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     Brigidair Sir Harry Ripley Mackeson, 1st Bt. was born on 5 May 1905. He was the son of Henry Mackeson and Ella Cecil Ripley. He married Alethea Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot, daughter of Lt.-Col. Reginald George Chetwynd-Talbot and Mary Helen Charlotte Hepburne-Scott, on 22 February 1940. He died in 1964.
     Brigidair Sir Harry Ripley Mackeson, 1st Bt. gained the title of 1st Baronet Mackeson, of Hythe, Kent.

     Alethea Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot was born on 9 September 1913. She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Reginald George Chetwynd-Talbot and Mary Helen Charlotte Hepburne-Scott. She married Brigidair Sir Harry Ripley Mackeson, 1st Bt., son of Henry Mackeson and Ella Cecil Ripley, on 22 February 1940.
     Her married name became Mackeson.

     Nora Lubbock was born on 19 August 1875.¹ She was the daughter of Alfred Lubbock and Louisa Wallroth.¹ She died on 24 September 1875 at age 0.¹

     Lia Georgia Triff married Paul Philippe Lambrino, Prince of Romania, son of Mircea Gregor Carol Lambrino, Prince of Romania and Hélène Henriette Naravitzine, in September 1996 at Bucharest, Romania.
     From September 1996, her married name became Lambrino.

     Mary Helen Charlotte Hepburne-Scott was born on 21 January 1885. She was the daughter of Hon. Henry Robert Hepburne-Scott and Lady Ada Douglas-Home. She married Lt.-Col. Reginald George Chetwynd-Talbot, son of Gustavus Arthur Chetwynd-Talbot and Susan Frances Elwes, on 11 November 1909. She died on 29 September 1922 at age 37.
     Her married name became Chetwynd-Talbot.

     Sir Henry Bucknall Betterton, 1st and last Baron Rushcliffe was born on 15 August 1872.² He was the son of Henry Inman Betterton and Agnes Bucknall.² He married, firstly, Violet Gilliat, daughter of J. G. Gilliat, on 19 December 1912.² He married, secondly, Inez Alfreda Lubbock, daughter of Alfred Lubbock and Louisa Wallroth, on 24 April 1948.¹ He died on 18 November 1949 at age 77.¹
     Sir Henry Bucknall Betterton, 1st and last Baron Rushcliffe was educated at Rugby School, Rugby, Warwickshire, England.² He graduated from Christ Church College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1893 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).² He was admitted to Inner Temple in 1896 entitled to practice as a Barrister-at-Law.² He was invested as a Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1918.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for Nottinghamshire, Rushcliffe Division between 1918 and 1934.² He was invested as a Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1920.² He held the office of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour between 1923 and 1924.² He held the office of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour between 1924 and 1929.² He was created 1st Baronet Betterton [U.K.] on 30 July 1929.² He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1931.¹ He held the office of Minister of Labour between 1931 and 1934.² He was created 1st Baron Rushcliffe, of Blackfordby, co. Leicester [U.K.] on 24 January 1935.² He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Order of the British Empire (G.B.E.) in 1941.² He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.³
     

     Lady Norah Frances Hastings was born on 12 September 1894. She is the daughter of Warner Francis John Plantagenet Hastings, 15th Earl of Huntingdon and Maud Margaret Wilson. She married Francis Charles Adelbert Henry Needham, 4th Earl of Kilmorey, son of Francis Charles Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey and Ellen Constance Baldock, on 10 February 1920.
     Her married name became Needham.

     Sir John Bruce Woollacott Ropner, 2nd Bt. was born on 16 April 1937. He is the son of Sir Leonard Ropner, 1st Bt. and Esme Robertson. He married, firstly, Anne Melicent Delmé-Radcliffe, daughter of Sir Ralph Hubert John Delmé-Radcliffe, on 10 June 1961.¹ He married, secondly, Auriol Veronica Mackeson-Sandbach, daughter of Captain Graham Lawrie Mackeson and Geraldine Pamela Violet Sandbach, in 1970.
     Sir John Bruce Woollacott Ropner, 2nd Bt. gained the title of 2nd Baronet Ropner.

     Anne Melicent Delmé-Radcliffe is the daughter of Sir Ralph Hubert John Delmé-Radcliffe.¹ She married, firstly, Sir John Bruce Woollacott Ropner, 2nd Bt., son of Sir Leonard Ropner, 1st Bt. and Esme Robertson, on 10 June 1961.¹ She married, secondly, Richard Ernest de Courcy Beamish, son of Richard Pigott Beamish and Ernestine Marguerite Hitchmough.¹
     Anne Melicent Delmé-Radcliffe also went by the nick-name of Milet.¹ Her married name became Ropner. Her married name became Beamish.¹