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     Hon. Grace Ridley was born in 1889. She was the daughter of Sir Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley and Hon. Mary Georgiana Marjoribanks. She married Roundell Cecil Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne, son of William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne and Lady Beatrix Maud Cecil, on 9 June 1910. She died on 22 September 1959.
     Her married name became Palmer.

     Sir Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley was born on 25 July 1842. He was the son of Sir Matthew White Ridley, 4th Bt. and Cecilia Anne Parke. He married Hon. Mary Georgiana Marjoribanks, daughter of Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, 1st Lord Tweedmouth and Isabella Hogg, on 10 December 1873. He died on 28 November 1904 at age 62.
     Sir Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley gained the title of 1st Viscount Ridley.

     Hon. Rachel Monica Baring was born on 29 June 1967.¹ She is the daughter of Charles Evelyn Baring, 2nd Baron Howick of Glendale and Clare Nicolette Darby.¹ She married Captain George Charles Nicholas Lane Fox, son of Major George Francis Lane Fox and Helen Victoria Duff, in 1989.¹
     From 1989, her married name became Lane Fox.¹

     Henry Thomas Foley, 5th Baron Foley was born on 4 December 1850 at London, England. He was the son of Thomas Henry Foley, 4th Baron Foley and Lady Mary Charlotte Fitzalan-Howard. He married Evelyne Vaughan Radford, daughter of Arthur Radford, on 25 October 1899 at London, England. He died on 17 December 1905 at age 55 at Ruxley Lodge, Surrey, England.
     Henry Thomas Foley, 5th Baron Foley gained the title of 5th Baron Foley.

     Fitzalan Charles John Foley, 6th Baron Foley was born on 27 September 1852. He was the son of Thomas Henry Foley, 4th Baron Foley and Lady Mary Charlotte Fitzalan-Howard. He died on 14 February 1918 at age 65, unmarried.
     Fitzalan Charles John Foley, 6th Baron Foley gained the title of 6th Baron Foley.

     Evelyne Vaughan Radford was born in 1875. She was the daughter of Arthur Radford. She married Henry Thomas Foley, 5th Baron Foley, son of Thomas Henry Foley, 4th Baron Foley and Lady Mary Charlotte Fitzalan-Howard, on 25 October 1899 at London, England. She died on 21 January 1968.¹
     Her married name became Foley.

     
     Arthur Radford lived at Smalley, Derbyshire, England. He lived at Bradfield Hall, Berkshire, England.

     Ghislaine Dresselhuys was the daughter of Cornelius William Dresselhuys and Edith Merandon du Plessis.^2,3 She married, firstly, Major Denis James Alexander, 6th Earl of Caledon, son of Lt.-Col. Hon. Herbrand Charles Alexander and Millicent Valla Meredyth, on 6 April 1943.² She and Major Denis James Alexander, 6th Earl of Caledon were divorced in 1948.⁴ She married, secondly, Henry Edward Cubitt, 4th Baron Ashcombe, son of Roland Calvert Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe and Sonia Rosemary Keppel, on 12 September 1955.² She and Henry Edward Cubitt, 4th Baron Ashcombe were divorced in 1968.² She married, thirdly, Adrian Gerald Foley, 8th Baron Foley, son of Gerald Henry Foley, 7th Baron Foley and Minoru Greenstone, in 1972. She died on 25 April 2000 at Spain.⁵
     From 6 April 1943, her married name became Alexander. From 12 September 1955, her married name became Cubitt. As a result of her marriage, Ghislaine Dresselhuys was styled as Baroness Ashcombe on 28 October 1962. From 1972, her married name became Foley.

     Cornelius William Dresselhuys married Edith Merandon du Plessis, daughter of E. N. Merandon du Plessis.²
     Cornelius William Dresselhuys lived at Long Island, New York, U.S.A..¹

     Henry Edward Cubitt, 4th Baron Ashcombe was born on 31 March 1924.¹ He is the son of Roland Calvert Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe and Sonia Rosemary Keppel.¹ He married, firstly, Ghislaine Dresselhuys, daughter of Cornelius William Dresselhuys and Edith Merandon du Plessis, on 12 September 1955.¹ He and Ghislaine Dresselhuys were divorced in 1968.¹ He married, secondly, Hon. Virginia Carington, daughter of Sir Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington of Upton and Iona Ellen McClean, on 1 January 1973 at Kensington Register Office, Kensington, London, England.^1,3 He and Hon. Virginia Carington were divorced in 1979.¹ He married, thirdly, Mary Elizabeth Chipps, daughter of Dr. Henry Davis Chipps, on 29 March 1979.¹
     Henry Edward Cubitt, 4th Baron Ashcombe also went by the nick-name of Harry.⁴ He was educated at Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.¹ He fought in the Second World War, with the Royal Air Force.⁴ He held the office of Consul-General for Monaco to London between 1961 and 1968.⁴ He succeeded to the title of 4th Baron Ashcombe, of Dorking, Surrey and of Bodiam Castle, Sussex [U.K., 1892] on 28 October 1962.¹ He lived at Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England.⁴