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     Bryan Gerard Beswick lived at Queenstown, South Africa^G.¹

     Rex Eliott Beswick was born on 2 May 1969.¹ He is the son of Richard Bryan Rex Beswick and Shareen Mary Eliott-Drake Briscoe.¹

     Lisa Eileen Beswick was born on 21 October 1967.¹ She was the daughter of Richard Bryan Rex Beswick and Shareen Mary Eliott-Drake Briscoe.¹ She died on 28 October 1981 at age 14.¹

     Kathleen Felicity Beswick was born on 3 February 1971.¹ She is the daughter of Richard Bryan Rex Beswick and Shareen Mary Eliott-Drake Briscoe.¹

     Rosanne Felicity Eliott-Drake Briscoe was born on 5 October 1948.¹ She is the daughter of Horatio Eliott-Drake Briscoe and Dorothea Felicity Vanderplank.¹ She married Michael Clark.¹
     Her married name became Clark.¹

     Michael Clark married Rosanne Felicity Eliott-Drake Briscoe, daughter of Horatio Eliott-Drake Briscoe and Dorothea Felicity Vanderplank.¹

     Gordon Eric Clark was born on 25 September 1977.¹ He is the son of Michael Clark and Rosanne Felicity Eliott-Drake Briscoe.¹

     Margaret Ellanor Clark was born on 10 July 1975.¹ She is the daughter of Michael Clark and Rosanne Felicity Eliott-Drake Briscoe.¹

     Beatrice Eliott-Drake Briscoe was born on 26 July 1897.² She was the daughter of Reverend Henry Meyrick Eliott-Drake Briscoe and Louisa Mary Robinson.¹ She married, firstly, Ivor Herbert McClure, son of Rev. Canon Edmund McClure, on 21 February 1925.¹ She and Ivor Herbert McClure were divorced in 1950.¹ She married, secondly, Alan Colin Campbell-Orde, son of Colin Ridley Campbell-Orde and Winifred Harriet Stewart, on 27 October 1951.¹ She died on 20 November 1989 at age 92.¹
     From 21 February 1925, her married name became McClure.¹ From 27 October 1951, her married name became Campbell-Orde.³

     Alan Colin Campbell-Orde was born on 4 October 1898.² He was the son of Colin Ridley Campbell-Orde and Winifred Harriet Stewart.^1,2 He married Beatrice Eliott-Drake Briscoe, daughter of Reverend Henry Meyrick Eliott-Drake Briscoe and Louisa Mary Robinson, on 27 October 1951.¹ He died on 18 April 1992 at age 93.¹
     He was educated at Sherborne School, Sherborne, Dorset, England^G.² He fought in the First World War, where he was wounded.² He gained the rank of Flight Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Air Service.² He gained the rank of Flying Officer in the Royal Air Force.² He was awarded the Air Force Cross (A.F.C.) in 1919.² He was Instructor and Advisor to the Chinese Government in 1921 at Peking, China^G.² He was Instructor and then Chief Test Pilot for W G Armstrong-Whitworth Aircraft Ltd between 1924 and 1936.² He was Operational Manager for British Airways and Imperial Airways between 1936 and 1940.² He was appointed Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society (F.R.Ae.S.)² He was Operational Director of BOAC between 1940 and 1943.² He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1943.² He was on special duties forBOAC with Transport Command, Royal Air Force between 1943 and 1944.² He was Assistant to the Chairman of BOAC between 1944 and 1946.² Between 1946 and 1957 Development Director for BOAC.² He was an aviation consultant in 1958.²