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     Major John Leslie Portal was born on 13 April 1886. He was the son of Edward Robert Portal and Rose Leslie Napier. He married Violet Eleanor Baldock, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Thomas Stanford Baldock, on 2 April 1921.
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He was decorated with the award of the Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.).¹ He was Major Oxon and Buckinghamshire LI WW I and Waziristan , NDC 1939, 8th Somerset LI, Royal Air Force Regiment WW II in 1922.¹

     Violet Eleanor Baldock is the daughter of Maj.-Gen. Thomas Stanford Baldock. She married Major John Leslie Portal, son of Edward Robert Portal and Rose Leslie Napier, on 2 April 1921.
      Her married name became Portal.

     Lt.-Col. Gervas Edward Portal was born on 18 January 1890.¹ He was the son of Edward Robert Portal and Rose Leslie Napier. He married Iris Mary Butler, daughter of Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler, on 6 January 1927.¹ He died on 3 December 1961 at age 71.¹
     He was Lieutenant-Colonel IA, WWs I and II.¹

     Iris Mary Butler is the daughter of Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler. She married Lt.-Col. Gervas Edward Portal, son of Edward Robert Portal and Rose Leslie Napier, on 6 January 1927.¹ She died on 9 November 2002.¹
      Her married name became Portal.

     Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler married Anne Gertrude Smith. He died before 1963.
     He was invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.).² He was invested as a Knight Commander, Order of the Star of India (K.C.S.I.).² He was invested as a Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.).² He was invested as a Commander, Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.).² He was invested as a Companion, Order of the Indian Empire (C.I.E.).²

     Jane Gillian Portal was born on 11 December 1929.¹ She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Gervas Edward Portal and Iris Mary Butler. She married, firstly, Gavin Bramhall Welby, son of Bramhall James Welby, on 23 April 1955. She and Gavin Bramhall Welby were divorced in 1958. She married, secondly, Charles Cutherbert Powell Williams, Baron Williams of Elvel in 1975.¹
      Her married name became Welby. From 1975, her married name became Williams.¹

     Gavin Bramhall Welby was born on 28 November 1914.¹ He was the son of Bramhall James Welby. He married Jane Gillian Portal, daughter of Lt.-Col. Gervas Edward Portal and Iris Mary Butler, on 23 April 1955. He and Jane Gillian Portal were divorced in 1958. He died in 1977 at Kensington, London, England.¹

     Bramhall James Welby lived at South Africa.¹

     Rt. Rev. Justin Portal Welby was born on 6 January 1956. He is the son of Gavin Bramhall Welby and Jane Gillian Portal. He married Caroline E. Eaton in 1979 at Kensington, London, England.^1,2
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He was with Elf Acquitaine between 1973 and 1984.¹ He was educated at Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. He was treasurer of Enterprise Oil plc between 1984 and 1987.¹ He was educated at Durham Theological College, Durham, County Durham, England.¹ He was the Curate between 1992 and 1996 at Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England.¹ He was the Vicar in 1996 at Southam, Warwickshire, England.² He held the office of Bishop of Durham between 2011 and 2012.² He was announced as the new Archbishop of Canterbury in November 2012.²