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     Hon. Penelope Ann O'Neill was born on 15 April 1947. She is the daughter of Terence Marne O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine and Katherine Jean Whitaker. She married Christopher William Kerr Devas, son of Group Captain William George Devas and Monica Mary Cecil Kerr, in 1970. She and Christopher William Kerr Devas were divorced in 1983.
     Her married name became Devas.

     Mary Blanche Hall married Edward Spencer Watson, son of Hon. Richard Watson and Jane Lavinia Quin, on 28 September 1871. She died in 1910.
     Her married name became Watson.

     George Lewis Watson was born on 9 March 1841. He was the son of Hon. Richard Watson and Jane Lavinia Quin. He married Laura Maria Culme-Seymour on 1 January 1867. He died on 31 December 1899 at age 58.
     George Lewis Watson lived at Rockingham Castle, County Roscommon, Ireland.

     Gerald Buxton was born on 30 October 1862.¹ He was the son of Edward North Buxton and Emily Digby.² He married Lucy Ethel Pease, daughter of Sir Joseph Pease, 1st Bt., on 3 December 1890.¹ He died on 2 March 1928 at age 65.¹
     Gerald Buxton graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Essex.¹ He lived at Birch Hall, Thydon Bois, Epping, Essex, England.

     Emily Digby was born before 1847. She was the daughter of Reverend Hon. Kenelm Henry Digby and Caroline Sheppard.² She married Edward North Buxton, son of Sir Edward North Buxton, 2nd Bt. and Catherine Gurney, on 23 January 1862.¹ She died on 26 October 1929.¹
     Her married name became Buxton.

     Edward North Buxton was born on 1 September 1840.¹ He was the son of Sir Edward North Buxton, 2nd Bt. and Catherine Gurney.² He married Emily Digby, daughter of Reverend Hon. Kenelm Henry Digby and Caroline Sheppard, on 23 January 1862.¹ He died on 9 January 1924 at age 83.¹
     Edward North Buxton held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Essex.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Essex.¹ He was chairman of the London School Board between 1875 and 1881.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Walthamstow between 1885 and 1886.¹ He partipicated in an ordinance in 1889; High Sheriff of Essex.¹ He lived at Knighton, Buckhurst Hill, Essex, England.¹

     Lucy Ethel Pease was the daughter of Sir Joseph Pease, 1st Bt..² She married Gerald Buxton, son of Edward North Buxton and Emily Digby, on 3 December 1890.¹ She died on 24 July 1940.¹
     Her married name became Buxton. She was invested as a Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1918.¹

     
     Sir Joseph Pease, 1st Bt. gained the title of 1st Baronet Pease.

     Reverend Hon. Kenelm Henry Digby was born on 18 August 1811. He was the son of Admiral Sir Henry Digby and Jane Elizabeth Coke. He married Caroline Sheppard, daughter of Edward Sheppard, on 13 May 1835. He died on 4 April 1891 at age 79.

     Sir Edward North Buxton, 2nd Bt. was born on 16 September 1812.² He was the son of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Bt. and Hannah Gurney.¹ He married Catherine Gurney, daughter of Samuel Gurney, on 12 April 1836.² He died on 11 June 1858 at age 45.³
     Sir Edward North Buxton, 2nd Bt. held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.).² He gained the title of 2nd Baronet Buxton, of Bellfield and Runton, co. Essex [U.K., 1840] on 19 February 1845.⁴