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     Lieutenant Henry Raymond Portal was born on 4 October 1863.¹ He was the son of Reverend George Raymond Portal and Helen Mary Charlotte Soulsby. He died in 1885, unmarried.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the 81st Regiment.¹

     Laurence Hyde Parker was born on 23 October 1870.¹ He was the son of Captain Sir William Parker, 9th Bt. and Sophia Mary Barnardiston. He married Ada Laetitia Moor Horsford, daughter of Joseph Alphonsus Horsford, on 19 April 1906.¹ He died on 16 December 1950 at age 80.¹

     George Jardine Kidston was born on 12 February 1835 at Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.^2,3 He was the son of Archibald Glen Kidston and Janet Lindsay Pearson.³ He married Elizabeth Agnes Logan, daughter of James Logan, on 21 April 1864.² He died on 10 August 1909 at age 74.²
     He was a shipowner.³ He lived at Finlaystone, Renfrewshire, Scotland^G.¹

     Sir William Stephan Hyde Parker, 11th Bt. was born on 23 January 1892.² He was the son of Reverend Sir William Hyde Parker, 10th Bt. and Ethel Leech. He married Ulla Ditlef Nielson, daughter of Professor Christian Ditlef Nielson, on 25 November 1931.² He died on 29 July 1951 at age 59.²
     He was educated at Malvern College, Malvern, Worcestershire, England^G.² He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G.² He fought in the First World War.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the King's Dragoon Guards.² He succeeded as the 11th Baronet Parker, of Melford Hall, co. Suffolk [E., 1681] on 16 February 1931.²

     Ulla Ditlef Nielson was the daughter of Professor Christian Ditlef Nielson. She married, firstly, Sir William Stephan Hyde Parker, 11th Bt., son of Reverend Sir William Hyde Parker, 10th Bt. and Ethel Leech, on 25 November 1931.¹ She married, secondly, Frederick William Hammond, son of Frederick Hammond, on 26 April 1954.¹ She died on 3 December 1998.¹
     From 25 November 1931, her married name became Parker.¹ From 26 April 1954, her married name became Hammond.¹

     Frederick William Hammond was the son of Frederick Hammond. He married Ulla Ditlef Nielson, daughter of Professor Christian Ditlef Nielson, on 26 April 1954.¹ He died on 5 November 1967.¹

     Frederick Hammond died before 1963.
     He lived at Cleveland House, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, England^G.

     Professor Christian Ditlef Nielson graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy (D.Ph.)¹ He lived at Copenhagen, Denmark^G.¹

     Sir Richard William Hyde Parker, 12th Bt. was born on 5 April 1937.¹ He was the son of Sir William Stephan Hyde Parker, 11th Bt. and Ulla Ditlef Nielson. He married Elizabeth Jean Leslie, daughter of Sir Henry John Lindores Leslie, 9th Bt. and Colette Kathleen Cregan, on 10 November 1972.² He died on 14 March 2022 at age 84.³
     He was educated at Millfield School, Street, Somerset, England^G.¹ He succeeded as the 12th Baronet Parker, of Melford Hall, co. Suffolk [E., 1681] on 29 July 1951.² He was educated at Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England^G.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Suffolk in 1995.¹ He held the office of High Sheriff of Suffolk between 1995 and 1996.¹ He lived at Melford Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk, England.¹

     Elizabeth Jean Leslie was born on 21 April 1952.¹ She is the daughter of Sir Henry John Lindores Leslie, 9th Bt. and Colette Kathleen Cregan.² She married Sir Richard William Hyde Parker, 12th Bt., son of Sir William Stephan Hyde Parker, 11th Bt. and Ulla Ditlef Nielson, on 10 November 1972.¹
     Elizabeth Jean Leslie usually went by her middle name of Jean.¹ From 10 November 1972, her married name became Hyde Parker.² She lived in 2003 at Melford Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk, England^G.¹