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     Herbert Woodfield Paul held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.).²

     Algernon Hyde Villiers was born on 1 February 1886.² He was the son of Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Hyde Villiers and Virginia Katharine Smith.³ He married Beatrix Elinor Paul, daughter of Herbert Woodfield Paul and Elinor Ritchie, on 4 October 1911.¹ He died on 23 November 1917 at age 31, killed in action.
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the Lothians and Border Horse, attached to the Machine Guns Corps.² He fought in the First World War.²

     Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Hyde Villiers was born on 13 August 1852.¹ He was the son of George William Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon and Lady Katherine Grimston.² He married Virginia Katharine Smith, daughter of Eric Carrington Smith and Mary Maberly, on 28 June 1876.¹ He died on 18 November 1925 at age 73.¹
     He was with the Foreign Office in 1870.¹ He was Private Secretary to PUS between 1875 and 1892.¹ He was Acting Secretary of the Diplomatic Service in 1885.¹ He was Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary in 1886.¹ He was Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary between 1892 and 1894.¹ He was Assistant Under-Secretary between 1896 and 1905.¹ He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Order of St. Michael and St. George (G.C.M.G.).¹ He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.).¹ He was invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.).¹ He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.).¹ He held the office of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Portugal between 1906 and 1911.¹ He held the office of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Belgium between 1911 and 1919.¹ He held the office of Ambassador to Belgium between 1919 and 1920.¹ He was decorated with the award of the Grand Cross, Order of Leopold of Belgium.¹ He was decorated with the award of the Grand Cross, Order of Christ of Portugal.¹

     Virginia Katharine Smith was born in 1853.² She was the daughter of Eric Carrington Smith and Mary Maberly.^2,3 She married Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Hyde Villiers, son of George William Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon and Lady Katherine Grimston, on 28 June 1876.¹ She died on 12 December 1937.¹
      Her married name became Villiers.

     Eric Carrington Smith was born on 25 May 1828.² He was the son of Oswald Smith and Henrietta Mildred Hodgson.² He married Mary Maberly, daughter of John Maberly and Ann Baillie, on 28 June 1849.² He died on 26 April 1906 at age 77.²
     He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.).¹ He lived at Ashfold, Handcross, Somerset, England.¹ He lived at Stonewick, Somerset, England.³

     Captain Hon. Vicary Paul Gibbs was born on 11 February 1921.¹ He was the son of Walter Durant Gibbs, 4th Baron Aldenham and Beatrix Elinor Paul.¹ He married Jean Frances Hambro, daughter of Angus Valdimar Hambro and Vanda Dorothy Julia Charlton, on 19 September 1942.¹ He died on 20 September 1944 at age 23, killed in action, without male issue.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Grenadier Guards.² He fought in the Second World War.

     Susan Frances Gibbs was born on 14 May 1943.¹ She was the daughter of Captain Hon. Vicary Paul Gibbs and Jean Frances Hambro.¹ She died on 1 July 1943.¹

     Jennifer Susan Gibbs was born on 12 May 1944.¹ She is the daughter of Captain Hon. Vicary Paul Gibbs and Jean Frances Hambro.¹ She married Captain Michael Charles Gordon-Lennox, son of Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Henry Charles Gordon-Lennox and Barbara Steele, in 1974.¹
      From 1974, her married name became Gordon-Lennox.¹ She held the office of Lady-in-Waiting to HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.¹

     Anthony Durant Gibbs, 5th Baron Aldenham was born on 18 May 1922.¹ He was the son of Walter Durant Gibbs, 4th Baron Aldenham and Beatrix Elinor Paul.¹ He married Mary Elizabeth Tyser, daughter of Walter Parkyns Tyser and Jessie Woodriffe Berkeley Quill, on 16 July 1947.¹ He died on 25 January 1986 at age 63.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.² He fought in the Second World War.² He succeeded to the title of 5th Baron Aldenham, of Aldenham, Hertfordshire [U.K., 1896] on 30 May 1969.¹ He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon, of Briggens, co. Hertford [U.K., 1923] on 30 May 1969. He became a Master of the Merchant Taylor's Company in 1977.²

     Mary Elizabeth Tyser is the daughter of Walter Parkyns Tyser and Jessie Woodriffe Berkeley Quill.^1,2 She married Anthony Durant Gibbs, 5th Baron Aldenham, son of Walter Durant Gibbs, 4th Baron Aldenham and Beatrix Elinor Paul, on 16 July 1947.¹
      Her married name became Gibbs. As a result of her marriage, Mary Elizabeth Tyser was styled as Baroness Aldenham on 30 May 1969. She lived in 1999 at Rathgar, The Avenue, Sherborne, Dorset, England.³