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     Brigadier Ralph Emers Pickering was the son of Thomas Pickering.¹ He married May Frances Blunt, daughter of Sir Edward Arthur Henry Blunt and Ada Stone, on 24 October 1927.¹ He died on 27 March 1962.¹
     He gained the rank of Brigadier in the Queen's Royal Regiment.¹ He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)¹

     Thomas Pickering lived at The Hill House, Gilsland, Northumberland, England^G.¹

     Ann Maurice Bates was born posthumously on 26 December 1925.¹ She is the daughter of Lieutenant Maurice Halifax Bates and May Frances Blunt.¹

     Sir Richard Dawson Hoult Bates, 3rd Bt. was born on 12 May 1956.¹ He is the son of Major Sir John Dawson Bates, 2nd Bt. and Mary Murray Hoult.¹ He married Harriet Domenique Scaramella, daughter of Domenico Scaramella, on 7 July 2001 at Rodmarton, Gloucestershire, England^G.^1,2
     He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Durham University, Durham, County Durham, England^G.¹ He succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Bates, of Magherabuoy, co. Londonderry [U.K., 1937] on 12 July 1998.¹ He lived in 2003 at Ballabeg Cottage, Grenaby, Ballasalla, Isle of Man^G.¹

     Harriet Domenique Scaramella is the daughter of Domenico Scaramella.¹ She married Sir Richard Dawson Hoult Bates, 3rd Bt., son of Major Sir John Dawson Bates, 2nd Bt. and Mary Murray Hoult, on 7 July 2001 at Rodmarton, Gloucestershire, England^G.^1,2
     From 7 July 2001, her married name became Bates.¹