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     Major George Thomas Dawson was born on 27 February 1788 at St. Pancras, London, England.² He married Euphemia Erskine, daughter of William Erskine, Lord Kinneder and Euphemia Robison, on 22 June 1829 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.² He died on 11 October 1861 at age 73 at 28 Brighton Place, Portobello, Midlothian, Scotland.²
     He fought in the Kandyan War, Ceylon between 1817 and 1822.² He gained the rank of Major in the 73rd Regiment of Foot.²

     Charles Coote was born on 30 July 1761.¹ He was the son of Charles Henry Coote, 7th Earl of Mountrath and Mary Preston.^2,1

     Euphemia Erskine was born on 4 June 1801 at Saline, Fife, Scotland.² She was the daughter of William Erskine, Lord Kinneder and Euphemia Robison.² She was baptised on 27 June 1801 at Saline, Fife, Scotland.² She married Major George Thomas Dawson on 22 June 1829 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.² She died on 7 June 1852 at age 51 at Brighton Place, Portobello, Midlothian, Scotland.²
     From 22 June 1829, her married name became Dawson.²

     Sir Martin Gilliat was born on 8 February 1913.² He was the son of Lt.-Col. John Babington Gilliat and Muriel Helen Lycette Grinnell-Milne.² He died on 27 May 1993 at age 80, unmarried.³
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.² He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England^G.² He gained the rank of officer in the 60th Rifles.² He fought in the Second World War between 1939 and 1940, and was a POW (1940-45.)² He was appointed Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) in 1946.² He was Deputy Military Secretary to the Viceroy of India between 1947 and 1948.² He was Comptroller to the High Commissioner, South-East Asia in 1948.² He was appointed Commander, Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) in 1954.² He held the office of Assistant Private Secretary and Equery to HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother in 1955.² He held the office of Private Secretary to HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother between 1956 and 1993.¹ He was appointed Knight Commander, Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.) in 1962.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Hertfordshire in 1963.² He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.) in January 1981.²

     Ann Dalrymple-Smith married Michael John Luxmoore, son of Edmund Luxmoore and Diana Jean Coote.¹
     Her married name became Luxmoore.¹

     Alexander Lindsay Macdonald married Elizabeth Jean Luxmoore, daughter of Edmund Luxmoore and Diana Jean Coote, in 1987.¹

     Mary McDonough was the daughter of William McDonough.¹ She married Reverend Denis Ivor Coote, son of Commander Bernard Trotter Coote and Grace Harriet Robinson, in 1979.¹ She died in 1996.¹
     From 1979, her married name became Coote.¹

     William McDonough lived at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England^G.¹

     Gerard Harford married Caragh Mary Coote, daughter of Reverend Denis Ivor Coote and Olive Sheelagh Bischoff, in 1984.¹ He and Caragh Mary Coote were divorced in 2001.¹

     Joan May Stevenson was born circa 1922.² She was the daughter of W. W. G. Stevenson.¹ She married Michael Henry Coote, son of Commander Bernard Trotter Coote and Grace Harriet Robinson, in 1987.¹ She died on 8 June 2019.²
     From 1987, her married name became Coote.¹ She lived in 2003 at 13 Laurelton, Bushy Park Road, Rathgar, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹