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     Lt.-Col. Sir John Paley Johnson, 6th Bt. was born on 12 June 1907.² He was the son of Captain Robert Warren Johnson and Grace Isobel Paley.^3,2 He married, firstly, Carol Louise Glorney Haas, daughter of Edmund Haas, on 11 June 1929. He and Carol Louise Glorney Haas were divorced in 1939. He married, secondly, Jasmine Lydia Bligh, daughter of Lt.-Col. Hon. Noel Gervase Bligh and Mary Jack Frost, on 2 October 1940.¹ He and Jasmine Lydia Bligh were divorced in 1947.¹ He married, thirdly, Joan Rosemary Cohen, daughter of Major Arthur Cohen, on 27 September 1949.² He died on 14 December 1975 at age 68.¹
     He was educated at Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire, England.² He was educated at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, London, England.² He fought in the Second World War in 1939, in Burma, Middle East and Italy.² He was appointed Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) in 1945.³ He was Chief Land Instructor, Turkish Staff College between 1946 and 1949.² He succeeded as the 6th Baronet Johnson, of New York, in North America [G.B., 1755] on 15 April 1957.² He retired from the military in 1960, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, late of the Royal Artillery.² He held the office of Member of the Kent County Council in 1965.²

     Frank Hugh Shirley Fox is the son of Frank Hugh Fox.¹ He married Jasmine Lydia Bligh, daughter of Lt.-Col. Hon. Noel Gervase Bligh and Mary Jack Frost, on 20 May 1948.¹ He and Jasmine Lydia Bligh were divorced in 1953.¹

     Carol Louise Glorney Haas is the daughter of Edmund Haas.² She married Lt.-Col. Sir John Paley Johnson, 6th Bt., son of Captain Robert Warren Johnson and Grace Isobel Paley, on 11 June 1929. She and Lt.-Col. Sir John Paley Johnson, 6th Bt. were divorced in 1939.
     From 11 June 1929, her married name became Johnson.

     Edmund Haas lived at Essex House, New York City, New York, U.S.A.^G.¹

     Sarah Jack Paley Johnson was born on 13 April 1942.¹ She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir John Paley Johnson, 6th Bt. and Jasmine Lydia Bligh.^1,2 She married, firstly, Ezra Mager, son of Harold Mager, on 25 March 1964.¹ She and Ezra Mager were divorced in 1970. She married, secondly, Nels Royden Johnson, son of Dr. Clarence Laverne Johnson and Mary Elizabeth Royden, in 1972.¹ She and Nels Royden Johnson were divorced in 1983.¹
     From 25 March 1964, her married name became Mager. From 1972, her married name became Johnson. She was allegedly illegitimate, conceived and born while her father was away at war (per Marlene Koenig.)

     Joan Rosemary Cohen is the daughter of Major Arthur Cohen. She married, firstly, Dick Henry Brewster Thornton before 1949.¹ She married, secondly, Lt.-Col. Sir John Paley Johnson, 6th Bt., son of Captain Robert Warren Johnson and Grace Isobel Paley, on 27 September 1949.¹
     From before 1949, her married name became Thornton.¹ Her married name became Johnson.

     Major Stewart John Ritchie was born on 20 January 1899.³ He was the son of Major Robert Ritchie.² He married Doris Margaretta McLaughlin, daughter of Vivian Guy McLaughlin and Edith Jane Martineau, in 1927.¹ He died on 12 June 1940 at age 41 at Saint-Valery, France^G, killed in action.^1,2
     He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)² He fought in the Second World War. He gained the rank of Major in the 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highalnders.^1,2

     Major Arthur Cohen gained the rank of Major in the Grenadier Guards.¹ He lived at London, England^G.

     Ezra Mager is the son of Harold Mager.¹ He married Sarah Jack Paley Johnson, daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir John Paley Johnson, 6th Bt. and Jasmine Lydia Bligh, on 25 March 1964.¹ He and Sarah Jack Paley Johnson were divorced in 1970.

     Nels Royden Johnson was born on 27 January 1939.² He is the son of Dr. Clarence Laverne Johnson and Mary Elizabeth Royden.² He married, firstly, Barbara Joan Skillern, daughter of M. P. Skillern, in 1961.² He married, secondly, Sarah Jack Paley Johnson, daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir John Paley Johnson, 6th Bt. and Jasmine Lydia Bligh, in 1972.¹ He and Sarah Jack Paley Johnson were divorced in 1983.¹