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     Reverend Robert Carter Thelwell was born in 1721.² He married Charlotte Nelthorpe, daughter of Sir Henry Nelthorpe, 5th Bt. and Elizabeth Branston.³ He married Hannah Spooner in 1783 at Blyborough, Lincolnshire, England.⁴ He died circa 15 October 1789.^2,4 He was buried on 18 October 1789 at Redbourne, Lincolnshire, England.⁴
     He lived at Redbourne Hall, Lincolnshire, England^G.¹

     Charlotte Nelthorpe was baptised on 29 January 1742 at Barton upon Humber, Lincolnshire, England.³ She was the daughter of Sir Henry Nelthorpe, 5th Bt. and Elizabeth Branston.³ She married Reverend Robert Carter Thelwell.⁴ She died on 8 March 1780 at age 38 at Redbourne, Lincolnshire, England.³
     Her married name became Thelwell.

     Sir Henry Nelthorpe, 5th Bt. was born in 1697. He was the son of Henry Nelthorpe and Anne Hobson.¹ He married, firstly, Joan Seaman on 18 August 1726.² He married, secondly, Elizabeth Branston in 1740.² He died in 1746.
     He succeeded as the 5th Baronet Nelthorpe, of Gray's Inn, London [E., 1666] in 1728.¹ He held the office of Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1741.¹

     John Nelthorpe was the son of Griffith Nelthorpe. He married Mary Cracroft, daughter of Robert Cracroft.
     He lived at Little Grimsby Hall, Lincolnshire, England^G.¹ He held the office of High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1775.¹

     Mary Cracroft is the daughter of Robert Cracroft.¹ She married John Nelthorpe, son of Griffith Nelthorpe.
     Her married name became Nelthorpe.

     Robert Cracroft married Rebecca Waldegrave, daughter of Edward Waldegrave.²
     He lived at Hackthorn Hall, Lincolnshire, England.²

     James Raymond Johnstone of Alva was born on 4 June 1768.² He was the son of John Johnstone and Elizabeth Caroline Keene.^2,3 He married Mary Elizabeth Cholmeley, daughter of Montague Cholmeley and Sarah Sibthorp, on 22 June 1799.³ He died on 7 April 1830 at age 61.²
     He lived at Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland^G.⁴

     Reverend James Rathborne was the Vicar at West Tytherley, Hampshire, England^G.¹

     Major George Sholto Douglas was born on 27 April 1858.¹ He was the son of Admiral Hon. George Henry Douglas and Charlotte Martha Parker.¹ He married Lady Laura Mary Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, daughter of William FitzWilliam, Viscount Milton and Laura Maria Theresa Beauclerk, on 30 April 1889.¹ He died on 10 February 1916 at age 57.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the 1st Battalion, Cameronians.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Hertfordshire.¹ He lived at Eden Hall, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland^G.²

     Rear-Admiral John Bourmaster Dickson was born on 29 April 1815.¹ He was the son of Rear-Admiral Sir Archibald Collingwood Dickson, 2nd Bt. and Harriet Bourmaster.^2,1 He married, firstly, Sarah Matilda Poynder, daughter of Thomas Poynder, on 19 June 1855.¹ He married, secondly, Ellen Frampton, daughter of William Hamwood Frampton, on 4 August 1868.¹ He died on 11 February 1876 at age 60.²
     He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.)¹ He gained the rank of Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy.¹