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     Anne Ashley was the daughter of Sir Anthony Ashley, 1st and last Bt. and Jane Okeover.¹ She married Sir John Cooper, 1st Bt., son of Sir John Cooper and Martha Skutt.¹ She died on 20 July 1628.¹
     Her married name became Cooper.¹

     Sir John Cooper, 1st Bt. was the son of Sir John Cooper and Martha Skutt.² He married, firstly, Anne Ashley, daughter of Sir Anthony Ashley, 1st and last Bt. and Jane Okeover.¹ He married, secondly, Hon. Mary Hicks, daughter of Baptist Hicks, 1st Viscount Campden and Elizabeth May.² He died on 23 March 1630/31.¹
     He was created 1st Baronet Cooper, of Rockbourne, Hampshire [England] on 4 July 1622.²

     Onnalee Longfield is the daughter of Richard Longfield.¹ She married Hon. Hugo John Cubitt, son of Mark Robin Cubitt and Juliet Perpetua Woodall, on 21 July 1996.¹
     From 21 July 1996, her married name became Cubitt.¹

     Richard Longfield lived at Western Patrick, Hampshire, England^G.²

     William Mallow Cubitt was born on 5 August 1999.² He is the son of Hon. Hugo John Cubitt and Onnalee Longfield.¹

     Summer Isabella Cubitt was born on 25 February 2002.¹ She is the daughter of Hon. Hugo John Cubitt and Onnalee Longfield.¹

     Michael Anthony Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft was chairman of Carlisle Holdings Ltd.¹ He held the office of Belize Ambassador to the U.N. between 1998 and 2000.¹ He was Senior Party Treasurer of the Conservative Party between 1998 and 2001.¹ He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of St. Michael and St. George (K.C.M.G.) in 2000.¹ He was created Baron Ashcroft, of Chichester in the County of West Sussex [U.K. Life Peer] on 20 October 2000.¹

     Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon was born on 27 February 1941 at New Delhi, India.¹ He was the son of Colonel John William Robert Durham Ashdown and Lois Alisoun Hudson.¹ He married Jane Courtenay in 1962.¹ He died on 22 December 2018 at age 77.²
     He was educated at Bedford College, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of officer in 1959 in the Royal Marines.¹ He was First Secretary, British Mission to the U.N. Geneva between 1971 and 1976.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Liberal) for Yeovil between 1983 and 1988.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Liberal Democrat) for Yeovil between 1988 and 2001.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1989.² He wrote the book Citizen's Britain, published 1989.¹ He wrote the book Beyond Westminster, published 1994.¹ He wrote the book Making Change our Ally, published 1994.¹ He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.) in 2000.¹ He wrote the book The Ashdown Diaries, published between 2000 and 2001, in 2 volumes.¹ He was created Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, of Norton-sub-Hamdon in the County of Somerset [U.K. Life Peer] on 1 July 2001.¹ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of St. Michael and St. George (G.C.M.G.) in 2006.² He was appointed Companion of Honour (C.H.) in 2015.³

     Colonel John William Robert Durham Ashdown was born in 1909 at India.² He married Lois Alisoun Hudson, daughter of Robert James Hudson and Margaret Hollingsworth.¹ He died in 1980 at Somerset, England.²
     He gained the rank of Colonel in the Indian Army.³

     Lois Alisoun Hudson was born in 1909.² She was the daughter of Robert James Hudson and Margaret Hollingsworth.² She married Colonel John William Robert Durham Ashdown.¹ She died in 1978.²
     Her married name became Ashdown.¹