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     Eleanor Johnson was the daughter of Reverend Croxton Johnson.¹ She married Richard Corbet, son of Sir Andrew Corbet, 1st Bt. and Mary Taylor, on 2 March 1830.¹ She died in 1885.¹

     Mary Taylor was born circa 1769.¹ She was the daughter of Thomas Taylor.¹ She married Sir Andrew Corbet, 1st Bt., son of Richard Prynce Corbet and Mary Wicksteed, in April 1790.¹ She died on 8 January 1852.¹
     From April 1790, her married name became Corbet.¹

     Thomas Taylor lived at Lymme Hall, Cheshire, England.¹

     Randolph John Corbet was born on 31 December 1858.¹ He was the son of Henry Reginald Corbet and Anna Mary Elizabeth Grey-Egerton.¹ He died on 18 December 1936 at age 77.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve.¹

     Major Bertram D'Avenant Corbet was born on 2 November 1869.¹ He was the son of Henry Reginald Corbet and Anna Mary Elizabeth Grey-Egerton.¹ He married Rosamond Withington, daughter of Lt.-Col. Peter Withington, on 11 November 1896.¹ He died on 28 December 1938 at age 69.¹
     He was Aide-de-Camp to the first Governor-Geenral of Australia.¹ He fought in the Boer War between 1899 and 1900.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the 1st Life Guards.¹ He was commander of the Mounted Troops Guards Division in 1915.¹ He fought in the First World War in 1915.¹

     Rosamond Withington was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Peter Withington.¹ She married Major Bertram D'Avenant Corbet, son of Henry Reginald Corbet and Anna Mary Elizabeth Grey-Egerton, on 11 November 1896.¹ She died on 19 March 1940.¹
     From 11 November 1896, her married name became Corbet.¹ She was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1918.¹

     Lt.-Col. Peter Withington gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the 7th Dragoon Guards.¹

     Peter Reginald Corbet was born in 1901.¹ He was the son of Major Bertram D'Avenant Corbet and Rosamond Withington.¹ He died on 30 November 1918.¹

     Hersey Muriel Corbet is the daughter of Major Bertram D'Avenant Corbet and Rosamond Withington.¹ She married, firstly, Michael Donaldson-Hudson, son of Colonel Ralph Charles Donaldson-Hudson, on 29 January 1923.¹ She and Michael Donaldson-Hudson were divorced in 1933.¹ She married, secondly, Major Reginald Charles Bowyer Astley Sparke, son of Henry Bowyer Sparke, on 2 May 1934.¹ She and Major Reginald Charles Bowyer Astley Sparke were divorced in 1954.¹
     From 29 January 1923, her married name became Donaldson-Hudson.¹ From 2 May 1934, her married name became Sparke.¹ From 14 January 1935, her married name became Astley Sparke.

     Colonel Ralph Charles Donaldson-Hudson lived at Cheswardine, Shropshire, England.¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)¹