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     Charles Louis Schomberg, Marquess of Harwich was born on 15 December 1683. He was the son of Meinhardt von Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg and Caroline Elisabeth Raugräfin zu Pfalz. He died on 14 October 1713 at age 29.
     He gained the title of Marquess of Harwich.

     George Darcy, Lord Darcy and Conyers was born in September 1745.¹ He was the son of Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness and Mary Doublet.¹ He died on 27 September 1747.¹
     He was styled as Lord Darcy and Conyers.¹

     Captain Hon. Walter Charteris was born on 10 April 1828 at Amisfield, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland^G.¹ He was the son of Francis Wemyss-Charteris, 9th Earl of Wemyss and Lady Louisa Bingham.² He died on 25 October 1854 at age 26 at Balaclava, Russia^G, killed in action.¹
     He was commissioned on 6 February 1846 with the rank of Ensign, in the service of the 92nd Regiment, The Gordon Highalnders.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in 1854 in the Gordon Highlanders.¹ He was Aide-de-Camp to Lord Lucan in October 1854, his uncle.¹ He fought in the Charge of the Light Brigade on 25 October 1854.¹

     Captain Hon. Frederick William Charteris was born on 28 February 1833.² He was the son of Francis Wemyss-Charteris, 9th Earl of Wemyss and Lady Louisa Bingham.^1,2 He married Lady Louisa Keppel, daughter of General George Thomas Keppel, 6th Earl of Albemarle and Susan Trotter, on 30 November 1864.¹ He died on 10 October 1887 at age 54.²
     He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy.¹

     Lady Louisa Keppel was born in May 1836.¹ She was the daughter of General George Thomas Keppel, 6th Earl of Albemarle and Susan Trotter.¹ She married Captain Hon. Frederick William Charteris, son of Francis Wemyss-Charteris, 9th Earl of Wemyss and Lady Louisa Bingham, on 30 November 1864.¹ She died on 12 March 1930 at age 93.¹
     Her married name became Charteris.

     General George Thomas Keppel, 6th Earl of Albemarle was born on 13 June 1799 at Marylebone, London, England^G.¹ He was the son of William Charles Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle and Hon. Elizabeth Southwell.¹ He married Susan Trotter, daughter of Sir Coutts Trotter, 1st Bt. and Margaret Gordon, on 4 August 1831 at Willesden, London, England^G.¹ He died on 21 February 1891 at age 91 at 8 Portman Square, Marylebone, London, England^G.¹ He was buried at Quidenham, Norfolk, England^G.¹
     He was educated at Westminster School, Westminster, London, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of officer in April 1815 in the 14th Foot.¹ He fought in the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for East Norfolk between 1834 and 1835.¹ He was Equerry to HRH The Duke of Sussex.¹ He held the office of Sheriff of County Leitrim in 1838.¹ He held the office of Groom in Waiting between 1838 and 1841.¹ He was Private Secretary to Lord John Russell (when Premier) between 1846 and 1847.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Lymington between 1847 and 1850.¹ He wrote the book Memoirs of the Marquess of Rockingham, Fifty Years of My Life.¹ He was appointed Fellow, Society of Antiquaries (F.S.A.)¹ He was appointed Fellow, Geological Society (F.G.S.)¹ He succeeded as the 6th Baron Ashford, of Ashford, Kent [E., 1697] on 15 March 1851. He succeeded as the 6th Earl of Albemarle [E., 1697] on 15 March 1851.¹ He succeeded as the 6th Viscount Bury, co. Lancaster [E., 1697] on 15 March 1851. He gained the rank of Major-General in 1858.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-General in 1866.¹ He gained the rank of General in 1874.¹
     Gentleman's Magazine records in February 1857 that, "his voice is loud, confident and somewhat overbearing."¹

     Albert E. Richardson lived at 5 Exbury Drive, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England^G.¹

     Diana Patricia Grove Annesley was born on 11 September 1911.¹ She was the daughter of Richard Arthur Grove Annesley and Hilda Margaret Workman-Macnaghten.¹ She married William Martin Hill, son of William Henry Hill, on 3 December 1932.¹ She died on 8 January 1998 at age 86.²
     From 3 December 1932, her married name became Hill.¹ She lived at 260 Snowden Lane, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.^G.¹

     Elizabeth Anne Sturgis Bates is the daughter of Joshua Bates.¹ She married Jean Sylvain Van de Weyer, son of Jose Alexandre Van de Weyer and Martine Goubau, in 1839.¹
     From 1839, her married name became Van de Weyer.¹

     Lady Helen Violet Asquith, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury was born on 15 April 1887.¹ She was the daughter of Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith and Helen Kelsall Melland.^1,3 She married Sir Maurice Bonham Carter, son of Henry Bonham-Carter and Sibella Charlotte Norman, on 30 November 1915.¹ She died on 19 February 1969 at age 81.¹
     Lady Helen Violet Asquith, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury usually went by her middle name of Violet.¹ Her married name became Bonham Carter. She held the office of President of the Women's Liberal Federation between 1923 and 1925.¹ She was President of the Women's Liberal Federation between 1939 and 1945.¹ She was a Governor of the B.B.C. between 1941 and 1946.¹ She was President of the Liberal Party Organization between 1947 and 1965.¹ She was appointed Dame Commander, Order of the British Empire (D.B.E.) in 1953.¹ She was created Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury, of Yarnbury in the County of Wiltshire [U.K. Life Peer] on 21 December 1964.¹ She wrote the book Winston Churchill as I Knew Him, published 1965.⁴ She has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.⁵