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     Lt. Hon. Victor Alexander Yorke was born on 24 March 1842.¹ He was the son of Admiral Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke and Hon. Susan Liddell.² He died on 23 December 1867 at age 25.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery.¹

     Samuel Francis Wood was born on 1 August 1809.¹ He was the son of Sir Francis Lindley Wood, 2nd Bt. and Anne Buck.¹ He died on 22 April 1843 at age 33, unmarried.¹

     Captain Hon. Francis Lindley Wood was born on 17 October 1841.¹ He was the son of Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifx of Monk Bretton and Lady Mary Grey.¹ He died on 14 October 1873 at age 31.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy.¹

     Lt.-Col. Hon. Henry John Lindley Wood was born on 12 January 1843.¹ He was the son of Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifx of Monk Bretton and Lady Mary Grey.¹ He married Laura Adeline Thellusson, daughter of Ernest Thellusson and Emily Robinson, on 2 March 1897.¹ He died on 5 January 1903 at age 59.¹
     He graduated from Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He fought in the Ashnati Campaign in 1874.¹ He fought in the Cyprus Campaign in 1878.¹ He fought in the Zulu War in 1879.¹ He lived Lieutenant-Colonel.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of the West Riding, Yorkshire.¹

     Hon. Alexander Grantham Yorke was born on 20 November 1847.¹ He was the son of Admiral Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke and Hon. Susan Liddell.² He died on 17 March 1911 at age 63, unmarried.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.¹ He graduated from Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He was Equerry to HRH The Duke of Albany between 1874 and 1884.¹ He held the office of Groom-in-Waiting to HM Queen Victoria between 1884 and 1901.¹ He held the office of Extra Groom-in-Waiting to HM Edward VII between 1901 and 1910.¹ He was appointed Commander, Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.)¹

     Laura Adeline Thellusson was born in 1855 at Ireland.² She was the daughter of Ernest Thellusson and Emily Robinson.^1,2 She married, firstly, James Wilson Montagu, son of Richard Fountayne-Wilson and Sophia Osbaldeston.¹ She married, secondly, Lt.-Col. Hon. Henry John Lindley Wood, son of Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifx of Monk Bretton and Lady Mary Grey, on 2 March 1897.¹ She died on 25 September 1926.¹
     Her married name became Montagu.¹ From 2 March 1897, her married name became Wood.¹

     Ernest Thellusson was born in 1830 at Bruges, Belgium.² He married Emily Robinson.² He died on 16 June 1893 at Ramwey, Isle of Man.² He was buried on 19 June 1893 at Andreas, Isle of Man.²

     Brenda Michelle Moore married Peter Crawford Smith, son of Stephen Worthington Smith and Judith Carol Crawford, on 16 August 2008 at Presbyterian Church of the Bigwood, Ketchum, Idaho, U.S.A.^G.¹
     From 16 August 2008, her married name became Smith.¹

     Emily Mary Marguerite Wood was born on 29 September 1899.¹ She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Hon. Henry John Lindley Wood and Laura Adeline Thellusson.¹ She died on 5 November 1969 at age 70.¹
     She gained the rank of Commandant in the V.A.D., during the Second World War.¹ She was appointed Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) in 1943.¹ She held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for the West Riding, Yorkshire.¹

     Charmian Joy Gold is the daughter of Major Harcourt Michael Scudamore Gold and Hon. Jocelyne Mary Boot.¹ She married, firstly, Frederick James Meynell, son of Colonel Hugo Meynell and Dorothy Jean Hosta Henriette Goschen, on 15 April 1969.¹ She and Frederick James Meynell were divorced in 1973.¹ She married, secondly, James Richard Lothian Nicholson, son of Sir John Norris Nicholson, 2nd Bt. and Vittoria Vivien Trewhella, in 1974.² She married, thirdly, Timothy Gilbert Culcheth Holcroft, son of John Culcheth Holcroft and Beatrice Mathewson Feathers, in 1982.² She and James Richard Lothian Nicholson were divorced in 1980.²
     From 15 April 1969, her married name became Meynell.¹ From 1974, her married name became Nicholson.² From 1982, her married name became Holcroft.²