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     Francis Alfred Vivian Morse was a practising solicitor.¹ He lived at Upper Cowden, Five Acres, Sussex, England.¹

     Georgiana Tollemache was the daughter of Admiral John Richard Delap Tollemache and Lady Elizabeth Stratford.¹ She married William Francis Cowper-Temple, 1st and last Baron Mount Temple of Mount Temple, son of Peter Leopold Louis Francis Nassau Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper and Hon. Emily Mary Lamb, on 22 November 1848.² She died on 17 October 1901.³
     From 22 November 1848, her married name became Cowper-Temple.²

     Peter Helbig was born on 26 August 1922. He married Jutta Gräfin zu Erbach-Fürstenau, daughter of Raimund Graf zu Erbach-Fürstenau and Helene Prinzessin zu Solms-Braunfels, on 28 June 1952.

     Hon. Charles Spencer Cowper was born on 7 June 1816.³ He was the son of Peter Leopold Louis Francis Nassau Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper and Hon. Emily Mary Lamb.³ He married, firstly, Lady Harriett Anne Janes Frances Gardiner, daughter of Charles John Gardiner, 1st and last Earl of Blessington and Mary Campbell Macdougall, on 1 September 1852.¹ He married, secondly, Jessie Mary McLean, daughter of Colonel Clinton McLean, on 11 April 1871.³ He died on 30 March 1879 at age 62.³

     Lady Harriett Anne Janes Frances Gardiner was born on 5 August 1812.¹ She was the daughter of Charles John Gardiner, 1st and last Earl of Blessington and Mary Campbell Macdougall.¹ She married, firstly, Gillion Gaspard Alfred de Grimaud, Comte d'Orsay, son of Jean-François Marie Albert Grimaud, Comte d'Orsay and Baronne Eleanore de Franquemont, on 1 December 1827 at Naples, Italy^G.¹ She married, secondly, Hon. Charles Spencer Cowper, son of Peter Leopold Louis Francis Nassau Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper and Hon. Emily Mary Lamb, on 1 September 1852.¹ She and Gillion Gaspard Alfred de Grimaud, Comte d'Orsay were separated circa March 1828.¹ She died on 17 December 1869 at age 57, without surviving issue.¹
     From 1 December 1827, her married name became de Grimaud.¹ From 1 September 1852, her married name became Cowper.

     Charles John Gardiner, 1st and last Earl of Blessington was born on 19 July 1782.¹ He was the son of Luke Gardiner, 1st Viscount Mountjoy and Elizabeth Montgomery.¹ He married, firstly, Mary Campbell Macdougall, daughter of Alexander Macdougall and Anne Hay, on 11 July 1812 at St. George's Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London, England^G.¹ He married, secondly, Margaret Power, daughter of Edmund Power and Ellen Sheehy, on 16 February 1818 at St. Mary's Church, Bryanston Square, Marylebone, London, England^G.¹ He died on 25 May 1829 at age 46 at Hôtel Maréchal-Ney, Paris, France^G, from apoplexy, without surviving male issue.¹ His will was proven (by probate) in May 1830.⁴
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Viscount Mountjoy [I., 1795] on 5 June 1798.¹ He held the office of Representative Peer (Whig) [Ireland] between 1809 and 1829.¹ He was created 1st Earl of Blessington, [U.K.] on 12 January 1816.¹ He held the office of Governor of County Tyrone.¹
     On his death, both of his peerages became extinct.¹

     Commander Godfrey Maxwell Chenevix Trench was born on 14 October 1917.¹ He was the son of Charles Godfrey Chenevix Trench and Margaret May Blakesley.¹ He married Nancy Louise Birch, daughter of Reverend Arthur Clarkson Birch, on 17 March 1945.¹ He died on 29 July 2005 at age 87.²
     He was educated at Shrewsbury School, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of Commander in the Royal Navy.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He was awarded the Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) and bar.¹ He was a history teacher.¹ He lived in 1999 at Kelling, Holt, Norfolk, England^G.¹

     Mary Harriette Cowper was born in 1853.² She was the daughter of Hon. Charles Spencer Cowper and Lady Harriett Anne Janes Frances Gardiner.¹ She died in 1854.¹

     Jessie Mary McLean was the daughter of Colonel Clinton McLean.¹ She married Hon. Charles Spencer Cowper, son of Peter Leopold Louis Francis Nassau Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper and Hon. Emily Mary Lamb, on 11 April 1871.¹ She died on 7 October 1901.²
     From 11 April 1871, her married name became Cowper.¹