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     Colonel Robert Ireland Blackburne was born on 13 October 1850.² He was the son of Colonel John Ireland Blackburne and Mary Bold-Hoghton.² He died on 23 May 1930 at age 79.²
     He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)¹ He lived at Hale Hall, Lancashire, England.¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.)¹

     Major Gilbert Ireland Blackburne was born on 14 January 1887.² He was the son of Colonel Robert Ireland Blackburne.³ He married Melloney Catherine Isabel à Court Repington, daughter of Lt.-Col. Charles à Court Repington and Melloney Catherine Scobell, on 10 November 1910.¹ He died on 28 April 1973 at age 86.¹

     Elizabeth Frances à Court Repington was born in 1892.¹ She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Charles à Court Repington and Melloney Catherine Scobell.² She married Thomas Henry Ratcliffe on 10 January 1923.¹ She died on 17 December 1950.¹
     From 10 January 1923, her married name became Ratcliffe.

     Thomas Henry Ratcliffe married Elizabeth Frances à Court Repington, daughter of Lt.-Col. Charles à Court Repington and Melloney Catherine Scobell, on 10 January 1923.¹

     Sidney à Court was born on 5 August 1862.¹ He was the son of Charles Henry Wyndham à Court Repington and Emily Currie.² He married Florence Maud Harrison, daughter of Lawrence Harrison, on 28 June 1893.¹ He died on 20 February 1951 at age 88.¹
     He was a civil engineer.¹

     Lawrence Harrison lived at Chelsea, London, England.¹

     Florence Maud Harrison was the daughter of Lawrence Harrison.² She married Sidney à Court, son of Charles Henry Wyndham à Court Repington and Emily Currie, on 28 June 1893.¹ She died on 5 June 1957.¹
     From 28 June 1893, her married name became à Court.

     William Howe lived at Glenlee, New South Wales, Australia.¹

     Colonel Ernest Astley Edmund Lethbridge was born on 26 December 1864.² He was the son of Sir Wroth Acland Lethbridge, 4th Bt. and Ann Williams Benyon.¹ He married Ruth Mary Holmes à Court, daughter of Edward Alexander Holmes à Court and Adelaide Sophie Hamersley, on 9 July 1919.¹ He died on 29 April 1943 at age 78.²
     He fought in the Boer War between 1899 and 1902, he was mentioned in despatches twice.² He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)¹ He fought in the First World War, in Mesopotamia, and where he was mentioned in despatches twice and became a POW.² He was commander of the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.² He gained the rank of Brevet -Colonel.² He was awarded the Croix de Guerre.² He was appointed Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.)¹

     Tami Smith married Christopher Wayne Picken, son of Stanley Wayne Picken and Geraldine Elizabeth Fellows.¹ She and Christopher Wayne Picken were divorced.¹
     Her married name became Picken.¹