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     Venice Mary Grenville Close-Smith was born on 24 July 1938.¹ She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Richard Sydney Grenville Close-Smith and Florence Amelia von Ompteda.² She married John Duncan Maitland Gordon-Colebrooke on 23 May 1959.¹
     From 23 May 1959, her married name became Gordon-Colebrooke.

     John Duncan Maitland Gordon-Colebrooke married Venice Mary Grenville Close-Smith, daughter of Lt.-Col. Richard Sydney Grenville Close-Smith and Florence Amelia von Ompteda, on 23 May 1959.¹ He died on 28 October 2023.²
     John Duncan Maitland Gordon-Colebrooke usually went by his middle name of Duncan.²

     James Richard Maitland Gordon-Colebrooke was born on 2 March 1961.¹ He is the son of John Duncan Maitland Gordon-Colebrooke and Venice Mary Grenville Close-Smith.² He married Wendy Jane Stokes, daughter of D. Stokes, in 1988.¹

     D. Stokes lived at Buckinghamshire, England.¹

     Wendy Jane Stokes is the daughter of D. Stokes.² She married James Richard Maitland Gordon-Colebrooke, son of John Duncan Maitland Gordon-Colebrooke and Venice Mary Grenville Close-Smith, in 1988.¹
     From 1988, her married name became Gordon-Colebrooke.

     Jeremy Patrick Grenville Gordon-Colebrooke was born on 21 February 1963.¹ He is the son of John Duncan Maitland Gordon-Colebrooke and Venice Mary Grenville Close-Smith.²

     John Angus Childerstone Gordon-Colebrooke was born on 27 July 1967.¹ He is the son of John Duncan Maitland Gordon-Colebrooke and Venice Mary Grenville Close-Smith.²

     Vincent Wood Mullins lived at Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, England.¹

     Josephine Judith Mullins is the daughter of Vincent Wood Mullins.² She married, firstly, Michael Bruce Urquhart Dewar before 1954.¹ She married, secondly, Lt.-Col. Richard Sydney Grenville Close-Smith, son of Major Thomas Close Smith and Hon. Caroline Mary Elizabeth Morgan-Grenville, on 12 April 1954.¹
     Josephine Judith Mullins usually went by her middle name of Judith.¹ From before 1954, her married name became Dewar.¹ From 12 April 1954, her married name became Close-Smith. She lived in 2003 at Stearthill Lodge, Little Horwood, Buckinghamshire, England^G.¹

     Charles Nugent Close-Smith was born on 7 July 1911 at Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England.^1,2 He was the son of Major Thomas Close Smith and Hon. Caroline Mary Elizabeth Morgan-Grenville.³ He married Elizabeth Emily Vivien Kinsman, daughter of Major William Augustus Cecil Kinsman and Frances Elizabeth Newell, on 30 April 1946.¹ He died on 22 August 1988 at age 77 at Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.^1,2
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.¹ He was commissioned in 1938, in the service of the Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He gained the rank of Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel in 1945 in the Royal Artillery.¹ He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (T.D.) in 1953.¹ He was member of Lloyd's Committee between 1967 and 1970.¹