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     Evelyn Claire Baring was born on 22 March 1891.¹ She was the daughter of Hon. Frederick Arthur Baring and Laura Louisa Hobson.¹

     Maj.-Gen. Hon. Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby was born on 6 July 1783.¹ He was the son of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough and Lady Henrietta Frances Spencer.¹ He married Lady Emily Charlotte Bathurst, daughter of Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst of Bathurst and Lady Georgina Lennox, on 16 March 1825.¹ He died on 11 January 1837 at age 53.¹
     He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.)¹ He was appointed Knight Commander, Hanoverian Order (K.C.H.)¹ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of St. Michael and St. George (G.C.M.G.)¹ He was appointed Knight, Order of Maria Theresa of Austria (K.M.T.)¹ He held the office of Governor of Malta.¹ He was appointed Knight, Order of St. Gregory the Great (K.S.G.)¹

     Lady Emily Charlotte Bathurst was the daughter of Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst of Bathurst and Lady Georgina Lennox.¹ She married Maj.-Gen. Hon. Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby, son of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough and Lady Henrietta Frances Spencer, on 16 March 1825.¹ She died on 1 February 1877.¹
     Her married name became Ponsonby.

     Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst of Bathurst was born on 22 May 1762.¹ He was the son of Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst of Bathurst and Tryphena Scawen.¹ He was baptised on 6 June 1762.¹ He married Lady Georgina Lennox, daughter of Lt.-Gen. Lord George Henry Lennox and Lady Louisa Kerr, on 1 April 1789.³ He died on 27 July 1834 at age 72 at Arlington Street, St. George Hanover Square, London, England^G.³ He was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England^G.³ He was buried at Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England^G.³
     He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, on 22 April 1779.¹ He held the office of a Lord of the Admiralty between 1783 and 1789.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Tory) for Cirencester between 1783 and 1793.¹ He held the office of a Lord of the Treasury between 1789 and 1791.¹ He held the office of Teller of the Exchequer between 1790 and 1834.¹ He held the office of Commissioner of the India Board between 1793 and 1802.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) on 21 June 1793.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Lord Apsley, Baron of Apsley, Sussex [G.B., 1771] on 6 August 1794.¹ He succeeded as the 3rd Earl Bathurst of Bathurst, Sussex [G.B., 1772] on 6 August 1794.¹ He succeeded as the 3rd Baron Bathurst of Battlesden, co. Bedford [G.B., 1712] on 6 August 1794.¹ He held the office of Joint Clerk of the Crown between 1801 and 1816.¹ He held the office of Master of the Mint between 1804 and 1806.¹ He held the office of Master of the Mint between 1807 and 1812.¹ He held the office of President of the Board of Trade and Plantations between 1807 and 1812.¹ He held the office of Foreign Secretary between October 1809 and December 1809.¹ He held the office of Secretary for War and Colonies between 1812 and 1827.¹ He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Laws (D.C.L.) by Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, on 16 June 1814.¹ He held the office of Clerk of the Crown between 1816 and 1834.¹ He was appointed Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) on 24 July 1817.³ He held the office of Lord President of the Council between 1828 and 1830.³ He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.⁴
      Sir Egerton Brydges wrote "he seems too much to have indulged in a life of indolence, for his friends speak of him as aman of superior talents, of which, however, he has not given the world much opportunity to form a judgment. He is said to be sagacious and sarcastic; full of acute sense and cutting humour."³
     Lord Greville recorded that "he was a very amiable man and with a good understanding, though his talents were from brilliant. A High Churchman and a High Tory, bu t a cool politician, a bad speaker, a good writer, greatly averse to changes but unwillingly acquiescing in many. He was nervous and reserved, with a good deal of humour, and habitually a jester."³ According to Gibbs, "Lady Louisa Stuart says that he was the last man to wear a pigtail, and that in 1828 he cut it off, and sent it round in an official box to his ministerial collegues."³

     General Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby was born on 10 December 1825.¹ He was the son of Maj.-Gen. Hon. Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby and Lady Emily Charlotte Bathurst.¹ He married Hon. Mary Elizabeth Bulteel, daughter of John Crocker Bulteel and Lady Elizabeth Grey, on 30 April 1861.¹ He died on 21 November 1895 at age 69.¹
     He was appointed Knight, Order of the Medjidie Turkish.¹ He was Colonel of the Grenadier Guards.¹ He fought in the Crimean War.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.)¹ He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.)¹ He held the office of Private Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.¹ He held the office of Equerry to HRH The Prince Consort.¹ He held the office of Private Secretary and Equerry to HM Queen Victoria between 1878 and 1895.¹ He held the office of Keeper of the Privy Purse between 1878 and 1895.¹

     Hon. Mary Elizabeth Bulteel was baptised on 19 October 1832 at Yealmpton, Devon, England^G.² She was the daughter of John Crocker Bulteel and Lady Elizabeth Grey.¹ She married General Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby, son of Maj.-Gen. Hon. Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby and Lady Emily Charlotte Bathurst, on 30 April 1861.¹ She died on 16 October 1916 at age 83 at Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.^1,2
     She held the office of Maid of Honour to HM Queen Victoria between 17 March 1853 and 1861.¹ Her married name became Ponsonby. She was appointed Lady, Royal Order of Victoria and Albert (V.A.)¹ She held the office of Extra Woman of the Bedchamber to HM Queen Victoria between 1896 and 1901.¹

     Hon. Alexander Henry Baring was born on 4 September 1869.¹ He was the son of Alexander Hugh Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton and Hon. Leonora Caroline Digby.¹ He died on 21 January 1948 at age 78, unmarried.¹
     He held the office of County Councillor for Hampshire between 1915 and 1948.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹

     Oliver Hugh Baring was born on 19 May 1904.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Hon. Guy Victor Baring and Olive Althea Smith.¹ He died on 19 January 1908 at age 3.¹

     Hon. Bernardo James Smith was born on 17 May 1957.¹ He is the son of William Herbert Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden and Donna Maria Carmela Attolico di Adelfa.¹

     William Henry Smith, 5th Viscount Hambleden was born on 18 November 1955.¹ He is the son of William Herbert Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden and Donna Maria Carmela Attolico di Adelfa.¹ He married Sara Suzanne Anlauf, daughter of Joseph F. Anlauf, on 17 September 1983.¹
     William Henry Smith, 5th Viscount Hambleden usually went by his middle name of Henry.¹ He was a film producer and restauranteur.¹ He was proprietor of Smith's in 1984.¹ He lived in 2003 at The Manor House, Hambleden, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He succeeded as the 5th Viscount Hambleden, of Hambleden, co. Buckingham [U.K., 1891] on 2 August 2012.²