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     Major Hon. Cyril Myles Brabazon Ponsonby was born on 16 November 1881.² He was the son of Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough and Blanche Vere Guest.¹ He married Rita Narcissa Longfield, daughter of Lt.-Col. Mountifort John Courtenay Longfield, on 20 July 1911.² He died on 28 September 1915 at age 33 at France, killed in action.¹
     Major Hon. Cyril Myles Brabazon Ponsonby usually went by his middle name of Myles.² He fought in the Boer War in 1902.² He was Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Ceylon between 1903 and 1910.² He was Aide-de-Camp to HRH The Duke of Connaught between 1906 and 1909.² He was invested as a Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.).² He gained the rank of Major in the service of the Grenadier Guards.² He fought in the First World War between 1914 and 1915.²

     Rita Narcissa Longfield was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Mountifort John Courtenay Longfield.¹ She married, firstly, Major Hon. Cyril Myles Brabazon Ponsonby, son of Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough and Blanche Vere Guest, on 20 July 1911.² She married, secondly, Neville Alfred Cyril Flower, son of Arthur Flower, on 1 January 1918.² She died on 16 September 1977.²
     From 20 July 1911, her married name became Ponsonby. From 1 January 1918, her married name became Flower.

     
     Lt.-Col. Mountifort John Courtenay Longfield lived at Castle Mary, Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland.¹

     Neville Alfred Cyril Flower was the son of Arthur Flower.¹ He married Rita Narcissa Longfield, daughter of Lt.-Col. Mountifort John Courtenay Longfield, on 1 January 1918.¹ He died on 3 April 1931, as a result of a motor-cycle accident.¹
     Neville Alfred Cyril Flower lived at Codicote Mill, Hertfordshire, England.¹

     
     Arthur Flower lived at Prince's Gate, London, England.¹

     Arthur Mountifort Longfield Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough was born on 11 December 1912.¹ He was the son of Major Hon. Cyril Myles Brabazon Ponsonby and Rita Narcissa Longfield.¹ He married, firstly, Patricia Minnigerode, daughter of Colonel Fitzhugh Lee Minnigerode, on 28 July 1939.¹ He married, secondly, Anne Marie Baronin von Slatin, daughter of Lt.-Gen. Baron Sir Rudolph Carl von Slatin and Alice Ramberg, on 20 September 1956.¹ He and Anne Marie Baronin von Slatin were divorced in 1963.¹ He married, thirdly, Madeleine Lola Margaret Grand, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Laurence Douglas Grand, on 17 December 1963.¹ He died on 5 April 2002 at age 89.²
     Arthur Mountifort Longfield Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough was educated at Harrow School, Harrow on the Hill, London, England.¹ He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Welsh Guards.² He fought in the Second World War between 1940 and 1946.² He succeeded to the title of 12th Viscount Duncannon, of the fort of Duncannon, co. Wexford [I., 1723] on 5 December 1993.¹ He succeeded to the title of 11th Baron Ponsonby of Sysonby, co. Leicester [G.B., 1749] on 5 December 1993.¹ He succeeded to the title of 11th Earl of Bessborough [I., 1739] on 5 December 1993.¹ He succeeded to the title of 12th Baron Bessborough, of Bessborough, co. Kilkenny [I., 1721] on 5 December 1993.¹ He succeeded to the title of 8th Baron Duncannon of Bessborough, co. Kilkenny [U.K., 1834] on 5 December 1993.¹

     Patricia Minnigerode was the daughter of Colonel Fitzhugh Lee Minnigerode.¹ She married Arthur Mountifort Longfield Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough, son of Major Hon. Cyril Myles Brabazon Ponsonby and Rita Narcissa Longfield, on 28 July 1939.¹ She died on 12 September 1952.¹
     Her married name became Ponsonby.

     
     Colonel Fitzhugh Lee Minnigerode lived at Virginia, U.S.A..¹

     Sarah Allen is the daughter of Stephen Allen.¹ She married, firstly, John Bagge, son of John Bagge and Susan Cranwell.¹ She married, secondly, Edmund Rolfe.¹
     Her married name became Rolfe.¹ Her married name became Bagge.¹