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     Maj.-Gen. Arundel James Nixon gained the rank of Major-General in the Royal Artillery.¹

     Francis Churchill Still was the son of Ernest Robert Still.¹ He married Hon. Margaret Burdett Money-Coutts, daughter of Francis Burdett Thomas Coutts-Nevill, 5th Lord Latymer and Edith Ellen Churchill, on 8 June 1907.¹ He died on 14 December 1937.¹
     He was a practising solicitor.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Garrison Artillery.¹

     General Charles T. Alexander lived at Washington, D.C., U.S.A.^G.¹

     Edward Miller lived at Bickenhall Mansions, Marylebone, London, England^G.¹

     Colonel Henry Dawson Dawson-Greene lived at Slyne, Lancashire, England^G.¹ He lived at Whittington Hall, Lancashire, England^G.¹

     Lt.-Col. Eric Astley Cooper-Key was born on 8 December 1917 at Hythe, Kent, England.^2,3 He was the son of Captain Astley Dundas Cooper Cooper-Key and Pauline Furlong.^1,4 He married, firstly, Prudence Matthews.³ He and Prudence Matthews were divorced before 1959.³ He married, secondly, Monica Neville, daughter of Commander Ralph Neville and Hon. Lettice Cary, on 29 July 1959.¹ He and Monica Neville were divorced in 1967.¹ He married, thirdly, Betty Ford in 1994.³ He died on 5 March 2011 at age 93.²
     He was appointed Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)¹ He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Norfolk Regiment.¹ He was educated at Beaumont College, Old Windsor, Berkshire, England.³ He was educated at St. Albans School, Hertfordshire, England^G.³ He was educated in 1935 at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England.³ He fought in the Second World War.³ He fought in the Cyprus Campaign.³ He was second in command of the Parachute Regiment.³ He fought in the Suez Crisis in 1956.³ He was managing director of Anglo International Technical Sevices in 1971.³ He lived at Belgravia, London, England^G.⁵

     Major Peter Holdsworth Hunt married Monica Neville, daughter of Commander Ralph Neville and Hon. Lettice Cary, on 11 January 1939.¹ He and Monica Neville were divorced in 1946.¹
     He gained the rank of Major in the Coldstream Guards.¹ He lived at Holdsworth Hunt, Little Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England^G.¹ He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹

     William MacLellan Young lived at Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire, Scotland^G.¹

     Margaret Tufton, Baroness Clifford was born on 16 June 1700.² She was the daughter of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet and Lady Catherine Cavendish.¹ She married Thomas Coke, 1st and last Earl of Leicester, son of Edward Coke and Cary Newton, on 3 July 1718.² She died on 28 February 1775 at age 74 at Holkham, Norfolk, England^G, without surviving issue.² Her will was proven (by probate) in March 1775.²
     Her married name became Coke. She succeeded as the 19th Baroness Clifford [E., 1299] on 3 August 1734, suo jure, after the abeyance ws terminatd in her favour.² From 9 May 1744, her married name became Countess Leicester.
     On her death, her barony again fell into abeyance until 1776.²

     Thomas Coke, 1st and last Earl of Leicester was born on 17 June 1697.² He was the son of Edward Coke and Cary Newton.² He married Margaret Tufton, Baroness Clifford, daughter of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet and Lady Catherine Cavendish, on 3 July 1718.¹ He died on 20 April 1759 at age 61, without surviving issue.¹
     He was educated at Turin University, Turin, Italy^G.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Whig) for Norfolk between 1722 and 1728.² He was appointed Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) on 27 May 1725.¹ He was created 1st Baron Lovel of Minster Lovel [Great Britain] on 28 May 1728.¹ He held the office of Joint Postmaster General from 1733 to March 1745.² He was created 1st Earl of Leicester [Great Britain] on 9 May 1744.¹ He was created 1st Viscount Coke of Holkham, co. Norfolk [Great Britain] on 9 May 1744.¹ He held the office of Postmaster General between March 1745 and May 1745.² He held the office of Joint Postmaster General between May 1745 and 1758.² He lived at Holkham, Norfolk, England^G.¹ He held the office of Postmaster General from 1758 to 1759.² On his death, his titles became extinct.¹