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     Henry St. John Digby Raikes was born on 23 December 1863. He was the son of Rt. Hon. Henry Cecil Raikes and Charlotte Blanche Trevor-Roper. He died on 1 May 1943 at age 79.¹
     He lived at Llwynegrin Hall, Mold, Flintshire, Wales^G.¹ He was appointed King's Counsel (K.C.)¹ He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)¹

     Annie Lucinda Mackinnon was the daughter of Maj.-Gen. Daniel Henry Loudoun Mackinnon and Caroline Dimsdale.² She died in 1936.¹

     Henry Victor Alpin MacKinnon Raikes was born on 19 January 1901. He was the son of Henry St. John Digby Raikes and Annie Lucinda Mackinnon. He was baptised on 23 February 1901 at Duffield, Derbyshire, England.¹ He died in 1986 at Kensington, London, England.²

     Francis Edward Raikes was born on 7 June 1870. He was the son of Rt. Hon. Henry Cecil Raikes and Charlotte Blanche Trevor-Roper. He married Iris Veronica Sopwith, daughter of Thomas Sopwith and Lydia Gertrude Messiter, on 3 January 1906 at Chelsea, London, England.¹ He died on 1 September 1922 at age 52.

     Iris Veronica Sopwith was born in 1883 at London, England.¹ She is the daughter of Thomas Sopwith and Lydia Gertrude Messiter.¹ She married Francis Edward Raikes, son of Rt. Hon. Henry Cecil Raikes and Charlotte Blanche Trevor-Roper, on 3 January 1906 at Chelsea, London, England.¹
     Iris Veronica Sopwith usually went by her middle name of Veronica. Her married name became Raikes.

     Rosamund Violet Raikes was born on 1 September 1907. She is the daughter of Francis Edward Raikes and Iris Veronica Sopwith.

     Vice-Admiral Cecil Dacre Staveley Raikes was born on 29 May 1874. He was the son of Rt. Hon. Henry Cecil Raikes and Charlotte Blanche Trevor-Roper.¹ He married Katherine Georgina Josephine Weld Forester, daughter of Lt.-Col. Hon. Francis Henry Cecil Weld Forester and Alexina Josephine Arbuthnott Wollaston, on 9 October 1924.¹ He died on 15 February 1947 at age 72.¹
     He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)¹

     Katherine Georgina Josephine Weld Forester was born on 31 July 1902.¹ She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Hon. Francis Henry Cecil Weld Forester and Alexina Josephine Arbuthnott Wollaston.¹ She married Vice-Admiral Cecil Dacre Staveley Raikes, son of Rt. Hon. Henry Cecil Raikes and Charlotte Blanche Trevor-Roper, on 9 October 1924.¹ She died on 6 May 1983 at age 80.¹
     Her married name became Raikes.

     Alexina Josephine Arbuthnott Wollaston was the daughter of Major Frederick Wollaston and Josette Eliza Jane Arbuthnott.^1,2 She married Lt.-Col. Hon. Francis Henry Cecil Weld Forester, son of Cecil Theodore Weld Forester, 5th Baron Forester of Willey Park and Emma Georgina Dixie, on 31 October 1901.¹ She died on 31 March 1934.¹
     From 31 October 1901, her married name became Weld Forester.¹

     Major Frederick Wollaston was born on 19 July 1804.² He married Josette Eliza Jane Arbuthnott, daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Dundas Young Arbuthnott, on 15 April 1850. He died in May 1879 at age 74.²
     He gained the rank of Major in the 6th Dragoon Guards.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)³ He lived at Shenton Hall, Leicestershire, England^G.³