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     Alice Lees was the daughter of George Cholmondeley Lees and Georgina Colclough.² She died on 28 May 1925, unmarried.¹

     Major Thomas Ellis Bridgeman Lees was born in 1818.¹ He was the son of Rev. Sir Harcourt Lees, 2nd Bt. and Sophia Lyster.² He married Janet Edmestone Balfour, daughter of Captain William Balfour and Mary Margaret Baikie, on 10 March 1857.¹ He died on 19 September 1865, without issue.¹
     He gained the rank of Major in the Indian Army.¹

     Captain William Balfour is the son of Colonel Thomas Balfour and Frances Ligonier.² He married, secondly, Mary Margaret Baikie in January 1823.²
     He lived at Trenaby.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy.¹

     Janet Edmestone Balfour was born on 22 May 1833.² She was the daughter of Captain William Balfour and Mary Margaret Baikie.^3,2 She married, firstly, Captain Edward Stanley in 1851 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland^G.^1,4 She married, secondly, Major Thomas Ellis Bridgeman Lees, son of Rev. Sir Harcourt Lees, 2nd Bt. and Sophia Lyster, on 10 March 1857.¹
     From 1851, her married name became Stanley.¹ From 10 March 1857, her married name became Lees.

     Maj.-Gen. William Nassau Lees was born in 1826.¹ He was the son of Rev. Sir Harcourt Lees, 2nd Bt. and Sophia Lyster.² He died on 9 March 1889, unmarried.¹
     He was Persian Interpreter to Indian Government.¹ He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL.D.)¹ He gained the rank of Major-Genera in the Indian Army.¹

     Mary Lees was the daughter of Rev. Sir Harcourt Lees, 2nd Bt. and Sophia Lyster.² She married John Meiklam in 1833.¹ She died on 7 August 1895.¹
     From 1833, her married name became Meiklam.

     John Meiklam married Mary Lees, daughter of Rev. Sir Harcourt Lees, 2nd Bt. and Sophia Lyster, in 1833.¹ He died on 20 May 1882.¹
     He lived at Gladswood, Berwickshire, Scotland.¹

     Edward Richard Sullivan was born on 8 June 1791.² He is the son of Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan, 1st Bt. and Mary Lodge.² He married Eliza Maria Caldwell, daughter of General Sir James Lillyman Caldwell, in 1815.² He died on 6 October 1824 at age 33.²
     He was with the Madras Civil Service.²

     Maria Charlotte Sullivan was the daughter of Edward Richard Sullivan and Eliza Maria Caldwell.² She married Sir John Lees, 3rd Bt., son of Rev. Sir Harcourt Lees, 2nd Bt. and Sophia Lyster, on 29 May 1839.² She died on 3 January 1881.²
     From 29 May 1839, her married name became Lees.

     Sir Harcourt James Lees, 4th Bt. was born on 24 April 1840.¹ He was the son of Sir John Lees, 3rd Bt. and Maria Charlotte Sullivan.² He married, firstly, Charlotte Anne McTaggart, daughter of William McTaggart, on 8 November 1860.¹ He and Charlotte Anne McTaggart were divorced in 1872.¹ He married, secondly, Harriet Ellen Constance Howard, daughter of Henry Morgan Howard, on 9 December 1872.¹ He married, thirdly, Louise Hayes on 20 June 1899.¹ He and Harriet Ellen Constance Howard were divorced in 1887.¹ He died on 23 March 1917 at age 76.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the 60th Rifles.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Baronet Lees, of Black Rock, co. Dublin [U.K., 1804] on 19 June 1892.¹