son of James Smith and Mary Isabella Pechell.¹ He died on 29 June 1826 at age 20.¹
     He gained the rank of Cornet in the 13th Light Dragoons.¹

     Theodore Samuel Smith was born on 4 August 1813.¹ He was the son of James Smith and Mary Isabella Pechell.¹ He died on 16 October 1813.¹

     Thomas Dorrien lived at Haresfoot, England.¹

     George Nixon married Mary Louisa Henrietta Hart, daughter of Gilbert Hart.¹
     He lived at Stratfield House, St. Margaret's, Hertfordshire, England.¹

     Gilbert Hart lived at Antigua.¹

     Brigadier Grenfell Horace Gerald Smith-Dorrien was born on 11 February 1904.¹ He was the son of General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien and Olive Crofton Schneider.¹ He died on 13 September 1944 at age 40 at Italy, killed in action.¹
     He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England.¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1939.¹ He fought in the Second World War between 1939 and 1944.¹ He gained the rank of Brigadier in the King's Royal Rifle Corps.¹

     Cynthia Toulmin is the daughter of Evelyn Murrough O'Brien Toulmin.¹ She married, firstly, Brigadier Peter Lockwood Smith-Dorrien, son of General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien and Olive Crofton Schneider, on 6 June 1943.¹ She married, secondly, Count Alexandré de Lasta, son of Marquis Ossip de Lasta, on 20 October 1947.¹ She and Count Alexandré de Lasta were divorced in 1953.¹ She married, thirdly, Stanley Douglas Christopherson, son of Douglas Christopherson, on 19 May 1959.¹
     From 6 June 1943, her married name became Smith-Dorrien.¹ From 20 October 1947, her married name became de Lasta.¹ From November 1953, her married name became Smith-Dorrien.¹ From 19 May 1959, her married name became Christopherson.¹