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     Mary Willes was born on 2 August 1838 at Astrop House, Northamptonshire, England^G.^1,2 She was the daughter of William Willes and Sophia Cartwright.² She married John Locke Stratton, son of John Stratton and Frances Maria Jodrell, in 1855 at Brackley, Northamptonshire, England^G.¹ She died on 8 March 1924 at age 85 at Turweston, Buckinghamshire, England.²
     From 1855, her married name became Stratton.¹

     George Edmund Stratton was born on 29 December 1861 at Turweston, Buckinghamshire, England^G.^2,3 He was the son of John Locke Stratton and Mary Willes.² He died on 21 June 1930 at age 68 at Maypole House, Writtel Road, Chelmsford, Essex, England.³

     Julia Stratton was born on 21 November 1857 at Turweston, Buckinghamshire, England^G.^1,2 She was the daughter of John Locke Stratton and Mary Willes.¹ She died on 29 August 1913 at age 55.²

     Alice Emily Stratton was born in 1869 at Turweston, Buckinghamshire, England^G.² She was the daughter of John Locke Stratton and Mary Willes.² She died on 3 March 1951.³

     Mary Ethel Stratton was born in 1873 at Turweston, Buckinghamshire, England^G.¹ She was the daughter of John Locke Stratton and Mary Willes.¹

     John William Stratton was born on 31 August 1875 at Turweston, Buckinghamshire, England^G.^2,3 He was the son of John Locke Stratton and Mary Willes.² He died on 29 October 1919 at age 44 at New House, Repton, Derbyshire, England.³

     Mary Elizabeth Wormald married Maj.-Gen. William Ashburner, son of William Page Ashburner and Hester Maria Elliot.¹
     Her married name became Ashburner.¹

     Lt.-Col. Francis Henry held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the 9th Lancers.¹

     Maud Evelyn Henry was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Francis Henry.² She married Lt.-Col. Ernest Fitzroy Morrison-Bell, son of Sir Charles William Morrison-Bell, 1st Bt. and Louisa Maria Dawes, on 12 November 1902.¹ She died on 12 March 1960.¹
     From 12 November 1902, her married name became Morrison-Bell.

     Ernest Ashburner was born on 4 April 1862 at Deesa, Gujarat, India^G.¹ He was the son of Maj.-Gen. William Ashburner and Mary Elizabeth Wormald.¹ He was baptised on 29 April 1862 at Belgaum, Bombay, India^G.¹ He married Emily Haggard.¹ He married Dorothy Adelaide Augusta Bean on 20 January 1883 at Uitenhage, South Africa^G.¹ He married, thirdly, Winifred Matilda (?) circa 1915.¹ He died on 1 July 1939 at age 77 at Durban, Natal, South Africa^G.¹
     He raised the Ashburner Light Horse regiment to fight the Boers.¹ He fought in the Boer War.¹