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     Rufus Bird is the son of Major Derek Bird.¹ He married Arabella Venetia Jane Hardy, daughter of Sir Richard Charles Chandos Hardy, 5th Bt. and Venetia Anne Wingfield Digby.¹

     Sir Thomas David Ainsworth, 4th Bt. was born on 22 August 1926.¹ He was the son of Sir Thomas Ainsworth, 2nd Bt. and Marie Eleanor Domvile.¹ He married Sarah Mary Walford, daughter of Lt.-Col. Hugh Carr Walford, on 6 May 1957.¹ He died on 24 November 1999 at age 73.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the 11th Hussars.¹ He was a merchant banker.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Baronet Ainsworth, of Ardanaiseig, co. Argyll [U.K., 1917] in 1981.¹

     Sarah Mary Walford was born circa 1936.² She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Hugh Carr Walford.¹ She married Sir Thomas David Ainsworth, 4th Bt., son of Sir Thomas Ainsworth, 2nd Bt. and Marie Eleanor Domvile, on 6 May 1957.¹ She died on 18 April 2014.²
     Her married name became Ainsworth. She lived in 2003 at Flat9, 80 Elm Park Gardens, London, England^G.¹

     Lt.-Col. Hugh Carr Walford married Mary Olivia Nickalls, daughter of Colonel Cecil Patteson Nickalls, before 1944.² He died before 1944.²
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the 17th/21st Lancers.¹

     Serena Mary Ainsworth was born on 13 March 1958.¹ She is the daughter of Sir Thomas David Ainsworth, 4th Bt. and Sarah Mary Walford.¹ She married Stelios Peratinos in 1987.¹

     Tessa Jane Ainsworth was born on 6 August 1959.¹ She is the daughter of Sir Thomas David Ainsworth, 4th Bt. and Sarah Mary Walford.¹ She married Nicholas Cecil John Fortescue, son of Brigadier Arthur Henry Grenville Fortescue and Rosita Anne Campbell, in 1986.¹
     From 1986, her married name became Fortescue.¹

     Hon. Caroline Hamilton was born on 21 October 1926.² She was the daughter of Hans Wellesley Hamilton, 2nd Baron Holmpatrick and Lady Edina Dorothy Hope Conyngham.³ She married Major John Henry Hamilton Bonham, son of Major John Wroughton Bonham and Lilian Mary Hamilton, on 10 April 1951.¹ She died on 2 June 2008 at age 81.⁴
     Her married name became Bonham.

     Major John Henry Hamilton Bonham was born on 19 May 1914.¹ He was the son of Major John Wroughton Bonham and Lilian Mary Hamilton.² He married Hon. Caroline Hamilton, daughter of Hans Wellesley Hamilton, 2nd Baron Holmpatrick and Lady Edina Dorothy Hope Conyngham, on 10 April 1951.¹
     He was educated at Radley College, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He fought in the Second World War, where he was wounded and became a POW.² He retired from the military in 1946, with the rank of Major, late of the Durham Light Infantry.¹ He lived at Trumroe, Castlepollard, County Westmeath, Ireland^G.¹

     Major John Wroughton Bonham was born on 27 March 1875.¹ He was the son of Colonel John Bonham and Mary Anne Wroughton.² He married Lilian Mary Hamilton, daughter of Charles Robert Hamilton and Louisa Caroline Elizabeth Brooke, on 14 June 1911.¹ He died on 11 January 1939 at age 63.¹
     He was educated at King's College London, London, England^G.¹ He fought in the First World War, with the Remount Service.¹ He was a land agent between 1922 and 1937.¹ He was Justice of the Peace (J.P.) in 1930.¹ He lived at Myrtle, Newcastle, County Down, Ireland^G.¹

     Oliver John Hans Bonham was born on 4 March 1954.¹ He is the son of Major John Henry Hamilton Bonham and Hon. Caroline Hamilton.² He married Ann Proulx, daughter of Michael Proulx, in 1979.³
     He was educated at St. Columba's College, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹ He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin University, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He graduated from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada^G, with a Master of Science (M.Sc.)³