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     Lt.-Col. William Desmond Blacker was born on 20 September 1903.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Stewart Ward William Blacker and Eva Mary Lucy St. John FitzRoy.¹ He died on 11 July 1944 at age 40 at Normandy, France^G, killed in action. Unmarried.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Kent, England^G.¹ He fought in the Second World War, as a Lieutenant-Colonel of the Royal Artillery.¹ He was appointed Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1941.¹ He lived at Carrickblacker, Drumaconwey, County Armagh, Ireland^G.¹

     Terence Fitzroy Blacker was born on 15 October 1910.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Stewart Ward William Blacker and Eva Mary Lucy St. John FitzRoy.¹ He died on 6 February 1932 at age 21, unmarried.¹

     Betty Mary Blacker was born on 20 December 1905.¹ She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Stewart Ward William Blacker and Eva Mary Lucy St. John FitzRoy.¹ She married Rear-Adm. George Arthur Thring on 17 July 1929, they had two sons and two daughters.¹
     From 17 July 1929, her married name became Thring.¹ She held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) in 1942.¹ She held the office of County Councillor between 1946 and 1949.¹

     Rear-Adm. George Arthur Thring was born on 13 September 1903.^2,3 He married Betty Mary Blacker, daughter of Lt.-Col. Stewart Ward William Blacker and Eva Mary Lucy St. John FitzRoy, on 17 July 1929, they had two sons and two daughters.¹ He died in 2001 at Somerset, England.³
     He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.)¹ He was appointed Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)¹ He lived at Alford House, Castle Cary, Somerset, England^G.¹

     Barnaby Joll was born in 1977.¹ He is the son of James Joll and Lucilla Mary Kingsbury.¹

     Henry Edmund Roland Kingsbury was born on 25 March 1913.² He was the son of Gerald Francis Kingsbury and Dorothy Grace Lake.^1,3 He married Lady Patricia Mary Charlemont French, daughter of John Richard Lowndes French, 2nd Earl of Ypres and Olivia Mary John, on 24 January 1942.² He died in 1986.⁴
     He was educated at Royal Naval College, Darmouth, Devon, England.² He was with D. E. E. Experimental Laboratory, Admiralty between 1940 and 1943.² He was Director of Kingsbury Components Ltd in 1945.² He was managing director of Electronibe Ltd.²

     Lady Patricia Mary Charlemont French was born on 6 July 1919.² She was the daughter of John Richard Lowndes French, 2nd Earl of Ypres and Olivia Mary John.^3,2 She married Henry Edmund Roland Kingsbury, son of Gerald Francis Kingsbury and Dorothy Grace Lake, on 24 January 1942.⁴ She died on 16 December 2017 at age 98.⁵
     From 24 January 1942, her married name became Kingsbury.¹

     John Richard Lowndes French, 2nd Earl of Ypres was born on 6 July 1881.¹ He was the son of Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres and Eleanora Anna Selby-Lowndes.^1,2 He married, firstly, Olivia Mary John, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Thomas John and Edith Maria Lambart, on 12 January 1916.¹ He married, secondly, Violet Laird Irvine, daughter of Colonel James Laird Irvine, on 4 October 1941.¹ He died on 5 April 1958 at age 76.¹
     He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, England.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Artillery.¹ He fought in the First World War between 1915 and 1917.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Earl of Ypres [U.K., 1922] on 22 May 1925.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Viscount French, of Ypres and of High Lake, co. Roscommon [U.K., 1916] on 22 May 1925.¹

     Philip Charles Orlando Kingsbury was born on 23 February 1944.^1,2 He is the son of Henry Edmund Roland Kingsbury and Lady Patricia Mary Charlemont French.¹ He married Huberta Daly in 1972.¹
     He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England.²

     Huberta Daly married Philip Charles Orlando Kingsbury, son of Henry Edmund Roland Kingsbury and Lady Patricia Mary Charlemont French, in 1972.¹
     From 1972, her married name became Kingsbury.¹