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     Melicent Lucy Hack was the daughter of Edward Louis Hack and Lucy Harriet Aylmer.¹ She married, secondly, Raymond Duval de Maratray.² She married, firstly, Charles McCarthy Spears, son of Alexander Spears and Victoria Dawes Newman, on 18 May 1885.^1,2 She died on 15 November 1927.²
     Her married name became Duval de Maratray.² From 18 May 1885, her married name became Spears.¹

     Charles McCarthy Spears was born on 9 July 1858.² He was the son of Alexander Spears and Victoria Dawes Newman.² He married Melicent Lucy Hack, daughter of Edward Louis Hack and Lucy Harriet Aylmer, on 18 May 1885.^1,2 He died on 29 November 1912 at age 54.²

     Maj.-Gen. Sir Edward Louis Spears, 1st Bt. was born on 7 August 1886.² He was the son of Charles McCarthy Spears and Melicent Lucy Hack.¹ He married, firstly, Mary Borden, daughter of William Borden, in January 1918.² He married, secondly, Nancy Maurice, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Sir Frederick Barton Maurice and Margaret Helen Marsh, on 19 December 1969 at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, England.² He died on 27 January 1974 at age 87.²
     He was commissioned in 1903 with the rank of officer, in the service of the Kildare Regiment.³ He gained the rank of Temporary Captain in 1914.³ He fought in the First World War between 1914 and 1918, where he was mentioned in dispatches five times and was wounded four times.³ He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.) in 1915.¹ He gained the rank of Brevet Major in 1916.³ He gained the rank of Temporary Brigadier-General in 1917.³ He was head of the British Military Mission to Paris between 1917 and 1920.² He gained the rank of Brevet Lietuenant-Colonel in 1918.³ He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1919.³ He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1921.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Loughborough between 1922 and 1924.³ He wrote the book Liaison, 1914, published 1931.³ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Carlisle between 1931 and 1945.³ He wrote the book Prelude to victory, published 1939.³ He gained the rank of Acting Major-General in 1940.³ He was head of the British Mission to de Gaulle in 1940.³ He was head of the Spears Mission between 1940 and 1944.³ He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.) in 1942.¹ He held the office of First Minister to the Republics of Syria and Lebanon between 1942 and 1944.³ He fought in the Second World War.² He was created 1st Baronet Spears, of Warfield, co. Berks [U.K.] on 30 June 1953.³ He wrote the book Assignment to catastrophe, published 1954.³ He was chairman of Ashanti Gold Corporation.² He wrote the book Two men who save France - Pétain and de Gaulle, published 1967.³ He wrote the book The picnic basket, published 1968.³ On his death his baronetcy became extinct.³

     Charlotte Margaret Hendrick was the daughter of Hans Hendrick and Mary Anne Borrowes.¹ She married Michael Aylmer, son of John Aylmer and Margaret Susan Aylmer, in February 1853.¹ She died in November 1893.¹
     From February 1853, her married name became Aylmer.¹

     Hans Hendrick married Mary Anne Borrowes, daughter of Sir Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, 6th Bt. and Henrietta de Robillard Champagné.¹
     He lived at Tully, County Kildare, Ireland^G.² He lived at Kerdiffstown House, Naas, County Kildare, Ireland^G.¹

     Mary Anne Borrowes was the daughter of Sir Erasmus Dixon Borrowes, 6th Bt. and Henrietta de Robillard Champagné.¹ She married Hans Hendrick.¹
     Her married name became Hendrick.¹

     Douglas Russell Quintall was born on 5 July 1954 at Northend, Oregon, U.S.A.^G.¹ He is the son of Russell Francis Quintall and Wilma Alice Brenneman.¹

     Major John Algernon Aylmer was born on 22 December 1853.¹ He was the son of Michael Aylmer and Charlotte Margaret Hendrick.¹ He married Blanche Wyndham, daughter of John Eveleigh Wyndham and Elizabeth Geraldine Fitzgerald, on 12 April 1886.¹ He died on 24 August 1924 at age 70.¹
     He was selected as a Rowing Blue between 1874 and 1875.¹ He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, in 1875 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He gained the rank of Major in the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards.¹ He fought in the Egyptian Intervention in 1882.¹ He held the office of High Sheriff in 1896.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹ He lived at Courtown, Kilcock, County Kildare, Ireland^G.¹

     Blanche Wyndham was born in 1854 at Weymouth, Devon, England.² She was the daughter of John Eveleigh Wyndham and Elizabeth Geraldine Fitzgerald.¹ She married, firstly, Captain George Montgomery, son of Hugh Montgomery and Emily Ferguson, in 1874 at Exeter, Devon, England.^1,2 She married, secondly, Major John Algernon Aylmer, son of Michael Aylmer and Charlotte Margaret Hendrick, on 12 April 1886.¹ She died on 8 March 1895.¹
     From 1874, her married name became Montgomery.¹ From 12 April 1886, her married name became Aylmer.¹

     Captain George Montgomery was born in 1843.² He was the son of Hugh Montgomery and Emily Ferguson.² He married Blanche Wyndham, daughter of John Eveleigh Wyndham and Elizabeth Geraldine Fitzgerald, in 1874 at Exeter, Devon, England.^1,2 He died before 1881.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Horse Artillery.¹