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     Lt.-Col. Geoffrey Babington was the son of Lt.-Gen. Sir James Melville Babington. He married Lady Anne Katherine Egerton, daughter of John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton, 4th Earl of Ellesmere and Lady Violet Lambton, on 8 April 1931. He died on 8 December 1956.

     Lady Jane Mary Egerton was born in 1909. She is the daughter of John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton, 4th Earl of Ellesmere and Lady Violet Lambton. She married Richard Ladislas Scrope, son of Henry Aloysius Scrope and Maria Mercedes de Laski, on 7 February 1934.
      Her married name became Scrope.

     Lady Mary Egerton was born in 1911. She is the daughter of John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton, 4th Earl of Ellesmere and Lady Violet Lambton. She married Lt.-Col. Conyers Stephen Scrope, son of Stephen Scrope, on 12 January 1945.
      Her married name became Scrope.

     Lady Susan Alice Egerton was born in 1913. She is the daughter of John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton, 4th Earl of Ellesmere and Lady Violet Lambton. She married Major John Majoribanks Askew, son of William Haggerstone Askew, on 4 October 1933. She and Major John Majoribanks Askew were divorced in 1966.
      Her married name became Askew.

     Lady Margaret Egerton was born in 1918. She is the daughter of John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton, 4th Earl of Ellesmere and Lady Violet Lambton.³ She married Sir John Rupert Colville, son of Hon. George Charles Colville and Lady Helen Cynthia Crewe-Milnes, on 20 October 1948.¹
     She held the office of Lady-in-Waiting to HRH The Princess Elizabeth between 1946 and 1949.¹ Her married name became Colville. She held the office of Lady-in-Waiting to HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother between 1990 and 2002.¹ She was invested as a Commander, Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) in 1994.¹ She lived in 2003 at The Close, Broughton, Stockbridge, Hampshire, England.¹

     Lady Alice Egerton was born in 1923. She was the daughter of John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton, 4th Earl of Ellesmere and Lady Violet Lambton. She died in 1977, by committing suicide.²

     Major Hon. Francis William George Egerton was born on 4 December 1874. He was the son of Francis Charles Granville Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere and Lady Katherine Louisa Phipps. He married Hilda Margaret Curteis, daughter of Reverend Canon George Herbert Curteis and Elizabeth Anna Ball, on 2 November 1897. He died on 4 April 1948 at age 73.

     Hon. Thomas Henry Frederick Egerton was born on 10 September 1876. He was the son of Francis Charles Granville Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere and Lady Katherine Louisa Phipps.¹ He married Lady Bertha Anson, daughter of Thomas Francis Anson, 3rd Earl of Lichfield and Lady Mildred Coke, on 23 October 1902.¹ He died on 1 October 1953 at age 77.

     Lady Bertha Anson was born on 22 August 1879.¹ She was the daughter of Thomas Francis Anson, 3rd Earl of Lichfield and Lady Mildred Coke.¹ She married Hon. Thomas Henry Frederick Egerton, son of Francis Charles Granville Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere and Lady Katherine Louisa Phipps, on 23 October 1902.¹ She died on 30 August 1959 at age 80.¹
      Her married name became Egerton.

     Thomas Francis Anson, 3rd Earl of Lichfield was born on 31 January 1856.¹ He was the son of Thomas George Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield and Lady Harriett Georgiana Louisa Hamilton.¹ He married Lady Mildred Coke, daughter of Thomas William Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester of Holkham and Juliana Whitbread, on 5 November 1878.² He died on 29 July 1918 at age 62, following a shooting accident.³
     He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow on the Hill, London, England.³ He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).³ He succeeded to the title of 4th Viscount Anson, of Shugborough and Orgrave, co. Stafford [U.K., 1806] on 7 January 1892.¹ He succeeded to the title of 3rd Earl of Lichfield, co. Stafford [U.K., 1831] on 7 January 1892.¹ He succeeded to the title of 4th Baron Soberton, of Soberton, co. Southampton [U.K., 1806] on 7 January 1892.¹ He was a director of the National Provinical Bank.³ He was a director of the Bank of Australia.³ He was president of the Marylebone Cricket Club.³ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Staffordshire.³ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Staffordshire.³