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     Major Basil Tanfield Beridge Boothby was born on 14 January 1873.¹ He was the son of Reverend Evelyn Boothby and Margaretta Jane Carr.¹ He married Katharine Georgina Knox, daughter of Major Francis Blake Knox, on 23 October 1909.¹ He died on 8 May 1948 at age 75.¹
     He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Engineer.¹ He was appointed Fellow, Royal Geographical Society (F.R.G.S.)¹ He was registered as a Member, Institution of Civil Engineers (M.I.C.E.)¹ He fought in the First World War between 1916 and 1919, serving in France and Flanders, and was mentioned in despatches twice.¹

     Katharine Georgina Knox was the daughter of Major Francis Blake Knox.¹ She married Major Basil Tanfield Beridge Boothby, son of Reverend Evelyn Boothby and Margaretta Jane Carr, on 23 October 1909.¹ She died on 20 February 1938.¹
     From 23 October 1909, her married name became Boothby.¹

     Major Francis Blake Knox gained the rank of Major in the Royal Artillery.¹

     Evelyn Basil Boothby was born on 9 September 1910.¹ He was the son of Major Basil Tanfield Beridge Boothby and Katharine Georgina Knox.¹ He married Susan Penelope Asquith, daughter of Brig.-Gen. Hon. Arthur Melland Asquith and Hon. Betty Constance Manners, on 18 September 1946.¹ He died on 9 February 1990 at age 79.¹
     Evelyn Basil Boothby usually went by his middle name of Basil.¹ He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England^G.¹ He graduated from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, in 1933 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He was in the Consular Service in 1933 at China^G.¹ He was Vice-Consul to Boston in 1940.¹ He was Counsellor to Brussels between 1954 and 1959.¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) in 1959.¹ He was head of the African Department, Foreign Office between 1959 and 1962.¹ He was Ambassador to Iceland between 1962 and 1965.¹ He was a lecturer between 1969 and 1970 at Morley College^G.¹

     Susan Penelope Asquith was born on 12 July 1922.² She was the daughter of Brig.-Gen. Hon. Arthur Melland Asquith and Hon. Betty Constance Manners.^1,2 She married Evelyn Basil Boothby, son of Major Basil Tanfield Beridge Boothby and Katharine Georgina Knox, on 18 September 1946.¹ She died on 24 June 2015 at age 92.³
     From 18 September 1946, her married name became Boothby.¹ She lived in 2003 at 23 Holland Park Avenue, London, England^G.¹

     John Joseph Boothby was born on 18 June 1947.¹ He is the son of Evelyn Basil Boothby and Susan Penelope Asquith.¹ He married Isabel Rose Chancellor, daughter of John Paget Chancellor and Hon. Mary Alice Jolliffe, in 1982.¹
     John Joseph Boothby usually went by his middle name of Joseph.¹ He was educated at St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate, Kent, England^G.¹ He was educated at London University, London, England^G.¹ He lived in 2003 at 19 Frithville Gardens, London, England^G.¹

     Isabel Rose Chancellor was born in 1959.² She is the daughter of John Paget Chancellor and Hon. Mary Alice Jolliffe.^1,2 She married John Joseph Boothby, son of Evelyn Basil Boothby and Susan Penelope Asquith, in 1982.¹
     From 1982, her married name became Boothby.¹

     Marjorie Eleanor Irene White married Frank Henry Downes, son of Henry George Downes and Rachel Jane Hilder, on 16 June 1917.¹ She and Frank Henry Downes were divorced on 4 June 1931.¹
     From 16 June 1917, her married name became Downes.¹

     Roland Arthur Boothby was born in 1984.¹ He is the son of John Joseph Boothby and Isabel Rose Chancellor.¹

     Francis George Boothby was born in 1987.¹ He is the son of John Joseph Boothby and Isabel Rose Chancellor.¹