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     Grace Talcott Morgan was the daughter of Richard Talcott Morgan. She married Algernon Douglas-Pennant, son of Lt.-Col. Hon. Archibald Charles Henry Douglas-Pennant and Hon. Harriet Ella Gifford, on 16 April 1896.¹ She died on 25 September 1952.¹
     From 16 April 1896, her married name became Douglas-Pennant.¹

     Mariella Douglas-Pennant was born on 8 May 1901.² She was the daughter of Algernon Douglas-Pennant and Grace Talcott Morgan.^1,3 She married Frank Carleton Bennett, son of Sir Albert James Bennett, 1st Bt. and Caroline Carleton Backus, on 20 March 1923.¹ She died in 1973.
     From 20 March 1923, her married name became Bennett.¹

     Frank Carleton Bennett was born on 28 September 1900.¹ He was the son of Sir Albert James Bennett, 1st Bt. and Caroline Carleton Backus.¹ He married Mariella Douglas-Pennant, daughter of Algernon Douglas-Pennant and Grace Talcott Morgan, on 20 March 1923.¹ He died in 1973.
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.¹

     Sir Albert James Bennett, 1st Bt. was born on 17 September 1872.¹ He was the son of Edward Bennett and Eliza Ann Chapple.¹ He married, firstly, Caroline Carleton Backus, daughter of Jacob Backus, on 15 December 1896. He married, secondly, Leopoldine Armata, daughter of Leopold Armata, on 28 May 1938.¹ He and Caroline Carleton Backus were divorced in 1938.¹ He died on 14 December 1945 at age 73.¹
     He was Controller of Propaganda, Central and South America between 1914 and 1919.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Liberal) for Mansfield between 1922 and 1923.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Unionist) for Nottingham Central between 1924 and 1930.¹ He was created 1st Baronet Bennett, of Kirklington, co. Nottingham [U.K.] on 31 July 1929.¹

     Caroline Carleton Backus was the daughter of Jacob Backus.¹ She married Sir Albert James Bennett, 1st Bt., son of Edward Bennett and Eliza Ann Chapple, on 15 December 1896. She and Sir Albert James Bennett, 1st Bt. were divorced in 1938.¹ She died on 17 June 1945.¹
     From 15 December 1896, her married name became Bennett.¹

     Jacob Backus lived at Lima, Peru^G.¹

     Lt.-Col. Sir Charles Wilfrid Bennett, 2nd Bt. was born on 15 March 1898.¹ He was the son of Sir Albert James Bennett, 1st Bt. and Caroline Carleton Backus.¹ He married Agnes Marion Somervell, daughter of James Somervell, on 3 June 1927. He died on 25 April 1952 at age 54.¹
     Lt.-Col. Sir Charles Wilfrid Bennett, 2nd Bt. usually went by his middle name of Wilfrid.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the 9th Lancers.¹ He fought in the First World War between 1916 and 1919.¹ He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (T.D.)¹ He was admitted to Inner Temple in 1924 entitled to practise as a Barrister-at-Law.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry.¹ He fought in the Second World War, where he was mentioned in despatches.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Bennett, of Kirklington, co. Nottingham [U.K., 1929] on 14 December 1945.¹ He held the office of Metropolitan Police Court Magistrate between 1946 and 1952.¹

     Leopoldine Armata is the daughter of Leopold Armata.¹ She married Sir Albert James Bennett, 1st Bt., son of Edward Bennett and Eliza Ann Chapple, on 28 May 1938.¹
     Her married name became Bennett.

     Leopold Armata lived at Vienna, Austria^G.¹