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     Captain Robert Warren Johnson was born on 10 May 1868.² He was the son of Vice-Admiral John Ormsby Johnson and Edith Renira Twyford.³ He married Grace Isobel Paley, daughter of Algernon Herbert Paley, on 11 July 1906.² He died on 22 September 1914 at age 46, killed in action, on board H.M.S. Cressy when it was torpedoed.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy.¹ He fought in the First World War.¹

     Margaret Anne Bower was the daughter of Captain Cyril Whichelo Bower.² She married, firstly, Commander Peter John Patrick Leckie before 1961.¹ She married, secondly, G/Capt. Peter Warren Johnson, son of Captain Robert Warren Johnson and Grace Isobel Paley, on 12 October 1961.¹ She died in 1987.¹
     From before 1961, her married name became Leckie.¹ Her married name became Johnson.

     Captain Cyril Whichelo Bower gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy.² He lived at Rose Cottage, Fordwich, Canterbury, Kent, England.² He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (D.S.C.)¹ He lived at Fordwich, Kent, England^G.¹

     Lt.-Col. George William Frederic Leicester was born on 24 April 1895.² He was the son of Major William Frederic Leicester and Mary Lilian Young.^1,2 He married Katharine Anne Chenevix Trench, daughter of Colonel Lawrence Chenevix Trench and Winifred Ross Tootal, on 19 January 1932.¹ He died on 25 February 1944 at age 48.¹
     He fought in the First World War in 1914, where he was wounded and became a POW.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Cheshire Regiment.¹

     Grace Isobel Paley was the daughter of Algernon Herbert Paley.² She married Captain Robert Warren Johnson, son of Vice-Admiral John Ormsby Johnson and Edith Renira Twyford, on 11 July 1906.¹ She died on 1 December 1966.¹
     Her married name became Johnson.

     Evie Grace Scott was born on 10 November 2010.¹ She is the daughter of Dan Scott and Katherine Lindsay Palmer-Tomkinson.¹

     Sybil Rika Hare was born on 7 October 1907.² She is the daughter of Captain Percy Richard Hare and Matilda Gertrude Tiarks.^2,3 She married Major Hon. Robert Edward Udny Hermon-Hodge, son of Robert Trotter Hermon-Hodge, 1st Baron Wyfold and Frances Caroline Hermon, on 27 July 1934.³
     Her married name became Hermon-Hodge.

     Major Hon. Robert Edward Udny Hermon-Hodge was born on 11 April 1882.² He was the son of Robert Trotter Hermon-Hodge, 1st Baron Wyfold and Frances Caroline Hermon.² He married Sybil Rika Hare, daughter of Captain Percy Richard Hare and Matilda Gertrude Tiarks, on 27 July 1934.² He died on 2 May 1937 at age 55, without issue.²
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Oxfordshire Light Infantry.² He fought in the First World War.¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1919.² He gained the rank of Major in the Oxfordshire Yeomanry.¹

     Robert Trotter Hermon-Hodge, 1st Baron Wyfold was born on 23 September 1851.² He was the son of George William Hodge and Sarah Eliza Green.² He married Frances Caroline Hermon, daughter of Edward Hermon, on 16 May 1877.² He died on 3 June 1937 at age 85.¹
     He was educated at Clifton College, Clifton, Bristol, England^G.² He graduated from Worcester College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, in 1873 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)² He graduated from Worcester College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for North-East Lancashire between 1886 and 1892.² He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Oxfordshire Yeomanry.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for South Oxfordshire between 1895 and 1906.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Oxfordshire.² He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (T.D.)² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Oxfordshire.² He gained the rank of Honorary Colonel in the Oxfordshire Yeomanry.¹ He was created 1st Baronet Hodge [U.K.] on 6 August 1902.² On 3 January 1903 his name was legally changed to Robert Trotter Hermon-Hodge by Royal Licence.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for Croydon between 1909 and 1910.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for South Oxfordshire between 1917 and 1918.¹ He was created 1st Baron Wyfold, of Accrington, co. Palatine of Lancaster [U.K.] on 17 May 1919.¹

     Frances Caroline Hermon was the daughter of Edward Hermon.² She married Robert Trotter Hermon-Hodge, 1st Baron Wyfold, son of George William Hodge and Sarah Eliza Green, on 16 May 1877.² She died on 5 February 1929.²
     Her married name became Hodge. From 3 January 1903, her married name became Hermon-Hodge.