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     General Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne was born in 1885. He was the son of Augustus Thorne. He married Hon. Margaret Douglas-Pennant, daughter of Colonel Hon. George Sholto Gordon Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn of Llandegai and Gertrude Jessy Glynne, on 29 July 1909.²
     He gained the rank of General in the service of the Grenadier Guards.¹ General Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne usually went by his middle name of Andrew.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.).¹ He was invested as a Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.).¹ He was invested as a Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.).¹ He was decorated with the award of the Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) (and two bars).¹ He lived at Knowl Hill House, Reading, Berkshire, England.¹

     Hon. Margaret Douglas-Pennant was born in 1886. She was the daughter of Colonel Hon. George Sholto Gordon Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn of Llandegai and Gertrude Jessy Glynne. She married General Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne, son of Augustus Thorne, on 29 July 1909.¹ She died on 23 October 1967.¹
      From 29 July 1909, her married name became Thorne.¹

     Hon. William Thomas FitzWilliam was born on 7 October 1846. He was the son of William Thomas Spencer Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam and Lady Frances Harriet Douglas. He married Elgiva Mary Kinglake, daughter of John Hamilton Kinglake, on 21 December 1876. He died on 23 March 1896 at age 49.
     He lived at Altvalton Hall, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England.¹

     Olive Dorothea Plunket is the daughter of Most Rev. Hon. Benjamin John Plunket. She married William Henry Lawrence Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam, son of William Charles de Meuron FitzWilliam, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam and Lady Maud Frederica Elizabeth Dundas, on 19 April 1933.
      Her married name became FitzWilliam.

     Lady Mary FitzWilliam was born circa 1851. She was the daughter of William Thomas Spencer Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam and Lady Frances Harriet Douglas.¹ She married Hon. Hugh le Despenser Boscawen, son of Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth and Mary Frances Elizabeth Stapleton, Baroness le Despenser, on 23 May 1872.¹ She died on 1 July 1921.¹
      Her married name became Boscawen.

     John Hamilton Kinglake was the son of unknown Kinglake.² He died in May 1898.¹
     He lived at Wilton House, Taunton, Somerset, England.

     Sir William Charles FitzWilliam was born on 31 March 1848. He was the son of William Thomas Spencer Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam and Lady Frances Harriet Douglas. He married Constance Anne Brocklehurst, daughter of Henry Brocklehurst, on 31 October 1882. He died on 17 April 1925 at age 77.

     Margaret Mary FitzWilliam was born circa 1843. She was the daughter of William Thomas Spencer Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam and Lady Frances Harriet Douglas. She died on 9 February 1844, as an infant.

     James Thorne Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar was born on 10 March 1949.¹ He is the son of John Francis Hervey Erskine, 13th Earl of Mar and Pansy Constance Thorne.¹ He married Mary Kirk, daughter of Dougal McDougal Kirk, on 23 March 1974.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He held the office of Page of Honour to HM Queen Elizabeth II between 1962 and 1963.¹ He was a community service volunteer between 1967 and 1968 at York, Yorkshire, England.¹ He was educated at Moray College of Education, Morayshire, Scotland.¹ He was educated at Inverness College, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland.¹ He was a community worker between 1971 and 1973 at Richmond Carigmillar Parish Church, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.¹ He was a senior social worker with the Family and Community Service, Sheffield District Council between 1973 and 1976.¹ He was a social worker between 1976 and 1987.¹ He gained the rank of Pilot Officer in 1979 in the service of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force.¹ He gained the rank of Flying Officer between 1982 and 1986 in the service of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force.¹ He was a building technician between 1989 and 1991.¹ He succeeded to the title of 16th Earl of Kellie [S., 1619] in 1993.² He succeeded to the title of 14th Earl of Mar [S., 1565] in 1993.² He succeeded to the title of 16th Baron Erskine of Dirletowne [S., 1604] in 1993.² He succeeded to the title of 16th Viscount of Fentoun, [S., 1619] in 1993.² He succeeded to the title of 16th Lord Dirletoun [S., 1619] in 1993.² He succeeded to the title of 16th Viscount of Fentoun [S., 1606] in 1993.² He was created Baron Erskine of Alloa Tower, of Alloa in Clackmannanshire [U.K. Life Peer] on 19 April 2000.³ He lived in 2003 at Hilton Farm, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.¹

     Hon. Alexander David Erskine was born on 26 October 1952.² He is the son of John Francis Hervey Erskine, 13th Earl of Mar and Pansy Constance Thorne.^1,2 He married Katherine Shawford Capel, daughter of Thomas Clark Capel and Lucy Katherine Shawford McDouall, in 1977.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.² He graduated from Pembroke College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).² He lived in 2003 at 5 The Grove, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.²