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     Alexander George Pirie lived at Leckmelm, Ross-shire, Scotland.¹

     Helen Mary Pirie was the daughter of Alexander George Pirie.² She married Cyril Russell, son of Charles Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen and Ellen Mulholland, on 25 January 1893.¹ She died on 22 August 1937.¹
     From 25 January 1893, her married name became Russell.

     Sir Alec Charles Russell, 2nd Bt. was born on 19 December 1894.² He is the son of Cyril Russell and Helen Mary Pirie.² He married, firstly, Monica Russell, daughter of Sir Charles Russell, 1st Bt. and Adah Walmsley Williams, on 9 April 1917.¹ He and Monica Russell were divorced in 1932.² He married, secondly, Rowena Mary Lamb, daughter of Richard Scott Lamb, on 7 May 1936.² He died on 8 July 1938 at age 43.²
     He was educated at Beaumont College, Old Windsor, Berkshire, England.² He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Artillery.² He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)² He fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in despatches and was wounded.² He succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Russell, of Littleworth Corner, Burnham, co. Buckingham [U.K., 1916] on 27 March 1928.¹

     Cyril Russell was born on 2 October 1924.¹ He is the son of Gerald Cyril Russell and Barbara Reynolds.² He married Eileen Mary Elizabeth Batten, daughter of Major William Douglas Grant Batten and Eileen Mary Willson, on 30 June 1949.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Irish Guards.¹ He was a practising solicitor in 1948.¹ He was partner of Charles Russell & Co.¹ He lived in 2003 at The Covert, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England.¹

     Major William Douglas Grant Batten married Eileen Mary Willson, daughter of Albert Willson.
     He gained the rank of Major in the 3rd Gurkha Rifles.¹

     Eileen Mary Elizabeth Batten was born circa 1925.² She was the daughter of Major William Douglas Grant Batten and Eileen Mary Willson.³ She married Cyril Russell, son of Gerald Cyril Russell and Barbara Reynolds, on 30 June 1949.¹ She died on 28 October 2014.²
     Eileen Mary Elizabeth Batten usually went by her middle name of Elizabeth. From 30 June 1949, her married name became Russell.

     Gerald William Russell was born on 21 May 1950.¹ He is the son of Cyril Russell and Eileen Mary Elizabeth Batten.² He married Tessa Rumsey, daughter of Richard Rumsey, in 1976.¹
     He was educated at Beaumont College, Old Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He was educated at Ampleforth College, Ampleforth, Yorkshire, England.¹

     Tessa Rumsey is the daughter of Richard Rumsey.² She married Gerald William Russell, son of Cyril Russell and Eileen Mary Elizabeth Batten, in 1976.¹
     From 1976, her married name became Russell.

     James Alexander Russell was born in 1978.¹ He is the son of Gerald William Russell and Tessa Rumsey.²