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     Perdita Rosemary Charteris was born on 11 September 1955. She is the daughter of Captain Hugo Francis Guy Charteris and Virginia Mary Forbes Adam.¹ She married Jeremy Rupert Beckett, son of Sir Martyn Gervase Beckett, 2nd Bt. and Hon. Priscilla Léonie Helen Brett, on 29 July 1978.¹
      From 29 July 1978, her married name became Beckett.¹

     Major Walter Francis David Long, 2nd Viscount Long was born on 14 September 1911.¹ He was the son of Brig.-Gen. Walter Long and Hon. Sibell Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone.¹ He married Frances Laura Charteris, daughter of Captain Hon. Guy Lawrence Charteris and Frances Lucy Tennant, on 14 November 1933 at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, England.^1,2 He and Frances Laura Charteris were divorced in 1942.¹ He died on 23 September 1944 at age 33 at Uden, The Netherlands, killed in action.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He succeeded to the title of 2nd Viscount Long, of Wraxall, co. Wilts [U.K., 1921] on 26 September 1924.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the service of the Coldstream Guards.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹

     Michael Temple Canfield was born before 1945. He was the son of Cass Canfield. He married Frances Laura Charteris, daughter of Captain Hon. Guy Lawrence Charteris and Frances Lucy Tennant, on 13 June 1960. He died on 20 December 1969.

     Mary Rose Charteris was born on 10 February 1919. She was the daughter of Captain Hon. Guy Lawrence Charteris and Frances Lucy Tennant.¹ She married, firstly, Captain Roderic Miles Doughty Thesiger, son of Hon. Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger and Kathleen Mary Vigors, on 21 September 1940.² She and Captain Roderic Miles Doughty Thesiger were divorced in 1946.² She married, secondly, Nigel Francis Egerton Grey, son of Egerton Spencer Grey and Ethel Harriet Wigan, on 15 December 1949.³ She died on 21 December 1962 at age 43.²
      From 21 September 1940, her married name became Thesiger. From 15 December 1949, her married name became Grey.

     Captain Roderic Miles Doughty Thesiger was born on 8 November 1915.¹ He was the son of Hon. Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger and Kathleen Mary Vigors.² He married, firstly, Mary Rose Charteris, daughter of Captain Hon. Guy Lawrence Charteris and Frances Lucy Tennant, on 21 September 1940.¹ He married, secondly, Ursula Joan Whitworth, daughter of Aymer William Whitworth and Alice Lucy Patience Hervey, on 10 January 1946.¹ He and Mary Rose Charteris were divorced in 1946.¹ He died on 5 March 2005 at age 89 at Hereford Hospital, Hereford, Herefordshire, England.³
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1938 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).¹ He fought in the Second World War, where he was wounded twice, and became a POW.¹ He was educated at Courtauld Institute of Art, The Strand, London, England.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Welsh Guards and 1st Parachute Brigade.¹ He was a director of P and D Colnaghi in 1955.¹ He lived in 2003 at The Paddocks, Lucton, Leominster, Herefordshire, England.¹

     Nigel Francis Egerton Grey was born on 21 May 1891.¹ He was the son of Egerton Spencer Grey and Ethel Harriet Wigan.² He married, firstly, Eileen Sybil Lyttelton Holt, daughter of Francis Ludlow Holt, in 1921.¹ He and Eileen Sybil Lyttelton Holt were divorced in 1949.¹ He married, secondly, Mary Rose Charteris, daughter of Captain Hon. Guy Lawrence Charteris and Frances Lucy Tennant, on 15 December 1949.¹ He married, thirdly, Marion Tennant-Park, daughter of Commander Robert Tennant-Park, in 1970.¹ He died in 1974.¹
     He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England.¹ He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹ He fought in the First World War.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the Royal Field Artillery.¹

     Egerton Spencer Grey was born on 4 April 1863.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. Francis Douglas Grey and Sarah Mowatt. He married Ethel Harriet Wigan, daughter of Sir Frederick Wigan, 1st Bt., on 23 April 1890.¹ He died on 11 May 1950 at age 87.¹
     He was a practising barrister.¹ He was decorated with the award of the Officer, Legion of Honour.¹ He was Controller Clearing Office (Germany).¹ He was Administrator Austrian, Hungarian and Bulgarian Property under Peace Treaties.¹ He was invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1922.¹ He was Director of the Russian Claims Department between 1923 and 1925.¹

     Alfred Charles Masterton Porter lived.

     Hon. Herbert Asquith was born on 11 March 1881. He was the son of Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith and Helen Kelsall Melland. He married Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Charteris, daughter of Hugo Richard Charteris, 11th Earl of Wemyss and Mary Constance Wyndham, on 28 July 1910. He died on 5 August 1947 at age 66.

     Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith was born on 12 September 1852 at Croft House, Wind Mill Hill, Morley, Yorkshire, England.³ He was the son of Joseph Dixon Asquith and Emily Willans.⁴ He married, firstly, Helen Kelsall Melland, daughter of Dr. Frederick Melland and Ann Heap Kelsall, on 23 August 1877. He married, secondly, Emma Alice Margaret Tennant, daughter of Sir Charles Tennant of The Glen, 1st Bt. and Emma Winsloe, on 10 May 1894.⁵ He died in 1928.
     He held the office of Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury between April 1908 and December 1916.⁶ He was created 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith [U.K.] on 9 February 1925. He was created 1st Viscount Asquith [U.K.] on 9 February 1925. He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.⁷