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     Beatrice Mary Roberts was the daughter of Sir Owen Roberts.¹ She married William Henry Davison, 1st Baron Broughshane, son of Richard Davison and Annie Patrick, in 1898.¹ She and William Henry Davison, 1st Baron Broughshane were divorced in 1929.¹ She died in 1971.¹
      From 1898, her married name became Davison.¹

     Sir Charles Markham, 2nd Bt. was born on 28 August 1899.² He was the son of Sir Arthur Basil Markham, 1st Bt. and Mary Louise Agnes Caroline Welstead.¹ He married, firstly, Gwladys Helen Beckett, daughter of Hon. Rupert Evelyn Beckett and Muriel Helen Florence Paget, on 8 December 1920.³ He and Gwladys Helen Beckett were divorced in 1928.³ He married, secondly, Anne Vanscolina, daughter of Arthur George Vanscolina, on 2 March 1932. He and Anne Vanscolina were divorced in 1938. He married Betty Cornwallis Eliot, daughter of Lt.-Col. Hon. Christian Edward Cornwallis Eliot, on 17 July 1942.² He died on 7 September 1952 at age 53.²
     He was Captain 24th (Derby Yeo) Armoured Car County RTC, TAR, Lieutenant 2nd Life Gds, Dip , Honour Attaché Cairo 1919, attd Br High Cmmd S Russia 1920, WW I 1918, FRGS, Officer, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (O.St.J.) Serv 1919.² He was educated Harrow.² He gained the title of 2nd Baronet Markham.

     Anne Vanscolina is the daughter of Arthur George Vanscolina.² She married Sir Charles Markham, 2nd Bt., son of Sir Arthur Basil Markham, 1st Bt. and Mary Louise Agnes Caroline Welstead, on 2 March 1932. She and Sir Charles Markham, 2nd Bt. were divorced in 1938.
      From 2 March 1932, her married name became Markham.

     Arthur George Vanscolina lived at Labuan, Malaysia.

     John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun was born in 1598.¹ He was the son of Sir James Campbell of Lawers and Jean Colville.³ He married Margaret Campbell, 2nd Baroness Campbell of Loudoun, daughter of George Campbell, Master of Loudoun and Lady Jean Fleming, before 8 March 1620.¹ He died on 15 March 1661/62.¹
     He was created 1st Earl of Loudoun [Scotland] on 12 May 1633.⁴ He was created 1st Lord Tarrinzean and Mauchline [Scotland] on 12 May 1633.⁴ His patent was suspended until 1641 due to his opposition to the King.⁴ He held the office of First Commissioner of Treasury [Scotland] between 1641 and 1644.⁴ He was President of the Privy Council [Scotland].⁴ He fought in the Battle of Dunbar in 1650, for King Charles II.⁴ He was shut up in the Tower of London on suspicion of treason after a letter from the Covenanters seeking help from France.⁴ He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.⁵
     

     Algernon Edwyn Burnaby was born in 1868. He was the son of Maj.-Gen. Edwyn Sherard Burnaby.¹ He married Hon. Sybil Cholmondeley, daughter of Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere of Vale Royal and Augusta Emily Seymour, on 13 April 1896.¹ He and Hon. Sybil Cholmondeley were divorced in 1902.¹ He died on 13 November 1938.¹
     He lived at Baggrave, Leicestershire, England.¹

     Lt.-Cdr. Hugh Edwyn Burnaby was born on 21 February 1897. He is the son of Algernon Edwyn Burnaby and Hon. Sybil Cholmondeley. He married Vilma Dorothea Todenhagen in 1923.

     Lady Mary Maud Diana Liddell was the daughter of Henry George Liddell, 2nd Earl of Ravensworth and Mary Diana Gunning-Sutton.¹ She married Maj.-Gen. Sir George Townshend Forestier Walker, son of Maj.-Gen. George Edmund Lushington Walker and Camilla Georgina Calder, on 17 November 1892.² She died on 24 April 1958.²
      Her married name became Walker.

     Maj.-Gen. Sir George Townshend Forestier Walker was born on 2 August 1866.¹ He was the son of Maj.-Gen. George Edmund Lushington Walker and Camilla Georgina Calder.² He married Lady Mary Maud Diana Liddell, daughter of Henry George Liddell, 2nd Earl of Ravensworth and Mary Diana Gunning-Sutton, on 17 November 1892.¹ He died on 23 January 1939 at age 72.¹
     He was educated at Rugby School, Rugby, Warwickshire, England.¹ He was educated at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Kent, England.¹ He fought in the Boer War between 1899 and 1900, where he was mentioned in despatches.¹ He gained the rank of Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel.¹ He fought in the East African Campaign between 1902 and 1904, where he was mentioned in despatches twice and was wounded.¹ He was Chief Staff Officer and AQMG, Somaliland between 1903 and 1904.¹ He held the office of Aide-de-Camp to HM King George V between 1907 and 1915.¹ He gained the rank of Brigadier-General between 1912 and 1914 in the service of the Staff, Indian Command.¹ He fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in despatches nine times.¹ He gained the rank of Brigadier-General between 1914 and 1915 in the service of the General Staff.¹ He was invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1915.¹ He was commander of the 21st and 27th Divisions between 1915 and 1919.¹ He was decorated with the award of Grand Cross, Order of the Redeemer of Greece (2nd Class).¹ He was decorated with the award of Commander, Legion of Honour.¹ He was invested as a Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) in 1919.¹ He gained the rank of Major-General.¹ He was Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery between 1931 and 1936.¹

     Sylvia Mary Straker was the daughter of Herbert Straker.¹ She married Christopher William Vane, 10th Baron Barnard of Barnard's Castle, son of Henry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard of Barnard's Castle and Lady Catherine Sarah Cecil, on 14 October 1920.¹ She died in 1993.³
     She held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for County Durham.³ As a result of her marriage, Sylvia Mary Straker was styled as Baroness Barnard of Barnard's Castle on 14 October 1920. From 14 October 1920, her married name became Vane.