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     Sir Alexander Wentworth Macdonald, 2nd Baron Macdonald of Slate was born on 9 December 1773.¹ He was the son of Sir Alexander Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald of Slate and Elizabeth Diana Bosville.¹ He died on 19 June 1824 at age 50 at Welbeck Street, Marylebone, London, England, unmarried.¹ He was buried on 25 June 1824 at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, England.¹
     Sir Alexander Wentworth Macdonald, 2nd Baron Macdonald of Slate succeeded to the title of 10th Baronet Macdonald, of Slate, in the Isle of Skye, co. Inverness [N.S., 1625] on 12 September 1795.¹ He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Macdonald of Slate, co. Antrim [I., 1776] on 12 September 1795.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Saltash between 1796 and 1802.¹ He gained the rank of officer in 1798 in the service of the 10th Light Dragoons, and raised a regiment.¹

     John James Hope Johnstone was born on 29 November 1796.¹ He was the son of Vice-Admiral Sir William Johnstone Hope and Lady Anne Hope Johnstone.¹ He married Alicia Anne Gordon, daughter of Colonel George Gordon, on 8 July 1816.¹ He died on 11 July 1876 at age 79.¹
     John James Hope Johnstone was baptised with the name of John James Hope.¹ His name was legally changed to John James Hope Johnstone.¹ He held the office of Hereditary Steward of Annandale and Hereditary Keeper of Lochmaben Palace on 28 August 1818.¹ He succeeded to the title of 7th Lord Johnstone [S., 1662] on 28 August 1818, de jure.¹ He succeeded to the title of 7th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell [S., 1662] on 28 August 1818, de jure.¹ In 1820 he claimed the Annandale titles, and advertised for rival claimants.¹ On 11 June 1844 his claim for the Annandale titles was disallowed.¹ In 1876 he repsented a further claim for the Annandale titles, but died before making further progress.¹

     Alicia Anne Gordon was the daughter of Colonel George Gordon.¹ She married John James Hope Johnstone, son of Vice-Admiral Sir William Johnstone Hope and Lady Anne Hope Johnstone, on 8 July 1816.¹ She died in 1868.
     Her married name became Hope Johnstone.

     
     Colonel George Gordon lived at Hallhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.¹

     Vice-Admiral Sir William Johnstone Hope was born on 16 August 1766. He was the son of John Hope and Mary Breton. He married, firstly, Lady Anne Hope Johnstone, daughter of James Hope Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun and Lady Elizabeth Carnegie, on 8 July 1792.¹ He married Maria Eden, daughter of Sir John Eden, 4th Bt. and Dorothea Johnson, on 30 October 1821.² He died on 2 May 1831 at age 64.²
     Vice-Admiral Sir William Johnstone Hope was baptised with the name of William Hope.¹ His name was legally changed to William Hope Johnstone.¹ Vice-Admiral Sir William Johnstone Hope title's name changed to William Johnstone Hope.³ He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.).² He gained the rank of Admiral in the service of the Royal Navy.¹

     Lady Anne Hope Johnstone was born on 13 January 1768.¹ She was the daughter of James Hope Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun and Lady Elizabeth Carnegie. She married Vice-Admiral Sir William Johnstone Hope, son of John Hope and Mary Breton, on 8 July 1792.¹ She died on 28 August 1818 at age 50.¹
     Lady Anne Hope Johnstone was baptised with the name of Anne Hope.¹ Her name was legally changed to Anne Hope Johnstone.¹ In 1816 she claimed the Annandale titles on the same basis as her father, but no progress was made before her death.¹ She held the office of Hereditary Steward of Annandale and Hereditary Keeper of Lochmaben Palace.¹ She succeeded to the title of 6th Countess of Annandale and Hartfell [S., 1662] on 29 May 1816, de jure.¹ She succeeded to the title of 6th Lady Johnstone [S., 1662] on 29 May 1816, de jure.¹

     Major Christopher Miles Barne is the son of Lt.-Col. Anthony Miles Barne.¹ He married Lady Elizabeth Beatrice Montgomerie, daughter of Archibald William Alexander Montgomerie, 17th Earl of Eglinton and Ursula Joan Watson, on 27 May 1976.¹
     Major Christopher Miles Barne gained the rank of Major in the service of the Blues and Royals.¹

     Lt.-Gen. Sir John Hope was born on 15 July 1765. He was the son of John Hope and Mary Breton. He died in 1836.

     Lt.-Col. James Charles Hope-Vere was born on 13 July 1858. He was the son of William Edward Hope-Vere and Lady Mary Emily Boyle. He married, firstly, Hon. Louisa Maud Yarde-Buller, daughter of Hon. John Yarde-Buller and Charlotte Chandos-Pole, on 17 July 1879.² He married, secondly, Marie Elizabeth Françoise Guillemin, daughter of Auguste Guillemin, on 4 June 1884. He and Marie Elizabeth Françoise Guillemin were divorced in 1905. He married, thirdly, Mabel Ellis Vandervort Barham, daughter of Alkman Henryson Foster Barham, on 20 January 1906. He died on 6 September 1933 at age 75.
     Lt.-Col. James Charles Hope-Vere lived at Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland.¹

     Hon. Louisa Maud Yarde-Buller was born circa 1851. She was the daughter of Hon. John Yarde-Buller and Charlotte Chandos-Pole.¹ She married, firstly, Hon. Reginald James Macartney Greville-Nugent, son of Fulke Southwell Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville and Rosa Emily Mary Anne Nugent, on 24 October 1871.¹ She married, secondly, Lt.-Col. James Charles Hope-Vere, son of William Edward Hope-Vere and Lady Mary Emily Boyle, on 17 July 1879.¹ She died on 20 April 1882, without issue.¹
     From 24 October 1871, her married name became Greville-Nugent. On 14 June 1873 she was granted the rank of a baron's daughter.² From 17 July 1879, her married name became Hope-Vere.