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     Frances Evelyn Wolryche-Whitmore was born in 1872. She was the daughter of Colonel Francis Alexander Wolryche-Whitmore and Alice Mary Darby. She died in 1948.

     Sir Henry Christopher Grattan-Bellew, 3rd Bt. was born on 1 June 1860.² He was the son of Thomas Arthur Grattan-Bellew and Pauline Grattan.³ He married Lady Sophia Maria Elizabeth Forbes, daughter of George Arthur Hastings Forbes, 7th Earl of Granard and Jane Colclough Morgan, on 11 February 1885.¹ He died on 20 January 1942 at age 81.
     He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baronet Bellew, of Mount Bellew, co. Galway [U.K., 1838] on 18 March 1867.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the 5th Dragoon Guards.⁴ He held the office of High Sheriff of County Galway in 1884.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the 4th Battalion Connaught Rangers.⁴ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of County Galway in 1922.² He lived at Mount Bellew, County Galway, Ireland.⁵

     Hon. Fergus Reginald George Forbes was born on 20 January 1876.¹ He was the son of George Arthur Hastings Forbes, 7th Earl of Granard and Hon. Frances Mary Petre.¹ He died on 18 February 1876.¹

     Hon. Reginald George Benedict Forbes was born on 25 June 1877.¹ He was the son of George Arthur Hastings Forbes, 7th Earl of Granard and Hon. Frances Mary Petre.¹ He died on 20 May 1908 at age 30, unmarried.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Gordon Highlanders, attached to the Egyptian Army.¹

     Colonel Hon. Donald Alexander Forbes was born on 3 September 1880.¹ He was the son of George Arthur Hastings Forbes, 7th Earl of Granard and Hon. Frances Mary Petre.¹ He married Mary Doreen Lawson, daughter of Andrew Sherlock Lawson and Hon. Elinor Frances Butler, on 25 April 1918.¹ He died on 2 August 1938 at age 57, as the result of a car accident.¹
     He fought in the Boer War between 1901 and 1902.¹ He was invested as a Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) in 1911.¹ He was Military Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland between 1911 and 1914.¹ He fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in despatches.¹ He was decorated with the award of the Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1917.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Buckinghamshire.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutennat-Colonel in the service of the Royal Field Artillery.¹ He was Lieutennat-Colonel and Brevet Colonel of the 99th Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Yeomanry.¹

     Mary Doreen Lawson was the daughter of Andrew Sherlock Lawson and Hon. Elinor Frances Butler.¹ She married Colonel Hon. Donald Alexander Forbes, son of George Arthur Hastings Forbes, 7th Earl of Granard and Hon. Frances Mary Petre, on 25 April 1918.¹ She died in 1987.¹
      Her married name became Forbes.

     Andrew Sherlock Lawson was born on 22 February 1855. He married Hon. Elinor Frances Butler, daughter of Henry Edmund Butler, 14th Viscount Mountgarret and Mary Eleanor Charlton, on 28 February 1889. He died on 20 August 1914 at age 59.
     He lived at Aldborough Manor, Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England.¹

     Hon. Elinor Frances Butler was born on 25 November 1869. She was the daughter of Henry Edmund Butler, 14th Viscount Mountgarret and Mary Eleanor Charlton. She married, firstly, Andrew Sherlock Lawson on 28 February 1889. She married, secondly, Alfred James Bethell in January 1918.¹ She died on 8 December 1943 at age 74.
      From 28 February 1889, her married name became Lawson. From January 1918, her married name became Bethell.

     Henry Edmund Butler, 14th Viscount Mountgarret was born on 18 December 1844. He was the son of Henry Edmund Butler, 13th Viscount Mountgarret.¹ He married, firstly, Mary Eleanor Charlton, daughter of St. John Chiverton Charlton and Anne Charlton, on 1 October 1868. He married, secondly, Robina Marion Hanning-Lee, daughter of Colonel Edward Hanning-Lee and Georgiana Emma Marjoribanks, on 5 February 1902. He died on 2 October 1912 at age 67.
     He gained the title of 14th Viscount Mountgarret.

     Alfred James Bethell married Hon. Elinor Frances Butler, daughter of Henry Edmund Butler, 14th Viscount Mountgarret and Mary Eleanor Charlton, in January 1918.¹ He died on 23 October 1920.¹
     He lived at The Abbey, Storrington, Sussex, England.