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     Eliza Cecilia Ness was the daughter of James Ness.¹ She married Admiral Hon. Sir George Elliot, son of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto and Anna Maria Amyand, in December 1810.¹ She died on 23 May 1848.¹
      Her married name became Elliot.

     James Ness lived at Osgodby, Yorkshire, England.¹

     Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton was born on 2 January 1790. He was the son of Charles Compton, 1st Marquess of Northampton and Maria Smith. He married Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane, daughter of Maj.-Gen. William Douglas-Maclean-Clephane, on 24 July 1815. He died on 17 January 1851 at age 61.
     He gained the title of 2nd Marquess of Northampton. He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.³
     

     Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane was the daughter of Maj.-Gen. William Douglas-Maclean-Clephane.¹ She married Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton, son of Charles Compton, 1st Marquess of Northampton and Maria Smith, on 24 July 1815. She died on 2 April 1830.
      Her married name became Compton.

     Maj.-Gen. William Douglas-Maclean-Clephane lived at Torloisk, Scotland.¹

     Charles Compton, 3rd Marquess of Northampton was born on 26 May 1816. He was the son of Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton and Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane. He married Theodosia Harriett Elizabeth Vyner, daughter of Henry Vyner and Lady Mary Gertrude Robinson.¹ He died on 3 March 1877 at age 60.
     He gained the title of 3rd Marquess of Northampton.

     Charles Compton, 1st Marquess of Northampton was born on 24 March 1760. He was the son of Spencer Compton, 8th Earl of Northampton and Jane Lawton. He married Maria Smith, daughter of Joshua Smith, on 18 August 1787. He died on 24 May 1828 at age 68.
     He gained the title of 1st Marquess of Northampton.

     Maria Smith was the daughter of Joshua Smith. She married Charles Compton, 1st Marquess of Northampton, son of Spencer Compton, 8th Earl of Northampton and Jane Lawton, on 18 August 1787. She died on 24 March 1843.
      Her married name became Compton.

     Joshua Smith lived at Erle Stoke Park, Wiltshire, England.

     Sir Francis Baring, 1st Bt. was born on 18 April 1740 at Larkbeare, Devon, England.³ He was the son of John Baring and Elizabeth Vowler.⁴ He married Harriet Herring, daughter of William Herring and Montague Dorothy Dawson, on 12 May 1767 at St. John Baptist, Croydon, Surrey, England.^3,5 He died on 12 September 1810 at age 70 at Lee, Kent, England.³ He was buried at Micheldever, Hampshire, England.³
      At London, England, a clerk in the firm of Boehm, where he studied commerce, and 'at an early period distinguished himself by his accurate knowldge and dexterity in financial calculations.³' He was deaf from his youth.³ He was a director of the Honourable East India Company in 1779.³ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Grampound between 1784 and 1790.³ In 1790 he purchased the estate of Stratton Park, Micheldever, Hampshire.³ He was chairman of the Honourable East India Company between 1792 and 1793.³ He was created 1st Baronet Baring, of London [Great Britain] on 29 May 1793.³ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Chipping Wycombe between February 1794 and 1796.³ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Calne between 1796 and 1802.³ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Chipping Wycombe between 1802 and 1806.³ He lived at Hill Street, London, England.³ He lived at Beddington, Surrey, England.³ He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.⁶