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     Maj.-Gen. Sir Charles Ashworth was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.)¹

     Edward Forbes married Emily Marianne Ashworth, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Sir Charles Ashworth and Mary Anne Rooke, before 1858.¹ He died before 1858.¹
     He was appointed Fellow, Royal Society (F.R.S.)¹ He was appointed Fellow, Royal Geographical Society (F.R.G.S.)¹

     Lettice St. Maur was born on 30 October 1902.¹ She was the daughter of Major Lord Percy St. Maur and Hon. Violet White.¹ She married General Sir Richard Loudon McCreery, son of Walter McCreery, on 18 October 1928.¹
     Her married name became McCreery.

     General Sir Richard Loudon McCreery was the son of Walter McCreery.¹ He married Lettice St. Maur, daughter of Major Lord Percy St. Maur and Hon. Violet White, on 18 October 1928.¹ He died on 18 October 1967.¹
     He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)¹ He gained the rank of General in the 12th Royal Lancers.¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)¹ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.)¹ He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.)¹

     Walter McCreery lived at Bilton Park, Rugby, Warwickshire, England^G.¹

     Lucia Mary St. Maur was born on 19 March 1906.¹ She was the daughter of Major Lord Percy St. Maur and Hon. Violet White.¹ She married Major Edward Frederick Gosling, son of Major William Sullivan Gosling and Lady Victoria Alexandria Alberta Kerr, on 5 January 1938.¹ She died on 6 July 1954 at age 48.¹
     Her married name became Gosling.

     Major Edward Frederick Gosling was born on 11 August 1907. He is the son of Major William Sullivan Gosling and Lady Victoria Alexandria Alberta Kerr.¹ He married Lucia Mary St. Maur, daughter of Major Lord Percy St. Maur and Hon. Violet White, on 5 January 1938.¹
     He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Dragoons.¹

     Maria Theresa Longworth was born at Chetwood, Lancashire, England^G.¹ She married Major William Charles Yelverton, 4th Viscount Avonmore, son of Barry John Yelverton, 3rd Viscount Avonmore and Cecilia O'Keefe, on 15 August 1857 at Rostrevor, County Down, Ireland^G.¹ She died in September 1881 at Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa^G.¹
     She was a Roman Catholic.¹ She was a nurse in 1857 at Hospital of Galata, Russia.¹ From 15 August 1857, her married name became Yelverton.¹ Between 21 February 1861 and 4 March 1861 the trial of Thelwall v. Yelverton found that even though Major Yelverton was a Protestant, and Miss Longworth a Roman Catholic, and that they had been married by a Roman Catholic priest, the marriage was valid.¹ On 28 July 1864 on appeal, the decision of Thelwall v. Yelverton was reversed, and the House of Lords decided that William's first marriage was illegal, and that therefore his second marriage was valid.¹

     Captain Henry Miles Gosling was born on 23 October 1927.² He was the son of Major George Edward Gosling and Helen Violet St. Maur.¹ He married Elizabeth Rosemary Browning, daughter of Thomas Norris Russell Browning and Marguerite Dora Eugene Trechman, on 1 October 1963.¹ He died on 23 February 1997 at age 69.²
     Captain Henry Miles Gosling usually went by his middle name of Miles.² He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.³ He was a horseman, riding 15 winners under National Hunt rules.³ He held the office of High Sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1970.³ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Oxfordshire.¹ He lived in 1976 at Stratton Audley Park, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹

     Bennet Herbert Gosling was born on 9 November 1930. He is the son of Major George Edward Gosling and Helen Violet St. Maur.