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     Sub-Lieutenant Michael Ernest Brabazon Acheson was born on 17 December 1923.¹ He was the son of Captain Hon. Patrick George Edward Cavendish Acheson and Norah Wiseman Jones.¹ He died on 4 October 1944 at age 20, killed in a flying accident while on active service.¹
     He gained the rank of Sub-Lieutenant in the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy.¹

     Lady Alexandra Louise Elizabeth Acheson was born in 1878. She was the daughter of Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford and Lady Louisa Augusta Beatrice Montagu.^1,2 She married Lt.-Col. Hon. Frederick William Stanley, son of Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby and Lady Constance Villiers, on 17 June 1905.¹ She died on 21 January 1958.¹
     Her married name became Stanley.

     Lieutenant Nicholas Archibald Edward Patrick Acheson was born on 23 May 1917.¹ He was the son of Captain Hon. Patrick George Edward Cavendish Acheson and Norah Wiseman Jones.¹ He died on 29 May 1941 at age 24 at Crete, Greece^G, killed in action.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.¹ He fought in the Battle of Crete.

     Archibald Charles Montagu Brabazon Acheson, 5th Earl of Gosford was born on 26 May 1877.¹ He was the son of Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford and Lady Louisa Augusta Beatrice Montagu.¹ He married, firstly, Caroline Mildred Carter, daughter of John Ridgely Carter, on 21 June 1910.¹ He married, secondly, Beatrice Clafin, daughter of Arthur Clafin, on 1 October 1928.¹ He and Caroline Mildred Carter were divorced in 1928.² He died on 20 March 1954 at age 76.¹
     He fought in the Boer War between 1899 and 1901.¹ He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹ He fought in the First World War, where he was wounded twice, and was mentioned in despatches.¹ He was awarded the Croix de Guerre.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of County Armagh.¹ He was appointed Knight of Grace, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (K.G.St.J.)¹ He succeeded as the 6th Baron Gosford of Market Hill, co. Armagh [I., 1776] on 11 April 1922.¹ He succeeded as the 11th Baronet Acheson, of Market Hill [in Clonekearney], co. Armagh [N.S., 1628] on 11 April 1922.¹ He succeeded as the 5th Earl of Gosford [I., 1806] on 11 April 1922.¹ He succeeded as the 6th Viscount Gosford of Market Hill, co. Armagh [I., 1785] on 11 April 1922.¹ He succeeded as the 3rd Baron Acheson of Clancairney, co. Armagh [U.K., 1847] on 11 April 1922.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Baron Worlingham of Beccles, co. Suffolk [U.K., 1835] on 11 April 1922.¹

     Arthur Montague Moore lived at Holnest Park House, Holnest, Dorset, England^G.¹

     Maria Anna Gräfin von Galen was born in 1863. She was the daughter of Ferdinand Graf von Galen and Elisabeth Gräfin von Spee. She died in 1930.
     She was a nun.

     Captain Hon. Patrick George Edward Cavendish Acheson was born on 30 June 1883.¹ He was the son of Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford and Lady Louisa Augusta Beatrice Montagu.¹ He married Norah Wiseman Jones, daughter of Alfred Jones, on 24 December 1915.¹ He died on 30 August 1957 at age 74.¹
     He was appointed Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) in 1904.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy.¹ He fought in the First World War.¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1915.¹ He was awarded the Order of St. Stanislas of Russia 2nd Class with Swords.¹ He was awarded the Croix de Guerre.¹ He was commanding officer of the British Naval Flotilla on the Rhine between 1919 and 1921.¹

     Norah Wiseman Jones was born on 18 December 1894.² She was the daughter of Alfred Jones.¹ She married Captain Hon. Patrick George Edward Cavendish Acheson, son of Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford and Lady Louisa Augusta Beatrice Montagu, on 24 December 1915.¹ She died on 18 September 1970 at age 75.¹
     Her married name became Acheson.

     Alfred Jones lived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada^G.¹

     Blanche Theodosia Acheson was born on 17 December 1923.¹ She is the daughter of Captain Hon. Patrick George Edward Cavendish Acheson and Norah Wiseman Jones.¹ She married Commander Oliver Russell Moore, son of Arthur Montague Moore, on 28 October 1950.¹
     Blanche Theodosia Acheson usually went by her middle name of Theodosia.¹ Her married name became Moore. She lived in 2003 at Dash Hayes, Kington Magna, Dorset, England^G.¹