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     Basil Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava was born on 6 April 1909.¹ He was the son of Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 3rd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava and Brenda Woodhouse.² He married Maureen Constance Guinness, daughter of Hon. Arthur Ernest Guinness and Marie Clothilde Russell, on 3 July 1930 at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, England^G.² He died on 25 March 1945 at age 35 at Burma^G, killed in action.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He succeeded as the 9th Baronet Blackwood, of Ballyleidy, co. Down [I., 1763] on 21 July 1930.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Earl of Ava, co. Down and Burma [U.K., 1888] on 21 July 1930.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava [U.K., 1888] on 21 July 1930.¹ He succeeded as the 8th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye of Ballyleidy and Killyleagh, co. Down [I., 1800] on 21 July 1930.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Earl of Dufferin, co. Down [U.K., 1871] on 21 July 1930.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Baron Claneboye, of Claneboye, co. Down [U.K., 1850] on 21 July 1930.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Viscount Claneboye of Claneboye, co. Down [U.K., 1871] on 21 July 1930.¹ He held the office of Parliamentary Private Secretary (P.P.S.) in 1932, Parliamentary Under-Secretary to India.¹ He was member of the Indian Franchise Committee in 1932.¹ He held the office of Parliamentary Private Secretary (P.P.S.) between November 1932 and June 1935, President of teh Board of Education.¹ He held the office of Parliamentary Private Secretary (P.P.S.) in 1935, Secretary of State for War.² He held the office of Parliamentary Private Secretary (P.P.S.) between 1935 and 1936, Lord Privy Seal.² He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Horse Guards.² He fought in the Second World War.² He fought in the Second World War.¹

     Oonagh Guinness was born on 22 February 1910.¹ She was the daughter of Hon. Arthur Ernest Guinness and Marie Clothilde Russell.¹ She married, firstly, Hon. Philip Leyland Kindersley, son of Robert Molesworth Kindersley, 1st Baron Kindersley and Gladys Margaret Beadle, on 24 June 1929.¹ She and Hon. Philip Leyland Kindersley were divorced in 1935.¹ She married, secondly, Dominick Geoffrey Edward Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne, son of Geoffrey Henry Browne, 1st Baron Mereworth and Lady Olwen Verena Ponsonby, on 29 April 1936.¹ She and Dominick Geoffrey Edward Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne were divorced in 1950.¹ She married, thirdly, Miguel Ferreras in 1957.¹ She and Miguel Ferreras were divorced in 1965.¹ She died on 2 August 1995 at age 85.²
     From 24 June 1929, her married name became Kindersley. After her marriage, Oonagh Guinness was styled as Baroness Mereworth on 29 April 1936. From 29 April 1936, her married name became Browne. From 1957, her married name became Ferreras. In 1965 her name was legally changed to Browne.¹

     Hon. Philip Leyland Kindersley was born on 11 March 1907.² He was the son of Robert Molesworth Kindersley, 1st Baron Kindersley and Gladys Margaret Beadle.^1,2 He married, firstly, Oonagh Guinness, daughter of Hon. Arthur Ernest Guinness and Marie Clothilde Russell, on 24 June 1929.¹ He and Oonagh Guinness were divorced in 1935.¹ He married, secondly, Violet Valerie Gwendolen French, daughter of Major Hon. Edward Gerald Fleming French and Leila Elizabeth Fyfe King, on 26 November 1936.² He died on 2 October 1995 at age 88.²
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.² He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.² He gained the rank of Captain in the Coldstream Guards.² He fought in the Second World War between 1939 and 1943, where he became a POW.²

     Violet Valerie Gwendolen French was born on 13 February 1909 at Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa.³ She was the daughter of Major Hon. Edward Gerald Fleming French and Leila Elizabeth Fyfe King.^1,2 She married, firstly, Victor Henry Peter Brougham, 4th Baron Brougham and Vaux, son of Hon. Henry Brougham and Hon. Diana Isabel Sturt, on 21 April 1931 at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, England^G.¹ She and Victor Henry Peter Brougham, 4th Baron Brougham and Vaux were divorced in 1934.¹ She married, secondly, Hon. Philip Leyland Kindersley, son of Robert Molesworth Kindersley, 1st Baron Kindersley and Gladys Margaret Beadle, on 26 November 1936.⁴ She died on 18 July 1997 at age 88.⁴
     After her marriage, Violet Valerie Gwendolen French was styled as Baroness Brougham and Vaux on 21 April 1931. From 21 April 1931, her married name became Brougham. From 26 November 1936, her married name became Kindersley.

     Major Hon. Edward Gerald Fleming French was born on 11 December 1883.² He was the son of Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres and Eleanora Anna Selby-Lowndes.² He married Leila Elizabeth Fyfe King, daughter of Robert King, on 5 December 1906.² He died on 17 September 1970 at age 86.²
     Major Hon. Edward Gerald Fleming French usually went by his middle name of Gerald.² He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, England.² He fought in the First World War, where he was wounded and gassed in 1917, and was mentioned in dispatches twice.² He gained the rank of Major in the Yorkshire Regiment.² He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1918.³ He was Deputy Governor between 1921 and 1923 at Dartmoor Prison, Princetown, Devon, England^G.² He was Commandant, Bahamas Police Force in 1923.² He was Governor between 1924 and 1925 at Newcastle Gaol, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England^G.² He wrote the book The life of Field-Marshal Sir John French, First Earl of Ypres, published 1931.² He wrote the book French replies to Haig, published 1936.² He wrote the book Some war diaries,a ddresses and other correspondence of Field-Marshal the Earl of Ypres, K.P., published 1937.² He wrote the book Lord Chelmsford and the Zulu War, published 1939.² He fought in the Second World War between 1940 and 1944.² He wrote the book John Jorrocks and other characters from the works of Robert Surtees, published 1947.² He wrote the book The corner stone of English cricket, published 1948.² He wrote the book Goodbye to boot and saddle, published 1951.² He wrote the book Gordon Pasha of the Sudan, published 1958.² He wrote the book It's not cricket, published 1960.² He wrote the book The martyrdom of Admiral Byng, published 1961.² He wrote the book The Kitchener-French dispute - a last word, published 1961.² He wrote the book The Hanslope Park tragedy, published 1968.² He wrote the book Leila, published 1969.²

     Victor Henry Peter Brougham, 4th Baron Brougham and Vaux was born on 23 October 1909.¹ He was the son of Hon. Henry Brougham and Hon. Diana Isabel Sturt.¹ He married, firstly, Violet Valerie Gwendolen French, daughter of Major Hon. Edward Gerald Fleming French and Leila Elizabeth Fyfe King, on 21 April 1931 at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, England^G.¹ He and Violet Valerie Gwendolen French were divorced in 1934.¹ He married, secondly, Jean Follett, daughter of Brig.-Gen. Gilbert Burrell Spencer Follett and Lady Mildred Murray, on 3 June 1935.¹ He and Jean Follett were divorced in 1942.¹ He married, thirdly, Edith Ellaline Teichman, daughter of Leonard Teichman, on 4 June 1942.¹ He died on 20 June 1967 at age 57.¹
     He succeeded as the 4th Baron Brougham and Vaux, of Brougham, Westmorland and of Highhead Castle, Cumberland [U.K., 1860] on 24 May 1927.¹ He gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the Scots Guards.² He gained the rank of Major in the Middlesex Regiment (Territorial Army.)² He fought in the Second World War, where he was mentioned in despatches.²

     Miguel Ferreras was born at Cuba^G. He married Oonagh Guinness, daughter of Hon. Arthur Ernest Guinness and Marie Clothilde Russell, in 1957.¹ He and Oonagh Guinness were divorced in 1965.¹
     He was a dress designer at New York, U.S.A.^G.

     Margaret Anne Bathurst was the daughter of Rt. Rev. Henry Bathurst and Grace Coote.^1,2 She married Hon. Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps, son of Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave and Martha Sophia Maling, on 25 June 1835.¹ She died on 13 April 1874.¹
     Her married name became Phipps.

     Vittorio Amedeo di Savoia, Principe di Savoia was born on 6 May 1699 at Turin, Italy^G. He was the son of Vittorio Amedeo II di Savoia, Re di Sicilia e Sardegna and Anne Marie d'Orléans. He died on 22 March 1715 at age 15.
     He gained the title of Principe Vittorio Amedeo di Savoia.

     Elizabeth Lyster was the daughter of Thomas Lyster.¹ She married Robert Robinson, son of Bryan Robinson.²
     Her married name became Robinson.²