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     Hon. Gillian Mary Randal Smith was born on 28 April 1924.¹ She was the daughter of Randall Hugh Vivian Smith, 2nd Baron Bicester and Hon. Dorothea Gwenllian James.¹ She married John Ernest Harley Collins, son of George William Collins, on 20 November 1946.¹ She died in 1981.¹
     Her married name became Collins.

     John Ernest Harley Collins was born on 24 April 1923 at Durban, Natal, South Africa.² He was the son of George William Collins.¹ He married Hon. Gillian Mary Randal Smith, daughter of Randall Hugh Vivian Smith, 2nd Baron Bicester and Hon. Dorothea Gwenllian James, on 20 November 1946.¹ He married Jennifer Faith Gott, daughter of Lt.-Gen. William Henry Ewart Gott and Pamela Frances Mary Kays, in 1986.³ He died on 4 September 2012 at age 89 at Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.²
     He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (D.S.C.)¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Oxfordshire.¹ He was appointed Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)¹ He was a director of Morgan Grenfell Holdings Ltd.¹ He held the office of High Sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1975.¹ He was appointed Commander, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (C.St.J.) in 1975.¹

     George William Collins died before 1963.
     He lived at Taynton House, Taynton, Gloucestershire, England^G.¹

     John Randal Timothy Collins was born on 21 February 1951.¹ He is the son of John Ernest Harley Collins and Hon. Gillian Mary Randal Smith.¹ He married Catherine Anastasia Petherick, daughter of Christopher Petherick, on 16 May 1974.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He lived in 2003 at Combe House, Coombe Fishacre, Devon, England^G.¹

     Sarah Elizabeth Collins was born on 13 November 1948.¹ She is the daughter of John Ernest Harley Collins and Hon. Gillian Mary Randal Smith.¹ She married Denzil Robert Onslow How, son of Major Robert Boothby How and Virginia Ruth Primrose Hughes-Onslow, on 25 May 1968.¹ She and Denzil Robert Onslow How were divorced in 1985.¹
     From 25 May 1968, her married name became How.¹

     Amber Mary Parkinson married, firstly, Captain John Vivian Ritchie, son of Major Stewart John Ritchie and Doris Margaretta McLaughlin, in 1963.¹ She married, secondly, Sir Michael John Bryan Leighton, 11th Bt., son of Sir Richard Tihel Leighton, 10th Bt. and Kathleen Irene Linda Lees, in July 1974.¹ She and Sir Michael John Bryan Leighton, 11th Bt. were divorced in 1980.¹
     She was a model.¹ From 1963, her married name became Ritchie.¹ From July 1974, her married name became Leighton.¹

     Sir Michael John Bryan Leighton, 11th Bt. was born on 8 March 1935.¹ He is the son of Sir Richard Tihel Leighton, 10th Bt. and Kathleen Irene Linda Lees.² He married, firstly, Amber Mary Parkinson in July 1974.³ He and Amber Mary Parkinson were divorced in 1980.³ He married, secondly, Diana Mary Jones in 1991.¹ He and Diana Mary Jones were divorced in 1998.¹
     He was educated at Stowe School, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Tabley House School, Knutsford, Cheshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.¹ He succeeded as the 11th Baronet Leighton, of Wattlesborough, Shropshire [E., 1693] on 26 September 1957.² He lived in 2003 at Loton Park, Shropshire, England.¹

     Hon. Jane Beatrix Randal Smith was born on 12 February 1928.¹ She was the daughter of Randall Hugh Vivian Smith, 2nd Baron Bicester and Hon. Dorothea Gwenllian James.¹ She married John Richard Daniel Green, son of John Everard Green and Margaret Blanche Holford, on 4 April 1949.¹ She and John Richard Daniel Green were divorced in 1991.¹ She died on 26 May 2019 at age 91.²
     Her married name became Green. She lived in 2003 at Taylors Mead, Sparsholt, Hampshire, England^G.¹

     John Richard Daniel Green was born circa 1926.² He was the son of John Everard Green and Margaret Blanche Holford.¹ He married Hon. Jane Beatrix Randal Smith, daughter of Randall Hugh Vivian Smith, 2nd Baron Bicester and Hon. Dorothea Gwenllian James, on 4 April 1949.¹ He and Hon. Jane Beatrix Randal Smith were divorced in 1991.¹ He died on 14 February 2015.²

     Ralph Brodhurst-Hill was born in 1880.¹ He died in 1973.¹
     He lived at Kelsale, Samundham, Suffolk, England.¹