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     General Sir Edward Cooper Hodge was born on 19 April 1810.¹ He was the son of Major Edward Hodge.¹ He married Lucy Anne Rimington, daughter of James Rimington and Sarah Ward, in September 1860.¹ He died on 10 December 1894 at age 84.¹
     He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.)¹

     Major Edward Hodge was born in 1782.¹ He died on 17 June 1815 at Genappe, Belgium, killed in action in a cavlary skirmish the day before Waterloo.¹
     He gained the rank of Major in the 7th Hussars.¹ He fought in the Napoleonic Wars.¹

     Lt.-Col. John Wilson Rimington was baptised on 25 May 1832 at Bradfield, Yorkshire, England.¹ He was the son of James Rimington and Sarah Ward.¹ He married Sophia Ann Adelaide Abercromby, daughter of Sir Robert Abercromby of Birkenbog, 5th Bt. and Elizabeth Stephenson Douglas, in July 1864 at St. George's Hanover Square, London, England.¹ He died in 1909.¹

     Louisa Ward was born on 24 June 1816 at Eccleshall, Yorkshire, England.¹ She was the daughter of Samuel Broomhead Ward and Hannah Watkinson.¹ She married Robert Hargreaves, son of Thomas Hargreaves and Nancy Hartly, on 13 June 1839 at Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹ She died in 1894.¹
     From 13 June 1839, her married name became Hargreaves.¹

     Robert Hargreaves was born in 1809 at New Accrington, Lancashire, England.² He was the son of Thomas Hargreaves and Nancy Hartly.² He married Louisa Ward, daughter of Samuel Broomhead Ward and Hannah Watkinson, on 13 June 1839 at Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹ He died on 23 May 1854 at Berkeley Square, London, England.¹
     He lived at Bank House, Bury, Lancashire, England.¹

     Alexander Henry Abercromby Hamilton was born on 4 February 1829.¹ He was the son of A. Hamilton Hamilton.¹ He was baptised on 16 May 1829 at Topsham, Devon, England.¹ He married, firstly, Sophia Ann Adelaide Abercromby, daughter of Sir Robert Abercromby of Birkenbog, 5th Bt. and Elizabeth Stephenson Douglas, on 19 September 1854 at Banffshire, Scotland.¹ He and Sophia Ann Adelaide Abercromby were divorced in 1862.¹ He married, secondly, Flora Henrietta Maria Macdonald, daughter of Charles Edward Macdonald, on 1 December 1869 at Devon, England.¹ He died on 2 April 1911 at age 82.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He graduated from Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1850 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Devon.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Devon.¹

     Ethel Adelaide S. Rimington was born in 1867.¹ She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. John Wilson Rimington and Sophia Ann Adelaide Abercromby.¹ She died in 1939.¹

     Louisa Grace Hargreaves was born in 1841 at Lancashire, England.¹ She was the daughter of Robert Hargreaves and Louisa Ward.¹ She married Colonel Frederick Robertson-Aikman, V.C., son of Captain George Robertson-Aikman and Sarah Cumby, on 4 March 1862 at St. Stephen's Church, Paddington, London, England.¹
     From 4 March 1862, her married name became Robertson-Aikman.¹

     Ethel Mant was born on 9 August 1816 at Walcot, Someret, England.¹ She married John William Fleming Sandwith on 5 December 1844 at Belgaum, Bombay, India.¹ She died in 1854 at Poona, India.¹
     From 5 December 1844, her married name became Sandwith.¹

     Colonel Frederick Robertson-Aikman, V.C. was born on 6 February 1828.¹ He was the son of Captain George Robertson-Aikman and Sarah Cumby.¹ He married Louisa Grace Hargreaves, daughter of Robert Hargreaves and Louisa Ward, on 4 March 1862 at St. Stephen's Church, Paddington, London, England.¹ He died on 5 October 1888 at age 60.¹
     He was awarded the Victoria Cross (V.C.)¹ He fought in the Indian Mutiny.¹