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     Elizabeth Mercy Gibbs was the daughter of Major Antony Hubert Gibbs and Mary Mercy Llewellyn.¹ She died on 17 February 1997.¹
     She lived at Clyst St. George, Devon, England.

     Lt.-Col. William Richard Edgedale was born on 28 February 1931.¹ He was the son of Samuel Richard Edgedale and Elaine Blanche Gibbs.¹ He married, firstly, Mary Newman, daughter of Guy Arthur Newman and Jean Sybil Loch, on 19 July 1954.¹ He and Mary Newman were divorced after 1956.¹ He married, secondly, Anne Virginia Smith, daughter of Major G. W. Murray Smith, after 1957.¹ He died on 22 July 1996 at age 65.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ Lieutenant-Colonel.¹

     Mary Newman is the daughter of Guy Arthur Newman and Jean Sybil Loch.¹ She married Lt.-Col. William Richard Edgedale, son of Samuel Richard Edgedale and Elaine Blanche Gibbs, on 19 July 1954.¹ She and Lt.-Col. William Richard Edgedale were divorced after 1956.¹
      Her married name became Edgedale.

     Guy Arthur Newman was born on 24 March 1904.² He is the son of Sir Sigmund Neumann, 1st Bt. and Anna Allegra Hakim. He married Jean Sybil Loch, daughter of Edward Douglas Loch, 2nd Baron Loch and Lady Margaret Louisa Lizzie Compton, on 19 December 1930.² He died in 1982.²
     He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.).¹ He was given the name of Guy Arthur Neumann at birth.² He was memb LCC E Islington , dir Woodcote Grove Estate and Stanners Ltd, Captain Royal Artillery WW II in 1934.² He graduated in 1934 with a Eton and Univ College Oxford (BA, Master of Arts (M.A.) ).² On 9 March 1936 deed poll.² He was Justice of the Peace (J.P.) (Co London ) in 1940.²

     Jean Sybil Loch was born on 18 May 1908. She is the daughter of Edward Douglas Loch, 2nd Baron Loch and Lady Margaret Louisa Lizzie Compton. She married Guy Arthur Newman, son of Sir Sigmund Neumann, 1st Bt. and Anna Allegra Hakim, on 19 December 1930.¹ She died in 1994.¹
      Her married name became Neumann.

     Sir Sigmund Neumann, 1st Bt. was born Bavaria on 25 May 1857.¹ He was the son of Gustav Neumann and Babette Goldscheider.² He married Anna Allegra Hakim, daughter of Jacques Hakim, on 25 August 1890.¹ He died on 13 September 1916 at age 59.³
     He gained the title of 1st Baronet Neumann. He was ptnr S Neumann & Co, merchants, of Salisbury House, London EC, and Newmann, Luebeck & Co, bankers, dir African Banking Corporation and London Jt Stock Bank.¹ On 6 February 1912 so created.¹ On 9 March 1936 deed poll.¹

     Anna Allegra Hakim was the daughter of Jacques Hakim. She married Sir Sigmund Neumann, 1st Bt., son of Gustav Neumann and Babette Goldscheider, on 25 August 1890.¹ She died on 14 June 1951.¹
      Her married name became Neumann.

     Jacques Hakim lived at Alexandria, Egypt.

     Edward Douglas Loch, 2nd Baron Loch was born on 4 April 1873. He was the son of Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch. He married Lady Margaret Louisa Lizzie Compton, daughter of William George Spencer Scott Compton, 5th Marquess of Northampton, on 6 June 1905. He died on 14 August 1942 at age 69.
     He gained the title of 2nd Baron Loch. He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England.¹ He fought in the Sudan Campaign in 1898.¹ He was decorated with the award of the Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.).¹ He fought in the Boer War, on the Staff.¹ He was invested as a Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.).¹ He gained the rank of Temporary Brigadier-General.¹ He fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in despatches five times.¹ He was invested as a Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.).¹

     Lady Margaret Louisa Lizzie Compton was born on 9 August 1886. She was the daughter of William George Spencer Scott Compton, 5th Marquess of Northampton. She married Edward Douglas Loch, 2nd Baron Loch, son of Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch, on 6 June 1905.
      Her married name became Loch.