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     Lady Blanche Frances Conyngham was born on 10 March 1884.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Francis Conyngham, 4th Marquess Conyngham and Hon. Frances Elizabeth Sarah Eveleigh-de Moleyns.¹ She married Major Sir Edward Seymour, son of Lt.-Col. Leopold Richard Seymour and Mary Hubbard Sturgis, on 29 July 1905.¹ She died on 11 February 1956 at age 71.¹
     Her married name became Seymour.

     Beauchamp Seymour was born on 6 October 1878. He was the son of Lt.-Col. Leopold Richard Seymour and Mary Hubbard Sturgis. He married Eva Douglas Brown, daughter of Reverend Herbert Brown, on 12 April 1928. He died in 1965.

     Lady Louisa Elizabeth Ryder was the daughter of Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby and Susan Leveson-Gower.¹ She married Hon. George Matthew Fortescue, son of Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue and Hester Grenville, on 19 February 1833.² She died on 9 January 1899.²
     Her married name became Fortescue.

     Richard Brand was born on 8 August 1871. He was the son of Henry Robert Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden and Susan Henrietta Cavendish. He died on 18 January 1880 at age 8.

     Robert Henry Brand, 1st and last Baron Brand was born on 30 October 1878.¹ He was the son of Henry Robert Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden and Susan Henrietta Cavendish.¹ He married Phyllis Langhorne, daughter of Chiswell Dabney Langhorne and Nancy Witcher Keen, on 9 June 1917.² He died on 23 August 1963 at age 84, without surviving male issue.²
     Robert Henry Brand, 1st and last Baron Brand was educated at Marlborough College, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England.² He was educated in 1901 at New College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).³ He was Secretary of the International Colonial Council of South Africa between 1902 and 1909.³ He graduated from New College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1905 with a Master of Arts (M.A.).³ He was invested as a Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) in 1910.³ He was vice-president of the International Conference of Brussels in 1920.³ He graduated from Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1937 with a Doctor of Civil Laws (D.C.L.).³ He was managing director of Lazard Brothers.³ He was chairman of North British and Mercantile Insurance Company.³ He was a director of Lloyd's Bank.³ He was Head of the British Food Mission to the U.S.A. between 1941 and 1944.³ He was British Treasury representative to the U.S.A. between 1944 and 1946.³ He was created 1st Baron Brand, of Eydon, co. Northampton [U.K.] on 17 July 1946.¹ He lived at Eydon Hall, Eydon, Northamptonshire, England.³
     On his death his barony became extinct.² He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.⁴
     

     Phyllis Langhorne was the daughter of Chiswell Dabney Langhorne and Nancy Witcher Keen.¹ She married Robert Henry Brand, 1st and last Baron Brand, son of Henry Robert Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden and Susan Henrietta Cavendish, on 9 June 1917.¹ She died on 20 January 1937.¹
     Her married name became Brand.

     Christopher Maurice White married Frances Claire Chenevix-Trench, daughter of Commander Godfrey Maxwell Chenevix Trench and Nancy Louise Birch, in 1972.¹ He and Frances Claire Chenevix-Trench were divorced in 1985.¹
     Christopher Maurice White lived at Montreal, Quebec, Canada.¹

     Brig.-Gen. Hon. Roger Brand was born on 23 November 1880. He was the son of Henry Robert Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden and Susan Henrietta Cavendish.¹ He married Muriel Hectorina Lilian Montgomery, daughter of Henry Boyle Montgomery, on 21 November 1913. He died on 23 October 1945 at age 64.
     Brig.-Gen. Hon. Roger Brand was decorated with the Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.).¹ He was invested as a Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.).¹

     Muriel Hectorina Lilian Montgomery is the daughter of Henry Boyle Montgomery. She married Brig.-Gen. Hon. Roger Brand, son of Henry Robert Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden and Susan Henrietta Cavendish, on 21 November 1913.
     Her married name became Brand.