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     Hon. Mary Ann Pomeroy was the daughter of John James Pomeroy, 5th Viscount Harberton and Caroline Robinson.^1,2 She married William Knox Wigram, son of Octavius Wigram and Isabella Charlotte Knox, on 24 March 1856.³ She died on 19 April 1883.³
     From 24 March 1856, her married name became Wigram.¹

     Lt.-Col. Murray Muirhead-Murray married Violet Edith Vavasour.
     He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)¹

     Hon. Robert Arthur Riversdale Waldegrave was born in 1989.¹ He is the son of James Sherbroke Waldegrave, 13th Earl Waldegrave and Mary Alison Anthea Furness.¹

     William Pulteney, 1st and last Earl of Bath was born on 22 March 1684 at London, England^G.^3,4 He was the son of Colonel William Pulteney and Mary Floyd.¹ He married Anna Maria Gumley, daughter of John Gumley and Susan White, on 27 December 1714 at Isleworth, London, England^G.⁵ He died on 8 July 1764 at age 80, without surviving issue.¹ He was buried on 17 July 1764 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England^G.⁵
     He was educated at Westminster School, Westminster, London, England^G.¹ He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, on 31 October 1700.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Whig) for Hedon between 1705 and 1734.¹ He held the office of Secretary at War between 1714 and 1717.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) on 6 July 1716.¹ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding, Yorkshire between 1721 and 1728.¹ He held the office of Cofferer of the Household between 1723 and 1725.¹ On 1 July 1731 he was struck of the list of Privy Counsellors by the King, for taking a leading part against the measrues of the prime Minsiter, Sir Robert Walpole.¹ On 25 December 1731 he fought a duel with Lord Hervey, for libel. Both were slightly wounded.⁶ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Whig) for Middlesex between 1734 and 1742.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) on 20 February 1741/42.¹ He was created 1st Earl of Bath [G.B.] on 14 July 1742.¹ He was created 1st Baron of Hedon, co. York [G.B.] on 14 July 1742.¹ He was created 1st Viscount Pulteney of Wrington, Somerset [G.B.] on 14 July 1742.¹ His popular reputation collapsed completely on taking a peerage.⁵ He was appointed Fellow, Royal Society (F.R.S.) on 15 November 1744.¹ On 10 February 1746 he was head (as First Lord of the Treasury) of the 'Short lived Mutiny', which lasted for only two days.⁵ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire between 1761 and 1764.⁵ He had amassed a great wealth of £1,200,000.⁵
     Lord Hervey described him as "cool and unsteady in his friendships, warm and immovable in his hate." Lord Chesterfield wrote "he was a most complete orator and debater, eloquent and entertaining, persuasive, strong and pathetic as occasion required; for he he had arguments, wit, and tears at his command;" but "his breast was the seat of all those passions which degrade our nature" and "avarice, the meanest of them all, generally triumphed."⁵
     On his death, his titles became extinct. He had two other sons.⁵ He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.⁴
     

     Colonel William Pulteney was the son of Sir William Pulteney.¹ He married Mary Floyd.¹ He died in 1715.¹
     He lived at Miserton, Leicestershire, England^G.¹

     Mary Floyd married Colonel William Pulteney, son of Sir William Pulteney.¹
     Her married name became Pulteney.^2,1

     Anna Maria Gumley was born circa 1696.¹ She was the daughter of John Gumley and Susan White.¹ She married William Pulteney, 1st and last Earl of Bath, son of Colonel William Pulteney and Mary Floyd, on 27 December 1714 at Isleworth, London, England^G.¹ She died on 14 September 1758 at Piccadilly, London, England^G.¹ She was buried on 21 September 1758 at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Covent Garden, London, England^G.¹ She died intestate and her estate was administered on 9 October 1758.¹ She was buried on 21 April 1763 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England^G.¹ She died intestate and her estate was administered on 27 May 1775.¹
     From 27 December 1714, her married name became Pulteney.¹ After her marriage, Anna Maria Gumley was styled as Countess of Bath on 14 July 1742.

     John Gumley held the office of Commissary General to the Army.¹ He lived at Isleworth, London, England^G.¹

     Susan White is the daughter of Samuel White.¹

     Samuel White was a merchant at London, England^G.¹