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     Cecil Frances Humphreys was the daughter of Major John Humphreys.¹ She married Most Rev. Sir William Alexander, son of Reverend Robert Alexander and Dorothea McClintock, on 15 October 1850.¹ She died on 12 October 1895.¹
     From 15 October 1850, her married name became Alexander.¹ She was a celebrated hymn writer, author of Hymns for Little Children (1848), which included, among many others, "There is a green hill far away", "Once in royal David's city" and "All things bright and beautiful". She also wrote the well-known adaptation of the ancient hymn St. Patrick's Breastplate ("I bind unto myself to-day.")¹

     Major John Humphreys held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)¹ He lived at Miltown House, County Tyrone, Ireland^G.¹

     Rt. Rev. Robert Jocelyn Alexander was born on 11 June 1852.¹ He was the son of Most Rev. Sir William Alexander and Cecil Frances Humphreys.¹ He married Alice Rachael Humphreys, daughter of John James Hamilton Humphreys and Elizabeth Style, on 5 January 1876.¹ He died on 10 October 1918 at age 66, when R.M.S. Leinster was torpedoed by UB-123.²
     He graduated from Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹

     Alice Rachael Humphreys was the daughter of John James Hamilton Humphreys and Elizabeth Style.^1,2 She married Rt. Rev. Robert Jocelyn Alexander, son of Most Rev. Sir William Alexander and Cecil Frances Humphreys, on 5 January 1876.¹ She died on 3 September 1943 at Greenaway, Ascot, Berkshire, England.³
     From 5 January 1876, her married name became Alexander.¹

     Herbert Crease Coxhead married Ethel Humphreys, daughter of John James Hamilton Humphreys and Elizabeth Style, in 1879.¹

     William Harold Alexander was born on 26 February 1880.¹ He was the son of Rt. Rev. Robert Jocelyn Alexander and Alice Rachael Humphreys.¹ He died on 5 December 1880.¹

     Johannes Vermeille was born in 1632 at Leyden, The Netherlands^G.¹ He was the son of Isaac Vermeille and Jacomina Jacobs.¹ He married Aeltje Waldron.¹ He died in 1696 at Fordham University, Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.A.^G.¹

     Isaac Vermeille was born circa 1606 at Leyden, The Netherlands^G.¹ He married Jacomina Jacobs in 1627 at Leyden, The Netherlands^G.¹

     Jacomina Jacobs was born circa 1610 at Leyden, The Netherlands^G.¹ She married Isaac Vermeille in 1627 at Leyden, The Netherlands^G.¹ She died in 1693 at New York City, New York, U.S.A.^G.¹
     From 1627, her married name became Vermeille.¹

     Arthur Cecil Alexander was the son of Cecil John Francis Alexander and Eva Frances MacMorrough Kavanagh.¹ He died on 29 October 1907.¹